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morning.", "Students awaiting grades for university entry are the first to learn their results.", "A couple of cups of coffee a day should not be risky despite 'alarmist' new research, experts say.", "The Treasury says its scheme, which gives diners 50% off in August, is helping to protect 1.8m jobs.", "Head teachers in England want clarification over whether staff or pupils can wear masks in school.", "Five more workers at the Norfolk poultry plant are isolating as they await test results.", "Republicans defend Trump on Covid, race and empathy as a power couple audition to be the heirs of Trumpism.", "Appledore Shipyard in Devon closed in March 2019 but has now been bought by InfraStrata.", "Donald Trump Jr speaks at the 2020 Republican National Convention.", "A judge in Paraguay releases the footballer after his detention for a forged passport.", "Homes are flooded, campers rescued and road and rail travel disrupted amid severe weather warnings.", "The actress reveals she was rushed 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beating Germany's Alexander Zverev at the Western and Southern Open.", "Russell Causley will not reveal where he put Carole Packman's body after murdering her in 1985.", "Some 450,000 pupils are having their grades withdrawn on the eve of results day.", "Two other school sites in the city also have Covid-19 cases linked to the Kingspark School outbreak.", "Dylan Freeman died after his airways had been restricted by a sponge, an inquest hears.", "Two gymnasts allege they were subjected to mistreatment by British Gymnastics head coach Amanda Reddin.", "Damage to mooring ropes at the farm near Campbeltown during Storm Ellen resulted in the fish breaking free.", "Students will be asked to use masks in corridors, school buses and communal areas where physical distancing is difficult.", "Men, believed to be romance scammers, are approaching women via the chat function of the game.", "Restaurateurs and hoteliers in Scotland are calling for a ban on background music to be lifted.", "The Prime Minister accuses the UK of \"cringing embarrassment\" about its history and traditions.", "Experts say no conclusions on immunity can be drawn from one patient - and larger studies are needed.", "Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days after his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos.", "A businessman and father of five, Donald Trump Jr is a prolific fundraiser on the campaign trail.", "Researchers looked at more than 1,500 coronavirus cases in hospitals at the peak of its spread.", "The trial of Manchester United captain Harry Maguire began on the Greek island of Syros on Tuesday.", "British Gymnastics' head national coach Amanda Reddin temporarily steps aside while an investigation into claims about her conduct takes place.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The supermarket will bolster its online business with permanent hires following \"exceptional growth\".", "England's James Anderson becomes the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.", "A couple from Florida did not follow health guidelines after believing lies about the virus online.", "Harry Maguire is withdrawn from the England squad after being given a suspended jail sentence in Greece.", "Ministers are consulting on the use of face coverings in corridors and communal areas in Scotland's secondaries.", "Overcrowding concerns prompt two high schools in the Highlands to introduce face coverings indoors.", "The Aberdeenshire couple initially thought the request for help was a hoax but they have now found fame.", "The woman is also believed by scientists to be the first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The teenager was one of four people seriously injured when a boat hit a buoy at a Southampton marina.", "The men were charged under the Terrorism Act and will appear in court on Saturday morning.", "Investigators say the train which derailed near Stonehaven was travelling close to the maximum speed for the line.", "Emergency services launched a search after the teenager was spotted in the River Rhymney.", "Seaside town's annual festival starring 100 impersonators is cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions.", "The charity is trying to avoid losing expert staff as it struggles with the impact of coronavirus.", "Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in 1904, but his record was never verified.", "Sir Mark Walport says, unlike smallpox, coronavirus will not be eradicated by vaccination.", "Travellers returning from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago must now self-isolate for two weeks.", "It comes as police forces across England break up dozens of gatherings, including street parties.", "Staff at Bristol Zoo said they arrived at work \"to find a brand new baby in the house\".", "Households in Oldham, Blackburn and Pendle are told not to mix after coronavirus cases rise.", "The Australian version's entire production team, including celebrities, are now in self-isolation.", "Nicola Williams died after an incident in a river in Cardiff on Friday evening.", "As of Saturday, people can form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with four households.", "Survivors of the crimes of Joseph DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer, welcome his life sentence.", "Zahid Younis is accused of killing two women and hiding their remains in a freezer.", "Residents of Oldham and parts of Pendle and Blackburn face stricter Covid-19 restrictions.", "The man, 62, is taken to Belfast for questioning while officers search a property in Edinburgh.", "Official figures show the biggest 24-hour increase in cases by health board was 78 in NHS Tayside.", "Scientists are using Saturday's three concerts to explore ways of holding mass indoor events safely.", "Manchester United captain Harry Maguire appeared in court on Saturday after being arrested following an incident on the island of Mykonos.", "Manchester United captain Harry Maguire pleads not guilty and is released from police custody following his arrest on the island of Mykonos.", "The presenter also had a gold crucifix stolen when his rucksack was taken from a gym locker.", "Travel and power loss warning as gusts of up to 60 mph are expected across Wales next week.", "Marseille are PSG's fierce rivals and disturbances are feared for the Champions League final.", "Staff at all levels are at risk as the museum loses £2m in income.", "The Belarusian president places the army on alert as he talks of an external military build-up.", "Exhausted firefighters are struggling to contain huge wildfires that have killed six in California.", "Jack Sherman, who joined the band for their first album and first US tour, is described as \"unique\".", "Children and staff at James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh must wear face coverings while moving between classes.", "WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says \"we have the technology to stop it\".", "Phil Harper says he was \"so proud\" of the way his family coped with his police officer son's death.", "The firm which focused on the youth tourism market has 50 outlets in the UK.", "Almost 23 million infections have been recorded worldwide and 14.7 million people have recovered.", "Queues of vehicles form as the historic crossing next to the Tower of London fails to close.", "Democrats fear cost-cutting measures will hamper mail-in voting - a key issue in November's US poll.", "Will Gompertz reviews Christopher Nolan's Tenet, the first major cinema release since the pandemic.", "In the early days of coronavirus, absences in Wales rose to the highest level since 2008.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Police are investigating an allegation that a woman was abused outside a store.", "Pubs and restaurants must collect customer details and maintain social distancing.", "Many of the 160,000 Britons in France face a scramble to return before 04:00 BST on Saturday.", "A survey by the Office for National Statistics suggests fewer than 0.05% of the population has the virus.", "The college says it has confirmed students' places \"irrespective of their A-level results\".", "Hundreds of would-be holidaymakers are finding their bookings have been cancelled at the last minute.", "The Postal Service requires emergency funds to cope with the pandemic and the election, Democrats say.", "A UK uncrewed ocean-going vessel provides a glimpse of the future of robotic maritime operations.", "Taking customers' details and infection control measures are now mandatory for Scotland's hospitality sector.", "Ronnie O'Sullivan recovers from the verge of defeat to beat Mark Selby 17-16 and set up a World Championship final against Kyren Wilson.", "Majorca's famous party destination Magaluf has been left deserted because of coronavirus.", "The vaccines are being developed by the pharmaceutical company Janssen and US biotech firm Novavax.", "Military police are called in after a black soldier finds racist graffiti on his car at a camp in Cyprus.", "The move will allow socially distanced jurors to observe the most serious criminal cases live.", "Daily visitors to the Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall have tripled, its caretaker says.", "Health officials are working with the sandwich makers in Northampton, where 299 tested positive.", "Use our search tool to find out about coronavirus rules and restrictions where you live.", "Epic Games says it is taking Apple to court over \"monopolistic\" policies after it banned Fortnite.", "The number of coronavirus cases has risen and remains high in parts of the North West and Yorkshire.", "People coming to the UK from France, the Netherlands and several other countries must self-isolate for two weeks from 04:00 on Saturday.", "The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released details of what happened during the fatal derailment near Stonehaven.", "Outbreaks elsewhere linked to people meeting in homes mean changes will not now happen on Monday.", "Councils have been given extra powers by the Welsh Government to enforce strict legal requirements.", "Almost two-thirds of elite British female athletes have experienced sexism in sport but the vast majority did not feel able to report it. Here, four women share their stories anonymously.", "Holidaymakers had just hours to return to the UK to avoid the 14-day self-isolation requirement.", "Britain is being cut off from critical markets, says the airport, which saw traffic plunge in July.", "Boss Jitse Groen says he would rather have staff who get benefits and more workplace protection.", "Rocky Marciano Price, 17, had transported Lindsay Birbeck's body in a wheelie bin before burying it.", "Bayern Munich send an ominous message to their Champions League rivals as they demolish Barcelona in a gloriously chaotic quarter-final tie in Lisbon.", "Vaccinations are continuing as normal while jabs given in school are being rescheduled.", "Pupils from low-income migrant families should keep getting government support, say charities.", "More beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor shows can resume this weekend.", "Three new photographs are also released to mark the 70th birthday of the Queen's only daughter.", "Hospital admissions are not rising despite increases in coronavirus cases, according to NHS England data.", "It would manage a \"crude\" trade-off between lives and jobs as the UK economy reopens, a report says.", "The Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence, marking the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.", "A witness reports hearing an explosion and one casualty is airlifted to hospital with serious burns.", "Give pupils their teacher grades, says Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.", "Jack Ransom believes he would not have survived to live to 100 if WW2 had lasted much longer.", "Kyren Wilson beats qualifier Anthony McGill 17-16 after an unforgettable final frame to reach his first World Championship final.", "The 17-year-old boy who murdered Lindsay Birbeck is named as Rocky Marciano Price.", "More than 100 people were arrested for looting, battery against police and other charges.", "Europe is gradually easing lockdown measures ahead of the tourist season.", "A plastic surgeon is offering free surgery to people like Romy, who was driving near the port when the blast hit.", "The music mogul says he should have \"read the manual\" before riding his new electric bicycle.", "Dawn Butler says she was pulled over by two police cars while travelling through east London.", "A Bruno Fernandes extra-time penalty sees Manchester United into the Europa League semi-finals with victory over FC Copenhagen.", "Thousands protest in Minsk after exit polls announced the re-election of President Lukashenko.", "The rags-to-riches rise of a fiercely anti-communist Hong Kong tycoon who ended up in jail for protesting.", "The US president returned minutes later, saying that the Secret Service had shot a suspect.", "Ministers want nursing jobs in England to be more accessible, but a union says the plan falls short.", "Boris Johnson says schools are the “last thing” the government wants to close as part of any local lockdown restrictions.", "28-year old DJ and music producer 'june as' is one of the thousands of people trying to piece back his life after the blast.", "Sales grew again in July, but some retailers are 'hanging by a thread', the industry body says.", "It comes amid highs of 34C in southern England and as a woman dies in the sea off the Norfolk coast.", "The education secretary is to make a statement on Tuesday after the row over exam grading.", "Streets have been flooded in Aberystwyth and New Quay sees over 100 lightning strikes in an hour.", "World leaders promise an aid package after the huge Beirut blast, as clashes again erupt in the city.", "Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.", "The fast food giant is suing Steve Easterbrook, claiming he had relationships with four staff.", "An outbreak in Victoria has seen over 100 deaths in the past week, but new infections may be slowing.", "A straight A pupil from Motherwell believes she was awarded results way beneath predictions because of her school's location.", "Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.", "The Capital FM presenter had to leave his show early last week after learning of Joe Lyons' death.", "A Calais politician says the measures to stop boats crossing the Channel \"won't change anything\".", "The messaging platform has approached under-fire TikTok about a possible deal, according to reports.", "One option is to go with a 20 percentage point pass rate rise for pupils in poorer areas.", "The attack happened in a region which draws visitors to the last giraffe herds in West Africa.", "Rescuers were involved in a three-hour search for 12-year-old Ava Gray from West Dunbartonshire.", "Olympic medallist Nile Wilson criticises a \"culture of abuse\" in British gymnastics, saying athletes are \"treated like pieces of meat\".", "A watchdog is considering whether the use of force in Marcus Coutain's arrest was \"appropriate\".", "Councils have been given extra powers by the Welsh Government to enforce strict legal requirements.", "Greater Manchester's mayor says the Covid test-and-trace system needs to be \"fixed urgently\".", "Nicola Sturgeon backs her education secretary as she concedes that on this year's results \"we did not get this right\".", "Boris Johnson wants schools in England to be the last sector to close in any future local lockdowns.", "The rest will focus on reaching positive cases and their contacts in local areas, alongside local teams.", "The global health organisation says the world will reach 20 million Covid-19 cases this week.", "The UK's test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.", "PC Gaz Phillips who nearly died just days before PC Andrew Harper is supporting his widow's campaign for tougher sentences.", "European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that's occurred at the continent's edge.", "Immigration minister Chris Philp says he wants to make the route \"completely unviable\" for migrants.", "The gathering on Greatstone beach was organised for underprivileged young people in London.", "Starting with the epicentre, we follow how the blast ripped through the city, bringing life to a halt.", "The child and driver both sustained minor injuries when the van crashed through the wall.", "Immigration minister holds talks in Paris with French authorities to make Channel route \"unviable\".", "A metal detectorist discovers a rare hoard of Bronze Age artefacts during an expedition near Peebles.", "American Collin Morikawa emerges from a stacked leaderboard to win the 2020 US PGA Championship after a flawless final round in San Francisco.", "The education secretary says a new coronavirus study supports the government decision to reopen schools.", "Director general Tony Hall apologises a day after Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman quit over use of the slur.", "The Queen guitarist says his home and studio were protected from a wildfire thanks to firefighters.", "The first minister accepts her government \"did not get it right\" with the system for calculating pupils' grades.", "A 10-mile tunnel under the Chilterns will be dug but campaigners say it is \"decimating countryside\".", "Boris Johnson says he is \"very keen\" that exams should go ahead as normal in the coming year.", "The Treasury has set aside £500m to cover the cost of 'eat out to help out' for restaurants, bars and cafes.", "With no date for reopening, children's play centres are closing and hundreds more are under threat.", "The girl's body was found after a three-hour search around Balloch Bridge, near Loch Lomond.", "Dawn Butler accused police of racial profiling after a car she was in was stopped in east London.", "Organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical but Boris Johnson wants to ban the practice.", "The owner of the short-form video app has London on a shortlist of possible locations.", "Many people living in former office blocks face a poor quality of life, an official report says.", "A new Canadian clinical guideline aims to reduce stigma against overweight patients.", "The airline adds more flights to cope with increasing demand from holidaymakers.", "The former SDLP leader helped create the climate that brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.", "Seven months ago Merdan Ghappar disappeared in Xinjiang. Then his family started getting messages.", "Escape 2 The Island, Rhythm + Waves, BPM Festival: Malta and Mi Casa Festival won't go ahead.", "A source tells the BBC documents on UK-US trade negotiations were stolen from the Tory MP's personal account.", "Photos show the destruction in the Lebanese capital after a huge explosion.", "Firms should have six weeks' worth of post-Brexit drug stockpiles by the end of 2020, the government says.", "Brentford and Fulham meet in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Tuesday, a match often dubbed the richest in football.", "Attorney General Suella Braverman will decide by 28 August if the sentences should be reviewed.", "US regulators have put forward a list of changes needed before the ill-fated planes can restart flights.", "The words \"monkey\" and \"banana\" were allegedly used in reference to the retired footballer.", "The superhero will appear exclusively in the PlayStation version of Marvel's Avengers.", "President Donald Trump has threatened to bar the popular video-sharing social media firm from the US.", "A profile of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a car bombing in February 2005.", "The blast has devastated the city's port area and surrounding neighbourhoods.", "The Irish government has decided not to move to Phase 4 of its Covid-19 recovery plan, due on 10 August.", "Other English and history topics will also become optional in England after disruption to lessons.", "In a court filing, lawyers said the investigation spans over a decade of possible criminal activity.", "Fulham beat Brentford to secure an immediate return to the Premier League as Joe Bryan scores two extra-time goals in the Championship play-off final.", "Scientists are concerned the test-and-trace system is not effective enough to prevent this.", "The Duchess of Cambridge, whose grandmother was a Red Cross nurse. calls the charity 'inspiring'.", "Drayton Manor was forced to close during Storm Dennis and was unable to reopen due to coronavirus.", "High Street chain the latest to look to restructure and refinance as virus deals extra blow to trade.", "The band's legal team is unable to find evidence supporting claims of sexual assault on a 2009 tour.", "Progress is being made though, its chief says, as he stresses the importance of preventive steps.", "Millions of people were left without power in the US as the storm swept through the eastern seaboard.", "The UK's test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.", "A policewoman's head was repeatedly \"smashed\" in one incident in a shopping centre, authorities say.", "The IDF said it was in retaliation for an attempted bombing in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.", "A spokesperson for the singer requests privacy \"during this very difficult and sad time\".", "The firm says new travel restrictions have triggered hundreds of thousands of holiday cancellations.", "The BBC follows the journey of an A&E doctor who recently recovered from Covid-19.", "Guidelines recommends not using common painkillers for long-term pain", "Players who cough in the face of other players or match officials can be red-carded, say football's rule-makers and the Football Association.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Dozens of people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured in an explosion in the Lebanese capital.", "A spokesman says there is a long way to go between thinking you have found something, and proving it.", "One of the boats was carrying 36 people, the Home Office said.", "Documents on UK-US trade negotiations were leaked in the run-up to the 2019 general election.", "The aircraft caught fire after crashing in a field near Heathfield in East Sussex.", "A strict curb on movements has been re-imposed in the capital Manila after a surge in Covid infections.", "The dividend cut is another blow for pension funds and savers who have seen a wave firms slash or halt payouts.", "The president has given Microsoft 45 days to reach a deal or he will ban the app in the US.", "A study that involves swabbing a randomly select group of households found positive tests were increasing.", "The German carmaker apologises for a tweeted car ad that sparked a furore.", "Thousands of pupils in Scotland received their results on the day it is confirmed that a virus cluster in Aberdeen has grown.", "Vogue's September issue is described as a \"rallying cry for the future\" and includes 40 activists.", "The European Commission's move has the potential to derail the $2.1bn takeover.", "There are fears there could be a further increase when the financial impact of lockdown is felt.", "The BBC says its reporting of the word allegedly used in an attack was supported by the victim's family.", "The girl was killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting that went wrong, media reports say.", "Eighteen new Covid cases are confirmed on the day diners in Scotland will be able to enjoy cheaper pub and restaurant meals as part of a UK government scheme.", "Pupils must wear masks in corridors in local lockdown areas after the government reversed its guidance.", "An inquest in Malaysia hears police had already combed the site where Nóra Quoirin's body was found.", "The average tourism business questioned has lost almost half its annual income.", "The Treasury says its scheme, which gives diners 50% off in August, is helping to protect 1.8m jobs.", "A host of US sports games were postponed for a second straight day in protest at the shooting of Jacob Blake.", "Head teachers in England want clarification over whether staff or pupils can wear masks in school.", "More than 3,500 complaints about coronavirus-related financial issues have been made to the ombudsman.", "Progress in helping poorer pupils catch up had stalled even before lockdown, research shows.", "Teachers' union says the PM is trying to \"shrug away\" responsibility for this year's exam problems.", "Homes are flooded, campers rescued and road and rail travel disrupted amid severe weather warnings.", "Psychiatrists write to the education secretary warning of a spike in pupils' mental health iussues.", "The chance find was made on an isle where scientists have been hunting for the fossils for 200 years.", "A deal with creditors will secure the airline's future for the next 18 months and save 6,500 jobs.", "The death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.", "Legendary Barcelona forward Lionel Messi asks to leave the club this summer.", "The number of shifts is to be reduced because of a \"substantial\" fall in customer demand.", "An overnight curfew is imposed on the US state's Kenosha county, after the man is seriously injured.", "The leaders of Ireland's coalition government say Phil Hogan's actions have \"undermined public confidence\".", "Harry Maguire's legal team lodges an appeal against the guilty verdict that led to him receiving a suspended jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days in Greek court, Manchester United say.", "Some marginal friendships will by lost, says psychologist, while other deeper ones may need work.", "Countries across the continent look at new measures to welcome back students and teachers safely.", "Firms will use their own money to continue offering discounts when Eat Out to Help out ends.", "Scottish football's Joint Response Group want \"urgent clarification\" after the Scottish government rejected Celtic's plan to use Sunday's game with Motherwell as a test event with fans.", "Chalk this up as one more example of how the Republican Party has become the Party of Trump.", "Teenagers have posted videos of supposed teeth-whitening, lip-plumping and mole-removal tips.", "Damage to mooring ropes at the farm near Campbeltown during Storm Ellen resulted in the fish breaking free.", "Students will be asked to use masks in corridors, school buses and communal areas where physical distancing is difficult.", "\"Small venues are the life and soul of music,\" says the star, as several face closure.", "Fifty of the biggest UK employers say they have no plans to return all their staff full-time in the near future.", "Celtic suffer their earliest Champions League exit since 2005 after losing 2-1 to Hungarian side Ferencvaros in Glasgow.", "The Prime Minister accuses the UK of \"cringing embarrassment\" about its history and traditions.", "Hospitality businesses have been shut for three weeks after a Covid-19 spike was linked to city nightlife.", "Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days after his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos.", "Louise Anderson wants to prevent fertility doctors from destroying her transgender daughter's frozen sperm.", "A number of rivers burst their banks and there were 80 evacuations and rescues across north Wales.", "The cub was the size of a human finger when it was born on 19 June, zoo says.", "Lissie Harper is campaigning for killers of emergency workers to face mandatory life sentences.", "The global outpouring of giving following George Floyd's death inundated charities large and small.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Two deaths of people who tested positive in the last 28 days have been recorded - the first fatalities since 16 July.", "Gérald Darmanin tweets his support after police asked women relaxing on a beach to cover up.", "At least 11 teenagers in Plymouth have the virus after a group returned from Zante, officials say.", "The US vice-president calls for an end to violence in US cities as he addresses the Republican convention.", "The price of bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years.", "The airline says it could not book enough rooms in Gibraltar so some passengers spent the night in Spain.", "A new report reveals the catalogue of mistakes that left an Edinburgh children's hospital unusable.", "Researchers also warn that a vaccine against coronavirus could be less effective among the obese.", "Simon Midgley's mother says she still does not have answers about how her son died in the fire at Cameron House.", "EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan was under pressure over his attendance at a golf dinner.", "A fall in theft offences saw crime drop by a third, the ONS says, but drug offences rose 44%.", "The Department for Education's permanent secretary will leave as the PM calls for \"fresh leadership\".", "Foreign visitors are \"staying away from the UK in droves\" because of Covid-19, an industry body says.", "Jamaica's eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt tests positive for coronavirus, his agent confirms.", "The woman is also believed by scientists to be the first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.", "Scotland's top civil servant says she had a duty to examine allegations against the former first minister.", "Ceon Broughton was jailed following the death of his girlfriend, the daughter of a Holby City actor.", "Charities say thousands who have been shielding may have to choose between a job and their health.", "The last scientific record of the \"lost species\" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s.", "Covid-19 is not like other typical viral respiratory diseases and has some unique features, say experts.", "Kent County Council says it cannot safely look after any more young asylum seekers.", "Olga Freeman, 40, is accused of killing Dylan Freeman, described as a \"beautiful, bright\" child.", "The Republic of Ireland's cabinet reverses some corovavirus lockdown relaxation measures.", "Education leaders say the public must know \"what went wrong\" amid continued confusion over grades.", "The boys, aged 16 and 18, from West Yorkshire got into difficulties off the Lancashire coast.", "The head of the World Health Organization stresses that \"no one is safe until everyone is safe\".", "Nina Bunting-Mitcham was rejected by her chosen university after her A-level results were downgraded.", "Andrew Harper's widow Lissie says it was \"heartbreaking\" when his killers were cleared of murder.", "The former England footballer admits driving at 85mph in Hove, East Sussex, in July last year.", "Fortnite-maker Epic Games now says it faces a total ban from Apple.", "A serving inspector is suing the Met Police for racial harassment after being stopped in his car.", "Wall Street's S&P 500 index is now higher than it was in February before a historic 34% collapse.", "Beauty salons and nail bars are among businesses in Leicester allowed to reopen from Wednesday.", "Samir Anwar was eating a muffin on a day out when he sneezed the 10 mm piece out of his nose.", "The new rule is set to apply to shared spaces in offices and factories and comes as infections rise.", "There are 12-21 million tonnes of tiny plastic fragments floating in the ocean, scientists say.", "Figures suggest one in five adults in Britain are experiencing depressive symptoms.", "Bakkavor, which makes desserts for Waitrose and Tesco, is testing its whole workforce.", "Lion's manes are among the world's largest-known species of jellyfish, and can give a nasty sting.", "Three regional Welsh laboratories will also work 24/7 as part of improving coronavirus test times.", "The education secretary repeatedly refuses to say if he will resign following a U-turn on Monday.", "A nature group wants to release several breeding pairs in Snowdonia.", "Kirsty Williams apologises \"directly and unreservedly\" for the way A-level results were handled.", "The chain says it has cut a deal to stay afloat as coronavirus continues to buffet the economy.", "UK negotiators will \"continue to plug the gaps\", the PM's spokesman says, as talks get under way.", "Last year, more than 470 women in Turkey were killed by men they knew, according to campaigners.", "Stunt driver Jonny Davies got his bike up to 109.2mph - beating the world record by 1mph.", "The Welsh government holds its weekly briefing as politicians seek answers on the A-levels row.", "The High Street retailer says the coronavirus pandemic has meant a \"material shift in trade\".", "President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa assists the women as their kayak capsizes amid strong currents.", "Anas El-Rafai, 15, was last seen getting into the River Tees at Broken Scar in Darlington.", "It raises hopes that Melbourne residents have seen the peak of Australia's worst outbreak.", "The government set aside £500m for Eat Out to Help Out in order to support the hospitality sector.", "Matt Hancock says creating a new public health agency will make the country safer.", "The boy, 7, is making progress in reading, breathing and singing in France, his parents say.", "The boar that fled from a nudist now has thousands of campaigners looking to protect her.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The area sees the highest number of deaths registered with coronavirus in the most recent week.", "The first minister defended the Welsh Government's handling of the grading system.", "About 200 people gathered in the Gorton area of Manchester where police were pelted with missiles.", "Joe Biden, Cory Booker and Andrew Yang are among a host of speakers in the virtual event's final day.", "The footage appears to show a man being restrained and told: \"Chill out or I'll choke you out\".", "Former US First Lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders are key speakers on day one of the Democratic National Convention.", "Asda, John Lewis and Halfords have all seen surging demand for equipment as pitch bookings rise.", "The departures follow allegations by former staff members of bullying, racism and sexual misconduct.", "Dozens of students are self-isolating as cases in north east Glasgow and Lanarkshire are officially linked.", "The Orwell Youth Prize winner says she has \"fallen into her own story\" about an exam algorithm.", "Critics said the policies, now suspended, would have \"sabotaged\" the 2020 presidential election.", "Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologises to students and parents for the \"distress\" caused.", "Merdan Ghappar sent video and texts about life in Xinjiang's secretive detention system to his family.", "He was best known for his portrayal of British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the Oscar-winning film.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "The advice follows a \"significant\" spike among under-30s as tighter restrictions come into force.", "A photograph appears to show Spain's former monarch landing in Abu Dhabi after leaving his country.", "Mauritius declares a state of emergency after Japanese-owned carrier MV Wakashio starts leaking oil.", "Cars are towed in Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons while crowds have gathered in Cardiff Bay.", "\"Sadly at the moment the trading business is too big,\" Maria Balshaw told Desert Island Discs.", "The number includes 39 in the NHS Grampian area where there is a growing cluster of cases in Aberdeen.", "Some patients have been coming home to \"the shock\" of lockdown and finding out they have lost relatives.", "Sammie Richardson was nearly duped by a fake competition on Instagram but there are more scams out there.", "More than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days.", "People will be required to wear face masks outdoors in busy areas of the French capital from Monday.", "Nicola Sturgeon said it was \"unacceptable\" that eight footballers had broken the rules to visit a bar in the city.", "Keeping Covid out of Antarctica means little research will be done on the continent in 2020-2021.", "Beachgoers are urged to avoid busy areas, as temperatures in parts of the UK reached 36.4C (97.52F).", "Families in Beirut are still desperately seeking news of missing loved ones.", "Another member of the campaign was also detained briefly before being released, her office said.", "Bayern Munich will meet Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals as Chelsea suffer a crushing 7-1 aggregate defeat.", "This Greek Orthodox church's altar survived the blast unscathed - even its oil lamp stayed lit.", "More than 20 under-18s will be taken into the care of Kent County Council.", "Millions face new lockdown rules prohibiting separate households from meeting each other at their homes.", "After a low in cases at the end of June, the ONS estimated infections had been rising slightly in July.", "England snatch a riveting three-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford thanks to Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler.", "Hundreds march in Cardiff, Swansea, Bridgend and Merthyr claiming they missed out on latest award.", "The 13-year-old suffered suspected spinal and pelvic injuries after the \"tombstoning\" stunt.", "A large crowd gathers for the funeral of broadcaster Andrew \"Tommo\" Thomas.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing a member of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy from the Beirut Bureau.", "James Nash was described as a \"kind-hearted individual and a proactive parish councillor\".", "Government grants for small firms have to be claimed by the end of August.", "New cases of coronavirus have more than doubled in the city in the space of a week.", "Jerry Falwell Jr will step down as president of Liberty University after posting the \"weird\" image.", "With benefits expired for millions of jobless and mass evictions looming, lawmakers go on holiday.", "Jeremy Menesses died after he was stabbed on Market Place near to London's Oxford Street.", "Some kits sent to care homes should be returned, but the government says the risk to safety is low.", "Manchester United come from behind to beat Austrian side LASK at Old Trafford, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Europa League 7-1 on aggregate.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Travel restrictions are in force, households cannot meet inside and bars and restaurants have been ordered to close.", "Reporters suggested the hearing was not password-protected, allowing disruption in.", "UK adults spent double the usual amount of time watching small screens, research shows.", "An eight hour search began when the Italian was seen falling from a kayak on the Sussex coast.", "Most of the money will be used to boost supplies of personal protective equipment.", "Rescue efforts continue a day after an explosion in the city's port area caused widespread damage.", "Prince William and Catherine speak to business owners in Barry Island about the pandemic.", "The ex-Love Island host was found dead while facing trial accused of assaulting Lewis Burton.", "Keeley Bunker's body was found hidden under branches in a brook in September 2019.", "A six-year-old girl \"nearly chokes\" on Happy Meal from the Aldershot branch of the fast food giant.", "The foreign secretary vows \"to stand by the Lebanese people\" after at least 135 people were killed.", "The US president has played Rockin' in the Free World at events without the rock star's permission", "A new Canadian clinical guideline aims to reduce stigma against overweight patients.", "High Street chain the latest to look to restructure and refinance as virus deals extra blow to trade.", "The TV programme, famous for its mockery of politicians, is set to be relaunched this autumn.", "The 99-year-old will appear on large screens across the country in a photo montage on 15 August.", "Critics fear the government's plans will rob local people of a say and create low-quality homes in England.", "Seven months ago Merdan Ghappar disappeared in Xinjiang. Then his family started getting messages.", "A plan to release the film on Disney+ instead of in cinemas is described as \"hugely disappointing\".", "High Court told the airline's finances are critically low and it needs approval for a rescue deal.", "The body of John Hume, a key architect of the NI peace process, is brought back to Derry.", "High Street chain is the latest retailer to make drastic job cuts after lockdown hit business.", "A Commons committee says ministers were slow to recognise the risk of importing Covid-19 from Europe.", "Everyone seems desperate to go to the countryside and coast, says one campsite owner.", "Kevin Hart and Katy Perry come to the TV host's defence, but her former DJ recalls \"toxicity\" on set.", "Visiting a baby bank, the Duchess of Cambridge says families' lockdown struggles moved her to tears.", "The betting chain says it does not expect customers to return in the numbers seen before the pandemic.", "Conciliation service Acas says thousands more people are calling for redundancy advice.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday evening.", "The worldwide toll continues to increase by thousands each day, fuelled by the US, Brazil and India.", "A judge rules the identities of the five, who spoke to a US magazine about her, should be protected.", "Nicola Sturgeon announced new lockdown provisions for the Aberdeen area.", "Millions of people were left without power in the US as the storm swept through the eastern seaboard.", "Tahir Malik quits his role for attending a gathering in a town that had a spike in virus cases.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing a member of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy from the Beirut Bureau.", "The right to an education should take priority over pubs, England's children's commissioner says.", "False rumours about what caused the Beirut explosion and who was behind it spread on social media.", "Vogue's September issue is described as a \"rallying cry for the future\" and includes 40 activists.", "Zhang Yuhuan, who always claimed his innocence, was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate.", "Max, a two-year-old German Shepherd cross, joined Dyfed-Powys Police in February.", "Knocking down defunct structures sends a wrecking ball through carbon targets, architects say.", "The blast has devastated the city's port area and surrounding neighbourhoods.", "The Welsh chief medical officer says the NHS is planning ahead but needs to \"watch very carefully\".", "There will be a more visible police presence and marshals, as well as more bins and barriers.", "There are fears there could be a further increase when the financial impact of lockdown is felt.", "PC Andrew Harper's family calls for \"Andrew's Law\" to increase jail terms for killing emergency workers.", "A mother says her daughter nearly choked on the face mask.", "Photos show the destruction in the Lebanese capital after a huge explosion.", "The Irish government has decided not to move to Phase 4 of its Covid-19 recovery plan, due on 10 August.", "Precious metal values have been pushed up as investors look for havens amid the coronavirus crisis.", "The BBC says its reporting of the word allegedly used in an attack was supported by the victim's family.", "Police say it is unclear how the teenager, who was on foot, ended up on the M5 motorway.", "Colleges say advice for the new term in September still leaves questions unanswered.", "Fulham beat Brentford to secure an immediate return to the Premier League as Joe Bryan scores two extra-time goals in the Championship play-off final.", "You could earn more in Tesco, admits one pre-school leader as thousands leave the profession.", "The Law Society accused the department of \"attacking the integrity of the legal profession\".", "Some 463 million children did not have access to remote learning as schools closed, Unicef says.", "Scotland already requires people arriving from the country to self-isolate for 14 days.", "US retail giant Walmart is the latest firm to bid for the Chinese video sharing app's US operations.", "People now have to wear a mask in outdoor public places, as France fights a surge in new infections.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday morning.", "Charities say the scheme should be promoted after less than 40% of schools order free products.", "Queues for the beach and free drinks from struggling restaurants - what are holidays like now?", "A host of US sports games were postponed for a second straight day in protest at the shooting of Jacob Blake.", "The actress and activist says 90% of the messages she receives are of support or thanks.", "MPs Sir Ed Davey and Layla Moran have been contesting the race since June.", "Teachers' union says the PM is trying to \"shrug away\" responsibility for this year's exam problems.", "Harry Maguire's lack of apology following his trial in Greece is \"shocking\" and \"unsportsmanlike\", says one of the prosecution lawyers.", "Kevin Mayer is leaving after two months at the video-sharing app at the centre of US-China tensions.", "Police say two lions attacked the lodge owner as he was taking them for a walk, in front of his wife.", "Travellers to Switzerland, Jamaica and the Czech Republic must quarantine on return from Saturday.", "A 45-year-old man is accused of war crimes during the first and second Liberian civil wars.", "The president claims Mr Biden went from incoherent to articulate in a previous debate.", "President Emmanuel Macron orders an end to the much-criticised method for catching songbirds.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday evening.", "Harry Maguire's legal team lodges an appeal against the guilty verdict that led to him receiving a suspended jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days in Greek court, Manchester United say.", "This year's winner will be crowned the King or Queen of the Castle (instead of the Jungle).", "There are just 53 members of the Greater Andamanese tribe left- 10 have contracted the virus.", "Firms will use their own money to continue offering discounts when Eat Out to Help out ends.", "The lives and stories of those killed in the two Christchurch mosque attacks.", "The sandwich chain will slash 3,000 jobs as part of a rescue plan for the business.", "Josh Kaul said that the Kenosha Police Department Officer Rusten Sheskey fired his weapon at Blake.", "The couple said they were \"floating with love and wonder\" after the arrival of Daisy Dove Bloom.", "The pair were about to fly to Italy when one of them learned he had tested positive for coronavirus.", "The benefit will be trialled in some parts of north-west England where coronavirus cases have risen.", "Hurricane Laura makes landfall shortly after midnight local time (05:00 GMT) near the district of Cameron, in Louisiana.", "Donald Trump formally accepts the Republican nomination to stand in November's US presidential poll.", "Celtic suffer their earliest Champions League exit since 2005 after losing 2-1 to Hungarian side Ferencvaros in Glasgow.", "The sandwich chain has asked staff to work 20% fewer contracted hours due to the pandemic.", "Property deals are racing though compared to last year, as the market recovers after the lockdown freeze.", "Manchester United's Harry Maguire says he feared for his life when Greek police arrested him last week.", "The prime minister has previously said he was \"too fat\" when he was hospitalised with coronavirus.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Local businesses and jobs will suffer if workers do not return to the office, says the head of the CBI.", "At least 11 teenagers in Plymouth have the virus after a group returned from Zante, officials say.", "The US vice-president calls for an end to violence in US cities as he addresses the Republican convention.", "The change, which comes into force on Friday, will limit indoor social gatherings to 15 people.", "Police say Imran Safi threatened the foster carer with a knife and took the boys aged three to six.", "The price of bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years.", "The company, which makes engines for planes, is cutting jobs and selling assets to bolster its finances.", "Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba tests positive for coronavirus, says France manager Didier Deschamps.", "Anis Fouad Hemissi denies shooting Flamur Beqiri in front of his family on Christmas Eve.", "The airline says it could not book enough rooms in Gibraltar so some passengers spent the night in Spain.", "The animation about a Swanage lifeboat launch has been viewed more than 100,000 times.", "The new season of Epic's popular game does not - and will not - appear on any Apple devices.", "The Home Office says a charter flight was \"paused\" to allow time for legal challenges to be heard.", "A 90-year-old grandfather's loan repayment has now reached about 10 times the amount that was borrowed.", "EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan was under pressure over his attendance at a golf dinner.", "The Department for Education's permanent secretary will leave as the PM calls for \"fresh leadership\".", "Surveys suggest a shift in public opinion with more wanting to get pupils back into school.", "The most damaging tropical cyclones are three times more frequent now than they were 100 years ago.", "Global Boga has spoken for the first time about her death.", "Andrea Leadsom MP has asked the home secretary to consider the idea to \"give closure\".", "Jimmy Lai, owner of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper, has been bailed after his arrest on Monday.", "More than 100 people were arrested for looting, battery against police and other charges.", "A plastic surgeon is offering free surgery to people like Romy, who was driving near the port when the blast hit.", "The family of Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997, file a lawsuit against his wife Carole Baskin.", "Olivia Biggart says she is \"over the moon\" she will now get the five As she needs to apply to medical school.", "Julie Morris explains what it is like to be job hunting in your late fifties during coronavirus.", "Her steadiness and aggression are campaign assets, but what of her \"cop\" reputation and shifting values?", "The number of people out of work falls slightly, but nearly a third of the workforce is on furlough.", "Mayor Sadiq Khan says moving London's government from City Hall to Newham will save £11m a year.", "The US president returned minutes later, saying that the Secret Service had shot a suspect.", "Wales has seen a bigger fall in the jobless rate than any other part of the UK, figures suggest.", "The city voted against the emerging technology amid fears of invasion of privacy and unreliability.", "A litter picking charity urges people to \"move on\" after a beach party prompts a social media storm.", "A round-up of developments from the Welsh Government's weekly briefing.", "Sales grew again in July, but some retailers are 'hanging by a thread', the industry body says.", "With uncertainty over replacement grades, universities are told to wait for the outcome of appeals.", "The education secretary is to make a statement on Tuesday after the row over exam grading.", "Ed Bridges took action after seeing a facial recognition police van while he was on a protest.", "David Hanson's dream holiday was cancelled, but like many Brits he's been waiting months for a refund.", "Celtic and Aberdeen have their next two Scottish Premiership matches postponed after their players broke lockdown rules.", "Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.", "Schools across Scotland will reopen full time - with no social distancing - from 11 August. How is your council going to make that happen?", "The fast food giant is suing Steve Easterbrook, claiming he had relationships with four staff.", "She is known as a prominent black politician - but has also embraced her Indian heritage.", "Frontman Alex Turner is raffling off his Fender Stratocaster to help venues affected by lockdown.", "His convicted rapist teacher argued that the 13-year-old had groomed him - not the other way round.", "A statue for Jack Leslie who was dropped by England in 1925 will stand outside Home Park in Plymouth.", "Baroness Doreen Lawrence \"truly disappointed\" her son's 1993 racist murder case was declared \"inactive\".", "One option is to go with a 20 percentage point pass rate rise for pupils in poorer areas.", "Olympic medallist Nile Wilson criticises a \"culture of abuse\" in British gymnastics, saying athletes are \"treated like pieces of meat\".", "Education Secretary John Swinney says that the downgraded results belonging to 76,000 candidates in Scotland \"will be withdrawn\".", "Mark Drakeford says face coverings will be required in more settings if Covid-19 starts to circulate.", "The company's share price has soared, helping to boost the personal wealth of its chief executive.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the two clubs should not be playing matches in the coming week.", "French PM extends ban on large public gatherings and says people will be encouraged to wear masks in public.", "This is on top of the 4,000 announced since May, meaning the retailer will have cut a third of its staff.", "A Home Office source brands the ice cream \"overpriced junk food\" after comments on Channel crossings.", "The £2.3m Dutch-style roundabout was the scene of a crash the day before it officially opened.", "The rest will focus on reaching positive cases and their contacts in local areas, alongside local teams.", "Campaigners say police use of the technology is like taking DNA or fingerprints without consent.", "High Court rules against a Cardiff shopper who brought a judicial review against South Wales Police.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Ed Bridges, 37, from Cardiff, brought a legal challenge after having his image captured twice.", "An air and sea rescue operation was launched before the woman was found alone in Cemaes Bay.", "Immigration minister holds talks in Paris with French authorities to make Channel route \"unviable\".", "Four family members test positive for Covid-19 in Auckland, where a lockdown has now been imposed.", "The chain's last store in the US state of Oregon is to give locals the chance to stay the night.", "Two mothers found metal in Heinz baby food as a result of Nigel Wright's £1.4m plot, a jury hears.", "Wild weather on the New South Wales coast in Australia has blown waterfalls upstream.", "National Union of Students says Scotland's exam changes must be applied to A-levels for fairness.", "The first minister accepts her government \"did not get it right\" with the system for calculating pupils' grades.", "The Queen guitarist says his home and studio were protected from a wildfire thanks to firefighters.", "A 10-mile tunnel under the Chilterns will be dug but campaigners say it is \"decimating countryside\".", "Plans for a tidal energy project off Anglesey threaten seabirds, warns the RSPB.", "Scott Tracey used the scene from Downfall to portray scenes from company wage negotiations.", "This is the second year in a row that the wrestler-turned-actor has been declared the top earner.", "The Treasury has set aside £500m to cover the cost of 'eat out to help out' for restaurants, bars and cafes.", "Stil-tons to do as talks over blue cheese become an unlikely obstacle to a post-Brexit trade agreement.", "Kamala Harris is chosen as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate.", "Four bones found at Shanklin belonged to a new species of theropod dinosaur, a study finds.", "The Scottish champions said the actions of Boli Bolingoli after a trip to Spain are \"beyond explanation\".", "Organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical but Boris Johnson wants to ban the practice.", "Holidaymakers had just hours to return to the UK to avoid the 14-day self-isolation requirement.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Manchester City's Champions League dream is over for another year as Lyon stun Pep Guardiola's side 3-1 to reach the semi-finals.", "Students can appeal grades if there is evidence from the school their results should have been better.", "A survey by the Office for National Statistics suggests fewer than 0.05% of the population has the virus.", "A UK uncrewed ocean-going vessel provides a glimpse of the future of robotic maritime operations.", "Ronnie O'Sullivan recovers from the verge of defeat to beat Mark Selby 17-16 and set up a World Championship final against Kyren Wilson.", "Teacher assessments can be used to appeal A-level grades if a written exam was not set, regulator says.", "Victory over Japan Day marked the end of fighting in the Asia-Pacific region, and the end of WW2.", "The Prince of Wales and others attended a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.", "Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is pegged back but leads Kyren Wilson 10-7 after a fascinating first day of the World Championship final.", "Two men from Burma were convicted of murdering backpackers David Miller and Hannah Witheridge.", "Holidaymakers had just hours to return to the UK to avoid the 14-day self-isolation requirement.", "An investment syndicate and former councillor hope to reopen the historic Coal Exchange as a hotel.", "Nina Bunting-Mitcham challenged the schools minister on BBC Radio after getting lower grades than predicted.", "Bayern Munich send an ominous message to their Champions League rivals as they demolish Barcelona in a gloriously chaotic quarter-final tie in Lisbon.", "Vaccinations are continuing as normal while jabs given in school are being rescheduled.", "Emperor Naruhito expresses \"deep remorse\" over his country's wartime past at a ceremony in Tokyo.", "More beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor shows can resume this weekend.", "Three new photographs are also released to mark the 70th birthday of the Queen's only daughter.", "India great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni retires after a 16-year international career.", "The Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence, marking the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.", "Nina Bunting-Mitcham was rejected by her chosen university after her A-level results were downgraded.", "One boy manages to swim ashore but two teenagers remain missing off the coast of Lancashire.", "The man was removed from his vehicle by firefighters after the incident in Johnstone, Renfrewshire.", "Casinos, bowling alleys and soft play centres can now open their doors following a two-week delay.", "What were the factors that really decided the winner and losers for A-level grades?", "The policy was introduced after a national campaign against food waste was launched.", "Thousands of travellers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid new measures imposed on France.", "Chloe McCardel beats the men's record with a 35th crossing, and is told no rules have been breached.", "Eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived in the UK with just 10 minutes to spare.", "Radio 3 star Clemency Burton-Hill says music helped her \"to live\" after she underwent emergency surgery.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "A total of 96 employees at the 2 Sisters factory have tested positive, plus 14 of their contacts.", "Five people have been detained following the death of a man found \"slumped\" at a roadside.", "The custom of tŷ unnos - house in one night - was a commonly-held folklore across Wales.", "Politicians call for a ban on parties after country sees biggest daily rise in infections since April.", "Extra staff, more space and clear guidance is needed to reopen safely, the National Education Union says.", "England force Pakistan to follow on on day three of the final Test at Ageas Bowl despite a defiant century by visiting captain Azhar Ali.", "The new boss says the slogan is likely to be replaced as the chain modernises.", "Fredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in 1904, but his record was never verified.", "It comes as police forces across England break up dozens of gatherings, including street parties.", "The crush happens as revellers try to leave a nightclub in the capital Lima.", "Staff at Bristol Zoo said they arrived at work \"to find a brand new baby in the house\".", "The Australian version's entire production team, including celebrities, are now in self-isolation.", "Nicola Williams died after an incident in a river in Cardiff on Friday evening.", "As of Saturday, people can form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with four households.", "Of 6,999 police officers serving in Wales, just 128 identify as BAME or mixed race, figures show.", "Dillian Whyte's hopes of a world-title shot are wrecked as Alexander Povetkin lands a stunning knockout win.", "Chris McLone's story is far from unique, say addiction specialists.", "More than 20 people link arms to enter the sea and successfully bring a swimmer back to shore.", "A street party with two marquees and a DJ is among the unlicensed gatherings in Birmingham.", "Bayern Munich are crowned European champions for a sixth time as they beat Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final.", "The pair were in a bedroom at their home in Bradford when debris fell on top of them, rescuers say.", "It is also confirmed that police stopped Phil Hogan for using his phone while driving in Kildare.", "The man, 62, is taken to Belfast for questioning while officers search a property in Edinburgh.", "A second child is flown to a London hospital after being struck by a falling tree in Kent.", "Schoolgirl Nicola Williams died at a Cardiff river on Friday evening.", "Scientists are using Saturday's three concerts to explore ways of holding mass indoor events safely.", "Researchers found pupils aged 13 and 14 were less anxious during lockdown compared to last year.", "A gas cylinder leaked and exploded near Stowmarket railway station, sending shards of glass in the air.", "Boris Johnson tries to reassure parents that schools are Covid-secure, ahead of term starting.", "Manchester United captain Harry Maguire pleads not guilty and is released from police custody following his arrest on the island of Mykonos.", "The Belarusian president places the army on alert as he talks of an external military build-up.", "One fire tearing through the state is the third largest California has ever seen.", "More than 20 people linked arms to help save a swimmer in difficulty in water off the Dorset coast.", "President Donald Trump ordered Americans to stop doing business with the popular Chinese video app.", "Queues of vehicles form as the historic crossing next to the Tower of London fails to close.", "Democrats fear cost-cutting measures will hamper mail-in voting - a key issue in November's US poll.", "We can go no further without risking cases of the coronavirus surging again.", "Two 18-year-old men are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and the car involved is seized.", "Forecasters say temperatures could rise to 50C on Saturday in parts of Utah, Nevada and California.", "His many credits include Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments and Bugsy Malone.", "The UK saw its third hottest day ever on Friday but some \"will remember 31 July for all the wrong reasons\".", "Police say the allegations relate to four separate incidents alleged to have taken place over six months.", "This video has been removed for rights reasons.", "The health minister says clinical trials are over and doctors and teachers will be vaccinated first.", "The 14-year-old, who was \"concealed\" by her family in Stoke, has a life-threatening illness.", "Face coverings will be needed in more places, but shielding and workplace advice remain the same.", "Ex-England cricketer and Jo Johnson get peerages, while Theresa May's husband receives a knighthood.", "Gridlocked roads, packed trains and crowded beaches are reported as temperatures soar.", "More than 57,000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours - the highest daily total to date.", "Businesses are dismayed about the decision to put lockdown easing on hold in England.", "The woman is thought to have slipped while near the edge of the chalk coastal cliffs.", "The agreement means the airline will cut pay by 20% temporarily and make about 270 redundancies.", "General Electric plans to cut 369 jobs at its aircraft engine maintenance plant in Nantgarw.", "It comes as some firms in England face furloughing staff again after lockdown easing plans were paused.", "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores both goals as Arsenal come from behind against Chelsea to win the Heads Up FA Cup for a record 14th time at a near-empty Wembley.", "Leicester's religious leaders and council urge people to pray and celebrate the festival at home.", "A study that involves swabbing a randomly select group of households found positive tests were increasing.", "The Spitfire is touring hospitals around the country throughout summer to say thank you to the NHS.", "Face coverings must also be worn in museums, galleries and cinemas in England from 8 August.", "Mexico reports at least 46,688 deaths with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording higher numbers.", "Lee Man-hee, who leads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is accused of obstructing contact tracers.", "A UK man and two people in Florida have been charged over the hijacking of US Twitter accounts.", "Greater Manchester's leaders criticise the government's handling of the lockdown announcement.", "The veteran actress is honoured virtually at this year's closed studio, socially distanced event.", "The 15-year-old boy was last seen on a lake at a shopping centre in Thurrock, police say.", "Some Cornish residents say the crowds are \"madness\" and they are banning their children from towns.", "Filming was supposed to restart in July but was put on hold two days before it was due to start.", "The guardsmen were reportedly involved in a fight near a pub near Buckingham Palace.", "The oil-rich UAE is adopting more sustainable energy sources but the plant has its critics.", "Police appeal for witnesses to the incident off Anglesey on Saturday evening.", "Brayden Bull's parents were caught between the risks of both Covid-19 or an operation in lockdown.", "The funds will provide food and medicine to the thousands left injured and homeless by the explosion.", "The bicycles were discovered during a search of a building in Hackney.", "A photograph appears to show Spain's former monarch landing in Abu Dhabi after leaving his country.", "Welsh Government refused to call off Wales-Scotland rugby match saying there was no need to do so.", "A Red Arrows flypast will be one of the only physical events marking VJ Day in Scotland on Saturday.", "A day after the chancellor unveiled a plan to save jobs, two of the UK's biggest retailers announce cuts.", "Cars are towed in Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons while crowds have gathered in Cardiff Bay.", "\"Sadly at the moment the trading business is too big,\" Maria Balshaw told Desert Island Discs.", "The killing of Kirsty Jones in Thailand in August 2000 remains unsolved.", "Staff at a barber shop rocked by the Beirut explosion say they're haunted by flashbacks.", "More than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days.", "People will be required to wear face masks outdoors in busy areas of the French capital from Monday.", "Brayden Bull's parents were caught between the risks of both Covid-19 or an operation in lockdown.", "People on the beach helped pull the child back to shore and they were airlifted to hospital.", "Oscar Jealous, who has Batten disease, spent the day as a police officer.", "PC Geoff Marshall's wife was proud but shocked he had risked his life to stop the dam collapsing.", "Video is emerging online of the huge blast that has devastated a large part of the Lebanese capital.", "Families in Beirut are still desperately seeking news of missing loved ones.", "Another member of the campaign was also detained briefly before being released, her office said.", "Greater Manchester's mayor says the Covid test-and-trace system needs to be \"fixed urgently\".", "It comes amid highs of 34C in southern England and as a woman dies in the sea off the Norfolk coast.", "More people have inquired about going self-employed since the pandemic, a business federation says.", "Bayern Munich will meet Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals as Chelsea suffer a crushing 7-1 aggregate defeat.", "One resident says the behaviour of some campers is \"grim\" with human waste and broken glass left.", "This Greek Orthodox church's altar survived the blast unscathed - even its oil lamp stayed lit.", "The sandwich chain has asked staff to work 20% fewer contracted hours due to the pandemic.", "Large hailstones and heavy rainfall could follow over the next four days, says a Met Office alert.", "Boris Johnson wants schools in England to be the last sector to close in any future local lockdowns.", "Director general Tony Hall apologises a day after Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman quit over use of the slur.", "The measures include pay for millions of jobless but some are likely to face legal challenges.", "Residents will be allowed up to three outdoor visitors at a time from Monday, ministers announce.", "Powys backpacker Kirsty Jones was killed in Chiang Mai in 2000, but her killers have never been caught.", "Auctioneers say the spectacles' owner had no idea they could be sold for more than £15,000.", "Conciliation service Acas says thousands more people are calling for redundancy advice.", "Dawn Butler says she was pulled over by two police cars while travelling through east London.", "World leaders promise an aid package after the huge Beirut blast, as clashes again erupt in the city.", "The UK's test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.", "The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.", "Neil Heritage becomes the first above-the-knee double amputee to reach the summit of the Matterhorn.", "Tourist areas are finding it hard to cope with a big influx and maintain social distancing, MP says.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing a member of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy from the Beirut Bureau.", "PC Gaz Phillips who nearly died just days before PC Andrew Harper is supporting his widow's campaign for tougher sentences.", "Thousands protest in Minsk after exit polls announced the re-election of President Lukashenko.", "Captain Joe Root says England's habit of pulling off unlikely victories gives them the belief they can win matches from almost any situation.", "England all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the remainder of the Test series against Pakistan for family reasons, it has been announced.", "The blaze in the 11th floor flat was deliberately started after a family dispute, local officials say.", "Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.", "Two people are currently in custody - one on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.", "Jeremy Menesses died after he was stabbed on Market Place near to London's Oxford Street.", "The 60-year-old star, who is reported to be \"doing fine\", has had surgery in Los Angeles.", "Immigration minister Chris Philp says he wants to make the route \"completely unviable\" for migrants.", "The attack happened in a region which draws visitors to the last giraffe herds in West Africa.", "The wedding was sprung on guests wearing jeans and t-shirt at a family gathering in Scotland.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Elder statesmen Bill Clinton, Colin Powell and John Kerry line up to endorse Mr Biden.", "The man was wrongly held in custody after Stephen Price stole his identity from an internet site.", "French politicians believe the Sudanese 16-year-old was trying to cross the English Channel to the UK.", "Passenger groups want fares overhaul after numbers collapse in lockdown. Scotland is delaying rises.", "The chain says it has cut a deal to stay afloat as coronavirus continues to buffet the economy.", "Charities say thousands who have been shielding may have to choose between a job and their health.", "The government will continue making the case for a temporary move outside London during repairs.", "UK negotiators will \"continue to plug the gaps\", the PM's spokesman says, as talks get under way.", "About 200 people gathered in the Gorton area of Manchester where police were pelted with missiles.", "The tech giant reaches the milestone just two years after achieving a $1tn stock market valuation.", "Joe Biden's barrier-breaking running mate takes centre stage at Democratic convention, attacking Trump \"failure of leadership\".", "Europe is gradually easing lockdown measures ahead of the tourist season.", "Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh will not be executed if found guilty of hostage killings, UK is told.", "Current owner Jeff Lowe announced the decision after \"false accusations\" were made against him.", "Firefighters used pedal cutters to release the officer who walked to the fire station for help.", "Covid-19 is not like other typical viral respiratory diseases and has some unique features, say experts.", "The footage appears to show a man being restrained and told: \"Chill out or I'll choke you out\".", "Satellite images capture tug boats trying to remove the broken vessel, which spilled tonnes of oil.", "The Republic of Ireland's cabinet reverses some corovavirus lockdown relaxation measures.", "The pandemic “has uncovered the plight of the poor and the great inequality that reigns”, he says.", "Wall Street's S&P 500 index is now higher than it was in February before a historic 34% collapse.", "Nicola Sturgeon says it is \"not yet safe\" to ease restrictions - but council leaders are opposed to the extension.", "Education leaders say the public must know \"what went wrong\" amid continued confusion over grades.", "Durham University says it will struggle to provide sufficient places amid the A-levels grading fiasco.", "Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas are left out of Team Ineos' Tour de France squad.", "Railway stations across the UK fell silent at 09:43 - exactly a week after the Aberdeenshire crash was reported.", "Critics said the policies, now suspended, would have \"sabotaged\" the 2020 presidential election.", "Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest art in the British Isles.", "Bayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continues as they brush aside Lyon to book a final showdown with Paris St-Germain.", "It is believed the woman fell from a boat when it crashed on the River Bure in Great Yarmouth.", "Locals in an area popular with tourists say this is the busiest season ever - but that brings worries.", "Hassan Ahmed was \"afraid\" for his life as he was held on the ground in Halifax by the police officer.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "Labour claims the model used to calculate marks breached anti-discrimination and other laws.", "Courses to study medicine are expected to be over-subscribed after A-level results are upgraded.", "Why fridges, vials and polling stations could be key in the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.", "He was best known for his portrayal of British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the Oscar-winning film.", "Some 450,000 pupils are having their grades withdrawn on the eve of results day.", "Incoming England boss Sarina Wiegman says she will be managing a \"world-class team\" in a \"world-class situation\" when she takes over in 2021.", "The government is not looking at following France in enforcing office coverings, Matt Hancock says.", "Government is consulting industry on technology which can take control of a vehicle at up to 70mph.", "The education secretary repeatedly refuses to say if he will resign following a U-turn on Monday.", "Masks and the ongoing use of video calls means eye makeup is taking a greater share of sales, analysts say.", "More swabbing will reveal how many people in the general population are infected at any given time.", "Two weeks after the explosion that shattered Beirut, we meet families whose lives changed forever.", "Louise Sharp says she is now afraid to leave the house after being abused while shopping.", "Manchester United come from behind to beat Austrian side LASK at Old Trafford, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Europa League 7-1 on aggregate.", "An eight hour search began when the Italian was seen falling from a kayak on the Sussex coast.", "Labour's leader, who supports compulsory masks in shops, said it was for each government to decide.", "The 23-year-old featured in the 2016 award-winning documentary on sexual assault, Audrie & Daisy.", "Viewers complained after a racial slur was used in a TV news report last week.", "It comes as several countries see a rise in coronavirus cases after the easing of lockdown measures.", "The care home says Rhys Thomas' father and others who had been isolated were not part of the visit.", "The social media star is no stranger to controversy and has had other run-ins with law enforcement.", "The app will use QR barcode scans as well as Bluetooth handshakes to determine if users are at risk.", "The changes start from 04:00 BST on Saturday except in Wales, where they started midnight Thursday.", "A lack of information from universities will pose a \"further risk to lives\", the NUS warns.", "Dutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen apologises for the crash that left compatriot Fabio Jakobsen in a coma.", "False rumours about what caused the Beirut explosion and who was behind it spread on social media.", "Prosecutors find \"no further reliable evidence\" to support a prosecution over Belly Mujinga's death.", "Zhang Yuhuan, who always claimed his innocence, was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate.", "Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen has facial surgery and doctors will try to wake him from a coma later on Thursday, says his Deceuninck-QuickStep team.", "Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which lets people invest in popular hits, will get income from their 197 songs.", "Photos show the destruction in the Lebanese capital after a huge explosion.", "The firm says the move represents its \"long-term commitment to Europe\".", "The ex-Love Island host was found dead while facing trial accused of assaulting Lewis Burton.", "The 2020 London Marathon will involve only elite athletes, with 45,000 runners unable to take part in the mass participation race.", "The actress says she \"should never have played Nina\" in the heavily criticised 2016 biopic.", "A plan to release the film on Disney+ instead of in cinemas is described as \"hugely disappointing\".", "UK economy is still set for worst performance in 100 years according to the UK's central bank.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon advised that people in the city should not be going on holiday to other parts of Scotland or to other parts of the UK.", "Estate agents have seen a surge in interest in moving to the country from people living in cities.", "The former US first lady blames it on the pandemic, racial tensions and the Trump administration.", "The 28-year-old, who cannot be named, was jailed for at least 17 years in February for murder.", "A final decision on Christian B's appeal will be made by the European Court of Justice at a later date.", "Travel restrictions are in force, households cannot meet inside and bars and restaurants have been ordered to close.", "Alex Lanning stabbed Tashan Daniel with an army knife designed for NATO on a London Underground platform.", "Fifteen beaver families have been given a permanent home on the River Otter in East Devon.", "Prince William and Catherine speak to business owners in Barry Island about the pandemic.", "Mark Hanretty calls for ice rinks to be opened to elite athletes amid coronavirus restrictions.", "The TV programme, famous for its mockery of politicians, is set to be relaunched this autumn.", "Wolverhampton Wanders beat Olympiakos 1-0 to secure a 2-1 aggregate win and reach the Europa League quarter-finals.", "The first minister adds that pubs that do not serve food will remain closed amid coronavirus concerns.", "A coroner rules the death of the ex-Love Island and X Factor host at her London home was suicide.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "George Taplin swam 43 miles of Lake District waters over the course of the challenge.", "Keeley Bunker's body was found hidden under branches in a brook in September 2019.", "Natasha Lambert is preparing to sail across the Atlantic in a specially-adapted boat.", "BBC News finds a sharp rise in the number of children in care with restrictions placed on their freedom.", "Critics fear the government's plans will rob local people of a say and create low-quality homes in England.", "A cyber-attack followed by the Covid-19 crisis \"acutely\" hit the firm, administrators said.", "Belgium has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Europe at 49.2 per 100,000 people.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing a member of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy from the Beirut Bureau.", "Pictures of holidays and \"nudge\" tactics are being used to persuade people to get into greater debt.", "A growing number of coronavirus cases have been confirmed among pupils and staff at Scottish schools.", "An apparently healthy patient was re-infected with Covid-19, four months after the first infection.", "A girl and three boys, all aged 14, are arrested after a boy is stabbed in Pitsea in Essex.", "The 15-year-old vanished from her room during a family holiday last year at a Malaysian resort.", "Organised outdoor contact sports, live outdoor events and driving lessons are among activities that can begin again.", "The supermarket will bolster its online business with permanent hires following \"exceptional growth\".", "One of the riders suffered life-changing injuries, including a broken leg and punctured lung.", "Mrs Conway is stepping down at the end of August to give her children \"less drama, more mama\".", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says head teachers and teaching unions are being consulted about pupils wearing face coverings in non-classroom areas.", "England's push for victory and James Anderson's quest for a 600th Test wicket are obstructed by the weather and Pakistan's stubborn resistance on day four of the final Test.", "The Sports Direct owner will buy Dave Whelan's gyms and fitness assets after they went bust.", "The new boss says the slogan is likely to be replaced as the chain modernises.", "Executives at the mining giant Rio Tinto have had their payouts cut over the culturally important site.", "The move comes after Donald Trump accused regulators of impeding the development of a Covid-19 cure.", "But the current case rate in the Welsh capital is still well behind hot-spots in parts of England.", "A couple from Florida did not follow health guidelines after believing lies about the virus online.", "Two gymnasts allege they were subjected to mistreatment by British Gymnastics head coach Amanda Reddin.", "Men, believed to be romance scammers, are approaching women via the chat function of the game.", "An overnight curfew is imposed on the US state's Kenosha county, after the man is seriously injured.", "Chris McLone's story is far from unique, say addiction specialists.", "Bayern Munich are crowned European champions for a sixth time as they beat Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final.", "Experts say no conclusions on immunity can be drawn from one patient - and larger studies are needed.", "Head teachers in England want clarification over whether staff or pupils can wear masks in school.", "It is also confirmed that police stopped Phil Hogan for using his phone while driving in Kildare.", "Ministers are consulting on the use of face coverings in corridors and communal areas in Scotland's secondaries.", "A second child is flown to a London hospital after being struck by a falling tree in Kent.", "Overcrowding concerns prompt two high schools in the Highlands to introduce face coverings indoors.", "Many students in years seven, 12 and 14 are back at school on Monday for the first time since March.", "A liquidator is appointed to wind up Ballet West Ltd, which will mean the closure of the prestigious school in Argyll.", "Researchers found pupils aged 13 and 14 were less anxious during lockdown compared to last year.", "A housing group wants more protection for renters amid claims many are threatened with eviction.", "Boris Johnson tries to reassure parents that schools are Covid-secure, ahead of term starting.", "The Xbox company has declared support for the Fortnite-maker as it battles Apple's \"monopoly\".", "Environmentalists say the transport department has under-counted carbon emissions from new roads.", "Chief Constable Ian Hopkins says police are trying to be \"proportionate\" when tackling gatherings.", "Two other school sites in the city also have Covid-19 cases linked to the Kingspark School outbreak.", "Dynamite is the first video in YouTube history to gain over 100 million views in a 24-hour period.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday morning.", "Anoosheh and Nizar were arrested on separate occasions for spying in Iran, charges they both deny.", "The Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences say the decision was taken because of coronavirus fears.", "Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Christopher Stuchbury died when the train left the track near Stonehaven.", "Millie the Jack Russell was found apparently \"lifeless\" beneath a bed in a ground floor flat.", "A \"digital imprint\" will make web content as accountable as leaflets and posters, ministers say.", "The singer wants to use her fame as a \"platform to bring this conversation to a wider audience\".", "Germany and Greece record their highest daily cases, while Spain and France reach a \"tipping point\".", "The family of Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997, file a lawsuit against his wife Carole Baskin.", "Three people have died and six were injured when the train left the tracks near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.", "Deaths recorded in England had included people who tested positive months before they died.", "The 17-year-old boy killed Lindsay Birbeck before moving her body in a bin and burying her.", "The company's rules also explicitly target references to common anti-Semitic stereotypes.", "People in India, Jamaica and Canada are queuing up to heap praise on the California senator.", "Students share their thoughts ahead of A-level results - and after the summer exams were cancelled.", "The raptors have bred on an estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years.", "Her steadiness and aggression are campaign assets, but what of her \"cop\" reputation and shifting values?", "An NHS Confederation report predicts a 20% increase in demand for services in the coming months.", "Mayor Sadiq Khan says moving London's government from City Hall to Newham will save £11m a year.", "The city voted against the emerging technology amid fears of invasion of privacy and unreliability.", "Alison Taylor fears she may have been unwittingly responsible for spreading Covid-19 to care homes.", "A round-up of developments from the Welsh Government's weekly briefing.", "A brother says he does not want his sister's occult-obsessed killer back in the community yet.", "As schools go back for the new academic term a virus cluster with links to a high school has been identified.", "A major incident is declared in Fife after storms caused flooding and disruption.", "Ed Bridges took action after seeing a facial recognition police van while he was on a protest.", "David Hanson's dream holiday was cancelled, but like many Brits he's been waiting months for a refund.", "China and Russia are among countries willing to use coronavirus to their advantage, MPs say.", "Temperatures pass 34C in the capital for sixth day in a row as storms are forecast across the UK.", "She is known as a prominent black politician - but has also embraced her Indian heritage.", "Frontman Alex Turner is raffling off his Fender Stratocaster to help venues affected by lockdown.", "Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey says police \"do not want to spoil a joyous occasion\".", "A train has derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, sparking a major response from emergency services.", "Baroness Doreen Lawrence \"truly disappointed\" her son's 1993 racist murder case was declared \"inactive\".", "Mark Drakeford says face coverings will be required in more settings if Covid-19 starts to circulate.", "By George? Not anymore thanks to the 25 titles in the newly released Reclaim Her Name library.", "Several fire and ambulance crews have been called to the scene near Stonehaven.", "The first minister says the number of new cases in the city continues to be far higher than other parts of the country.", "A Home Office source brands the ice cream \"overpriced junk food\" after comments on Channel crossings.", "Flash floods spark travel disruption, after yellow storm warnings are issued for swathes of the UK.", "The coronavirus pandemic has thrown many countries into recession - but what exactly is it and how could it affect you?", "The struggle to balance social distancing with the emotional need to celebrate and commiserate.", "The party says an appeals process should be available to all students getting results this week.", "Campaigners say police use of the technology is like taking DNA or fingerprints without consent.", "There were 1,009 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, according to official figures.", "Public tests are set to start on Thursday, but concerns remain about how accurately distance is measured.", "Dawn Butler was pulled over by police while travelling through Hackney and filmed the encounter.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "Ed Bridges, 37, from Cardiff, brought a legal challenge after having his image captured twice.", "A study says at least 800 people may have died globally because of coronavirus-related misinformation.", "The move comes after the firm paid more than $71bn for most of Rupert Murdoch's film and TV business.", "About 300 properties had been without water since Friday, with more now affected by a burst pipe.", "But experts caution there are many other considerations, including cost and over-diagnosis.", "He was taken to the University Hospital of Wales for treatment after the rescue on Wednesday.", "Four family members test positive for Covid-19 in Auckland, where a lockdown has now been imposed.", "The chain's last store in the US state of Oregon is to give locals the chance to stay the night.", "The Mexican-American singer and guitarist had a hit in 1963 with his version of If I Had A Hammer.", "Five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning.", "The driver, a conductor and a passenger were killed in the incident in Aberdeenshire.", "Amazon Prime is giving £1.5m to two UK funds offering support to workers affected by the virus.", "Boris Johnson says he is \"very keen\" that exams should go ahead as normal in the coming year.", "This is the second year in a row that the wrestler-turned-actor has been declared the top earner.", "Four bones found at Shanklin belonged to a new species of theropod dinosaur, a study finds.", "The president visited his brother, Robert Trump, in hospital on Friday afternoon.", "Rescuers praise climbers who alerted them to a rock fall, saying the man might not have been found \"for a very long time\".", "Manchester City's Champions League dream is over for another year as Lyon stun Pep Guardiola's side 3-1 to reach the semi-finals.", "Students can appeal grades if there is evidence from the school their results should have been better.", "One woman says she, her husband and her friends became unwell shortly after visiting Dover Harbour.", "Some 86% said that, until a vaccine is found, workers should decide whether to return to the office.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock is to announce a new body this week, according to the Sunday Telegraph.", "Train stations across Scotland will fall silent at 09:43 on Wednesday - exactly a week after the crash was reported.", "HM Revenue and Customs admits some people were paid too much when the first grants were distributed.", "She spoke to police in the early hours and shortly after he was found dead at a home in west London.", "Lewis Hamilton dominates the Spanish Grand Prix to take his fourth victory in six races so far this year.", "The second Test between England and Pakistan is set to end in a draw after more rain allows only an hour's play on day four at the Ageas Bowl.", "Police said the victims, some in their late teens, died at the scene of the crash in Wiltshire.", "Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is pegged back but leads Kyren Wilson 10-7 after a fascinating first day of the World Championship final.", "A charity describes mounds of discarded camping equipment and litter as heartbreaking.", "More than 294,000 cases are reported in the past 24 hours worldwide.", "Health chiefs urge drinkers to self-isolate after four cases are confirmed at the County Durham pub.", "Despite £3.8m Scottish government funding, the National Trust for Scotland is still expected to make 232 redundancies.", "The Sixth Form Colleges Association says research shows students in larger institutions were failed.", "Douglas Ross skipped the constituency event to work as a linesman at a Scottish Premiership match.", "Sevilla end Manchester United's hopes of a trophy this season as they come from behind to win the Europa League semi-final 2-1 in Cologne.", "An investment syndicate and former councillor hope to reopen the historic Coal Exchange as a hotel.", "Nina Bunting-Mitcham challenged the schools minister on BBC Radio after getting lower grades than predicted.", "The Australian actress will take over from Emma Corrin for the final two seasons of the Netflix show.", "Some restaurants and pubs are opting out of the scheme because of the stress being put on staff.", "The government initiative will stress the importance of organised learning to children's development.", "Jacinda Ardern has postponed September's election until October following new coronavirus cases.", "The men convicted of murdering two British backpackers are spared death row by the king of Thailand.", "The teenage boys, aged 16 and 18, got into difficulty while swimming with their cousin in Lancashire.", "The Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence, marking the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.", "Nina Bunting-Mitcham was rejected by her chosen university after her A-level results were downgraded.", "Ronnie O'Sullivan claims his sixth World Championship title and a record 37th ranking event with a dominant 18-8 victory over Kyren Wilson in Sheffield.", "One boy manages to swim ashore but two teenagers remain missing off the coast of Lancashire.", "Police deny the family's account that the girl's eyes had been gouged during the ordeal.", "People with certain health conditions had been advised to stay indoors since March.", "Footage shows a man at the venue standing on a bar pouring drinks into the mouths of people below.", "What were the factors that really decided the winner and losers for A-level grades?", "Emergency crews call off an air and sea search for the pair missing off the Lancashire coast.", "The policy was introduced after a national campaign against food waste was launched.", "Chloe McCardel beats the men's record with a 35th crossing, and is told no rules have been breached.", "Eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived in the UK with just 10 minutes to spare.", "Radio 3 star Clemency Burton-Hill says music helped her \"to live\" after she underwent emergency surgery.", "Operator MSC Cruises says everyone aboard has been tested for coronavirus amid safety concerns.", "All the latest news and results for the US Election 2020 from the BBC.", "If confirmed, anyone travelling to the UK from the country would have to quarantine for 14 days.", "Some parents have gone to great lengths in order to help their children start a career in a pandemic.", "French politicians believe the Sudanese 16-year-old was trying to cross the English Channel to the UK.", "One woman says her car and seven others were damaged overnight in the Italianate resort of Portmeirion.", "Reaction from pupils and officials as grades are awarded based on teachers' assessments.", "Indoor sporting facilities can open again from 31 August and the police are to be given new powers to break up house parties.", "The tech giant reaches the milestone just two years after achieving a $1tn stock market valuation.", "Aman Vyas was extradited from India to face trial for murder and a series of rapes in east London.", "Joe Biden's barrier-breaking running mate takes centre stage at Democratic convention, attacking Trump \"failure of leadership\".", "As Europe emerges from lockdown, Germany, Spain and Italy see spikes in cases of the virus.", "Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh will not be executed if found guilty of hostage killings, UK is told.", "Home test kits that claim to show whether someone has had the virus need urgent scrutiny, researchers say.", "Prize winning author Jessica Johnson who wrote a story about an exam algorithm is \"relieved\".", "The key workers are given a chance to escape the stress of Covid-19 by an outdoor centre.", "It does not produce many more respiratory particles than speaking at similar volume, a study finds.", "Thousands get their results after a disrupted academic year, but some BTec students face further delay.", "A University College London study followed more than 2,000 women for five years after the treatment.", "The pilot was fighting fires which have forced thousands to flee their homes in central California.", "Durham University says it will struggle to provide sufficient places amid the A-levels grading fiasco.", "Many students are relieved about their results after a U-turn over how they were calculated.", "The snake, bird and cat, from Swansea University's collection, are at least 2,000 years old.", "Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland get their grades after a disrupted academic year.", "Nick Gibb confirms the former director general at his department predicted problems in July.", "Those implementing it \"did not understand what the maths they had typed in meant\", one expert says.", "A shortage of eggs in shops early in lockdown sparked thousands of requests for birds across the UK.", "Bayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continues as they brush aside Lyon to book a final showdown with Paris St-Germain.", "Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest art in the British Isles.", "A police officer appeared to give a Nazi salute while the Slovak man was pinned down on a bed.", "Portugal is added to UK's safe travel list but Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago are removed.", "Research by Hope Not Hate was carried out in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in the US.", "Champions Liverpool will face promoted Leeds in the standout game of the 2020-21 Premier League season's opening weekend.", "Nigel Wright put metal shards in baby food in an attempt to extort £1.4m from the supermarket.", "Hassan Ahmed was \"afraid\" for his life as he was held on the ground in Halifax by the police officer.", "The government is also lifting student number caps for would be doctors, dentists, vets and teachers.", "Labour claims the model used to calculate marks breached anti-discrimination and other laws.", "In the biggest speech of his long public service, Joe Biden sets out his vision for a post-Trump US presidency.", "Some 450,000 pupils are having their grades withdrawn on the eve of results day.", "A London-based Portuguese student has had her \"dreams come true\" after the gift to fund her at university.", "Hashem Abedi is sentenced for the murders of 22 people in the Manchester Arena suicide bombing.", "The education secretary repeatedly refuses to say if he will resign following a U-turn on Monday.", "The 594 cases reported in Scotland since lockdown includes eight people who died with the virus.", "The home-sharing firm threatens legal action against guests or hosts who violate the ban.", "The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says the Dounreay facility will be ready for redevelopment by 2333.", "We can go no further without risking cases of the coronavirus surging again.", "Two 18-year-old men are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and the car involved is seized.", "The decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has concluded, the party says.", "The US state secretary says Chinese-owned software poses a \"broad array\" of security risks.", "Open-air schools provide a welcome respite from Covid-19 restrictions in Indian-administered Kashmir.", "The UK saw its third hottest day ever on Friday but some \"will remember 31 July for all the wrong reasons\".", "Police say the allegations relate to four separate incidents alleged to have taken place over six months.", "Organisers say they wanted to show support for K-Dogg - the victim of an attack involving a car.", "The housing secretary says a \"permission in principle\" will speed-up building and create jobs.", "Heat wave alerts were issued in several countries as temperatures rose to 40C this weekend.", "Best friends, Ayaan and Mikaeel, aged six, want to help children suffering in the Yemen crisis.", "Lewis Hamilton wins seventh career British Grand Prix with shredded tyre after getting puncture on final lap.", "The health minister says clinical trials are over and doctors and teachers will be vaccinated first.", "The SpaceX capsule touches down off Florida, in the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.", "Nick Kyrgios withdraws from the US Open citing safety fears caused by the coronavirus pandemic.", "Nile Rodgers, Rita Ora and Lewis Capaldi are among those urging people to \"stand together\".", "Businesses are dismayed about the decision to put lockdown easing on hold in England.", "The oil-rich UAE is adopting more sustainable energy sources but the plant has its critics.", "Reopening schools is a priority for the government and it will be safe, a cabinet minister says.", "Egypt invited the billionaire to visit, after he appeared to tweet support for conspiracy theorists.", "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores both goals as Arsenal come from behind against Chelsea to win the Heads Up FA Cup for a record 14th time at a near-empty Wembley.", "More details are needed to prepare for pupils' return amid a rise in virus cases, a leading union says.", "Victoria faces new measures after virus cases spike, with a curfew being imposed in Melbourne.", "The social media giant vows to appeal against the Brazilian Supreme Court ruling.", "The Spitfire is touring hospitals around the country throughout summer to say thank you to the NHS.", "Seven marines and a sailor were in an amphibious vehicle that sank off California during a exercise.", "Why is SpaceX carrying astronauts to the space station and back for Nasa?", "Mexico reports at least 46,688 deaths with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording higher numbers.", "The firm said it has talked with President Trump about buying the Chinese app's US business.", "BBC News profiles the space travellers who 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\"I didn't know what to do. Even the message was really nice.\n\n\"I don't know how [Swift] saw it. If it was someone from the UK I would be less surprised.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Vitoria Mario says she \"wants to hug\" Taylor Swift\n\nMs Mario said she was already a Taylor Swift fan but was now a fan \"for the rest of my life\".\n\nThe American singer, whose 16 top 10 British chart hits include the aptly titled Wildest Dreams, wrote a message on Ms Mario's fundraising page as she confirmed her donation.\n\nAt that stage, Ms Mario had reached nearly half her £40,000 target.\n\nSwift wrote: \"Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality.\n\n\"I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor.\"\n\nVitoria Mario said she was unable to speak English when she first arrived in the UK\n\nMs Mario said: \"I want to thank her with all my heart.\"\n\nThe teenager, whose mother still lives in Portugal, said her family could not afford to support her and she needed the funds to help pay for accommodation, a laptop, textbooks and general living costs.\n\nShe said that despite being unable to speak English when she moved to the UK in 2016, she left school with two A*s in maths and an A in physics in her A-levels.\n\nShe says she learned English \"from Netflix mainly\".\n\nSwift has previously made several impromptu donations to fans whose stories she has read about online, including a New York photographer who asked for financial support via Tumblr.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe train which derailed in Aberdeenshire, leaving three men dead, had reached almost 73mph before it hit a landslip, a report has said.\n\nDriver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died near Stonehaven. Six others were injured.\n\nThe train derailed following heavy rain last week.\n\nAn initial report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the train was travelling within the speed limit.\n\nThe RAIB said it reached 72.8 mph (117.1 km/h) and this was \"within the maximum permitted of 75 mph (120 km/h) on this stretch of line\".\n\nThe report confirms that the accident took place at about 09:38, just a few minutes before the first reports reached the emergency services.\n\nInvestigators said all six vehicles of the train derailed after it struck the landslip 1.4 miles north-east of Carmont in Aberdeenshire.\n\nNine people were on board, a crew of three and six passengers.\n\nBrett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury died after the train left the tracks\n\nDescribing conditions at the time of the crash, the RAIB said there had been thunderstorms in the area, with 52mm (2in) of rain falling within the space of four hours. This is about 70% of the total monthly rainfall which could be expected in Aberdeenshire in August.\n\nThe high speed train - with two power cars and four carriages - had been operating the 06:38 service from Aberdeen to Glasgow.\n\nIt was initially stopped at Carmont at 06:59, after a northbound train reported a landslip further south, on the section of track between Carmont and Laurencekirk.\n\nAfter sitting at Carmont for more than two hours, it was decided to move the train back to Stonehaven, to allow passengers to get off.\n\nThe driver was given permission to move north at 09:25, moving at 5mph initially as it crossed on to the northbound track, but then accelerating to 72.8mph.\n\nThe investigators said that, after it was derailed by the landslip, the train continued for 77 yards (70 metres) before hitting the parapet of a bridge.\n\nThe train came off the tracks as it attempted to return to Stonehaven\n\nThe report states: \"The leading power car continued most of the way over the bridge and fell from the railway down a wooded embankment, as did the third passenger carriage. The first passenger carriage came to rest on its roof, having rotated to be almost at right angles to the track.\n\n\"The second passenger carriage also overturned on to its roof and came to rest on the first carriage. The fourth passenger carriage remained upright and attached to the rear power car; it also came to rest on the first carriage. All wheelsets of the rear power car derailed, but it remained upright.\"\n\nThe RAIB says its detailed investigation will include:\n\nThe investigation carried out by the RAIB is independent of parallel work being carried out by the rail industry, and of the investigation being undertaken by the police under the instruction of the Lord Advocate.\n\nNetwork Rail chief executive Andrew Haines said: \"My thoughts remain with the families and friends of Brett, Donald and Christopher, and everybody else affected by the tragic events of last week. Our railway family is still in shock.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to support ongoing investigations so that we can properly establish the circumstances that led to the derailment, and to understand what can be done to prevent such a tragedy again.\"\n\nA one-minute silence was held at railway stations on Wednesday across the UK to honour the three men killed.\n\nFamily members of the men who lost their lives were among those who gathered at Aberdeen station.\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September.", "Retail sales rose above pre-pandemic levels in July as a rebound in demand continued, according to official figures.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) said retail sales volumes rose by 3.6% between June and July.\n\nIt said sales are now 3% higher than February before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic and the UK was placed in lockdown.\n\nClothing sales grew last month and people spent more money on petrol.\n\nMeanwhile, activity in the UK's manufacturing and service sectors during August grew at the fastest rate for nearly seven years, according to a closely watched economic survey.\n\nThe IHS Markit/CIPS composite purchasing managers' index (PMI), which measures factors such as new orders and production, gave a preliminary reading of 60.3, the highest figure since October 2013. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.\n\nIHS Markit said the growth in new orders was linked to the reopening of businesses, alongside \"greater willingness-to-spend among UK households\".\n\nBut it said the companies it spoke to \"continued to note that levels of demand remained well below those seen prior to the pandemic\".\n\nJuly's rise in retail sales was not as pronounced as the previous two months. In May, retail sales had increased by 12% and in June they had risen by 13.9%.\n\nSales in clothing shops grew by 11.9% last month while online shopping fell by 7%.\n\nRuth Gregory, senior UK economist at Capital Economics, said it suggested that \"the recovery in physical shops was more impressive than the headline figure and that shoppers are starting to return to the High Street\".\n\nHowever, the ONS said clothing shops had been \"the worst hit during the pandemic\" and the volume of sales remained 25.7% lower than in February.\n\nClothing sales improved in July but remain far below pre-pandemic levels\n\nWhile fuel sales rose by 26.2% between June and July, they remain far below pre-pandemic levels, down 11.7% compared with February.\n\n\"Recent analysis shows that in July, car road traffic was around 17 percentage points lower compared with the first week in February, according to data from the Department for Transport,\" the ONS said.\n\nWhile \"the outlook could feel a little brighter for retailers\", said Emma-Lou Montgomery, associate director at Fidelity International, she also warned that the pandemic was \"far from over\".\n\n\"With the UK now in a recession and many households likely to be tightening their belts as a result, spending on non-essential items may take a hit in the coming months, particularly as we approach the end of the furlough scheme in October.\"\n\nThe retail sector has been one of the worst hit by the lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nEarlier this week, Marks and Spencer announced it would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months.\n\nIt adds to 1,300 job losses at John Lewis and Boots' plan to axe 4,000 roles, while WH Smith has said 1,500 jobs are at risk.\n\nThe IHS Markit survey of manufacturing and services companies found that payrolls had shrunk.\n\n\"Concerns about the speed and duration of the recovery resulted in sustained job cuts across the private sector during August,\" it said.\n\n\"In contrast to the positive trends for output and new orders, latest data indicated the fastest pace of decline in employment numbers since May.\"\n\nThe UK recorded its first recession since the financial crisis when the economy shrank by a record 20.4% between April and June compared to the first quarter of the year.\n\nA recession is defined at two consecutive quarters of shrinking gross domestic product. GDP fell by 2.2% in the first three months of this year.", "This year's results have been mired in controversy\n\nTeachers, parents and pupils are calling for a major re-think of next summer's exams, following the chaos which has dogged the UK exams system.\n\nTens of thousands have signed a petition saying: \"This must never happen again,\" organised by the National Education Union.\n\nThe petition backs earlier calls from head teachers for an urgent independent review into what went wrong.\n\nIt comes after pupils got record grades in a switch to school assessments.\n\nA faulty algorithm had deliberately marked young people down, but in ways that were described as \"unfair and unfathomable\" by head teachers.\n\nThe petition calls for plans for next year's GCSE and A-Level exams to take account the fact that candidates will have missed months of schooling.\n\nGCSE and A-level students not happy with the calculated grades awarded this summer can resit in the autumn\n\nIt said: \"The exams they sit in the summer of 2021 must reflect this lost learning time and include more question choices and a slimmed down syllabus.\"\n\nIt also called for a system of teacher moderated grades in case there is further disruption to exams next summer due to a second wave of Coronavirus and further lockdowns.\n\nThe NEU wants to see a thorough review of the methods used to assess pupils at GCSE and A-levels, including the possibility of more coursework.\n\nJoint General Secretary Mary Bousted said ministers showed a complete lack of trust in schools in adopting the Ofqual algorithm.\n\nShe said: \"Grades were initially awarded, for the vast majority of students, with no reference to, or evidence of their individual achievements.\"\n\nThe leader of the Association of School and College Leaders, Geoff Barton, has made a similar call.\n\n\"It simply isn't going to be possible for all students to cover all the content in GCSEs and A-levels to the depth required.\n\n\"Most worrying of all, is the complete absence of a contingency plan in the event that large numbers of students are unable to take exams next summer.\"\n\nASCL also called on England's exams regulator, Ofqual, to consider:\n\nOfqual has already consulted on the issue and decided to:\n\nHowever, Ofqual has yet to decide whether the start of next year's summer exam season will be delayed for a few weeks.", "Scientists carried out measurements in the lab\n\nSinging does not produce substantially more respiratory particles than speaking at a similar volume, a study suggests.\n\nBut it all depends on how loud a person is, according to the initial findings which are yet to be peer reviewed.\n\nThe project, called Perform, looked at the amount of aerosols and droplets generated by performers.\n\nThe findings could have implications for live indoor performances, which resumed in England this week.\n\nThey are currently only allowed to take place under strict social distancing guidelines.\n\nAerosols are tiny particles which are exhaled from the body and float in the air.\n\nThere is emerging evidence that coronavirus can be spread through these particles, as well in droplets which fall onto surfaces and are then touched.\n\nTwenty-five professional performers of different genders, ethnicities, ages and backgrounds - musical theatre, opera, gospel, jazz and pop - took part in the study that was led by scientists at the University of Bristol.\n\nThey individually completed a range of exercises, which included singing and speaking Happy Birthday at different pitches and volumes, in an operating theatre where there were no other aerosols present.\n\nThis allowed researchers to analyse the aerosols produced by specific sounds.\n\nThey found that the volume of the voice had the largest impact on the amount of aerosol produced.\n\nFor example, there was some difference - albeit not very substantial - between speaking and singing at a similar level. Whereas singing or shouting at the loudest level could generate 30 times more aerosol.\n\nThe impact of playing instruments was also tested\n\nVentilation could also have an effect on how aerosol builds up. The larger the venue and the more ventilation there is could affect how concentrated the volumes are.\n\nJonathan Reid, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Bristol, is one of the authors of the paper, which was supported by Public Health England.\n\nHe said: \"Our research has provided a rigorous scientific basis for Covid-19 recommendations for arts venues to operate safely, for both the performers and audience, by ensuring that spaces are appropriately ventilated to reduce the risk of airborne transmission.\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: \"I know singing is an important passion and pastime for many people, who I'm sure will join me in welcoming the findings of this important study.\n\n\"We have worked closely with medical experts throughout this crisis to develop our understanding of Covid-19, and we have now updated our guidance in light of these findings so people can get back to performing together safely.\"\n\nDr Rupert Beale of the Francis Crick Institute, said: \"This important research suggests there is no specific excess risk of transmission due to singing. Loud speech and singing both carry excess risk however. This research supports the possibility of safe performance as long as there's appropriate social distancing and ventilation.\"\n\nDr Julian Tang, honorary associate professor in respiratory sciences at the University of Leicester, said: \"The risk is amplified when a group of singers are singing together, eg singing to an audience, whether in churches or concert halls or theatres. It is a nice study but not exactly representative of the real whole choir dynamic, which really needs further study to truly assess the risk of such large volume synchronised singing vocalisations/exhalations.\n\n\"The risks should not be overly underestimated or played down because of this - we don't want choir members getting infected and potentially dying from Covid-19 whilst doing what they love.\"", "Robyn Goldie was neglected during the last year of her life with mother Sharon\n\nA mother who left her dying daughter at home while she went to a pub has pleaded guilty to neglect.\n\nSharon Goldie, 45, claimed her child, Robyn, was \"attention seeking\" despite the 13-year-old begging for help.\n\nWhen she returned home in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Robyn was slumped on the sofa, having died from the effects of a perforated stomach ulcer.\n\nThe court heard the child had endured a year of neglect, including having to ask someone for £1 to buy food.\n\nThe High Court in Glasgow was told Robyn had lived with Goldie until she was four before moving in with her grandmother where she enjoyed a \"stable life\".\n\nBut she had returned to live with her mother in 2017, a year before her death.\n\nSocial workers, who were monitoring the pair, said there was often friction between them, and Robyn was unhappy with her mother's drinking.\n\nProsecutor Ashley Edwards QC said Goldie appeared to be a regular at the Melody Bar in Wishaw.\n\nMiss Edwards said: \"Robyn was often seen attending there looking for Goldie and asking for money to buy food.\n\n\"She also often approached a neighbour asking for £1 to get food.\"\n\nRobyn once said she had only had a yoghurt that day. The child was described as \"thin, dirty and unkempt\".\n\nThe child told friends how when drunk, Goldie would offer her cannabis and alcohol while \"constantly\" insisting she did not want her in the house.\n\nOn one occasion Robyn called a gas company, complaining she was cold at the house, which smelled badly of cat urine, the court heard.\n\nA few months before her death Robyn was found to have a rash caused by fleas.\n\nThe week before she died Robyn had complained of a sore stomach and legs, and was given painkillers.\n\nOn 21 July, Goldie told staff at the Melody Bar she had \"locked\" her daughter in the house \"so she could not get out\".\n\nThe next day, Robyn complained to a friend she had been ill and not eaten for days.\n\nOn 24 July, Robyn texted her grandmother claiming she felt \"a lot better\" but a friend of Goldie saw the \"drained\" child that day and told her: \"She's just not well\".\n\nThat night, Robyn told Goldie to get help as she had \"pain all over\" but the mother refused to contact the ambulance service.\n\nA friend of Goldie offered to take the girl to hospital in a taxi, but she stopped him, claiming the girl was \"attention seeking\".\n\nThe next day, Robyn begged a neighbour to get her an ambulance as she could not breathe, but the mother yelled at her to \"get in\".\n\nSharon Goldie appeared at the High Court at Glasgow\n\nOn 26 July - the day Robyn died - a social worker turned up in the morning to take Robyn to a catering class.\n\nMs Edwards explained: \"Goldie spoke...through the letterbox explaining that Robyn was not well and had been unwell since the previous Thursday.\"\n\nDespite her daughter being ill, Goldie then went to the pub, returning home later with a friend to find Robyn slumped on the sofa and unresponsive.\n\nMs Edwards said: \"Goldie and the man got another drink from the fridge and went outside 'because the weather was nice'.\"\n\nThe friend later checked on Robyn again and discovered she was dead.\n\nWhen an ambulance was called, Goldie told paramedics: \"She's at it.\"\n\nOn being told the child had died, she wailed and said: \"No, she cannot be.\"\n\nGoldie later told police she thought Robyn had a bug, but was getting better and she thought her daughter was \"trying to wind her up\".\n\nMiss Edwards: \"She said she had told Robyn that ambulances are for people with heart attacks.\"\n\nRobyn was found to have died from peritonitis as a result of a perforated ulcer.\n\nA senior medic concluded that had the teenager been treated during her illness, she would have been \"expected to survive\".\n\nGoldie pled guilty to a charge under the Children and Young Persons Act of wilfully ill-treating and neglecting Robyn. Prosecutors accepted her not guilty plea to the charge of culpable homicide.\n\nThe court heard Goldie had suffered a brain injury following a car accident when she was a child.\n\nIn 2003, she was an in-patient for mental health issues, but stopped taking her medication.\n\nThe judge Lord Beckett said it was a serious case, but asked for more information before passing sentence.", "Tenants can still receive notice of an eviction\n\nMinisters have extended the ban on landlords evicting tenants in England and Wales until 20 September, following fears thousands could lose their homes.\n\nIn most cases, until the end of March, renters will also get six months' notice if their landlord plans to evict them.\n\nCourts had been due to resume cases on Monday after a five-month pause.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the latest announcement just gave \"renters a few more weeks to pack their bags\".\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick said he was \"supporting renters over winter\" amid the ongoing effects of the coronavirus outbreak adding that, when the ban was lifted, the most serious cases of anti-social behaviour, other crimes, and unpaid rent for over a year would be heard first.\n\nOne landlords' group described the blanket extension as \"unacceptable\".\n\nBefore the pandemic, notice of eviction was usually two months. In Wales, that had already been extended to six until the end of September and remains under review.\n\nIn Scotland, a proposal for six months of notice until March requires approval from the Scottish Parliament, and laws in Northern Ireland include a 12-week notice period.\n\nA survey by homelessness charity Shelter suggested that more than 170,000 private tenants have been threatened with eviction by their landlord or letting agent, and 230,000 in England have fallen into arrears since the pandemic started.\n\nPolly Neate, Shelter's chief executive, said: \"It is right for the government not to lift the ban when it risks exposing people to eviction and the threat of homelessness with no means of defence.\n\n\"The government must use this short window of time wisely to put proper safeguards in place for renters.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Robert Jenrick said cases would be prioritised when they returned to court\n\nHealth bodies had warned that homelessness or moves that resulted in people living in overcrowded accommodation could risk higher numbers of Covid-19 infections. Politicians have now called for more than the latest extension to the ban.\n\nLabour's leader, Sir Keir, said \"Such a brief extension means there is a real risk that this will simply give renters a few more weeks to pack their bags.\"\n\nHe described the move as an \"11th-hour u-turn\" and said Prime Minister Boris Johnson had \"stuck his head in the sand\" for months, adding: \"The ban should not be lifted until the government has a credible plan to ensure that no-one loses their home as a result of coronavirus.\"\n\nThe former Conservative Communities Secretary, Lord Pickles, told BBC Radio 4's World at One that the ban should be extended into next spring.\n\nHe said \"periodic\" extensions were \"pointless\" without further legislative action to give tenants more security.\n\nIn a letter to judges, Master of the Rolls Sir Terence Etherton said that, having expected the end of the ban on Sunday, the proposal had been of \"an extremely unusual nature and timing\" but would allow further work to be done to prepare for the ban to be lifted.\n\nLawyers and landlords' groups have said that, even after a ban expires, there is little expectation of people who have faced Covid-related financial problems being swiftly told to leave properties.\n\nBen Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said: \"A blanket extension is unacceptable, especially so close to the deadline. This announcement satisfies no-one.\n\n\"Landlords have been left powerless in exercising their legal right to deal with significant arrears unrelated to Covid-19, anti-social behaviour and extremely disruptive tenants who make life miserable for their neighbours and housemates.\n\n\"Private landlords cannot be expected to foot the bill for government failure.\"\n\nThis announcement lifts the immediate threat of eviction. Ministers also hope the new six month notice period will prevent a raft of evictions in the winter month.\n\nThe move has been welcomed - but some are warning it is a sticking plaster and ministers need to use the time to come up with solutions.\n\nSome are suggesting a fund to help those who have fallen into rent arrears.\n\nBut on the other side of the debate, the National Residential Landlords Association is worried, saying landlords had been left powerless in dealing with non-payment of rent.\n\nIn Wales, tenants who have fallen into arrears are being aided with a saving scheme.\n\nLandlord groups have called for more help in England to reduce the financial pressures on landlords, in addition to mortgage holidays.\n\nDavid Batchelder, 35, was laid off from his job in pest control at the start of lockdown and is typical of tenants struggling with their finances owing to the economic fall-out of the pandemic.\n\nHe lives in a flat in High Wycombe with his partner, who works as a building company receptionist, and at the moment is a stay-at-home dad to one-year-old daughter Miley.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Batchelder: \"I don't know what the future holds\"\n\nThe fall in income and reliance on benefits means he is worried about the future.\n\n\"In all honesty, [benefits] are not enough and just do not cover everything,\" he said.\n\n\"In difficult times there is a possibility that we could end up losing our home. We would like to know that we've got somewhere secure.\n\n\"The landlords have been very good so far, but they can only do so much. And if there was another coronavirus wave, it will be very worrying as to what might happen.\"", "STA Travel has become the latest travel firm to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe company, which grew out of a student travel business and specialised in trips for young people, including gap years and volunteer projects, has ceased trading.\n\nSTA Travel has more than 50 shops in the UK.\n\nThe firm said customers with bookings would \"receive further communication in the coming days\".\n\n\"We are sorry for the inconvenience and the limited information available to you at this time,\" a statement on its website said.\n\nAbout 500 UK jobs are thought to be at risk as a result of the firm's failure.\n\nThe firm's parent company, based in Switzerland, said the pandemic had \"brought the travel industry to a standstill\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said the news would \"send a shockwave through the industry, bringing to life the very real pressures that travel is under at the moment\".\n\n\"STA Travel will be a name that is familiar to most people who will have used them to travel or been aware of their name on the High Street, and this distressing news will sadly affect the livelihoods of hundreds of employees,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nABTA says the majority of flights and holidays sold by STA would be protected by the Atol scheme, an insurance scheme which protects holiday bookings. It directed customers to its website for further advice.\n\nAmelia should have taken her month-long holiday to Bali and Borneo back in April but, when the pandemic arrived, it was postponed until September.\n\nSTA Travel told her and her boyfriend last week their trip would no longer go ahead at all. Now the 22-year-old from Walsall just wants to get her money back as quickly as possible.\n\n\"The STA agent said they would offer us credit notes but they would be split up between the different companies that STA booked all our travel and accommodation through.\n\n\"There is no way we would be able to spend all of the credit notes on the same trip if we did it ourselves.\n\n\"It's really, really disappointing - we just hope we can get our money back quickly but I'm not sure we will.\"\n\nThe Civil Aviation Authority said it was aware of \"a number of consumers whose bookings have been cancelled by STA Travel Ltd as a result of government advice or flight cancellations\".\n\nCustomers whose bookings were protected by Atol would be able to submit a claim through their online portal, the CAA said.\n\nSTA Travel, which originally stood for Student Travel Australia, but was later rebranded Student Travel Association, was founded in 1971, and specialises in long-haul, adventure and gap year travel.\n\nThe firm said: \"Over recent months, the company took decisive measures to secure the business beyond Covid-19.\n\n\"However, sales have not picked up as anticipated, due to consumer uncertainties, further restrictions and renewed lock-down measures, which are expected to largely continue into 2021.\"\n\nSimon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, said coronavirus had particularly hit long-haul specialists like STA, which arranged tailor-made trips.\n\nHe said a combination of High Street rents, a lack of income and demands for refunds was made worse when Australian airline Qantas announced it would not be running intercontinental flights in or out of Australia until the second half of 2021.\n\n\"Clearly the parent company… had to look at the future and just decided that there was no chance of business coming back at anything like the necessary amount before next year,\" Mr Calder said.\n\nHe added that \"other casualties\" were inevitable - particularly with countries being suddenly added to the UK's quarantine list.\n\n\"That's generated so much uncertainty that people simply aren't flying,\" he said.\n\nHave you got a trip booked with STA Travel? Share your thoughts and 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The glasses had been worn by Gandhi on a trip to South Africa\n\nA pair of Mahatma Gandhi's glasses have sold for £260,000 after they were found sticking halfway out of an auction house's letterbox.\n\nThe spectacles were bought through a phone bid from an American collector after six minutes of bidding on Friday.\n\nAuctioneer Andrew Stowe said it was a new record for East Bristol Auctions and described it as \"the star lot of the century\".\n\nThe glasses had been expected to sell for about £15,000.\n\nMr Stowe said the owner of the glasses was an elderly man from Mangotsfield who said he would split the money with his daughter.\n\nThey had been handed down from generation to generation in the owner's family, after a relative met Gandhi on a visit to South Africa in the 1920s.\n\nThe Indian civil rights leader was known for giving his possessions away, the auctioneer said\n\n\"It's a phenomenal result. These glasses represent not only an auction record for us, but a find of international historical importance,\" Mr Stowe said.\n\nThe glasses had been left in a plain white envelope in a letter box at East Bristol Auctions on a Friday night and were not collected until the following Monday morning.\n\n\"They could quite easily have been stolen or fallen out or just ended up in the bin,\" Mr Stowe continued.\n\nHe said the owner had no idea of their value and \"nearly had a heart attack\" when he was told they might be worth £15,000.\n\n\"These glasses have been lying in a drawer for the best part of fifty years. The vendor literally told me to throw them away if they were 'no good'. Now he gets a life-changing sum of money.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Evo Morales now lives in exile in Argentina after a disputed election last year\n\nThe Bolivian justice ministry has filed a criminal complaint against former President Evo Morales for statutory rape and human trafficking.\n\nIt comes after photographs were published in national media of the 60-year-old ex-leader with a young woman who was reportedly a minor at the time.\n\nHe has not commented on the allegations.\n\nMr Morales was president from 2006-2019 and lives in exile in Argentina after a disputed election in November.\n\nThe leftist leader stepped down following large protests contesting last year's election results, and a right-wing interim government took charge.\n\nWhile in exile, Mr Morales has been accused of a range of offences.\n\nAn alleged relationship between Mr Morales and a 19-year-old woman identified only as N.M began when she was a minor.\n\nDeputy Minister Guido Melgar told a press conference on Thursday that photos taken from a mobile phone belonging to one of the woman's relatives show her while on trips with Mr Morales.\n\n\"The curious thing here is that she was a minor at the time and as we all know, for a minor to travel, she needed her parents' permission,\" he said.\n\nShe was 14 when she allegedly began to accompany the president on trips, reports Spanish news agency EFE.\n\nThe role of the young woman's family in allegedly \"allowing\" Mr Morales to travel with her as a minor is also being investigated, Mr Melgar said.\n\nMr Melgar said the government does not know where N.M is, but have evidence that her family visited Argentina, where Mr Morales is living.\n\nUnder Bolivian law, the crime of rape is punishable with between two and six years in prison, and human trafficking with 15 years.\n\nHe was one of Latin America's longest serving leaders with almost 14 years as president of Bolivia.\n\nBorn in a rural village in the western Oruro region into a family from the Aymara group, he became the country's first indigenous leader. Indigenous peoples make up around two-thirds of the population.\n\nHe was part of the \"pink tide\" of left-wing leaders in Latin America that promised wealth distribution and more power for historically oppressed groups.\n\nSince he came to office, extreme poverty dropped from 38% in 2006 to 17% in 2018, but critics said levels rose again in his final two years in office.\n\nAfter a controversial decision by the constitutional court to scrap presidential term limits, Mr Morales ran for a fourth consecutive term in office in October 2019.\n\nThe election result was disputed, and Mr Morales' main rival, Carlos Mesa, cried foul - leading to weeks of unrest across Bolivia.", "The railway, from Berkshire to Essex via central London, was due to open fully in December 2018, but repeated delays have pushed it back.\n\nLondon's Crossrail project has been hit with fresh delays and might need an extra £450m, its board has said.\n\nThe route - known as the Elizabeth Line - was initially due to open in December 2018 but has faced numerous delays.\n\nCrossrail has now said the line's central section, from Paddington to Abbey Wood, would be ready to open \"in the first half of 2022\".\n\nThe Mayor of London is said to be \"deeply disappointed\" with the latest delay.\n\nTransport for London's new commissioner, Andy Byford, has been asked by City Hall to review Crossrail's latest update including any extra money the project may need.\n\nMr Byford also said the delay was \"disappointing\" and said the Department for Transport (DfT) would also look at Crossrail's plans.\n\nThe government has also launched a new \"acceleration unit\" designed to speed up road and rail infrastructure upgrades.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed that a team of specialists will join the DfT to tackle delays to infrastructure projects caused by the pandemic.\n\nCrossrail's new date comes after the team behind the project said last month that the route would not meet its then-summer 2021 target opening.\n\nTfL's commissioner Andy Byford has been asked to review the latest Crossrail delays\n\nCurrently the trains run between Liverpool Street and Shenfield, Essex as well as between Paddington and Reading, Berkshire. There is also a line from Paddington to Heathrow operating.\n\nBut the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is one of the reasons behind the new delay to completing the central section of the line, which will run mostly through tunnels.\n\nThe team said social distancing meant that a maximum of 2,000 people were now allowed on Crossrail sites - less than 50% of the staffing levels before the pandemic.\n\nCrossrail's original budget was set at £15.9bn in 2007 but cut to £14.8bn in 2010\n\nThe project's boss said their \"focus remains on opening the Elizabeth Line as soon as possible\" and that they have a \"comprehensive plan\".\n\nCrossrail's CEO Mark Wild said the project is in its \"complex final stages\".\n\n\"It is being completed at a time of great uncertainty due to the risks and potential impacts of further Covid outbreaks,\" he added.\n\n\"We are working tirelessly to complete the remaining infrastructure works so that we can fully test the railway and successfully transition the project as an operational railway to Transport for London.\"\n\nThe crucial point to remember with these \"opening dates\" is no one actually knows when Crossrail will start operating.\n\nThese dates are now an educated estimate but so many dates have come and gone that no one will trust the latest one.\n\nCrossrail already had problems and due to Covid-19, inevitably construction slowed down and the complex testing of the hi-tech signalling systems will now only start in October.\n\nTrain testing then starts but more problems will probably crop up. There could also be more delays due to more Covid outbreaks.\n\nDon't forget this further delay has a big knock-on on TfL's finances which are already in a dire state.\n\nIt will also affect all those businesses and tenants up and down the line who have been paying increased rent on the promise of Crossrail.\n\nUntil it opens - Crossrail is shut.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThousands of British holidaymakers are facing a scramble to get home to avoid quarantine after Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago were removed from the safe travel list. People returning from those countries will have to isolate for 14 days if they are not back by 04:00 BST on Saturday. But passengers coming back from Portugal will no longer face any quarantine restrictions.\n\nFrance has reported more than 4,000 daily cases of Covid-19 for the first time since May, with officials saying the virus is now circulating in major cities among young people who typically do not have serious symptoms. Despite the increasing number of infections, France's education minister has ruled out postponing the start of the new school year in September. Cases are also increasing in Spain, Germany and Italy.\n\nThe Royal College of Pathologists has warned that tests for coronavirus antibodies being sold for home use could be putting the public at risk. Doctors say they cannot guarantee that testing kits sold direct to consumers meet the appropriate standards and that more testing is needed to assess how effective they are. The government says no antibody test has been approved for home use and it is taking action to prevent bogus kits from being sold.\n\nAfter traces of the coronavirus were found on packaging in China, questions are again being asked about whether it can be transmitted via cardboard and plastic wrapping. While it is theoretically possible for the virus to survive for hours on some packaging materials, scientists believe that environmental conditions can affect how long it hangs around for. The World Health Organization says there is no need to disinfect food packaging, but does recommend washing hands after handling food and before eating.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has hit the jobs market hard, with many workers facing redundancy or a reduction in their hours. A good example of how the number of job vacancies has plummeted can be found in Leeds, where the Northern Monk brewery had 1,021 applications for a packing job. Experts say that even if people don't lose their job, they may look to take on additional employment to make up for working fewer hours.\n\n...wearing a mask is mandatory in some circumstances, although the rules can differ in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We have put together a user's guide to wearing a mask.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – England, Wales and Northern Ireland updated weekly. Scotland updated monthly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated weekdays.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The chances of an EU-UK post–Brexit trade deal “seems unlikely” says the EU’s chief negotiator.\n\nA post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU \"seems unlikely\" at this stage, the bloc's negotiator has said.\n\nSpeaking after the latest round of talks, Michel Barnier said he was \"disappointed\" and \"concerned\".\n\nHis UK counterpart David Frost spoke of \"little progress\", amid differences on fisheries policy and state aid rules.\n\nThe EU has said it would like to agree a deal by October so it can be approved by the European Parliament before the post-Brexit transition period expires.\n\nThe transition period ends on 31 December and, if a deal has not been secured by then, the UK would have to trade with the EU on WTO (World Trade Organization) terms.\n\nThis means most UK goods would be subject to tariffs until a free trade deal was ready to be brought in.\n\nThe UK has said it will not extend talks if an agreement cannot be reached by the December deadline.\n\nIn a statement released after the seventh round of talks, Mr Frost said the EU had made it \"unnecessarily difficult\" to make progress by insisting that differences over state aid and fisheries have to be resolved before \"substantive work can be done in any other area of the negotiation, including on legal texts\".\n\nIn a bid to break the deadlock, the UK has presented the EU with a draft legal text for a free-trade agreement.\n\nMr Frost, who reports directly to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said the UK was seeking a deal which \"ensures we regain sovereign control of our own laws, borders, and waters\".\n\nWe were never expecting a big breakthrough this week. But the frustration and exasperation expressed publicly on both sides underlines how tough reaching a meaningful deal will be over the next six weeks.\n\nFor the UK, it's a frustration that the EU is not willing to commit to paper areas of agreement until the big stumbling blocks - fishing and state aid - are overcome.\n\nFor the EU, it's a frustration that the British continue to want the benefits of the single market - for UK hauliers, for example - without paying the membership fee or signing up to its rules.\n\nAmid the talk of disappointment, time-wasting and a lack of compromise, both sides insist they do want a deal.\n\nI'm told the latest round of discussions were courteous and friendly, with a warmth between the two chief negotiators facing each other - even if each is delivering an uncomfortable message.\n\nThey've been sitting in the other's gaze, but hardly seeing eye-to-eye.\n\n\"When the EU accepts this reality in all areas of the negotiation, it will be much easier to make progress,\" he said.\n\nA senior UK negotiating official added that a deal was \"still possible but not that easy to get there\".\n\nThey also said it was \"frustrating\" that the EU \"says Brexit means Brexit... yet they want us to continue with arrangements as though we were still [an EU] member\".\n\n\"Frustrating that they want us to move towards their position on fishing and state aid before doing anything else.\"\n\nSpeaking at a press briefing in Brussels, Mr Barnier accused the UK side of \"wasting valuable time\", suggesting the draft text was \"useful\" but downplaying its significance in reaching any agreement.\n\n\"Too often this week it felt as if we were going backwards more than forwards,\" he said.\n\nFishing rights is one of the areas where significant differences remain\n\n\"Given the short time left, what I said in London in July remains true, today at this stage, an agreement between the UK and EU seems unlikely.\"\n\nWhile there had been progress on energy co-operation, participation in union programmes and anti-money laundering, on the subject of access to UK and EU fishing waters, there had been \"no progress whatsoever\".\n\nHe also said the EU's demand for a level-playing field - one of the other sticking points in negotiations - was \"a non-negotiable pre-condition to grant access to our market of 450 million citizens\".\n\nA level-playing field is a trade policy term for a set of common rules and standards that prevent businesses in one country undercutting their rivals and gaining a competitive advantage over those operating in other countries.\n\nThe EU has been insistent there should be level-playing field for workers' rights, environmental protection, taxation and state aid.\n\nThe next round of talks is due to begin on 7 September in London.", "Sky's call centre is based in Cardiff's new Capital Quarter in Butetown\n\nCall centre workers are self-isolating in Cardiff after testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nSky confirmed three staff members at its contact centre had Covid-19 and the building had been closed on Friday.\n\nIt comes as Public Health Wales figures confirmed 14 new cases in Cardiff, the highest figure in 11 weeks.\n\nSky said safety was its top priority and it had a robust contact tracing programme in place.\n\nBack in March, the office on Capital Quarter on Tyndall Street was evacuated and shut for deep cleaning after concerns about a worker.\n\n\"We are closing the contact centre today and sending everyone home as a precaution,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We're contacting anyone who has been in contact with our colleagues, the centre itself has recently been deep cleaned and will be deep cleaned again over the weekend.\"\n\nOn Friday, Public Health Wales (PHW) figures showed out of the 34 new confirmed cases, 14 - the highest number - were in Cardiff, with the next highest number being in Caerphilly, with four cases.\n\nThe last time the daily number in the capital area was at that level was at the start of June.\n\nA PHW spokesperson confirmed an investigation was \"ongoing into a small number of cases at a Sky call centre in Cardiff\".\n\n\"As we move into the recovery phase of the coronavirus pandemic, we expect to see clusters in settings such as workplaces,\" the spokesperson said.\n\n\"We manage any clusters of coronavirus appropriately, including by providing advice around infection prevention and control, and by supporting contact tracing where required.\"\n\nSpeaking to Gareth Lewis on BBC Radio Wales, Robin Howe from PHW urged younger people to follow the guidelines.\n\nHe said: \"It's not so much a statistical blip as a number of small clusters which are being brought under control and the public can do their bit by following the guidance.\n\n\"It looks like cases at the moment are most commonly within the 20 to 29-year-olds age group, so we'd make a plea for younger people to please don't go mad and try and follow all that guidance around social distancing and handwashing etc.\"", "Musician Mika was born in Beirut to a Lebanese-Syrian mother.\n\nAfter the the devastating explosion a couple weeks ago, he is hosting a virtual concert to raise money for Lebanon.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast why the cause is so important to him.", "The Saundersfoot harbour master says such behaviour \"puts strain\" on the emergency services\n\nMen pictured swimming and jumping into the sea during stormy conditions have been labelled \"stupid\" and \"senseless\".\n\nSaundersfoot harbour master David Richards said such behaviour puts \"strain\" on the emergency services.\n\nOn Friday hundreds of homes were left without power in south Wales, seven flood warnings were issued and there was significant disruption to travel.\n\nA campsite owner in Pembrokeshire said he had \"never seen anything like this\" in August.\n\nGusts of up to 95mph (153km/h) forced the closure of the M48 Severn Bridge, and a 30mph speed limit was in place on the A55 Britannia Bridge.\n\nThe RNLI and Coastguard have warned people to take extra care from large waves\n\nWestern Power Distribution said it had reconnected homes in Caerphilly county, Monmouthshire and Vale of Glamorgan after power cuts on Friday.\n\nNatural Resources Wales said coastal communities in Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire could be affected as spring tides coincide with stormy seas.\n\nRail services on the Cambrian line between Pwllheli and Machynlleth have been affected and replacement buses were being arranged, Transport for Wales has said.\n\nEarlier it said trains between Holyhead and Bangor were running at reduced speed due to \"severe weather\", with disruption possible on all routes until 15:00.\n\nAberystwyth, in Ceredigion, saw rough seas on Friday\n\nFerry services between Holyhead and Dublin, and Fishguard and Rosslare have been cancelled or delayed, and people are advised to check before they travel.\n\nToby Rhys-Davies, owner the Apple Camping campsite in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, told BBC Radio Wales a maple tree and a large tent had come down overnight.\n\n\"It was quite a dramatic evening battling the elements,\" he said.\n\n\"In my experience, I have never seen anything like this, not in August.\"\n\nA maple tree came down at the Apple Camping site in Tenby\n\nDemand for campsites was still high, says Toby Rhys-Davies\n\nBut it has not deterred the \"sort of person who wants to batten down the hatches\", he added.\n\n\"We did have a couple just leave, but another couple just got in touch - there are those who are not put off because there are so few campsites.\n\n\"We have been turning away 30 people a day.\"\n\nIn Carmarthenshire, police said a fallen tree had blocked the road at Llanddowror.\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\nAnd police in Swansea shared a photo of the front of Barclays Bank on Oxford Street with its front sign missing.\n\nThe unseasonably windy spell of weather is due to the remnants of Storm Ellen.\n\nGusts for inland locations could peak quite widely at 45-50mph, closer to 55-60mph for coasts and hills, and higher locally.\n\nWe have already observed gusts overnight of 68mph along the south coast.\n\nTrees are in full leaf and with saturated ground from recent showers, there is an increased likelihood of damage to trees.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Sabrina Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe combination of spring tides, large waves, rough seas and strong winds could also allow for coastal flooding.\n\nThe winds will ease somewhat on Friday night, but it will still be blustery, especially for coastal locations and high ground.\n\nIt will be breezy or windy on Saturday too, but by Sunday the winds will moderate, allowing for more comfortable outdoor conditions.\n\nThe RNLI and coastguard have warned of dangerous conditions in coastal areas, such as in Pendine, Carmarthenshire", "Drag queen Chi Chi DeVayne, best known for appearing on two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, has died aged 34.\n\nDeVayne, whose non-stage name was Zavion Davenport, appeared on season eight of the show, as well as season three of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.\n\nShe posted on Instagram last week that she was in hospital for a chronic condition - the second time this year.\n\nRuPaul paid tribute to DeVayne, saying that he was \"heartbroken\" to learn of her death.\n\n\"I am so grateful that we got to experience her kind and beautiful soul,\" he said in a statement, posted on the show's Twitter account. \"She will be dearly missed, but never forgotten. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDeVayne's first stint on RuPaul's Drag Race was aired in 2016, where she impressed the judges with her ingenuity and quick wit.\n\nHer lip sync to Dreamgirls' And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going is also considered iconic in Drag Race history. Contestants on the show perform lip syncs when they are at risk of elimination.\n\nShe finished in fourth place, but was invited to take part in the spin-off show RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which aired at the beginning of 2018. She finished in eighth place.\n\nLater in 2018 DeVayne was diagnosed with scleroderma, a condition that attacks the internal organs.\n\nShe was taken to hospital in July - she told her followers on Instagram it was for kidney failure. She was discharged later that month, but went back to hospital again last week - this time, she said, for pneumonia.\n\n\"Keep me in your prayers,\" she said in a video message to her fans. \"I'll be back soon.\"", "My early take on Joe Biden was that the weaknesses that made it harder for him to secure the Democratic presidential nomination would ultimately make it easier for him to win the presidency.\n\nAt a time when the Democratic Party was lurching leftwards, his pragmatic centrism would be advantageous because hard-hat voters in the Rust Belt and Starbucks moms in the swing state suburbs would find it unthreatening. Nor was his inability to rouse a crowd necessarily a drawback.\n\nMany Americans, after all, were yearning for a presidency they could have on in the background: soothing soft jazz after the round-the-clock heavy metal of the Trump years.\n\nBiden's geniality was the key, his smile almost his philosophy. In a politics often driven by negative partisanship - odium for your opponent more so than fervour for your own party's nominee - Biden would be hard to turn into a hate figure. Certainly, he was nowhere near as polarising as Hillary Clinton, whose negatives helped Trump pull off his unexpected victory in 2016.\n\nThen I went to Iowa and New Hampshire and was shocked to see how the 77-year-old could barely hold a tune. Speeches became rambling soliloquies, a reminiscence from his Senate career here, a name drop from his vice-presidential tenure there. Looping and meandering, his train of thought regularly careered off the rails.\n\nAnecdotes did not seem to make any political point; and while he spoke in vague generalities about redeeming the soul of America, he never thrashed out what precisely that meant. Still he could flash his mega-wattage grin, but he appeared before us as an ambient presence who struggled to light up a room.\n\nThe early primaries did not go well\n\nIn 30 years of covering US politics, he was the most lacklustre front-runner I had seen, worse even than Jeb Bush in 2016. The former Florida governor could at least complete a cogent sentence, even if nobody applauded when it came to an end. After Biden's fourth place finish in the Iowa caucus and his fifth place showing in New Hampshire, many of us thought the time had come for him to don his trademark Aviator shades and ride off westward into the sunset.\n\nInstead, of course, he headed to South Carolina, where the endorsement of the influential black Democratic congressman Jim Clyburn and the support of African Americans produced a Lazarus-like return from the dead. Moderate rivals, such as Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, left the race, coalescing around the establishment candidate deemed to stand the best chance of fending off the insurgent challenge from Bernie Sanders. Faced with the alarming prospect of a one-time socialist emerging as the party's nominee, they smashed the emergency glass in the hope that amiable Joe could put out the firebrand.\n\nDays later, following his cascade of victories on Super Tuesday, some pundits marvelled at how Biden had triumphed in states where he had not even campaigned. But the opposite may well have been true. Biden might have performed well in places precisely because of his absence. The lesson from Iowa and New Hampshire, after all, was that the more voters saw of him, the less they were likely to vote for him. His stealth candidacy ahead of Super Tuesday helped him wrap up the nomination.\n\nThe Covid lockdown, then, has been a boon to his candidacy. The months sequestered in the basement of his Delaware residence has provided a useful cloak of invisibility. Social distancing has even helped neutralise an issue that once imperiled his campaign: that he was inappropriately tactile with women, creepily touchy-feely.\n\nMore importantly, the pandemic has taken the heat out of the ideological battle within the Democratic Party. Biden has reached a unity accord with Bernie Sanders without granting too many concessions to the left; one which stops short of promising universal healthcare and a Green New Deal, and avoids altogether polarising issues such as abolishing ICE (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency), or decriminalising unauthorized border crossings. Biden will doubtless lose some progressive support, especially amongst the young, but his campaign calculates this will be offset by attracting the backing of seniors and retirees, many of them one-time Trump supporters. Not only do the elderly vote at a higher rate than any other age group, they are also the demographic most vulnerable to Covid-19.\n\nAfter the troubled start to his candidacy, it is as if the coronavirus has given Biden a political version of antibodies offering protections from his own underlying conditions.\n\nHis personal narrative also finds a mournful echo in these sorrowful times. Just after winning election to the Senate in 1972, he suffered the trauma of losing his first wife, Neilia, and 13-month-old daughter, Naomi, in a car accident. Then in 2015 he watched his son, Beau, who had survived that car accident, die from a rare form of brain cancer. Biden is naturally empathetic. It puts him on the same emotional plain as many of the 140,000 families who have recently suffered bereavement as a result of Coronavirus.\n\nBiden with first wife Neilia and son Hunter in 1972\n\nSo far, Biden's bunker strategy has proved resistant to the Trump campaign's bunker-busting bombs - the claims of senility, the charge he has become a cipher for the radical left, the false claim that defunding the police formed part of rapprochement with Bernie Sanders. Instead, the focus has been on Donald Trump's imploding presidency.\n\nIncumbency ordinarily bestows advantages. Since 1980, only one sitting president, George Herbert Walker Bush, has failed to win re-election. Even during the post-war period from 1945 to 1980, when only one President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, successfully completed two full terms, voters ousted just two incumbents - Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Donald Trump, however, has annulled the benefits of occupancy through his mishandling of the pandemic.\n\nThe usual rule of thumb is that incumbency combined with a strong economy almost guarantees re-election - in 1992, Bush senior was primarily a victim of a recessionary economy that failed to rebound by Election Day. But Covid-19, of course, has decimated the economy, causing the most serious economic shock since the Great Depression. Voters who pointed to their soaring 401K retirement plans to rationalise their support for a president whose behaviour they often found distasteful, are shopping around. Many, the polls suggest, have already checked out.\n\nEven some of his supposed loyalists, the non-college-educated white voters who comprise his base, are deserting him. Earlier in the year, he enjoyed a 31-point lead among this demographic, but recently that has slipped by 10 points. Polling shows that an unexpectedly high number of white voters disapprove of the president's handling of the racial protests following the alleged murder of George Floyd. They have not responded to Trump's tough law and order stance, which borrowed from Richard Nixon's winning presidential campaign in 1968 that followed a long summer of racial turbulence. Maybe Trump has failed to appreciate a key difference between then and now. In 1968, Nixon was not the president.\n\nBiden with son Beau who died in 2015\n\nElections are often framed as a choice between continuity and change. Yet a selling point for Biden is that he offers voters a version of both. To the eight in 10 Americans who polling suggests believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, he is promising a course correction. Thus, he can plausibly present himself as a candidate of change. But by pledging to serve as a conventional president, returning to the norms of behaviour that Republicans and Democratic incumbents have abided by for decades, he also represents a continuum. The repair of a chain in which Trump became the missing link.\n\nBecause of the false prophecies of 2016, pundits are understandably reluctant to make predictions, and to call time on a president with a double-digit deficit in most national polls and in some battleground state surveys, too. The caution is well-advised. As Biden ventures out more often from his basement redoubt, he will face closer scrutiny. Campaign reporters will soon tire of re-writing the same Trump-is-in-trouble narrative and could easily try to inject more drama and journalistic entertainment value into the race by seizing on even the slightest slip or stumble. Then there are the vagaries of the Electoral College, which means Donald Trump could win a second term even if he loses the popular vote, as was the case in 2016. Nor can we rule out the possibility of a disputed election being decided in the courts.\n\nCertainly, it would be an act of folly to write off Trump, who has walked away from more car crashes than any other sitting president. But over the past four years, the scar tissue has accumulated, and the pandemic has left him with self-inflicted wounds. Besides, even some of the supporters who placed their faith in him are tiring of his tricks of escapology - the boasts, the truth-twisting and the insults. This has become a Covid election. Now it is the president's weaknesses that are making Joe Biden look so strong.\n• None US children explain why they are protesting", "A Trump voter and three Biden voters watched the former vice-president's nomination speech together.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire appeared in court on Saturday after being arrested following an incident on the island of Mykonos.\n\nThe England defender, 27, is on holiday in Greece.\n\nThe Syros prosecutor's office said on Friday that \"three foreigners\" had been arrested after an alleged altercation with police officers on Thursday.\n\nMaguire's lawyer Konstantinos Darivas said he denies the allegations and the defender left court without comment.\n\nDarivas added that he was \"fully convinced he will be released without any charges\" on Saturday.\n\nMaguire joined United from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender - in August 2019.\n\n\"The club is aware of an alleged incident involving Harry Maguire in Mykonos last night,\" United said in a statement on Friday.\n\n\"Contact has been made with Harry, and he is fully co-operating with the Greek authorities. At this time we will be making no further comment.\"\n\nGreek police said in a statement officers had tried to break up an altercation between two groups outside a bar and that the three foreigners had then verbally abused and assaulted one of the officers.\n\nThe statement claimed that after arriving at Mykonos police station, the three arrested individuals then \"strongly resisted, pushing and hitting three police officers\" and that \"one of the detainees tried to offer money so that the trial against them would not be completed\".\n\nThe police say a file has been opened which includes accusations of \"violence against officials, disobedience, bodily harm, insult and attempted bribery of an official\".\n\nIt is not known specifically what Maguire has been accused of.\n\nUnited's season finished with a 2-1 defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League semi-finals on 16 August.", "There are three key sources of data when it comes to judging which direction the pandemic is going in the UK: the daily confirmed cases, the Office for National Statistics monitoring programme (which involves random sampling) and the R value modelled by government experts.\n\nAll show slightly different pictures. The latest ONS survey, published on Friday, suggests rises seen since June have levelled off. Meanwhile, the government advisory body Sage says it does not have confidence the R number is below one, suggesting the epidemic is growing.\n\nIf you look at the daily confirmed cases, it shows the number of new infections have nearly doubled over the past six weeks to more than 1,000 a day. But that has happened partly because the number of tests being done has increased.\n\nEven with the increase in testing, it is clear that not everyone who is infected is being diagnosed – part of the problem is that people can have the virus but not show symptoms. The ONS survey suggests the number of new infections is actually double that being identified by the testing system.\n\nOverall, it suggests there has probably been a steady, gradual increase over the past few weeks. But this needs to be put into context. At the peak, the UK was estimated to be seeing 100,000 new infections a day.\n\nThe focus now is ensuring those areas that are seeing the most cases are able to contain the spread.", "In a normal year, more than a million UK tourists visit Portugal's Algarve coast\n\nUK tourists will no longer need to quarantine after holidaying in Portugal, but travellers returning from Croatia will have to self-isolate.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said people will need to self-isolate for 14 days on returning from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago.\n\nThe changes apply to anyone arriving after 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has added Switzerland to its list of countries requiring quarantine.\n\nThe Portuguese government welcomed the changes as \"useful for all those who travel between Portugal and the United Kingdom\".\n\nIt said the move was \"proof of the good outcome of intense bilateral work\" and \"allowed for an understanding that the situation in the country has always been under control\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut consumer group Which? said the change in rules for Portugal was \"likely to come too late to help many struggling holiday companies\" and called for support for the travel industry.\n\nThe latest updates to the quarantine list come after thousands of British holidaymakers made a last-minute dash to get home from France last weekend, before quarantine measures came into force.\n\nIt is thought around 20,000 British tourists are currently in Croatia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nResponding to the changes, Which? Travel editor Rory Boland said the government had \"now made it clear that countries can be removed or added from the travel corridor list at a moment's notice\".\n\nHe said the policy made it \"too risky\" for those who are unable to quarantine to travel.\n\nBut he added that holidaymakers who want to follow government advice and avoid non-essential travel to specified countries are finding it \"increasingly difficult to claim a refund\".\n\nMr Boland also called on the government to provide \"urgent\" support to the travel industry, adding: \"The addition of Portugal is likely to come too late to help many struggling holiday companies who are at the point of collapse, as summer trips have already been cancelled.\"\n\nThe Tucker family, from Cambridge, were at a waterfront café on the Croatian island of Solta, off the coast of Split, when they heard they would have to quarantine on their return to the UK.\n\n\"We already cancelled a holiday in Barcelona because of quarantine rules,\" said mum Luzita, 50, a childminder.\n\n\"We've always wanted to come to Croatia so we looked at the infection rates and they seemed very low.\"\n\nLuzita and David Tucker are on holiday in Croatia with sons Oliver and Kaffian after cancelling a trip to Barcelona\n\nShe said it was good the government had acted decisively, but suggested there were other options.\n\n\"Why not [carry out] virus testing at the airport when we arrive back in the UK? And surely using public transport to get home could be a risk.\"\n\nDiane Barwick was in the Croatian town of Zadar visiting her daughter - having cancelled a planned trip to France when that country was removed from the exemption list.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"My daughter should have been married here in May. I've not seen her for nearly a year and have had three flights cancelled this year.\"\n\nUnlike many other British visitors to Croatia, she had responded to rumours that the country was set to be removed from the exemption list by booking an alternative early flight home.\n\nThat means she should be able to get home before the deadline and back to her job in retail.\n\n\"If you're in France you can get the boat or Eurostar. Here it's a flight only. I've got to travel three hours tomorrow to get to the airport in Croatia,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Transport has advised people in Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago and Austria to follow local rules and check the Foreign Office website for further information.\n\nIn a statement, it urged employers to be \"understanding of those returning from these destinations who now will need to self-isolate\".\n\nBut children currently on holiday in those three countries will now miss the start of the new school term in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - unless their parents can get them home before 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rt Hon Grant Shapps 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\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nBBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey said only a small number of direct flights from Croatia were due to reach the UK before the deadline of 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", detailing countries that were exempt from the rule.\n\nSince then it has periodically updated that list, adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UK's.\n\nIn July, the Portuguese government expressed \"regret\" at the UK's decision to continue to exclude it from the safe travel list.\n\nThe country's foreign minister had previously said he hoped an \"air bridge\" between the UK and Portugal could be secured by the end of June.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nThe UK provides the largest number of overseas tourists to Portugal, with more than two million tourists visiting every year.\n\nThe Algarve coast is the most popular destination, with 1.2 million visitors from the UK last year.\n\nTravel expert Simon Calder tweeted that the cost of flights from Manchester to Faro on Saturday morning had risen from £50 to £98 in 30 minutes.\n\n\"A good time to book that late summer break, though fares are already soaring,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the Department for Transport, weekly coronavirus cases are on the rise in Croatia, Austria, Trinidad and Tobago as follows:\n\nHave you been affected by the new quarantine measures? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Bruno Tonioli will not be behind the Strictly Come Dancing judges' desk for some of this year's series, while he takes part in the US version.\n\nThe impassioned Italian usually appears on both Dancing With The Stars and the BBC show, flying back and forth.\n\nBut that's not possible this year. He won't be replaced on the UK panel.\n\nThe BBC said Tonioli would still \"be involved remotely\" in the Sunday results shows and then return full time \"towards the end of the series\".\n\nThis year's series will be will be \"slightly\" shorter than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, the broadcaster has said.\n\nIt normally begins in September and ends in mid-December. Its run largely overlaps with Dancing With The Stars, which normally ends in late November.\n\nTonioli with Carrie Ann Inaba and former Strictly judge Len Goodman on Dancing With The Stars\n\nThe BBC hasn't said how long this series will be, or how long Tonioli will be away. The timing of his return is likely to depend on the transmission dates of Dancing With The Stars and any quarantine requirements.\n\nPreviously, Tonioli has commuted between the shows every week. However, the current rules say anyone flying from the US to the UK and vice versa must self-isolate for two weeks.\n\nThe BBC also didn't give any details of how he would take part in the results shows remotely.\n\nIn a statement, Tonioli said: \"I absolutely adore being part of Strictly and can't wait to see what incredible dancing this year has in store.\n\n\"Lockdown has resulted in me being in LA for the foreseeable, but I'm excited to be involved as much as I possibly can.\"\n\nExecutive producer Sarah James said: \"I'm overjoyed that we've found a way for Bruno to be part of this year's Strictly.\n\n\"His passion and enthusiasm are such a big part of the show, I'm thrilled we can continue to deliver that to audiences this year.\"\n\nIn the past, the choreographer has usually missed one week of Strictly every series, to give him a mid-season break from travelling. In recent years, he has been replaced on the judging panel during his week off by The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro.\n\nTonioli's fellow UK judges Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood will all return.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The move will boost training for healthcare professionals\n\nUniversities in England will offer all students with the grades places on their first choice courses, but many will have to start next year.\n\nThe government has also lifted the cap on medical, dentistry, veterinary and teaching courses, and agreed targeted extra funding.\n\nUniversities UK said the A-level U-turn still posed \"significant challenges\", and called for more funding.\n\nEngland's Department for Education said all offers to students who met their conditions would be honoured this coming year, wherever possible.\n\nRevised A-levels results in England - after the algorithm was scrapped following the downgrading of nearly 40% of grades last week - show 38.1% of results were awarded an A* or A, compared to 25.2% last year.\n\nFailures were down, with 0.3% of entries not getting a pass, compared to 2.5% last year.\n\nDelays to BTec results, which were pulled on Wednesday to allow examiners to raise grades in line with A-levels, have left a new group of students worried about losing out on their preferred courses.\n\nLabour has called for a \"cast-iron guarantee\" to all students that their offers will be upheld.\n\nWith more students making their offer requirements, universities are under considerable pressure due to \"late movement of students between institutions\", according to Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK.\n\n\"Government now needs to urgently confirm funding both to ensure the financial stability of institutions suffering from a loss of students and to offer further support to maintain and build capacity where needed,\" said Mr Jarvis.\n\nHe added: \"Universities and their admissions teams are doing everything they can to accommodate students on their first choice course and where this is not practically possible, to advise on and offer other opportunities, such as a deferred place for next year or a suitable alternative course.\n\n\"The priority must be to support students.\"\n\nMr Jarvis welcomed the move by government to lift long-standing student number controls on domestic students in:\n\nMs Donelan said she wanted to reassure students that \"every effort is being made to make sure all those who planned to, can move to higher education\".\n\nShe said she was delighted that government and the higher education sector had \"agreed that all students who achieved the required grades will be offered a place at their first choice university\".\n\n\"I want universities to do all they can to take them on this year or offer alternative courses or deferred places where required.\n\n\"The pandemic has highlighted more than ever the importance of our fantastic healthcare services and the need to invest in them,\" she added.\n\nShe also said there would be additional grant funding to boost capacity in high cost subjects including medicine, nursing, the sciences, engineering, technology and maths, but gave no details.\n\nBut there are concerns that while some institutions find themselves oversubscribed, others will have the reverse problem.\n\nDr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the highly selective Russell Group of universities said admissions teams were \"working round the clock\".\n\nHe welcomed the government's decision a \"a very positive step\".\n\n\"Russell Group universities are working with government and will do everything they can to accommodate as many students as possible on their preferred courses this year.\"", "Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.\n\nSpeaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome.\n\nBut he added that current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the virus \"in a shorter time\".\n\n\"Of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading,\" he said.\n\n\"But at the same time, we have also the technology to stop it, and the knowledge to stop it,\" he noted, stressing the importance of \"national unity, global solidarity\".\n\nThe flu of 1918 killed at least 50 million people.\n\nCoronavirus has so far killed 800,000 people. Nearly 23 million infections have been recorded but the number of people who have actually had the virus is thought to be much higher due to inadequate testing and asymptomatic cases.\n\nProf Sir Mark Walport, a member of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - on Saturday said that Covid-19 was \"going to be with us forever in some form or another\".\n\n\"So, a bit like flu, people will need re-vaccination at regular intervals,\" he told the BBC.\n\nIn Geneva, Dr Tedros said corruption related to supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic was \"unacceptable\", describing it as \"murder\".\n\n\"If health workers work without PPE, we're risking their lives. And that also risks the lives of the people they serve,\" he added, in response to a question.\n\nAlthough the question related to allegations of corruption in South Africa, a number of countries have faced similar issues.\n\nOn Friday, protests were held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi over alleged corruption during the pandemic, while doctors from a number of the city's public hospitals went on strike over unpaid wages and a lack of protective equipment.\n\nA demonstration took place in Nairobi on Friday\n\nThe same day, the head of the WHO's health emergencies programme warned the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico was \"clearly under-recognised\".\n\nDr Mike Ryan said the equivalent of around three people per 100,000 were being tested in Mexico, compared with about 150 per 100,000 people in the US.\n\nMexico has the third highest number of deaths in the world, with almost 60,000 fatalities recorded since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIn the US, Democratic nominee Joe Biden pledged to introduce a national mandate to wear masks if elected, and attacked President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic.\n\n\"Our current president's failed in his most basic duty to the nation. He's failed to protect us. He's failed to protect America,\" Mr Biden said.\n\nMore than 1,000 new deaths were announced in the US on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 173,490.\n\nOn Friday, a number of countries announced their highest numbers of new cases in months.\n\nSouth Korea recorded 324 new cases - its highest single-day total since March.\n\nAs with its previous outbreak, the new infections have been linked to churches, and museums, nightclubs and karaoke bars have now been closed in and around the capital Seoul in response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Another church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was identified earlier this year as South Korea's biggest virus cluster\n\nA number of European countries are also seeing rises.\n\nPoland and Slovakia both announced record new daily infections on Friday, with 903 and 123 cases respectively, while Spain and France have seen dramatic increases in recent days.\n\nIn Lebanon, a two-week partial lockdown - including a night-time curfew - has come into effect as the country saw its highest number of cases since the pandemic began.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why has there been crisis after crisis in Lebanon?\n\nInfections have doubled since a devastating blast in the capital Beirut killed at least 178 people and injured thousands more on 4 August.\n\nThe disaster left an estimated 300,000 people homeless and placed massive strain on medical facilities.\n\nIn Africa, the average daily cases of coronavirus fell last week, in what the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, described as a \"sign of hope\".\n\nThe continent-wide daily average was 10,300 last week, down from 11,000 the week before.", "Swift, 30, has sold more than 50 million albums and 150 million singles worldwide\n\nSinger Taylor Swift has donated £23,000 to a London-based student struggling to raise the funds to take up a maths course at the University of Warwick.\n\nVitoria Mario's online fundraising page details how she has lived in the UK for four years after moving from Portugal.\n\nBut she is not eligible for maintenance loans or grants.\n\nVitoria said: \"I was worrying too much about the money, what I have to do and if I have to look for a job. She actually made my dream come true.\"\n\nThe American singer,whose 16 top 10 British chart hits include the aptly titled Wildest Dreams, wrote a message on Vitoria's fundraising page as she confirmed her donation.\n\nAt that stage, Vitoria had collected nearly half of her £40,000 fundraising target, and Swift wrote: \"Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality.\n\n\"I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor.\"\n\nVitoria Mario was unable to speak English when arriving in the UK four years ago\n\nVitoria said her family could not afford to support her and she needed funds to help pay for her accommodation, a laptop, textbooks and general living costs. She said the approach from Swift had \"come out of the blue\".\n\nThe 18-year-old had written on her page: \"Though my story is not unique, my dream of becoming a mathematician is not only a chance at social mobility for my family and I, but to inspire people who have been in similar positions to aspire to be the best version of themselves.\"\n\nShe added that she has always been \"studious\" and was unable to speak English when she moved to the UK in 2016.\n\nDespite that disadvantage, she left school with two A*s and an A in her A-levels.\n\nWhen coming to the UK, Vitoria had to make the difficult decision to leave Portugal, where her mother still lives.\n\n\"Moving away from her was a challenge but it was a sacrifice worth being made in my family's eyes,\" she added.\n\nShe estimated she would need £24,000 for accommodation, £3,000 for equipment and £13,000 for general living costs including food, transport, gas and electricity.\n\nSwift has previously made a number of impromptu donations to fans whose stories she has read about online, including a New York photographer who asked for financial support via Tumblr.", "Airbnb has banned house parties as part of its efforts to comply with limits on gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOccupancy will be limited to 16 people, with a few exceptions for some venues.\n\nLockdown parties hosted in Airbnb properties led the UK's Bed and Breakfast Association to warn it was putting communities at risk.\n\nThe firm says it will pursue legal action if guests or hosts break the rules.\n\n\"Instituting a global ban on parties and events is in the best interest of public health,\" Airbnb said in a statement.\n\nIt added that 73% of its listings explicitly banned parties but some hosts allowed small parties such as baby showers or birthday celebrations.\n\nDespite this, Airbnb acknowledged that some of its guests had chosen to \"take bar and club behaviour to homes sometimes rented through our platforms\".\n\n\"We think such conduct is incredibly irresponsible - we do not want that type of business, and anyone engaged in or allowing that behaviour does not belong on our platform,\" it said.\n\nAirbnb had already begun to impose stricter limits, with a ban on party houses that created persistent neighbourhood nuisance.\n\nTo comply with social distancing rules, it had also removed the \"event friendly\" and \"parties and events allowed\" search filters.\n\nAnd earlier this month, it prevented some under-25s in the UK from booking entire homes, following successful pilots in Canada and the US.\n\nLike other travel firms, Airbnb has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic - although in July it said that customers had booked more than one million nights in a single day for the first time since March.\n\nThe San Francisco-based firm also announced this week that it planned to list on the stock market. In April it raised $2bn (£1.5bn) from investors, who valued it at $18bn.", "Brent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets while on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters\n\nTwo gold nuggets worth around A$350,000 (£190,000; US$250,000) have been discovered by a pair of diggers in southern Australia.\n\nBrent Shannon and Ethan West found the nuggets near goldmining town Tarnagulla in Victoria state.\n\nTheir lucky find was shown on TV show Aussie Gold Hunters, which aired on Thursday.\n\nThe men dug up the ground and used metal detectors to detect gold in the area.\n\n\"These are definitely one of the most significant finds,\" Ethan West said, according to CNN. \"To have two large chunks in one day is quite amazing.\"\n\nThey found the nuggets, which have a combined weight of 3.5kg (7.7lb), in a number of hours with the help of Mr West's father, according to the Discovery Channel which airs the programme.\n\nThe nuggets weigh around 3.5kg (7.7 lb) in combined weight\n\nThe show, which is also broadcast in the UK, follows teams of gold prospectors who dig in goldfields in remote parts of Australia.\n\n\"I reckoned we were in for a chance,\" Mr Shannon told Australian TV show Sunrise. \"It was in a bit of virgin ground, which means it's untouched and hasn't been mined.\"\n\nMr West said that during four years of mining for gold, he is picked up \"probably thousands\" of pieces.\n\nThe Discovery Channel also said collectors could pay up to 30% more for the nuggets than their estimated value.\n\nIn 2019 an Australian man unearthed a 1.4kg (49oz) gold nugget worth an estimated A$100,000 (£54,000; $69,000) using a metal detector.\n\nGold mining in Australia began in the 1850s, and remains a significant industry in the country.\n\nThe town of Tarnagulla itself was founded during the Victoria Gold Rush and became very wealthy for a period of time when keen prospectors moved there to make their fortune, according to a local website.", "Combined with the existing Gwynt y Mor turbines the wind farm would be among the largest in the world\n\nPlans to create one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world off the north Wales coast have got a step closer despite fears over the impact on scenery.\n\nAbout 100 turbines could be built as part of plans for Awel y Môr, between Colwyn Bay and Llanfairfechan.\n\nCampaigners who fought against the nearby Gwynt y Môr farm said the turbines were \"an eyesore\".\n\nRWE Renewables said the wind farm would create \"green clean renewable energy\".\n\nBack in 2015, the same developers opened one of the UK's largest offshore wind farms, Gwynt y Môr, which has 160 turbines, off the coast of Llandudno, Conwy.\n\nNow they have been granted rights by the Crown Estate for the sea bed between Colwyn Bay and Llanfairfechan.\n\nA \"scoping report\" has been submitted to councils in the region, outlining plans to build another 100 turbines, to the west of the current wind farm.\n\nThis would mean that the two combined would create one of the biggest wind farms in the world.\n\nTamsyn Rowe said the wind farm would help reach Welsh Government renewable energy targets\n\nProject Manager Tamsyn Rowe said the project was in its \"early stages\", with the company hoping it could be operational by 2030.\n\n\"It's going to be a really great project and it's going to create lots of green, clean renewable energy,\" she said.\n\nMs Rowe said that the wind farm would create up to 100 permanent jobs, and 700 during the construction of the site.\n\nJohn Lawson-Reay said it would be \"criminal\" to ruin the scenery\n\nBut John Lawson-Reay, who led the Save Our Scenery campaign group against Gwynt y Môr, said the group would fight the plans.\n\n\"It started and then it spread and spread. It's become a visual eyesore,\" he said.\n\n\"One of the main things we have to sell is the scenery and to clutter it up is criminal.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRWE Renewables said it now hoped to spend the next two years negotiating with stakeholders and consulting with the public.\n\nIf successful, the company would then be able to submit a planning application and a licence application to Natural Resources Wales.\n\nDeputy leader of Conwy council, Goronwy Edwards, said the authority welcomed the investment in the area, especially during such a \"worrying time\".\n\n\"But in the long term Conwy council would like to see true investment in sustainability through plans like a tidal lagoon,\" he said.\n\n\"Conwy and north Wales have played their part in wind farms but I think they are short term things.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThird Test, Ageas Bowl (day one of five)\n\nZak Crawley's sparkling maiden Test century put England in command of the third and final Test against Pakistan on day one at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton.\n\nThe 22-year-old, playing in his eighth Test, oozed elegance for his 171 not out.\n\nHe shared an unbroken partnership of 205 with Jos Buttler, who continued his resurgence with the bat by making an unbeaten 87.\n\nThat guided England from the difficulty of 127-4 to 332-4, a position from which they are primed to win the series.\n\nOn a blustery day, Pakistan had to battle a fiercely strong wind that whistled down the ground throughout.\n\nAt the end of it, they were left facing a huge battle to avoid their first series defeat by England since 2010.\n• None Watch highlights on Today at the Test\n\nAfter the second Test on this ground was ruined by bad weather, there was a sense of foreboding when rain arrived just as the captains walked out to toss up.\n\nWhen the shower passed, England skipper Joe Root took the opportunity to bat on the slow, dry pitch while at the same time sending Pakistan out to field in the miserable conditions.\n\nWith the sun making only fleeting appearances and the wind swirling around the empty stadium, it was Crawley who illuminated proceedings in an innings that gradually sucked the enthusiasm from the tourists.\n\nThere were periods either side of lunch when the contest between bat and ball was even, not least when Root and Ollie Pope fell in the space of four overs.\n\nButtler, though, arrived first to support, then came to life in an evening session where England rattled along at almost five an over.\n\nThe second new ball was also dispatched as Pakistan gradually lost their way.\n\nBy the close, England had already piled on enough to be able to take advantage of a pitch that could deteriorate, perhaps with some uneven bounce for the extra pace of Jofra Archer, restored to the side in place of Sam Curran.\n• None The Hundred can launch without crowds, says outgoing ECB chief Graves\n\nCrawley was left out when England rebalanced their team because of an injury that prevented Ben Stokes from bowling. He returned with a half-century in the second Test, then produced this performance to cement his place.\n\nHe announced his arrival by clipping his first ball for four, and proceeded to play all around the ground with a level of strokeplay none of his team-mates came close to matching.\n\nDripping in class, Crawley played drives of all kinds, guides to third man, glances off the pads, took on the fast bowlers when they dropped short and swept the spinners.\n\nThe Kent right-hander was able to move up and down the gears depending on the control exerted by the Pakistan bowlers, scoring 45 from his first 46 deliveries, then settling into a more even tempo.\n\nCrawley pushed Mohammad Abbas into the covers to reach three figures, celebrating with a modest raise of the bat and a kiss of the badge on his helmet.\n\nBy that time Buttler has eased into the slipstream, going on to loft the leg-spin of Yasir Shah for two magnificent straight sixes.\n\nCrawley offered a half chance back to bowler Fawad Alam on 159, but remains with the opportunity for a double century, and Buttler is closing in on his second Test ton.\n\nPakistan were on course to win the first Test before the heroics of Buttler and Chris Woakes, and the tourists had managed a competitive total in the truncated second Test.\n\nHere, they were rarely in the contest, and it would take a monumental turnaround for the tourists to preserve their strong recent record against England.\n\nThough Rory Burns edged Shaheen Afridi to fourth slip and Yasir, employed early to bowl into the wind, had an advancing Dom Sibley lbw, Pakistan had little control with the new ball. They did not manage a maiden until almost two hours into the day.\n\nThey improved after lunch and were given an opening by wholehearted 17-year-old Naseem Shah. The pace bowler nipped one away to take Root's edge, with Yasir following up by scurrying through the bamboozled Pope.\n\nFrom there, though, they had little threat, scant discipline and decreasing energy.\n\nThe Fawad drop saw shoulders slump further, and even though the new ball caused England the occasional uncomfortable moment, Pakistan were flattened by the time a rare full day of play was completed.\n\n'England's best day of the summer' - what they said\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"The run chase at Old Trafford was dramatic, but this has been England's best day of the summer.\n\n\"It was the manner of which the partnership developed from the get-go: just playing good Test cricket. And Zak Crawley, you just can't see a better century.\"\n\nTest Match Special's Aatif Nawaz: \"It wasn't as much case of poor bowling from Pakistan as it was an exceptional batting performance from England.\n\n\"Jos Buttler and Zak Crawley put on a jarring display of concentration and dominance the likes of which we haven't seen too often this summer.\"\n\nEngland batsman Zak Crawley: \"It's the best feeling I've had in cricket, for sure. Hopefully I can get a few more. It's definitely one of the feelings you want again.\"", "People will still be able to go shopping and go to work\n\nOldham and parts of Blackburn and Pendle are facing extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19.\n\nResidents in those areas are not allowed to socialise with anyone from outside their household, as of midnight on Saturday.\n\nWorkplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including restaurants and pubs, will remain open.\n\nSince July, the government has been introducing extra restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nPeople will be advised to avoid using public transport except for essential travel\n\nBut tighter rules in Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale are to be dropped on 26 August.\n\nWigan and Rossendale originally faced tighter restrictions along with the rest of Greater Manchester and east Lancashire because of the wider region's overall infection rate and concerns that the virus was being spread between households.\n\nHowever, both have maintained low infection rates compared with other areas.\n\nThe additional measures in Oldham and parts of Pendle and Blackburn will not prevent people from shopping, going to work or attending child-care settings including schools, which open from 1 September.\n\nHowever, any social activities indoors and outdoors can only be shared with people you live with and are in your immediate household.\n\nResidents will be advised to avoid using public transport except for essential travel, and the number of people who can attend weddings, civil partnerships and funerals will be limited to household members and close family, with no more than 20 people.\n\nRestaurants will also be encouraged to halt walk-ins, and only seat people who make reservations in advance.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"To prevent a second peak and keep Covid-19 under control, we need robust, targeted intervention where we see a spike in cases.\n\n\"Our approach is to make the action we take as targeted as possible, with the maximum possible local consensus.\"\n\nThis will allow local councils to focus resources on the wards that need more targeted intervention, he added.\n\nThe new restrictions on household gatherings and socialising will apply to the following areas of Blackburn with Darwen: Audley & Queen's Park, Bastwell & Daisyfield, Billinge & Beardwood, Blackburn Central, Little Harwood & Whitebirk, Roe Lee, Shear Brow & Corporation Park, Wensley Fold.\n\nAreas in Blackburn with Darwen where all restrictions have been lifted are: Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Blackburn South East, Darwen East, Darwen South, Darwen West, Ewood, Livesey with Pleasington, Mill Hill & Moorgate, West Pennine\n\nExisting restrictions in Pendle remain but the new rules apply to the following areas: Whitefield, Walverden, Southfield, Bradley, Clover Hill, Brierfield, Marsden\n\nCouncillor Sean Fielding, leader of Oldham Council, welcomed the announcement the town would not face business closures.\n\n\"Over the last few days we've made a clear argument that an economic lockdown was not the answer for Oldham,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead we put forward a strong case to [the] government for a different approach - one where we increase testing, use our powers to drive compliance and enforcement among those not currently following guidelines, and carry out intensive door-to-door engagement in areas with higher cases.\"\n\nHe added that he believed the tightened measures would \"help reduce the spread of the virus\".\n\nTightened Covid-19 measures have been imposed in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn\n\nGreater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham said: \"I think we've come to a sensible agreement with the government and I'm grateful to them for listening.\n\n\"We didn't want to see a lockdown in Oldham and we are pleased the government worked with us on that one - and we are glad the restrictions have been lifted in Wigan.\"\n\nMr Burnham added that he wanted to see \"further relaxation\" in Greater Manchester next week as \"we are also seeing cases coming down in Trafford and Stockport\".\n\n\"We are balancing protecting people against letting people live their lives - it is a really difficult question and I don't envy the government on this one,\" he said.\n\nWith the exception of Northampton, Oldham, Blackburn and Pendle have the highest rate of new infections.\n\nThey are seeing between 70 and 90 cases per 100,000 people. That is about half the rate Leicester was in when it was put into lockdown.\n\nThis move is about taking pre-emptive action before infections spiral out of control.\n\nWhat testing shows is that in these places - and a number of other areas in the north west and West Yorkshire for that matter - there is community transmission, often focussed in specific neighbourhoods.\n\nNorthampton, which has the highest rate, is quite different as the cases are largely linked to a workplace.\n\nBut alongside these extra restrictions, there is also a great deal of work being done that does not get the headlines.\n\nCouncil staff working hand-in-hand with community groups are knocking on doors, encouraging residents to get tested and stay safe. To help with this, extra testing facilities are opening up.\n\nThe targeted testing of people in high infection areas who are not ill is also beginning - one of the major difficulties in fighting this virus is that significant numbers do not show symptoms.\n\nBut one issue that keeps cropping up is how to get people to isolate when they have mild symptoms and staying at home means they do not get paid. Many on the ground say this needs to be resolved urgently.\n\nThe spike in Northampton was \"almost solely down to an outbreak linked to the workforce at the Greencore Factory\", a Department for Health spokesperson said.\n\nNearly 300 workers have tested positive, and employees and their households are required to isolate at home for two weeks.\n\nThe number of cases has also been \"rising quickly\" in Birmingham, where the majority of new cases have been among those aged between 18 and 34, a government spokesperson said.\n\nThe city recorded about 30 cases per 100,000 residents over the past week.\n\nIt has been categorised as an 'area of enhanced support', which means it will get additional testing, more local contact tracing, and targeted community engagement.\n\nThe mayor of the West Midlands believes \"some people have not been strict enough\" with coronavirus measures.\n\nAndy Street said the city was in \"an extremely challenging situation\".\n\nBirmingham City Council leader Ian Ward added that the watch list should be a \"wake-up call for everyone\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PSG fans gathered in Paris to celebrate their Champions League semi-final win\n\nA ban on Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing their team's shirt in the city centre of fierce rivals Marseille on Sunday has been rescinded.\n\nPolice had announced the ban for when the Parisians take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.\n\nClothing even \"displaying the colours of PSG\" was off-limits.\n\nBut the order was later rolled back after the decision was met with widespread criticism.\n\nJustifying its initial ban, the police said \"there is strong animosity on the part of some Marseille residents, supporters or not, toward the PSG team, in contradiction with any sporting spirit\".\n\nThe order came due to disturbances in Marseille during PSG's semi-final win over German side Leipzig.\n\nOne man was arrested for attacking a man wearing a PSG shirt. Hundreds of Marseille fans sang anti-PSG songs and detonated firecrackers.\n\nBut Bouches-du-Rhône police later backtracked on the order.\n\n\"The sole purpose of this decree was to protect Parisian supporters, and in no way intended to restrict freedom of movement,\" it said on Twitter.\n\nIt added that it had decided to repeal the total ban on PSG fans due to the \"incomprehension caused by this decree\".\n\nThe PSG-Bayern game takes place at Benfica's stadium in Lisbon.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A series of massive fires in northern and central California forced more evacuations\n\nCalifornia is struggling to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes, warned Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as more than 12,000 fire-fighters battled blazes that have killed six people.\n\nHelp was on its way from several US states as Gov Newsom put in a plea for assistance from Australia and Canada.\n\n\"These fires are stretching our resources, our personnel,\" he said.\n\nAmong the 560 fires are some of the largest the state has seen.\n\nMore than 12,000 dry lightning strikes started the blazes during a historic heat wave in which thermometers in Death Valley National Park reached what could be the highest ever temperature reliably recorded.\n\nBy Friday, emergency officials said some of the fires had doubled in size in a day, forcing 175,000 residents to flee.\n\nTwo fires are now the 7th and 10th largest in the state's history, Gov Newsom said as he urged President Donald Trump to sign a major disaster declaration.\n\nThe worst are in the mountains to the south and east of San Francisco.\n\nAt least 43 people including firefighters have been injured, and hundreds of buildings have burned down and thousands more are threatened.\n\nMany blazes are burning on steep, difficult-to-access terrain and have been fuelled by strong winds. The fires are also threatening larger towns including Santa Cruz where flames reached within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz campus, reports Reuters news agency.\n\nMore fire=fighters, engines and surveillance planes are racing in from other states including Oregon, New Mexico and Texas to help. Assistance from what Gov Newsom called \"the world's best wildfire-fighters\" in Australia has been requested.\n\n\"We simply haven't seen anything like this in many, many years,\" he said, adding that an area the size of the US state of Rhode Island had already burned within California.\n\nRedwoods, the tallest trees in the world, have caught fire near their eponymous state park\n\nWith more than 650,000 coronavirus cases, California also has the highest number of infections in the US, and some evacuees have said they are afraid to go to emergency shelters.\n\nOne woman told CNN she had been forced to flee to a community centre in Vacaville but was refusing to go inside for fear of catching coronavirus.\n\n\"Not only are we dealing with Covid, but with also the heat and now the fires,\" said Cheryl Jarvis, who said she was currently sleeping in her Toyota Prius.\n\nUS agencies have updated disaster preparedness and evacuation guidance in light of Covid-19. People who may be required to flee have been to told to carry at least two face masks per person, as well as hand sanitiser, soap and disinfectant wipes.\n\nHere are some key guidelines for protecting yourself against Covid-19 if you must evacuate to a shelter:\n\nEmergency shelters are enforcing social distancing rules and mask wearing, and have even given individual tents to families to self-isolate. Some counties are seeking to set up separate shelters for sick evacuees or anyone who is found to have a high temperature.\n\nOfficials say people should consider sheltering with family and friends.\n\nIn another pandemic twist, officials also advise that people remain indoors due to the poor air quality outside.\n\nCalifornia is also facing an electricity strain, which has caused a rolling blackout for thousands of customers. Officials have appealed for residents to use less power or risk further cuts.\n\nIn total, more than 1,205 square miles (3,121 sq km) have burned across the state.\n\nA mother and daughter in an evacuation centre in Vacaville\n\nSatellite images show smoke blanketing nearly all of California, as well most of Nevada and southern Idaho.\n\nBig Basin Redwoods State Park, California's oldest state park and home to redwood trees that are 2,000 years old, sustained extensive damage to historic buildings.\n\nFirefighting teams are stretched thin across the state and have been forced to work longer shifts than usual.\n\nA volunteer firefighting corps made up of state prisoners, which has helped the state battle blazes since World War Two, has been diminished this year due to the pandemic.\n\nFires have burned through parts of California's wine-producing regions\n\nPresident Trump blamed California for the fires, and threatened to withhold federal funding as he repeated a suggestion that was met with bemusement when he first raised it in 2018.\n\nSpeaking to supporters in Pennsylvania on Thursday, he said he had told state officials: \"You gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they're like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.\"\n\n\"I've been telling them this now for three years, but they don't want to listen,\" he said. \"'The environment, the environment,' but they have massive fires again.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I'm sorry to tell you that your house is gone'", "Above all else, if there is a Biden Presidency, UK-US relations will snap back to something like “business as usual”.\n\nIn Downing Street and the Foreign Office, there’ll be no more of the sharply raised eyebrows, expletives even, which followed each successive Trump denunciation of America’s allies. Those condemnations of democratic leaders were often accompanied by a startling endorsement of some populist, authoritarian, foreign leader.\n\nIn stark contrast, Joe Biden has committed to an immediate return to America’s global leadership of alliances based on shared values and democratic institutions. Britain will breathe a collective sigh of relief.\n\nIn particular, candidate Biden is promising that a President Biden will “ … lead the world to take on the existential threat we face—climate change…\n\n“I will rejoin the Paris climate agreement on day one of a Biden administration and then convene a summit of the world’s major carbon emitters, rallying nations to raise their ambitions and push progress further and faster.”\n\nThat’s hugely important to Britain, which will chair the critically important UN\n\nGlobal climate change talks in Glasgow now postponed to November 2021. If Joe Biden is in the White House, not Donald Trump, that shifts the entire balance of power towards active support for more radical action. We could even imagine China and the US competing with each other in a “virtue” contest.\n\nThere is one area, however, where Britain may still find it has a mountain to climb in Washington if Joe Biden occupies the White House—trade.\n\nHe’ll be no push over agreeing the terms of a UK-US trade agreement. It was made necessary by Britain’s decision to leave the EU—something Donald Trump hailed as a triumph-- but which Joe Biden has apparently, like President Obama, always seen as a colossal mistake.", "The website for booking new driving tests in England and Wales has crashed, after it relaunched on Friday morning following the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThe Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said it was aware some people could not complete their bookings amid \"unprecedented demand\", adding that it was working to fix the issue.\n\nDriving test slots were open for booking from 08:00 BST.\n\nMany people complained on social media about being unable to access the site.\n\n\"Coronavirus has severely impacted our business as usual operations, including by stopping driving tests for many months as part of social distancing,\" a spokesman for DVSA said.\n\n\"Following unprecedented demand for the driving test booking system after its reopening, we are aware that some users have not been able to complete their test bookings.\n\n\"We are urgently working to fix this and apologise for any inconvenience caused to those who have been unable to book so far.\"\n\nThere were limited numbers of tests available on Friday, but more will be released on Monday, the DVSA said.\n\nTest slots are only available up to six weeks in advance - to allow the DVSA to react quickly to any changes in government guidance on coronavirus.\n\nPeople have also been advised to check nearby alternative test centres for availability if they are unable to book a test at their preferred centre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by chelseamarieabery This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAmy Hanley-McLean tweeted shortly after 16:00 BST that she had been trying to book a test all day.\n\n\"Got as far as choosing test centre only to see no availability at all at any of the test centres within 60 miles of me,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Then crashed again. Now all I am getting is 504 error!\"\n\nLouise Poyning described the booking process as an \"absolute shambles\".\n\n\"Okay, seven hours of refreshing and nearly four hours on hold is my limit,\" she tweeted.\n\nThe DVSA suspended all driving tests for up to three months from 20 March due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThey have already restarted in England and Wales for people who had their tests cancelled because of the virus.\n\nTests are due to restart in Scotland on 14 September, but people in the nation are still unable to book a new driving test.", "PC Andrew Harper's wedding took place four weeks before he was killed\n\nThe widow of PC Andrew Harper has called for killers of emergency service workers to \"spend the rest of their lives in jail\".\n\nLissie Harper has launched a campaign with the Police Federation for \"Andrew's Law\" after her husband was killed on duty in Berkshire.\n\nPC Harper, 28, died when he was dragged for more than a mile along a road by a getaway car in August 2019.\n\nHis killers were sentenced last Friday after being convicted of manslaughter.\n\nDriver Henry Long was jailed for 16 years, while his accomplices Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were sentenced to 13 years each.\n\nIn a statement, Mrs Harper said she hoped a change in the law would allow people to \"get the justice that they rightly deserve\".\n\nShe vowed to fight in memory of her late husband \"so that anyone killing a police officer, firefighter, nurse, doctor or paramedic is jailed for life\".\n\nLissie Harper has vowed to \"fight for a change in the law in memory of her late husband\".\n\nNewlywed PC Harper, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, died after his feet got caught in a tow strap trialling behind a getaway car that had been used to pull a stolen quad bike near Stanford Dingley.\n\nLong, 19, Bowers and Cole, both 18, were convicted of manslaughter but cleared of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nThe maximum sentence a judge can impose for manslaughter is life imprisonment but they must specify a minimum term to be served.\n\nMr Justice Edis said each of the sentences for PC Harper's killers had to reflect \"the seriousness of this case\".\n\nHe said: \"Sometimes death may be caused by an act of gross carelessness, sometimes it is very close to a case of murder in its seriousness. That is so, here.\"\n\nThe judge added the teenagers were \"young, unintelligent but professional criminals\".\n\nMrs Harper, who last week wrote to the prime minister to ask for a retrial, has called on the \"British public and politicians of all parties\" to back her campaign.\n\nThe Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday it had been asked to review the sentences given to the killers after claims they are too lenient. Its officers have 28 days from sentencing to review the case.\n\nPC Harper married his childhood sweetheart Lissie four weeks before his death\n\nMrs Harper said she had \"witnessed first-hand the lenient and insufficient way in which the justice system deals with criminals who take the lives of our emergency workers\".\n\n\"The people responsible for wreaking utter despair and grief in all of our lives will spend an inadequate amount of time behind bars,\" she said.\n\n\"These men who showed no remorse, no guilt or sorrow for taking such an innocent and heroic life away.\"\n\nJohn Apter, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said he fully supported Mrs Harper in her campaign to change the law.\n\n\"The killing of a police officer should see those responsible face the rest of their lives in prison,\" he said.\n\nMrs Harper said her \"wish\" was to ensure \"any widows of the future will not have to experience the same miscarriages of justice\".\n\n\"Let us finally put in place laws which we can actually be proud of, let us do something about the injustices of our systems that cause so much heartache and utter outrage from us all,\" she said.\n\nJessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper\n\nLong, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder, saying he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nHe was given a reduction on his sentence because he pleaded guilty and must serve a minimum of 10 years and eight months in jail.\n\nBowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, admitted they were passengers, but denied ever seeing the police officer.", "Scientists say the loss of ice in Greenland lurched forward again last year, breaking the previous record by 15%.\n\nA new analysis says that the scale of the melt was \"unprecedented\" in records dating back to 1948.\n\nHigh pressure systems that became blocked over Greenland last Summer were the immediate cause of the huge losses.\n\nBut the authors say ongoing emissions of carbon are pushing Greenland into an era of more extreme melting.\n\nOver the past 30 years, Greenland's contribution to global sea levels has grown significantly as ice losses have increased.\n\nA major international report on Greenland released last December concluded that it was losing ice seven times faster than it was during the 1990s.\n\nToday's new study shows that trend is continuing.\n\nUsing data from the Grace and Grace-FO satellites, as well as climate models, the authors conclude that across the full year Greenland lost 532 gigatonnes of ice - a significant increase on 2012.\n\nThe researchers say the loss is the equivalent of adding 1.5mm to global mean sea levels, approximately 40% of the average rise in one year.\n\nClimate scientist Steffen Olsen took this picture while travelling across melted sea-ice in north-west Greenland in 2019\n\nAccording to a calculation by Danish climate scientist Martin Stendel, the 2019 losses would be enough to cover the entire UK with around 2.5 metres of melt water.\n\nBoth last year and 2012 were marked by \"blocking\" events, the researchers say, where disturbances in the jet stream saw high pressure systems become stuck over Greenland, resulting in enhanced melting.\n\n\"We seem to have entered a realm of more and more extreme melt in Greenland,\" said lead author Dr Ingo Sasgen, from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany.\n\n\"It's expected that something like the 2019 or 2012 years will be repeated. And we don't exactly know how the ice behaves in terms of feedback mechanisms in this vigorous range of melting.\"\n\n\"There could be... hidden feedbacks that we are not aware about or that are maybe not perfectly described in the models right now. That could lead to some surprises.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ice loss from 1992 to 2018 has occurred mostly around the coast (Imbie/ESA/Planetary Visions)\n\nWhile 2019 broke the record, both 2018 and 2017 saw decreased ice losses, lower than any other two-year period since 2003.\n\nThe authors say this was due to two very cold summers in Greenland followed by heavy snows in autumn.\n\nHowever the return to high levels of melting in 2019 is a major concern. Five of the years with the biggest mass loss have now occurred in the past decade.\n\n\"What really matters is the trend,\" said Dr Ruth Mottram, from the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, who wasn't involved with this new study.\n\n\"And that trend as shown through the Imbie (Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise) project and other work is tracking the high end of projections.\"\n\nWhile 2020 has so far seen average conditions in Greenland, the overall impact of the massive ice losses seen in recent years could have major implications for people living in low lying areas of the world.\n\n\"The result for 2019 confirms that the ice sheet has returned to a state of high loss, in line with the IPCCs worst-case climate warming scenario,\" said Prof Andy Shepherd from Leeds University, who is the co-lead investigator for Imbie.\n\n'This means we need to prepare for an extra 10cm or so of global sea level rise by 2100 from Greenland alone.\"\n\n\"And at the same time we have to invent a new worst-case climate warming scenario, because Greenland is already tracking the current one.\"\n\n\"If Greenland's ice losses continue on their current trajectory, an extra 25 million people could be flooded each year by the end of this century.\"\n\nRecent media reports have suggested that Greenland may have passed a point of no return, that the level of global warming that the world is already committed to because of carbon emissions, means that all of Greenland will melt.\n\nDr Sasgen says that this perspective may be correct - but Greenland's fate is still in our hands.\n\n\"The rates of sea level rise we expect from Greenland, and the risk of sudden sea level rise from Greenland is drastically reduced if we stay below the warming limits,\" he said.\n\n\"The take home message is that if we reduce CO2, and we reduce or limit global warming, then also the risk for huge contributions from Greenland in the near future will also be reduced.\"\n\nThe paper has been published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Tightened Covid-19 measures have already been imposed in Oldham\n\nA local lockdown in Oldham could prove \"catastrophic for business\", the council leader has warned.\n\nLabour councillor Sean Fielding urged the government not to impose stricter measures in the town.\n\nOldham has one of the highest rates of new infections in England and is one of the areas currently subjected to tightened coronavirus restrictions.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"There is a big challenge in Oldham, the numbers are clear about that.\"\n\nMr Fielding told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his council was \"strongly making the case\" that a local lockdown \"would not be the right solution for the wave of the pandemic that we're seeing\".\n\nHe said \"household transmission\" was driving infections in the Greater Manchester town, most cases were among the working-age population, and there had been little increase in hospital admissions or deaths.\n\n\"We already have youth unemployment of 9.5% and 15% of unemployment generally so [a local lockdown] would be really, really catastrophic for businesses and for the working-age population in Oldham,\" he added.\n\n\"It's different to Leicester because Leicester never really properly reopened.\"\n\nOldham currently has one of the highest rates of new infections in England, although it is some way below the figures that were being recorded in Leicester when its own tightened lockdown was imposed.\n\nIn the week to last Friday, 14 August, Oldham recorded 225 cases, one more than the week before and a rate of 95 per 100,000 population. The average was 28 new cases each day.\n\nLeicester's restrictions were imposed at the end of June and Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at that time its seven-day infection rate was 135 cases per 100,000 people.\n\nLocal figures for Oldham show the greatest concentration of new cases came from the Alexandra Park area, with 44 recorded in the week to 14 August based on the data released on Tuesday evening.\n\nAnother 33 were recorded in Werneth.\n\nMr Fielding warned that hundreds of businesses in Oldham had made themselves \"Covid-secure, spent money in doing so, reopened, traded for a short time\".\n\n\"The likelihood is many of those having done all of that would simply not be able to reopen once the restrictions are lifted again,\" he added.\n\nBut Mr Hancock did not rule out a local lockdown, telling BBC News \"we will do what is necessary\".\n\n\"There is a big challenge in Oldham, the numbers are clear about that,\" he said.\n\n\"We see from what's happened in Leicester over the past few weeks that where we put a local lockdown in place it then has been effective.\"\n\nMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said he would be writing to Mr Hancock, arguing there is \"no case\" to impose further restrictions on the town.\n\nHe said enhanced Covid-19 measures in Greater Manchester were working and that the \"highly targeted, proportionate\" approach should be continued.\n\n\"So there is certainly no case today to impose further restrictions on Oldham beyond the prohibition of social gatherings in the home,\" Mr Burnham said.\n\nHe is also calling for businesses such as beauty parlours and casinos to be permitted to reopen across Greater Manchester, except in Oldham, in line with an easing of cornavirus restrictions in England.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour MP Jim McMahon wrote to Mr Hancock asking for a further two weeks to see the impact of local interventions without the \"blunt tool\" of a lockdown.\n\nThe letter, which the MP for Oldham West and Royton posted on Twitter, was co-signed by fellow local MP Debbie Abrahams and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner.\n\nOldham Council has enlisted the help of Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo to warn residents that \"lockdown is coming\" unless they abide by coronavirus guidelines.\n\nCosmo, who played Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, told residents to \"stay safe and follow the guidance\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People wait for planes at Croatia's Split airport on Thursday\n\nBritish holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days' quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday that those arriving in the UK from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago will need to self-isolate.\n\nThere are currently 17,000 British tourists in Croatia, according to the country's national tourist board.\n\nThe changes apply to anyone arriving after 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nBut UK tourists returning from Portugal will no longer need to self-isolate after the country was added to the UK's list of travel corridors.\n\nThe Portuguese government welcomed the changes and said the move \"allowed for an understanding that the situation in the country has always been under control\".\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has added Switzerland to its list of countries requiring quarantine.\n\nSpeaking about the latest additions to the quarantine list, Mr Shapps said he understood the \"inconvenience\" involved, but said it was \"just a fact of this summer\".\n\nThe transport secretary also said testing for coronavirus at airports to help reduce quarantine time was \"under active review\".\n\nBut he told Radio 4's Today programme: \"I don't want to offer false hope by saying 'it's just as simple as a test at the airport'... because it won't tell you what you need to know.\"\n\nAirport tests on arrival would only pick up \"a very small proportion\" of people who had the virus without symptoms, he said, and a follow-up test would be needed around a week later. In the meantime, people would still have to quarantine.\n\nThere were also issues around ensuring the second test was actually taken by the quarantining person, Mr Shapps said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nLiam and Jodie, a couple from Keighley, West Yorkshire, paid about £800 to travel home from northern Croatia via Munich before the quarantine deadline, after finding it impossible to book a direct flight in time.\n\n\"There wasn't an alternative. There are no flights from Pula to the UK on Fridays, only a flight from Zagreb to London runs but obviously that was fully booked,\" Liam, a mechanical engineer, said.\n\nHe added that the only other flights available had stops in Spain, which is already subject to the UK's quarantine rules.\n\nLiam, pictured with Jodie, said he needed to get back for work as he had started a new job recently\n\nThe latest updates to the quarantine list come after thousands of British holidaymakers made a last-minute dash to get home from France last weekend, before the measures came into force.\n\nThe country is continuing to see a sharp rise in the number of new virus cases, with more than 4,700 reported on Thursday - the highest level in three months.\n\nOver a two-week period, the UK recorded 20.9 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nIn comparison, Croatia had 41.7 cases per 100,000, Austria had 30.8 and Portugal 27.8.\n\nBBC News Europe correspondent Gavin Lee said British tourists are mainly staying in the coastal regions in the south of Croatia near Split and Dubrovnik, as well as the western coast, around Istria.\n\nIgor Pokaz, the Croatian ambassador to the UK, told the Today programme he has urged the UK government to take a \"more nuanced approach\" to travel quarantines.\n\nHe said the virus spikes in Croatia were concentrated in certain regions such as the capital Zagreb, but there were \"very, very few cases\" in other destinations popular with holidaying Britons, such as Dubrovnik and its nearby islands.\n\nMr Shapps said \"there is a case for regionalisation\" and the government was looking at how to do it effectively, including by having different rules for a country's islands.\n\nBut the transport secretary said there were concerns about how detailed the regional data was on other countries' individual islands.\n\nHe also said a regional approach would be harder to implement on the mainland where people could potentially travel between areas with differing quarantine rules.\n\nThe consumer group Which? said the change in rules for Portugal was \"likely to come too late to help many struggling holiday companies\" and called for support for the travel industry.\n\nWhich? Travel editor Rory Boland said the changes to the travel corridor list made it \"too risky\" for those who are unable to quarantine to travel.\n\nHe added that holidaymakers who want to follow government advice and avoid non-essential travel to specified countries are finding it \"increasingly difficult to claim a refund\".\n\n\"Many airlines continue to operate flights and refuse customers the option of a refund, then charge eye-watering fees to those who try to rebook,\" he said.\n\nBut Charis Hipkiss, 20, from Stourbridge near Birmingham, told the BBC she and her family have \"no choice\" but to remain on holiday in Split, Croatia, until next Thursday - meaning they will have to quarantine.\n\n\"The holiday was going well until yesterday. We're all going to be missing out on different things now,\" she said, adding that she and her parents want to get back to work.\n\n\"We've got no choice, they say it's like a race to get home, but there's no race, there's very few flights - they want to charge us nearly £200 each on top of what we've already paid and they're 30 hour flights.\"\n\nCharis Hipkiss is on holiday with her family in Split Croatia\n\nMs Hipkiss, who works as a carer to fund her university studies, added that they had already faced a \"difficult decision\" about whether or not to come on the holiday, which they booked before the pandemic took hold in the UK.\n\n\"We decided to go because it came down to the fact the airline was offering a maximum of £5 as a refund,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Transport has advised people in Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago and Austria to follow local rules and check the Foreign Office website for further information.\n\nIn a statement, it urged employers to be \"understanding of those returning from these destinations who now will need to self-isolate\".\n\nBut children currently on holiday in those three countries will now miss the start of the new school term in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - unless their parents can get them home before 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rt Hon Grant Shapps 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\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nBBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey said only a small number of direct flights from Croatia were due to reach the UK before the deadline of 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", detailing countries that were exempt from the rule.\n\nSince then it has periodically updated that list, adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UK's.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nThe UK provides the largest number of overseas tourists to Portugal, with more than two million tourists visiting every year.\n\nTravel expert Simon Calder tweeted that the cost of flights from Manchester to Faro on Saturday morning had risen from £50 to £98 in 30 minutes.\n\nHave you been affected by the new quarantine measures? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Biden takes a swipe at Trump: 'Character and decency are on the ballot'\n\nThat was the Warren G Harding slogan when he ran for president in 1920, with a campaign centred on healing and calming Americans after the trauma of World War One.\n\nIn his winning presidential bid, he preached healing, serenity and restoration. To put it in modern terms, an end to all the drama.\n\nBiden billed his campaign as a \"battle for the soul of this nation\", but his message on Thursday night - echoing Democratic speakers all week - was not so different from Harding's.\n\n\"It's time for people to come together,\" said Biden. \"This is not a partisan moment, this must be an American moment.\"\n\nHe spoke of his campaign being an opportunity to heal, to reform, to unite, to \"be a path of hope and light\".\n\nIf he loses in November, it won't be because of anything that happened Thursday night or at the convention this entire week - which is exactly what a party currently leading in the polls wants.\n\nSo what were the three key things that stood out?\n\nIn big speeches like this, stagecraft - delivery - can be as important as the content. Stumble, and even the most eloquent words can be overshadowed.\n\nGiven that Trump and the Republicans seem to be building their campaign attacks around the assertion that 77-year-old Biden is suffering from age-related incapacity - \"diminished\" is the term they frequently used - there was particular pressure for Biden to hit his marks.\n\nHe flashed righteous anger when the text called for, such as when launching attacks on Donald Trump's handling of Covid-19 and the violence at the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. He dialled it back when he sought to be reassuring, talking about those who have lost loved ones or are facing economic hardship.\n\nIt's not easy delivering an emotional speech from what was essentially a dark, empty ballroom, but the unusual circumstances of this \"virtual\" may have worked in Biden's favour, as well.\n\nThe circumscribed format kept his text taut and lean, avoiding the longtime politician's occasional penchant for senatorial bloviation. He gave the shortest Democratic acceptance speech since 1984.\n\nBiden has made thousands of speeches in his nearly half-century in public life. On Thursday night, he gave a powerful address, delivered powerfully.\n\nAs if to confirm this, midway through Biden's appearance, Trump took to Twitter to attack the speech not for its content or delivery, but that it was \"just words\".\n\nEver since the end of the Obama presidency, there has been a clear and significant divide within the heart of the Democratic Party.\n\nOn one side of it are the progressives, best embodied by Senator Bernie Sanders, who advocate aggressive government programmes and policies they believe are necessary to address income inequality, racial injustice and environmental degradation. On the other side are the pragmatists, who preach more incremental change and bipartisan consensus. It's a camp Biden falls squarely into.\n\nGiven that Biden was the one giving the big speech Thursday night, it's clear how Democratic primary voters resolved that conflict.\n\nBiden needs to find a way to hold the support of both the progressives and those in the middle if he hopes to win in November, however. His speech on Thursday seems to indicate he's fairly confident about holding his left flank. He may figure simply not being named Donald Trump may be enough for that. While he paid tribute to Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, his speech was light on ambitious, big-government rhetoric.\n\nA return to normalcy worked for Warren Harding in 1920, but will it this time?\n\nBiden's aim was to reach out to the middle - and across to disaffected Republicans and independents. He noted that while he will be the Democratic candidate, he will \"work as hard for those who didn't support me as I will for those who did\".\n\nCoalition-building is the key to winning elections.\n\nThroughout the week, the Biden team sought to pitch a tent big enough for the Republican ex-governors like John Kasich and progressive stars like Elizabeth Warren and Sanders. Now he has to hope it holds up to the storm that Trump and his team are sure to bring in the coming weeks.\n\nIt's fairly clear at this point that the Democratic strategy for defeating Trump is to turn this race into a contrast of character. This week, speaker after speaker tried to hammer home that their guy, hardened by personal tragedies, had it, while the current president is lacking.\n\nIn what was perhaps the most powerful moment of Thursday evening, Brayden Harrington, a 13-year-old with a stutter, spoke of how he was befriended and counselled by Biden, who himself dealt with a childhood stutter. Democrats surely hope that Americans will see the contrast with Trump, who has in the past mocked people for their appearance or their abilities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brayden Harrington: 'Joe Biden made me more confident about my stutter'\n\nFor days, Democrats had been talking about Biden's empathy. Now, in his speech, Biden tried to show it.\n\n\"I know how it feels to lose someone you love,\" he said. \"I know that deep black hole that opens up in your chest. That you feel your whole being is sucked into it. I know how mean and cruel and unfair life can be sometimes.\"\n\nJoe Biden and his son Beau in 2009 in Iraq. Beau died six years later\n\nWhat Biden mostly didn't show, or talk much about, were the specifics of what he wants to accomplish as president. He dwelled on things Trump has done that he will stop, but when it comes to his own policies and programmes, Biden painted in broad strokes.\n\nThe one place he did dive into details was in his Covid response plan - which, to be fair, is the topic most Americans probably care about most at this point.\n\nIf Biden wins the White House, however, what will the voters want - or expect - him to do?\n\nRemoving Trump from office may be enough for many. But for the heavy lifting of legislating - to tackle key Democratic issues like healthcare, the environment and education - it helps to have built tacit support, a mandate, for a course of action during the campaign.\n\nAt the moment, there really isn't much of a Biden campaign to speak of, as the pandemic has kept the candidate close to his home in Delaware.\n\nThat may be one more thing the Democratic nominee has in common with the \"return to normalcy\" campaign of Warren Harding. In 1920, that nominee spent most of his time at home in Marion, Ohio. It was a winning strategy 100 years ago. Perhaps it will be for Biden, as well.", "Poor regulation of antibodies tests - that could indicate if someone has had coronavirus - could be putting the public at risk, doctors have warned.\n\nThe Royal College of Pathologists has written to the health secretary, calling for rules to be tightened on kits sold direct to consumers.\n\nThe letter warns they can \"mislead the public and put individuals at risk\".\n\nNo antibodies test has been officially approved for at-home use in the UK - but many different types are available.\n\nIt is still not known whether having antibodies will protect people from a second infection.\n\nThe letter sent to Matt Hancock calls for urgent action.\n\nThe doctors say the tests should not be used without \"professional back-up\", must \"give the right result\" and be \"properly readable\".\n\nA Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency official said it had \"worked collaboratively with cross-government agencies at pace to prevent non-compliant antibody test kits being placed into the UK market\".\n\nBut Royal College of Pathologists president Prof Jo Martin said: \"Currently, if you buy a test on the internet or you buy it in certain boutiques or shops, we can't guarantee that the quality of that is of an appropriate standard.\n\n\"We can't guarantee that the result will be easy to interpret or that it will be not misleading.\"\n\nAn analysis of 41 antibodies tests sold to the public in the UK, seen by the BBC's Newsnight programme, found almost a third provided incomplete and inaccurate information.\n\nBut just 10% had made documents available to support their claims, academics from the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick found.\n\nWhat information has been released about how kits were assessed shows most were tested on small numbers of patients only - just a few dozen, all of whom had been admitted to hospital.\n\nAt the moment, antibodies tests are a class one medical device - meaning companies can self-certify their tests as effective and immediately start selling to consumers, without a rigorous independent testing process.\n\nIn contrast, HIV and pregnancy tests are listed on \"annex two\" of the European directive for medical devices - which means manufacturers have to provide information about the efficacy of their tests.\n\nLead researcher Jon Deeks, professor of biostatistics, at the University of Birmingham, said more studies were needed with much larger sample sizes to assess how tests were used by patients in practice.\n\n\"These regulations aren't fit for purpose and don't protect the public from bad tests,\" he said.\n\n\"If you can get a CE mark [indicating compliance with the relevant legislation] for a bad test as there is no scrutiny on whether it works, it is just a marketing claim that is registered and we are left in a Wild West of antibody testing.\n\n\"For drug licensing the onus is on the companies to go through clinical trials.\n\n\"We need that same obligation to apply for testing devices like the Covid antibody tests as well.\n\n\"In the long term, evaluations of tests should be added to the existing pre-registers for clinical trials.\n\n\"This will stop manufacturers from cherry-picking only the most favourable results to report.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said: \"Antibody tests must meet the standards for clinical use.\n\n\"And currently no antibody test has been approved for individuals for at-home use. Across government, action is being taken to enforce these tough regulations.\n\n\"There have been a number of arrests. And over 47,000 tests have been seized.\"\n\nYou can see Newsnight's report on this story on BBC iPlayer.", "One of the women found in a flat in east London was mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa\n\nA convicted sex offender who is on trial charged with murdering two women and storing their bodies in a freezer has told a jury he is a \"decent guy\".\n\nZahid Younis, 36, is accused of killing Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa and hiding their remains, which were discovered at his flat in April 2019.\n\nProsecutors say he subjected both women to \"very significant violence\".\n\nGiving evidence at Southwark Crown Court, he denied being in a relationship with Ms Szucs.\n\nThe defendant said she became \"obsessed\" with him after they had sex and that, out of goodness, he would feed her when she came round.\n\nZahid Younis is a convicted sex offender, the court has heard\n\nJurors have heard that Mr Younis was once jailed for sexual activity with a child and for violence against a separate teenage girl.\n\nMr Younis said that he may have done \"unnatural things\" in the past, but that the \"decency doesn't go\".\n\nDuncan Penny QC, prosecuting, told the defendant he was a \"dishonest, fabricating, manipulative liar\".\n\nThe prosecutor said Mr Younis \"went off [Ms Szucs]\" when he \"discovered a bit about her past\".\n\nMr Younis has told the court he met her in hospital in early 2016, but that he later lost interest after she revealed her work as a prostitute.\n\nThe bodies of the two women were found at a flat in Vandome Close, Canning Town\n\nThe prosecution says Mr Younis murdered Ms Szucs in his flat in Vandome Close, Canning Town, east London, after she moved there thinking that he also had feelings for her.\n\nMr Younis claimed that he came home one day in October 2016 to find Ms Szucs dead on his sofa.\n\nThe defendant said he then hid her body in a newly-purchased freezer with the help of a local criminal.\n\nHe told jurors that the same criminal - and an older man with a walking stick - brought the body of Ms Mustafa round in a wheelie bin in May 2018, forcing him to hide a second body in his freezer.\n\nThe criminal had threatened to \"tell everyone I already had a body in my flat\", the defendant said.\n\nMr Younis said he had only briefly met Ms Mustafa at a friend's home, denied ever contacting her by phone, and said he did not know how her fingerprint came to be in his flat.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Megan Thee Stallion has accused Tory Lanez of shooting her in both feet in a July incident.\n\n\"Tory shot me\" after an argument in a car, rapper Megan claimed in an Instagram live.\n\nSinger Tory Lanez - whose real name is Daystar Peterson - was later charged with carrying a concealed weapon.\n\nMegan claimed she feared police would start shooting if she said a gun was involved, so she told them she'd stepped on broken glass.\n\n\"I didn't tell the police nothing, because I didn't want us to get in no more trouble than we was about to get in.\"\n\nTory was arrested at the time - 12 July - on the open charge of carrying a concealed firearm. He was released later that day.\n\nMegan Thee Stallion has had two UK top 10 singles this year\n\nTory Lanez has been quiet since the incident but Megan Thee Stallion accused his team of spreading misinformation online.\n\n\"Stop acting like black women is aggressive when all they be doing is speaking the... facts, and you... can't handle it,\" she said.\n\nShe spoke about being called a \"snitch\" online - and also disputed claims that she hit Tory Lanez before the shooting.\n\nMegan has received support from JoJo and Kehlani.\n\nIn response to questions from her fans, US singer JoJo confirmed Tory Lanez will not be appearing on the deluxe version of recent album Good to Know.\n\nIt follows Kehlani saying the same about a track on her album that featured the Canadian singer.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kehlani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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\"As someone with a large platform, as someone that people look up to, as a woman that makes other women feel safe and empowered, people were asking me, 'Are you going to keep somebody on it who doesn't necessarily make us feel safe or empowered as a woman?'\" Kehlani told Chicago radio station WGCI.\n\n\"This is not an industry friendship. That's really my friend and someone I say I love you to,\" she added about Megan Thee Stallion.\n\nMegan, whose real name is Megan Pete, has previously described the incident but didn't say who shot her.\n\n\"I had to get surgery to get it taken out, get the bullets taken out, and it was super scary,\" she said in July.\n\nShe told her followers about what happened and referred to her family. Her mum - also her manager - died in March 2019.\n\n\"It was just the worst experience of my life, and it's not funny,\" she said.\n\n\"It's nothing to joke about and it's nothing for y'all to go and be making fake stories about.\n\n\"I didn't put my hands on nobody. I didn't deserve to get shot.\"\n\nMegan Thee Stallion said she had surgery to remove the bullets\n\nDespite being shot at least twice, she said her injuries weren't serious.\n\n\"And thank God that the bullets didn't touch bones, they didn't break tendons,\" she said previously.\n\n\"I know my mama and my daddy and my granny had to be looking out for me with that one, because where the bullets hit at, they missed everything, but they were in there.\n\n\"And it's not that I was protecting anybody, I just wasn't ready to speak.\"\n\nMegan previously described it as an act \"with the intention to physically harm me,\" in an Instagram post following the incident.\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 theestallion 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 Los Angeles Times quoted the LA Police Department at the time as saying one person was taken to the hospital \"with a foot injury\".\n\nNewsbeat has contacted the LA District Attorney, whose spokesperson told Billboard it was considering whether to file charges against Tory Lanez.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here", "Tanisha has the grades she needs to go on to sixth form\n\nIt has been a GCSE results day like no other for pupils this year. Grades have risen dramatically in England after exams were cancelled and a government U-turn meant results could be based on teachers' estimates rather than an algorithm.\n\nFollowing the uncertainty of recent weeks, many students were relieved upon receiving their results.\n\n\"I was so nervous this morning, but I just feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders,\" says Tanisha Sethi, 16, from west London.\n\nWith mostly 7s and 8s - equivalent to As to A*s under the old grading system in England - she has the results she needs to go to sixth form, and hopes to go to university in the future.\n\nBut she thinks she could have performed better in some subjects if she had sat exams, and was disappointed when they were cancelled.\n\n\"I really wanted to prove myself and I was gutted that I didn't get the chance to show all the effort I had put in\" she says.\n\n\"I'm not going to have the practice and the knowledge and the exam technique that I would have gained from sitting GCSEs, and it will be a lot harder to make a start on A-levels.\"\n\nJack feels his year has \"missed out on lots of things\"\n\nJack Connor, 16, from Kent, was also feeling apprehensive after the confusion over A-level results last week.\n\n\"There was a lot of uncertainty and people were very stressed out because we had not control over it,\" he says.\n\n\"Then with the U-turn the government made I didn't know what to expect.\"\n\nBut after receiving a mixture of 7s, 6s, and 5s - equivalent to As and Bs under the old system - he says he is \"really pleased\".\n\nResults day was a very different experience this year. Jack received his results online rather than going into school.\n\n\"I wanted the experience of waiting outside school and getting my grades with my teachers around me,\" he says.\n\n\"Obviously we missed out on that. We missed out on lots of things - exams, prom.\"\n\nLucia Davis is still waiting for her BTec result\n\nFor Lucia Davis, it was also a day of mixed emotions. She is from Dinas Powys in Wales, which kept its letter-based grading structure.\n\nShe says the last few months have been difficult as pupils were \"in the dark for a long time\" about what would happen with their grades.\n\n\"With exams being cancelled it put all of us in a really bad mindset because our results were out of our hands,\" she says.\n\nShe is also pleased with her GCSE results, receiving mostly A*s and As. But she is still waiting for her BTec result.\n\nBTec grades were pulled on the eve of results day, after exam board Pearson said they needed to be reviewed to ensure fairness following the U-turn on A-levels and GCSEs.\n\n\"It's a bit nerve-wracking,\" says Lucia. \"It added extra stress to everything that's already gone on.\"", "Bletchley Park was once top secret but now is a museum open to the public\n\nA museum at Bletchley Park, site of the World War Two code-breaking success, is to cut up to a third of its jobs after losing almost all of its income during lockdown.\n\nUp to 35 jobs at all levels and in each department are said to be at risk.\n\nChief executive officer Iain Standen said the Bletchley Park Trust had \"exhausted all other avenues\".\n\nWorkers at the Buckinghamshire site were responsible for decoding enemy codes during the war.\n\nThe site became a museum in 1994.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge opened the refurbished museum in 2014 - her paternal grandmother worked at Bletchley during the war\n\nThe trust, which has 118 employees, expects to lose £2m in income this year.\n\nWhen the coronavirus lockdown began, it furloughed 85% of its staff and managed to secure some additional funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.\n\nIt closed on 19 March and reopened on 4 July, although with reduced visitor numbers due to social distancing.\n\nSavings have been made by reducing marketing, new exhibitions, travel, IT and printing costs, but this only helps in the short term, according to the trust.\n\nMr Standen said: \"The economic impact of the current crisis is having a profound effect on the trust's ability to survive.\n\nBletchley Park intelligence is credited with shortening the war and saving lives. By 1945, the majority of its 9,000 staff were women\n\n\"We have exhausted all other avenues, and we need to act now to ensure he trust survives and is sustainable in the future.\"\n\nA staff consultation on the job losses will begin next week.\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.", "US actor John David Washington plays a character known as The Protagonist\n\nChristopher Nolan is that rare beast: an art house auteur making intellectually ambitious blockbuster movies that can leave your pulse racing and your head spinning.\n\nRidley Scott had the same knack, as did Stanley Kubrick: the wit to combine a vivid imagination with unabashed showmanship in order to explore complex ideas such as time and space and consciousness in the context of an epic, all-action movie.\n\nTo this, Nolan adds a mastery of mixing genres. Inception was a sci-fi-heist movie, The Dark Knight a comic-book thriller.\n\nHe's at it again with Tenet, which is a globe-trotting sci-fi-spy drama starring John David Washington as The Protagonist, who is given the not insignificant task of saving humanity from certain radioactive Armageddon in a looming World War III.\n\nIt's a big ask, but arguably not as big a challenge as the one Nolan has been set with Tenet - which is basically to save the world of cinema from the potentially terminal twin threats of streaming giants and Covid-19. It's a combination of an unseen, mutating enemy and an insurgent fifth column, which, in terms of themes, sounds like a Nolan movie.\n\nTenet is the first major film to be screened in cinemas since the coronavirus outbreak\n\nTenet is a big movie (shot on a mixture of Imax cameras and 70mm film) with a big budget (reported at around $200m/£153m), which is designed to be seen on the big screen. It is a piece of what is now called \"event\" cinema, an immersive experience to stimulate all the senses, which it does, from Ludwig Göransson's throbbing Wagnerian score to visual effects company DNEG's eye-boggling CGI.\n\nIn terms of spectacle, Tenet delivers. The stunts, the camera work and the scale are impressive. As is Nolan's appetite to use blockbuster entertainment as a platform to seriously consider existential threats, the unconscious mind, and cutting-edge physics.\n\nIn the past, he's given us esoteric stories of implanted dreams (Inception) and alternative universes (Interstellar), both of which felt more like fiction than science. That's not the case with Tenet, in which Nolan - who is both writer and director - grapples with the concept of time in a manner that made the incredible seem credible.\n\nFrankly, there's a lot to get your head around. The clue is in the movie's title, which not only refers to the ethical codes of conduct (tenets) expected by the ultra-secret society into which Washington's Protagonist has unwittingly been inducted, but also to its palindromic form, an allusion to the way in which Nolan is asking us to think about time. That is, it goes both ways - forwards and backwards, sometimes simultaneously.\n\nThe upshot of which being, events that occur in the future can be revisited in the past, an idea illustrated in the Grandfather Paradox, which posits if a person travels back in time and kills their own grandfather before his or her parents were conceived, it would prevent the time-traveller's existence.\n\nNolan has previously directed Inception, Memento, Interstellar, Dunkirk and The Dark Knight\n\nThat's at the easier end of the temporal concepts Nolan has us grapple with, which include entropy reversal, time inversion, temporal pincer movements, and reverse cryogenology (I might have misheard that one).\n\nIf that all sounds a tad complicated, you should try showing it on film. There are car chases in which The Protagonist is going forwards when all else is in reverse, fist fights that take place over millennia but happen in the same time and space, and bullets that seal rather than penetrate.\n\nNolan is challenging our preconceptions of time and suggesting there might be an alternative way of looking at it beyond a limited notion of linear progression. It's confusing to begin with, but by about mid-way through the film starts to make narrative sense, to such an extent that plot twists at the end are rather predictable (or, maybe that's some super clever meta-narrative device that validates the film's conceptual argument).\n\nIn fact, the entire plot is rather predictable, which I suppose makes room for all the thinky physics stuff.\n\nIt's a Bond-like set-up. The Protagonist is the goodie: a Western agent working for a morally sound, state-backed, above-the-board secret service. The baddie is Andrei Sator, an unscrupulous Russian businessman played with great vigour but not a lot of subtlety by Kenneth Branagh.\n\nHe is married to the glamorous Kat (Elizabeth Debicki), a British art expert working for an international auction house, who foolishly gave her husband a fake Goya: a professional and personal misjudgement that has allowed the evil Andrei to blackmail her into not leaving him. Unless, that is, she agrees never to see their little son Max (Laurie Shepherd) ever again, thereby depriving her of the joy of picking him up from his posh north London prep school.\n\nElizabeth Debicki, recently cast as Princess Diana in The Crown, plays Kat\n\nAndrei is hell-bent on putting together the wherewithal to erase the past, present and future of the world. The Protagonist is heaven-sent to stop him. Kat is the key, a love triangle plot device that might work on paper but doesn't in the film where there is little emotional spark or screen chemistry between her and either Andrei or The Protagonist - or Max for that matter.\n\nYou're left wondering why the two men are willing to stake everything that has ever been or will ever be on a bit of a cold fish with whom neither appear remotely enamoured.\n\nI'm not sure why there is such an apparent lack of connection between the main players. Maybe it's the script, or possibly that the characters are too simplified, although Washington does a good job in fleshing out The Protagonist, as does Robert Pattinson in his role as an English adventurer type, Neil.\n\nPerhaps it's the high-definition filming and extreme close-ups, which show every pore in the actors' skin, that leads to some scenes having a mannered awkwardness.\n\nRobert Pattinson, best known for Twilight, and John David Washington\n\nTo that extent, it's certainly not Bond, but then, it's not not Bond either. There are action sequences with Bond-like levels of spectacle, and interior scenes in which you sense The Protagonist actively putting his tanks on 007's lawn with his own bone-dry quips (asked how he would like to die, he replies: \"Old\").\n\nWhat differentiates Tenet are the bigger ideas in which Nolan is framing his story. It turns what could have been a sub-Bond action-packed spy movie into an inventive, bold and thought-provoking interrogation into our perception of time.\n\nIt won't leave you shaken, but your mind will be stirred. And that has to be worth a trip to the cinema.\n\nTenet is released in the UK on Wednesday, 26 August.", "Bytedance is weighing up whether to base its TikTok app in London\n\nAn influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK.\n\nNeil O'Brien - co-founder of the China Research Group of Tory MPs - said the intelligence services should publish a report into the matter.\n\nPresident Trump is threatening to ban TikTok in the US.\n\nThis has forced the app to ditch plans to establish its headquarters there.\n\nTikTok had been expected to pick California or New York - where it already has offices - after appointing an American ex-Disney executive as its chief executive in May.\n\nHowever, the US president has since given it an ultimatum to sell its local business to an American firm.\n\n\"I set a date of around 15 September, at which point it's going to be out of business in the United States... unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal,\" said Donald Trump on Monday.\n\nHe added that \"a very substantial portion of that price\" should go to the US Treasury \"because we're making it possible for this deal to happen\".\n\nMicrosoft has confirmed it is in talks to buy TikTok's service in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - all the members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, except the UK.\n\nThe app's Chinese parent company Bytedance has confirmed this had forced a rethink.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: What's going on with TikTok?\n\n\"In light of the current situation, Bytedance has been evaluating the possibility of establishing TikTok's headquarters outside of the US, to better serve our global users,\" it said in a brief statement.\n\nThe Sun newspaper had reported on the weekend that the UK government had already approved TikTok setting up its HQ in London, and an announcement would be made this week.\n\nHowever a source told the BBC that Bytedance had yet to make a final decision, although London was on a short list of possibilities.\n\nDublin and Singapore have been reported to be the other options.\n\nA spokesman for the Prime Minister said any decision would be a \"commercial one\" taken by Bytedance, and added that Boris Johnson had not discussed the issue with President Trump.\n\nThe China Research Group represents a group of about 50 MPs who are concerned about Beijing's influence in the UK.\n\nIt previously helped pressure the government into a rethink on Huawei, and has also raised concerns about plans to let Chinese companies invest in UK nuclear power stations.\n\nNeil O'Brien co-founded the China Research Group with fellow Tory MP Tom Tugendhat in April\n\nMr O'Brien said he was not opposed in principle to the idea of TikTok being based in London, but said a \"deep dive\" into its code should be carried out first.\n\n\"It would be useful for the government to use the kind of specialists in cyber-security that only it has access to, to give us a definitive view of whether the app is safe,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"[If it is] we should welcome investment by TikTok in the country.\n\n\"But if there are problems, as some media reports have suggested, with either political interference in its algorithms and the content that's shown, or about where the data is ending up and a lack of security - well that would raise a whole bunch of other questions.\"\n\nHowever, another prominent Tory backbencher has taken a tougher line.\n\nThe Times reports that Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who chairs the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, said: \"We are playing silly games over this, trying to persuade ourselves that we are able to run a risk-free involvement with these companies. Bytedance is every bit as unreliable as Huawei.\"\n\nTikTok has said that it strictly abides by local laws.\n\nIt currently stores data from its international users on servers based in the US and Singapore. This keeps it separate from that of users in mainland China, who use TikTok's sister app Douyin.\n\nWhile the government has not commented on a security review, as a matter of course GCHQ looks into any cyber-issue flagged as a national security threat by the US.\n\nTwo points are believed to be of particular concern to the agency.\n\nFirstly, whether Chinese spies could get access to the geo-location data - including GPS coordinates and internet addresses - logged by the app.\n\nSecondly, the degree to which the app could be subverted to push certain political content at users.\n\nWhile TikTok says it would not send international users' data back to China, there is concern it would be compelled to do so if Beijing invoked its National Intelligence Law.\n\nIt obligates Chinese citizens to \"support, assist and cooperate\" with the country's intelligence services and to keep such activity secret.\n\nSuch concerns have to be weighed against the prestige of hosting TikTok's headquarters, and the degree to which doing so might help repair relations with Beijing following a ban of the use of Huawei's 5G kit.\n\n\"If TikTok decided to base its new HQ in London, it would certainly cement it as a global tech hub,\" commented Chloe Colliver from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue think tank.\n\n\"There are already some very prominent start-ups, but TikTok is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the world.\"", "Mexican security forces have seized the head of a criminal gang specialising in stealing fuel from pipelines in the central state of Guanajuato.\n\nJosé Antonio Yépez, better-known as El Marro - or The Sledgehammer - was one of the most wanted men in the country.\n\nMexican police had been closing in on him in recent months and had taken his mother and sister into custody.\n\nTheir arrests prompted him to release a bizarre, tearful video last month, declaring war on the security forces.\n\nThe women have since been released.\n\nPolice arrested the suspect in an early morning raid on Sunday on two houses in Guanajuato, also freeing a kidnapped businesswoman and seizing weapons.\n\nEight other people were at the two sites, most of them suspected gang members.\n\nThe 40-year-old allegedly heads the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which has been engaged in a turf war with other criminal organisations, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.\n\nBBC World Service Latin American editor Leonardo Rocha says his capture marks a significant victory for the Mexican government, which has struggled with a surge in violence that even the coronavirus pandemic has failed to contain.\n\nLeft-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took power in December 2018 promising to \"achieve peace and end the war\" in the country, but more than 31,000 people were murdered in 2019 alone and thousands more have disappeared.\n\nHe vowed to create a new national guard to tackle violence, however few have signed up to the force.", "A Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape will not be suspended from the party while investigations are ongoing, the party's whips' office has said.\n\nA spokesman said the allegations were \"serious\" and \"it is right that they are investigated fully\".\n\nThe Sunday Times reported the allegations against the former minister had been made by an ex-parliamentary employee.\n\nThe MP, in his 50s, was arrested on Saturday and has since been bailed.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the allegations related to four separate incidents claimed to have taken place between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\nA spokesman for the Conservative Party whips' office said: \"The whip has not been suspended. This decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has been concluded.\"\n\nThis means he can continue to sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative.\n\nLabour said this decision was \"shocking\" and sent a \"terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nThe Sunday Times, which first reported the story, said the complainant alleges that the MP assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had launched an investigation into the allegations.\n\n\"On Friday, 31 July, the Metropolitan Police Service received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"These offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in Westminster, Lambeth and Hackney between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\n\"A man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday 1 August on suspicion of rape. He has been released on bail to return on a date in mid-August.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding Jess Phillips told Times Radio the MP accused of rape should have the party whip withdrawn while investigations continued.\n\nShe said that not doing so was \"sending a terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nMs Phillips also said: \"I find it shocking… that the Conservative Party has decided not to withdraw the whip in this case.\"\n\nThere are also reports that the Conservative Party's chief whip, Mark Spencer, had been aware of allegations - and previously spoke with the alleged victim.\n\nAccording to sources, Mr Spencer had not known the \"magnitude\" of the allegations.\n\nA spokesman for the chief whip said that he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and had strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact the appropriate authorities.\n\nIt is also understood the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, was told by an MP in recent weeks about the claims - with sources saying he had said the woman should contact the police.", "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Mr Trump would take action \"in the coming days\"\n\nUS President Donald Trump will take action \"in the coming days\" against Chinese-owned software that he believes pose a national security risk, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.\n\nMr Pompeo said popular video app TikTok was among those \"feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nHis comments came days after Mr Trump said he was banning TikTok in the US.\n\nThe company has denied accusations that it is controlled by or shares data with the Chinese government.\n\nSpeaking to Fox News Channel, Mr Pompeo said the action would be taken \"with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nHe said there were \"countless\" companies doing business in the US that might be passing information on to the Chinese government. Data could include facial recognition patterns, addresses, phone numbers and contacts, he said.\n\n\"President Trump has said 'enough' and we're going to fix it,\" he told Fox News.\n\nMr Trump told reporters on Friday he planned to sign an executive order to ban TikTok in the US, where it has up to 80 million active monthly users.\n\nThe app - mostly used by people under 20 - is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSeveral Republican senators have backed a plan by ByteDance to divest the US operations.\n\n\"What's the right answer? Have an American company like Microsoft take over TikTok. Win-win. Keeps competition alive and data out of the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,\" Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on Twitter.\n\nUS tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of TikTok.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella had a conversation with President Trump about the acquisition on Sunday, the tech firm said.\n\nThe threats of action against TikTok and other Chinese-owned software come amid heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Chinese government over numerous issues, including trade disputes and Beijing's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "A family-run theme park hit by Storm Dennis and coronavirus has been sold after entering administration.\n\nDrayton Manor, in Tamworth, has been run by three generations of the Bryan family since opening in 1950.\n\nIt has been sold to Looping Group, which runs attractions in Europe and the UK including West Midland Safari Park and Pleasurewood Hills.\n\nAbout 600 people were employed at the Staffordshire Park and their jobs have been protected, administrators said.\n\nThe park was forced to close in February after it was flooded during Storm Dennis\n\nThe Drayton Manor group, which owns a catering and hotels company alongside the theme park, has been facing \"exceptionally challenging conditions,\" Mike Denny, from administrators PwC, said.\n\n\"In February, Storm Dennis forced the park to close unexpectedly whilst its planned reopening in March was delayed due to Covid-19,\" he said, adding that these factors had \"exacerbated\" cash flow problems.\n\nThe park's Splash Canyon has been closed since 2017 when 11-year-old Evha Jannath from Leicester fell from the ride and drowned.\n\nFollowing her inquest in November, the Health and Safety Executive announced plans to prosecute the park over her death.\n\nWilliam Bryan is the third generation of his family to run the Staffordshire park and said it had \"faced challenges over recent months\".\n\nJust under 600 jobs have been preserved in the sale\n\nHe said the priority of the family was to protect the positions of its 599 employees and the sale was \"a positive new chapter\" for the park that attracts more than a million visitors per year.\n\nWith the takeover by Looping Group, administrators said the park and its facilities would operate as usual and existing bookings were being honoured.\n\nThe theme park recently reopened with modifications after lockdown restrictions were eased.\n\nTicket sales have been restricted and a number of attractions have been closed to better allow for social distancing.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A new campaign called \"Badvertising\" is demanding an immediate end to adverts for large polluting cars.\n\nIt says the government should clamp down on sports utility vehicle (SUV) car adverts in the way it curbed smoking ads.\n\nA car industry spokesperson said modern SUVs are the cleanest in history, and said many can run on batteries.\n\nBut a leading academic said sales of big polluting cars will breach UK climate targets, and should be banned.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"We are developing an ambitious transport decarbonisation plan in order to reach our goal of net zero by 2050.\n\n\"We have also provided consumers with widely-advertised incentives and information to help inform their choices when buying a vehicle.\"\n\nSUVs now make up more than 4-in-10 new cars sold in UK, while fully electric vehicles account for fewer than two in a hundred.\n\nThe report from the green think tank The New Weather Institute and the climate charity Possible says the trend towards big cars is propelled by aggressive advertising.\n\nThey fear the global trend of rapidly-increasing sales of bigger and more polluting SUVs is jeopardising climate goals.\n\nThe authors of the report point out that even electric engines won’t solve all the problems with SUVs.\n\nThat’s because they will still pollute the air through particles rubbing off brakes and tyres, and use up carbon-emitting resources to make their heavy batteries.\n\nIn urban areas, big SUVs are a particular nuisance, they say. Their report found that 150,000 new cars on the road are too big for a standard UK street parking space.\n\nIt comes as local authorities strive to create space on the roads for walkers and cyclists.\n\nThe authors want to outlaw advertising for cars with average emissions of over 160g CO2/km, and those exceeding 4.8m in length.\n\nAndrew Simms, one author, said: \"We ended tobacco advertising when we understood the threat from smoking to public health.\n\n\"Now that we know the human health and climate damage done by car pollution, it’s time to stop adverts making the problem worse.\n\n\"There’s adverts, and then there’s badverts, promoting the biggest, worst emitting SUVs is like up-selling pollution, and we need to stop.\"\n\nBut Mike Hawes, from the industry's trade body, the Society of Manufacturers and Traders, told the BBC: \"SUVs are an increasingly popular choice.\n\n\"To single out a particular body type (such as SUVs) is to ignore the huge advances in emissions and powertrain technology made with every new model.\n\n\"Today’s vehicles of all types are the cleanest in history, with average CO2 emissions from dual purpose cars being more than 43% lower than they were 20 years ago.\"\n\nThe Local Government Association, which represents local councils, is nervous of the trend towards larger vehicles.\n\nA spokesperson told the BBC: \"Making parking spaces larger would mean fewer spaces. Motorists would have to pay more for parking and wait longer for a space.\"\n\nWould an ad ban work, though? Steve Gooding, from the RAC Foundation, said: \"People spending £70,000 on a new car are probably not swayed much by ads – they’re attracted to the prestige brand. I suspect banning adverts wouldn’t make a great deal of difference.\"\n\nWhat’s more, the report is published at a difficult time for the UK car industry, which is on its knees from the after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut Professor Jillian Anable, from the Leeds University Transport Studies Unit, said the government needs to see the big picture on cars - and consider banning large polluting models altogether.\n\n\"(Given our CO2 targets) there is a clear trade off to be made: the more we can shrink the size and weight of the cars we drive, the less we will have to restrict how much they are driven.\n\n\"We ought to be thinking about not allowing large polluting cars to be sold into the UK market at all.\"\n\nShe added: \"Our research shows an approach where the most polluting cars are phased out from now over the next 10-15 years will be more effective than the government’s proposed ‘cliff-edge’ target date in the future where petrol and diesel cars are suddenly no longer allowed to be sold.\"", "The march took in a circular route around north Bristol\n\nA Black Lives Matter protest has been held outside a Bristol hospital where a worker was attacked.\n\nThe victim, a 21-year-old musician known as K or K-Dogg, was hit by a car while walking to the bus stop from his job at Southmead Hospital on 22 July.\n\nPolice said it was being treated as racially-aggravated due to the language used by the car occupants. Two men were arrested on Saturday.\n\nK-Dogg has been told he will recover but the scars on his head from his facial injuries are likely to remain\n\nThe protest, which took place at lunchtime, started on Monks Park Avenue, pausing outside Southmead Hospital for about 10 minutes and stopping traffic again at the double mini-roundabout by the Lidl store.\n\nEscorted by police, it then looped through Southmead before returning to Monks Park Avenue where the gathering heard speeches from organisers.\n\nA fundraising page to help K-Dogg has raised more than £42,000 from some 2,500 donors.\n\nTwo 18-year-olds arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remain in custody.", "A total of 13 cases have been linked to the Hawthorn bar in Aberdeen\n\nScotland's national clinical director has said there has to be a \"reverse gear\" over easing lockdown after 27 Covid-19 cases were linked to a pub.\n\nProf Jason Leitch was speaking after the cluster emerged on Sunday linked to the Hawthorn Bar in Aberdeen.\n\nNHS Grampian said contact tracing efforts were continuing to find all those associated with the outbreak and 123 people had now been contacted.\n\nThe pub said cases were linked to customers who visited on 26 July.\n\nProf Leitch said appropriate measures were in place at the Hawthorn and that there was \"no blame\" for staff.\n\nPubs and restaurants were allowed to reopen in Scotland on 15 July, albeit with physical distancing.\n\nThe latest cluster follows another outbreak at a pharmacy in Inverclyde last week, which itself was linked to an outbreak at a call centre in Lanarkshire.\n\nIt was confirmed on Monday that a further positive case had been linked to the Inverclyde outbreak, bringing the total to 14.\n\nProf Leitch told BBC Scotland: \"I am worried about indoor hospitality. I have been since before and when we made that change.\n\n\"I don't think we should overreact, but equally of course we should pay attention to outbreaks in call centres, pharmacies and pubs\"\n\nProf Leitch warned lockdown easing may have to step backwards if transmission levels increased\n\nHe added: \"But there could come a time when we have to go backwards, no question, if we began to see clusters developing or community transmission at a higher level around the country.\"\n\nHe cited the Australian state of Victoria, which has declared a state of disaster and imposed strict new lockdown measures after a spike in cases.\n\nProf Leitch said health authorities were expecting small clusters around in-door hospitality and that no one thought it was going to be a \"smooth journey\", but that there was \"no risk-free route\" out of lockdown.\n\nFigures from the Scottish government on Sunday showed 31 new cases of coronavirus overall in Scotland in a 24-hour period.\n\nThat is the highest daily tally for more than eight weeks.\n\nDespite the rise in cases, there were no deaths reported in Scotland due to coronavirus over the same period.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Politicians from across the political spectrum pay tribute to John Hume\n\nThe Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent Northern Ireland politician John Hume has died aged 83.\n\nHe died in a Londonderry nursing home following a long period of illness.\n\nOne of the highest-profile politicians in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years, he helped create the climate that brought an end to the Troubles.\n\nHe was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in 1970 and led the party from 1979 until 2001.\n\nMr Hume played a major role in the peace talks, which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.\n\nDavid Trimble, U2 singer Bono and John Hume campaigning for the peace deal in 1998\n\nHe was widely admired for his steadfast commitment to peaceful, democratic politics during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.\n\nTributes have been paid by political leaders past and present, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was in office when the peace deal was signed.\n\nMr Blair said he was \"a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past\".\n\n\"His contribution to peace in Northern Ireland was epic and he will rightly be remembered for it,\" he said.\n\n\"He was insistent it was possible, tireless in pursuit of it and endlessly creative in seeking ways of making it happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Hume became leader of the SDLP in 1979, a post which he relinquished in November 2001\n\nFormer US President Bill Clinton said Mr Hume \"fought his long war for peace in Northern Ireland\"\n\n\"His chosen weapons: an unshakeable commitment to nonviolence, persistence, kindness and love,\" he said.\n\n\"With his enduring sense of honour, he kept marching on against all odds towards a brighter future for all the children of Northern Ireland.\n\n\"I'll never forget our night in Derry in 1995, with the town square and blocks around full of hopeful faces, walking with him across the Peace Bridge nearly 20 years later, and all of the moments we shared in between.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said Northern Ireland had \"lost a great man who did so much to help bring an end to the Troubles and build a better future for all\".\n\nHe said Mr Hume's vision \"paved the way for the stability, positivity and dynamism of the Northern Ireland of today\".\n\nSDLP co-founder Austin Currie said \"John Hume is the greatest Irishman since Parnell\".\n\n\"His place in Irish history is richly deserved. Hume's consistency provided a compass through some terrible times,\" he said.\n\nIn the late 1980s, Mr Hume took considerable risks for peace by holding talks with the then leader of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams.\n\nThe talks were controversial because the IRA was still heavily involved in violence, but Mr Hume's aim was to persuade republicans to commit to exclusively democratic means.\n\nThe Hume-Adams talks helped to lay the foundations for the 1994 IRA ceasefire and later negotiations which resulted in the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nJohn Hume faced enormous criticism for his decision to hold talks with Gerry Adams\n\nMr Adams said he was \"a political leader genuinely prepared to look at the bigger picture and to put the wider interests of society above narrow party politics\".\n\nHe said his decision to meet him was a \"breakthrough moment in Irish politics\".\n\n\"When others were stuck in the ritual politics of condemnation, John Hume had the courage to take real risks for peace,\" he added.\n\n\"During the darkest days of paramilitary terrorism and sectarian strife, he kept hope alive. And with patience, resilience and unswerving commitment, he triumphed and delivered a victory for peace,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster described the former SDLP leader as a \"giant in Irish nationalism\".\n\n\"In our darkest days he recognised that violence was the wrong path and worked steadfastly to promote democratic politics,\" the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader added.\n\nFollowing the 1998 peace deal, Mr Hume was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble.\n\nJohn Hume and David Trimble were presented with doves of peace sculptures\n\nLord Trimble said from the outset Mr Hume urged people to stick to their objective peacefully.\n\n\"He was a major contributor to politics in Northern Ireland, particularly to the process that gave us an agreement that we are still working our way through,\" he said.\n\n\"He will be remembered for that contribution for years to come.\"\n\nMr Hume spent decades fighting and winning elections to different parliaments at Stormont, Westminster and Brussels.\n\nHe served as member of the European Parliament (MEP) for more than 25 years, and held a seat in Westminster as MP for the Foyle constituency for almost 22 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former BBC Ireland Correspondent Denis Murray: \"John Hume was a giant of world politics\"\n\nFormer Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, who co-signed the 1998 peace deal with Tony Blair, said Mr Hume always \"saw the bigger picture\" in Irish politics.\n\nHe credited Mr Hume with the idea of ratifying the deal with different referenda on both sides of the Irish border.\n\n\"When the Good Friday Agreement was signed by Tony and I, he [Mr Hume] said: 'You put this to the people north and south and it will get the legitimacy of the people'.\n\n\"That was singularly his idea and it really was a bright idea,\" Mr Ahern told BBC Radio Five Live.\n\nJohn Hume with his wife Pat after his election to the European Parliament in 1979\n\nIrish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Hume had \"remodelled politics in Ireland\" and hailed his \"personal bravery and leadership\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said Northern Ireland would not be where it was today \"without his leadership and courage\".\n\n\"He dedicated his life to peace, and for that the people of Northern Ireland will never forget him,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described him as \"a national icon\".\n\nArchbishop Eamon Martin said \"a great sadness\" had descended over the city of Derry.\n\nThe head of the Catholic Church in Ireland described Mr Hume as \"a paragon of peace, a giant of a statesman whose legacy of unstinting service to the common good is internationally acclaimed\".\n\nThere is no way you could overestimate John Hume's contribution in the political development of Northern Ireland.\n\nHe was definitely, during those years, the brains behind the approach to the peace process.\n\nHe worked on differing relationships, trying to solve problems which seemed for so many years to be completely without any possible solution.\n\nHe helped create the political space in which the different parties could manoeuvre their way towards what became the the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nJohn Hume battled on at very hard times during the Troubles - when any kind of dialogue came under attack from opponents as being a sign of weakness.\n\nHe persevered with his efforts to bring about a solution.\n\nMr Hume died in the early hours of Monday at Owen Mor nursing home in Derry, having suffered dementia for several years.\n\nBooks of condolence have been opened for Mr Hume in Derry and in Belfast.\n\nHis funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Saint Eugene, Derry, at 11.30 BST on Wednesday.\n\nIn a statement, his family said his loss would be greatly felt and they had drawn \"great comfort\" from \"being with John again in the last days of his life\".", "Lewis Hamilton took an extraordinary victory in a dramatic finish to the British Grand Prix despite suffering a puncture on the last lap.\n\nThe Mercedes driver's left-front tyre failed halfway around the last lap but he held on in front of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.\n\nVerstappen would have won had he not stopped late for fresh tyres in a successful quest for the point for fastest lap.\n\nHamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas also punctured, two laps earlier, which dropped him out of the points.\n\nThe Finn finished 11th and dropped to 30 points behind Hamilton in the title race, a potentially devastating blow to his hopes so early in a season truncated by the coronavirus.\n\nMcLaren's Carlos Sainz was a third driver to suffer a left-front puncture, his like Hamilton's on the last lap, and he dropped from fourth place to 13th.\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc was promoted from fourth to the final podium spot by the late drama.\n• None Reaction to a dramatic end to the British Grand Prix\n\nIt was a remarkable finish to a race that had been soporific until that point, and Hamilton recognised that afterwards, saying over the radio, his voice drenched in relief: \"That was close.\"\n\nThe Mercedes drivers had been nursing their tyres after making an earlier than expected pit stop because of the second of two safety cars.\n\nThey stopped to change from medium to hard tyres on lap 13, very early to make it to the end of the race on one set of hard tyres.\n\nThey were clearly managing their pace from then on, but despite that dark rings appeared on their tyres as the race moved into the closing stages.\n\nBut there was no real sign of the drama to come until Bottas' left front tyre deflated shortly after starting lap 50, with two to go.\n\nThe Finn limped around almost an entire lap and was too far back to get into the points.\n\nHamilton looked then to be cruising to the flag, until he too suffered a puncture, this time heading down the back straight towards Brooklands. Then it was a question of whether he could get around the remainder of the lap - more than half of it - before Verstappen caught him.\n\nHamilton said: \"Until the last lap, everything was relatively smooth sailing.\n\n\"The tyres felt great. Valtteri was really pushing incredibly hard and I was doing some management of that tyre and he looked like he wasn't doing any.\n\n\"When (his) tyre went, everything seemed fine, so I was thinking maybe it was OK. And then just down the straight it deflated.\n\n\"I noticed the shape of the tyre shifting, and that was heart in the mouth and I didn't know if it had gone down until I braked.\n\n\"Then just driving it - sometimes it will come off and break the wing. I nearly didn't get round the last two corners. Maybe we should have stopped towards the end when we saw the delaminations (on the other cars).\"\n\nHamilton said his engineer Peter Bonnington was counting down the gap to Verstappen over the radio as he neared the flag.\n\n\"The car seemed to turn OK through Maggotts and Becketts,\" Hamilton said, \"and then it was a real struggle in the last two corners. I could hear the gap coming down from 19 to 10. I could hear out of the last corner him going, 'Nine, eight, seven,' and I was just like: 'Get back on the gas.'\"\n\nIt was a dramatic finish to a race that could well have an equally substantial impact on the championship fight.\n\nFollowing Sainz's late puncture, Renault's Daniel Ricciardo came out on top in a close midfield battle, passing the other McLaren of Lando Norris late in the race, while the Australian's team-mate Esteban Ocon took sixth.\n\nAlpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly drove a strong race to seventh, including a brave pass on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel around the outside of Stowe and then taking the inside for the tight left-hander at Vale that follows.\n\nAnd Red Bull's Alexander Albon recovered to eighth after being penalised - harshly in some eyes - for a collision with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen at Club on the first lap, an incident that brought out the first of two safety cars.\n\nAlbon seemed to legitimately go for an opportunity created by the Dane's error in clipping the kerb on the exit of Vale and was almost completely alongside the Haas, before backing out to try to avoid a collision when he realised Magnussen was coming across, the cars hitting front wheel to rear.\n\nAlbon was at the back when Red Bull pitted him for fresh tyres after the safety car period had ended. But he stuck with it, and a second stop for tyres later in the race dropped him to last but enabled him to attack in the closing laps.\n\nThe second safety car was triggered on lap 12 by a heavy crash for Gasly's team-mate Daniil Kvyat at the flat-out Maggotts corner.\n\nThe team initially blamed the incident on a driver error, saying he clipped a kerb while making a switch change on his steering wheel. But Kvyat later said on social media that the team had reviewed the video and they \"saw that something happened out of my control, so we will need to check all the data to understand what exactly caused the failure\".\n\nWilliams' George Russell took 12th, ahead of Sainz, the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi and Russell's team-mate Nicholas Latifi.\n\nHaas driver Romain Grosjean, who was given a black-and-white warning flag during the race as well as an official warning after the race for dangerous defensive driving, finished 16th while the second Alfa of a struggling Kimi Raikkonen, who also suffered a front-left puncture, finished 17th.\n\nAfter the race it was confirmed that four people had been arrested after protestors broke into Silverstone and displayed a banner for climate action group Extinction Rebellion.\n\nA joint statement issued by Silverstone and Northamptonshire Police following Sunday's grand prix read: \"During the race, Northamptonshire Police were made aware of four people who had been detained by Silverstone security inside the venue perimeter.\n\n\"Officers are working closely with Silverstone Circuit and conducting a full investigation. Four people have been arrested and are in police custody.\"\n\nWhat happens next?\n\nAnother race in Britain, this time F1's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix next weekend. Can Hamilton make it two wins in a row at home - and four on the trot in the season?\n\nWhat they said\n\nLewis Hamilton: \"Up until that last lap everything was relatively smooth sailing. Valtteri was really pushing incredibly hard, I was doing some management of the tyre. When I heard his went I looked at mine and it seemed fine. I have definitely never experienced anything like that on the last lap and my heart definitely nearly stopped.\"\n\nMax Verstappen: \"It was lucky and unlucky. The Mercedes were too quick. The tyres didn't look great with 10 laps to go, they didn't look pretty. I told my engineer to drink and to stay hydrated! It was pretty lonely; I was just managing my pace and looking after the tyres.\"\n\nCharles Leclerc: \"It was a very tricky race. As soon as I heard Valtteri had a tyre problem I slowed down quite a lot. Looking at us we have done the best we could have done today. I am very happy with how I managed the tyres from beginning to the end and I am happy with the balance of the car.\"\n• None Listen to sets from the biggest names in dance", "Scholes is co-owner of League Two side Salford City\n\nFormer Manchester United and England footballer Paul Scholes has been spoken to by police over claims he flouted lockdown rules by staging a house party.\n\nThe Sun newspaper reported a party was held at his Oldham home for his son's birthday on Friday evening, the day new rules kicked in in Greater Manchester.\n\nThe restrictions ban social gatherings in people's homes and gardens.\n\nScholes, 45, has not commented on the report.\n\nThe midfielder won a string of trophies with Manchester United\n\nIt comes as authorities in Greater Manchester declared a major incident following recent rises in coronavirus infection rates.\n\nFigures released on Sunday showed the seven-day rate of new coronavirus cases in Oldham had jumped from 41.6 to 62.8 per 100,000 people, with 148 new cases - the second highest rate in England.\n\nIn a statement, Greater Manchester Police said: \"On Sunday we were made aware of allegations of an earlier breach of Covid-19 restrictions at a residential property in the Oldham area.\n\n\"In line with normal procedure and policing by consent, officers attended and engaged with an individual explaining the restrictions and encouraging them to be compliant.\"\n\nMidfielder Scholes won a string of trophies in a glittering career with United and earned 66 caps for England.\n\nHe is now co-owner of League Two side Salford City.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Decades of conservation efforts have led to a rebound in the number of giant pandas\n\nSaving the giant panda is one of the big success stories of conservation.\n\nDecades of efforts to create protected habitat for the iconic mammal has pulled it back from the brink of extinction.\n\nBut, according to a new study, while many other animals in the same landscape have benefited from this conservation work, some have lost out.\n\nLeopards, snow leopards, wolves and Asian wild dogs have almost disappeared from the majority of protected areas.\n\nDriven to near extinction by logging, poaching and disease, their loss could lead to \"major shifts, even collapse, in ecosystems\", said researchers in China.\n\nWithout the likes of leopards and wolves, deer and livestock can roam unchecked, causing damage to natural habitats, with knock-on effects for other wildlife, including pandas themselves.\n\nBy protecting the panda's forests, conservationists believed they would be protecting not only the charismatic black-and-white animal, but the many other species roaming the same habitat.\n\nBut while that has worked for some other wildlife, the efforts do not appear to have worked for large carnivores, such as the leopard and wolf.\n\nA team of researchers now says a broader - holistic - approach is needed to manage the ecosystem in which the panda lives - one that ensures key species don't lose out.\n\nChina is home to the world's largest snow leopard population\n\nThis was \"critically needed to better increase the resilience and sustainability of the ecosystems not only for giant pandas but also for other wild species\", said co-author Dr Sheng Li of Peking University in Beijing.\n\nIn order to achieve this, the researchers outline a range of measures including enforcement against poaching and restoring habitats for the animals that large carnivores eat.\n\nGiant pandas are seen as living proof that conservation works. Their numbers in the wild are finally rebounding after years of decline, and in 2016 they were upgraded from \"endangered\" to \"vulnerable\" on the official extinction Red List.\n\nThe distinctive black and white mammal is regarded as an \"umbrella species\". These are species selected as subjects for conservation, typically because protecting them indirectly helps other wildlife in that ecological community.\n\nIn the wild panda's case, protecting the forests in which it lives has been good for many other animals and plants, including birds and small carnivores.\n\nYet, large predators such as leopards, wolves and the little-known Asian wild dog, or dhole, which tend to range far and wide, seem to have fared badly.\n\nSince panda reserves were set up in the 1960s, all four species have been lost from a big proportion of reserves. Leopards have disappeared from 81% of reserves, snow leopards from 38%, wolves from 77% and Asian wild dogs from 95%.\n\nAsian wild dog: The highly social animal suffers from habitat loss and threats from diseases\n\nNumbers are now very low. For instance, there were only four sightings of the Asian wild dog among data from almost 8,000 survey stations recording more than 1.5 million camera days' of footage.\n\nProf Samuel Turvey of ZSL (Zoological Society of London), who is not connected with the study, said conservation in China and elsewhere in the world has often been based around landscape protection for specific \"flagship species\", with inferred wider benefits for regional biodiversity.\n\nThis includes giant pandas in central China, and critically endangered gibbons in Hainan, he said.\n\n\"This has led to some important species recoveries, but efforts to maintain threatened biodiversity must also address human activities at the wider ecosystem-level, otherwise non-target species might continue to slip away unnoticed,\" said Prof Turvey.\n\nIn the study, the researchers analysed data from 73 protected areas, including 66 giant panda nature reserves, comparing historical survey data with a decade's worth of extensive camera-trap surveys.\n\nThe research is published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.\n• None Meet the new poster animals of conservation", "Four festivals scheduled to take place in Malta this month have been cancelled due to a rise in Covid-19 cases on the island.\n\nEscape 2 The Island, Rhythm + Waves, BPM Festival: Malta and Mi Casa Festival have all been called off.\n\nA statement from each festival says they are all \"disappointed\" not to be going ahead, after making a decision with the Maltese Tourism Authority.\n\nTicket holders, many who were from the UK, will receive a full refund.\n\nMalta was hoping to be 2020's festival hotspot, with most clubs in Mallorca and Ibiza closed and festivals in the UK cancelled.\n\nThe line-ups were full of British artists like Chase and Status, Aitch, AJ Tracey and Fatboy Slim, with their social media targeting people in the UK with information on flight prices.\n\nBut the festivals could not \"take place in a safe manner\", statements say.\n\nAnyone who was planning to go will have to speak to their travel and accommodation provider about their flights and hotel bookings.\n\n\"We always knew it was going to be a risk,\" Barnaby Simms, who had tickets for Rhythm + Waves tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\n\"We had it in the back of our minds that it could get cancelled at any point.\n\n\"But we want to get a festival in this year, which is looking unlikely now.\"\n\nBarnaby says he'll lose the £140 he spent on flights, but hadn't booked a hotel.\n\nBarnaby (middle) and his friends were looking forward to another summer of festivals\n\nThere were already concerns from people living in Malta about the festivals going ahead.\n\nEwan Cannon-Young, who's 20 and lives on the island, says there was a \"mixed review\" about tourists visiting Malta to party.\n\n\"We didn't have that bad a lockdown, because we're an island we haven't really got as many people coming in,\" he told Newsbeat last week.\n\n\"We only had lockdown for one month.\n\n\"We had weeks and weeks of zero cases, which is why they decided to open up the festivals again.\"\n\nHe says that a recent event resulted in a spike in new cases.\n\nUp to last week the country, which has a population of 450,000, had 701 coronavirus cases and nine deaths.\n\nIn the last few days that has risen to 860 confirmed cases.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Documents on UK-US trade talks, leaked ahead of the 2019 general election, were stolen from an email account belonging to Conservative MP Liam Fox, it has emerged.\n\nThe papers were published online and used by Labour in the 2019 campaign to claim the NHS would be put at risk.\n\nThe UK government has said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the election through the documents.\n\nA criminal inquiry into the leaking of the documents is under way.\n\nA spokesman for the National Crime Agency confirmed it was leading the investigation, but added he could not comment further.\n\nMr Fox was international trade secretary from July 2016 to July 2019.\n\nIt is not clear when his account was accessed and the information stolen.\n\nReuters, which first reported the story, said hackers accessed Mr Fox's account multiple times between 12 July and 21 October last year.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"There is an ongoing criminal investigation into how the documents were acquired, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point.\n\n\"But as you would expect, the government has very robust systems in place to protect the IT systems of officials and staff.\"\n\nLast month, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government had \"reasonable confidence\" that Russian actors had tried to interfere in the December 2019 general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nHe told the BBC they had sought to \"spread online, illegally obtained, leaked government documents\" around the UK-US trade negotiations for after the country leaves the EU.\n\nMr Raab said the government would \"reserve the right to take the appropriate action\" when the criminal investigation concluded.\n\nThe UK government was later criticised in a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee - known as the \"Russia report\" - for having \"badly underestimated\" the threat the country posed.\n\nThe mystery of the \"trade leaks\" is slowly being revealed - though still not completely.\n\nThe 2019 general election now looks like it was the target of what is known a \"hack and leak\" operation, similar - though not on the same scale - as the one Russian military intelligence launched in the 2016 US presidential election.\n\nLast month, the government said it believed Russian actors were responsible for spreading the trade document on social media. But there was still the question of how it was first obtained.\n\nNow, we know it came from a hack of an email account belonging to Liam Fox.\n\nThe exact identity of the Russian group behind the attack remains murky.\n\nWhether it was the same group which then spread the document is unclear and that group (codenamed Secondary Infektion) is not thought to be the same as the one behind events in the US election, which had a larger impact.\n\nHackers from many countries have targeted politicians in recent years. But coming soon after the Russia report, this will serve as a reminder that groups based in Russia are often the most adept at not just stealing, but also using, the information.\n\nResponding to reports of the hack on Mr Fox's email, a spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre said it works closely with MPs and political parties to offer them \"the best cyber security guidance and support.\"\n\n\"We have worked closely with political parties for several years on how to protect and defend against cyber attacks - including publishing advice on our website.\n\n\"There is an ongoing criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.\"", "The Killers say they have found no evidence to support \"heartbreaking\" allegations of sexual assault by members of their road crew in 2009.\n\nThe band's legal team set up an investigation last week, following an account by their former sound engineer.\n\nShe alleged hearing crew members boast of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in a dressing room in Milwaukee.\n\nAfter speaking to her, as well as venue staff and the alleged victim, they found \"no corroboration\" of the claims.\n\nHowever, the band requested that anyone with further information about the allegations should contact them; and said they would establish a new system for reporting assault or bullying on future tours.\n\nSome readers may find the following information distressing.\n\nIf you are affected by any of the issues raised in this story, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nThe claims emerged last week, in a blog posted by Chez Cherrie, who worked with The Killers briefly in 2009.\n\nShe wrote that, during a show at the the Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, the front of house engineer told the crew that there was \"a girl set up in Dressing Room A,\" and crew members could put their name on a list to be called \"when it's [their] turn.\"\n\nCherrie said that later, on the bus, members of the crew would \"swap stories\" about their time with the woman. \"They talked about her intoxication level, yet had no qualms that she was obviously blacked out, or close to it,\" she added.\n\nAs they were departing, she claimed a security guard ran towards the bus and said: \"That girl in Dressing Room A is passed out and naked. Is anyone going to take care of her?\" She alleged that the men on the bus laughed and declined, before leaving the venue.\n\nCherrie did not name the band in the article, which was first published in 2018, but identified them as The Killers while re-posting the article on Twitter last week.\n\nNone of the band members were implicated in the alleged assault.\n\nIn a separate allegation, however, Cherrie claimed the band \"would bring drunken groupies to our bus\" and that the crew were given bonuses if they took women backstage who were willing to perform oral sex or shower naked for un-named band-members.\n\nIn response, the band told the BBC they were \"shocked and astonished\" by the allegations.\n\nAlthough the incident had not been reported to the police, they asked their legal firm, Reynolds & Associates, to investigate the allegations.\n\nIn a lengthy statement shared with the BBC on Monday, the legal team summarised their findings, concluding that the \"accusations of sexual misconduct and a sexual assault backstage... were discovered to be entirely unfounded\".\n\nThey confirmed that Chez Cherrie had worked on the tour for three weeks in April 2009, and \"received much of the information she shared from a second or third hand source\".\n\n\"She confirmed that she did not witness the alleged events herself,\" the statement continued.\n\nOne of the biggest bands in rock music, The Killers have headlined Glastonbury twice\n\nIt was established that a front of house engineer was identified by several crew members as \"a problematic workmate\" whose \"sexist remarks and rude comments\" towards Cherrie, as well as his treatment of others on the tour, \"was frequently deemed unfair by those who witnessed it\".\n\nThis employee, who no longer works for the band, was thought to be the person who made the radio transmissions about a \"line up\" in \"Dressing Room A\", according to several crew members.\n\nHowever, they characterised the comments as an \"attempt at a joke or a 'hazing',\" while others recalled that \"vulgar language\" and \"crass jokes\" were sometimes overheard on the tour.\n\nRegarding the alleged assault, staff at the venue noted \"that dressing rooms are not, and have never been, labelled alphabetically, and at that time the dressing rooms were interconnected and without doors\".\n\nThe catering team also asserted that \"at no point did they see or hear of a drunk or naked woman in any dressing room\" and that such an incident would have been raised with the security team.\n\nThe legal team also said they were able to trace \"via touring records\" the alleged victim of the incident, who had been given \"aftershow\" passes by the front of house engineer, and interviewed her as part of their investigation.\n\n\"The guest in question confirmed that she and her friend were backstage after the show, did not witness any 'train' or 'line-up,' nor were they left behind in the dressing rooms at the venue,\" the statement said.\n\n\"She stated that she and the same friend attended 2009 Lollapalooza festival later that year on the band's production guest list.\"\n\nThe investigation also stated that \"it was not verified but assessed as feasible\" that Cherrie was party to discussions about receiving bonuses for supplying women, but that such conversations did not come from \"any of the musicians\" or tour management.\n\nIt suggested that comments of this nature were an in-joke, based upon \"urban legends\" about touring life; and found no evidence of a band member ever spending time on the crew bus.\n\nWhile the allegations could not be corroborated, the band expressed \"great regret\" that Cherrie \"felt she had nowhere to turn with her concerns at the time\".\n\n\"The band believe there should always be an easy way to report a situation that is concerning to anyone on the road with them, no matter their status or how briefly they are joining for,\" their lawyers said.\n\n\"They expressed regret that the temporary crew member was made to feel unsafe and bullied during her brief time with the band and understand that it is not always feasible for touring crew to raise concerns with their immediate superiors.\"\n\nTo that end, the band said they would make available an \"off-site independent HR contact\" for all staff on future tours, with whom they could raise any concerns anonymously.\n\nThe statement ended: \"The Killers would like to take this opportunity to assure their fans - and the families of their current crew - that their tours are a safe, familial and professional working environment.\"\n\nIn response, Cherrie said she was grateful that the band had \"taken my experience seriously\" and that she was \"beyond relieved\" they had been able to find the alleged victim, who \"is reportedly fine\".\n\nHowever, she told the BBC she had \"conflicting feelings\" about some of the investigation's other findings, including \"generalised statements\" that she \"didn't agree with\".\n\nThe sound engineer added that the vulgarity and lewd humour she witnessed on tour reflected \"a larger issue in this industry - that 'hazing' towards the only women on the technical crew was normal, expected, accepted and not questioned by anyone, including myself.\n\n\"I hope that this moment is a learning experience for the entire industry and that we are able to come together in comprehensive manner to have these discussions that are so long overdue.\"\n\nWelcoming The Killers' own initiatives, she added: \"I hope that we are able to work together to develop a framework of reporting mistreatment and harassment that protects workers and fans and demands accountability of the people in power.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Photographs of a man who looks like Ricardas Puisys appeared on Facebook last year, police said\n\nA man police feared may have been murdered has been found hiding in a wood, five years after he disappeared.\n\nRicardas Puisys, then 35, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was last seen at his workplace in September 2015.\n\nNo trace of him was found, but in November last year a Facebook account was set up in his name.\n\nLast month he was found in a Wisbech wood. Police believe he was in hiding to escape the clutches of people who had been exploiting him.\n\nHe is now being safeguarded and a police investigation is under way.\n\nThe last confirmed sighting of the Lithuanian national was at his workplace, Nightlayer Leek Company in Chatteris, on 26 September 2015.\n\nMr Puisys had been with a small group of Lithuanian men at the time.\n\nRicardas Puisys was last seen at the leek factory in Chatteris where he worked\n\n\"There were genuine concerns Ricardas came to harm that evening,\" said Det Ch Insp Rob Hall, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.\n\nA man was arrested and released during the murder investigation, during which no trace of Mr Puisys was found.\n\nLast year a social media account was set up in his name, displaying photographs of him, but officers were unable to verify Mr Puisys was still alive.\n\n\"For almost five years Ricardas' disappearance has been a complete mystery,\" Det Ch Insp Hall said.\n\n\"That was until we received information at the end of June which led us to finding him.\n\n\"Following a search of a wooded area in Harecroft Road, Ricardas was eventually found living in undergrowth, very well concealed after having deliberately hidden and having not spoken with anyone for some time.\"\n\nHe said officers believe Mr Puisys \"made the decision to run away as he had been a victim of crime, having previously been subject to exploitation\".\n\nMr Puisys is now being given \"the support he needs after having lived through extremely difficult circumstances during the last five or more years\", Det Ch Insp Hall added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Seven health officials have arrived in Hong Kong from mainland China, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out Covid-19 testing.\n\nThis is the first time Chinese health officials have assisted in Hong Kong and comes as Hong Kong sees a sharp rise in new infections.\n\nBut some local councillors raised concerns that China may be collecting DNA samples for surveillance purposes, said Reuters.\n\nTensions are high between pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong and the Chinese government after Beijing imposed a new national security law in Hong Kong in June which critics say erodes freedoms.\n\nThe broad-sweeping law, which was widely criticised internationally, allows for life in prison for those China determines to have engaged in acts of secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces.\n\nMembers of the health team are mostly from public hospitals in southern Guangdong Province, according to Chinese state media the Global Times, and will help with mass testing in the region.\n\nThe Global Times said the team was established at the request of the Hong Kong government, at a time where medical resources in Hong Kong are said to be overstretched.\n\nThe city reported 115 new cases on Sunday, continuing a streak of infections in the triple digits, and bringing the city's total tally to 3,511.\n\nThe overall numbers are still lower than those of many other places - but the spike comes after Hong Kong appeared to have contained the outbreak, with weeks of few or no local infections.\n\nIt's now experiencing what's been described as a \"third wave\" of infections.\n\nEarlier last week, Hong Kong postponed its parliamentary elections, originally due to be held in September, by a year.\n\nThe government said it was a necessary move amid the rise in infections but the opposition has accused it of using Covid-19 as a pretext to stop people from voting.\n\nBeijing introduced the security law at the end of June despite facing global criticism, creating new offences which could see Hong Kong residents sent to mainland China for trial.\n\nIt introduces new crimes with severe penalties - up to life in prison - and allows mainland security personnel to legally operate in Hong Kong with impunity.\n\nThe law applies not only to residents of the region, but also to non-permanent residents and even those who live outside Hong Kong.\n\nThe national security law has been widely criticised\n\nHong Kong's government says the law was required to bring order to a city that saw mass pro-democracy protests last year which often turned violent.\n\nBut critics feared that it would be used instead to target pro-democracy protesters.\n\nLast week, these fears came true when Hong Kong police announced that they were seeking the arrest of six pro-democracy activists, some of whom had participated in previous protests. They are now living in exile in Western countries.\n\nHong Kong- a former British colony - was awarded certain freedoms when it was handed over to China in 1997.\n\nUnder a 50-year agreement, China enshrined civil liberties - including the right to protest, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary - in Hong Kong's Basic Law, an approach which came to be known as \"one country, two systems\".\n\nBut critics say these freedoms have been eroded with the implementation of this new law.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Thank you for flying SpaceX\" - Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken return to Earth\n\nTwo American astronauts have splashed down, as the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth.\n\nThe SpaceX Dragon Capsule carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken came down in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Pensacola on Florida's Gulf coast.\n\nA recovery vessel moved in to pick up the vehicle and extricate the men.\n\nThe touchdown marks the first crewed US water landing since the final outing of an Apollo command module 45 years ago.\n\nHurley's and Behnken's capsule hit the water at about 14:48 EDT (19:48 BST; 18:48 GMT).\n\nPrivate boats which came close to the Dragon were asked to leave amid concern over hazardous chemicals venting from the capsule's propulsion system.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said the presence of the boats \"was not what we were anticipating\".\n\n\"What is not common is having passersby approach the vehicle close range with nitrogen tetroxide in the atmosphere; that's not something that is good,\" he said. \"And we need to make sure that we're warning people not to get close to the spacecraft in the future.\"\n\nPhotos of the boats were shared 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 Eric Berger This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's truly our honour and privilege,\" said Hurley as the astronauts arrived home.\n\n\"On behalf of the SpaceX and Nasa teams, welcome back to Planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX,\" SpaceX mission control responded.\n\nPresident Donald Trump - who attended the capsule's launch on 30 May - hailed its safe return.\n\n\"Thank you to all!\" he tweeted. \"Great to have NASA Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month mission.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 NASA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 successful end to the crew's mission initiates a new era for the American space agency.\n\nAll its human transport needs just above the Earth will in future be purchased from private companies, such as SpaceX.\n\nThe government agency says contracting out to service providers in this way will save it billions of dollars that can be diverted to getting astronauts to the Moon, as part of its Artemis programme, and afterwards to Mars.\n\nThe Dragon capsule launched to the space station at the end of May on a Falcon 9 rocket, also supplied by SpaceX.\n\nHurley's and Behnken's mission served as an end-to-end demonstration of the astronaut \"taxi service\" the company, owned by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, will be selling to Nasa from now on.\n\nThe Boeing corporation is also developing a crew capsule solution but has had to delay its introduction after encountering software problems on its Starliner vehicle.\n\nThe sight of the vehicle's four main parachutes floating down over the Gulf of Mexico was confirmation the spacecraft had survived its high-speed, fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.\n\nThe parachutes were required to further slow the capsule from about 350mph (560km/h) to just roughly 15mph (7m/s) at splashdown.\n\nRigging was used to hoist the capsule out of the water and on to the recovery vessel. Technicians monitored \"remnant vapours\" around the spacecraft before the hatch was opened.\n\nThe men were checked over by medical staff before being flown to shore by helicopter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is SpaceX and why is it working with Nasa?\n\nThe astronauts' Dragon capsule launched to the space station at the end of May on a Falcon 9 rocket, also supplied by SpaceX.\n\nIt will now be refurbished to fly again next year.\n\nMr Bridenstine lauded the efforts of everyone involved in Hurley's and Behnken's mission, and then spoke of his agency's shift in philosophy.\n\n\"We don't want to purchase, own and operate the hardware the way we used to,\" he said.\n\n\"We want to be one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace in low-Earth orbit. But we also want to have numerous providers that are competing against each other on cost and innovation and safety, and really create this virtuous cycle of economic development and capability.\"\n\nGwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: \"Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars.\"\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The boy was swept across Scarborough's South Bay by the wind and tide\n\nA lifeboat crew was left in \"awe\" of a 10-year-old who survived for more than an hour at sea using advice he had seen in a BBC TV documentary.\n\nThe boy had been reported missing in the sea at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, on Friday.\n\nThe town's lifeboat crew later found him floating on his back, with his arms and legs spread, shouting for help.\n\nHis actions are those the RNLI recommends to anyone who might find themselves in difficulty in the water.\n\nThe inshore lifeboat was called just after 19:00 BST on Friday after the boy was reported missing near the town's Spa.\n\nThe RNLI said the boy was eventually found near the Vincent Pier after being swept by the tide and wind right across the bay.\n\nLee Marton, coxswain at Scarborough lifeboat station, said: \"We were told he'd been watching lifeboat rescues on the BBC documentary Saving Lives at Sea and had followed the advice given on the show.\n\n\"We're very much in awe of this incredible lad, who managed to remain calm and follow safety advice to the letter in terrifying and stressful circumstances. Had he not, the outcome might have been very different.\"\n\nThe boy was reunited with his family at the lifeboat station before being taken for a precautionary check-up in hospital, the RNLI said.\n\nFriday was the hottest day of the year and the third hottest ever recorded in the UK, prompting thousands to head for the country's beaches.\n\nHM Coastguard said it recorded its highest number of daily call-outs in more than four years, dealing with 329 incidents, including people cut off by the tide and reports of missing children.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n• None Coastguard warning after busiest day in four years\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The WHO chief said progress is being made in the search for a vaccine, but urged caution\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against Covid-19, one might never be found.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was \"no silver bullet at the moment - and there might never be\".\n\nMr Tedros implored people around the world to comply with measures such as social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing, saying: \"Do it all.\"\n\nGlobally, more than 18 million Covid-19 infections have been recorded.\n\nThe death toll stands at 689,000, with both figures given by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking from its headquarters in Geneva, the WHO chief said work on immunisation was progressing.\n\n\"A number of vaccines are now in phase 3 clinical trials, and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.\n\n\"However, there is no silver bullet at the moment, and there might never be,\" Mr Tedros warned. \"For now, stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public health and disease control: testing, isolating and treating patients, and tracing and quarantining their contacts.\"\n\nMr Tedros said that mothers with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infection should be encouraged to continue breastfeeding.\n\nThe benefits, he said, \"substantially\" outweighed the risks of infection.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nMeanwhile, the first stage of a WHO investigation into the possible source of the outbreak in China is now complete, he said.\n\nInfectious disease experts believe the virus initially jumped from animals to humans and attention has focused on a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Covid-19 pandemic began.\n\nAn advance team probing the source has concluded its mission and will be followed by a larger WHO-led international group, including Chinese experts. It is not yet known when it will commence.", "DW Sports, a gym and sports retailer, has said it will enter administration, putting 1,700 jobs at risk.\n\nThe company, founded by former Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan, operated 73 gyms and 75 stores across the UK.\n\nAll of its stores are to close, but DW said it would work with administrators BDO to save as many gyms as possible.\n\nFitness First and its 43 gyms, which are part of the same group of companies, will not be affected, the firm said.\n\n\"As a consequence of Covid-19, we found ourselves in a position where we were mandated by government to close down both our retail store portfolio and our gym chain in its entirety for a protracted period, leaving us with a high fixed-cost base and zero income,\" chief executive Martin Long said.\n\n\"The decision to appoint administrators has not been taken lightly but will give us the best chance to protect viable parts of the business, return them to profitability, and secure as many jobs as possible.\"\n\nAdministrator BDO said its aim was to try and sell as \"much of DW Sports' business as can be achieved.\"\n\nDW Sports had already closed 25 of its stores, and the firm said its remaining 50 retail sites would \"all be moving into closing down sales from today\".\n\nThe DW Sports website will cease trading with immediate effect.\n\nThe company said 59 of its gyms in England and Northern Ireland have reopened, while 14 are in areas restricted by localised lockdowns and are closed.\n\nMr Long told the BBC in April that the firm's income normally totals around £15m a month, but that it had fallen to zero, overnight, while it still had a £3m monthly wage bill.\n\nAdministrators BDO said gym members should contact their local gym for further information, or call the DWS Customer Service centre on 01942 311215.\n\nWhat's most worrying about the decision by DW sports is that its problems are far from being confined to itself: among non-food retailers, they're almost universal.\n\nThey've had to deal with months when lots of money was going out (high fixed costs like rent, rates and wages) and zero money was coming in.\n\nAnd as DW's chief executive Martin Long points out, this government-ordered lockdown has made it \"difficult for any business to manage without long-term damage\".\n\nThat's the worry - that DW's misfortune may reflect that of most of the consumer-facing sector of the economy.\n\nAll retailers have been looking carefully at sales and costs since lockdown was eased and at whether any 'bounce-back' is strong and sustained enough.\n\nClearly for DW, founded in the 1970s as JJB, it isn't. Nor was it enough for any potential buyer to be prepared to risk taking over the business as a whole. It won't be the last retail business to exhaust options, come to the same reluctant conclusion and call in administrators.\n\nThe news followed Monday's announcement that HSBC is speeding up its 35,000 job losses and Friday's Byron Burger news it is axing 650 jobs and closing more than half its outlets.\n\nThe number of jobs being lost because of the coronavirus crisis is accelerating, with an estimated 150,000 redundancies so far.\n\nLast week's bad news included 450 jobs disappearing at Selfridges, 650 at busmaker Alexander Dennis, 900 at Dyson, and 1,200 workers facing redundancy at the National Trust.\n\nOther lay-offs announced during the pandemic have included:\n\nMr Long spoke out about the \"limited support\" DW Sports had.\n\n\"It is a difficult model for any business to manage through without long-term damage, and with the limited support which we have been able to gain,\" he said.\n\n\"Having exhausted all other available options for the business, we firmly believe that this process can be a platform to restructure the business and preserve many of our gyms for our members, and also protect the maximum number of jobs possible for our team members.\"\n\nDo you work for DW Sports? Is your job at risk? 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.", "Schools in England began reopening to some year groups in June\n\nReopening schools in September is an \"absolute priority\" for the government and it will be safe, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.\n\nIt comes after teaching unions called for clarity amid a rise in the number of coronavirus cases and the decision to pause lockdown easing in England.\n\n\"We have to get children back to school in September,\" said Mr Jenrick.\n\nSchools are due to open in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to all pupils at the start of next term.\n\nThey closed in March, except to the children of key workers, but some reopened to certain year groups before the summer holiday.\n\nHowever, unions have raised questions over the plans to reopen schools, after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty warned the country is \"near the limit\" for opening up society.\n\nAnd earlier this weekend, two scientists advising the government said there may need to be trade-offs around lockdown easing - for example some restrictions may need to come back into force to allow pupils back into the classroom.\n\nAsked about the issue by the BBC, Mr Jenrick said it was \"so important\" that children have face-to-face contact with their teachers.\n\n\"We're working very closely with headteachers and the teaching unions to make sure that all the steps necessary are put in place over the summer so that the children can go back in September and it is an absolute priority for the government,\" he said.\n\nMr Jenrick spoke to the BBC after teaching unions called for more clarity from the government\n\nMr Jenrick said he believes that schools \"will be safe in September\".\n\n\"We published very detailed guidelines and of course we're going to keep working with headteachers over the course of August as they finalise their own plans as to how their schools can operate safely in accordance with the guidelines.\"\n\nMr Jenrick added that parents know that remote learning \"isn't a substitute for getting children back into the classroom\".\n\nOn Sunday, Patrick Roach, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, told the Observer ministers will have to convince staff and parents that it is still safe to reopen schools next month.\n\n\"The warning from the chief medical officer that a fine balance has to be struck in ensuring public health at this stage of the pandemic, and that the country may have reached the limits to the easing of lockdown, will no doubt prompt questions for many parents as well as for those working in schools,\" he said.\n\nMr Roach warned that, if schools are to reopen safely, the government needed to give teachers clarification around the latest scientific advice \"as well as sufficient time to review and, if necessary, adjust their reopening plans\".\n\nThe National Education Union also issued a statement, saying the government needs \"to monitor the situation nationally and in each region\" and \"be transparent about what the picture means for schools\".\n\n\"It is clear, however, that [the] government needs a plan B in the event that restrictions have to be increased in or before September,\" said the union's deputy general secretary Avis Gilmore.\n\nBoris Johnson has previously pledged that both primary and secondary schools in England will return in September \"with full attendance\".\n\nThe school term in Northern Ireland and Wales also begins in September, but in Scotland the autumn term begins in August.\n\nProf Graham Medley, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) sub-group on pandemic modelling, said that pubs or \"other activities\" in England may need to close to allow schools to reopen next month.\n\n\"It might come down to a question of which do you trade-off against each other, and then that's a matter of prioritising. Do we think pubs are more important than schools?\"\n\nProf Calum Semple, who also advises the government, said there would need to be \"some hard decisions\" about which restrictions may need to be reintroduced, adding: \"Whether that's potentially the pubs and the hospitality sector taking a hit in preference to education will be a political decision.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"We have set out the controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children from September.\"\n\nMr Jenrick also dismissed newspaper reports that there were plans to introduce shielding for people above a certain age as \"speculation\".\n\n\"You would expect the government to be considering all of the range of options that might be available,\" he told Times Radio. \"That's not something that is being actively considered.\"\n\nOn Friday, the PM announced further easing of the lockdown would be delayed.\n\nMeasures due to come in this weekend, including the reopening of casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and some close-contact services, as well as the return of indoor performances and pilots of large gatherings in sports venues and conference centres, have been postponed for at least a fortnight.\n\nMr Johnson said on Friday he needed to \"squeeze the brake pedal\" on easing restrictions following a rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nA further eight deaths were reported in the UK on Sunday, taking the total number of people who have died after testing positive for the virus to 46,201. However figures tend to be lower at the weekend due to reporting delays.\n\nThe latest government statistics also showed 744 new cases had been confirmed.", "The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow opened in 2015\n\nA public inquiry into safety issues at two major Scottish hospitals is beginning.\n\nThe probe will look at issues relating to ventilation and building systems at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow.\n\nProblems at the delayed Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh will also be examined.\n\nThe inquiry, led by Lord Brodie QC, was ordered after patients' families raised safety concerns.\n\nLast year it emerged that two patients at the Glasgow hospital died from infections linked to pigeon droppings.\n\nThe case of 10-year-old Milly Main was also referred to prosecutors earlier this year after she contracted an infection and died at the hospital.\n\nHer mother said the family were not informed about a potential link to contaminated water problems at the hospital.\n\nHowever, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde maintains there has been no link established between the water in the hospital and the patient's death.\n\nIt was in direct response to families that the health secretary commissioned this public inquiry but will it answer the fundamental question they have - did a hospital that should keep the most vulnerable patients safe, actually make them more sick?\n\nThe Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has only been open for five years, but it can't escape negative headlines.\n\nThere have been patient deaths and a series of infection outbreaks with possible links to the building.\n\nReports show the water system was a risk before the hospital even opened, while the ventilation system was found to be inadequate. Doctors who tried to raise the alarm were not listened to.\n\nIn Edinburgh a new children's hospital has been long overdue.\n\nThe red sandstone building at Sciennes is over 150 years old and working way beyond capacity.\n\nThe new build already had a false start and faced a series of delays, but was finally set to open last summer.\n\nYet somehow only days before the first patients were due to arrive, inspectors found a fundamental safety flaw. The ventilation system was not good enough here too.\n\nLord Brodie and his team have the task of finding out what went wrong and what impact it has had on patient safety, but the scale of this inquiry is so great the question really is: will answers come quickly enough?\n\nFollowing the issues in Glasgow, the opening of the new children's hospital in Edinburgh was delayed due to concerns over its ventilation system last summer.\n\nThe Scottish government stepped in to prevent it from opening just a day before it was due to accept patients.\n\nAccording to the remit of the inquiry, its aim is to ascertain how the problems occurred, if they could have been prevented, their impact on patients and families and if the hospitals provide a safe environment.\n\nScotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman has said she hopes the inquiry will look into the \"culture\" of working at the hospitals as well as design an build issues.\n\nIt follows claims that staff felt like \"trouble-makers\" for exposing concerns that they had about safety.\n\nMs Freeman told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"I believe that the culture in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, and in other parts of the health service, needs to be seriously looked at.\n\n\"If we are to really deliver safe and effective care to our patients, then our staff need to feel that their views, opinions and expertise are valued and listened to. Clearly we have had issues where that has not been the case.\"\n\nThe health secretary said the inquiry was \"a critical next step\" in seeking to understand the issues that affected both hospitals.\n\nShe said: \"It will also make recommendations to ensure that any past mistakes are not repeated in future NHS infrastructure projects.\n\n\"I have always been clear that those who have been affected deserve answers to the many questions they are entitled to ask - and this is an important step in delivering that.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: \"We recognise the additional distress that has been caused to families by the issues that the public inquiry will address and, for this, we are truly sorry.\n\n\"We are committed to rebuilding trust and demonstrating through our actions the importance we place on continuously learning, improving and collaborating with families - particularly those whose lives have been impacted upon by the areas that will be examined by the inquiry.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Samples could be collected from specific points in the national network of wastewater-treatment plants\n\nSewage testing is being conducted across England in a bid to develop wastewater-based Covid-19 surveillance.\n\nScientists discovered early in the pandemic that infected people \"shed\" the virus in their faeces.\n\nFurther research concluded that wastewater sampling could provide a signal of a coronavirus outbreak up to a week earlier than medical testing.\n\nThe Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says this has begun at 44 wastewater treatment sites.\n\nA Defra spokesperson said the government was working with scientists, water companies and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThey would \"monitor for fragments of coronavirus genetic material\".\n\nEnvironment Secretary George Eustice said: \"The aim of this new research is to give us a head start on where new outbreaks are likely to occur.\n\n\"Sampling is being carried out to further test the effectiveness of this new science. Research remains at an early stage and we are still refining our methods.\"\n\nDr Andrew Singer from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology is one of the lead scientists on a UK project to develop a standardised test to \"count\" the amount of genetic material from the coronavirus in a wastewater sample.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"We would like to have confidence in saying that when we have an increase in virus numbers in the sewage from week to week, there are higher number of coronavirus cases.\n\n\"That means we will be able to look for trends.... to see if the release from lockdown maintains infection levels or are things moving in the wrong direction.\"\n\nWastewater contains other contaminants that could affect the viral material, making accurate measurements tricky\n\nProf Davey Jones from Bangor University has been working with sewage treatment companies for five months - monitoring wastewater in some communities in Wales.\n\n\"All the evidence suggests that we can potentially see a signal in wastewater before we see a spike in infections in the community,\" he told BBC News.\n\nScientists are continuing to fine-tune and reproduce a test before it can be rolled out as part of a Covid-19 alert system. Dr Singer pointed out that this wastewater epidemiology is a very \"messy science\"; by its nature, wastewater contains a lot of contaminants and samples vary widely, which makes it tricky to develop a one-size-fits all standard, accurate test.\n\nAnd while many countries, including Spain, have started monitoring their wastewater, there have been some early problems - one result that suggested the coronavirus was present in Barcelona in March 2019 may have been the result of laboratory contamination.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Tracking new outbreaks in the sewers\n\nThere are problems to be solved in order to maximise the accuracy and value of a sewage-based surveillance system: the propensity of the virus to break up when it is in water; the effect on the result of other contaminants; and how many sampling points need to be included in a UK-wide network in order to build up a useful picture of the outbreak.\n\n\"It seems obvious that we should be doing this,\" said Dr Singer. \"But it's an approach that's never been considered for an active outbreak.\"\n\nThe World Health Organization has stressed that there is currently no evidence that coronavirus has been transmitted via sewerage systems.", "Amphibious assault vehicles like this one are used to practise beach assaults off the California coast\n\nSeven US marines and a sailor, missing since a training accident off the coast of California on Thursday, are presumed dead, the military says.\n\nThe announcement came as a 40-hour search and rescue effort was called off.\n\nThe service members were on an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) that sank during the exercise.\n\nEight other marines were rescued after the accident but one later died. Two others are in a critical condition.\n\n\"It is with a heavy heart that I decided to conclude the search and rescue effort,\" said Col Christopher Bronzi, commander of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).\n\nA search operation involved helicopters and ships over an area of more than 1,000 square nautical miles (3,439 sq km), the marines said in a statement.\n\nThe AAV had been returning to the amphibious warship USS Somerset after operating on San Clemente Island when it began to take on water and sank, military officials said on Friday.\n\nMarines often practise beach assaults in the area.\n\nCol Bronzi said the effort would now shift to one aimed at finding the bodies of the missing.\n\nThe 15th MEU, based at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, has about 2,200 personnel and conducts rapid-response, conventional amphibious and other maritime operations.\n• None Four US Marines die in base accident", "Elon Musk's SpaceX is flying people to and from the International Space Station (ISS), using the Crew Dragon vehicle. But why is Nasa paying a private company to launch its astronauts?\n\nTo understand the background to the Crew Dragon missions, we need to go back almost 20 years to a tragic accident.\n\nOn 1 February 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts aboard perished in the disaster.\n\nThe loss of Columbia and its crew was the trigger for a dramatic shift in direction for America's human spaceflight programme.\n\nOn 14 January 2004, President George W Bush announced that the space shuttle would be retired after completion of the International Space Station (ISS). In its place, America would build a new vehicle capable of returning astronauts to the Moon.\n\nArtwork: Nasa conceived of the Orion spacecraft as a replacement to the shuttle\n\nThe following year, then-Nasa chief Mike Griffin announced that the completion of the ISS would, for the first time, open up commercial opportunities for the routine transportation of cargo and astronauts to low-Earth orbit.\n\nThis, Griffin reasoned, was required to free up enough funds to achieve a Moon return. Nasa established a Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO) to oversee the effort.\n\nAt the time, SpaceX, the company started by South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk was just a few years old. Musk had lofty ambitions about bringing down the cost of spaceflight by re-using space hardware and settling humans on Mars.\n\n\"SpaceX was founded to make life multi-planetary,\" says Jessica Jensen, director of Starship mission hardware and operation at SpaceX.\n\nBut, she adds: \"We were a very small company for several years. So we had to look for opportunities - how do you go from being a small company to actually putting people into orbit. When Nasa came out with the need to fly cargo to and from the International Space Station, we jumped on that.\"\n\nThe Dragon 1 spacecraft was designed to carry cargo to and from the space station\n\nSpaceX was shortlisted for evaluation under the Nasa cargo programme in 2006. But by 2008, SpaceX and Tesla, the electric car manufacturer in which Musk had invested, were running low on cash. Musk was faced with an impossible choice: \"I could either split the funds that I had between the two companies, or focus it on one company - with certain death for the other,\" he told Business Insider in 2013.\n\n\"I decided in the end to split what I had and try to keep both companies alive. But that could have been a terrible decision that could have resulted in both companies dying.\"\n\nFortunately, on 23 December 2008, Nasa awarded SpaceX with a $1.6bn contract to ferry cargo and supplies to the ISS. Describing his reaction, Musk said: \"I couldn't even maintain my composure, I was like: 'I love you guys'.\"\n\nThe company's Dragon 1 capsule could carry cargo and supplies, but not humans. Nevertheless, it represented a milestone for the company.\n\nIn November 2008, Barack Obama had been elected president. His administration kicked off a review of the human spaceflight programme, which led to the cancellation of his predecessor's plan to return to the Moon (known as Constellation).\n\nSpaceX performed a successful flight to the space station without crew in 2019\n\nHowever, the Obama administration favoured the continued commercialisation of space, backing the development of private crew vehicles. But it would take time and, after the space shuttle was retired, Nasa had to fill the gap by paying Russia tens of millions of dollars per seat to fly its astronauts to the ISS on the Soyuz vehicle, which launches from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.\n\nCongress was initially sceptical about the Commercial Crew Program and did not provide sufficient funds at first. But Charles Bolden, the former astronaut who took over from Griffin as Nasa chief under Obama, persisted and eventually secured the support he needed.\n\nFrom their initial $50m investment in the programme in 2010, the space agency whittled several competing companies down to two - SpaceX and Boeing - in 2014.\n\nSince then, they have been refining and testing their spacecraft designs.\n\nIn March 2019, SpaceX performed a triumphant launch of the Crew Dragon without astronauts. Using automated procedures, the capsule successfully approached and docked with the space station.\n\nIt was carrying a mannequin called Ripley - after Ellen Ripley, the protagonist in the Alien movies - decked out with sensors to measure the G forces experienced during flight, particularly the launch and return phases.\n\nElon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the aim of taking humans to other planets\n\nDespite this success, and others along the way, it hasn't always been plain sailing for SpaceX. In 2016, a Falcon 9 rocket blew up on the launch pad. And in April 2019, a Crew Dragon capsule exploded during a so-called static fire test on the ground. No one was hurt in either event.\n\nThe spacecraft was also having problems with the parachute system designed to bring it back safely to Earth.\n\nThese mishaps, along with earlier funding shortfalls for the Commercial Crew Program, had introduced delays to an original timeline that would have seen SpaceX launch crew to the ISS in October 2016.\n\nFrustrated by the hold ups and the time SpaceX was spending on its Starship project to build a super heavy-lift launch vehicle, Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine 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 Jim Bridenstine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBridenstine sent the tweet the night before a major Starship media event where Musk was due to speak.\n\nThe next day, Musk shot back with a dig at the agency's own timelines. Asked about the tweet by CNN, Musk answered: \"Did he (Bridenstine) say Commercial Crew or SLS?\"\n\nThe SpaceX founder was referring to Nasa's Space Launch System rocket - designed to launch humans to the Moon - which has also been hit by delays and cost overruns.\n\nMusk's company wasn't alone in experiencing challenges, however. A timing anomaly prevented Boeing's spacecraft - the CST-100 Starliner - from docking with the space station during an uncrewed test flight last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Go Nasa, go SpaceX. God speed Bob and Doug\"\n\nHowever, a successful in-flight test of the Crew Dragon's launch abort system in January 2020 helped clear the way for the historic first lift-off with astronauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on 30 May.\n\nNasa's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent two months aboard the ISS before returning to Earth safely in the capsule.\n\nIn the post-launch press conference, both Bridenstine and Musk struck more conciliatory tones, in contrast to the tensions over the Starship project.\n\n\"If you would have told me then (eight months prior, when he sent the tweet) that we would be right here today, I don't know that I would have believed it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\n\"Since that day, Elon Musk and SpaceX have delivered on everything Nasa has asked them to deliver on - and at a speed that we never would have guessed.\"\n\nThe Nasa chief also congratulated SpaceX on its safety culture. Musk replied: \"Nasa made us way better than we would otherwise have been - and of course, we couldn't even have got started without Nasa.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hays Travel founders tell 5 Live why they’re having to lay off hundreds of staff\n\nThe firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because of new coronavirus travel restrictions.\n\nHays Travel took on more than 2,000 former Thomas Cook employees when it went bust in October last year.\n\nOwners John and Irene Hays said Spanish travel restrictions meant hundreds of thousands of holidays were cancelled.\n\nThey were \"devastated\" staff would lose jobs \"through no fault of their own\", the couple said.\n\nIn a joint statement, the Hays said they had \"made every possible effort\" to protect the jobs of all the firm's staff, \"including those who were employed when Hays Travel took on the Thomas Cook shops last October\".\n\nThe Sunderland-based company said it was now consulting with 344 staff training as travel consultants and the 534 who work in the foreign exchange division.\n\nThe firm said its experienced travel sales staff, apprentices and other head office staff were not affected by the cuts.\n\n\"We are devastated that after all of our efforts and the huge investment we've made, we now face losing some of our valued employees, through no fault of their own.\n\n\"Following the decision to ban travel to Spain and the changes in furlough conditions coming at the same time, we have had no choice,\" the firm added.\n\nIn July, the government brought back a 14-day quarantine for travellers returning to the UK from Spain after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe Foreign Office later updated its advice against all non-essential travel to Spain to include the Balearic and Canary Islands as well as the mainland.\n\nAnd firms who have furloughed staff during the pandemic had to start contributing to the government job retention scheme from Saturday, putting more pressure on struggling companies.\n\nMrs Hays told the BBC it was \"impossible to overstate the importance of Spain\" on the company's business.\n\nMr Hays said the firm disagreed with the government's approach to quarantining Spain: \"Other parts of Spain, on the Costa Del Sol, the islands, Majorca, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Ibiza, the Canaries... the incidence of the virus is very low - less than the UK.\n\n\"The German government's reaction has been to quarantine people going to the north-east of Spain, but allow people to go to all of the other places I've just said, and that's a much more targeted and sophisticated approach.\"\n\nHays Travel said it had a two-year turnaround plan in place, and that although 2020 \"looked really bad\", bookings for 2021 were already up on the same period in 2019.\n\nHays Travel took over Thomas Cook's 555 travel agents last October\n\nHays Travel made the surprise announcement in October 2019 that it was taking charge of all of Thomas Cook's 555 travel agents across the UK, after the 178-year-old firm went out of business. This prevented thousands of staff from losing their jobs.\n\nBut the coronavirus pandemic has put major pressure on many parts of the economy, including the travel sector.\n\nRival travel firm Tui said last week that it would close nearly a third of its High Street stores in the UK and Ireland because of the coronavirus pandemic and in response to changes in customer behaviour.\n\nMeanwhile, on Monday sports retail chain DW Sports announced it had fallen into administration, putting 1,700 jobs at risk.\n\nIt followed an announcement by HSBC on Monday that it would accelerate 35,000 job losses and news from Byron Burger on Friday that it would cut 650 jobs and close more than half of its restaurants.\n\nThere have been an estimated 150,000 redundancies so far.\n\nLast week's cuts included 450 jobs going at Selfridges, 650 at busmaker Alexander Dennis, 900 at Dyson and 1,200 workers facing redundancy at the National Trust.\n\nOther lay-offs announced during the pandemic have included:\n\nDo you work for Hays Travel? Or are you a former Thomas Cook employee whose job is now at risk? 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:", "US tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella had a conversation with President Donald Trump about the acquisition on Sunday, the tech firm said.\n\nMicrosoft stressed that it \"fully appreciates the importance\" of addressing President Trump's concerns.\n\nA full security review of the app will be conducted, the company added.\n\nMicrosoft will also have to provide the US government with a list of the \"proper economic benefits\" to the country, it said in a blog post.\n\nThe tech giant hopes to conclude discussions with TikTok's parent firm ByteDance by 15 September.\n\nMicrosoft said it was looking to purchase the TikTok service in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and would operate the app in these markets.\n\nThe tech firm added that it \"may\" invite other American investors to participate in the purchase \"on a minority basis\".\n\nMicrosoft emphasised that it would ensure that \"all private data of TikTok's American users\" was transferred to and remained in the US.\n\nFurther, it would ensure that any data currently stored or backed up outside the country would be deleted from servers after it was transferred to US data centres.\n\nIt also said that Microsoft \"appreciates the US Government's and President Trump's personal involvement as it continues to develop strong security protections for the country.\"\n\nBut the tech giant added that current discussions were still in the \"preliminary\" stage, and as such there was \"no assurance\" that the purchase would proceed.\n\nA possible sale of TikTok's US operations to Microsoft was thought to be on hold after Donald Trump vowed to ban the video-sharing app, according to a Wall Street Journal report.\n\nThe potential sale had been seen close to agreement but was put in doubt after the US president's warning on Friday.\n\nAnd on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that President Trump would take action \"in the coming days\" against Chinese-owned software that he believed to pose a national security risk.\n\nSpeaking to Fox News, Mr Pompeo said the action would be taken \"with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nShort-form video app TikTok is thought to have about half a billion active users worldwide - and about 80 million in the US - with a huge proportion of these in their teens or early 20s.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome US politicians are worried the app's Chinese owner ByteDance poses a risk to national security because it could be used to collect Americans' personal data. Regulators have also raised their own safety concerns.\n\nLate on Friday, Mr Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One: \"As far as TikTok is concerned we're banning them from the United States.\"\n\nAnd in a statement on Saturday, a White House spokesman said: \"The administration has very serious national security concerns over TikTok. We continue to evaluate future policy.\"\n\nThe Wall Street Journal said ByteDance tried to make significant concessions to the White House, including creating thousands of jobs over three years.\n\nA sale of the US operation to Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, would give the US tech giant a far greater presence in social media, an area dominated by rivals. The value of TikTok's US arm has been put at between $15bn and $30bn (£11bn-£23bn).\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, some executives at ByteDance believe Mr Trump's intervention may just be a negotiating ploy to help Microsoft secure a better deal.\n\nTikTok declined to discuss the possible Microsoft deal, but a spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday: \"While we do not comment on rumours or speculation, we are confident in the long-term success of TikTok.\"\n\nThe statement re-iterated that the company was committed to protecting the privacy and safety of users.\n\nThe move to ban TikTok comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Chinese government over a number of issues, including trade disputes and Beijing's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe president's announcement on Friday was criticised by some in the tech sector, including former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos, who questioned whether the move was spurred by national security concerns.\n\nHe tweeted: \"This is getting bizarre. A 100% sale to an American company would have been considered a radical solution two week ago and, eventually, mitigates any reasonable data protection concerns. If the White House kills this we know this isn't about national security.\"\n\nMr Trump was also criticised by the American Civil Liberties Union. \"Banning an app that millions of Americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and is technologically impractical,\" said the ACLU's surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, Jennifer Granick.\n\n\"Shutting one platform down, even if it were legally possible to do so, harms freedom of speech online and does nothing to resolve the broader problem of unjustified government surveillance,\" she said.\n\nOn Saturday, in a bid to reassure TikTok's millions of US users, Vanessa Pappas, the country's general manager said in a video message: \"We're not going anywhere . . . We're here for the long run.\n\n\"When it comes to safety and security, we're building the safest app because we know it's the right thing to do. So we appreciate the support.\"", "Colin Kaepernick (C) was later joined by other players in his kneeling protest\n\nThe US Navy Seals are investigating after footage emerged of military dogs attacking a \"stand-in\" wearing a Colin Kaepernick shirt at an event last year.\n\nThe video was reportedly taken at the National Navy Seal Museum in Florida in 2019, but went viral this weekend.\n\nThe Navy Seals said it was \"completely inconsistent\" with its values.\n\nKaepernick, a former NFL quarterback, began kneeling in 2016 during the national anthem before games to protest against racial injustice.\n\nSeveral clips posted on Twitter on Sunday show a target wearing the red Kaepernick jersey being attacked by a number of military dogs.\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\nIn one video, the man appears to say \"Oh man, I will stand\" after being brought down by the dogs, drawing laughter from the crowd.\n\n\"We became aware today of a video of a Navy Seal Museum event posted last year,\" the Navy Seals said in a message posted on Twitter.\n\n\"The inherent message of this video is completely inconsistent with the values and ethos of Naval Special Warfare and the US Navy.\n\n\"We are investigating the matter fully and initial indications are that there were no active duty Navy personnel or equipment involved with this independent organisation's event.\"\n\nThe museum is a nonprofit organisation that was founded in part by a retired Navy Seal captain in 1981 and has retired Seal members on its board.\n\nLast year's incident is not the first time the museum has apparently referenced the Kaepernick protest. Video of an annual event in 2018 shows a mock encounter where a vehicle with the words \"Take a knee eh Nike\" on its side is fired upon.\n\nKaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem when he was a player for the San Francisco 49ers.\n\nHe faced a strong backlash and has remained unsigned for several years.\n\nOnly this year did the NFL reverse its opposition to players taking a knee during the anthem.\n\nThe decision came amid global protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Diners across the UK will be able to enjoy half-price meals throughout August from Monday, as part of a government scheme aimed at boosting restaurants and pubs post-lockdown.\n\n\"Eat out to help out\" applies to eat-in food and drink on Monday to Wednesdays at more than 72,000 venues.\n\nThe discount is capped at £10 per person and does not apply to alcohol.\n\nBut critics said unhealthy food should have been excluded from the scheme, over fears it could fuel obesity.\n\nHM Revenue and Customs boss Jim Harra has also warned the scheme may not offer value for money for taxpayers.\n\nThe scheme is designed to encourage people to visit restaurants, cafes and pubs, which have been badly hit by the lockdown.\n\nAround 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April, with 1.4 million workers furloughed - the highest of any sector - according to government data.\n\nMany venues which have reopened since 4 July have also been forced to operate at a lower capacity to comply with social distancing rules.\n\nThe offer only applies at participating eateries in areas of the UK that are not in local lockdown - but major chains including Pizza Express, Costa Coffee, McDonald's and Nando's are among the 72,000 to have signed-up.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said: \"Our 'eat out to help out' scheme's number one aim is to help protect the jobs of 1.8 million chefs, waiters and restaurateurs by boosting demand and getting customers through the door.\n\n\"The industry is a vital ingredient to our economy and it's been hit hard by coronavirus, so enjoy summer safely by showing your favourite places your support - we'll pay half.\"\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak announced the new scheme last month\n\nNo vouchers are required to use the offer, with the participating establishment deducting 50% from the bill and charging the discount to the Treasury.\n\nThere is no minimum spend and you can use the discount as often as you like on eligible days. However, it does not apply to takeaways.\n\nOfficials said there had been more than 3.3 million hits on the \"eat out to help out\" restaurant finder website since it started up last week.\n\nThe start of the scheme comes only a week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the government's new strategy to tackle obesity.\n\nLiberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson, the party's health spokeswoman, said with research suggesting obesity increases someone's risk of dying from coronavirus, the chancellor should have prevented people using the discount to buy junk food.\n\n\"We all recognise the need to support the high street through the pandemic, but the government should have been more discerning with this scheme,\" she said.\n\n\"With a number of fast-food chains signing up to the scheme, it seems clear that public health did not factor into the government's decision.\n\n\"The government must put public health first and exclude from the scheme meals and drinks proven to contribute to obesity. We cannot afford to risk lives as we reopen the economy.\"\n\nThe scheme has also drawn criticism from some anti-obesity campaigners, with the National Obesity Forum saying it would be a \"green light to promote junk food\".", "Bob Behnken (L) and Doug Hurley arrived in Florida on 20 May to prepare for launch\n\nTwo US astronauts have achieved a world first by travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) and back aboard a spacecraft built by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Here, BBC News profiles the crew members.\n\nOn 30 May 2020, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken broke a nine-year hiatus for Nasa, becoming the first astronauts to launch from US soil since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.\n\nIn the intervening years, Nasa bought seats for its astronauts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars per flight - on the Russian Soyuz.\n\nBut officials have also worked with Elon Musk's company SpaceX and aerospace giant Boeing to develop new, American spacecraft capable of ferrying humans to and from the ISS - under the space agency's Commercial Crew Program.\n\nMusk's vehicle was first to fly; Hurley and Behnken travelled to the ISS in the sleek Crew Dragon spacecraft.\n\nThe Crew Dragon undergoes final processing prior to the Demo-2 launch\n\n\"It's well past time to be launching an American rocket from the Florida coast to the International Space Station and I am certainly honoured to be a part of it,\" Hurley, 53, said at the beginning of May, before the flight.\n\nBehnken, 49, added: \"On my first flight... I didn't have a son, so I'm really excited to share the mission with him.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nasa's Dr Michael Barratt explains what qualities are required of today's astronauts.\n\nNasa chose two of its most experienced astronauts to help California-based SpaceX ready the Crew Dragon for launch. The two are also longstanding friends.\n\n\"Being lucky enough to fly with your best friend... I think there's a lot of people who wish they could do that,\" says Hurley.\n\nWhen they launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket, their spouses knew exactly what they were going through. That's because they're astronauts too.\n\nMarine Colonel Hurley's wife Karen Nyberg flew into space twice - aboard the shuttle and the Soyuz - retiring from Nasa this year. They have a 10-year-old son, Jack, whose formative years were shaped by space travel.\n\nHurley and Nyberg take their son for a stroll in Red Square, just prior to Nyberg's 2013 flight\n\nNyberg began training for a six-month space station mission just a few months after Jack's birth. In the meantime, Hurley was preparing for his own flight - piloting the last ever shuttle mission. Sometimes, Nyberg took Jack to Russia, at other times he stayed at home in Texas.\n\n\"Literally from the time Jack was old enough to comprehend things, he was either going to Russia or Skyping with mommy. That's just the way it was,\" Hurley told the Houston Chronicle in 2013.\n\nAir Force Colonel Behnken is married to Megan McArthur, who flew on the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.\n\nAs an active member of the astronaut corps, she is a potential candidate to be the first woman on the Moon when Nasa returns in 2024. Their son, Theo, is six.\n\nHurley, Behnken, Nyberg and McArthur all graduated from the same astronaut class (2000) and attended each other's weddings. The men are so used to each other's company, they now have a spooky rapport.\n\nBehnken in 2009, training for the STS-130 shuttle mission\n\nThey \"can predict - almost by body language - what the person's opinion is or what their next action is going to be,\" Behnken told CNN before the launch. \"We've just been doing this so long that it's kind of like having a second set of hands.\"\n\nHurley says of Behnken: \"I know instantaneously when I've not done something correctly - just put it that way. He doesn't have a good poker face.\"\n\nBut Behnken admits Hurley is the more organised of the two.\n\nThe older of the two men was raised in the hamlet of Apalachin, in upstate New York. \"It was just a great small town existence... we didn't get a stoplight until I was, I think, in college,\" Hurley said in 2009.\n\nBehnken hails from St Ann, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri. In 2010, he described it as \"a blue collar kind of a neighbourhood\", adding: \"I guess, in my bag of tricks... I'm more of a working class sort of a person.\"\n\nHurley piloted the final flight of the shuttle era, in 2011\n\nHe took jobs in construction before deciding that working outdoors in the summer heat wasn't for him.\n\nBoth men went to college on military scholarships and gained undergraduate degrees in engineering. While Behnken went on to complete a PhD at Caltech - the elite institute featured in the Big Bang Theory television show - Hurley became an officer in the Marines.\n\nThey both subsequently trained as military test pilots - at different training schools. It's been the archetypal background for Nasa's astronauts since the days of its first intake - the Mercury Seven.\n\n\"When I showed up [at Nasa] it was like: 'Well, I have a PhD and an MD,' and I'm sitting there going, 'Mmm, wow! Maybe I was a bit of a slacker',\" said Hurley.\n\n\"But you know, your professional development as a pilot and the thousands of hours you get as a pilot... brings something to the table.\"\n\nHurley and Behnken were selected as astronaut candidates three years before the shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry, killing seven crew members. After the disaster, Nasa decided it would retire the shuttle, handing over space station transport to private firms.\n\nBehnken (L) and Hurley pose for pictures in front of the Crew Dragon\n\nThus, when the two men were finally assigned their flights, the shuttle programme was in its final phase. Their missions focused on fulfilling Nasa's prior commitments to complete construction of the ISS, including the delivery of crew compartments designed to fit in the shuttle's payload bay.\n\nWhen the spaceplane was retired, the pair were assigned to the Commercial Crew Program. In August 2018, Hurley and Behnken were announced as the prime crew for Demo-2, the first flight of SpaceX's vehicle with humans onboard.\n\n\"Bob and I, the last two years, have essentially been living in California, working hand-in-hand with the folks at SpaceX to get us to this point,\" Hurley said this month.\n\nThey've had to get used to the Crew Dragon's touchscreen controls after previously working with the chunky buttons on shuttle instrument panels.\n\nHurley says a background in evaluating military aircraft as test pilots proved crucial in their work with SpaceX.\n\n\"That, in and of itself, helped both of us tremendously, because all along the process that you see in the military, there are delays, there are technical challenges, there are things that you don't expect and you have to work through them,\" he explained.\n\nSetbacks - including two spectacular explosions that destroyed a rocket and one of the Crew Dragon capsules - have seen the mission slip by nearly four years from its original date of October 2016.\n\n\"We were well-prepared for that part of it, when I think it caused some frustration within Nasa as launch dates weren't made,\" explained Hurley.\n\nDespite bumps in the road, Behnken's enthusiasm remained undimmed: \"It's probably the dream of every test pilot school student to have the opportunity to fly on a brand new spaceship.\"\n\nHurley told CNN: \"From a first flight standpoint, certainly, there might be some greater quantifiable risk to some degree.\n\n\"But probably no different to any other spaceflight we've flown humans on before.\"", "The government has urged pharmaceutical firms to have six weeks' worth of drugs stockpiled, in readiness for the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nIn a letter to medical suppliers, the Department of Health said there would be no extension to the transition period after 31 December.\n\nThe department acknowledged that global supply chains were under pressure because of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nBut it said having reserve stocks would provide a buffer against disruption.\n\n\"To build upon past work and ensure a co-ordinated approach, we will be asking suppliers to confirm their contingency plans for the end of the [transition period],\" the department's letter said.\n\nThe call from the government comes amid continued uncertainty about what form the UK's relationship with the EU will take after the transition period ends.\n\nLast month, after informal talks in London, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said \"significant divergences\" remained between the EU and the UK on a post-Brexit trade deal.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the 31 December deadline to reach a deal.\n\nThe government asked medical firms to consider avoiding sending supplies on short routes across the Channel, such as from Dover and Folkestone to Calais and Dunkirk.\n\nIts letter also pointed out that regardless of whether the UK and the EU reach an agreement, the government plans to bring in new border controls in three stages, concluding in July next year.\n\nIn June, the pharmaceutical industry warned the government that some stockpiles of medical supplies had been \"used up entirely\" by coronavirus.\n\nDrugmakers fear stockpiles cannot feasibly be built back up again in time, if the UK should fail to strike a deal with the EU.\n\nThe pharmaceutical industry advised that the government would need to buy and store a longer and much broader list of medicines, because of the joint challenge of the pandemic and in the event of a no-deal Brexit deal at the end of this year.\n\nDrugmakers also urged the government to ensure that alternative supply routes were put in place to ensure that goods could continue to flow uninterrupted across borders.", "The MS Roald Amundsen is owned by the Norwegian firm Hurtigruten Image caption: The MS Roald Amundsen is owned by the Norwegian firm Hurtigruten\n\nEarlier we told you about the outbreak on the MS Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian cruise ship where at least 41 passengers and crew have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThis is the latest blow to an industry that has been hit hard by the pandemic, with shares in the major global operators falling dramatically since the start of March.\n\nWhile the industry has restarted in recent times, there have already been setbacks.\n\nA crew member on a ship in the Pacific tested positive for the virus on Sunday. The Paul Gauguin was forced to suspend its journey when the case was detected by the ship's doctor, local media report.\n\nPassengers were then told to stay in their cabins as the ship turned back to Papeete on the island of Tahiti, where all on board are being tested.\n\nAhead of resuming its operations, Ponant, the company that runs the Paul Gauguin, had reassured customers in a blog post that it had strict regulations in place that \"go further than the international standards for the sector\".\n\nBut cruise companies are expecting strong bookings for 2021. They are reporting a combination of new bookings and people using vouchers they received for cancelled cruises this year.\n\n\"We absolutely believe when we come out of this we will lean into our repeat cruisers,\" Christine Duffy, the president of Carnival Cruise line, told Reuters news agency. \"They really are the ambassadors for the cruise industry.\"\n\nFind out more about what is happening with the MS Roald Amundsen", "Len McCluskey said the payout was an \"abuse\" of Unite members' money\n\nLabour's largest trade union backer has promised to review its financial support after the party decided to pay off former staff who sued it in an anti-Semitism row.\n\nUnite leader Len McCluskey told the Observer that Labour should not be \"taking Unite's money for granted\".\n\nThe party agreed last month to a \"substantial\" payout to seven whistleblowers who spoke to the BBC.\n\nClaims of anti-Semitism within Labour dogged Jeremy Corbyn's time as leader.\n\nIn a July 2019 BBC Panorama programme, entitled Is Labour Anti-Semitic?, a number of former party officials alleged that senior figures close to the leadership at the time had interfered in the process of dealing with anti-Semitism complaints.\n\nThey also claimed they had faced a huge increase in complaints since Mr Corbyn's election as leader in 2015.\n\nA party statement at the time denounced them as \"disaffected former staff\" who had \"personal and political axes\" to grind and accused them of trying to undermine Mr Corbyn - who was replaced as leader by Sir Keir Starmer in April this year.\n\nSeven of the whistleblowers took legal action and, in a statement read out in the High Court last month, Labour unreservedly apologised, saying it was determined to root out anti-Semitism in the party and the wider movement.\n\nIt admitted its earlier press statement had \"contained defamatory and false allegations about these whistleblowers\".\n\nAngela Rayner said it was time to heal Labour's divisions\n\nMr McCluskey, a supporter of Mr Corbyn, has criticised the accompanying payout, telling the Observer: \"It's an abuse of members' money. A lot of it is Unite's money and I'm already being asked all kinds of questions by my executive.\n\n\"It's as though a huge sign has been put up outside the Labour Party with 'Queue here with your writ and get your payment over there'.\"\n\nHe said there was \"no doubt\" the union's executive would demand a review of its funding of Labour.\n\nUnite gave £401,875 to the party in the first three months of this year and has donated several million pounds over recent years.\n\nAfter the whistleblowers' settlement, Mr Corbyn described the party's response as \"disappointing\", adding that the legal advice had been that Labour \"had a strong defence\".\n\nBut Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said it was a \"prudent move\" which was \"part of that healing process\" that the party needed.\n\nThe Labour Party has been contacted for a response to Mr McCluskey's comments.", "The bar said customers who had visited on 26 July had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nA cluster of 13 cases of Covid-19 linked to a pub in Aberdeen is being investigated by public health officials.\n\nNHS Grampian said the cases were associated with The Hawthorn Bar in Holburn Street in the city centre.\n\nThe pub said the outbreak was linked to customers who visited on 26 July.\n\nThe cluster comes as the latest figures showed 31 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Scotland in the past 24 hours.\n\nThat is higher than the 30 Covid-19 cases reported on Friday - which was the biggest daily increase for eight weeks.\n\nDespite the rise in cases, there were no deaths reported in Scotland due to coronavirus for the 17th day in a row.\n\nAll those who have tested positive in Aberdeen are showing only mild symptoms, though the health board said there may be further cases linked to the cluster.\n\nOne man, who is now being treated in hospital for coronavirus and who visited the bar last week, said he first began feeling ill on Wednesday.\n\nThe patient, who has asked not to be identified, told the BBC: \"By Saturday morning I felt terrible. I had a severe fever and my eyes were really sore. I also had a pain in my side and doctors considered removing my appendix which they thought may have become infected from the virus.\"\n\nHe added: \"It was very surreal being rushed to hospital and my mind did start to wonder in case things took a nasty turn.\n\n\"However, I do feel lucky that I only have mild symptoms and that I haven't had any breathing difficulties.\"\n\nHealth officials in Grampian said physical distancing measures were in place at the bar and contact tracing was being carried out to trace those linked with the cluster.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch said: \"We've sent people to have a look, and everything was in place that we have written down that should be in place.\n\n\"Same with the pharmacy earlier on in the week in Port Glasgow - very well managed, no blame.\n\n\"But this virus just needs a moment to jump across a household. So it's an individual responsibility as well as a business responsibility to take that enormously seriously.\"\n\nIn a statement published on their Facebook page, management at The Adams & The Hawthorn said they had been given permission to continue trading and that appropriate safety measures were in place.\n\nThe statement said the venue had undergone deep cleaning as well as \"decontamination by fogging\".\n\nPhil Adams, who owns the bar, said he was \"absolutely devastated\" by news of the cluster.\n\nHe added: \"We've put a lot of measures in place and we've worked very hard to ensure all our staff and customers are safe.\n\n\"This is a very trying time, not just for me but for everyone involved with the business.\"\n\nThe tally of 31 new cases across Scotland on Sunday accounts for 1.1% of newly tested individuals, according to the Scottish government.\n\nThe figures also showed there were 265 people in hospital with Covid-19 as of Saturday evening, and three in intensive care.\n\nIn response to the latest figures, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Another day y'day with no deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid.\n\n\"However, 31 new cases reported. All of these being carefully investigated and appropriate action taken. But we should take this as a further warning that Covid is still out there.\"\n\nThe daily figures showed that no new deaths were recorded among people who tested positive for the virus, meaning the tally under this specific measurement remains at 2,491.\n\nHowever, the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths as calculated by the National Records of Scotland currently stands at 4,201.", "Humpback whales can grow up to 19m in length\n\nA woman has suffered serious injuries after being struck and injured while swimming with humpback whales off the coast of Western Australia.\n\nThe Australian woman, 29, was with a tour group at the popular Ningaloo Reef on Saturday when she was struck.\n\nSt John Ambulance said the woman had suffered internal bleeding and upper torso injuries \"from the crush\".\n\nUnconfirmed reports said she was trapped between two of the giant mammals, which can grow up to 19m (62ft).\n\nShe was treated in the town of Exmouth before being flown to a hospital in Perth, where she was in a \"serious but stable condition\" on Monday.\n\nOther guests on the snorkelling tour witnessed the incident but were uninjured, according to Western Australia Police. The tour group had only been a few hundred metres from the shore when the incident happened.\n\nPolice said work safety regulators were investigating the incident, as it had involved a charter group.\n\nChartered swimming with humpback whales is currently undergoing a five-year trial in the region, monitored by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).\n\nFifteen tour operators have been licensed to take groups of nine swimming with the whales, with guidance in place advising the swimmers to stay at least 15m from the animals.\n\nThe DBCA said in a statement it was \"working closely with the industry and the tour operator involved to understand how the incident occurred\", and that swimming with humpback whales involved \"some inherent risk\".\n\nIt said nearly 10,000 participants had swum with humpback whales since the trial began in 2016, with no previous incidents resulting in serious injuries.\n\nNingaloo Reef on Western Australia's Coral Coast is known for its diversity of marine life and is one of the state's best-known tourist spots. Snorkelling expeditions on the coral reef are popular.\n\nWestern Australia is home to the largest known population of humpback whales, which are typically regarded as safe to swim among despite their size. The region's borders are currently closed to international and interstate visitors as part of efforts to keep out the coronavirus.", "Andrea Charles Fidelis said police presumed she was guilty because of her race\n\nPolice have apologised to a black civil servant who was accused of being a car thief while jogging near her home.\n\nDr Andrea Charles Fidelis, who works for the Ministry of Justice, said she was racially profiled and \"dehumanised\" by an officer in Swanley, Kent.\n\nShe was \"threatened with arrest\" after a man claimed to have seen her leaving his driveway on 29 March, she said.\n\nKent Police said claims the officer had been \"biased and discriminatory\" were not upheld by an investigation.\n\nBut the force said it had apologised to Dr Charles Fidelis \"for the way the officer had spoken to her\".\n\nDr Charles Fidelis, 41, said she had sought sanctuary in a railway station after being followed while jogging by a man who mistakenly believed she had attempted to steal his car.\n\nWhen police arrived, an officer presumed she was guilty without asking any questions and did not believe her account that she was in fear of being attacked by the man, she said.\n\n\"I was dismissed by him as not having the capacity to have natural human feelings,\" she added.\n\nThe findings of Kent Police's inquiry, shared with Dr Charles Fidelis, said there was no evidence of \"discrimination or incivility\" and the officer had not breached the force's policy or the law.\n\nA report said the information available to the officer at the time was \"sufficient to identify Dr Charles Fidelis as a suspect\".\n\nShe said the force had failed to take account of the \"engrained\" racial bias of the officer, who had been \"unable to empathise or even see me as a potential victim\".\n\n\"Throughout this whole saga I have not been treated equally to my white accuser,\" she wrote in a blog.\n\n\"The embodiment of black people being seen first as criminals, rather than victims has played out at every stage from start to finish.\"\n\nThe experience left her feeling \"brutalised\" and \"frightened to go out\", she said.\n\nThe mother of three, who sits on the board of a violence reduction charity, said she had been aware of a \"deeply held resentment in the black community towards policing\", but had previously had a \"really positive experience with the police\".\n\nHowever, her treatment had provided a \"painful insight into how it plays out\", she said.\n\nKent Police said it \"takes all complaints relating to racial discrimination seriously\".\n\nIt said Dr Charles Fidelis had \"appealed against the outcome of the complaint and this is now in the hands of the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) to allow the matter to be considered independently\".\n\nThe IOPC said it was assessing the appeal.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pupils find out their grades tomorrow - though celebratory hugs between friends will be discouraged Image caption: Pupils find out their grades tomorrow - though celebratory hugs between friends will be discouraged\n\nTomorrow’s the day teens across Scotland get the grades for their school qualifications. The exams were cancelled this year for the first time ever.\n\nBBC Scotland's education correspondent Jamie McIvor says some kids will be very concerned because they have not been able to have the final push of an exam.\n\nBut there will be a safeguard in terms of an appeals system, which will allow schools to appeal a grade awarded by the SQA if it is poorer than that recommended by teachers.\n\nJames Russell from Skills Development Scotland also highlights expert advisers will be accessible to young people from 08:00 tomorrow. The number to call is 0808 100 8000.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bradley Desmier was predicted a B, C and a merit but got a D, E and a pass\n\nPupils can appeal A-level grades if they are lower than what was predicted by teachers following an outcry over results.\n\nPupils had accused the Welsh Government of \"abandoning them\" after 42% of grades were lowered by the exams watchdog.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has confirmed appeals will be allowed if \"there is evidence\" pupils should have received higher grades.\n\nShe said it gave \"clarity\" to students.\n\nMs Williams said the broadening of appeals by Qualifications Wales, meant students could now appeal if there was \"evidence of internal assessments that has been judged by the school or college to be at a higher grade than the grade they have been awarded\".\n\nThe Welsh Government had faced backlash from students, teachers, education bodies, and some of its own backbenchers, following the publication of A-level results on Thursday.\n\nDue to the coronavirus pandemic, exams were cancelled this year, with students' final grades based on teachers' estimations.\n\nBut the exam watchdog, Qualifications Wales, lowered more than 40% of grades in a standardisation process after finding some teachers had been \"too generous\".\n\nThe detail of the results also showed more pupils on free school meals saw their A-levels downgraded - 48.1% - compared to 45.3% for pupils not eligible.\n\nOn Wednesday, hours before students found out their results, the education minister guaranteed that no-one would get a lower grade in their A-level than they achieved in their AS result.\n\nMs Williams had said she had to act to stop Welsh students being \"disadvantaged\" following changes to results in England, and Scotland.\n\nBut with the last-minute intervention coming after results had already been sent to schools and colleges, there are concerns that universities may judge applications on the grades already issued, before that revision takes effect.\n\nSome students have spoken of getting results up to two grades lower than predicted, and being rejected by universities after not meeting required grades.\n\nThe latest guidance from Qualifications Wales now states:\n\nThe watchdog said: \"We have worked closely with WJEC [exam board] and considered the changes being introduced in England to find the best way forward for Welsh learners.\n\nAs a result, it said, it was extending the grounds for appeal for this summer's GCSE, AS and A levels, and the Welsh Bacc qualifications.\n\nThis does not go as far as saying pupils who are unhappy will get the grade estimated for them by teachers.\n\nBut it does allow appeals to be based on some of the evidence used by schools and colleges to decide those grades.\n\nThe big difference is that before this change, appeals could only be pursued on administrative grounds - for example, concerns that the exam board had used the wrong data.\n\nThere'll be more information in the next couple of days but there are some immediate questions about the practicalities of it all.\n\nIn view of the uproar since grades were published, it is inevitable there will be a huge number of appeals now the criteria has been opened up.\n\nBut how quickly can those be dealt with, when in many cases places at university depend on the result.\n\nSome will still argue that it would be more straightforward and fairer to issue the original grades submitted by teachers, as happened in Scotland.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Welsh Government's, WJEC and Qualifications Wales handling of the exam results process is set to be examined by a Senedd committee next week.\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader Adam Price has urged the Welsh Government to ensure pupils in Wales are awarded lower grades received their predicted results instead.\n\n\"I would rather trust in teachers than an algorithm when it comes to a fair assessment of how a pupil would perform in an exam,\" he said.\n\nReacting to the development he tweeted: \"Instead of adding yet more complexity and uncertainty, Welsh Govt should simply admit the failure and accept the teacher assessed grades.\"\n\nConservative MS Darren Millar earlier had called the situation \"a mess\" and urged a review.\n\n\"There have been A-grades downgraded to D's and B's to U's without any explanation or justification as to why these decisions have been made, and without regard to evidence provided by teachers on the progress of their students.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said while she was pleased the Welsh Government had changed the appeals process, there needed to be guarantees the system would \"not collapse under the demand\".\n\n\"If that guarantee can't be given then today's announcement may still not allay concerns. I look forward to those guarantees being given swiftly and with confidence or this will not be going away,\" she said.\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.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday evening. We'll have another update for you on Tuesday morning.\n\nAfter days of anger from pupils and teachers about how A-level results were calculated, students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will now be able to receive grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm. GCSE results, which come out on Thursday, will be awarded in the same way. It comes after about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades - with exams cancelled because of the pandemic. The U-turn means some pupils will no longer lose out on university places - but for others it is too late.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A-level student Nina welcomes the government's U-turn which means she can train to become a vet\n\nWith most pupils not in school for months, lockdown widened learning gaps between richer and poorer primary school children, an analysis of thousands of families in England suggests. Children from poorer families did at least one hour less learning a day compared with those in richer families, the Institute of Fiscal Studies found. One head teacher says it could take up to two years to bring some children back to their correct attainment level.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Parents and children from a school in St Helens told the BBC about their educational struggles during lockdown\n\nMore than 100,000 people have signed up to take part in future NHS trials of a coronavirus vaccine - but researchers say more volunteers are needed. They want as many people as possible to enrol, to speed up their efforts to find a safe and effective jab. They are particularly looking for more volunteers from the \"high-priority groups\" disproportionately affected by the virus - those belonging to ethnic minorities or aged over 65. Our health correspondent James Gallagher has looked at how close we are to getting a vaccine here.\n\nRyanair has said it will cut capacity by 20% in September and October following \"notably weakened\" bookings in recent days. The airline said the drop was driven by \"uncertainty over recent Covid case rates in some EU countries\". It said cuts will mostly be in flight numbers as opposed to route closures and they will be \"heavily focused\" on countries where virus rates have led to the UK and Ireland re-imposing travel restrictions.\n\nThe fiery dance of salsa isn't necessarily something you would think could be compatible with social distancing. But one dance teacher in Peterborough is giving it a go - with participants asked to stay within self-contained boxes rather than holding their partner. Jessica Guastella admitted it was not ideal, but said it was better than having to hold classes entirely on video calls.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest from our live page.\n\nPlus, find out how to get 50% off your dinner this evening by reading our explainer on the government's \"eat out to help out\" scheme.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "Juan Carlos is under investigation in Spain, as well as in Switzerland\n\nSpain's former king Juan Carlos has been living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 3 August, the Spanish royal palace has confirmed, putting an end to speculation over his whereabouts.\n\nOn 3 August, the ex-king made the shock announcement that he was leaving Spain amid a corruption investigation.\n\nThe 82-year-old travelled to the UAE on 3 August \"and he remains there\", a spokesman said, giving no more details.\n\nThe ex-king's finances are under scrutiny in a major corruption probe.\n\nHe denies any wrongdoing and has said he is available if prosecutors need to interview him.\n\nEarlier this month, he announced the move in a letter to his son, Felipe, to whom he handed the throne six years ago.\n\nHe said at the time was making the decision \"in the face of the public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating\" and in the hope of allowing his son to carry out his functions as king with \"tranquillity\".\n\nIt was first reported that he had travelled to the Dominican Republic, but Spanish media later said he had arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.\n\nHowever until now, neither the palace nor the government had confirmed his whereabouts.\n\nThe former king is said to have travelled to the UAE on several occasions since his abdication in 2014.\n\nHe is reported to be close to a number of key figures including the UAE's de facto leader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan\n\nJuan Carlos abdicated in 2014 after close to 40 years in power and handed power to his son Felipe.\n\nHis decision to give up the throne came after a corruption investigation involving his daughter's husband and a controversial elephant hunting trip the monarch took during Spain's financial crisis.\n\nThe controversies however did not stop there.\n\nIn June this year, Spain's Supreme Court launched an investigation into Juan Carlos's alleged involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia, after the ex-king lost his immunity from prosecution following his abdication.\n\nJuan Carlos played a pivotal role in Spain's transition to democracy after Gen Francisco Franco's death in 1975, but his popularity and his health declined in the final years of his reign, leading him to pass the baton to his son.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. King Juan Carlos, 76, has had health problems in recent years", "Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call on the House of Representatives to return to session in the coming days to vote on a bill to protect the US Postal Service.\n\nIn a letter released on Sunday, Ms Pelosi accused President Trump of a \"campaign to sabotage the election\".\n\nIt comes after the USPS warned that millions of mail ballots may not arrive in time to be counted in the election.\n\nCritics blamed the new USPS head - a loyal supporter of the president - for a slowdown in deliveries.\n\nA record number of people are expected to vote by mail ahead of the 3 November presidential election due to the pandemic.\n\nThe president has repeatedly said mail-in ballots will lead to voting fraud and give a boost to his rival, Democrat Joe Biden. However, experts say the mail-in voting system, which Mr Trump himself uses, is safe from tampering.\n\nIn a letter released on Sunday, Ms Pelosi criticised plans by the new head of the USPS, Louis DeJoy, which she said would \"degrade postal service, delay the mail, and - according to the Postal Service itself - threaten to deny the ability of eligible Americans to cast their votes through the mail in the upcoming elections in a timely fashion\".\n\n\"Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are under threat from the president,\" she added.\n\nMs Pelosi said she would call on House representatives to vote on a new bill to prohibit the USPS from introducing any changes to the service or operations it provided at the beginning of this year in the coming week. A date for the vote has not yet been announced.\n\nShe also joined a number of Democrats in calling on Mr DeJoy and another senior USPS figure to testify at an \"urgent\" hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on 24 August.\n\nDemocrats, including former President Barack Obama, have accused Mr Trump of attacking postal voting and the USPS in a bid to \"undermine the election\".\n\nPresident Trump has previously told Fox News he was blocking additional funding for the financially troubled agency, because he opposes mail-in voting.\n\n\"Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,\" he said. \"Now, if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. That means they can't have universal mail-in voting, they just can't have it.\"", "The gathering at Waheed's Buffet and Banqueting Hall on Sunday was dispersed by police\n\nA wedding reception of more than 100 guests has been broken up by police in Blackburn.\n\nBlackburn with Darwen brought in extra measures on 14 July after a spike in Covid-19 cases to try to avoid a Leicester-style local lockdown.\n\nPolice said the event at Waheed's Buffet and Banqueting Hall in Randal Street was a \"significant breach\" of restrictions putting people \"at risk\".\n\nPolice in Manchester also attended a wedding in a marquee with 50 guests.\n\nThe organiser of the wedding in Whalley Range in the city was given a fixed penalty notice.\n\nThe gathering in Blackburn on Sunday was dispersed and no further action was taken.\n\nLancashire Police's Deputy Chief Constable Terry Woods said there were between 100 and 120 people at the venue.\n\nHe said: \"The vast bulk of those people were asked to leave, they were very compliant, but in effect that wedding reception was closed down and what remained was a small number of people\n\n\"Today future action is going to be considered with the local authority to see what we can do with that premises to stop it happening again.\n\n\"For businesses we know it's hard but we will name and shame places that flout the regulations to this extent and there will be consequences.\"\n\nBlackburn with Darwen brought in new measures in July after a spike in Covid-19 cases\n\nIn a statement on Sunday police said: \"Disappointing incident in Blackburn this evening.\n\n\"Officers have attended a report of a significant breach of Covid restrictions, and found over 100 guests at a wedding reception.\n\n\"This is a clear breach of both local and national restrictions that puts everyone attending at risk.\n\n\"Officers have engaged with the attendees and at police instruction the gathering was dispersed without further issue.\n\n\"Please work with us to help keep everyone safe by following the guidelines and restrictions.\"\n\nA month on since tighter restrictions were introduced in Blackburn with Darwen, compared with most of the rest of England, the area still has one of the highest rates of new cases of coronavirus.\n\nIn the week to 12 August there were 141 new cases recorded, 20 more than the week before.\n\nIt works out at about 94 cases per 100,000 residents in the latest week.\n\nThe official data for England released on Sunday shows only Northampton, which recorded hundreds of cases following an outbreak at a sandwich factory, and Oldham currently have higher rates of new infections than Blackburn with Darwen.\n\nThe borough's director of public health Dominic Harrison said: \"It's not fair to the majority of the population who are sticking by the guidance we've put out.\n\n\"Many people have made sacrifices and for them, something like this is not fair.\n\n\"We as a council, with the police, are going to be looking to take stronger action than we have up to now on events like this over the coming weeks.\"\n\nHe said the area's coronavirus rates were currently \"high but contained, but they are not yet coming down as fast as we hoped\".\n\nBoth Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire have local restrictions in place to prevent people socialising with other households.\n\nPolice say they are also concerned that responses to emergencies are being delayed because of the number of 999 calls about social distancing breaches.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n• None Local tracing launched as NHS 'not fast enough'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford has apologised for the uncertainty created by the grading system used for A-level results.\n\nLast week's results were criticised after 42% of grades were lower than teacher assessments.\n\nIt came after they had been processed by an algorithm.\n\nThe Welsh Government has performed a U-turn with A-level and GCSE students now being awarded the grades estimated for them by their teachers.\n\nExams had been scrapped because of the coronavirus lockdown.", "Millions of self-employed people whose trade has been hit by coronavirus can now apply for a second support grant from the government.\n\nMore than three million people may be eligible for the payment of up to £6,570 each, which Chancellor Rishi Sunak said would be the final hand-out.\n\nHMRC said it was pleased with the positive start the scheme made when it opened on Monday morning.\n\nBy early Monday 39,000 people had successfully made claims, HMRC said.\n\nAngela MacDonald, deputy chief executive at the HMRC, told BBC Breakfast that those claims were made within the first hour-and-a-half after the scheme opened.\n\nThe claims window is initially open for a four-day period but anyone who thinks they may be eligible and hasn't been contacted by HMRC has until October to make a claim, she said.\n\n\"We are trying very hard to contact all those people who are eligible in order to help them to understand when they can make their claim.\"\n\nIf you think you are eligible and haven't been contacted by HMRC, you can go onto the online system which will tell you if you are eligible, and when it is you can make a claim.\n\n\"People shouldn't worry about needing to do everything too much in a rush,\" said Ms MacDonald.\n\n\"If you don't manage it in those first four days the claims systems is actually open until the 19th October, so therefore everybody's got the time to do it to suit their working situation at the moment.\"\n\nThe first grant, launched in May, saw £7.8bn claimed by 2.7 million people.\n\nHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has admitted thousands were paid too much, but it will not be demanding repayment.\n\nSome 15,000 payments - less than 0.6% of the total - were miscalculated in the first tranche of support, the tax authority said.\n\n\"The vast majority of grants were paid correctly, but in a very small number of cases, not all the information held on a tax return was taken into account when calculating eligibility and grants,\" said a spokesman for HMRC.\n\n\"Our top priority has been ensuring self-employed people receive grants quickly while protecting public money from deliberate fraudsters.\"\n\nLegal services firm Integrated Dispute Resolution, which highlighted the error, said the scale of it was still not \"fully understood\".\n\nTo be eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, more than half of a claimant's income needs to come from self-employment.\n\nThe scheme is open to those with a trading profit of less than £50,000 in 2018-19, or an average trading profit of less than £50,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.\n\nUnder the first payment, self-employed workers who qualified had been in line for a grant of 80% of their average profits, up to £2,500 a month for three months.\n\nThis was paid in one instalment, of up to £7,500.\n\nApplications for this first payment closed on 13 July.\n\nAs of Monday, those eligible can claim the second, slightly less generous, grant covering 70% of the applicant's average monthly trading profits.\n\nIt will also be made in a single payment, covering three months and capped at £2,190 a month, or £6,570 in total.\n\nApplicants will need to confirm their business has been affected by the virus on or after 14 July, but they would not need to have taken the first grant to be eligible for the second.\n\nA number of self-employed people, such as directors who pay themselves in dividends, freelancers, and the newly self-employed, are unhappy at missing out on the government's self-employment support package.\n\nThe Treasury Select Committee called on ministers to plug the gaps to fulfil the government's promise of \"doing whatever it takes\", but Mr Sunak defended \"the right policies for the first phase of the crisis\".\n\nThe system is the alternative to the extended furlough scheme for employed workers.\n\nThe Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed welcomed the second round of grants.\n\nBut it said the government must be ready to reopen and \"extend it to the desperately struggling forgotten self-employed\" in the event of a second wave of the coronavirus.\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "Public Health England is to be replaced by a new agency that will specifically deal with protecting the country from pandemics, according to a report.\n\nThe Sunday Telegraph claims Health Secretary Matt Hancock will this week announce a new body modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute.\n\nMinisters have reportedly been unhappy with the way PHE has responded to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe government was contacted by the BBC but declined to comment on the report.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"Public Health England have played an integral role in our national response to this unprecedented global pandemic.\n\n\"We have always been clear that we must learn the right lessons from this crisis to ensure that we are in the strongest possible position, both as we continue to deal with Covid-19 and to respond to any future public health threat.\"\n\nThe Telegraph reports that Mr Hancock will merge the NHS Test and Trace scheme with the pandemic response work of PHE.\n\nA leaked memo seen by the BBC, written by the head of Public Health England Duncan Selbie to staff said the aim of the new national institute for health protection was to boost expertise with \"much needed new investment\".\n\nThe paper said the new body could be called the National Institute for Health Protection and would become \"effective\" in September, but the change would not be fully completed until the spring.\n\nThe Robert Koch Institute, which the new body will reportedly be based on, is an independent agency that has taken control of Germany's response to the pandemic.\n\nEarlier this month, the government brought in a new way of counting daily coronavirus deaths in England following concerns that the method used by PHE overstated them.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has also said the country's response to Covid-19 could have been done \"differently\" and the government needed to learn lessons.\n\nPublic Health England has been seen by some at Westminster as a convenient scapegoat for flawed decision making in the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nBlame for a failure to have put in place a mass testing capability as the pandemic virus began to spread has been laid partly at PHE's door.\n\nBut decisions at the time and in the months before the crisis were made across Government, with input from the advisory body SAGE.\n\nPHE's critics will argue that a shake-up is now needed. But supporters will feel that blaming PHE is diverting attention from others in Whitehall and Westminster.\n\nThere is a logic to moving PHE's coronavirus functions, including testing and surveillance, into a new health protection agency which also takes in the test and trace network and management. But shaking up the defences with the virus threat still present is risky.\n\nMinisters will need to demonstrate they are doing so for the right reasons and not just playing to a political gallery.\n\nJohn Ashton, a former regional director of public health in north-west England, said PHE had had \"a bad pandemic\" but criticised the government's reported plans to scrap the organisation.\n\nHe told the BBC News Channel: \"You don't deal with the problem of an over-centralised, dysfunctional organisation by creating another over-centralised organisation which is what is being proposed.\n\n\"You don't change horses mid-stream - this pandemic has still got a long way to run,\" he said, adding that PHE should be strengthened rather than ditched.\n\nPHE was created in 2013 - as part of an overhaul of the NHS in England under former health secretary Jeremy Hunt - with responsibilities including preparing and responding to health-related emergencies such as pandemics.\n\nIt currently employs around 5,500 full-time staff, made up mostly of scientists, researchers and public health professionals.\n\nIts website says it was established to bring together public health specialists from more than 70 organisations into a single public health service.", "Students in Wales have been reacting to the Welsh Government announcement that A-level and GCSE students there will also be awarded the grades estimated for them by their teachers.\n\nLast week's A-level results were criticised after 42% of grades were lower than teacher assessments.\n\nEmily Mundy, 18, from Anglesey, had faced losing her medical school place at either Manchester or Birmingham, after her chemistry exam was downgraded from A to B.\n\nShe said she felt \"overwhelmed and excited\" following the Welsh Government's U-turn.\n\n\"I got excited and I quickly rang Manchester University. They said I need to send the [teacher- assessed] grades to UCAS and I should be accepted,\" she said.\n\nEmily Mundy had been rejected to study medicine after her grades were downgraded Image caption: Emily Mundy had been rejected to study medicine after her grades were downgraded\n\nDavid Mazoya, a 16-year-old GCSE student at Newport's Llanwern High School, was relieved: \"It felt at first like we would be assessed on how other people had done in the past and our school average.\n\n\"It wasn't really our work, it wasn't really my grade either.\"\n\nBut Scott Gilmour, an A-level student at Llanfair Caereinion school in Welshpool, said he feels \"nobody has a result that means anything\".\n\nHe received two A*s and two As through the original algorithm method, and is going to Durham to study law.\n\n\"This U-turn by the government strips the results we've had of any value and credibility. It now means the national average for A-level results this year will be way above previous years,\" he said.\n\nWales First Minister Mark Drakeford told the BBC he was “sorry for those young people who’ve had to live through such an uncertain period”.\n\nHe insisted that the Welsh system for standardising grades was “fairer” than that used in other parts of the UK but said the decision was taken because “we heard early in the day that things were moving elsewhere” and ministers wanted to ensure \"our young people were not disadvantaged compared to others\".", "The car crashed into a house on the A4 London Rd, Derry Hill near Chippenham\n\nFour young men died when the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a house in Wiltshire, catching fire.\n\nEmergency crews were called to the scene on the A4 London Rd, Derry Hill near Chippenham at about 03:00 BST.\n\nPolice said the four occupants of the vehicle - some believed to be in their late teens - died at the scene.\n\nNo-one inside the house was injured, and all were evacuated while fire crews tackled the blaze.\n\nThe car was travelling towards Calne when it left the road near the Lysley Arms pub\n\nWiltshire Police Det Supt Steve Cox said: \"This was an absolutely horrific collision on our roads in the early hours of this morning.\n\n\"All blue light services attended the scene and were met with devastating scenes after a vehicle travelling along the A4 collided with a house and caught on fire.\n\n\"All four occupants of the vehicle died at the scene. Their families have been informed and we are in the process of assigning each family with specialist trained officers.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all at Wiltshire Police are with them all today.\"\n\nThe A4 and A342 remain closed while an investigation and recovery work is carried out\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Students gathered outside the Senedd at the weekend to protest against the grading system\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford will face his own Labour backbenchers later as criticism grows over last week's A-levels results.\n\nA total of 42% of grades predicted by teachers were lowered.\n\nWelsh Labour group chairman Vikki Howells and the Welsh Tories joined Plaid Cymru in calling for students to be honoured their predicted grades.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has allowed appeals if \"there is evidence\" pupils should have had higher grades.\n\nBut pressure is growing on the Welsh Government to honour's students predicted grades.\n\nMeanwhile six Welsh council education cabinet members say they have \"no confidence\" in the system which has allocated this year's A-level results.\n\nHappy students in Swansea on Thursday - but not all A-level pupils got the grades they expected\n\nMs Howells, Welsh Labour Senedd group chairman and member of the Senedd (MS) for Cynon Valley, said the algorithm used to assess grades after A-Level exams were cancelled \"unjustly caused problems and considerable stress for students whose futures may depend on fair and accurate results\".\n\nShe called for predicted grades to be used instead.\n\nCaerphilly Labour MS Hefin David said the appeals process \"will overwhelm any manageable system and students can't wait for it\".\n\n\"We need to move to teacher assessed grades now. In the longer term we need a standardised system of moderation across Wales and put the trust in teachers to manage the local moderation of grades.\"\n\nSuzy Davies, Welsh Conservative spokeswoman, tweeted that an appeals process \"will just add\" to the \"misery caused\" by A-level grading.\n\nShe described A-level results that have come out as \"unfair\" and said guarantees over the appeals process must be given in the next 24 to 48 hours or there should be no alternative than to use teachers' predicted grades.\n\n\"The process promised to bring fairness,\" she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers.\n\n\"But it hasn't. If there is no prompt guarantee (over appeals), confidence in that will dissolve as well.\"\n\nChildren's Commissioner for Wales Sally Holland also said she could now see no alternative but to switch to using predicted grades.\n\nShe called it an \"exceptional year\", adding: \"Grade inflation is not the worst thing that could happen but these young people are having their dreams shattered and being left with a complete lack of faith in our system.\"\n\nPlaid Cymru education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian called for the grade standardisation process to be dropped ahead of GCSE results later this week, in line with Northern Ireland.\n\nA Senedd committee is being recalled on Tuesday during the summer recess to discuss the grades\n\nShe said that would \"provide fairness and justice to its young people who have worked so hard, and have faced an unprecedentedly difficult and confusing time\".\n\n\"The Welsh Government should be doing all it can to alleviate stress for this cohort which is likely to face many more challenges from the fallout of the pandemic in the coming years, rather than putting further barriers in their path.\"\n\nMs Gwenllian added that the assessment grades given by schools and and colleges should \"replace the flawed system adopted by Welsh Government and an announcement to that effect needs to be made\" on Monday.\n\nSuzy Davies calls for guarantees to be given over appeals\n\nA letter, signed by senior councillors and officers at Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham councils, called on Ms Williams to undertake an \"urgent review\" of the situation.\n\n\"We do not feel that the process has been fair and robust especially to vulnerable learners who have been Welsh Government priority during this term,\" the letter said.\n\n\"It is quite clear that the A-level brand has been protected at the expense of individual learners who have missed out on forecasted grades when national distribution has reached school level,\" it added.\n\nIt said in some schools nearly 70% of grades had been downgraded - with the number of signatures on a petition started on the weekend now standing at 26,000.\n\nPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price was one of the speakers at Sunday's protest on the Senedd steps\n\n\"This has resulted in individual pupils being awarded grades by WJEC where schools can't explain the rationale behind the awarding,\" the letter said.\n\n\"Too many pupils in north Wales are at a significant risk of being disadvantaged and missing out on opportunities to the future employment pathways of their choice when compared to their peers in other countries in the UK, especially Scotland.\n\n\"Schools report that they have no confidence in the present appeal process.\"\n\nIt also expresses concern the same will happen when GCSE results are revealed on Thursday.\n\nEmily Mundy has been rejected to study medicine after her grades were downgraded\n\nEmily Mundy, from Anglesey, was offered places at Manchester and Birmingham to train for her dream job as a doctor.\n\nDuring lockdown the 18-year-old volunteered three times a week at Ysbyty Gwynedd on wards, handing out teas and coffees and chatting to patients.\n\nBut after getting a B in chemistry, despite being predicted an A, she was rejected from all the universities she put as her choices and may now have to wait a year before she can go to university.\n\n\"I was pretty hopeful I would get in, I was pretty hopeful I would get the grades I wanted seeing as I did pretty well in my GCSEs,\" she said.\n\n\"They have told me that the best thing I can do is to appeal because the centre grade was an A. If I get the appeal result by 7 September, then they will be able to get me in.\n\n\"If I don't then I will have to resit the exam, or I will even have to do it next year, or I will have to go to university next year.\"\n\nWhen Emily took part in a UCAS test, she was in the top 10% in the UK.\n\nPupils want to be given the grades their teachers predicted for them\n\nThe Welsh Parliament is on its summer break, but the Children, Young People and Education Committee has been recalled and will meet on Tuesday.\n\nThe exam board WJEC is set to outline further details on the process to submit appeals early in the week.\n\nThe Welsh Government said more than 4,000 students would benefit from the guarantee that no final grade would be lower than an AS grade.\n\n\"This is around 15% of all A-level students and makes a significant difference to the overall impact of variations between final grades and centre assessed grades,\" said a spokesperson.\n\n\"Even before the AS floor, 94% of the grades are the same as or within one grade of the centre assessed grades.\"\n\nA spokesperson said Qualification Wales and the WJEC would share the full details but appeals could now be made where there was evidence of internal assessments judged by the school or college to be at a higher grade than the grade awarded.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A former security guard has returned to the hospital where he used to work, but this time as a medical student.\n\nEleven years ago, Russell Ledet, 34, was a security guard at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, studying chemistry on flashcards on his shift.\n\nNow, the ex-Navy non-commissioned officer has a PhD and is working towards a joint MD/MBA at Tulane University in his home-state of Louisiana.\n\n\"It's a dream come true,\" he said.\n\nHis story of full-circle success has been making headlines, about a year after he rose to national attention for organising a photo of 15 black med students in front of the former slave quarters at the Whitney Plantation, a slavery museum in Louisiana.\n\nThe photograph went viral, and since then he has co-founded a company called The 15 White Coats, whose mission is to raise money for minority medical students. They also sent poster-sized copies of the photograph to schools across the US to inspire the next generation of black doctors.\n\n\"When you go ask a black kid right now what does a doctor look like, they're going to tell you a white male. In order to change that, they got to see imagery that aligns with reality,\" Mr Ledet told the BBC.\n\nA photograph of 15 black med students in front of the former slave quarters at the Whitney Plantation went viral\n\nGrowing up in Lake Charles, Louisiana with a single mother, Mr Ledet never thought he would go to university, let alone earn a PhD in molecular oncology or go to medical school.\n\nAs a child, he remembers combing through dumpsters with his sister to find dinner.\n\n\"I thought growing up only rich people go to college,\" he says.\n\nHe enrolled in the Navy after high school because it was \"a way out\".\n\nIt was in the military where he says he started meeting people who showed him that success was possible - first in Washington, DC and then in Pensacola, Florida, where he studied to be a military cryptologic technician.\n\n\"I started to realise that the world was more than where I was from,\" he says.\n\nIn Pensacola he met his wife, who he says was instrumental in encouraging him to get an education.\n\n\"My wife was like 'you're smart as hell you just don't know it yet',\" he remembers.\n\nAfter several tours overseas, he left the Navy so that he and his wife could settle down and start a family. They moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2009, where he enrolled to study at Southern University and A&M College, a historically black college.\n\nAlthough he had a full scholarship, he still had to work full time to make ends meet, so he started working as a security guard at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He would attend classes during the day, and work from late afternoon to midnight, using any downtime to do his homework.\n\nOn Saturdays after finishing his shift, he would drive all night to Pensacola, where he was stationed as a reservist.\n\nIn the midst of it all, his first daughter was born, putting extra pressure on him to finish his degree and get a better-paying job.\n\nHe went on to earn a PhD at New York University in molecular oncology.\n\n\"I had accomplished all this stuff, and I thought: I can do anything. The world became my oyster,\" he says.\n\nHis second daughter was born on 20 February, 2018 - the same day he got the news that he was accepted to Tulane University School of Medicine with a full scholarship.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Young figure skater goes viral performing at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC\n\nSince returning to Baton Rouge General Medical Center in July as a medical student, he has reconnected with his old boss, who Mr Ledet says helped him by not firing him when he was caught studying organic chemistry during his shift.\n\nMr Ledet says that after medical school he wants to work in paediatrics and psychiatry, so that he can help increase access to mental-health care in poor communities.\n\nHe hopes his success will inspire other young African Americans.\n\n\"Coming from where I come from, nobody tells you that you can do things in the world, you can make an impact,\" he says. \"If nobody tells you, you don't know. But now that I know I can tell the kids.\"", "Camping equipment and discarded food and drink have been found across the Lake District\n\nVolunteers carrying out a Lake District litter pick have described the mounds of rubbish as heartbreaking.\n\nDiscarded camping equipment, cans of nitrous oxide, cutlery and leftover food have been collected, while some areas have had trees cut down.\n\nThe lakes have proved popular with visitors following the recent easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nCharity Friends of the Lake District had appealed for people to take part in the two-day clean-up across Cumbria.\n\nEngagement officer Ruth Kirk, who paddled out to an island at Thirlmere on a kayak, said: \"It just breaks my heart. It makes me want to cry.\n\n\"It's been replicated right across the Lake District, particularly around the lake shores.\n\n\"It's understandable people want to spend time here, but it has created quite a problem with the amount of litter left behind.\n\n\"It's difficult for communities. They live here and want it to be a lovely place. They don't want to have to go out as volunteers to collect litter every week.\"\n\nRuth Kirk, of Friends of the Lake District, is urging people to follow the Countryside Code\n\nThe organisation is urging visitors not to camp at lakesides or on nearby islands and to \"enjoy the landscape responsibly\" by taking all rubbish home.\n\nSome of the larger items found as part of the pick will need to be collected by rangers in boats, Ms Kirk added.\n\nDuring the months in lockdown, police and park authority rangers sent home hundreds of people found illegally camping and holding parties.\n\nProblems have continued after the easing of restrictions, though, and some locals have set up their own group to collect rubbish.\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.", "The number of children crossing the Channel in dinghies is rising, Kent County Council says\n\nA council says it cannot safely care for any more child migrants amid a rise in the number arriving alone in Kent.\n\nKent County Council said it does not have the capacity for additional unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.\n\nMore than 400 children, most of whom arriving in Dover across the English Channel by small boat, have entered the authority's care so far this year.\n\nResponsibility lies across England, the council says, while the government says the authority has had extra support.\n\nUnder-18s arriving in the county alone are passed into the care of the local authority, with a small number later transferred to other councils that volunteer to help.\n\nMore than 400 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went into council care in Kent this year\n\nCounty council leader Roger Gough said he warned the Home Office his authority \"expected to reach safe capacity to meet its statutory duty of care this weekend\".\n\nThe arrival of 13 more children in the past two days had \"tipped the balance and the council simply cannot safely accommodate any more new arrivals,\" he added.\n\nIt is unclear what will happen should more children arrive in the coming days.\n\n\"That is clearly unacceptable and needs to be resolved immediately,\" said Bridget Chapman, of Kent Refugee Action Network, which supports unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and refugees.\n\n\"Our main priority is to ensure that vulnerable children are properly cared for and we urge the government to urgently work with Kent County Council to find a way forward,\" she added.\n\nIn May, the government increased the amount given to councils to care for asylum-seeking children after Mr Gough warned social services in Kent were at risk of being overwhelmed.\n\n\"This is an unprecedented situation and we have been working incredibly closely with Kent County Council to urgently address their concerns,\" the Home Office said.\n\n\"We continue to provide Kent County Council with a high level of support, such as significantly increasing funding and reducing pressure on their services through a national transfer scheme.\n\n\"We are also providing extra support with children's services and we continue to work across the local government network on their provision for unaccompanied minors.\"\n\nBut Sue Chandler, cabinet member for children's services, said the voluntary national transfer scheme needed to be made mandatory.\n\nWhile some children had been moved to other areas in recent months, \"due to the continued high level of arrivals, it has not been enough to make a real difference to the numbers in Kent,\" she said.\n\nMr Gough has said the reduced amount of freight crossing the Channel due to coronavirus has led to an increase in the number of asylum-seeking children arriving in Kent by boat.\n\nLast week, 23 lone migrant children were taken into the council's care in a single day.\n\nMore than 4,800 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ryanair has said it will cut capacity by 20% in September and October following \"notably weakened\" bookings in recent days.\n\nThe airline said the drop was driven by \"uncertainty over recent Covid case rates in some EU countries\".\n\nIt said cuts will mostly be in flight numbers as opposed to route closures.\n\nRyanair said they will be \"heavily focused\" on countries where virus rates have led to the UK and Ireland re-imposing travel restrictions.\n\nThe UK has re-imposed 14-day quarantines on travellers coming from countries including Spain, France and Sweden. Ireland has similar travel restrictions for countries including Germany and the UK.\n\nRyanair had increased flights to 60% of its normal schedule this month after resuming services in July.\n\nBut on Monday a spokesman for Ryanair said: \"These capacity cuts and frequency reductions for the months of September and October are unavoidable given the recent weakness in forward bookings due to Covid restrictions in a number of EU countries.\n\n\"Any affected passengers in September received email notification earlier today advising them of their options.\"\n\nThese include passengers being able to move flights, and get cash or voucher refunds, as set out under EU regulations.\n\nMeanwhile, rival airline Easyjet has confirmed that it will close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle, with the loss of 670 jobs.\n\nThere could be up to about 1,200 further UK job losses as Easyjet works through plans to cut staff due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe airline said in May that it wanted to cut 4,500 jobs. It has yet to begin consultations with its staff in other European countries.\n\nEasyjet began consultations on its plans to close the hubs in June after an announcement that it would cut staff numbers.\n\nThe majority of crew at those bases have opted for voluntary redundancy, and that process will start for pilots this week, a spokesperson said.\n\nOut of the total number of all crew who have been at risk of redundancy, 93% have opted to take the voluntary package, which is \"enhanced\" - that is, they get more money than through compulsory redundancy.\n\nJohan Lundgren, Easyjet chief executive, said in a statement that the decision to close the bases had been \"very difficult\", and that it was taken due to the \"unprecedented impact of the pandemic and related travel restrictions\".\n\nThis has been compounded by quarantine measures in the UK hitting demand for travel, he added.\n\nThe aviation industry has been hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions.\n\nIn July, Ryanair's UK cabin crew and pilots agreed to temporary pay cuts to reduce job losses.\n\nIn Germany, however, the airline said it would shut its base at Frankfurt Hahn airport after German pilots rejected pay cuts.\n\nBritish Airways wants to axe up to 12,000 jobs from its workforce of 42,000, and has said 6,000 have volunteered for redundancy.\n\nIn July, Dubai-based airline Emirates said that as many as 9,000 could go.\n\nAnd planemaker Airbus announced plans to cut 15,000 jobs in June, while aero-engine manufacturer Rolls Royce will axe 8,000 roles.", "Olga Freeman is accused of killing her son Dylan\n\nA mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her 10-year-old son who was found dead in a west London house.\n\nDylan Freeman's body was discovered in a property in Cumberland Park, Acton, after a woman called at a police station in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nOlga Freeman, 40, of Cumberland Park, appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody.\n\nThe boy's father, Dean Freeman, described him as a \"beautiful, bright, inquisitive and artistic child\".\n\nHe said he \"loved to travel, visit art galleries and swim\".\n\n\"I can't begin to comprehend his loss,\" he added.\n\nThe body of Dylan Freeman was found at a house in Cumberland Park, Acton, on Sunday\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Freeman said the celebrity photographer had been in Spain \"when he heard the shocking and heart-breaking news, and is beyond devastated\".\n\nHe is also the son of Robert Freeman who photographed the first five album covers for The Beatles.\n\nOlga Freeman is due to next appear at the Old Bailey on 19 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A-level grades awarded in sixth form colleges this year fell below the average of the last three years in England, new analysis suggests.\n\nThe Sixth Form Colleges Association said its research is evidence that students in larger institutions have been failed by this year's system.\n\nThe government has defended the approach it used to determine grades.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has announced GCSE students will be awarded the grades assessed by their teachers.\n\nNI Education Minister Peter Weir said ahead of GCSE results day on Thursday it would scrap an algorithm that would have taken into account the past performance of schools.\n\nIt comes after almost 40% of A-level grades awarded on Thursday in England were lower than teachers' predictions.\n\nStudents, who were not able to sit exams this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, had 280,000 A-level results downgraded.\n\nExam regulator Ofqual has faced criticism over the statistical model it used to decide the grades.\n\nMany students are expected to appeal, although there has been confusion over the appeals process after Ofqual withdrew its guidance for challenging results within hours of publishing it on Saturday.\n\nNew guidelines are still being drawn up by Ofqual, the Department for Education said on Sunday evening.\n\nHundreds of students held a demonstration in central London on Sunday to demand clarity over the appeals procedure.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has been told by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer that he needs to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"fix\" the situation.\n\nThe Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) said it looked at 65,000 exam entries in 41 subjects from sixth form colleges and found that grades were 20% lower than historic performances for similar students in those colleges.\n\nIt said that this equated to \"12,048 missing grades\" in those colleges alone.\n\nFor example, in Biology, it found that 24% of sixth form college students were awarded a grade lower than similar students in recent years.\n\nThe SFCA said its analysis of 41 subjects had not found a single one where the results were above the three-year average.\n\nOfqual states that its objective for A-level results this year was to ensure \"national results are broadly similar to previous years\".\n\nSFCA said its research showed that Ofqual had \"failed\" to meet that \"fundamental objective\" and the model it used had \"not only failed to produce broadly similar results, but has in fact produced worse results in every single subject\".\n\nBill Watkin, chief executive of the SFCA, said Ofqual should \"immediately recalibrate and rerun the model to provide all students with an accurate grade\".\n\n\"Should this still fail to produce results that are broadly similar to previous years, students should be awarded the grades predicted by teachers (known as centre assessed grades),\" he said.\n\nDr Mark Fenton, chief executive of the Grammar School Heads Association, said the results had also been unfair to some of its students.\n\nHe told the BBC that \"a great injustice has been done\" with \"utterly baffling\" results for some students.\n\nHe said the \"only fair outcome\" available would be to revert to the grade predicted by teachers and for the limit of 5% extra university places in England to be lifted.\n\nThe cap on increasing student numbers for each university was put in place by ministers to prevent academically selective universities recruiting heavily to make up for a fall in international students.\n\n\"Natural justice must surely now trump the understandable desire to maintain national standards in this, the most exceptional of years,\" Dr Fenton added.\n\nThree of Oxford University's colleges - Worcester, Wadham and, as of Sunday evening, St Edmund Hall - have confirmed that all places offered to UK students will be secured irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nina Bunting-Mitcham: \"My first thought was, my life is completely over\"\n\nAfter exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, grades were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nAhead of GCSE results due to be released on Thursday, former Conservative Education Secretary Lord Kenneth Baker urged the government to delay the publication of grades until the situation surrounding A-levels had been resolved.\n\n\"If you are in a hole, stop digging,\" Lord Baker said.\n\nThe statistical model used by Ofqual faces two legal challenges, with students arguing they were unfairly judged on the school they attend.\n\nBefore results were released, the Department for Education announced a \"triple-lock\", which meant that students could accept the grade calculated by Ofqual, appeal to receive a \"valid mock result\" or sit autumn exams.\n\nThe government announced on Friday that schools would not have to pay to appeal against exam grades.\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades. A similar situation in Scotland saw a U-turn by the government, which agreed to accept teacher estimates of scores.\n\nHave your A level results been affected by this year's grading system?\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.", "Michelle Obama may hate politics, but she’s a natural at it.\n\nA lot of politicians spoke at the camera during the “virtual” Democratic convention on Monday night. The only one who landed an emotional punch, however, was Michelle Obama.\n\nShe benefited, of course, from higher production values. While some of the appearances had the look of a bad Zoom meeting or a television infomercial, Obama was given a close focus and two camera angles.\n\nBut it was more than technical know-how that made her speech resonate. That came in her bittersweet acknowledgement that her “when they go low, we go high” line from 2016 may now seem a lot different for Democrats, who feel that “low” proved to be a winning strategy.\n\n“Going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanising others, we just become part of the ugly noise that’s drowning out everything else,” she said. “We degrade ourselves.”\n\n“Going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty,” she said. Going high means telling the “cold hard truth”.\n\nAnd the truth, she said, is that Donald Trump “simply cannot be who we need him to be for us”.\n\n“It is what it is,” she said, employing the same words the president recently used about the coronavirus death toll - a jab that was a subtle as it was devastating.\n\nShe drew a contrast between Trump, who she says lacks empathy, and Joe Biden, who – after a lifetime of loss, including the death of a wife, an infant daughter and adult son – knows “the anguish of sitting at the table with an empty chair”.\n\nShe reassured Americans who liked her husband’s presidency and miss it, that Biden would bring those days back. She warned, however, that it would require hard work. Victory couldn’t be taken for granted, she said, the way some may have done in 2016.\n\n“This is who we still are: compassionate, resilient, decent people whose fortunes are bound up with one another,” she said in conclusion. “And it is well past time for our leaders to once again reflect our truth.”", "Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir got into difficulty in the sea\n\nThe family of two brothers who drowned while on a trip to the Lancashire coast said they were \"absolutely devastated\".\n\nMuhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, got into difficulties after they were cut off by the tide at St Annes on Saturday.\n\nTheir 15-year-old cousin was with them and managed to swim ashore but the brothers were found dead on Sunday.\n\nThe family, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, said it was an \"extremely difficult time\".\n\n\"Everyone is absolutely devastated by what has happened to Muhammad Azhar and Ali Athar,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"The boys were extremely well liked and a promising future has tragically been cut short.\"\n\nThe brothers had both studied at Upper Batley High School, with Ali due to pick up his GCSEs on Thursday and expected to get good results.\n\nHead teacher Samantha Vickers said: \"We're absolutely devastated as a community to lose two of our young men.\n\n\"I've been inundated with messages from staff and students alike. These were two really popular young men, intelligent, respectful, well-mannered and family oriented.\n\n\"It's a huge loss this, people are really reeling from the shock and finding it hard to believe.\"\n\nSouthport Offshore Rescue Trust said the youngsters had been cut off by the tide\n\nThe family were on a day trip when the three boys went into the water and got into difficulty.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI and police called at about 18:40 BST and searches continued during the night and into the next day, using a drone and helicopter.\n\nHowever, their bodies were found about a mile away from St Annes Pier on Sunday afternoon.\n\nNick Porter, a lifeboat coxswain with Southport Offshore Rescue Trust, said: \"What started off as a family outing to the seaside on a nice day has turned into a tragedy.\n\n\"Our deepest sympathy goes out to them at this time.\"\n\nThe family were one of many who had gone to the coast to enjoy the warm weather\n\nIqbal Bhana MBE, deputy lord lieutenant for West Yorkshire, said the incident showed why young people needed to be reminded how to stay safe around water.\n\n\"We've seen so many tragedies of such nature in our community where young men who feel they're indestructible go out into the sea, into the lakes,\" he said.\n\nThe brother's cousin, who has not been named, has been treated for hypothermia in hospital.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nSevilla wrecked Manchester United's hopes of ending the season with silverware as they edged a hard-fought Europa League semi-final in Cologne.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side lost their third semi-final this season despite taking the lead when Bruno Fernandes scored their 22nd penalty of the season after Marcus Rashford was fouled by Diego Carlos.\n\nSevilla, Europa League specialists, equalised before the interval when former Liverpool forward Suso swept a finish past David de Gea at the far post.\n\nUnited's fate was sealed when they missed a succession of chances early in the second half as Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou emerged as the hero, denying Anthony Martial several times.\n\nAnd Sevilla, who saw off Wolves in the quarter-final, secured their place in the final when Luuk de Jong swept home a cross from Jesus Navas with 12 minutes left, United punished for poor defending which led to recriminations as Fernandes confronted Victor Lindelof in the aftermath.\n• None 'This Man Utd side have been exposed as nearly men'\n• None Man Utd have to take it to the next step - Maguire\n• None Football Daily podcast: What went wrong for Man Utd?\n\nManchester United's long season came to a bitterly disappointing conclusion as they missed out on the chance to lift their first trophy since they won this tournament under Jose Mourinho more than three years ago.\n\nAnd they have only themselves to blame for a lack of killer instinct in front of goal, especially in that opening phase of the second half when Bounou denied them, especially Martial, but United simply had to take one of those chances.\n\nIt left Sevilla in the game and, as this talented side have proved before, they are experts at finding a way to win in the Europa League.\n\nAnd so it proved with De Jong's late goal, helped by awful United defending as they switched off from Navas' cross, with Lindelof and Aaron Wan-Bissaka culpable.\n\nUnited could not respond as they looked heavy legged, Solskjaer waiting until late on before introducing a raft of chances more in hope than expectation.\n\nManchester United rescued their season in the second half of the campaign, fuelled by the signing of Fernandes, but losing three semi-finals in a single term is a poor effort.\n\nSolskjaer's season has finished respectability with a third-placed finish in the Premier League but weaknesses were exposed by the loss to Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final, Chelsea in the FA Cup and now this defeat by Sevilla.\n\nIt will no doubt strengthen Solskjaer's hand as he demands high-class additions in the transfer window but does nothing to disguise the disappointment or the fact that, when the pressure was really on in the big cup games this season, they failed to deliver.\n• None Sevilla have reached their sixth Uefa Cup/Europa League final, at least two more than any other side.\n• None Manchester United have now been eliminated from European competition by Spanish opposition for the third consecutive campaign.\n• None Sevilla are now unbeaten in 20 games, just the fourth different side within Europe's top five leagues this season to enjoy such a run (also Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid).\n• None Including both their quarter-final victory over FC Copenhagen and their match with Sevilla, Manchester United had 46 shots, with 21 hitting the target - however, the Red Devils have managed just two goals from the penalty spot in those matches with a conversion rate of 4.4%.\n• None Manchester United have been awarded 22 penalties in all competitions this season, the most by a side in a single campaign within Europe's top five leagues since Barcelona in 2015-16 (24).\n• None Since his Manchester United debut on 1 February, only Robert Lewandowski (28) and Lionel Messi (27) have had a direct hand in more goals in all competitions than Bruno Fernandes (20 - 12 goals, eight assists) within Europe's top five leagues.\n• None Bruno Fernandes has scored 100% of the 14 penalties he has taken in all competitions this season, netting six for Sporting Lisbon.\n• None Offside, Sevilla. Franco Vázquez tries a through ball, but Luuk de Jong is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Sevilla. Yassine Bounou tries a through ball, but Luuk de Jong is caught offside.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Franco Vázquez (Sevilla) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Éver Banega with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Find out how to master it\n• None Who spreads misinformation and why?", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBarcelona have sacked manager Quique Setien, three days after his side's humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.\n\nNetherlands manager Ronald Koeman, who played for the Catalan giants between 1989 and 1995, is set to replace Setien at the Nou Camp.\n\nFormer Real Betis manager Setien, 61, was appointed in January and took charge for just 25 matches.\n\nBarca finished second in La Liga this season, five points behind Real Madrid.\n\nA new coach will be announced \"in the coming days,\" said the club.\n\nBarca's thrashing by German champions Bayern on Friday was the fourth time in the past five years they have been knocked out at the quarter-final stage of Europe's elite competition.\n\nSetien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde at the Nou Camp, had said after the defeat that it was \"time for us to review and take the decisions which are needed for the future\".\n\nAfter he was sacked on Monday, Barcelona said: \"This is the first decision within a wider restructuring of the first team.\"\n\nThe club also announced next year's presidential elections, scheduled for June, will be brought forward to March 15.\n\nBarcelona defender Gerard Pique said he would be the \"first to leave\" if the club wished to make changes.\n\nKoeman is going to be given a two-year deal. He would have said yes to a one-year deal. He has been trying to get to Barcelona for a long while.\n\nFormer Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was contacted and there were talks with him even though the chairman realised the fans wouldn't like him [as a former Espanyol player and manager].\n\nPochettino is a better option. There is no doubt about that.\n\nBut we're not talking about the real issue. A club that's in disarray with a debt that some calculate could be 700m euros unable to move on because they spend 70% of their income on wages for the first team.\n\nThey have no clear idea where to go next partly because they can't get rid of these guys and partly because they've got no vision.\n\nHired as Barcelona boss on a two-and-a-half-year deal as successor to the sacked Ernesto Valverde Wins his first game in charge as Lionel Messi scores the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Granada Knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage by Athletic Bilbao Loses El Clasico to Real Madrid, who move above Barcelona at the top of La Liga Barca relinquish La Liga title and lose their 30-game home unbeaten run as Osasuna win 2-1 at the Nou Camp Suffers a record 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich as Barca are knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals", "Crowds of protesters gathered in the Spanish capital on Sunday to voice their opposition the mandatory use of face masks and other measures imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.\n\nPeople were pictured chanting slogans and holding placards in Plaza Colón in Madrid's city centre.\n\nThe mandatory use of face masks was initially introduced in May for those travelling on public transport, and was later expanded to the rest of the country.\n\nThe protest comes two days after the government introduced a swathe of new restrictions, including a ban on smoking in public.\n\nSpain has seen a surge in new infections since lifting its three-month lockdown in late June. The national death toll stands at more than 28,600 people.", "GCSE results in NI will be solely based on grades provided by teachers, the education minister has said.\n\nThere was controversy last week after more than a third of A-level and AS-level grades provided by schools were lowered by the exams board CCEA.\n\nSchools were asked to give predicted grades but then other data was used by CCEA to standardise the results.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir has now said standardisation will not apply to GCSEs.\n\nLater on Monday, Mr Weir also announced that A-level and AS-level students in Northern Ireland will be awarded the highest grade either predicted by their teacher or awarded officially last week.\n\nMr Weir said GCSEs taken with exams body CCEA - which provides about 97% of GCSE exams in Northern Ireland - would be covered by the decision.\n\n\"Having received advice from CCEA and listened to the concerns of school leaders, teachers, parents and young people, I have decided that all GCSE candidates will now be awarded the grades submitted by their centre,\" he said.\n\n\"Standardisation is normally a key feature of awarding qualifications in Northern Ireland and across the UK.\n\n\"However, these are exceptional circumstances and in exceptional times truly difficult decisions are made.\n\n\"I am conscious that for GCSEs, unlike at A-level, we do not have system level prior performance data for this group of young people.\"\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said the current circumstances are \"exceptional\"\n\nMr Weir said he wanted to encourage as many young people as possible to remain in education or training after the age of 16.\n\nHe said he was acting to \"ease anxieties\" and \"reassure young people and their families\".\n\n\"I am also mindful that unlike A-Level, many GCSE pupils will not have access to previous public examination outcomes to inform any appeals process,\" he added.\n\nCCEA said it welcomed the minister's decision.\n\n\"We will work immediately to implement this decision, with GCSE results published on Thursday 20 August 2020,\" it said.\n\nAsked by the BBC about the small number of NI GCSE students who sat tests set by English exam boards who will not benefit from this move, Mr Weir said \"a small minority, I think, have been left in a difficult position as regards GCSEs in Northern Ireland\".\n\nThe minister has basically taken the exam board CCEA's role out of the entire GCSE process this year.\n\nThose grades provided by schools alone will be used to give GCSE results.\n\nThat is likely to see a massive spike in results overall, which were already pretty high in Northern Ireland.\n\nLast year, over four in every five GCSE entries were graded at A* to C, what would be regarded as pass grades.\n\nThis move will come as a substantial relief to many pupils and schools.\n\nI don't think you can paint this in any other way than saying it's a U-turn for the minister.\n\nThere was widespread criticism of the system used to determine A-level and AS-level grades prior to Mr Weir's U-turn on Monday afternoon.\n\nOn Sunday, a majority of the Stormont parties backed a move to recall the assembly to try to address the dispute over exam results in Northern Ireland.\n\nKoulla Yiasouma said the system was \"clearly flawed\"\n\nSpeaking before the A-level U-turn, Northern Ireland's Children's Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma said she had co-signed a letter sent out to universities across the UK, asking them to honour conditional offers made to students prior to last week's A-level results.\n\n\"We've seen far too many young people give too many examples of quite bizarre grades. The system is clearly flawed,\" she said.\n\n\"The students of 2020 are special. No other student has been through this experience.\n\n\"We are calling on all universities to honour the conditional offers they made to those young people. This system has clearly not been fair.\"\n\nFollowing the cancellation of exams in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, CCEA was instructed by Mr Weir to ensure the calculated results in 2020 were broadly in line with performance in recent years.\n\nCCEA asked teachers to give a predicted grade for their pupils and then rank them in order within each subject.\n\nIt then used other data to standardise the results. For A-levels, the model used pupils' AS-level results and resit data.\n\nAccording to CCEA, in 37% of cases this year teachers were overly optimistic in their prediction, affecting about 11,000 grades.\n\nIn about 5% of tests teachers underestimated the result, meaning that about 1,500 grades rose as a result of standardisation.\n\nCCEA said if teacher judgement had been used on its own, results would have risen \"considerably\".\n\nMr Weir initially said the move on GCSEs would not change the approach that was taken on A-levels.\n\nHowever he later announced the change which will see A-level and AS-level students in Northern Ireland awarded the highest grade either predicted by their teacher or awarded officially last week.", "Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (left) was pictured helping two women after their kayak capsized\n\nPortuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has helped rescue two women who came into difficulty at an Algarve beach when their kayak capsized.\n\nThe president, 71, was pictured on Saturday swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water.\n\nHe later told reporters that the women had been swept by currents from a neighbouring beach into the bay.\n\nPresident Rebelo de Sousa is currently on holiday in the Algarve in a bid to promote tourism there.\n\nPortugal's economy relies heavily on its tourism industry, which has been hugely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe president had just spoken to journalists at Praia do Alvor beach when he noticed the women struggling.\n\nVideo footage caught the moment he swam into the sea to assist them. Another man was already there, trying to help turn the kayak over while a person on a jet ski also approached to offer help.\n\nThe man on the jet ski then managed to tow the kayak back to the shore.\n\nAfter assisting the women, President Rebelo de Sousa told journalists that the women had come from another beach.\n\n\"As there is a very large west current, they were dragged out, turned around, swallowed a lot of water and were not even able to turn [the kayak], nor to climb [on it], or swim, such is the strength of the current,\" he told local media.\n\nThe president said he was helped by another \"patriot\" on the jet ski.\n\nHe warned that the women should be careful in future.\n\nThe president is currently holidaying in various regions of the country in a bid to promote tourism\n\nAccording to broadcaster 20 Minutos, the president is spending his holidays visiting different areas of the country to promote tourism.\n\nPortugal remains off the list of countries that the UK government has exempted from quarantine restrictions.\n\nThe country is incredibly popular with British holidaymakers, with almost three million UK visitors a year. More tourists from the UK head to the Algarve each summer than from any other country.\n• None Portugal still on quarantine list for holidaymakers", "Growing up, I remember my whole body tensing every time I heard my father's key in the back door.\n\nWhat mood would he be in when he came home from work? Would he provoke an argument? Would it lead to him hitting me, whipping me with his belt or just slapping me round the back of my head?\n\nI was fortunate I could escape sometimes to my best friend's house down the road to get out of his way.\n\nAnd the next day my father would go to work again, and I'd go to school, which meant respite from the disruptive shouting and cruel violence.\n\nThe love in our lives came from my amazing mum who did everything she could to make up for his failings.\n\nThis article contains descriptions of violence some readers may find disturbing.\n\nMe as a child growing up in Lancashire\n\nWhen the prime minister told us all to stay at home because of coronavirus, one of my first thoughts was for those living in abusive households - women, men and children, essentially trapped, forced to stay inside week after week. What would happen to them?\n\nSpending the last few months finding out about the reality of domestic abuse under lockdown has been shocking - but I've also met women who've courageously escaped during the most challenging circumstances.\n\nI've spent time inside refuges which were full, meeting support workers on the ground who were under pressure, and talking to people who were subjected to levels of abuse they often hadn't experienced before.\n\nJess* had been with her violent husband for many years. During their relationship he'd assaulted her multiple times - punching her, strangling her, controlling what she wore and how she styled her hair.\n\nShe says she had to ask his permission to make a cup of tea and even go to the loo. But when lockdown was imposed, the violence escalated to more extreme levels.\n\nLike most of us, Jess and her husband were watching Boris Johnson as he instructed the nation to stay at home to stop the spread of Covid-19. It was then that he turned to her and said chillingly, 'Let the games begin'.\n\nHer story is one of the most brutal I've ever heard.\n\nShe told me he raped her more than a hundred times. \"Curtains would get closed, TV would be up loud, front door would be locked, music would be turned up so nobody could hear me screaming,\" she recalls. He burned the top of her legs with cigarettes 'so no-one would ever want her'.\n\nBBC Panorama has learned the intensity of abuse escalated in lockdown - offences included poisoning and strangulation.\n\nWomen's Aid has been working on the first in-depth research project about the effect confinement had on domestic abuse. Of the people they spoke to, almost two-thirds of those living with their abuser said the violence got worse, and three-quarters said lockdown had made it harder for them to escape.\n\nMeanwhile, calls to the Respect Men's Advice Line for male victims increased by 65% during the first three months of restrictions.\n\nFor some, the pandemic was used by their abuser as a form of control.\n\nWhen I asked Jess what the 'stay at home' message meant to her, she simply said: \"Death.\"\n\nThree weeks into lockdown her husband declared 'today will be the last day you see daylight'. She knew she had to get out or she feared she'd be leaving her home \"in a wooden box\".\n\nFor me school was a respite from my father's violence\n\nWhen I was around 12 years old, I remember running to the police station after my father locked my mum in their bedroom and began beating her up.\n\nI was scared he was going to kill her.\n\nOur phone had been cut off because he hadn't paid the bill - another way of trying to isolate us from friends and family.\n\nI ran as fast as I could the mile or so to the station and, out of breath, pleaded with the officer behind the desk to come and help.\n\nBut in lockdown, some of those in violent relationships struggled to even pick up the phone to dial 999, let alone run for help, because their abuser was at home 24/7.\n\nJess knew she had to get through to the police somehow in order to save her life, but she couldn't alert her husband.\n\nWhile he slept on the sofa, she googled 'how to contact the police without calling them', terrified he would wake up. After texting REGISTER to 999 and receiving an initial response, she sent them her address. Officers arrived within minutes.\n\nPanorama has found in the first seven weeks of UK lockdown someone called police for help about domestic abuse every 30 seconds - that's both female and male victims.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. I returned to the house where I grew up, for the first time in 35 years, for BBC Panorama\n\nIt took the Westminster government 19 days after imposing restrictions to announce a social media campaign to encourage people to report domestic abuse, as well as an extra £2m for domestic abuse helplines.\n\nFiona Dwyer, chief executive of Solace, one of the biggest providers of refuge spaces told me, \"the government's inaction and slowness to respond made an incredibly challenging period even more challenging\".\n\n\"If you look at who was in the Cabinet, it's a lot of very privileged men. So maybe it's not an issue they think about,\" she says.\n\nI haven't met one survivor, charity worker or domestic abuse advocate in the last few months who said they had seen any evidence the government in England had considered the effect lockdown would have on those living in an abusive household.\n\nBut safeguarding minister Victoria Atkins denied they were too slow to act. The government was \"alive to the risks of domestic abuse\", was talking to charities in the early days and \"very much responding\" she told me.\n\nWomen told me Covid-19 had been used against them as a form of control\n\nIn the nearly three weeks between the introduction of lockdown and the government launching its You Are Not Alone campaign, 11 women, two children and one man were killed in alleged domestic abuse cases.\n\nResponsibility for those deaths lies with the perpetrators, but could lives have been saved had the government acted more quickly?\n\n\"There will be time to reflect on lessons to be learned across the pandemic\", Ms Atkins told me. She said she was working to scrap the October deadline requiring charities to spend the emergency government funding they received.\n\nJess had to leave her home and her only option was to try to find a place in a refuge. Her life since she arrived at one in Wales run by the charity Llamau has been transformed - thanks to support from the dedicated staff and caring fellow survivors.\n\nThe UK potentially faces a further coronavirus spike and more local lockdowns as we head towards winter. Solace's Fiona Dwyer said the UK government has to make sure there is \"robust sustainable funding for future services\".\n\nMy parents got divorced when I was 16 and that's when we escaped the violence. But not all domestic abuse survivors leave their home. Why should they have to? Others can't because they are terrified their abuser will come after them; many simply can't afford to go because they aren't financially independent.\n\nFor those like Jess who did take that step during lockdown, it has been liberating. \"I feel safe. I don't feel threatened. I can go to bed at night knowing nothing's going to happen to me.\"\n\nIf you've been affected by domestic violence you can get help by calling the National Domestic Abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247 and in Scotland 0800 027 1234. There is also the Respect Men's Advice Line on 0808 801 0327.\n\nYou can watch BBC Panorama 'Escaping my Abuser' on BBC One at 19:30 BST and on BBC iPlayer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some of the eight positive cases are pupils at Bannerman High School\n\nCovid-19 clusters in Glasgow and Lanarkshire have been linked to house parties.\n\nA joint statement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire said the two boards were working together on the outbreak.\n\nA total of 14 linked Covid cases have been identified in north-east Glasgow in addition to eight North Lanarkshire cases.\n\nMeanwhile, a pupil at a primary school in Paisley has also tested positive.\n\nA contact tracing operation is now under way at Todholm Primary school.\n\nRenfrewshire council said there was no current evidence the virus had been transmitted inside the school and it remained safe for pupils and staff to attend.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire confirmed on Monday that the cases in their areas were linked.\n\nThey also said that evidence of social gatherings with no social distancing was a factor in their investigation.\n\nA spokesman for both organisations said: \"We can confirm there are links to cases across both health boards. We work closely on cross-board issues on a regular basis, including on the current clusters, where investigations are ongoing.\n\n\"There is currently no evidence of transmission in the schools.\n\n\"There is evidence that mixing socially, particularly around social gatherings in houses, without maintaining physical distancing measures can transmit the virus and is a factor in this investigation.\"\n\nHealth officials say there is no evidence to suggest the virus is being spread at Caldervale High School\n\nHe said young people were meeting in numbers beyond what was allowed and with no physical distancing.\n\n\"This our first real palpable example of [house parties] giving people positive infections of a virus that can make us very sick,\" he said.\n\nMr Leitch told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme communication was a difficulty and said \"influencers\" and teachers should be used to help get the message across to young people that house parties were helping spread the infection.\n\nIt emerged on Sunday that a pupil at Bannerman High in Baillieston, who had attended classes when the school reopened last week, had tested positive for the virus.\n\nSeveral other pupils at Bannerman High had previously tested positive, but began self-isolating prior to the return to class last week.\n\nFive pupils at nearby schools in North Lanarkshire have tested positive in recent days, including:\n\nThere are also three further linked cases who are not pupils or staff at the schools.\n\nTest and Protect is now tracing those who were in contact with the pupil at Bannerman High and Glasgow City Council has written to parents.\n\nParents of a senior pupil at one of the affected schools in North Lanarkshire told the BBC they were \"disappointed\" their son had to self-isolate after \"the selfish actions of others\".\n\nThey did not want to be identified, but said they were informed their son was sitting close enough to one of the positive cases for more than 15 minutes and had to self-isolate.\n\nHis mother said: \"We've done everything we can to protect our children during lockdown. So we are really disappointed that the actions of others has resulted in this.\n\n\"We got a phone call on Sunday night and our world turned upside down. Test and trace phoned to advise that our teenage son had been identified as a contact of a positive pupil at Caldervale High.\n\n\"Our son had already seen it via social media, he knew who the boy was and had sat next to him in a class. And because he had sat next to him for over 15 minutes he has to get contacted by Test and Protect.\"\n\nTeenagers from schools in Lanarkshire and Glasgow have had to be tested and will have to self-isolate\n\nShe added: \"He has to isolate until 27 August. He's now missing school because of selfish actions of people having house parties.\n\n\"We believe this has all stemmed from a house party at Coatbridge involving a large number of kids. People who are encouraging young people to get involved in parties do not understand the implications on others.\"\n\nThe child's father said he had to take his son to be tested at Ravenscraig on Monday morning.\n\nHe added: \"there were three cars in front and we had to do the test ourselves in the car. By the time we had finished there were another 10-15 cars with kids in them doing tests.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the outbreak was a community outbreak involving school pupils\n\nDuring the Scottish government coronavirus briefing on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon said: \"I am concerned about what appears to be a rising number or cases, albeit that many of these new cases we are seeing are linked to known clusters and outbreaks.\n\n\"But nevertheless it's a really sharp reminder for us that the threat of the virus has not gone away.\n\n\"All of us need to be really, really careful, ultra-careful when it comes to abiding by all of the public health advice.\"\n\nShe said people must be careful about the school connection as they are community outbreaks that involve school pupils but are not school outbreaks.\n\nDr Christine Tait-Burkard, assistant professor in infection and immunity at Edinburgh University told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme she would not be surprised if young people meeting socially were spreading the virus.\n\nShe said: \"Kids are kids and they like to gather with each other and as we know from studies that came out from Public Health England last week that secondary school pupils actually shed the virus in similar amounts to adults. The virus is going to spread and transmit in these gatherings.\n\n\"The pupils themselves are at very low risk of severe disease but on the other hand, they are probably quite asymptomatic and can carry the virus into their families.\"\n\nUnder the current Scottish government rules no more than eight people from a maximum of three households are allowed to gather indoors.\n\nSocial distancing applies to anyone from separate households, unless they are under the age of 12.", "Elizabeth Debicki will portray Princess Diana in the final two series of The Crown\n\nAustralian actress Elizabeth Debicki will play Diana, Princess of Wales, in the final two seasons of the hit Netflix series The Crown, it has been announced.\n\nThe Night Manager star will take over from the fourth season's Emma Corrin.\n\nDebicki joins Jonathan Pryce and Imelda Staunton for the final two seasons of the royal drama, which is expected to cover the 1990s and early 2000s.\n\nThe fourth season is expected to be released this autumn.\n\n\"Princess Diana's spirit, her words and her actions live in the hearts of so many,\" Debicki said in a statement posted by The Crown's official Twitter account.\n\n\"It is my true privilege and honour to be joining this masterful series, which has had me absolutely hooked from episode one.\"\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997\n\nThe 29-year-old actress is known for her roles in films including The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.\n\nThe final two series will include the break-up of Princess Diana and Prince Charles' marriage and her death in 1997, which plunged the Royal Family into crisis.\n\nThe final two series may also go on to cover the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, seven weeks apart in 2002, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee that summer.\n\nEarlier this week, the show announced that Oscar-nominated actor Jonathan Pryce would follow in the footsteps of Matt Smith and Tobias Menzies to play Prince Philip in series four and five.\n\nImelda Staunton, meanwhile, takes over from Olivia Colman as the monarch, while Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret.\n\nImelda Staunton (left) and Lesley Manville will play the Queen and Princess Margaret respectively", "Jessica Johnson won an Orwell Youth Prize last year for her story A Band Apart\n\nAn award-winning writer whose dystopian fiction about an algorithm that sorts students into bands based on class says she has \"fallen into my own story\".\n\nJessica Johnson, 18, said the University of St Andrews had initially rejected her after her English A-level was downgraded from an A to B.\n\nExams this year were cancelled due to Covid and grades based on an algorithm.\n\nMs Johnson said it was \"ironic to become a victim like one of her characters\".\n\nHer piece, A Band Apart, won an Orwell Youth Prize Senior award in 2019.\n\n\"I wrote about the inequality in the education system,\" the Ashton Sixth Form College student said.\n\n\"I wrote about the myth of meritocracy and it was about an algorithm that split people into bands based on the class that they were from.\n\n\"I feel like that is quite ironic, I've literally fallen into my own story.\"\n\n\"I feel a victim of it,\" she added.\n\nThere have been a number of protests over A-level grades after exams were cancelled due to the pandemic\n\nMs Johnson, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, needed an A in English Literature for a place at St Andrews and a £16,000 scholarship.\n\n\"I've done a lot of extra-curricular work and I've been given that scholarship on the basis of my achievements and it just felt like all of that [has] been taken away from me because of the place I live and the college I attend,\" she said.\n\nAbout 40% of A-level results - published on Thursday - were downgraded from teachers' assessments by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades.\n\nFollowing protests, the government has now said teacher estimates will be used and Ms Johnson is hoping she will get in at St Andrews.\n\nShe said she was \"thankful\" and \"excited\" about the government's U-turn but felt it should have been done sooner.\n\n\"It's caused a lot of stress and anxiety that it didn't need to by making us wait,\" she said.\n\nShe said the teenager \"saw into the heart of what the system represents and her story demonstrates the human ability which exams only exist to uncover\".", "The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has postponed the country's general election by a month amid a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe vote was due to take place on 19 September but will now be held on 17 October instead.\n\nMs Ardern said on Monday that the new date would allow parties \"to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under\".\n\nEarlier this week, the country's largest city went back into lockdown.\n\n\"This decision gives all parties time over the next nine weeks to campaign and the Electoral Commission enough time to ensure an election can go ahead,\" Ms Ardern said, adding that she had \"absolutely no intention\" of allowing any further delays to the vote.\n\nThe opposition National Party has argued the election should be delayed as restrictions on campaigning mean Ms Ardern had an unfair advantage.\n\nRestrictions were imposed on Auckland on Wednesday after a number of new infections were identified in the city.\n\nNine new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Monday, bringing the number of active cases linked to the Auckland cluster to 58.\n\nThe outbreak was initially traced back to members of one family, although Ms Ardern later said that subsequent contact-tracing had found an earlier case involving a shop worker who became sick on 31 July.\n\nA health official who knew the family told the New Zealand Herald that the family were \"shell-shocked\" and \"a little embarrassed that it had happened to them\".\n\nThe announcement that new cases had been discovered shocked the country, which had recorded no locally transmitted cases for more than three months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Epidemiologist Prof Michael Baker: \"New Zealand will get rid of the virus again\"\n\nThere are four \"alert levels\" in New Zealand, and Auckland has been on Level 3 since the new measures were announced. The rest of the country is on Level 2.\n\nBefore the new cluster was identified, the government had lifted almost all of its lockdown restrictions, which were first imposed in March.\n\nNew Zealand has reported more than 1,600 infections and 22 deaths since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nAn early lockdown, tough border restrictions, effective health messaging and an aggressive test-and-trace programme had all been credited with virtually eliminating the virus in the country.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A-level student Nina welcomes the government's U-turn which means she can train to become a vet\n\nA-level and GCSE students in England will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, after a government U-turn.\n\nIt follows uproar after about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades.\n\nGCSE results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland come out on Thursday.\n\nOfqual chair Roger Taylor and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised for the \"distress\" caused.\n\nTeachers' estimates will be awarded to students unless the computer algorithm gave a higher grade.\n\nMr Williamson said the results of mock exams - which critics said can be inconsistent across different schools - will now not be a key part of the appeals process.\n\nHe said students and parents had been affected by \"significant inconsistencies\" with the grading process.\n\nIn a statement, he acknowledged the \"extraordinarily difficult\" year for students, after exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe said the Department for Education had worked with Ofqual to design \"the fairest possible model\" but it had become clear that the process of awarding grades had resulted in \"more significant inconsistencies than can be resolved through an appeals process\".\n\n\"I am sorry for the distress this has caused young people and their parents but hope this announcement will now provide the certainty and reassurance they deserve,\" said Mr Williamson.\n\nThe education secretary told reporters No 10 does not get \"any of the detailed data before schools do\" but when it saw these \"quite concerning outliers\" they asked questions.\n\nMr Williamson said he hoped BTecs would be subject to teacher-assessed grades, and that the government was working with the \"awarding authorities\" to ensure this happened.\n\nHe also revealed the temporary cap on the number of places that universities can offer to students would be lifted.\n\nIn a tweet, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government had been \"forced into a screeching U-turn after days of confusion\".\n\nHe criticised Downing Street's handling of students' results as \"a complete fiasco\" and said its about-face was a \"victory for the thousands of young people who have powerfully made their voices heard this past week\".\n\nA-level students held protests across the UK in response to grades they said were unfairly awarded.\n\nFor the past decade, Ofqual has held the line against exam grade inflation like a knight of the realm - often using some quite controversial statistical techniques.\n\nBut in the case of the class of Covid-19, it could be said the government's desire to maintain standards came at too high a price.\n\nIn commissioning the exams regulator to take out an insurance policy in the form of its ill-fated algorithm, that policy arguably went too far, despite ministers' best intentions.\n\nWhen First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reinstated estimated grades for students in Scotland, it was only a matter of time before the other nations followed suit.\n\nThese students are all competing for the same university places, and in the same jobs market after all.\n\nIt was only when Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and his deputy Nick Gibb saw how inconsistent the results were that they were forced to relent.\n\nHowever, the crisis is far from resolved, with tens of thousands of students who thought they had lost their university places likely to get the grades they need after all.\n\nUniversities say they will do their best to accommodate them, but it is going to be a tough ask.\n\nOfqual chair Mr Taylor apologised for the \"difficulty\" caused to students over its grading system.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I would like to say sorry. We have recognised the difficulty that young people have faced coping with the receipt of grades that they were unable to understand the basis on which they had been awarded.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson: \"Incredibly sorry for all those students who have been through this\"\n\nHe added the regulator realised it had taken \"the wrong road\" and decided to \"change course\" after seeing the \"anxiety\" it had caused to young people and the added \"administrative burden on teachers at a time when they need to be preparing for the new school term\".\n\nA-level student Jess Johnson, who stood to lose out on a £16,000 scholarship, said she was \"thankful\" and \"excited\" about the change to results.\n\nThe 18-year-old needed an A in English to earn a place at St Andrews, along with a £4,000-a-year scholarship, but she was downgraded from her predicted A to a B and was initially told she had been rejected.\n\nThat downgrading is now set to be reversed.\n\nMs Johnson, who studied at Ashton Sixth Form College in Greater Manchester, said: \"I think it would have been unfair if (Northern) Ireland, Scotland and Wales made the change and we didn't, so I'm very glad.\"\n\nHowever, she questioned why it had taken so long to make the change, after A-level results came out on Thursday, saying \"a lot of stress and anxiety\" had been caused as a result of the wait.\n\nAlaa Muhammad faced missing out on her dream of studying medicine after her A-level results were downgraded.\n\nOn hearing the news of the U-turn, she said: \"I am ecstatic, I am so so happy. I was so hopeless a couple of days ago and now I feel like I can finally breathe again.\"\n\nMs Muhammad, from south-east England, had seen her grades fall from a predicted AAB to EED.\n\nShe said she had paid more than £2,000 to take re-sits at a private college after her studies in year 12 and 13 were disrupted. She now hopes she will be able to study medicine at a top university in Pakistan.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), welcomed the decision \"to put an end to the grading fiasco\".\n\nHe added the move would mean there was grade inflation, but he said this was a \"small price to pay for remedying the manifest injustices\" caused by the algorithm.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said universities were being \"as flexible as possible with applicants\" but that the \"late policy change\" has created \"challenges\".\n\nHe called on the government to \"step up and support universities\", adding that Universities UK was seeking \"urgent clarification\" on a number of issues.\n\nIn a statement, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) said about 69% of 18-year old applicants across the UK were currently placed with their first-choice university, which it said was \"higher than at the same point last year\".\n\nIt said students who did not have places at their first or insurance choice of university did not need to make their decision immediately.\n\nUcas said it would be issuing new advice for students and schools, which would be sent directly to students, as soon as they were able to take a decision.\n\nThe government's handling of exam results has also been criticised by opposition parties and Conservative MPs.\n\nRobert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the commons education select committee, said the government had \"serious questions\" to answer.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's PM programme, he said he'd hoped No 10 would have developed with Ofqual a \"clear, easy to understand [and] fair\" system which allowed every pupil to appeal via their head teacher if they believed their grade was unfair.\n\nHe said he also hoped that Ofqual would explain its standardisation process to schools; but \"none of this had happened\" and there were now \"serious questions about what on earth has gone on\".\n\nLayla Moran, the Liberal Democrats' education spokesperson, said that No 10 had been \"dragged, kicking and screaming to this position\" and that Mr Williamson \"must go.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The video Uighur model Merdan Ghappar filmed inside China's detention system, published two weeks ago by the BBC\n\nA Uighur fashion model who filmed himself handcuffed to a bed in an epidemic prevention centre in Xinjiang was lawfully detained, Chinese officials have said.\n\nMerdan Ghappar sent video of himself, and a series of accompanying text messages, to his family in February.\n\nThey were passed to the BBC and published earlier this month.\n\nThe messages offered a rare, detailed account from inside Xinjiang's highly secure and secretive detention system.\n\nIn his account, Mr Ghappar described 18 days spent shackled and hooded with over 50 others in a jail. He said he was then isolated in an epidemic prevention centre, where he filmed the video.\n\nRelatives say the 31-year-old was forcibly transported back to the far-western region of Xinjiang in January after completing a 16-month sentence for a drugs offence in the southern Chinese city of Foshan, where he'd been living and working.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC visits the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\"\n\nNow, more than two weeks after the BBC sent a list of questions to Chinese authorities, a response has come in the form of a written statement by the Xinjiang government press office.\n\n\"According to article 37 of the Prison Law of the People's Republic of China, the people's government shall help released prisoners to resettle,\" it says.\n\n\"During the transfer, Merdan Ghappar committed acts of self-harm and excessive acts against the police.\"\n\nIt continues: \"They took legal measures to stop him, and lifted those measures once his mood had stabilised.\"\n\nAlthough Mr Ghappar had spent years in Foshan - where friends and relatives say he made good money modelling clothes - he was taken back to his city of birth of Kucha in Xinjiang.\n\nWe showed the Chinese government statement to Merdan Ghappar's uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands after leaving Xinjiang in 2011.\n\n\"If the police wanted to arrange help to get him resettled for work or something, they should have helped him in Foshan because he is working there, he has a house there,\" he told me.\n\n\"So, he shouldn't have been sent back to Kucha by force.\"\n\nXinjiang's camps are officially known as a \"vocational skills education centres\"\n\nIn addition, Abdulhakim said, no mention of \"resettlement\" was made to the family when Mr Ghappar was taken away in January.\n\nThe BBC has been shown evidence that the authorities were saying instead that \"he may need to do a few days of education at his local community\".\n\nThe family believe that \"education\" is a clear euphemism for the network of highly secure re-education camps where more than one million mostly Muslim Uighurs have been detained in recent years - and which China insists are voluntary schools for anti-extremism training.\n\nThousands of children have been separated from their parents and, recent research shows, women have been forcibly subjected to methods of birth control.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many Uighurs living in the London and the UK have been cut off from their families\n\nThe government statement does not address Mr Ghappar's allegations of mistreatment which, along with the shackling and hooding, included hearing sounds of torture from elsewhere in the police jail.\n\n\"One time I heard a man screaming from morning until evening,\" he wrote in one of his text messages.\n\nNor does the statement refer to his self-shot video showing him sitting in silence in the epidemic control centre, with dirty clothes and his left wrist clearly handcuffed to the bed.\n\nInstead, it lists a range of behaviours, from violence to self-harm, implying that his treatment was proportionate and lawful.\n\n\"He resisted epidemic prevention staff when they tried to take his temperature, verbally insulted them and beat them up,\" the statement says.\n\n\"As these behaviours placed him under suspicion of committing a crime, the police have subjected him to forcible measures.\" His case \"remains in process\", it adds.\n\nJames Millward from Georgetown University, an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, provided a translation and analysis of Mr Ghappar's text messages alongside the original BBC article.\n\n\"It's interesting that nothing in the Xinjiang government's response addresses the description of conditions in the Kucha local police station; the overcrowding, the beatings, the unsanitary conditions, the sharing of eight sets of eating utensils by 50-60 people,\" he told me.\n\n\"Regardless of why Merdan was put in detention in Kucha, his description of those conditions, especially during the pandemic, are very disturbing.\"\n\nDarren Byler is an anthropologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who has written and researched extensively about the Uighurs.\n\n\"This message from the Chinese state authorities reflects the type of victim blaming that is often used by the police when caught using excessive force,\" he said after being shown a copy of the statement.\n\n\"Since the re-education campaign began in 2017, detainees have not been permitted to protest their internment. Instead they're required to maintain a 'good attitude' and admit their guilt under threat of beating and torture.\"\n\nThe Chinese government statement also makes no mention of how Merdan Ghappar was able to send out the video of himself handcuffed to the bed, along with his description of a detention system that China works hard to keep secret.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps\n\nFamily members have previously told the BBC that, unknown to his guards, he was able to retrieve his phone when reunited with some of his personal belongings in the epidemic prevention centre.\n\nThe 4 minutes 38 seconds of footage is the last the family have seen of him.\n\n\"The Chinese police have a long history of abusing restraints as a means of torture,\" Senior China Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Maya Wang, told me.\n\n\"They have also been persecuting Xinjiang's Muslims,\" she added. \"Taken together, I don't think the authorities' explanation concerning Merdan Ghappar is convincing. If the Chinese government has nothing to hide, it should give independent observers, including UN experts, unfettered access to Xinjiang.\"\n\nThe statement leaves a number of the BBC's questions unanswered - was Mr Ghappar, as alleged, kept shackled with a sack on his head? Has his uncle Abdulhakim - who believes he is wanted in China as a result of what he says is his peaceful activism - been charged with any offence?\n\nFor the family though it is at least, they say, the first official notification they have received confirming that Mr Ghappar is being detained.\n\nAfter a few brief days of communication, the text messages fell silent in early March, just as suddenly as they had begun.\n\n\"I know him very well,\" Abdulhakim told me. \"I don't believe he harmed himself, I think China harmed him and now I think they want to find an excuse for what they did to him.\n\n\"Please show me he is alive and well, otherwise I won't believe a word of this statement.\"", "Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir got into difficulty in the sea\n\nBodies have been found in the search for two brothers missing off the Lancashire coast.\n\nMuhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, got into difficulty in the sea at St Annes on Saturday along with their cousin.\n\nTheir cousin, aged 15, managed to swim ashore and was treated for hypothermia.\n\nLancashire Police said the family of the brothers from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, has been informed after the bodies were found.\n\nThe HM Coastguard and RNLI made the discovery about a mile away from St Annes Pier on Sunday afternoon.\n\nCrews searched late into the night for the brothers and resumed their efforts on Sunday\n\n\"Whilst they have yet to be formally identified, they are believed to be Muhammad and Ali,\" Lancashire Police said.\n\n\"Our thoughts and condolences remain with them and their friends at this incredibly distressing time.\"\n\nThe family is being supported by a specially trained officer.\n\nTheir cousin, who has not been named, remains in hospital.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 100,000 people have signed up to take part in future NHS trials of a coronavirus vaccine - but more volunteers are needed, researchers say.\n\nThey want as many people as possible to enrol, to speed up their efforts to find a safe and effective jab.\n\nAnd they are particularly looking for more volunteers from the \"high-priority groups\" disproportionately affected by the virus - those belonging to ethnic minorities or aged over 65.\n\nKate Bingham, who chairs the UK's vaccine taskforce, said: \"These trials are safe, please sign up.\n\n\"The quicker we get the clinical trials enrolled, vaccinated and get the results, the quicker we can get a vaccine.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nA number of trials are expected to begin this autumn in the UK.\n\nBy the end of the year, there could be at least half a dozen different coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials, including one being developed by Oxford University that is already in an advanced stage of testing.\n\nAnd hundreds of thousands of volunteers will be needed.\n\nThey will be given either one of the test vaccines or a placebo jab and then visit a hospital, or other research site, a few times over six to 12 months, where they will:\n\nBetween visits, they will be asked to tell the research team about any symptoms they have and may need to keep a diary or take weekly throat and nose swab tests at home.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A section of seawater on the Norfolk coast turned a sludgy shade of brown as heavy rain brought flash floods to the area.\n\nOverflowing drains gushed silt and dust into the water at Sheringham on Sunday.\n\nInitial concerns the water was sewage were dismissed by Anglian Water.\n\nA spokesman confirmed the brown water had since been \"washed out to sea\".", "Strict restrictions were put in place in the city of Melbourne on 2 August for six weeks\n\nThe Australian state of Victoria has recorded its lowest rise in Covid-19 infections for a month, raising hopes it is gaining control of an outbreak.\n\nThe state capital, Melbourne, has been in lockdown for over a month, but even stricter measures including a night-time curfew were imposed on 3 August.\n\nThe state still has 7,274 active cases and remains Australia's worst concern.\n\nBut despite reporting its deadliest day on Monday, Victoria has seen new infections decline in recent days.\n\nTuesday's increase of 222 was the lowest daily total since 18 July. There were 17 more deaths, taking Australia's tally to 438 since the pandemic began.\n\n\"I would hope that we're in the hundreds [of new cases] - not in the 200s - next week,\" said Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.\n\n\"But again it all depends on everyone doing the right thing, which includes stepping up for testing.\"\n\nAustralia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), recorded three new cases on Tuesday, its fewest in 47 days.\n\nAt the end of March, Australia's federal government said everyone returning to the country from abroad would need to enter mandatory quarantine programmes, which would be run by individual states.\n\nAlmost all current cases in Victoria can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state, an inquiry has heard this week.\n\n\"It is likely that a high proportion - approximately 99% of current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria - have arisen from Rydges or Stamford,\" said state epidemiologist Charles Alpren, referring to two specific hotels.\n\nGenomic sequencing data had made experts \"incredibly confident about the accuracy of that clustering\", added Prof Ben Howden, director of the Melbourne-based infectious diseases centre Doherty Institute.\n\nDr Alpren said evidence showed nine in 10 current cases could be traced to one family of four specifically.\n\nThe inquiry also heard guards at quarantine hotels were given \"inappropriate\" training advice.\n\nAustralian media report that guards were told masks and other protection would not be necessary, as long as they adhered to 1.5m social distancing.\n\nBarrister Tony Neal QC said the inquiry would aim to determine how the programme was structured and who was ultimately responsible for running it, as well as what improvements could be made for future quarantine programmes.\n\nThe quarantine programme \"fell short of its goal\" of preventing the spread of Covid-19, and for some people in quarantine it was \"not clear who was in overall command of the operation\", Mr Neal said.\n\nOn Tuesday, NSW said it was also investigating how a security guard contracted the virus at a hotel in Sydney.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan claimed his sixth World Championship title with a dominant 18-8 victory over Kyren Wilson at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.\n\nO'Sullivan draws level with Ray Reardon and boyhood hero Steve Davis on world crowns, and surpasses Stephen Hendry on the all-time list of ranking event wins with a record 37 titles.\n\nAlthough Wilson battled back to 10-7, O'Sullivan wrested total control with a run of eight frames on Sunday.\n\nO'Sullivan, 44, is the oldest champion since Reardon, who was 45 in 1978.\n\nThe Englishman collects £500,000 in prize money, moving back up to second in the world behind last year's champion Judd Trump.\n\nIt was the biggest winning margin in a final since 2008, when O'Sullivan defeated Ali Carter by the same scoreline.\n\nO'Sullivan told BBC Two: \"I never really think about titles. When I was a kid I never really dreamed I would be here. To be here and have had all those victories is a dream that has become a reality.\n\n\"There was part of me that decided I didn't play enough to justify winning a tournament of this stature which is an endurance test.\n\n\"I am not really an endurance type player because I don't compete enough. I had half a chance but didn't expect to win it.\"\n\nThere has long been a debate about who the greatest snooker player of all time is - Davis dominated the 1980s, Hendry reigned in the 1990s but O'Sullivan now stands alone in terms of ranking events won.\n\nHis latest accomplishment ascends him to the top of the pile, having won his first back in 1993 at the UK Championship aged just 17, and he also collected a record-extending 20th Triple Crown title.\n\nAn enigmatic character, O'Sullivan often has to battle his own demons and did so in the final with his cue action, though he displayed both his supreme and slapdash manner during the 17 days of this tournament.\n\nHe hammered Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-1 in his opening match in a record 108 minutes, defeated the dangerous Ding Junhui and responded from large deficits to oust three-time winners Mark Williams and Mark Selby.\n\nBut there have been issues too, stating snooker players were being treated like \"lab rats\" for allowing fans to attend the first day - with spectators returning for the final, while Selby described him as \"disrespectful\" for some of his rash shot selections during their semi-final.\n\nDespite operating far from his best on the first day of the final, O'Sullivan showcased why he is regarded a sporting genius by still managing to open up a three-frame lead heading into Sunday, as the match turned into a procession.\n\nHaving criticised the standard of play lower down the rankings, it is testament to O'Sullivan's longevity that his latest world title comes in a third decade - 19 years after his maiden victory - leaving him one adrift of the legendary Hendry's haul.\n\nKettering potter Wilson progressed into his maiden world final having received a bye from the first round as opponent Anthony Hamilton withdrew citing health concerns and beating defending champion Judd Trump in the quarter-finals.\n\nA three-time ranking event winner, the 28-year-old was struck by nerves and failed to settle in the opening exchanges, failing 8-2 behind and he never truly managed to get within touching distance of O'Sullivan.\n\nHaving the opportunity of closing to 9-8 in his hands, he will look back on missing the last red on Saturday with major regret and missing chance after chance on Sunday proved fatal.\n\nWilson said: \"I am not going to beat myself up too much, I am playing the greatest of all time. It was a dream come true knowing I was playing Ronnie in the final.\n\n\"You can't respect him too much or he'll walk right over me, which is what happened today.\n\n\"I am a fighter, I always will be. I really struggled in the first session and I just relaxed and let the shackles off.\"\n\nWith the event moved to July-August from its usual April-May slot because of the coronavirus pandemic, Wilson now has less than a year to wait in order to try to make amends.\n\nThe story of the match\n\nLast year's final between Trump and John Higgins was a masterclass in break building, the pair producing 11 centuries between them, but this showpiece was sub-standard in comparison.\n\nClearly looking concerned by how he was striking the cue ball on the opening day, O'Sullivan ground out a century and four breaks of 50 or more to open up a sizeable six-frame advantage.\n\n'The Warrior' Wilson was overawed early on but fought back by taking four in a row to trail 8-6 but he missed a crucial last red in the final frame of the day, allowing O'Sullivan to clear for a three-frame overnight buffer.\n\nWilson started the second day with a confidence-boosting 73 to trail 10-8 but poor potting and loose positional play thereafter gifted opportunities to his opponent.\n\nO'Sullivan got into his rhythm by compiling seven frame-winning contributions without needing to do too much hard work, going one from victory heading into the final session.\n\nAnd he completed his triumph on snooker's biggest stage in style, needing just 11 minutes in the final session to make a 96 break.\n\nRonnie is still there at the top and I'm sure he's capable of going even further. Certainly into his fifties, should he so wish.\n\nHe came in with a game plan to play a fast attacking game, it was a risky one but paid off in the end.\n\nWouldn't it be nice to see him win Sports Personality of the Year?\n\nIt's a treat to come to the Crucible and watch him play live.\n\nIt's a scary amount of talent that he's got. To win it six times is one hell of an achievement.\n\nHe's the most watchable player that we have in our sport.\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.\n• None Find out how to master it\n• None Who spreads misinformation and why?", "The father of a premature baby surprised his partner by proposing to her with a little help from his two-day old son.\n\nJohn Sellors' son Cobie was being cared for at King's Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire when Mr Sellors came up with the idea.\n\nHe organised for a ring to be placed in Cobie's incubator and a sign asking \"will you marry my daddy\".\n\nCobie was welcomed into the world 10 weeks early\n\nSian Stafford, 26, said the gesture came as a shock but her answer was yes.\n\nThe couple, from Pinxton in Derbyshire, welcomed their son into the world 10 weeks early at the start of August.\n\nCobie was taken to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and weighed 3lb 9oz (1.36kg) at the time of the proposal.\n\nThe couple have been together for eight years\n\nMr Sellors said: \"I'm not usually the romantic type, but I really wanted to do something to lift Sian's spirits and she'd been dropping hints for a while about wanting to get married.\n\n\"The nurses were great and really helped. They told me to take Sian for a coffee and they'd sort it out for when we got back.\n\n\"When we got back the message and ring were there and it was such a lovely moment, I can't thank them enough.\"\n\nMiss Stafford said: \"I was so shocked. I really didn't expect it and I was really overwhelmed.\n\n\"When we got back on to the unit, the nurses told me that Cobie had been taken off his breathing machine, so I needed to go and look, as I'd be able to see his face more.\n\n\"I was concentrating so much on Cobie that I didn't even notice the note and ring at first.\n\n\"Then John said, 'look, I think Cobie wants to know something'. I read the note and it was such a surreal but happy moment.\"\n\nThe couple, who have been together for eight years and already have a daughter, said they would start wedding planning at a later date.\n\nThey said Cobie was still in intensive care but was doing well and they hoped to bring him home in the coming weeks.\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. Parents and children from a school in St Helens told the BBC about their educational struggles during lockdown\n\nLockdown widened learning gaps between richer and poorer primary school children, an analysis of thousands of families in England suggests.\n\nChildren from poorer families did at least one hour less learning a day compared with those in richer families, the Institute of Fiscal Studies found.\n\nOne head teacher says it could take up to two years to bring some children back to their correct attainment level.\n\nThe government said a £350m tutoring scheme would help disadvantaged pupils.\n\nThe IFS surveyed the parents of 5,500 school-aged children in England during lockdown. It compared the richest 20% of pupils with the poorest 20%.\n\nIn May, the IFS said children from wealthier families were spending more time studying during the pandemic than poorer children. And in its latest research, the think tank gives a more detailed picture of how coronavirus has widened the gap between the richest and poorest primary school children.\n\nIts findings suggest richer primary school children spent 75 minutes a day more on educational activities, compared with those in poorer families during lockdown.\n\nData from five years ago suggested there was no gap in learning time among primary school pupils.\n\nKirsty Tennyson says some of her children now have a \"mountain to climb\"\n\nResources provided by schools are also unequally distributed, the IFS suggested. Around 42% of poorer primary-aged children received some sort of online lesson, conference call or support from their school, compared to 58% of richer children.\n\nAnd the IFS said it found evidence suggesting children who have had better access to learning resources are also more likely to spend more time learning than children who do not.\n\nRicher children were (37%) more likely to have their own space to study than their poorer counterparts. And although a large majority of children from all backgrounds had access to a computer or tablet, richer children were also more likely to have access to a computer or tablet.\n\nKirsty Tennyson is Executive Principal of the Three Saints Academy Trust and one of her schools is St Mary and St Thomas C of E in St Helens. More than 60% of the children are on free school meals and nearly half have a special need.\n\n\"In a deprived area there is already a gap that we're striving to close - to narrow and ultimately to close [the gap],\" she says. \"Children who have not got that support at home and have not been able to access that learning - that gap will have grown hugely.\"\n\nMs Tennyson says her schools have detailed plans for the start of term to help the children catch up, but she admits there is a \"mountain to climb\".\n\n\"This is going to take into this academic year and the one after to really get those children back to where they need to be and for some children it will take longer.\"\n\nPhoebe was a Year 6 pupil at St Mary and St Thomas\n\nPhoebe is 11 years old and starts secondary school next month. She was using the home learning packs her school, St Mary and St Thomas, provided until she want back to school in June.\n\n\"I do struggle with maths so I have been worried if I do go down,\" she says of her learning.\n\nHer dad, George, is a single parent and says he has worked hard - with assistance from the school - to help Phoebe with her school work.\n\n\"I failed in maths,\" he says. \"The school helped me get my English qualification. If I don't know [the work], I can't help my child.\" He added: \"Phoebe's school has always helped because they're always on the end of the phone.\"\n\nLast month, the Department for Education announced a national tutoring programme, including £350m of funding for additional targeted support for children and young people aged 5-19 years who are most in need of help.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the fund would help head teachers provide what pupils need.\n\nA spokesman said \"being in school is vital for children's education and wellbeing, which is why making sure all pupils return to the classroom in September is a national priority\".", "The health secretary said there was huge global demand for protective equipment\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed Public Health England will be replaced by a new body focused on preparing for external threats like pandemics.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding, who runs NHS Test and Trace in England, will be the interim chief of the new National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP).\n\nPHE has come under intense scrutiny of its coronavirus response.\n\nMinisters have been accused of using PHE as a scapegoat for failings.\n\nGovernment has been criticised for the controversial decision in March to halt community testing and tracing of contacts.\n\nThe new institute will begin work with immediate effect and will bring together Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace, as well as the analytical capability of the Joint Biosecurity Centre under a single leadership team, to \"strengthen\" public health.\n\nMatt Hancock said it would have a \"single and relentless mission\" of protecting people from external health threats including pandemics, biological weapons and infections diseases\n\n\"To give ourselves the best chance of beating this virus once and for all - and of spotting and being ready to respond to other health threats, now and in the future, we are creating a brand new organisation to provide a new approach to public health protection and resilience.\n\n\"My single biggest fear is a novel flu, or another major health alert, hitting us right now in the middle of this battle against coronavirus.\n\n\"Even once this crisis has passed - and it will pass - we need a disease control infrastructure that gives us the permanent, standing capacity to respond as a nation and the ability to scale up at pace.\"\n\nThe new health protection agency for England will, we are told, be modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute which combats infectious diseases.\n\nExpertise from Public Health England and the Test and Trace network will be pooled to form an organisation focussed on tackling the coronavirus threat and future pandemics. And therein lies the historic problem.\n\nPHE was formed as part of Government health reforms in 2012 with an ungainly merger of health protection and prevention initiatives such as obesity strategies. It was pulled in different directions and had to get by with successive annual budget cuts.\n\nPHE has been blamed for the suspension of community testing and tracing in March but senior sources say it was not set up to run a mass diagnostic testing system and any decisions made then were in partnership with Government advisers.\n\nThe centrepiece of the reforms is the creation of the new agency but there are still big questions over what will happen to PHE's vital work on prevention of ill health and tackling health inequalities.\n\nThe Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) questioned the timing of an announcement on the scrapping of a national public health agency in the midst of a global pandemic.\n\nRSPH chief executive Christina Marriott said: \"We recognise that there have been some serious challenges in terms of our response to Covid-19, including the timing of the lockdown, the ongoing ineffectiveness of Tier 2 Track and Trace and postcode-level data previously not being available to directors of public health.\"\n\nBut she said \"multiple lessons\" needed to be learned \"before solutions can be in place in advance of the winter\", adding: \"to do otherwise risks avoidable mistakes in subsequent waves of the pandemic which will only harm the public's health further.\"\n\nProf Richard Tedder, visiting professor in medical virology at Imperial College London, defended PHE as an \"assembly of some of the wisest and most committed microbiologists and epidemiologists you could hope for anywhere\".\n\nHe criticised what he called the \"persistent meddling from on-high\", which he said had \"disenfranchised and fractured\" staff \"to the great detriment of the UK as a whole\".\n\nProf Tedder warned the plans to merge existing laboratory staff with NHS Test and Trace were \"misplaced\" and would \"further dismantle\" the \"irreplaceable\" expertise that exists within PHE.\n\nLiberal Democrat Health spokesperson Munira Wilson told the BBC News Channel it was \"quite clear\" that ministers were trying to deflect responsibility from some of the \"terrible decisions\" taken, \"from the provision of protective equipment, test and trace and the tracing app being botched and a whole series of other blunders through this crisis\" then trying to scapegoat PHE as a result.\n\nShe said they should be going forward with an independent inquiry so lessons learned could be used in any second wave of the pandemic.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said in a tweet that there had been \"no transparency or accountability\" in Baroness Harding's appointment.", "Pantomimes generate huge profits for theatres, but many have been cancelled because of coronavirus\n\nCovid-19's impact on theatres will last years and will be worsened by cancelled pantomimes, an arts manager has warned.\n\nPantomime rehearsals usually begin in August, but most venues have called them off.\n\nSouth Wales cultural boss Richard Hughes said \"consumer confidence\" would dictate the pace of reopening next year.\n\nThe traditional panto makes significant profits for theatres, who use the money to subsidise other performances.\n\nWhile venues including Cardiff's New Theatre, Mold's Theatr Clwyd and Newport's Riverfront have cancelled their pantomimes, another scheduled at the Swansea Grand has yet to be officially called off.\n\nBut without relaxing social distancing measures, the traditional panto is unlikely to be able to go ahead.\n\nThe Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl was due to host its 50th panto season with a production of Aladdin at Christmas.\n\nRichard Hughes, chief executive of the Awen Cultural Trust, which runs venues including the Grand Pavilion, decided to cancel all events in March.\n\nMr Hughes said it was a \"sad time\" for theatre, but added \"we understand why this has got to happen\".\n\n\"I think it is important that there is always the perspective that this is all done for the right purpose, which is to combat this virus.\n\n\"Going forward it is the uncertainty that is difficult to deal with. There is still no light at the end of the tunnel as to when theatres might return, let alone return without social distancing, and that is the only way that we will really be economically viable going forward.\"\n\nOwen Money was due to perform in Cinderella at many venues across south Wales this year\n\nIn the valleys north of Porthcawl, smaller scale pantomimes are laid on by broadcaster and entertainer Owen Money. He has been playing to sell-out crowds in venues like Blackwood Miners Institute and the Met in Abertillery for years with his company Rainbow Valley Productions.\n\nThis Christmas he was due to play the Baron in a production of Cinderella which would be staged 98 times at venues across south Wales, many of which have been cancelled.\n\nHe fears audiences may decide not to return next year if panto is called off completely.\n\n\"People get a bit set in their ways. They'd say, 'We didn't go to panto last year, we won't bother this year'. I think it will take quite a few years to get back to where we were.\n\n\"I just hope they don't lose the magic of the panto.\"\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 footage was shot on Saturday afternoon\n\nIreland's health minister has condemned \"reckless scenes\" at a venue in Dublin which appeared to breach social distancing regulations.\n\nFootage from Berlin D2 on Saturday showed a man standing on the bar pouring drinks into people's mouths.\n\nGuidelines say people must sit at tables in such venues unless they are paying, leaving or going to the toilet.\n\nJay Bourke, a restaurateur who is involved with the venue, told RTÉ he was \"not happy\" with what had happened\n\nHealth Minister Stephen Donnelly said the \"vast majority of Irish people have sacrificed a huge amount to help suppress this virus\".\n\nHe added: \"They've shown huge solidarity. People are rightly sickened by these scenes.\n\n\"The reckless actions of a small few can have huge repercussions on everyone else.\"\n\nThe person who took the video told RTÉ that when he arrived at the venue with his wife, some social distancing measures were being applied.\n\nHe said tables were being kept 2m apart and food was being served to the tables.\n\nHowever, he said people stopped following the measures at a certain point, and the music was turned up.\n\nBut he said having reviewed the CCTV from the venue he believed the footage did not fully reflect what happened.\n\nMr Bourke said footage from inside the premises showed that for the majority of the time people were complying with public health guidelines.\n\nHe said 51 people had attended a brunch event, which was fully ticketed.\n\nHe said Berlin D2 was operating at less than 20% capacity at the time, was \"spotlessly clean\" and that food was served, temperature checks and details for contact tracing were taken on arrival and social distancing was maintained.\n\nHowever he said Berlin D2 would stay closed until an internal investigation into the incident is completed.\n\nRestaurants Association of Ireland CEO Adrian Cummins described the scenes as \"deplorable and despicable\" and a \"slap in the face to front-line workers who are putting their life on the line during this pandemic\".\n\nMr Cummins said gardaí (Irish police) should take immediate action \"to stamp out this kind of behaviour\".\n\nMr Donnelly's predecessor as health minister, Simon Harris, said the video was a \"kick in the gut\" and a \"middle finger\" to everyone who had suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"To everyone who has lost a loved one or been sick with Covid-19, to every frontline worker and to every responsible business owner who have suffered so much. Shameful,\" he wrote.\n\nIt comes as the number of cases in the Republic of Ireland has risen in recent days.\n\nOn Saturday, the state reported 200 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, which was the largest daily increase since May.\n\nThe Irish Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the situation was \"deeply concerning\" and that there were \"multiple clusters\" across the country, as well \"secondary spread\" of the disease.\n\nOn Sunday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin echoed these concerns, and said the government would \"continue to monitor the situation closely\".\n• None Republic of Ireland Covid cases 'very concerning'", "Accusations of unfairness over this year's A-level results in England have focused on an \"algorithm\" for deciding results of exams cancelled by the pandemic.\n\nThis makes it sound Machiavellian and complicated, when perhaps its problems are really being too simplistic.\n\nThere have been two key pieces of information used to produce estimated grades: how students have been ranked in ability and how well their school or college has performed in exams in recent years.\n\nSo the results were produced by combining the ranking of pupils with the share of grades expected in their school. There were other minor adjustments, but those were the shaping factors.\n\nIt meant that at a national level there would be continuity - with this year's estimated results effectively mirroring the positions of recent years.\n\nBut it locks in all the advantages and disadvantages - and means that the talented outlier, such as the bright child in the low-achieving school, or the school that is rapidly improving, could be delivered an injustice.\n\nThe independent schools and the high-achieving state schools with strongest track records of exams were always going to collect the winners' medals, because it was an action replay of the last few years' races.\n\nAnd those in struggling schools were going to see their potential grades capped once again by the underachievement of previous years.\n\nIn Scotland the accusations of unfairness prompted a switch to using teachers' predicted grades.\n\nThese predictions were collected in England too - but were discounted as being the deciding factor, because they were so generous that it would have meant a huge increase in top grades, up to 38%.\n\nStudents have challenged the fairness of estimated grades\n\nThere were also doubts about the consistency and fairness of predictions and whether the cautious and realistic could have lost out to the ambitiously optimistic.\n\nAs a consequence, while teachers might have decided the ranking order of pupils, their predictions have mostly been sidelined.\n\nAnd the \"downgrading\" of almost 40% of results has reflected the lowering of teachers' predictions back to the levels that previous history suggests would have been achieved.\n\nThere have been calls to use teachers' predicted grades instead\n\nIf these predictions had not been gathered there would not have been any \"downgrading\" - and perhaps the stories would have been about the overall results being the highest ever - with more top grades than in almost 70 years of A-levels.\n\nInstead there has been uncertainty and distrust.\n\nWhat has troubled and angered schools has been that while the averages have been protected, individuals could be losing out.\n\nThey say the lowering of grades seems sometimes inconsistent and unfair and they are frustrated at the inability to refine what has seemed a clumsy process.\n\nFor instance, there was no direct connection between an individual's prior achievement and their predicted grade.\n\nSo if someone got all top grades at GCSE and then moved to a low-performing school for A-level, they might find themselves locked out of getting the grades they might have got if they'd gone to a different high-achieving school.\n\nSchools working hard to make rapid improvements in tough circumstances feel themselves boxed in and that their young people have missed out on opportunities in university.\n\nThe problems of social mobility and regional inequalities are not hard to see.\n\nBut it's going to be harder to unpick what has happened.\n\nThe appeals system could be swamped by angry schools and their pupils wanting to challenge results. Will there be whole-school changes to grades which were decided at a whole-school level?\n\nNo one knows yet how appeals over mock exams might work. It was such a last-minute addition that it was announced before the regulator could decide any rules for it.\n\nThe \"algorithm\" also suggests the sense of powerlessness felt by those students disappointed by their results.\n\nIt was a \"computer says 'no'\" way of missing out. Now ministers and exam regulators will have to find a human way back.", "The supermarket chain Morrisons is starting trials which could see it ditch all its plastic bags for life.\n\nFrom Monday it will offer strong paper bags instead of reusable plastic ones in eight stores, and, if customers seem happy, offer them at all 494 stores.\n\nMorrisons says the paper bags can carry up to 16kg, have handles and can carry up to 13 bottles of wine - as much as the plastic counterparts.\n\nAll leading supermarkets are trying to cut plastics use.\n\nWaitrose said it was planning its own trial to remove bags for life later this year.\n\nBut while two of the biggest, Tesco and Sainsbury, have both taken steps to curb plastic use around its stores, they defended the use of bags for life.\n\nTesco said its were made from 100% recycled and fully recyclable plastic. It recently stopped using plastic bags to deliver online groceries following a successful trial last year.\n\nSainsbury gave the same details for its bags, and said it was trialling a return to bagless deliveries, which were temporarily stopped amid the pandemic.\n\nMorrisons said there was evidence bags for life are being used once before being binned.\n\nIt said a full replacement of its bags for life would save 90 million plastic bags being used each year, the equivalent of 3,510 tonnes of plastic per year.\n\nMorrisons' chief executive, David Potts, said: \"We believe customers are ready to stop using plastic carrier bags as they want to reduce the amount of plastic they have in their lives and keep it out of the environment.\n\n\"We know that many are taking reusable bags back to store and, if they forget these, we have paper bags that are tough, convenient and a re-useable alternative.\"\n\nHalf of the stores involved in the trial are in Yorkshire with the other four in Cambridgeshire, Bristol, Abergavenny and Paisley.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How plastic bags were supposed to help the planet\n\nSupermarkets began charging for plastic bags in England in 2015, after the government introduced a charge of 5p for single-use ones to cut their use.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own schemes to reduce plastic bag use.\n\nThe number distributed since then has dropped by 80%.", "Whale has been absent from his nightly TalkRadio show for the past month\n\nVeteran radio DJ James Whale has revealed he has cancer in his kidney, spine, brain and lungs.\n\nThe 69-year-old told The Sun he received the diagnosis two weeks ago. It comes 20 years after he had one kidney removed because of a tumour.\n\n\"It's in my remaining kidney,\" he said. \"I've got a couple of small lesions in my lungs. I've got it in my spine. I've got it in my brain.\"\n\nWhale has hosted a nightly evening phone-in show on TalkRadio since 2016.\n\nBut the often controversial and confrontational host has been absent for the past month. He told The Sun he went to the doctor when he started forgetting names on air.\n\n\"The woman looked worried and she said, 'I'm so sorry. I've got really, really bad news for you. I'm afraid 20 years ago you had kidney cancer. Well, it looks like it's probably come back. You've got a tumour on your kidney.'\n\n\"And I thought, 'OK, well, 20 years later I'll have to do all over again.' And then she said, 'I'm sorry. Sadly it's spread. You've got small lesions in your brain and your lung, in your spine, in your pituitary gland.'\"\n\nHe said he already had the tumour in his pituitary gland. He has been on immunotherapy and hormone replacement treatment, and is already feeling the benefits.\n\n\"I haven't got a proper prognosis yet because it's very early days, but this immunotherapy is a very new way of treating cancer - it gets the immune system to attack the tumours,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm probably going to be on tablets for the rest of my life but I've gone from being like a little shrunken, old man in the chair who's not eating and could hardly walk up the stairs, to where I can run upstairs.\"\n\nTV hosts Piers Morgan and Charlotte Hawkins, fellow TalkRadio presenters Julia Hartley-Brewer and Ian Collins, and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage were among those sending well wishes.\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\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\nAfter his initial experience of cancer, Whale set up the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer in 2006, which merged with Kidney Cancer UK in 2015.\n\nThe host came to prominence in the late 1980s as the host of The James Whale Radio Show, which was simultaneously broadcast on radio and TV, becoming a Friday night fixture on ITV until the mid-1990s.\n\nIn 1995, he moved to radio station TalkSport, but was fired in 2008 after calling on his listeners to vote for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election. Regulator Ofcom ruled that was a serious breach of impartiality rules, and fined the station £20,000.\n\nHe then hosted the drivetime show for LBC and the breakfast show on BBC Essex, and took part in the 18th series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 alongside Christopher Biggins and Frankie Grande.\n\nHe joined TalkRadio three months later, being suspended for a spell in 2018 after an interview with a rape victim which the station said \"completely lacked sensitivity\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Infected passengers were allowed to leave the ship in Sydney in March\n\nState officials in Australia have apologised for their failures over the handling of a huge Covid-19 outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship.\n\nLast week, an inquiry found New South Wales health authorities made \"serious mistakes\" in allowing about 2,650 passengers to disembark when the ship docked in Sydney in March.\n\nThose people were not tested for the virus, despite suspected cases aboard.\n\nThe ship was ultimately linked to at least 900 infections and 28 deaths.\n\nPrior to Australia's second wave of the virus - which emerged in Melbourne in June - the cruise ship had been the source of Australia's biggest coronavirus cluster.\n\nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was particularly sorry to the 62 people who had caught the virus from passengers who disembarked.\n\n\"I can't imagine what it would be like having a loved one - or being someone yourself who continues to suffer and experience trauma as a result - and I want to apologise unreservedly,\" she said.\n\nAfter completing an 11-day return cruise to New Zealand, passengers were allowed to leave the ship at Sydney Harbour and catch public transport, and domestic and overseas flights home.\n\nAn inquiry report released last Friday found NSW Health had mischaracterised the ship as low-risk, and should have tested sick patients immediately.\n\nIt was \"inexcusable\" that officials had failed to immediately obtain results from coronavirus swab tests taken on 19 March - the day the vessel docked.\n\nHowever the inquiry found no systemic failures and said the mistakes had already been recognised by the state government.\n\nFollowing the Ruby Princess debacle, at least a dozen other cruise ships were banned from docking at Australian ports due to their virus risk.\n\nMost of the Australian passengers on the Ruby Princess self-isolated at home, in line with government instructions for returning travellers.\n\nExcluding a cluster in the island state of Tasmania which spread through a hospital system, 62 people in Australia became infected through secondary transmissions.\n\nMs Berejiklian singled out those cases in her apology, saying: \"Unfortunately in particular for those 62 individuals, the lessons weren't learnt soon enough.\"\n\nAt least a third of passengers - or around 950 people - were from overseas.\n\nThe inquiry said it was not able to fully assess how many people had caught the virus because many were unable to get tested.", "MSC Cruises says all passengers and crew have been tested for coronavirus before boarding\n\nThe first major cruise ship to set sail in the Mediterranean in almost five months has left from the Italian city of Genoa.\n\nThe MSC Grandiosa will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital Valletta in a seven-day voyage.\n\nOperator MSC Cruises, say all passengers and crew have been tested for coronavirus before boarding.\n\nIt comes as virus cases continue to rise around Italy, with more than 600 reported by authorities yesterday.\n\nIn response, Italian authorities have ordered the closure of all dance halls and night clubs from Monday. Face masks will also be mandatory from 18:00 to 06:00 local time in public spaces where social distancing isn't possible.\n\nMSC Cruises said it will also be operating the MSC Grandiosa at around 70% of its normal operations, with approximately 2,500 passengers onboard, to ensure safety protocols.\n\nIts launch is seen as a first step towards rebooting an industry that generates an estimated $150bn (£114bn) for the world economy, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).\n\nFor Italy, badly hit by coronavirus, it is particularly important. It ranks seventh among the cruise ship operating nations, carrying more than 800,000 passengers in 2018.\n\nLast week Italy's government gave permission for cruise lines to resume operations in the country from 15 August.\n\nMSC Cruises, which operates the MSC Grandiosa, will launch another cruise from the Italian port of Bari on 29 August, but has otherwise suspended its Mediterranean cruises until mid-October.\n\nThe international cruise industry has taken huge financial losses due to the pandemic. Several carriers have also been criticised for leaving thousands of passengers stranded aboard ships in Asia and the US in the early months of the pandemic. As of 11 June, 3,047 people were infected and 73 died while aboard 48 cruise ships affiliated with CLIA, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThe company said its new security protocols - including daily temperature checks for those onboard - exceed national and industry standards. But the sailing of MSC Grandiosa represents a key test for the industry amid lingering concerns over passenger safety.\n\nAt the end of July, a small Norwegian operator, Hurtigruten, was forced to suspend its newly restarted service after dozens of passengers and crew tested positive for coronavirus.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"I don't know what the year ahead will bring,\" says A-level student Gwenllian Griffiths\n\n\"It's all been a terrifying experience,\" is one 18-year-old's assessment of the past few months.\n\nLike thousands of other A-level students across Wales, Gwenllian Griffiths received results on Thursday.\n\nBut the backdrop is different to that experienced by most other year groups - her dad became very ill with Covid-19 in March and she has been helping to care for him.\n\n\"Unfortunately I didn't get in to do medicine\" she said.\n\nGwenllian, from Bethel near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, had hoped to study medicine at Cardiff University, but did not get the grades required after achieving an A* in the Welsh Baccalaureate, an A for Welsh, B for biology and B for Chemistry - it was one of the Bs that lost her the place.\n\n\"I'm a bit gutted to be honest. But I have an unconditional offer to study medical pharmacology at Cardiff University and that's a feeder course, so I would only have to do four years in medicine afterwards.\"\n\nShe said the day had been a \"rollercoaster of emotions\".\n\n\"A lot of my friends were a bit confused with grades and it was a shock at the beginning, but now we're just glad it's over and are looking to future,\" she said.\n\nReflecting over the past few months, she said: \"Dad was so strong and healthy, so seeing him so weak and ill made me feel that nobody is safe at the moment.\n\n\"I was lucky because of my family - we all helped each other through it.\"\n\nGwenllian's dad Gareth became very ill with coronavirus during the pandemic\n\nThe build-up to results day was different than she expected as her mother nursed her dad, and her brother looked after the house, cooking and cleaning.\n\nShe added: \"It's affected me mentally, the way I look at life now.\n\n\"I've realised that I don't have control over everything in my life.\"\n\nLife has been different this year for Gwenllian, her dad, two brothers and the rest of the family\n\nAs the country eases out of lockdown, Gwenllian believes young people fall into two categories - those that are happy to go out, and those that do not want to go out at all.\n\nShe said it has been a \"really difficult\" time for those who should have spent the summer turning 18, finishing school and going out with friends.\n\nTurning 18 is an important time for anyone - but it has been slightly different this year\n\nThe last few months has given Gwenllian a new perspective and made her think differently about things.\n\n\"It's not the end of the world,\" she said.\n\n\"We've come through a pandemic, I've seen my father very ill, and we've come through it okay.\n\n\"If that's the only thing I get out of this year, then I'm perfectly happy with that. I don't think we fully realise what we've been through these last few months.\"\n\nGwenllian also believes there should be more professional support for young people to help them come to terms with what they have experienced.\n\n\"There are so many young people, like me, who don't know what's coming next,\" she added.\n\n\"If we think about leaving school, we're leaving the web that has supported us for so long.\n\n\"It's not school who should be looking after us now.\"\n\nGwenllian believes people her age are \"on our own in a way\" and not everyone has family to help.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThousands of holidaymakers have seen their plans thrown into chaos after UK quarantine measures were imposed on France from Saturday.\n\nThe 14-day isolation requirement from 04:00 BST also now applies to people arriving from the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba.\n\nIt comes after France's prime minister acknowledged infection numbers were going \"the wrong way\".\n\nFrance warned it would take \"reciprocal measures\".\n\nClement Beaune, France's secretary of state for European affairs, tweeted that the UK's decision was a matter of \"regret\" for the French.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the decision was triggered when the rate of infection in the affected countries exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days. The quarantine requirement was previously applied to Spain, another popular destination for UK holidaymakers, at the end of July.\n\n\"We've worked so hard in this country to get our level of infections down, the last thing we want do is to have people returning and bringing the infection with them. It's to protect everybody,\" Mr Shapps told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThere are about 160,000 British holidaymakers currently in France, he said. The deadline is expected to induce a rush to ports and airports, with thousands of tourists desperate to avoid quarantine.\n\nOthers who cannot return in time face disruption to work or schooling.\n\nKatie, a teacher on holiday in the south of France, told the BBC that the 12-hour drive to the Channel crossing means she has no chance to return in time, so she and her children will miss the start of term.\n\n\"We have done everything the government has asked of us for months but I really think they need to treat us all with a little respect and give us time to organise ourselves so that we can continue with our jobs, and our children with their lives,\" she said.\n\nEurotunnel said its Channel Tunnel trains were fully booked until Saturday. Earlier, customers had faced long queues to access the website.\n\nMariana Fabricante, who is trying to return from the mountain resort of Tignes with her family, said: \"Every time I try to change the ticket, the website is busy. People would be able to make informed decisions if they had been told in advance. It's annoying and frustrating.\"\n\nJohn Keefe, director of public affairs at Getlink, which operates the Channel Tunnel, warned people not to travel to the terminal without a confirmed booking. \"There is no space available,\" he said.\n\nEurostar passengers arriving at St Pancras, having beaten the quarantine deadline\n\nPrices of some flights to the UK from Paris were more than £450, compared to £66 on Saturday. Many direct flights from the south of France are sold out.\n\nThe cheapest Eurostar tickets were £210, compared with £165 on Saturday.\n\nBut DFDS Ferries said it had added an extra four departures from Calais to help Britons return in time. It said bookings must be made before arriving at port.\n\nSome holidaymakers said they would accept the quarantine restrictions on their return instead.\n\nJonathan Fieldsend from Woodbridge in Suffolk, who is not due to return from France with his family until 18 August, said: \"We came fully accepting the risk we were taking of quarantine being introduced. We are not going to be rushing back.\"\n\nAirlines UK described the quarantine restrictions as \"another devastating blow to the travel industry already reeling from the worst crisis in its history\".\n\nThe UK's ambassador to France, Lord Llewellyn, acknowledged that the new quarantine rule would be \"unwelcome news\" for Britons in the country, but stressed that people could continue with their holidays as long as they follow safety precautions and self-isolate on their return.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said while the Labour party supports \"evidence based measures\" at the border, it was \"vital\" that No 10 had a \"joined-up strategy\" and \"urgently\" puts in place a specific deal to support the heavily impacted travel sector.\n\nThe MP added: \"That the government has still not put in place an effective track, trace and isolate system has made matters far worse and made it more likely that we are reliant on the blunt tool of 14-day quarantine.\"\n\nHe called on Downing Street to publish science behind its decisions, \"and details of any work being done to reduce the time needed to isolate through increased testing and other measures\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nAccording to the data company Statista, people from the UK paid 10.35 million visits to France last year, putting it second behind Spain - with 18.12 million - in terms of popularity.\n\nThe Foreign Office is now warning against \"all but essential travel\" to France - the quarantine measure was imposed for Spain on 25 July.\n\nA list of more than 50 so-called travel corridors - allowing movement between the UK and the other countries without the need to self-isolate on return - was published at the start of last month and later expanded.\n\nBut the ending of some of the exemptions on the list follows a \"significant change\" in the risk of contracting Covid-19, the Department for Transport said.\n\nIt added that there had been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in France since last Friday.\n\nFor the Netherlands, it was up 52%. And the increase for Malta was 105%, while it was 273% for Turks and Caicos and 1,106% for Aruba.\n\nAhead of a government meeting on the new measures, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be \"absolutely ruthless\" in deciding on rules for holidaymakers from abroad.\n\n\"We can't be remotely complacent about our own situation. Everybody understands that in a pandemic you don't allow our population to be re-infected or the disease to come back in,\" he added.\n\nOn Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest daily increase since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nThe country's Prime Minister, Jean Castex, said on Tuesday that coronavirus numbers had been going \"the wrong way\" for a fortnight.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced that maximum fines for people in England who repeatedly refuse to wear a face covering could double to £3,200, while organisers of illegal raves could face a £10,000 penalty.\n\nBut from Sunday, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences.\n\nCasinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres will also be allowed to resume, as will \"close-contact\" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments.", "The coronavirus pandemic has hit the US Postal Service hard\n\nPresident Donald Trump says he opposes additional funds for the US Postal Service as it would boost mail-in voting he claims would help Democrats.\n\nMr Trump has previously claimed that mail-in voting would hurt his campaign, which polls show to be in a tight race with Democratic candidate Joe Biden.\n\nDemocrats denounced Mr Trump's comment, saying his position is an attempt to prevent Americans from voting him out.\n\nA record number of people are expected to vote by mail due to the pandemic.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Trump told reporters he refused to sign off on $25bn (£19bn) in emergency funding for the Postal Service or $3.5bn for election security due to the high price tag.\n\nMr Trump has repeatedly condemned mail-in voting as an opportunity for fraud and election interference.\n\nOn Thursday, he said his reason for blocking the funds was due to his opposition to mail-in ballots.\n\n\"They want $3.5bn for something that will turn out to be fraudulent. That's election money, basically,\" Mr Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox Business Network.\n\n\"Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,\" he continued.\n\nHe added: \"Now, if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. That means they can't have universal mail-in voting, they just can't have it.\"\n\nDespite Mr Trump's claims, there is little evidence that mail-in voting - which the US military uses - is rife with fraud or that it favours one political party more than another.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Biden condemned the comment, saying: \"The president of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a critical lifeline for rural economies and for delivery of medicines, because he wants to deprive Americans of their fundamental right to vote safely during the most catastrophic public health crisis in over 100 years.\"\n\n\"This is an assault on our democracy and economy by a desperate man who's terrified that the American people will force him to confront what he's done everything in his power to escape for months - responsibility for his own actions,\" added spokesman Andrew Bates.\n\nThe US postal system is currently experiencing a slowdown in mail deliveries, which critics say is due to policies put in place by Mr Trump's selection to run the service.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy, who donated millions to Mr Trump's campaign and to other Republicans, has been accused of deliberately undermining public confidence in the service to deter people from mail-in voting.\n\nMr DeJoy is the first postmaster general in 20 years to not be appointed from within the agency's own ranks.", "Family tributes have been paid to Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury\n\nThe families of three men killed in a train derailment in Aberdeenshire have told of their devastation at their deaths.\n\nTrain driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and a passenger now named as Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the incident near Stonehaven.\n\nA major investigation has begun into the derailment, believed to have been caused by a landslip after heavy rain.\n\nMr Stuchbury, from Aberdeen, worked for a marine services firm in the city.\n\nIn a statement his family said: \"Chris was a much adored husband, son, dad, stepdad, grandad, brother and uncle and was a treasured and loved friend to many.\"\n\nMr Stuchbury worked for Targe Towing and volunteered at Roxburghe House hospice in Aberdeen in his spare time.\n\nEarlier, the family of Mr McCullough described how his death had left a \"huge void\" in their lives.\n\nHis wife Stephanie said: \"Words cannot describe the utterly devastating effect of Brett's death on his family and friends.\n\n\"We have lost a wonderful husband, father and son in the most awful of circumstances.\n\n\"Brett was the most decent and loving human being we have ever known and his passing leaves a huge void in all our lives.\n\n\"We would like to thank the emergency services for their heroic efforts in helping everyone affected by this tragedy and for all the messages of support and condolence we have received.\"\n\nInvestigation work continues at the scene of the derailment\n\nThe 45-year-old father-of-three was originally from Bromley in London. He worked out of the Aberdeen rail depot and lived near the scene of the derailment.\n\nThe third victim was 58-year-old conductor Donald Dinnie, whose family said they were devastated by the loss of a \"loving and proud dad, son, partner, brother, uncle and friend\".\n\n\"No words could ever describe how much he will be missed by us all and there will always be a missing piece in our hearts,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"It is so heart warming to see how many people have fond memories of Donald and I am sure they have plenty of happy and funny stories to tell. He was a kind, caring and genuine person who was never found without a smile on his face. We know he will be deeply missed by all.\"\n\nMr Dinnie had also worked as a driver and guard during his railway career.\n\nIt is thought that the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street service was derailed by a landslide after heavy rain in the area. The alarm was raised at about 09:40 on Wednesday morning.\n\nSix others who were on the train were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. NHS Grampian said four of them had been discharged, while the other two patients were in a stable condition.\n\nA section of the train fell down a steep embankment\n\nEmergency services remained at the scene of the accident on Thursday\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the \"hearts of a nation\" were with those affected.\n\nScottish Transport Secretary Michael Matheson, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps and Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines all visited the site of the crash on Thursday.\n\nMr Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September on the \"wider issues\" that may have led to the derailment.\n\nHe said he wanted to see resilience checks carried out in \"the next few days, few hours\", given the concern about flash floods in the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"We absolutely need to make sure it doesn't happen again and that's why I've asked Network Rail to deliver that report to me so quickly,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he spoke with PC Liam Mercer, the first officer on the scene, and commended him for his bravery.\n\nAnd he understood an off-duty conductor managed to get off a carriage and run to alert operators, while a member of the public raised the alarm having seen smoke billowing from the trees.\n\nMr Matheson said he did not want to speculate about what had caused the incident.\n\n\"What I think we can assess, though, is that weather has had an impact,\" he said.\n\n\"We are seeing increasingly a higher level of what are localised intense weather events that are having an impact on the transport network, including the rail network.\n\n\"What we need to do as part of the investigation is identify to what extent it had an impact and also to see what lessons can be learned.\"\n\nHe said some parts of the country had seen a month's rainfall in just a couple of hours on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.\n\nHe added that the derailment happened as the train driver was heading north, trying to return to Aberdeen, and that one crew member got out of the derailed train to prevent any other trains coming down the track.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Haines said he did not want to pre-empt the outcome of the investigation.\n\nBut he added: \"It is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.\n\n\"Our climate is changing and it is increasingly challenging the performance and reliability of the railway, but incidents like yesterday's devastating accident are incredibly rare, and our railway remains the safest major railway in Europe.\n\n\"Yesterday was a tragedy, a truly horrific event, and my thoughts remain with everyone affected. Understanding what happened is the key to making sure it never occurs again.\"\n\nNetwork Rail said it would carry out detailed inspections of high-risk trackside slopes with similar characteristics to the site of the Aberdeenshire crash.\n\nDozens of sites across Britain will be assessed using in-house engineers, specialist contractors and helicopter surveys.\n\nScotland's Lord Advocate has asked Police Scotland, British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator, to conduct a joint investigation into the accident.\n\nIt will be carried out under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and will run in parallel to the independent safety investigation being carried out by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.", "'This is completely out of my hands'\n\nElla Jarvis in Twickenham was driving to school with her mum Tracy when she spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live, trying to find out what options were open to her after she didn't get the grades she wanted. Ella was predicted AAA* in her A-levels but awarded CBC. She was unable to take her mock exams earlier in the year because she had glandular fever. She said she feels her “future has been taken away by people who don’t even know me”. She wants to study English at university after a gap year, but now isn’t sure about her options. “I was initially hoping to go to a Russell Group uni next year, even Oxbridge, and I have no chance of going to that now because of the grades. If I had done the exams and got these grades I would feel a lot more comfortable because at least it would’ve been me and it would’ve been me in control, but this is completely out of my hands.” Ella said she’s now wondering whether to sit the exams later on this year. “I have lots of work planned, I have work experience… we’re just going to see what happens today. It has put a big spanner in the works.”", "In the UK, women aged 50-70 are offered breast screening unless there is a high genetic risk\n\nScreening women for breast cancer from their 40s rather than their 50s could save lives without adding to the diagnosis of harmless cancers, a UK study has found.\n\nThe research was based on 160,000 women from England, Scotland and Wales, followed up for around 23 years.\n\nLowering the screening age could save one life per 1,000 women checked, the scientists say.\n\nBut experts caution there are many other considerations, including cost.\n\nCancer Research UK says it is still \"not clear if reducing the breast screening age would give any additional benefit compared to the UK's existing screening programme\".\n\nThe charity says the priority should be getting cancer services \"back on track\" for women aged 50-70, after disruption caused by the pandemic.\n\nDuring lockdown, cancer screening programmes which detect early signs of bowel, breast and cervical cancer were paused in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, although not officially stopped in England.\n\nExperts have warned of huge backlogs for screening, treatment and tests.\n\nCurrently in the UK, women between the ages of 50 and 70 are invited to be screened for breast cancer every three years.\n\nWomen below 50 are not routinely offered this because their risk of breast cancer is generally very low and their breast tissue is more dense, making it difficult to read the results of mammography tests used to spot cancers.\n\nThis can lead to over-diagnosis - detecting very early cell changes which may not turn into problematic cancers - and the potential for exposing women to unnecessary treatment.\n\nWriting in the Lancet Oncology, the scientists say they found a reduction in breast cancer deaths from screening women in their 40s every year over the first 10 years they were tracked.\n\nCancer Research UK stressed the need for women of any age to tell their doctor if they noticed anything unusual about their breasts\n\nIn the group of 53,883 women in their 40s who were screened, there were 83 deaths, compared to 219 deaths in the 106,953 women of the same age who were not checked.\n\nThe reduction in deaths came from detection of grade 1 and 2 cancers, which can progress more quickly in younger women.\n\nAfter 10 years, any evidence of extra lives being saved tailed off, the researchers said.\n\nThey also found a \"modest over-diagnosis in this age group\" which was similar to that found in the over-50s.\n\nIn the study, 18% of women who went for screening in their 40s had at least one false positive result.\n\nProf Stephen Duffy, lead researcher, from Queen Mary University of London, said: \"This is a very long-term follow-up of a study which confirms that screening in women under 50 can save lives,\n\n\"In the fullness of time, it is worth thinking about lowering the age of screening.\"\n\nHowever, he said the financial cost of this should be taken into account, and more research was needed into the impact of modern screening equipment on diagnoses.\n\nSophia Lowes, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said the charity had concerns about the study results.\n\n\"Many women received false positive results and some women would have been over-diagnosed with cancers that would never have gone on to cause them harm,\" she said.\n\n\"While research into improving our screening programmes remains vital, screening programmes are already under huge strain due to the pandemic, and the priority right now should be getting services back on track for women aged 50-70.\"\n\nThe charity calculates that six times more women in their 40s, compared to those aged 50-70, would need to be screened to save one life.\n\nMs Lowes said it was important that women - no matter how old they are - should still tell their doctor if they noticed anything unusual about their breasts.", "Attendances at A&E in England were 30% lower last month than in July 2019\n\nThe number of patients admitted for routine treatment in hospitals in England was down 67% in June compared with the same time last year, NHS figures show.\n\nThe number of people going to accident and emergency units in England in July was also down on last year, by 30%.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption to many areas of the health service.\n\nBut patients are being urged to seek help from the NHS when they need it.\n\nNHS England said local staff were working hard to restore non-Covid services and record numbers had received help during the pandemic through NHS 111.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of people going to their GP with symptoms of cancer and being urgently referred to a specialist is rising but still nearly 20% lower than the same time last year.\n\nA total of 153,134 urgent cancer referrals were made by GPs in England in June, compared with 194,047 in the same month last year.\n\nNHS England said more than 92% of people were having their cancer symptoms investigated within two weeks and 85,000 people had started treatment for cancer since the pandemic began.\n\nBut Macmillan Cancer Support said the figures were \"still worryingly low\".\n\nHead of policy Sara Bainbridge said: \"These results from June suggest an alarming backlog of undiagnosed cancer and a growing number of people who are yet to start treatment.\n\n\"This could directly impact on many of these people's chances of survival.\"\n\nIn June, more people than ever before - 1.85 million - were waiting longer than 18 weeks for planned hospital surgery, such as knee and hip operations.\n\nNHS England figures also show the number of people waiting more than a year for hospital treatment rose from just over 1,000 in June last year to 50,500 for the same month this year.\n\nAnd a total of 94,354 patients were admitted for routine treatment in June, down from 289,203 in June 2019.\n\nThe Health Foundation charity said the data showed the NHS was still \"nowhere close to business as usual following the first outbreak of Covid-19\".\n\nIt said there was a risk people experiencing long waits with serious conditions would see their health deteriorate, leaving the NHS to deal with more patients needing urgent care.", "A trial of the English coronavirus app is getting under way.\n\nIt will be limited to residents in the Isle of Wight, the London Borough of Newham and NHS volunteer responders to begin with.\n\nThe app will be available in Apple and Google's online stores, but users will need to enter a code to activate it.\n\nThe software will tell users to self-isolate for a fortnight if the app detects they have been close to someone else diagnosed with the virus.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding - who heads up the wider Test and Trace initiative - had earlier voiced concern about implementing the automated contact-tracing feature because of fears many people who had been falsely flagged might be told to go into quarantine.\n\nThe app has several other functions, including:\n\nIt initially works in five languages, with plans to add more soon.\n\nThe app will allow people to see their local risk level and log when they have been to a venue\n\nThe contact-tracing element of the software is based on Google and Apple's privacy-centric system.\n\nThe developers acknowledge there are still issues with measuring the distance between handsets, meaning some people will be incorrectly logged as being at high risk.\n\nOfficial social distancing guidance says that two people should not be within 2m (6.6ft) of each other for 15 minutes or more.\n\nBut when trying to detect this, lab tests indicate:\n\nHowever, if the boundary is set at 5m, the accuracy rates radically improve.\n\nThen the handsets detect each other in more than 99% of all cases, regardless of whether iPhones or Android devices were involved.\n\nThis is not useful in practice, but indicates the flaw that caused the original NHS Covid-19 app to be cancelled has been solved. That product often failed to detect cases involving two iPhones because of restrictions imposed on third-party software by Apple.\n\nThe pilot is underway on the Isle of Wight and will extend to Newham next week\n\nThe team behind the new app acknowledges more work needs to be done to reduce the number of false positives and false negatives that occur at 2m, but is optimistic they can achieve this.\n\nPart of the problem at present is that Apple and Google refuse to share the raw Bluetooth signal data involved.\n\nWhile the two show no signs of backing down, they will shortly release a new version of their tool that should improve matters.\n\nThis development has also been welcomed by those involved with Switzerland's SwissCovid app.\n\n\"While the updated Google/Apple exposure notification API [application programming interface] still aggregates and shuffles data for privacy reasons, it will expose more information needed by the app to compute exposure more precisely,\" explained Prof Mathias Payer from the EPFL university in Lausanne.\n\nThe pilot comes at time when clusters of people testing positive have led to local lockdowns, and major changes are being made to the way England's manual contact-tracing system is run.\n\nTest and Trace officials say the motivation for the app is to give \"maximum freedom at minimum risk\", but acknowledge it is not a \"silver bullet\".\n\n\"By launching an app that supports our integrated localised approach to NHS Test and Trace, anyone with a smartphone will be able to find out if they are at risk of having caught the virus, quickly and easily order a test, and access the right guidance and advice,\" said Baroness Harding.\n\nThose involved in the trial must enter a code to begin, and will then be told if they should self-isolate and for how long - based on when their symptoms started\n\nHowever, she is not yet ready to say when a national rollout could occur.\n\nAn academic who had served as an ethical advisor to the original scrapped app was positive about the fact that the trial was not limited to the Isle of Wight this time.\n\n\"This time it's a more diverse area - and not just one full of older white people - because it was clear that before very little could be gained from analysis of the demographics\" said Prof Lillian Edwards.\n\nBut she added that the government still had a \"battle to persuade people\" to install the software.\n\n\"The evidence from Italy is that people aren't installing their Immuni contact-tracing app, but they might when the number of infections rises again.\"\n\nAnother public health expert was even more sceptical.\n\n\"Even if they have got it working, the app is unlikely to make a difference,\" said Prof Allyson Pollock from Newcastle University.\n\n\"The issue is not just the contact tracing but the ability to get people to isolate and quarantine. And that means financial support needs to be provided by the government.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTwo arrests have been made after armed police were sent to a town following reports of a shooting.\n\nSouth Wales Police received a call to the Redlands Road area of Penarth at about 14:00 BST on Thursday.\n\nA man, 20, and a boy, 16, have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and are in police custody.\n\nThere are no reports of serious injuries, although one male youth suffered a cut to his hand, police said.\n\nPolice have asked people to avoid the area\n\nArmed police are still in the area as a precaution, while officers are at a number of houses in the town investigating.\n\nThe 20-year-old man arrested is from the Heath area of Cardiff and the 16-year-old boy from Llanrumney, with both taken to Cardiff Bay police station for questioning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA witness, who did not want to be named, said they heard three shots fired following an altercation near the junction with Stanwell Road.\n\nResident Jenny Gunnarsson said she was in her bedroom when she heard a loud bang before five police cars arrived at the scene.\n\nThere has been a large police presence in the area\n\nRedlands Road is closed from the junction at the Cefn Mably Hotel to Elfed Avenue, with people asked to avoid the area.\n\nInvestigating officers appealed for any information or video footage.\n\nPolice have been searching houses in the Althorp Drive area of Penarth", "Greencore produces sandwiches for M&S at its factory in Northampton\n\nAlmost 300 people have tested positive for Covid-19 following an outbreak at a factory which makes M&S sandwiches.\n\nGreencore in Northampton started \"proactively testing\" workers due to rising numbers of cases in the town.\n\nLucy Wightman, Director of Public Health at Northamptonshire County Council, said 299 workers had tested positive.\n\nA spokesman for the company, which employs 2,100 people, said those who tested positive were self-isolating.\n\nHe added that in each case it had \"conducted contact tracing\".\n\nMrs Wightman said 220 people had tested positive as part of Greencore's testing and another 79 \"through the national process\" and all were employees at the site.\n\nShe said 1,300 employees had been tested but there might be up to 100 more cases as between 300 and 400 results are yet to come back.\n\nThe first four cases were identified on 28 July, with a further nine cases on 3 August leading Public Health Northamptonshire to ask workers to get tested.\n\nOnce the 79 positive results came back, Greencore began mass testing over the last three days.\n\nGreencore said production at the plant was \"continuing as usual\" and it had no concerns about its products.\n\nNorthampton has been on a watchlist as an area of concern since 23 July after infection rates began rising in the town.\n\nIt had the 12th highest rate of coronavirus infections in England - with the equivalent of 38 positive cases for every 100,000 people.\n\nThat is still significantly below the levels of infection seen in north-west England, where council leaders have introduced stricter lockdown measures. In Oldham and Pendle, for example, the infection rate is around 100 cases for every 100,000 people.\n\nBut the confirmation of almost 300 new cases at the Greencore factory takes things to a worrying new level, and will heighten fears of a local lockdown.\n\nNorthampton had already been identified as potentially facing a local lockdown.\n\nThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the town increased from 67 in the week ending 1 August up to 85 for the week ending 8 August.\n\nJonathan Nunn leader of Northampton Borough Council said the outbreak was \"dreadful\" and \"disappointing\".\n\nHe said the council \"hopes that it is still the case\" Northampton would avoid a local lockdown.\n\nPublic Health Northamptonshire said things such as car sharing and workers behaviour outside work led to the outbreak at Greencore\n\nOne of those to test positive was Bakers' Union's branch secretary for the factory, Nicolae Macari.\n\nHe said he tested positive on 4 August, along with his mother and father - who also work at Greencore - and his wife.\n\n\"When suddenly three or four people are pulled out of a line because they have tested positive, people are terrified,\" he said.\n\nMrs Wightman said Greencore had \"highly effective measures in place and they continue to work extremely hard to exceed the requirements needed to be Covid-19 secure within the workplace\".\n\nShe said the outbreak was \"about how people behave outside of Greencore, not at work,\" adding if people failed to follow the rules \"a possible local lockdown will follow\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Swinney has apologised for the anguish caused by the grades controversy\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney has survived a no-confidence vote at Holyrood over the school results row.\n\nThe Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems called for his resignation after thousands of teacher estimates of grades were initially marked down.\n\nBut Mr Swinney's U-turn on the issue was enough for the Scottish Greens to back the SNP in the vote.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Mr Swinney was \"one of the most decent and dedicated people in Scottish politics\".\n\nThe motion, tabled by Labour, was defeated by 67 votes to 58.\n\nThis year's grades were based on teacher assessments because exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nWhen the results were published last week 125,000 of those estimates were downgraded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, which said it wanted to ensure the results were comparable with previous years.\n\nBut there were claims this system unfairly penalised pupils at schools which had historically not performed so well.\n\nOn Tuesday, after an outcry and protests by students, Mr Swinney apologised and said he would direct the SQA to reissue grades \"based solely on teacher or lecturer judgement\".\n\nNicola Sturgeon said Mr Swinney was \"one of the most decent and dedicated people in Scottish politics\"\n\nLeading the debate at Holyrood, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said Mr Swinney \"only jumped to action when his own job was on the line\".\n\nHe said the education secretary had presided over a series of failures, and that that the \"fiasco\" over exam results \"must be his last\".\n\nScottish Conservative group leader Ruth Davidson said there had been \"repeated warnings\" about the exams moderation issue, saying Mr Swinney \"could see the car crash coming and didn't act\".\n\nShe said leadership \"means taking ultimate responsibility for failings in your brief\", adding: \"This failure is so great it demands a resignation\".\n\nAnd Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said the education secretary had made a \"massive error of judgement\" and had \"undermined\" his department, saying: \"John Swinney knows in his quieter moments that he should go.\"\n\nOpposition parties needed the votes of the Greens to pass the motion, but the party had already said they would not support it.\n\nMSP Ross Greer said he had warned for months about the \"fundamentally broken nature of the assessment system\", saying \"it should never, ever have been put into operation\" - but said among opposition parties \"only the Greens were actually interested in actually fixing the problem\".\n\nMs Sturgeon, defending Mr Swinney, said he was \"probably the most honourable individual I have known in my life\".\n\nShe said that when the education secretary got something wrong \"he has the humility to say so\" - and that he had fixed the problem while there was \"no comprehensive solution in England\" to a similar row over A-level results.\n\nThe Greens (who have an affinity with the SNP over independence) demanded a high price for their support - a dramatic and complete u-turn on exam results from the Scottish government.\n\nMr Swinney acceded to all their demands by cancelling 125,000 downgrades, allowing upgraded students to keep their awards, ordering an independent review into the debacle and promising a wider look at the best way to assess pupil performance.\n\nThat amounts to the most spectacular change of policy by any minister, in any Scottish administration, in the short history of devolution since 1999.\n\nThroughout all of this, Mr Swinney has retained the confidence and support of the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who relies on him heavily.\n\nAs her chosen deputy in government, he is a close and trusted ally and one of her most experienced ministers. Not someone she would want to lose or could easily replace.\n• None Swinney insists U-turn was not about saving his job", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store, preventing players from installing one of the world's most popular games on iPhones.\n\nIt came after a Fortnite update that let players buy in-game currency at a lower rate if they bought direct from maker Epic Games - bypassing Apple.\n\nEpic appeared to know the ban would come, announcing it had filed a legal complaint minutes after the removal.\n\nApple takes a standard 30% cut of sales from its compulsory payment system.\n\nHours later, Google also appeared to remove the app from its Google Play Store - though it remains available on Android phones through other means, such as Epic Games' own launcher.\n\nOn iOS, the App Store is the only way to legitimately load apps. But Apple said Epic had taken the \"unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines\".\n\nThose guidelines ban any payment system apart from Apple's own, and has been the subject of several high-profile rows between developers and Apple.\n\nEpic said any iPhone players who already have the app installed should be able to continue playing until the game's next update rolls out. After that, they will lose some features.\n\nThose on an Apple Mac computer will not be affected, since that version does not use the iOS App Store.\n\nIn addition to tweeting the legal complaint it filed in a California court, Epic also announced the imminent in-game screening of a short film titled Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite - a play on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.\n\nThe novel is about a dystopian society that controls its citizens and tolerates no dissent - and was itself referenced by Apple in a famous television ad in the year 1984, when the young company styled itself as taking on then-dominant IBM.\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 Fortnite This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nEpic Games directly referenced that advertisement in its legal complaint, writing: \"Apple has become what it once railed against: the behemoth seeking to control markets, block competition, and stifle innovation.\"\n\nThe court documents allege that Apple effectively runs a monopoly in both deciding what apps can appear on iPhones and demanding its own payment system - with the relatively high 30% cut - is used.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls, games research director at Ampere Analysis, said Epic's update breaking the rules \"was done to make Apple remove the app\".\n\n\"Removing Fortnite from the App Store helps to deliver a groundswell of support for Epic, something it is trying to achieve.\"\n\nAnd he added that iPhones are not the biggest platform for Fortnite, but Epic will still notice its ban - the iOS version \"generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue every month on Apple platforms\", he said.\n\nDevelopers really, really don't like this charge. For many, a 30% cut of profits is akin to a shakedown.\n\nLast month, one app developer likened Apple to the mafia. The criticism is essentially an anti-competition one.\n\nApple and Google run the operating systems of pretty much all of the phones in the world. That means they get to choose who can run apps on their stores, and who can't.\n\nThey also get to set the charges. This is duopoly, say some developers.\n\nIn Epic Games though, Apple has an unwanted foe.\n\nFortnite is ludicrously profitable, Epic Games has the money to take Apple on. And the way this has been done - passing the savings on the consumer - is clearly tactical. Epic Games wants to take this fight out into the open.\n\nAnd with the EU and US Congress looking closely at Apple's business practices, this is attention the company could do without.\n\nIn its court filing, Epic said it was not seeking financial compensation.\n\n\"Epic is seeking injunctive relief to allow fair competition in these two key markets that directly affect hundreds of millions of consumers and tens of thousands, if not more, of third-party app developers,\" it said.\n\nThe documents also hint at a possible larger goal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman became the youngest esports player ever to win a million dollars\n\n\"But for Apple's illegal restraints, Epic would provide a competing app store on iOS devices,\" it says.\n\nEpic Games has already attempted to disrupt the PC gaming market with the launch of its Epic Games Store, taking on the dominant player, Steam, in an attempt to lure players away with free games, which have often been popular, top-rated titles.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls said the row is reminiscent of that challenge - Epic's store charges game developers 12% on PC games, compared to Steam's 30%.\n\n\"Apple and Google have been a long term target of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's ire, as he believes the 30% revenue share they charge for app sales and in-game monetisation is too high,\" he said.\n\n\"However, taking on Apple is a different challenge than in the PC market as it's impossible to build a third-party storefront on iOS, or monetise apps outside of the App Store.\"\n\nGoogle's Android system also uses Google's payment system for app store purchases, from which Google takes a cut - but Android allows developers to point users to other payment options.\n\nIn a statement, Apple said the rules were applied equally to every developer, and that Epic had updated their game \"with the express intent of violating the App Store guidelines\".\n\n\"Epic has had apps on the App Store for a decade, and have benefited from the App Store ecosystem,\" it said.\n\n\"The fact that their business interests now lead them to push for a special arrangement does not change the fact that these guidelines create a level playing field for all developers and make the store safe for all users.\"\n\nIt added that it would try to work with Epic to bring Fortnite back.", "A woman shields from rain on Oxford Street in London\n\nThunderstorms are moving across parts of the UK, after some areas saw the longest stretch of high temperatures since the 1960s.\n\nThe severe weather caused flash floods in parts of southern England on Thursday, bringing travel disruption.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow thunderstorm warnings for the next five days in much of England and Wales, with flooding, lightning and hail expected.\n\nIt comes after torrential rain and lightning lashed parts of Scotland.\n\nPart of the M25 motorway in Surrey was closed because of flash flooding, while in Kent 19 people have been evacuated from a train which became stuck after a landslide.\n\nA motorist recorded footage of some of the flooding on the M25\n\nThe motorway is closed completely between two junctions in Surrey\n\nThe Met Office has warned that while some areas could stay dry, others could see as much as 40mm of rain falling in less than an hour amid severe thunderstorms.\n\nThere were thundery showers across southern England on Thursday afternoon, including the counties between Devon and Kent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why are we having so many thunderstorms?\n\nBBC Weather said about 12,000 lightning strikes were detected across parts of southern Britain in the hours leading up to 18:00 BST.\n\nA wooden pavilion caught fire after a suspected lightning strike in the village of Barton Stacey in Hampshire, with eyewitness Donna Stokes saying there was a \"horrendously loud bang of thunder\".\n\n\"The pavilion has been on the playing fields for somewhere in the region of 80 years,\" said Donna\n\nIn Devon, homes were flooded following a collection of thunderstorms across south-west England on Thursday.\n\nDevon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said on Twitter it had received numerous calls relating to properties in Devon, with some residents reporting up to 18 inches of water inside their homes.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for certain areas in England and Scotland, which are separate from the weather warnings issued by the Met Office.\n\nThursday's heavy downpours also sparked travel disruption on rail and roads in southern England.\n\nThere are closures in both directions on the M25 between junctions seven and eight near Reigate in Surrey due to flooding, according to Highways England.\n\nMotorists have been urged to allow additional time for journeys, as the disruption has caused delays of one hour and about seven miles of congestion.\n\nOne motorist reported \"biblical\" rain and hail on the M25 near junction seven, as he shared a video of the 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\nHammersmith Bridge in west London has been closed to pedestrians after cracks in the structure worsened during the recent hot weather.\n\nMeanwhile, British Transport Police rescued 19 people from a train which came to a stop between West Malling and Borough Green on Thursday.\n\nTrain operator Southeastern said the line between Otford and Maidstone East was expected to remain closed.\n\nA tweet by Network Rail Kent and Sussex said teams would be working overnight to clear mud which was washed onto the railway by torrential rain in the area.\n\nNetwork Rail warned of continuing disruption across the entire Southern and Thameslink networks due to severe weather conditions.\n\nIt said reports of a landslip in the Merstham area in Surrey had closed the railway line via Redhill between East Croydon and Gatwick. Flooding had also shut the railway between Tattenham Corner in Surrey and Coulsdon Town in Croydon.\n\nTemperatures reached highs of 29C on Thursday, marking the first time the mercury remained below 30C in seven days\n\nForecasters have warned severe thunderstorms could continue to bring flooding and disruption into next week.\n\nMet Office meteorologist Matthew Box said there was a risk of thunderstorms \"right through to the start of next week, and maybe even beyond that\".\n\nBut he added that temperatures were cooler on Thursday, following days of scorching weather in parts of the UK.\n\nA high of 29.6C (85.3F) was recorded in the village of Frittenden in Kent, Mr Box said.\n\nIt comes after temperatures surpassed 34C in central London for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday - the first time that has happened since at least 1961.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSkies across the UK were lit up by lightning as thunderstorms hit on Wednesday evening, following the week of hot weather.\n\nLightning struck a house in Wrexham, blowing out power sockets and setting fire to a curtain.\n\nFire crews were also called to deal with flooding incidents around Wrexham, as well as other parts of Wales including Denbighshire and Powys.\n\nSeveral other places have recorded heavy downpours over the past 24 hours, such as Gnosall, West Midlands, which recorded 103.8mm of rain - over a month's worth - in one night, according to BBC Weather.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Wednesday, three people died after a passenger train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms.\n\nScotland's Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said extreme weather \"had an impact\" on the accident.\n\nA major incident was also declared in Fife. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 1,000 emergency calls on Tuesday night due to the severe weather.\n\nThe Environment Agency said 10 properties in Lancashire were also affected by flooding following storms.\n\nMeanwhile, Devon and Cornwall Police warned the south west of England is \"full to capacity\", leading to \"unprecedented demand\" for 999 services.\n\nThe force said it saw an increase in anti-social behaviour and public order offences on Saturday and Sunday.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jim Colwell said the weekend's events, spurred on by the hot weather, had forced officers to attend a \"plethora of different incidents\".\n\nAnd in Sussex, more homeowners had water supplies cut off or restricted on Wednesday. At least 300 householders had already been without tap water since Friday.\n\nSteve Andrews, head of central operations for South East Water, said more than 150 million litres of extra water were being pumped into the network as the UK heatwave continues.", "Paul Bostock was described as \"a loner... with an obsession with weapons, with the occult and with black magic\"\n\nThe family of a woman who was stabbed to death by an occult-obsessed \"sadist\" are to appeal against his release.\n\nPaul Bostock, 53, has been in prison since pleading guilty in 1986 to killing two women in Leicestershire.\n\nDespite once saying he should be \"prevented from walking the streets again\", Bostock has been deemed safe enough to be released on parole.\n\nThe family of his second victim, Amanda Weedon, said it was still too soon for him to be released.\n\nHer brother Martin, 61, said: \"We believe he is still a dangerous person. I don't think you can fix a mind like his.\"\n\nBostock killed his first victim Caroline Osborne when he was just 16\n\nIn 1983 Bostock stabbed and killed 33-year-old pet beautician Caroline Osborne while she was walking dogs in Aylestone Meadows in Leicester.\n\nTwo years later he killed Miss Weedon, a 21-year-old nurse, after he visited Ms Osborne's nearby grave.\n\nThe Beaumont Leys resident was described as \"a loner... with an obsession with weapons, with the occult and with black magic\".\n\nMiss Weedon was killed near the hospital she worked at just weeks before her wedding day\n\nLeicester Crown Court heard both killings were \"ferocious\" and had an \"element of sexual sadism\".\n\nWhile awaiting trial he wrote: \"I'm an animal who should be prevented from walking the streets again.\n\n\"If I suffer 100 years I would still deserve more.\"\n\nHe was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 19.\n\nThe BBC has seen Parole Board documents showing it had decided Bostock was now safe enough to leave prison, although he will have a tag and \"very strict limitations\" on who he can meet and where he can go.\n\nA spokeswoman confirmed it had directed his release and said its decisions were \"solely focused\" on the risk a prisoner poses to the public and whether that risk is manageable.\n\nShe added: \"Protecting the public is our number one priority.\"\n\nMiss Weedon's family said they were told on Monday and given 21 days to submit their appeal.\n\nMartin Weedon said he believed Paul Bostock should stay in prison until he was \"an OAP\", lacking the strength to reoffend\n\nMr Weedon added: \"I believe most people deserve a second chance. But not him.\n\n\"People will say, 'of course you'd say that' - but I'd ask them, do you want a guy who can stab someone 37 times in 10 minutes, after killing another woman, to come live alongside you?\"\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.", "Germany has recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months\n\nGermany has recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months as European countries struggle to curb a surge in infections.\n\nMore than 1,200 cases were reported in Germany in the past 24 hours. Officials said the rise was due, in part, to people returning from holidays.\n\nIt came as Germany warned against non-essential trips to parts of Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, France had 2,524 new cases in 24 hours, the highest daily rise since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nThe German foreign ministry said it had added a partial travel warning to the Spanish capital Madrid and the Basque region on Tuesday amid rising infections there. Warnings were already in place for the regions of Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra.\n\nGermany has recorded more than 9,000 coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nSpain is facing the worst coronavirus infection rate in Western Europe. It recorded 1,418 new infections in its latest daily count on Tuesday and said there were 675 \"active outbreaks\" in the country.\n\nSalvador Macip, an expert in health sciences at Catalonia's Open University, told AFP news agency the country was at a \"critical moment\".\n\n\"We are right at a point where things can get better or worse. This means we have to pull out all the stops to curb outbreaks before they become more serious,\" he said.\n\nIn total, Spain has recorded more than 326,000 cases - the highest number in Western Europe and the 11th highest in the world.\n\nWearing a face mask became compulsory in all public areas in Brussels on Wednesday amid a rise in cases.\n\nThe order applies to those aged 12 and above. People were previously only required to wear masks in crowded public spaces and enclosed areas of the Belgian capital, such as shopping centres.\n\nAuthorities said the enhanced rules were introduced because of a rise in infections, with Brussels recording an average of 50 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants per day over the past week.\n\nPolice checks are being ramped up to ensure that people follow the new rules.\n\nThe mask-wearing regulation is one of the strictest currently in place in Europe.\n\nBelgium has recorded more than 75,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 9,800 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThis year's Paris marathon has been cancelled as France battles a spike in coronavirus cases, organisers said on Wednesday.\n\nThe marathon was originally due to take place on 5 April but was then postponed to 15 November because of the pandemic.\n\nOrganisers said they had \"tried everything to maintain the event\" but felt \"obliged\" to call it off.\n\n\"There will be great disappointment among those who have sacrificed time training for what had become an autumn marathon,\" they said.\n\nOrganisers are now working on the 2021 marathon.\n\nThe announcement came after Paris became the latest French city to make face masks compulsory in busy outdoor areas. Face masks were already compulsory nationwide in enclosed public spaces.\n\nA government spokesman on Wednesday said France would gradually ramp up police checks to ensure that people were respecting social distancing and wearing masks where required.\n\n\"We're at a tipping point... We're going to mobilise polices forces to make checks,\" Gabriel Attal told journalists.\n\nFrance has now recorded a total of 206,696 cases of the virus.\n\nOn Wednesday Greece reported 262 new cases of coronavirus, its highest daily tally since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe country has now had 216 deaths and 6,177 cases in total.\n\nAs a result of the increase in infections in recent weeks, authorities have introduced a curfew for restaurants and bars in some of the country's top tourist destinations - despite this being the peak of the tourism season.\n\nThey have also enforced restrictions on arrivals from several EU countries and Balkans nations.", "The WHO has warned of an infodemic of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic Image caption: The WHO has warned of an infodemic of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nAt least 800 people died worldwide as a result of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, a study has found.\n\nA further 5,800 people were admitted to hospital after being exposed to false information on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and chat apps, the study said .\n\nThe study’s authors echoed statements from the World Health Organization (WHO), which warned the Covid-19 “infodemic” spread just as quickly as the virus itself.\n\nMost of the deaths and hospital admissions were the result of people drinking methanol and alcohol-based cleaning products, wrongly believing them to be a cure for coronavirus.\n\nBut following advice that resembles credible medical information - such as ingesting large quantities of vitamins - can also have “potentially serious implications”, the authors say.\n\nThe paper concludes that it’s down to international agencies, governments and social media platforms to fight back against this “infodemic”.\n\nA BBC investigation, which can be read here, found links between virus misinformation and assaults, arson and deaths.", "Athika, pictured with one of her teachers, says lockdown gave her the opportunity to grieve for her grandfather\n\n\"Losing my grandad before Covid, I used my studies to mask the pain but lockdown meant I had to grieve for him'\" says 18-year-old Athika Ahmed.\n\nLike many young people, the spread of coronavirus meant Athika's life changed instantly. From going to school to study her A-levels, she went to spending a lot of time in the house.\n\n\"The biggest thing that's changed for me is not having that consistency. The lack of schedule in my daily life and not going to school has been really difficult,\" she says.\n\nWithout having that routine Athika, from Grangetown in Cardiff, found herself being quite lazy and not having the motivation to get up and be productive and felt that this has had an impact on her mental health.\n\nAthika Ahmed (right) celebrated Eid in May\n\nThe routine that many young people find mundane and quite boring she found herself needing in order for her to feel like she could focus and push on through the months that she was in lockdown.\n\nAlongside dealing with the uncertainty of what was to come with her grades having been told she wasn't going to sit her exams, the Fitzalan High School pupil was also having to cope with observing Ramadan in lockdown.\n\n\"Ramadan is one of the most important months in the Islamic calendar, and I was worried about what it was going to be like during Covid and particularly in lockdown,\" Athika says.\n\nFor Athika and many other Muslims, it isn't just about not eating and drinking, but abstaining from bad habits, like swearing and being angry. It's a time to reflect.\n\n\"What was particularly difficult was going through that struggle of Ramadan, and not being able to celebrate, firstly on an evening, with friends and family as you open your fast together, and then at the end, celebrating Eid, after successfully fasting for the whole month,\" she says.\n\nThis year's celebrations were low key, with immediate family living in the same household, which for Athika, was her mum, dad, and two sisters.\n\nShe says: \"It was a small party, but we all got dressed up and made some food. It wasn't as exciting as normal with loads of dishes and people, but next year will be better.\"\n\nWith both Eids being celebrated in lockdown, it has been a difficult time for Muslims, but for Athika it hasn't been completely negative.\n\nHaving nothing to do, and just her thoughts, the time in lockdown allowed Athika to process feelings about the death of her grandad.\n\n\"I never really had the time to grief for my grandad, or maybe it was just that I didn't want to, and chucked myself into my A-levels, studying and revising, but this time in lockdown has really allowed me come to terms with his loss,\" Athika says.\n\nThinking about the current situation, the uncertainty of what was happening next with her studies, she realised that her grandad wouldn't want her worrying, but would want her to make the most of her life, and she did just that, volunteering to help others in her community.\n\nThe volunteering has also allowed her to not get stressed about her A-level results. With students not sitting exams and marks being based on mock exams and teachers' grades, Athika had been nervous about what is going to happen.\n\n\"I tried hard in my mock so I feel happy that I did the best I could, but looking at what happened in Scotland and me not coming from an affluent area it does make me really worried about what is going to happen,\" she says.\n\nDespite being disappointed with her results, Athika managed to secure her place at university. And the Covid crisis has made her all the more determined to aspire to become a doctor.\n\nShe says \"Covid has highlighted the importance of the NHS and how much I can do to help people during really difficult times like this.\"", "Volunteers helped search for the pair after they went missing off the County Galway coast\n\nA woman and a teenage girl have been found clinging to a lobster pot off the Irish coast after going missing for almost 15 hours while paddleboarding.\n\nThe pair, aged 17 and 23, were found alive by a fisherman, about 17 miles (27km) from where they first set out, the RNLI said.\n\nSara Feeney and her cousin Ellen Glynn are well and being treated at University Hospital Galway.\n\nSara's mother Helen Feeney told RTÉ they were \"overwhelmed and grateful\".\n\nShe also said paddleboards would \"never darken the doors of our houses again\" .\n\nThe cousins went missing after setting out from a beach at Furbo, County Galway, on Wednesday evening.\n\nMs Feeney said she was walking the dog on the beach when the pair went out on the paddleboards.\n\nShe said everybody was in good spirits on what was a \"fabulous evening\".\n\nHowever when the pair did not return, she alerted the coastguard.\n\nA major search operation began after the alarm was raised at 22:00 local time.\n\nAn air and sea search rescue began overnight and continued until their discovery.\n\nThe Irish coastguard and local volunteers were also involved.\n\nDespite bad weather overnight, the pair - who had life jackets, but no wetsuits - were found by the fisherman.\n\nThe fisherman who found them told Irish broadcaster RTÉ that he was prepared to go as far as was necessary to rescue them because otherwise they would have drifted further out to sea.\n\nPatrick Oliver and his son Morgan, 18, left the docks and headed west across the bay after he heard they were missing.\n\nMr Oliver was able to predict where they could be, by calculating the wind speed and direction.\n\n\"They travelled there about 20 miles from the beach to the side of Inis Oírr [one of the Aran Islands],\" he said.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Irish Coast Guard This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe also said he was \"delighted for their parents\" and he had thought about their \"poor mother on the beach all night looking out for them\".\n\nHe said the women had survived by not panicking, keeping their heads clear and by hanging on to a buoy.\n\n\"They were definitely in shock but the weather is warm so they were lucky,\" he said.\n\nHe said the pair were \"waving their paddles up in the air\" when they spotted the fishermen.\n\nThey gave the women oilskin jackets and hats to help them warm up after they were rescued.\n\nHe said they had been \"weak and tired\" but were able to sit up and make a \"little bit of chat\".\n\n\"They were in shock but they were thankful,\" he added.\n\n\"We got them in the boat and we brought them into the island and the chopper landed there.\"\n\nMs Feeney said the situation was \"the stuff of nightmares\".\n\nShe said the family was \"forever indebted\" to the Olivers for rescuing the women.\n\nShe also thanked all those who took part in the search and rescue operation.\n\nThe pair had been wearing buoyancy aids and she urged people who intend to go paddleboarding to wear them.\n\nOn social media, the coastguard thanked everyone who assisted.\n\nBarry Heskin, from the RNLI, said tears were shed and his team was \"jumping around the station\" when news came back that the rescue had been successful.", "Jeanna de Waal stars as Diana and Roe Hartrampf as Prince Charles\n\nDiana the musical will be streamed on Netflix next year before it makes its official Broadway debut.\n\nThis is an unprecedented move for the entertainment industry which is dealing with coronavirus restrictions.\n\nBroadway theatres remain closed during the pandemic and may not reopen this year, according to experts.\n\nThe musical, based on the life story of Princess Diana, is now not scheduled to open on Broadway until 25 May next year.\n\nA filmed version of the musical, featuring the original Broadway cast, will be made without an audience in New York. Netflix hasn't given a date for when this will be streamed on its site.\n\n\"Though there is no substitute for the live theatre, we are honoured to be a part of the quality entertainment that Netflix provides its subscribers worldwide,\" the producers of Diana said in a joint statement.\n\nThe production, which was originally set to open this March, had been running in previews at the time of theatre shutdowns in the US.\n\nThis is the first time a Broadway show has gone straight to the small screen before its theatrical debut.\n\nOther Broadway shows have also been streamed but only after they were performed to live audiences.\n\nThe Disney+ service began streaming a filmed version of Hamilton, the runaway Broadway hit, earlier this summer.\n\nProduction companies have been reluctant to release filmed versions of shows while productions are still running in theatres, let alone before they have started their run.\n\nThe concern is that once audiences have seen the movie version at home, they might not want to watch the live version in a theatre.\n\nBut the industry is changing its views and adapting to theatre shutdowns by looking at online alternatives. Experts say the film version can put a show on an audience's radar and gain global exposure.\n\nThe film industry faces the same dilemma with many studios opting to release movies straight to streaming services rather than cinemas.\n\nDisney decided to do this for its summer blockbuster Mulan which will debut on its Disney+ TV platform bypassing US movie theatres.", "Free school meals should be permanently extended to the children of migrants in England who are currently ineligible for public support, charities say.\n\nDuring the coronavirus outbreak the meal scheme has temporarily included some pupils whose families have \"no recourse to public funds\" (NRPF).\n\nSixty organisations have written to the education secretary asking him to permanently extend the scheme.\n\nThe government said it would continue while Covid-19 \"impacts schools\".\n\nNRPF status is given to some migrants as a condition of their right to remain in the UK - generally those who have not yet qualified for permanent residency - and prevents them from receiving most government-funded benefits.\n\nThe government has already made a U-turn on providing free school meals outside of term-time.\n\nThat came after an intervention in June by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford, who campaigned for the government to offer free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in England.\n\nNow charities and trade unions have demanded ministers change their policy again, ensuring children from low-income migrant families with no recourse to public funds are added to the list of those eligible for free meals when schools reopen.\n\nIn a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, the 60 organisations, which includes the Children's Society, Unison, and Action for Children, said they \"applauded\" the decision to extend free school meals to some NRPF families in April.\n\nHowever, they said they were \"extremely concerned by the government's intention to stop providing free school meals to these children in the near future\".\n\n\"The progress the government has made by extending this vital lifeline to NRPF families will be lost unless you make this change permanent,\" the letter says.\n\n\"We ask that you urgently provide clarity to these families ahead of the return to school in September by confirming that they will continue to be eligible for free school meals - fully and permanently.\"\n\nAnalysis by Oxford University's Migration Observatory, published on Friday, suggests more than 175,000 children in the UK are from NRPF families.\n\nSam Royston, director of policy and research for the Children's Society, said that those figures showed the number of children affected was rising, adding that \"whether a child is able to eat should not depend on their parents' immigration status\".\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups who have no recourse to public funds in light of the current unique circumstances many families face at this time.\n\n\"This will continue for the duration of the summer holidays and while the outbreak impacts schools.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, a law firm has also prepared a possible legal challenge, arguing that excluding poor children from free school meals because of immigration status is discriminatory and a breach of human rights.\n\nMatthew Gold & Co Ltd. Solicitors has been instructed to challenge the eligibility criteria for free school meals.\n\nIn England, about 1.3 million children claimed for free school meals in 2019 - about 15% of state-educated pupils.\n\nChildren of all ages living in households on income-related benefits may be eligible, from government-maintained nurseries through to sixth forms.\n\nEligibility varies slightly between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland because the nations set their own rules.\n\nDuring the coronavirus lockdown the government provided vouchers to families in England whose children qualified for free meals, which it then extended over the summer holidays.\n\nChildren eligible could receive a £90 food voucher to cover the six-week summer holiday, or £105 if their school had a seven-week break.", "The fall has not dented Leonie's confidence or desire to get back on a horse\n\nAn \"incredibly inspiring\" student who completed her A-levels just months after a serious horse-riding accident hopes to compete at the Paralympics.\n\nLeonie Saffy, 18, from Ruabon, Wrexham, shattered her pelvis and hip and fractured a thigh bone in the fall.\n\nThe Coleg Cambria student was left in a wheelchair but continued her studies online in lockdown, and now hopes to study biochemistry at Keele University.\n\nLeonie has been awarded a place on the British dressage development programme.\n\n\"The accident hasn't put me off riding, I've injured myself plenty of times over the years,\" said the former Ysgol Rhiwabon pupil, who also suffers with multiple pterygium syndrome, a rare genetic disorder.\n\n\"We still don't really know what happened during my fall - there was some bucking and a rear,\" she said.\n\n\"I lost my reins and came off and, luckily, I missed the fence, as that could have made the fall much worse.\n\n\"I couldn't move my legs, so mum called the ambulance.\"\n\nLeonie shattered her pelvis and hip and fractured a thigh bone in the fall\n\nBut the fall has not dented her confidence or desire to get back on a horse.\n\n\"Horse riding is a high-risk sport and it's something you have to be willing to risk if you want to participate in, especially at a higher level,\" Leonie explained.\n\n\"I have 20 screws and rods in my spine from a previous surgery due to multiple pterygium syndrome, so the worry was that I had snapped a spinal rod.\"\n\nBut a scan at Wrexham Maelor Hospital revealed her pelvis had taken the brunt of the fall rather than her back, and she was allowed home in a wheelchair after a week.\n\nLeonie has been awarded a place on the British dressage development programme\n\nShe got an A in biology, a B in English language and literature, a C in chemistry, and an A in her Welsh baccalaureate.\n\nShe now hopes to combine a degree in biochemistry with her place on the Podium Potential P3 dressage squad for Team GB, and pursue her dream of participating at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.\n\nLeonie, who has been through a long period of recuperation from her injuries, said she was committed to achieving medals on the international stage while pursuing a career as a biochemist.\n\nSimon Woodward, head of sixth form at Coleg Cambria Yale, believes \"inspiring\" Leonie has a very bright future ahead of her.\n\n\"Leonie has worked incredibly hard and took part in the Biology Olympiad this year, which shows you how much effort she's put in,\" he said.\n\n\"Even after the horse-riding accident she was determined to carry on and has been incredibly inspiring.\n\n\"We wish her luck and have no doubt she will be a big success as part of Team GB and in her future career.\"\n\nShe wants to pursue her dream of participating at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris", "Newlyweds will be able to celebrate their nuptials with a wedding reception in the form of a sit down meal for up to 30 guests\n\nMore beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor performances will be able to resume in England from Saturday, as lockdown rules are eased.\n\nBowling alleys, casinos and soft play centres will also be able to reopen, PM Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nIt comes as the government introduces bigger fines for failing to wear a mask in places where it is compulsory.\n\nMeanwhile, quarantine measures have been imposed on more countries, including France and the Netherlands.\n\nThe easing of lockdown rules is now due to come into force on Saturday, after being postponed from 1 August due to concerns about a slight increase in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England.\n\nLast week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed this may be levelling off.\n\nHowever, the latest government figures released on Friday showed the number of daily positive tests in the UK was the highest it has been since 14 June.\n\nIn the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST, there were a further 1,441 confirmed cases, taking the total number to 316,367.\n\nUnder the latest changes:\n\nThe new guidance will not apply in areas where local lockdown measures are in place, the government said.\n\nLocal lockdown rules vary from place to place, but since July measures have been introduced in Leicester, Preston, East Lancashire, parts of West Yorkshire. Greater Manchester, and Aberdeen.\n\nThe Department of Health said restrictions on household gatherings in parts of the North West, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester will continue.\n\nThe latest data does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area and shows a continued rise in cases in Oldham and Pendle, while numbers remain high in Blackburn with Darwen, the department said.\n\nThe measures will be reviewed again next week.\n\nSoft play centres are among the venues able to reopen from 15 August\n\nDevolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have the power to set their own timings for the easing of restrictions.\n\nThe prime minister said that plans to open up more of the economy this weekend \"will allow more people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed\".\n\nBut Mr Johnson reiterated a warning that the government \"will not hesitate to put on the brakes if required, or to continue to implement local measures to help to control the spread of the virus\".\n\nNew guidance will also mean that staff offering \"close contact\" services, including hairdressers, will now have to wear a face mask as well as a clear visor.\n\nThe government said the move, which follows new evidence from the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage) is aimed at protecting customers and staff from respiratory droplets caused by sneezing, coughing, or speaking.\n\nIt also applies to businesses that operate remotely, such as massage therapists working in people's homes, and those learning in vocational training environments.\n\nNightclubs and discos are among the venues that remain closed in law.\n\nOn Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest daily increase since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nUnder current guidance, people who refuse to wear a face covering where it is required face a £100 fine, which can be reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.\n\nThe new enforcement measures will see that penalty repeatedly doubled for subsequent offences, up to a maximum of £3,200.\n\n\"Most people in this country are following the rules and doing their bit to control the virus, but we must remain focused and we cannot be complacent,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"That is why we are strengthening the enforcement powers available to use against those who repeatedly flout the rules.\"\n\nJust as cases of Covid-19 rose in the spring, peaked and fell, so has the use by police of fines to enforce social distancing restrictions.\n\nThis means that instead, officers have increasingly preferred to \"engage, explain and encourage\" in the police jargon.\n\nIt is difficult and sometimes risky work. \"Encouraging\" large groups of young people to leave illegal parties has led to violence. Senior officers say they are prepared to prosecute the organisers.\n\nHowever, in general, police believe they have got people to follow the rules hundreds of thousands of times without handing out fines.\n\nThe question is whether local breakouts of the virus, and the risk of a \"second wave\" will increase the pressure for a tougher approach.\n\nAs countries are added to the list of those from which returning travellers have to quarantine, there could also be questions about whether there is a realistic risk of catching people who refuse to do so.\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nTransport for London and British Transport Police have already made 91,501 interventions based on present face coverings guidance, the government said - preventing 4,397 from boarding, asking 3,030 to leave the network and issuing 341 penalty notices.\n\nThere will also be a clampdown on illegal gatherings of more than 30 people, which could see those responsible hit with spot fines of up to £10,000.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Face coverings are mandatory in England in all shops\n\nAccording to the government, forces across England and Wales have already stepped up patrols to prevent illegal gatherings in areas of concern, such as Leicester and Greater Manchester, where it said deployments have sometimes been larger than on New Year's Eve.\n\nLast weekend, West Midlands Police shut down 125 parties and raves - and closed a pub - taking action to stop illegal gatherings and anti-social behaviour across the region.\n\nFurther detail on the new enforcement measures is to be set out in the coming week.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she would not allow progress against the virus to be undermined by \"a small minority of senseless individuals\".\n\n\"These measures send a clear message - if you don't cooperate with the police and if you put our health at risk, action will follow.\"\n\nAre you getting married this weekend? Or are you preparing to reopen or go back to work? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "A review of how deaths from coronavirus are counted in England has reduced the UK death toll by more than 5,000, to 41,329, the government has announced.\n\nThe recalculation is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid.\n\nPreviously, people in England who died at any point following a positive test, regardless of cause, were counted in the figures.\n\nBut there will now be a cut-off of 28 days, providing a more accurate picture of the epidemic.\n\nThis brings England's measure in line with the other UK nations.\n\nThe new methodology for counting deaths means the total number of people in the UK who have died from Covid-19 comes down from 46,706 to 41,329 - a reduction of 12%.\n\nAnd figures for deaths in England for the most recent week of data - 18 to 24 July - will drop by 75%, from 442 to 111.\n\nProf John Newton, director of health improvement at Public Health England (PHE), said: \"The way we count deaths in people with Covid-19 in England was originally chosen to avoid underestimating deaths caused by the virus in the early stages of the pandemic.\"\n\nBut he said the new methods of calculating deaths from the virus would give \"crucial information about both recent trends and the overall mortality burden due to Covid-19\".\n\nCalculating the total number of deaths linked to coronavirus is far from straightforward.\n\nIt seemed very odd when we learned last month that PHE's figures included everyone who had tested positive, even if they died months afterwards and their death may have had another cause.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's 28-day limit between a positive test and death looked reasonable. But even so, that measure does not include those who might have been on a ventilator for more than 28 days.\n\nThere is no yardstick endorsed by the World Health Organization and PHE argued there was no single ideal way of working out the total.\n\nIn future, death numbers for England will be published using both 28-day and 60-day cut off points.\n\nThe 28-day limit will, however, be the headline measure and will at least achieve consistency across the UK.\n\nCutting around 5,400 from the death total will be a talking point among statisticians.\n\nBut it won't make any difference to tens of thousands of families who have been bereaved because of the virus.\n\nThe health secretary in England, Matt Hancock, called for a review into the way deaths from coronavirus were calculated in July.\n\nIt followed concerns raised by Oxford scientists that this was being carried out differently across the four nations of the UK.\n\nIn Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the count only included people who died within four weeks of a positive test.\n\nSomeone who stayed in intensive care with Covid-19 for five weeks and died would not be counted as a coronavirus death, for example.\n\nMatt Hancock called for a review into the way deaths were calculated in England\n\nIn England, there was no time limit. Someone who recovered from Covid-19 in March and died in a car crash in July would have been counted as a coronavirus death.\n\nNow the UK's four chief medical officers have decided to use a single, consistent measure and publish the number of deaths that occurred within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test confirmed in a lab, every day.\n\nEvery week for England, a new set of figures will be published showing the number of deaths that occur within 60 days of a positive test.\n\nDeaths that occur after 60 days - such as those who have been in intensive care for many months - will also be added in if Covid-19 appears on the death certificate.\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of the epidemiology of infectious diseases, from the University of Nottingham, said the two new measures were \"sensible\".\n\n\"The 28 days is widely used in many countries and England is now the same as the rest of the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"The previous measure of always being a Covid death, even if recovered, was unscientific.\n\n\"As Covid deaths fall, the number of recovered patients, particularly the very old and those with severe underlying conditions, are now dying from these conditions and not Covid-19.\"\n\nProf Neal added: \"These non-Covid deaths in survivors would become an ever increasing percentage of the England Covid deaths being reported. It had become essentially useless for epidemiological monitoring.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nToday's biggest story in the UK is on A-level results, as nearly 300,000 teenagers received grades despite not sitting the exams due to the lockdown. The way results have been decided has been controversial. While there's been an overall increase in top grades, many pupils (including more than a third of entries in England) have received a lower grade than teachers predicted, after results were moderated by exam boards. Head teachers say some lowered grades seem to be \"unfair\", while some pupils say their future has been \"set back\". To understand how results were calculated, check this out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A-level results day: ''I haven't got into uni because of it''\n\nThe reproduction rate of the virus - that's the average number of people an infected person will pass the virus on to - could now be above one in Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. There's been a number of small clusters in the country. Ms Sturgeon said the upper estimate of the R number in Scotland \"could have been as high as 1.3\" last week. But she stressed that there were only thought to have been about 250 infectious people - so urged people not to be \"unduly alarmed\".\n\nWe've heard a lot in recent months about the government's much-delayed coronavirus app which will alert people if they've been close to someone with the virus. But from today, people living in the Isle of Wight and Newham in east London are able to try out the app for the first time since it was re-designed. Meanwhile, new figures show that since the NHS test and trace programme was launched 10 weeks ago, a total of 52,735 of people with coronavirus in England were referred to the scheme - and contact tracers reached 78.2% of them.\n\nAlmost 300 people have tested positive for the virus following an outbreak at a factory which makes M&S sandwiches. Greencore in Northampton started \"proactively testing\" workers due to rising numbers of cases in the town. A spokesman for the company, which employs 2,100 people, said the employees who had tested positive were self-isolating.\n\nThis year's travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, but holiday firm Tui says data for next year looks \"very promising\". It says bookings for next summer are up by 145%. It came as the company posted a €1.1bn (£995m) loss for the three months to June. Some of the new holiday bookings for 2021 are either amended bookings or with a voucher by customers who had cancelled trips.\n\n...from foggy glasses to recycling, here's a guide to wearing a face mask.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average:\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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. 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman acted together in Fleabag\n\nA fund set up by two stars of Fleabag to support theatre workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic is to receive £500,000 from Amazon Prime Video.\n\nOlivia Colman and Phoebe Waller-Bridge said they were \"blown away\" by the \"extraordinary\" support.\n\nThe streaming service is also donating £1m to a new grants scheme being set up by the Film and TV Charity.\n\nAmazon Prime has pledged $6m (£4.6m) in total to those involved in theatre, TV and film production across Europe.\n\n\"The creative community in Europe has been vital to our success in producing high-quality Amazon original TV series and movies,\" Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said.\n\n\"It is essential for us to help that community through this pandemic.\"\n\nGood Omens was made in the UK by Amazon and the BBC\n\nThe £500,000 donation to the Theatre Community Fund will help provide hardship grants of up to £3,000 to UK theatre workers and freelancers.\n\nColman, Waller-Bridge and producer Francesca Moody said the donation was \"a game-changer\" for a community that \"has never been more threatened or fragile\".\n\nLast year, Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve, signed an exclusive contract to make TV shows for Amazon Prime.\n\nThe Film and TV Charity also thanked Amazon. Chief executive Alex Pumfrey said the money would be used \"to support the diverse talent in our industry through the recovery process\".\n\nThe donations follow the £500,000 given by Netflix last month to help director Sir Sam Mendes establish his own Theatre Artists Fund.\n\nThe UK government has announced a £1.57bn support package aimed at protecting theatres, galleries and museums.\n\nOn Wednesday, the head of entertainment union Bectu wrote to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for grants to be paid out in August to allow venues to \"halt redundancies and support their workforce\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Russia is identified as a hostile state in the report\n\nThe UK must work to stop China and Russia using the pandemic to their global advantage, MPs have warned.\n\nThe Commons Defence Committee said an ongoing review of foreign and security policy must prioritise looking at the capabilities of \"hostile states\".\n\nIt called for a \"robust assessment\" of the threat Moscow and Beijing pose to UK interests at home and abroad.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has brought in new powers for police to detain people they suspect of espionage.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said this would send a \"clear message\" of \"zero tolerance\" to anyone attempting to disrupt UK interests,\n\nDowning Street has promised its \"integrated review\" of foreign, defence, security and international development policy - the first for five years - will be the most far-reaching since the Cold War.\n\nBut the cross-party committee, headed by Conservative ex-minister Tobias Ellwood, said it was \"concerned that the gap between this expectation and reality is widening\".\n\nIts report urged the government to welcome \"challenge\" from the armed forces, international allies, industry, Parliament and the public.\n\nWarning against a \"behind-closed-doors\" approach, the committee also called for clarity over which ministers would chair key meetings if Boris Johnson was not attending and what input special advisers, including the PM's chief aide Dominic Cummings, would have.\n\nThe committee said it had been told by the UK's deputy national security adviser Alex Ellis that coronavirus was expected to lead to \"intensified geo-political competition\".\n\n\"Within this context, it is important to consider how hostile foreign states may utilise the pandemic to their advantage,\" it added.\n\nThe UK, Russia and China are all at the forefront of global efforts to produce a vaccine, with Russia saying on Tuesday that it had given regulatory approval to one after less than two months of testing on humans.\n\nThe UK has accused Russia of attempting to steal UK scientists' vaccine research, a claim denied by Moscow.\n\nThe committee said it had heard that both Russia and China - with which the UK is at loggerheads over cyber-espionage and Hong Kong - were \"employing disruption as a major tool\".\n\nIt said the UK must assess the \"full range\" of economic and diplomatic activities in which the countries were involved.\n\nThere has been speculation that the review could lead to a further cut in the size of the armed forces, but the committee said decisions should be driven by strategy rather than money.\n\nFrom Thursday, the Home Office is giving specially trained police the power to stop, question and detain individuals travelling through UK ports who are suspected of working for hostile states.\n\nMs Patel said the threat was \"growing and ever-changing\", and promised new laws to \"stay ahead\".", "Three people have been hurt in a kitchen explosion at a bar on the waterfront in St Ives.\n\nA member of staff has been airlifted to hospital following the blast at the Balcony Bar and Kitchen in Wharf Road.\n\nPolice said one person had \"potentially serious burns\". Two other members of staff were also injured, but none of the diners in the bar was hurt.\n\nOne witness described hearing an explosion then seeing \"a massive plume of smoke\" at the popular tourist spot.\n\nIt happened at about 15:20 BST. The harbour front was temporarily closed by emergency services but has since reopened.\n\nFirefighters said they discovered an \"industrial fryer unit\" inside the property and used a hose reel jet and thermal imaging camera to extinguish the fire.\n\nA member of kitchen staff was taken to hospital by air ambulance with \"potentially serious burns\"\n\nJohn Chard told the BBC he was on his boat when he witnessed \"what appeared to be some sort of explosion\".\n\n\"Something blew up - maybe a gas cylinder. There was a massive plume of smoke for about 30 seconds,\" he added.\n\nThe fire broke out at The Balcony Bar in St Ives, Cornwall", "Results day razzmatazz is likely to be muted this year\n\nBy any measure, this summer's results days are some of the weirdest ever. So how will the need for social distancing and extra hygiene impact some of the most emotionally charged days of the school calendar?\n\n\"You laugh, you cry, you celebrate with your friends,\" one teenager told the BBC.\n\nBut this year much of that is probably out.\n\nIt's the big moment. You queue, you're handed your envelope. You open it...\n\nThis year the big decision for schools has been whether to invite students in to pick up their results at all.\n\nMany students are being asked to look out for an email or log in to the school portal at 08:00 - and to avoid their school or college.\n\nBut, equally, many schools are inviting students in.\n\n\"It will be more important than ever this year to be able to congratulate students on their achievements, to console those who haven't achieved their results they were hoping for and advise them on the next steps,\" says the Association of School and College Leaders.\n\nIf schools and colleges do invite pupils in, they're advised to minimise contact and mixing, keep them in small groups and observe social distancing.\n\nAnd that is likely to mean....\n\nUnder social distancing hugging is out, unless you are living with the person you plan to hug.\n\nElbow or foot bumps might be better, if less satisfying in the moment.\n\nHugging will probably have to be restricted to people in the same household\n\nJumping in the air and waving your results sheet is only really acceptable if you go to one of those schools with acres of pitches on which to socially distance your celebrations.\n\nBear in mind that if you jump too much you are likely to exert yourself and risk breathing any germs you might be carrying over anyone standing too close - so keep your distance.\n\nAnd if you're receiving results by email at home, jumping would inevitably be less spontaneous.\n\nYou'd have to print out your own results sheet and then hunt down some classmates also willing to jump in a socially distanced manner.\n\nLook before you leap - jumping could be bad manners\n\nLaugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone. This year some schools are only inviting in students who need to discuss their grades, so any crying will perhaps happen more privately than normal.\n\nMany students who have missed their grades will appreciate the extra privacy, but others will miss being buoyed up by hugs and sympathy from friends.\n\nAt any rate, if you do cry, it's pretty important not to dribble on anyone from outside your household.\n\nRegular results day selfies of you and your friends standing in a row, expressing joy and amazement, are probably out this year.\n\nMaybe this is the day to dust off the selfie stick for some high angled, socially distanced shots of you and your mates with your results sheets.\n\nAlternatively you could just scrap the selfie idea and just ask someone else to take the photo, but maybe you should also think about antimicrobial wipes for your phone and a plentiful supply of hand sanitiser.\n\nSome parents like to gather at the school gates on results day, waiting for their offspring to reveal their grades.\n\nBut this year the government is asking schools that do decide to open to \"continue to make it clear to parents that they cannot gather at entrance gates or doors or enter the site unless they have a pre-arranged appointment\".\n\nResults parties will have to be socially distanced this year\n\n\"After GCSEs, we were in the school, laughing and crying and then we all went out as friends together, we all had a party at someone's house. It was nice I liked that experience.\"\n\nBut two years on, for this student, now 18, the virus means parties will have to be a bit more circumspect, particularly in areas where local lockdowns are in force.", "Around 300 dolphins were caught on camera as they travelled at rapid speeds near Dana Point in southern California.\n\nAlso known as porpoising, the dolphins leap so fast they spend more time in the air than in the water.", "The Cardiff Heat Network Project will distribute waste heat generated by the Viridor incinerator through a network of pipes\n\nFunding has been confirmed for two major projects to supply renewable heat to buildings in parts of south Wales.\n\nHeat network projects in Cardiff and Bridgend will take excess heat produced at industrial sites to public buildings in the area in the initial phase.\n\nThe UK and Welsh governments will contribute a combined £15.2m in grants and loans towards the Cardiff project, which is led by the city council.\n\nThe Bridgend project will benefit from a £1.2m grant from the UK government.\n\nAlso known as district heating, the Cardiff heat network project will use underground pipes to transport waste heat from the Viridor Energy Recovery Facility to buildings in and around the Cardiff Bay area.\n\nThe incinerator processes about 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste per year, producing enough electricity to power 68,448 homes.\n\nThe proposed pipe network for the heating project, updated in 2020\n\nAn £8.6m interest-free loan from the Welsh Government will provide more than half of the cash needed by Cardiff council to develop the first phase of the project, which is expected to be operational by 2022.\n\nThe aim - incentivised through the Welsh Government loan - is to expand the network into the centre of the city in future phases.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was a \"small but important step\" towards its legal requirement to cut the emission of greenhouse gases by at least 80% by 2050.\n\nEnvironment Minister Lesley Griffiths said it would cut bills and greenhouse gas emissions\n\n\"Heat networks such as these will help home and business owners to cut their energy bills - but it will also help us to meet our goal of cutting Wales' greenhouse gas emissions,\" said Welsh Environment Minister Lesley Griffiths.\n\nCardiff council said it was an \"exciting opportunity\" which could save 5,600 tonnes of carbon each year.\n\nThe 11 buildings in Cardiff which will be heated in this way during the first phase include County Hall, the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Vale College and the Senedd - Welsh Parliament.\n\nIn Bridgend, the funding will help develop a new system of distribution pipes taking excess heat from a combined heat and power plant and thermal storage facility.\n\nThis will supply heat to public buildings within the town centre and can connect to new, lower carbon heat sources in the future.\n\nInitially the scheme will serve public sector buildings in the town centre, including the Bowls Hall, the Civic Centre offices, the Bridgend Life Centre and a new residential development.\n\nLike the Cardiff project, businesses and households could be connected to the system in future phases.\n\nThe UK government funding is part of its Heat Networks Investment Project, a £320m fund to support the construction of heat networks across England and Wales.\n\nSimon Hart said the projects would \"help heat hundreds of homes and buildings\"\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart said the UK government would \"help heat hundreds of homes and buildings\" using greener energy sources.\n\n\"It also marks another step forward for our ambitious Clean Growth Strategy and moves us closer to our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.\"", "A female golden eagle flying in to an eyrie in the Cairngorms National Park\n\nGolden eagles have bred at a \"rewilding\" estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years.\n\nAn eagle pair successfully reared the chick at an artificial eyrie on the 10,000-acre Trees for Life Dundreggan estate.\n\nThis positive news came as it emerged that a young tagged gold eagle known as Tom has gone missing in Perthshire.\n\nTom was being satellite-tracked by Raptor Persecution UK.\n\nSpringwatch presenter Chris Packham has also been working on the tagging project.\n\nThe Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group said members of the community in Strathbraan had been out looking for Tom.\n\nOn the Dundreggan estate an artificial nest was built five years ago high on a rocky crag, on the remains of an old nest site.\n\nIts purpose was to encourage a pair of golden eagles to mate. It was made using branches from the native pines and birch trees that cover the mountain slopes.\n\nDoug Gilbert is the manager of the estate. He has been checking the eyrie every spring for the last five years. He described it as a \"rewilding successes story beyond our wildest dreams\".\n\nThe 10,000-acre Dundreggan estate is owned by Trees for Life, which aims to revive the ancient Caledonian forest\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I feel elated. Absolutely amazing. To have done a little bit of management, and to have a wild bird decide it's a good place to be, and produce a chick, then it's wonderful.\"\n\nMr Gilbert said the \"rewilding\" approach adopted at Dundreggan had helped. The estate used to be managed for deer stalking, and the animals tend to graze on tender saplings before they can become mature.\n\nNow the deer population has been reduced to a level where trees can grow again. \"Golden eagle-friendly\" mountaintop forests have been replanted, containing tough, waist-high \"wee trees\", such as dwarf birch and downy willow.\n\nThere has been a recorded increase in black grouse, which is an important food source for golden eagles.\n\nHowever Mr Gilbert said: \"I do worry for the safety of the chick. They are renowned for wandering quite far distances. There are several black spots where eagles regularly disappear. Some of them are well within range of a young golden eagle - just 50 km away, and chicks can travel for 100-150km.\"\n\n\"What we are doing here won't change the course of history,\" said Mr Gilbert. \"But if we can produce one chick, rather than one being killed somewhere else, then it's a good thing.\"\n\nAround 120 miles south, in the Strathbraan area of the Perthshire uplands, the young tagged golden eagle known as Tom has been reported missing. Tom was hatched in Argyll in May 2019.\n\nTom the eagle hatched in Argyll in May 2019. His last known location transmitted by his tag before it stopped working was on May 18 in Perthshire.\n\nFour of the eagles that were tagged by Raptor Persecution UK (RPUK) in 2017 have since disappeared.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed they have carried out enquiries regarding the missing golden eagle. They said no criminality had so far been established, but are appealing for information.\n\nIt's unclear what has happened to Tom. While some claim that its tag could simply have stopped working, golden eagles do face persecution.\n\nA number of grouse shooting estates are located in the Strathbraan region. According to the RSPB, Tom is now the sixth golden eagle to have disappeared in this area since 2014.\n\nAlice Bugden, co-ordinator of Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group, which has members in the Stathbraan area where Tom's tag stopped signalling, said: \"We have read all the speculation about Tom. Members of the community, gamekeepers, shepherds and families all went out looking for the bird.\n\n\"People in this area are rightly concerned when any such news arises and they wanted to do something tangible to help but they are also fed up of allegation and smear by campaigners whose sole intent is to force governments north and south of the border to licence or ban grouse shooting.\"\n\nA video published by Chris Packham on Twitter highlighting Tom's case has so far had almost 300,000 views. He said: \"We have no proof as to what happened, apart from that the tag, which had a full battery, and was transmitting consistently, failed catastrophically.\n\nGolden eagles prey on a variety of species, but their diet sometimes includes bird species that have been specifically managed to be killed for sport, like grouse or pheasant.\n\nFarmers, gamekeepers, shepherds and local people have been looking out to see if they can find any trace of Tom\n\nA report by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) in 2017 concluded that a third of satellite-tagged golden eagles had disappeared suspiciously. It found that 41 of 131 tracked birds disappeared between 2004 and 2016.\n\nScientists say they have ruled out malfunctioning tags and wind farms as possible causes for the eagles vanishing. The study also found that the majority of cases - although not all - were in areas which are managed for grouse shooting.\n\nAlice Budgen commented: \"The only way through this intractable game of trial by media is to have independent parties involved who can monitor exactly what these tags are showing, what their strengths and limitations are and can also factor in the very many other reasons which tags can fail which are nothing to do with persecution. That is the story which the public is not hearing.\n\n\"Only neutral bodies, free of agenda, can end the insinuations and base this around evidence. If it means perpetrators being caught, good, if it means the ability to shine a light on the truth, good.\n\n\"It will be a huge step forward from where we are now, which is whole communities of people being guilty until proven innocent.\"\n\nBut the principal adviser on science for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Professor Des Thompson, told the BBC it was \"shocking\" that disappearances continued to occur.\n\n\"Our scientific report to Scottish Government on the fates of satellite-tagged golden eagles found there was a pattern of suspicious activity surrounding the 'disappearance' of many of these birds. This work gave rise to Professor [Alan] Werritty's Grouse Moor Management Report which ministers are considering.\"\n\nIan Thomson, head of investigations at RSPB Scotland said: \"We have had 50 or so golden eagles go missing in identical circumstances on grouse moors since 2004. It's in the nature of a young eagle to be nomadic. They go all over Scotland, right up to the Inner Hebrides, then when they travel to the grouse moors in the East, they disappear mysteriously.\"\n\n\"There have been no prosecutions for the killing of a golden eagle in Scotland,\" said Mr Thomson. \"It is a real stain on the reputation of a country that likes to portray itself as one of wild natural beauty.\"\n\nAccording to the last national survey, in 2015, there were 508 pairs of golden eagles in Scotland. Conservationists say that their range could be much greater; two-thirds of traditional territories are still unoccupied.\n\nRuth Tingay, from RPUK, told BBC News: \"The Scottish government has known about the persecution of golden eagles on grouse moors for decades. It has kicked it into the long grass. The case has been made; there is huge public support, and there has been every opportunity to legislate. It's clear the industry can't self-regulate.\"\n\nHowever, Tim Baynes, who is moorland director for Scottish Land & Estates, said: \"Local estates have been actively involved in efforts to find the golden eagle... We realise that when a tag stops transmitting there will be speculation as to whether it has died or has been killed. However, as searches have found nothing and eagles were recorded flying in the area shortly after the tag stopped transmitting and thereafter, this bird could well be still flying around with a malfunctioning tag.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Scottish Government said it condemned \"in the strongest possible terms\" any crime carried out against wildlife, and that it was taking decisive action in a range of ways.\n\n\"The Animals and Wildlife Act which has just become law increases the maximum penalties for the most serious wildlife crime - including the illegal killing of birds of prey - to five years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine, and extends the time available to Police Scotland to investigate.\n\n\"We also commissioned the Werritty report on grouse moor management and will publish our response in the autumn.\"\n\nThere are various satellite tagging projects going on in Scotland. According to the RSPB, they are regulated by the British Trust for Ornithology.\n\nThose who carry out the tagging have to be rigorously trained; there are only \"a handful\" who have permission. The projects pass their data to the police force, who then decide whether to lead any investigation. The organisation said they are 98% reliable.\n\nThe Scottish Government is currently considering its response to most recent independent report into the management of grouse moors: The Werrity Review was published December 2019.", "Travel firm Tui has seen a sharp jump in bookings for 2021 as customers make early plans for next year.\n\nThe UK's largest tour operator said bookings for next summer were up by a \"very promising\" 145%.\n\nNews of a bounce-back came as Tui posted a €1.1bn (£995m) loss for the three months to June as lockdown brought the travel industry to a halt.\n\nTui's travel operations restarted in Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean and Egypt in mid-May.\n\nSome of the new holiday bookings for 2021 are either amended bookings or holiday voucher bookings made by customers whose trips were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nIn late July, Tui said it would shut 166 High Street stores in the UK and Ireland. Bookings plunged 81% for this summer and are 40% lower for a scaled-back winter programme.\n\nAnd the industry's hopes of saving the rest of this summer were dealt a blow with new restrictions travel to Spain, and growing worries that France could be put on a quarantine list.\n\nBut Tui said on Thursday it was now seeing \"encouraging signs of customer demand\" as travel restrictions globally start to ease.\n\nSome travellers who have skipped holidays this summer or opted for staycations have said they intend to splash out on foreign breaks this Christmas and next summer.\n\nLast month, travel firm Kuoni said bookings for December departures to Barbados were 30% up on the same point last year, while demand for the Maldives has increased by 20%.\n\nTui also said it had agreed compensation with aircraft maker Boeing over the prolonged grounding of 737 Max planes.\n\nThe travel firm is to receive \"staggered\" compensation over the next two years, credits against future orders and a deferral of 61 aircraft deliveries. The exact amount of compensation has not been disclosed.\n\nTui also said on Thursday it had raised more money to help it weather the coronavirus crisis and cope with the winter, when travel bookings typically drop.\n\nThe Germany-based travel firm said it had agreed a second loan package with the German government worth €1.2bn, which would give it a total cash flow of €2.4bn.\n\nTui's flights and package holidays have now resumed, following easing of coronavirus restrictions\n\nAt the same time, Tui said it was also looking to cut costs by 30% across the firm.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said it will be a \"difficult path to recovery\" for the travel industry.\n\n\"The travel giant has been forced to put its hand out for a bailout from the German government to help stay afloat, but it will need to address the concerns that consumers will have when travelling again, while trying to offer a unique experience amidst social distancing measures if it's going to stand any chance of recovery,\" she said.\n\n\"Costs reductions must be a focus for the board over the next few months if the business is to have any chance of survival, which will likely add to the growing number of redundancies being made by UK firms.\"\n\nTui and other firms were this week criticised by consumer group Which? for being slow to refund travellers for flights and package holidays cancelled since March.\n\nAnd in July, the airline regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), said it was \"not satisfied\" that Tui, Virgin Atlantic and Ryanair were processing refunds quickly enough.\n\nWhich? said that despite the intervention from the CAA, refunds are still too slow and airlines are \"falling short\" of promises made to the regulator.", "Price previously could not be named due to reporting restrictions\n\nThe 17-year-old boy convicted of murdering teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck has been named as Rocky Marciano Price.\n\nThe 47-year-old mother-of-two's body was found in a shallow grave in Accrington Cemetery two weeks after she went missing while walking in 2019.\n\nPrice, who previously could not be named due to reporting restrictions, was found guilty of her murder at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday.\n\nHe will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nTrial judge Mrs Justice Yip ruled the public interest in knowing Price's identity outweighed concerns over his welfare.\n\n\"This was a dreadful crime which understandably generated strong public interest,\" she said.\n\n\"The public will naturally want to know who this person was as they come to terms with something that rocked the local community.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police released CCTV footage of Price as part of an appeal for information\n\nPrice had admitted moving Mrs Birbeck's body in a wheelie bin, but had claimed he buried her for a stranger who had promised him money.\n\nHis parents, Creddy, 47, and Martina, 39, took him to a local police station after a CCTV clip used by police in an appeal showed a young male pulling the wheelie bin on Burnley Road.\n\nHis conviction came a year to the day that Mrs Birbeck went missing.\n\nThe trial heard Price had no previous convictions or cautions and had lived all his life with his parents and at their home off Whinney Hill Road, near the cemetery, where several members of his family had been laid to rest.\n\nThe court heard he was an exceptionally quiet teenager with learning difficulties who attended a local specialist school after he was diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).\n\nIt can also now be reported that Price faced two trials, as an initial case was halted in March.\n\nIt was stopped after an unconnected police investigation into false imprisonment found mobile phone footage of a man claiming he was involved in Mrs Birbeck's murder and the disposal of her body.\n\nPrice's defence team successfully argued that the jury should be discharged on the basis he could not receive a fair trial and they needed time to explore the footage.\n\nAt the time, Mrs Justice Yip said it was \"unusual and unfortunate that the evidence has emerged during the trial\", adding that if the case had continued, the matter \"would have been pursued to the Court of Appeal on grounds of possible fresh evidence\".\n\nAn investigation by more than 20 police officers later concluded that the information in the footage was false, allowing a second trial to proceed.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The majority of the Wayuu live in La Guajira, a poor region in the north of the country Image caption: The majority of the Wayuu live in La Guajira, a poor region in the north of the country\n\nThe pandemic is putting the lives of indigenous Wayuu people in Colombia in danger and is putting children at risk of malnutrition, according to Human Rights Watch.\n\nWith a population of at least 270,000, the Wayuu are Colombia’s largest group of indigenous people. The majority of the Wayuu live in La Guajira, a poor region in the north of the country.\n\nLockdown measures - in particular travel restrictions - have seriously limited access to food for Wayuu, HRW said in a report with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health.\n\n“Rural indigenous communities in La Guajira can’t get sufficient food or enough water for basic hygiene, such as handwashing, and access to health care and information is very poor,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch.\n\n“This situation has for years contributed to one of the highest levels of child malnutrition in Colombia, and it raises critical concerns in the current context of Covid-19.”\n\nIndigenous peoples tend to be at higher risk from emerging infectious diseases and Covid-19 is no exception.\n\nAmazonian indigenous groups are particularly vulnerable to dying from Covid-19 because they often live days away from professional medical help.\n\nAs of 28 July , the disease had killed 1,108 indigenous people and there had been 27,517 recorded cases, with the majority in Brazil, according to data published by Red Eclesial Panamazonia.", "'I still have a future and I can make the most of my education'\n\nWhen Heavenly Bomba, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, moved to Cardiff to be reunited with her mother, she wanted to study medicine. But the 19-year-old could not speak English at the time. While the focus is on A-levels today, many who have studied outside the traditional route in the classroom, will also get results helping them towards a career in their chosen field. Heavenly is one of many students on the Future Pathways programme, supported by Cardiff City, who have got their exam results today. The programme provides an alternative style of learning for those leaving secondary school, offering BTEC courses and a foundation degree in community football and development. Heavenly enrolled on a traineeship programme with the foundation and is now a full-time student and studying for a BTEC level 3 extended diploma in sport, with the hope of going to university to study physiotherapy. “Coming here has made me realise that I still have a future and that I can make the most of my education,\" she said, \"I thought I would only be here to develop my English, but I am part of a team here. I am with people who want to help me grow in my new home.” After leaving school without any qualifications, Nathan Chichester, 20, from Cardiff, started on the programme due to his love of the Bluebirds. He has been accepted on the charity’s foundation degree, a two-year course designed for people wanting to gain a university qualification, working towards a career in football. “I’ve been massively inspired by the tutors at Cardiff City FC Foundation, they have helped me realise and achieve my goals, as well as provide me with an insight into my future career options,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Welsh firms meet the challenge of producing PPE in case of a second wave\n\nA \"can-do\" attitude among businesses in Wales has made them an \"essential\" part of the PPE supply chain during the pandemic, it has been claimed.\n\nThe director of a manufacturing firm which started making PPE in March said firms in Wales had been motivated to create a \"sustainable\" supply chain.\n\nThe head of procurement for NHS Wales said businesses will be needed in the event of a second wave.\n\nIn April, PPE supplies in Wales were down to enough for \"just a few days\".\n\nThe admission came from the Welsh Government at the height of the pandemic as international competition for PPE meant delays in supply.\n\nAcross the UK there were also issues with the quality of stock provided from abroad.\n\nPPE products made in Wales are of a higher quality, according to Mark Roscrow, head of procurement for the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership\n\nMark Roscrow, head of procurement for the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, said having Welsh businesses involved in production had provided \"a greater sense of assurance\".\n\n\"We don't have to stock as much as we normally would have done because we have a product we can rely on on our doorstep\" he said.\n\nHe estimated there was now five times the level of PPE stock held by NHS Wales when compared with the start of the pandemic.\n\nWelsh Government figures show stocks stood at almost 130 million items at the end of July, and last week it announced hundreds of millions of pounds of extra funding to boost levels further.\n\nPart of that supply will come from businesses who had never made PPE until the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nBritish Rototherm, based in Neath Port Talbot, manufactured industrial measuring instruments until mid-March when they got a call from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, which urgently needed face shields.\n\nBritish Rototherm has gone from making 1,000 to more than 50,000 face shields a day, its managing director Oliver Conger says\n\nThe company's managing director, Oliver Conger, said they quickly figured out how to make the face shields and delivered on the order. It soon became clear how much need there was.\n\n\"Within a couple of days the phone was off the hook,\" Mr Conger recalled.\n\n\"We started producing about 1,000 a day, then we upped that to 10,000 a day, and right now we are producing in excess of 50,000 face shields a day.\"\n\nThe company also moved into making face masks, and in July it was announced they would be benefitting from part of £14m in UK government funding aimed at boosting supply of high-quality face masks.\n\nThe \"can-do\" attitude of Welsh business had helped establish a PPE supply chain, Mr Conger believes\n\nMr Conger said he was sure the location of the business was a big part of its success.\n\n\"The spirit certainly within Wales has been a can-do attitude - let's get this done, let's make it a success [and] let's have a sustainable manufacturing base for PPE.\"\n\nTo get its products up to the required safety standards, British Rototherm enlisted the help of the Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory in Bridgend.\n\nIt is the only NHS facility in the whole of the UK able to test the full range of PPE for adherence to health and safety guidelines.\n\nLaboratory director Pete Phillips said he believes local PPE supply is the best way to ensure quality.\n\n\"It's impossible for us to go out to audit a manufacturer in China,\" he explained.\n\n\"You have to rely on agents on the ground in China, but if it's a manufacturer of masks in Pontardawe, someone can actually go down and look at their quality management system and look at the products.\"\n\nAt the height of the outbreak, Mr Phillips said PPE stocks were low so the health service had to rely on less well-known or untested suppliers, which did lead to issues with quality.\n\nThe laboratory found more than 60 faulty or fraudulently certified batches of PPE in the first four months of the pandemic, which Mr Phillips said was more than it had seen in the past 10 years.\n\nAsked whether the UK could ever supply all of its own PPE, Mr Phillips said it was \"certainly doable\", adding the country now has the same capacity for keeping prices low as the world's major manufacturers.\n\n\"In the past, people went to China because of cheap labour, but now China is moving towards a lot of automation and we can do automation here in Wales,\" he added.\n\nWhile being self-sufficient in terms of PPE is the aim, Mr Roscrow believes that is still \"some way off\".\n\nFor now, his priority is having the stock ready for the demands of the next few months, and a potential spike in cases.\n\n\"We're taking this point in time to re-stock product to a higher level than we would have at the start of this [pandemic]. That link to Welsh-based suppliers makes it easier.\"\n\nMr Roscrow said he knows PPE is just one part of the plan to fight Covid-19, which includes an international effort to find a vaccine.\n\nHe added: \"Hopefully a combination of these things will put us in a far better position to respond to a second wave.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Better-off pupils in England will see larger school funding increases than poorer pupils under the government's latest plan, a study suggests.\n\nThe government's drive to \"level up\" funding will disproportionately benefit schools in better-off areas, argues the Education Policy Institute (EPI).\n\nThe schools' budget will rise by £7.1bn by 2022-23 under government plans.\n\nThe government said schools with higher numbers of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds remained a priority.\n\nSchool leaders in England have been complaining of a worsening budget squeeze.\n\nThe government has responded by announcing a National Funding Formula for schools, designed to ensure pupils with the same characteristics get the same level of funding, regardless of where in the country they go to school.\n\nThe Department for Education says the plan will give \"every school more money for every child\".\n\nBut new details announced last month by the prime minister included plans to \"level up\" budgets and boost the amount received by schools in areas where funding is lower.\n\nAccording to the study, the reason why funding for some schools is lower is because they have fewer pupils from poor backgrounds who are eligible for extra pots of money such as the pupil premium, which aims to boost the attainment of the most disadvantaged.\n\nAnd it argues that the prime minister's plan to level-up school funding \"appears to be distorting\" the original aim of the National Funding Formula, directing a disproportionate amount of the extra money to schools with fewer pupils from poorer backgrounds.\n\nIt warns that while pupils from low income backgrounds continue to attract more funding overall, the link between school funding and pupil need is beginning to unravel.\n\nThe report suggests that over the four school years ending in July 2022:\n\nReport author Jon Andrews acknowledges that while more money overall is going into the school system \"it's being more targeted towards better-off areas and better-off schools rather than schools that are serving disadvantaged communities\".\n\nEPI executive chairman David Laws adds that as the learning of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds has been particularly badly affected by the pandemic, \"they will need maximum support to ensure their life chances are not damaged\".\n\n\"But by skewing extra funding towards more affluent pupils, the government's approach... is fundamentally at odds with this goal.\"\n\nEducation unions say the extra money is badly targeted and not enough.\n\n\"Focusing the additional funding available away from those students with the greatest need will result in many children not getting the education they deserve,\" said the National Education Union's deputy general secretary, Avis Gilmore.\n\nJulia Harden of the Association of School and College Leaders said many head teachers in poorer areas were concerned their schools could be worse off \"because school costs are rising above inflation\".\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Kate Green said the plan \"actually bakes in inequality\".\n\nAnd Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Layla Moran added: \"This government's funding policy fails to take account of the additional support some pupils need to help them thrive during their time in school.\"\n\nThe Department for Education said the funding formula continued to target schools with the greatest numbers of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 17% earmarked for pupils with additional needs.\n\n\"Schools which have been historically underfunded will also receive the greatest increase as every child deserves a superb education, regardless of which school they attend or where they happen to our grow up, with our £1bn Covid catch-up package on top of this, levelling up opportunities for every young person up and down the country,\" the statement concluded.", "More than 20 emergency vehicles have been sent to tackle a wildfire on Chobham Common in Surrey.\n\nLocal roads have closed to allow access for emergency vehicles.", "Keeley Bunker had been to a concert in Birmingham to celebrate her recent 20th birthday\n\nA man convicted of raping and murdering his friend on the way home from celebrating her birthday has been jailed for a minimum of 29 years.\n\nWesley Streete, 20, raped Keeley Bunker and dumped her body in a brook in Wigginton Park, Tamworth, in September 2019, hiding her under branches.\n\nMs Bunker had earlier been to a concert to celebrate turning 20 and \"trusted\" the killer to walk her home.\n\nThe former warehouse packer, previously of St Austell Close, Tamworth, was also found guilty of two other counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against three other victims.\n\nStreete repeatedly lied about what had happened to the would-be classroom assistant after they returned to Tamworth following a night out at Snobs nightclub in Birmingham.\n\nSentencing Streete, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said the killer formed a \"carefully crafted\" scheme of falsehoods following his crime, tailored to fit the evidence.\n\nWesley Streete was \"trusted\" by Ms Bunker, who he had known since infant school\n\nPrior to leaving for home, Ms Bunker had told a female friend: \"I've got Wes, he'll walk me back. It'll be fine.\"\n\nStreete, who once had a football scholarship to play for Lichfield and Tamworth, initially told police he had left her to walk home alone.\n\nHe then changed his account at least four times before his trial, and in court claimed he had accidentally killed her during sex.\n\nThe judge told Streete that, on the way back to Ms Bunker's house, he was \"satisfied you persuaded Keeley to divert to the rugby club, probably on the pretext of going for a smoke\".\n\nHe said: \"What took place in Wigginton Park is you proceeded to rape Keeley Bunker, in the course of which you murdered her by throttling her, in all probability by placing her in a choke-hold for sufficient period of time to kill her\".\n\nThe judge stated the choke-hold would have been \"minutes, rather than seconds\".\n\n\"When you had finished with her you decided to hide Keeley's now lifeless body by depositing it in the brook, covering it up with branches.\n\n\"You then walked back to your home, went to bed and slept.\"\n\nMembers of Keeley Bunker's family arrived at Stafford Crown Court for the sentencing\n\nMs Bunker's uncle, Jason Brown, found her partially-submerged body during a massive search effort involving family, friends and police.\n\nAfter Streete's conviction, Debbie Watkins, Ms Bunker's mother, said she had been \"robbed\" of her \"precious and beautiful\" daughter.\n\nMs Bunker's sister described her sibling as \"one of the most vibrant, caring and beautiful souls this earth has ever seen\".\n\nThe judge said not only had she \"lost the opportunity of fulfilling her life ambition, helping to educate young children\", her family had \"lost the company of their beloved daughter, sister and niece\".\n\nHe said the starting point for Streete's sentence would be a minimum of 30 years, but reduced the tariff to 29 years and 46 days, allowing for time already served.\n\nThe judge told Streete: \"You may never be released as that will only occur if and when the Parole Board is satisfied it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that you should be confined.\n\n\"Even if you are released, you will remain on licence and subject to recall for life.\"\n\nDet Insp Cheryl Hannan, senior investigating officer on the case, said: \"I welcome the outcome of this week's conviction and today's sentencing and hope it will bring some comfort to Keeley's friends and family.\n\n\"This devious and manipulative character, someone who repeatedly lied and targeted young women, is now behind bars and I am grateful to every single person who helped us reach this conclusion.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke with residents during their visit to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff\n\nA man has said it was \"upsetting\" to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit a care home where his father lives before his family was allowed to.\n\nThe Royal couple visited Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff on Wednesday.\n\nRhys Thomas said he was told he would be unable to see his father, former assembly member Owen John Thomas, until Friday after a carer tested positive.\n\nThe care home said Mr Thomas' father and others who had been isolated were not part of the visit.\n\nMr Thomas said he had accepted an apology from the \"very good\" care home.\n\nOwen John Thomas, pictured left, with his wife Sian, his son Rhys and daughter-in-law Manon\n\nMr Thomas said he had not seen his father, who has dementia and has been in the care home for 18 months, since the start of July.\n\n\"It's a bit upsetting that we can't go but the Royal Family are allowed to go there and play bingo,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"We didn't know about it beforehand. Maybe the care home didn't know about it in advance, so I'm not critical of not knowing.\"\n\nWhile he said he understands the benefits of the visit to \"boost morale\", Mr Thomas said it was a \"bit insensitive\".\n\n\"I'm happy with the home - they provide very, very good care,\" he explained.\n\n\"I sent an email complaining, and I have had two phone calls from the care home today trying to explain. I accept their apology.\n\n\"It's nothing to do with being against the visit per se - some people of a certain generation would have appreciated that.\"\n\nPrince William and Catherine spoke to staff and residents at the care home\n\nMr Thomas said he would now be unable to see his father until Tuesday because he has to go away for five days.\n\n\"But of course, we don't know if the care home will be locked down again,\" he added.\n\n\"It looks like I could have gone on Wednesday, but the Duke and Duchess were there.\"\n\nHe said that with his father's illness \"every moment is precious\", especially with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShire Hall Care Home said the suspension of visitors only applied to one community in the home.\n\nIt said the dementia community at the home had been Covid-19 free for 28 days on Tuesday but, as it takes time to arrange visits in accordance with guidance, it wrote to all relatives concerned the previous day informing them they could begin facilitating outdoor visits from Thursday.\n\nMr Thomas said he did not receive this correspondence.\n\nCorrespondence between the local authority and the care home manager, seen by the BBC, states that the 28-day no-visitor period came to an end on Wednesday. This was also confirmed by Public Health Wales.\n\nThe care home said: \"We understand the importance of the connection between residents and their loved ones and have worked hard to develop innovative ways to keep them in touch throughout this challenging period.\"\n\nIt said the entire home had now been coronavirus-free for 28 days and visits to the home had resumed for all.\n\nIt added: \"We would like to thank relatives for their support during this challenging period.\"\n\nThe Royal Family have declined to comment and referred the BBC to the care home.", "The UK \"will not hesitate\" to add more countries to its travel quarantine list in order to protect public health, the chancellor has said.\n\nRishi Sunak told Sky News \"there is always the risk of disruption\" to holidays during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nArrivals to the UK from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra have been told they will need to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nIt comes amid a surge in cases in France.\n\nThe Foreign Office is also warning against \"all but essential travel\" to Belgium, Andorra and the Bahamas.\n\nBelgium has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Europe at 49.2 per 100,000 people, compared with 14.3 per 100,000 in the UK.\n\nFor comparison, Spain's rate was 27.4 per 100,000 around the time it was removed from the UK's travel corridor list of countries exempt from quarantine restrictions.\n\nAccording to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, France recorded 23.4 cases per 100,000 people in the last two weeks.\n\nMeanwhile, new infections in France rose by more than 40% on Friday, with 2,288 further cases over the past 24 hours. Some 1,604 new cases were reported on Thursday.\n\nOn Friday, the UK reported a further 98 people had died with the virus, taking the total to 46,511, with a further 871 people testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe total includes all deaths in people who have ever tested positive and the actual cause of death may not be Covid-19 in all cases.\n\nAsked whether tourist destinations such as France could be next to be added to the quarantine list, Mr Sunak told the BBC the government was keeping the situation \"under constant review\" and that people should \"be mindful\" of the risk of disruption to travel given the global pandemic.\n\nHe told holidaymakers they should constantly look at government guidance and \"make the best decisions they can, knowing we live in uncertain times\".\n\nHe told Sky News No 10 was doing \"the right thing\", keeping the situation \"under review on a constant basis\" and consulting with scientists and medical advisers. If action was needed, the government would \"not hesitate to do that\", he said, in order \"to protect people's health\".\n\nThe new rules for Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra have already come into force in Wales and will take effect in the rest of the UK from 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nContinental rail service Eurostar said there was an increase in passengers travelling on its trains from Brussels to London on Friday, beating the deadline.\n\nQuarantines have already been re-imposed for travellers from Spain and Luxembourg.\n\nBut people arriving in England and Wales from Brunei and Malaysia will no longer need to self-isolate, after a decrease in confirmed new coronavirus cases there.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required to after being abroad can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Those returning to Scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nJoshua Holloway, who works at the University of Ghent, in northwest Belgium, says the \"crushing\" quarantine news means he will have to abandon plans to visit his family in Shropshire next week.\n\nHe says they cannot visit him, because they can't afford to miss two weeks of work when they return to the UK, adding: \"I also cannot go to the UK for an additional period of two weeks prior to when I had planned to travel in order to be able to enjoy a long weekend there.\"\n\nMr Holloway called on No 10 to provide \"clearer guidelines\" on the number of cases a country would need to hit to trigger its removal from the quarantine exemptions list.\n\n\"With the current system, there is no indication at all as to when Belgium will reappear on the quarantine-free list,\" he said.\n\nThe Department of Transport has confirmed people travelling through Belgium by car from Germany or the Netherlands to the UK do not need to isolate on arrival so long as all the travellers remained in the car throughout their time in Belgium - including not getting out at service stations.\n\nHowever, it is permitted to drop a passenger off in Belgium without the need to isolate, so long as they don't get back in the car.\n\nHow have you been affected by the changes to the UK's travel quarantine list? Tell us about your experience by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nIt's a relief for Lisa Dalton and her family who want to take their car via the Eurotunnel and then drive non-stop through Belgium to the Netherlands.\n\n\"My husband is Dutch and he was going to go with my son to The Netherlands to see family. They hadn't seen them since before lockdown.\n\nMs Dalton said they would have cancelled their trip had they needed to self-isolate, due to her husband's work commitments and not wanting her son to be stuck indoors.\n\nMeanwhile, the Department for Transport has said that rail travellers arriving in the UK on journeys which include a stop in Belgium will need to quarantine unless no new passengers boarded the train and no-one left it before getting back on.\n\nThis means Eurostar passengers travelling from Amsterdam to London will need to self-isolate, as the journey involves a change of trains in Brussels.\n\nEurotunnel have drafted in extra staff to help with customer queries, as people call to rearrange their travel plans between the UK and Belgium.", "The number of people in England testing positive for coronavirus may be levelling off, according to a household survey by the Office for National Statistics.\n\nAfter a low in cases at the end of June, it estimated infections had risen slightly in July.\n\nRestrictions have been introduced in Preston and kept in place in 18 other areas to control outbreaks.\n\nThe ONS figures are based on throat and nose swabs from nearly 120,000 people.\n\nThey are tested whether they have symptoms or not.\n\nIndividuals in hospitals and care homes are not included in the ONS survey, which has been estimating cases in private households since May.\n\nFigures for Wales have been included for the first time - and during the week of 27 July to 2 August, 1,400 people are estimated to have had Covid-19.\n\nIn England, the figure for the same week is 28,300.\n\nHowever, there is uncertainty around these figures because they are based on modelling a sample of the population and a very small number of positive tests - just 53 people from 53 households over six weeks.\n\nAnd the ONS says there is no clear evidence from its survey to say whether infection rates differ by region in England.\n\nPreston, in Lancashire, has now also been added to that list.\n\nThis means there are stricter rules on socialising for people living in these areas and for businesses, in order to control the spread of the virus.\n\nPublic Health England's watchlist of areas with rising cases now includes Blackburn with Darwen, Leicester, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees.\n\nLeicester was the first place in the UK to have a local lockdown introduced after a rise in Covid-19 cases. The city's pubs and restaurants are now preparing for their first weekend open in months.\n\nAt a national level, PHE says 4,605 cases of coronavirus were detected in the last week of July - similar to the week before.\n\nAny sign of cases levelling off is welcome news.\n\nThe ONS can only say this \"may\" be happening because its trends are based on 53 people testing positive for the virus over a six week period. It is too small a number to be certain.\n\nThis set of data is from people who were tested between 27 July and 2 August. That means it is too soon to seen the effect of the greater restrictions imposed on parts of northern England, which came in late on 30 July, or Boris Johnson postponing the easing of lockdown planned for the start of August.\n\nThe latest data does not contradict UK chief medical advisor, Prof Chris Whitty, saying last week that we are \"near the limit\" of opening up society. And the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has warned that it \"does not have confidence\" that R is currently below 1 in England.\n\nHowever, these are national pictures and what is most important is the data from where you live.\n\nThe ONS infection survey cannot pick out a Leicester and the R number cannot say Aberdeen is different to the rest of Scotland.\n\nThe latest R number for the UK was also published on Friday. It is now estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.0, suggesting coronavirus cases in the UK are either stable or shrinking slightly.\n\nHowever SAGE, the government's scientific advisors, says it does \"not have confidence that R is currently below 1 in England\".\n\nThe number relates to how many people each infected person is passing the virus on to. Anything above 1.0 means cases are starting to grow again.\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of the epidemiology of infectious diseases, at the University of Nottingham, said estimating R was becoming \"increasingly difficult\" because of the small number of cases around.\n\n\"A local cluster in one part of a region such as Leicester in the East Midlands can give a value over 1 overall for the region but the figure would be much lower in the rest of the region.\n\n\"These local clusters need to be identified and managed with locally targeted measures,\" he said.\n\n\"For many parts of the country, infection rates continue to fall but caution and avoidance of high risk mixing needs to continue.\"\n\nProf Neal added: \"The best way the public can help control Covid-19 is to get tested if they have symptoms, and if positive, isolate and identify their contacts.\"", "People arriving into the UK from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will have to quarantine for 14 days.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes start at 04:00 BST on Saturday except in Wales, where it started midnight on Thursday.\n\nThe countries are the latest to have a change in rules, after quarantines were reimposed for Spain and Luxembourg.\n\nThe Foreign Office is also warning against \"all but essential travel\" to the three countries.\n\nBut travellers from Brunei and Malaysia arriving in England and Wales will no longer need to self-isolate, after a decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases.\n\nThe transport secretary has previously said he \"cannot rule out\" other countries being included on the list as the travel advice is kept under review.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and those returning to Scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nUp to 1.8 million British nationals visit Belgium every year, while 150,000 visit Andorra. The Bahamas, meanwhile, saw more than 36,000 visits from the UK in 2018.\n\nAccording to figures on Thursday, Belgium has a rate of 49.2 new cases per 100,000 people, above the UK's latest rate of 14.3. For comparison, Spain's rate was 27.4 around the time it was removed from the UK's travel corridor list.\n\nLast week, Belgium introduced new restrictions that mean that people can only meet the same five people outside their household in a month.\n\nMeanwhile, Belgium's neighbour, France, is also seeing a surge in cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nMr Shapps tweeted: \"Data shows we need to remove Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from our list of [coronavirus] travel corridors in order to keep infection rates DOWN.\n\n\"If you arrive in the UK after 0400 Saturday from these destinations, you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.\"\n\nScottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the governments of all four UK nations agreed to the changes \"based on a shared understanding of the data\".\n\n\"Imposing quarantine requirements on those arriving from another country is not a decision made lightly - but suppressing the virus and protecting public health remains our priority,\" he said.\n\nThese changes are not going to cause quite the same disruption as we saw when Spain was removed from the exemptions list.\n\nFar fewer Brits head to these destinations; just a few tens of thousands go to the Bahamas each year and it currently has a nationwide lockdown in force.\n\nBut the change to Belgium's status will have a knock-on effect for people planning to head to other European destinations too.\n\nAnyone travelling through Belgium will now find they have to quarantine when they get back.\n\nIt's also likely to make things a bit nervy for people planning a trip to other, more popular, holiday destinations where Covid rates have been on the rise.\n\nAll in all, it looks like the summer getaway is set to stay pretty unpredictable for a while yet.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", dozens of countries which were exempt from the rule, including France, Italy and Germany.\n\nSince then, a few more countries have been added but Spain and Luxembourg have been removed.\n\nIt comes as figures showed that demand for the Eurotunnel - which takes people between the UK and France with their vehicles - is recovering to pre-coronavirus levels quicker than air travel.\n\nThe tunnel's passenger numbers were down 21% in July compared to July last year - whereas the UK's biggest airlines are operating at less than half their capacities last month.\n\nHow have you been affected by the latest quarantine developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:\n• None You finally got abroad, but was it worth it?", "The app should log when two people have been within 2m of each other for more than 15 minutes\n\nA second attempt at a Covid-19 contact-tracing app for England will soon be tested by members of the public.\n\nOfficials hope to confirm the date for the limited roll-out within a few days. It could be as soon as next week.\n\nThe app will let people scan barcode-like QR codes to log venue visits, as well as implementing Apple and Google's method of detecting other smartphones.\n\nBut efforts are still ongoing to deliver medical test results within the product.\n\nUsers will get alerts if others they have recently been close to declare that they have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.\n\nThe software will provide information about the prevalence of the disease in the local area to encourage people to be more cautious if levels rise.\n\nThe Times has reported that users could also be given a rough count of how many times a day they have been within 2m (6.6ft) of any other person with the app installed, for more than 15 minutes. This could help people spot instances where they could have taken more care and help change their behaviour.\n\nBut it appears that Baroness Harding and others in charge of the NHS Test and Trace team still do not believe enough progress has been made to rely on Bluetooth signals to direct users to self-isolate for a fortnight.\n\nBaroness Harding is concerned that the accuracy of Apple and Google's system\n\nThat contrasts with their counterparts in Northern Ireland. They launched the StopCOVID NI app last week, which is built round the same Apple-Google framework.\n\nIt does tell users to go into quarantine for 14 days if it determines there is a good chance they have been exposed to the virus.\n\nThe BBC has been told that officials are considering using the Isle of Wight again to test the English app, and this time other areas could also be involved.\n\nHowever, no formal decision has been made as yet.\n\nOne technologist said she was concerned the app was being pushed out in an unfinished state to stop further questions being asked about the absence of a contact-tracing app in England at a time local lockdowns are coming into force.\n\n\"The fact that the software works on the phone doesn't mean it's going to create the change that is needed in a community,\" added Rachel Coldicutt.\n\n\"We're only going to know it's effective if it produces timely changes in people's behaviour.\"\n\nThe government has published limited details about what the new app will do on its website.\n\nNorthern Ireland launched its contact tracing app at the end of July\n\nIt adds that both the Bluetooth and QR code systems are decentralised.\n\nThis means that checks to see whether a user has been close to a person later diagnosed as having the virus, or been to one of the flagged venues, happen on their device. As a consequence, officials cannot identify them unless they make contact themselves, which they might do to order a test or warn others.\n\nIt remains unclear how long it will be until the app is rolled out nationwide in England.\n\n\"The real power of the app will come with mass adoption,\" the document acknowledges, adding that businesses and public services will be asked to help encourage its use when it is ready.", "Jacqueline Jossa doing a bush tucker trial on her way to winning the 2019 series\n\nI'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! will relocate from the Australian jungle to a ruined British castle for this year's series, ITV has said.\n\nThe broadcaster said the coronavirus pandemic meant it \"just wasn't possible for us to travel and make the show\" Down Under as usual.\n\nThat means bush tucker trials are out, but ITV promised similarly \"gruelling trials and fun-filled challenges\".\n\nITV hasn't revealed the location, apart from saying it's \"in the countryside\".\n\nIt has also not revealed whether the participating celebrities will live in the castle itself or in a camp.\n\n\"Our celebrities will probably have to swap shorts for thermals but they can still look forward to a basic diet of rice and beans and plenty of thrills and surprises along the way,\" ITV Studios director of entertainment Richard Cowles said.\n\nLast year's launch show was ITV's most-watched programme of 2019\n\nThe company had \"pulled out all the stops\" to make the series happen in Australia, he said.\n\n\"Unfortunately, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and despite us looking at many different contingencies, it became apparent that it just wasn't possible for us to travel and make the show there,\" he said.\n\n\"However, we are all really excited about a UK version of I'm A Celebrity. While it will certainly be different producing the show from the UK, the same tone and feel will remain.\"\n\nAnt and Dec will present the 20th series, with the winner to be crowned the first king or queen of the castle.\n\nThe announcement comes a week after ITV confirmed that the show would definitely return this autumn.\n\nDirector of television Kevin Lygo said: \"We announced last week that we were doing all we could to make the series and I'm thrilled that we can bring the show to viewers albeit not in the jungle.\n\n\"We have a great team both on and off-screen and I know they will produce a hugely entertaining series.\"\n\nIf the show had not gone ahead this year, it would have been a major blow for the channel as well as for viewers.\n\nThe 2019 launch show was its most-watched programme of the year, seen by more than 13 million people.\n\nThat made it the UK's most popular reality show, and was more than watched the top episodes for Strictly Come Dancing, Britain's Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off.\n\nOn Thursday, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the pandemic had put the broadcaster through \"one of the most challenging times\" in its history.\n\nAdvertising revenue for the April-to-June quarter fell by 43%, the company said.\n\nAnt and Dec will be back as hosts\n\nITV also hasn't set out details of whether the contestants will have to quarantine and have coronavirus tests beforehand.\n\nIn the US, the participants in the latest series of Big Brother All Stars had to quarantine for two weeks and have regular coronavirus tests before its launch on Wednesday.\n\nThe contestants wore masks and socially distanced from the host before entering, but were allowed to remove the masks and stop socially distancing once they were inside, Buzzfeed reported.\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. WATCH: Trump says Biden is 'against God and he's against guns'\n\nUS President Donald Trump has said Joe Biden is \"against God\", ramping up attacks on his Democratic rival and foreshadowing an ugly election battle.\n\nThe remarks, during a trip to Ohio, came as Mr Trump tries to make up ground in the crucial Midwestern states that were his path to victory in 2016.\n\n\"He's against God. He's against guns,\" said the president, a Republican.\n\nMr Biden, an avowed Catholic, will take on Mr Trump in November. Opinion polls suggest the Democrat currently leads.\n\nThe former US vice-president has spoken frequently about how his faith helped him cope with the deaths of his first wife and daughter in a 1972 car accident.\n\nHis campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement on Thursday: \"Joe Biden's faith is at the core of who he is; he's lived it with dignity his entire life, and it's been a source of strength and comfort in times of extreme hardship.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden: 'Why the hell would I take a cognitive test?'\n\nMr Trump, who identifies himself as Presbyterian, said of Mr Biden earlier in the day in Cleveland, Ohio: \"He's following the radical left agenda.\n\n\"Take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment. No religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God.\n\n\"He's against God, he's against guns, he's against energy, our kind of energy.\"\n\nMr Trump has been accused of using the platform of the presidency for political gain by injecting campaign-style rhetoric into taxpayer-funded official engagements intended to communicate US government policy.\n\nAt a washing machine factory later on Thursday, the president kept up the onslaught on his challenger.\n\n\"I wouldn't say he's at the top of his game,\" the president said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Biden appeared to suggest the African-American community was homogenous - a comment Mr Trump then described as \"very insulting\".\n\nIn an interview, Mr Biden had said: \"What you all know but most people don't know, unlike the African American community with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.\"\n\nHe later issued an apology 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 Joe Biden This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor his part, Mr Trump has long been accused of stoking racial tensions, going back decades before he became a political figure.\n\nLast year, Democrats from Virginia's Black Legislative Caucus boycotted Mr Trump's visit because of what they termed his \"racist and xenophobic\" rhetoric.\n\nBoth the Trump and Biden campaigns have also traded accusations that their candidate has dementia. Mr Trump is 74 and Mr Biden 77.\n\nIn an advertisement released by the Trump campaign this week, the Democrat was depicted as \"hiding\" alone in his basement, using an image that had been edited to remove several other people.\n\nReligion has previously come up in this campaign. Mr Biden accused the president of cynically using a Bible for a photo op outside a church in early June after protesters - who were described by journalists at the scene as peaceful - had been forcibly dispersed by law enforcement outside the White House.\n\nThroughout his tenure, Mr Trump has enjoyed a mostly strong backing from evangelical Christians.\n\nIn his list of \"six promises\" for a second term unveiled in Ohio on Thursday, Mr Trump focused heavily on economic recovery, vowing to turn the US into a premier medical manufacturer, launch \"millions\" of manufacturing jobs and bring back American jobs and factories from abroad.\n\nThe pledges echo many of those from his 2016 campaign, a platform of economic populism often credited with his wins in swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio.\n\nMr Trump outlined six \"promises\" for his second term\n\nBut the president's message of prosperity has been thwarted this time around by the coronavirus outbreak. The US economy shrank at a 32.9% annual rate between April and June as the country faced lockdowns and spending cuts during the pandemic, marking the steepest decline since the government began keeping records in 1947.\n\nNow, polls show Mr Biden with leads in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - three industrial states his Republican rival won by margins of less than 1% to claim victory in 2016. And in Iowa, Ohio and Texas, where Mr Trump won last time by 8-10%, he is currently neck-and-neck with Mr Biden.", "Wearing face masks remind us \"these aren't normal times\" says Dr Scally\n\nThe Welsh Government should \"think again\" about making face masks compulsory in shops, a member of the Independent Sage group has said.\n\nDr Gabriel Scally, a visiting professor of public health, said wearing a face mask \"acts as a reminder that these aren't normal times\".\n\n\"Each individual action adds together,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\nThe Welsh Government has advised the use of face masks where social distancing is difficult.\n\nOn Thursday, Labour leader Keir Starmer failed to back the Welsh Government's stance on face masks in shops in an interview with BBC Wales, saying it was \"for each government to decide\".\n\nThe Independent Sage group was established by the UK government's former chief scientific adviser Sir David King as an alternative to Sage, the government's scientific advisory group.\n\nDr Scally, who is currently working from his home in St David's in Pembrokeshire, said: \"I personally think the Welsh Government should think again about making face coverings compulsory in shops because the evidence for it is fairly good.\n\n\"But it's not just the evidence, it also acts as a reminder that these aren't normal times and that we've all got to change our behaviour.\"\n\nHe added that although face coverings may not make a big difference alone, when combined with social distancing, better ventilation and recognition of symptoms, \"it all adds up to trying to keep us safe\".", "A combination of teachers' predictions and a school's recent results will be calculated to provide students with their grades this year\n\nSchools in England can appeal if they can show this year's GCSE and A-level results do not reflect recent improvements, the exams watchdog says.\n\nOfqual's announcement comes amid concern that the manner in which grades are calculated in the absence of exams could penalise some pupils.\n\nIn Scotland there were claims that a similar system marked down poorer pupils more heavily.\n\nIndividual pupils will not be able to challenge their grades, however.\n\nWith exams cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, A-level results on 13 August and GCSE results a week later are being calculated by combining teachers' estimated grades for individual pupils with a statistical model based on the school's past results.\n\nBasically, it means that if the evidence suggests a school has been a little too generous in how it thinks pupils would have performed, the school's results will be adjusted downwards.\n\nSome head teachers had criticised the \"narrow\" right of appeal that was initially in place: it stated that schools could only challenge the results if there had been a technical error in calculating a particular grade.\n\nThis week saw Scotland's exam results' day overtaken by disappointment and anger that so many disadvantaged students appear to have had their teachers' estimates downgraded.\n\nAhead of A-levels results' day in England next week, the exams regulator has made, what many might consider, a strategic shift.\n\nIt's still no easier for a student to appeal - they can only do that on technical grounds of process, or if they have clear evidence of discrimination.\n\nBut, in theory at least, the shift makes it easier for a school to challenge results if they think the school's past history of poor exam grades is being unfairly applied.\n\nThat doesn't mean that many will succeed - the exams regulator in England has made it clear it thinks these cases will be rare.\n\nIn the short term, at least, it may take just some of the political sting out of results' day if it turns out as many students in England as in Scotland have had their teachers' estimates downgraded.\n\nThere have been no GCSEs or A-level exams this year, meaning results will be based on estimated grades\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said that system risked \"baking in inequality\" if results are based on a \"computer algorithm\" rather than \"merit\".\n\nWhen Scottish pupils received their results on Tuesday, there were warnings of a \"deluge\" of appeals after 125,000 grades were lowered - a quarter of the total - while only about 9,000 were adjusted upwards.\n\nSince then, Ofqual has said schools and colleges in England can challenge the results basing their arguments on a number of other grounds, including if the school has been through a major change of leadership which has turned around recent performances in the classroom.\n\nSchools which can show evidence they were expecting different results because they have an exceptional group of students this year can also contest the grades.\n\nOther grounds for appeal might be that past results were distorted by a \"monumental event\", such as a flood or fire, or the school has changed from a single-sex school to a mixed one.\n\nBut the exam regulator said it expects challenges to the way it calculates grades to be rare.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said: \"It is vital that students with exceptional circumstances are not held back by the way grades have been calculated.\"\n\nAlthough students cannot appeal directly to the exam boards over their calculated grades, they can submit allegations about bias or discrimination in the way their teachers estimated their grade.\n\nIn addition, students who are unhappy with the grades awarded also have the option of sitting A-level exams in October, or GCSE exams in November.\n\nOfqual has previously said it expects results to be higher this year than in previous summers, although lower than the \"optimistic\" predictions of teachers.\n\nIt also said it is confident that the results will show there was no \"unconscious bias\" in the predicted grades from teachers which might disadvantage ethnic minorities or poorer students.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nThe 2020 London Marathon will involve only elite athletes, with 45,000 'mass-event' runners unable to take part because of coronavirus concerns.\n\nThe much-anticipated contest between Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele will take place on a bio-secure closed course.\n\nReduced fields of 30-40 athletes will also compete for the elite women's and wheelchair titles on 4 October.\n\nThe 2021 race, meanwhile, will be on 3 October rather than a date in April.\n\nThat calendar shift from the traditional date is designed to maximise the chances of all runners being able to take part in next year's race.\n\nA plan to include the mass-participation event in the 2020 race, deploying high-tech tracking technology to monitor runners' proximity to each other, had been considered.\n\nHowever, event director Hugh Brasher said that plan had been made impossible by the logistical challenges of managing spectators and emergency service access across London, especially given the recent cancellation of spectator trials at other sporting events.\n\nInstead, it will only be the elite athletes that tackle a spectator-free course - following a different route to the usual one used for the London Marathon.\n\nThat route will consist of laps of roughly 1.5 miles, taking in The Mall, Horse Guards Parade, Birdcage Walk and the spur road running adjacent to front of Buckingham Palace.\n\nAs well as the showdown between four-time winner Kipchoge and Bekele, whose personal best is two seconds slower than Kipchoge's world record of two hours one minute 39 seconds, British Paralympic great David Weir will be aiming for a record ninth win in the wheelchair race.\n\nKenya's defending champion Brigid Kosgei, who beat Briton Paula Radcliffe's long-standing world record in Chicago in October, will headline the women's field, with course record holder Manuela Schar attempting to follow up her 2019 win in the women's wheelchair race.\n\nAthletes' times in the race will be eligible for Olympic qualification for the postponed Tokyo Games in 2021.\n\nWhile this year's Tokyo marathon took place in a similar form in March, with only elite runners taking part and spectators restricted in number, other major marathons have been cancelled.\n\nThe Berlin and New York races, which were scheduled be held on 27 September and 1 November respectively, are among those that will not take place in 2020.\n\nRunners with a place in the 2020 race, but not in the elite fields, will be able to compete virtually from any location around the world.\n\nThey are invited to run or walk 26.2 miles, taking breaks if required, over the course of 24 hours on 4 October, logging their progress on the event app.\n\nLast year, the London Marathon raised £66.4m for charities and good causes.\n\nBrasher said: \"We believe that Sunday 4 October will be a London Marathon like no other, taking the spirit of the world's greatest marathon to every corner of the globe, with runners raising vital funds for the charities that have been so severely affected by the economic effects of the pandemic.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says Aberdeen players 'blatantly' broke the rules on coronavirus\n\nThe number of cases in Aberdeen's Covid cluster has risen to 101 as Nicola Sturgeon said she was \"furious\" at footballers who broke lockdown rules.\n\nThe first minister said it was \"unacceptable\" that eight Aberdeen players had visited a bar in the city on Saturday night.\n\nThey are all now self-isolating after two tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nLockdown measures were reintroduced in the city on Wednesday as the number of cases in the cluster grew.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing there had been an additional 22 cases in the last day, taking the total to 101.\n\nThe total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Scotland rose by 43 on Friday, and no deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day.\n\nMs Sturgeon said 27 of the confirmed cases were in the Grampian area, although it was not yet clear how many were connected to the Aberdeen outbreak.\n\nThe Aberdeen players who are self-isolating had visited the city's Soul bar on Saturday.\n\nImages were shared on social media showing queues of people gathered outside the bar, which is one of about 30 venues now linked to the cluster.\n\nA picture taken at the weekend showed people queuing outside the Soul bar in Aberdeen\n\nMs Sturgeon said: \"It is now clear that all eight of these players visited a bar in Aberdeen on Saturday night.\n\n\"In doing so they blatantly broke the rules that had been agreed between the SFA, the SPFL, and the Scottish government, which, to put it mildly, is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThe first minister said she supported the decision to cancel the club's match with St Johnstone this weekend.\n\n\"We are asking members of the public to behave in a highly precautionary manner,\" she said.\n\n\"When a football club ends up with players infected with Covid - and let's remember this is not through bad luck but through clear breaches of the rules - we cannot take even a small risk that they then spread the infection to other parts of the country.\"\n\nAberdeen played their first game of the season at Pittodrie on Saturday\n\nMs Sturgeon added that she was \"pretty furious\" at the situation - and that if players did not abide by the rules, they were putting the return of the professional game at risk.\n\nAberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said he had apologised to football and health authorities, and to the other Premiership clubs.\n\n\"Regrettably, what has happened in the last few days has undermined all the hard work that has gone into keeping our players and staff safe,\" he said.\n\n\"We are now dealing with this internally with the seriousness it deserves.\n\n\"In the meantime, I'd like to reassure the relevant bodies, our fans and everyone associated with the club that our already rigorous measures are being forensically scrutinised and that no stone will be left unturned in ensuring that no-one is under any doubt about what must be adhered to.\"\n\nThe outbreak in Aberdeen has been linked to bars and restaurants\n\nThe coronavirus cluster in Aberdeen has been linked to pubs and restaurants.\n\nA list has been published of premises visited by people confirmed to have the virus. They are:\n\nThe list also includes Aboyne, Deeside and Hazlehead golf clubs, and the Banks O'Dee Football Club.\n\nAnyone who had visited any of these premises should be \"extra vigilant for symptoms\" - even if they had not been contacted by specialist tracers.\n\nThe lockdown restrictions which have been reimposed for the city's 228,000 residents include:\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next Wednesday and may be extended further if required.", "Saldana has starred in Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy\n\nActress Zoe Saldana has apologised for playing Nina Simone in a heavily criticised 2016 biopic.\n\nThe Marvel star, who is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, wore a prosthetic nose and skin-darkening make-up for the role.\n\nSimone's estate refused to endorse the film, and the late singer's daughter questioned the casting decision.\n\nIn a new interview, originally broadcast live on Instagram, Saldana said: \"I should have never played Nina.\n\n\"I should have done everything in my power with the leverage that I had 10 years ago, which was a different leverage, but it was leverage nonetheless.\n\n\"I should have done everything in my power to cast a black woman to play an exceptionally perfect black woman.\"\n\nWriting on the official Nina Simone Facebook page in 2012, the singer's daughter, Simone Kelly, wrote: \"I love Zoe Saldana, we all love Zoe... From Avatar to Colombiana, I've seen those movies a few times.\n\n\"But not every project is for everybody. And I know what my mother would think. I just don't get it.\"\n\nThe film, called Nina, was derided by critics and holds a 2% rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.\n\nSaldana, who has also starred in Guardians of the Galaxy and two of Marvel's Avengers films, said Simone \"deserved better\".\n\n\"I thought back then that I had the permission [to play her] because I was a black woman,\" Saldana said.\n\n\"And I am. But it was Nina Simone. And Nina had a life and she had a journey that should have been - and should be - honoured to the most specific detail because she was a specifically detailed individual.\"\n\nBecoming emotional, Saldana added: \"With that said: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I know better today and I'm never going to do that again.\n\n\"She's one of our giants and someone else should step up. Somebody else should tell her story.\"\n\nNina Simone, who died in 2003, was a singer and prominent civil rights activist\n\nSaldana's regret at the role marks a departure from her previous comments defending her part in the film.\n\nIn 2013, she told Latina magazine: \"Let me tell you, if Elizabeth Taylor can be Cleopatra, I can be Nina - I'm sorry. It doesn't matter how much backlash I will get for it. I will honour and respect my black community because that's who I am.\"\n\nIn another interview with Allure in 2016, she said: \"There's no one way to be black. You have no idea who I am. I am black. I'm raising black men. Don't you ever think you can look at me and address me with such disdain.\"\n\nBut at the time of the film's release, Nina Simone's estate tweeted: \"Please take Nina's name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life. Hopefully people begin to understand this is painful. Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, nauseating, soul-crushing.\"\n\nNina Simone was a revered singer and civil rights activist, known for performing songs such as Feelin' Good, I put A Spell On You and I Loves You, Porgy.\n\nShe died in 2003 at the age of 70.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Do light-skinned black celebs have it easier?", "Pubs were allowed to open across England last month but only reopened in Leicester on Monday\n\nPub-goers have been warned not to \"throw away all the hard work\" by ignoring rules as Leicester's bars prepare for their first Friday and Saturday nights in months.\n\nPubs, bars and restaurants were allowed to reopen in the city from Monday for the first time since March as the local lockdown was eased.\n\nSome told the BBC they were ready and excited to welcome customers back.\n\nBut authorities have urged people to remember to be \"responsible\".\n\nPubs in Leicester were denied the chance to reopen on 4 July - but some put a brave face on it\n\nPaul Murphy, landlord of The King's Head, said: \"It was fantastic to hear we could reopen - it's been a long time coming.\n\n\"My advice to pub-goers is abide by the rules. If they do, we will still be here serving them in a month's time.\"\n\nFraser Guy, general manager of The Dover Castle, admitted there were challenges but said: \"Reopening is really important for us.\n\n\"We have done everything we can to ensure that we mitigate the risks - I would encourage people to come back.\"\n\nLeicester was the first place in the UK put on local lockdown after a spike in Covid-19 cases\n\nPubs reopened across the rest of England on 4 July but were stopped from doing so in Leicester because of the city's local lockdown - announced just days earlier.\n\nAfter the first Saturday back in business for the rest of the country, police and the health secretary said people had largely acted responsibly, although the Police Federation said it was \"crystal clear\" drunk people could not socially distance.\n\nLeicestershire Police said so far, most people have been following regulations.\n\nBut a spokesman added: \"We must remember that coronavirus is still a serious risk to health.\"\n\nSir Peter Soulsby said it was important to get Leicester's economy going again but urged caution\n\nLeicester City Council has planned to open up its event control room in City Hall to monitor the situation on Friday and Saturday, something that would usually be done for large events such as New Year's Eve or Diwali.\n\nLeicester was put on lockdown when it had an infection rate of 135 per 100,000 people - in the week up to 1 August this had dropped to 57.4 per 100,000.\n\nMayor Sir Peter Soulsby said: \"I would appeal to everyone to go out and have a good time, but also to stick to the rules and observe social distancing.\n\n\"People need to be sensible, and stay safe, or risk throwing away all the hard work we've achieved from lockdown.\"\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.", "Tom Jones (right) was shot twice and stabbed in the chest during the armed raid\n\nA man given a bravery award after being shot in the face by a bank robber took his own life after suffering nightmares and depression, his son has said.\n\nTom Jones was shot by Jonathan Pay after wrestling him to the ground during the failed raid at Lloyds Bank in Liphook, Hampshire, in 2016.\n\nHis son, Tom, said his father suffered post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) before his death in February, aged 54.\n\nHe has been planning a charity walk to raise money for the Samaritans.\n\nThe attack left a pellet lodged in the base of the skull of Mr Jones, who had been in the bank as a customer with his wife.\n\nBoth subsequently received awards for bravery from Hampshire Constabulary's chief constable for intervening in the robbery.\n\nDet Con Kat Bird said their actions in tackling Pay and grabbing his bag helped provide evidence forensically linking him to the offence.\n\nMr Jones was a \"huge character in the local community\", his son said\n\nJonathan Pay twice opened fire on Mr Jones at Lloyds Bank in Liphook, Hampshire\n\nIn November 2016, giving an anonymous interview to the BBC, Mr Jones described the moment he was attacked by Pay.\n\n\"I had him on the floor and nearly got the gun off him but his friend stabbed me and he shot me in the face,\" he said.\n\n\"I dragged him out of the bank then he came back in and shot me again through my hair-line.\n\n\"It was adrenaline, complete instinct. I thought my life was going to end in the bank.\"\n\nHis 34-year-old son said Pay first held the gun to his mother's head, which is what had led his father to intervene.\n\n\"He became a shadow of his former self as the shot was lodged in his central nervous system, so he was in constant pain,\" he said of his father following the attack.\n\n\"He had nightmares about it and hit the drink to help him sleep. It was a downward spiral from there.\n\n\"Eventually he distanced himself a bit from everyone.\n\n\"His drinking was so bad we had to tell the pubs to not serve him.\"\n\nPay was jailed for 16-and-a-half years in November 2016\n\nHe said he hoped his charity walk along the South Downs Way, between 25 and 30 August, would help others.\n\n\"I am hoping other people in that state of mind will reach out and know that it's acceptable to feel that way and there is a way out that doesn't include taking your own life,\" he said.\n\n\"Some good must come of his death.\"\n\nMr Jones Jr described his father as a \"huge character in the local community\" who \"hated bullies and injustice\".\n\nSo far he has raised more than £3,000 for the Samaritans, which helps people in emotional distress.\n\nPay, of Liphook Road, Lindford, was jailed for 16-and-a-half years in 2016, having previously admitted wounding with intent, having an imitation firearm with intent and two counts of attempted robbery.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Andrew Bailey says the UK economy has picked up as restrictions are lifted\n\nThe Governor of the Bank of England has backed the government's decision to end its furlough scheme in October.\n\nAndrew Bailey told the BBC it was important that policymakers helped workers \"move forward\" and not keep them in unproductive jobs.\n\nHe said coronavirus would inevitably mean that some jobs became redundant.\n\nThe Bank also predicted the economic slump caused by Covid-19 will be less severe than expected, but warned the recovery will also take longer.\n\nMore than nine million jobs have been furloughed under the government's job retention scheme, but the Bank expects most people to go back to work as the economy recovers.\n\nTrade unions have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the scheme, which pays a share of workers' wages, to avoid mass job losses.\n\nHowever, Mr Bailey said it was right to focus on helping people to find new jobs.\n\n\"It's been a very successful scheme, but he's right to say we have to look forward now,\" he said. \"I don't think we should be locking the economy down in a state that it pre-existed in.\"\n\nThe Bank said a faster easing of lockdown measures and a \"more rapid\" pick-up in consumer spending had helped the economy rebound faster than it had assumed in May.\n\nIts latest Monetary Policy Report showed spending on clothing and household goods were back to pre-Covid levels.\n\nHowever, the Bank warned of a \"material\" rise in unemployment this year as it held interest rates at 0.1%.\n\nMr Bailey said recent data suggested the recovery in consumer spending was gaining traction, while spending on food and energy bills remained above pre-Covid levels.\n\nHe said: \"We have had a strong recovery in the last few months. The pace puts the economy ahead of where we thought it would be in May.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Bailey cautioned against reading too much into recent figures: \"We don't think the recent past is necessarily a good guide to the immediate future,\" he said.\n\nThe Bank said spending on leisure and entertainment, which accounts for a fifth of all consumer spending, remained subdued.\n\nBusiness investment was also weak, which would weigh on the recovery.\n\nThe Bank expects the UK economy to shrink by 9.5% this year.\n\nWhile this would be the biggest annual decline in 100 years, it is not as steep as its initial estimate of a 14% contraction.\n\nThe Bank said the UK still faced its sharpest recession on record, with the outlook for growth now \"unusually uncertain\".\n\nMr Bailey said it was the \"largest quantum of uncertainty in a forecast\" that policymakers had ever published.\n\nThe Bank expects the UK economy to grow by 9% in 2021, and 3.5% in 2022, with the economy forecast to get back to its pre-Covid size at the end of 2021.\n\nThis compares with growth estimates of 15% and 3% respectively, in a scenario the Bank set out in May.\n\nUnemployment is expected to almost double from the current rate of 3.9% to 7.5% by the end of the year as government-funded support schemes come to an end.\n\nAverage earnings are also expected to shrink for the first time since the financial crisis.\n\nThe Bank said more workers faced a pay cut or freeze in 2020, adding: \"In many cases, bonuses have been scaled back or withdrawn altogether for this year.\"\n\nIts latest forecasts are based on the assumption that there is no second wave of the virus and that there is a smooth transition to a new EU free trade agreement at the start of 2021.\n\nMeanwhile, a fall in energy prices and the temporary VAT cut for hotels, theme parks and other hospitality businesses means the cost of living is expected to barely rise this year.\n\nThe Bank expects inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), to fall close to zero by the end of 2020, before gradually rising back to its target of 2%.\n\nThe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said it would not even think about raising interest rates until there was \"clear evidence\" the recovery had taken hold.\n\nMr Bailey also signalled that policymakers were against using negative interest rates any time soon, adding that such a move may have unintended consequences.\n\nIt could stop the UK's already fragile banks from lending, or lead to customers withdrawing their money and holding it in cash.\n\nPolicymakers also noted that High Street banks would find it difficult to cut savings rates below zero.\n\n\"They are part of our toolbox,\" said Mr Bailey. \"But at the moment we do not have a plan to use them.\"\n\nHe said the public may find the policy difficult to understand. \"There would be a lot of explaining to do on what this means, why we're doing it, and what the benefits would be.\"\n\nRuth Gregory, an economist at Capital Economics, said the Bank was likely to increase its money printing programme by a further £100bn later this year.\n\nShe also expects the Bank to keep interest rates at 0.1% \"or below\" for \"at least five years\".\n\nMillions of households that already had a variable-rate mortgage have benefitted from recent interest rate cuts.\n\nHowever, the Bank said borrowing had become more expensive over the past six months for first-time buyers and others moving up the property ladder, particularly for people with small deposits.\n\nBanks also continued to reduce rates on savings accounts. The average instant-access savings account now pays 0.1% annual interest, compared with 0.4% in February.\n\nLenders said they were restricting credit due to the uncertain economic outlook.\n\nOne in six mortgages in the UK is currently subject to a payment holiday because of the pandemic.\n\nStuart Paver, the managing director of Pavers Shoes says the pandemic is the \"worst shock\" the company's suffered since it was founded by his mother in 1971.\n\nThe company which has always been profitable, has now lost £7m over the past five months.\n\n\"We went from having 170 stores to no stores, and 1500, 1600 people on furlough\", he says.\n\n\"It's about survival and how you come through and how you have a business that can continue to employ as many people as possible, so it was really batten down the hatches ..and really just sort of work hard to make sure we were secure\".\n\nThe company is now gradually reducing the number of furloughed workers and turnover in the stores is picking up, but Stuart Paver says it's still down 40% from last year. Normally in a recession, he'd expect to lose between 5 and 8% of his turnover.\n\nMr Paver thinks recovery for businesses like his depends on consumer confidence.\n\n\"There's still a lot of people that won't venture into town.. we just need those people to become confident and come back in\".", "The owner of the Crown and Anchor, Custodio Pinto, said he regretted what had happened\n\nThe landlord of a pub linked to an outbreak of coronavirus has said he was \"simply not strong enough\" in enforcing government rules.\n\nCustodio Pinto, of the Crown and Anchor in Stone, Staffordshire, said he regretted being \"complacent\" in enforcing regulations with customers.\n\nTwenty-two people linked to the pub have tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nAbout 1,000 people were tested after health officials set up mobile units in the area.\n\nStaffordshire Police said it visited the site on 18 and 19 July following social distancing concerns.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A large group of people was filmed in the pub's beer garden\n\nIn a message on Facebook, Mr Pinto said he wanted to express his \"deepest regret for all the anguish, disruption and sadness\".\n\n\"On July 18, I accept that I was simply not strong enough in enforcing the government's Covid-19 secure rules, despite detailed preparation according to their guidelines,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he now understood \"the importance of maintaining supervised control\" of the rules.\n\nTraders said custom in the town \"fell like a stone\" following the outbreak.\n\nMr Pinto said he had \"never intentionally set out to create any damage or disruption to the community of Stone\" and was \"prepared to do whatever it takes to rectify that\".\n\nFollowing the outbreak, four pubs in Stone voluntarily closed, including The Red Lion on the High Street.\n\nThe Red Lion will remain closed for another weekend\n\nBar manager Tanya Moran said the pub would remain closed until next weekend and she was awaiting further guidance from the health authority.\n\n\"It is just bizarre being off again,\" she said.\n\n\"Because I am on the High Street I can see the town is deserted which is a shame.\n\n\"I know all the other licensees will be hoping trade increases this weekend, and we will be hoping for the same thing ourselves next weekend.\n\n\"I think the Eat Out to Help Out scheme has made a difference to some of the local restaurants, hopefully that will help.\"\n\nEd Stant, secretary of traders group Stone Is Where The Heart Is, said traders feel it was \"time to move on\"\n\nEd Stant, secretary of traders group Stone Is Where The Heart Is, said: \"Traders who have made comment [s] are saying it is time to move on, look forward and show everyone just how safe an environment [it] is to come and shop, eat and socialise...\n\n\"We are hoping for a busier weekend, the sun will be shining, it is nice and warm, the High Street is now full of hanging baskets and flowers, it is a beautiful place to be.\"\n\nStaffordshire County Council leader Alan White, said the council was \"on top\" of this particular outbreak.\n\n\"There have certainly been conversations with the landlord, the landlord recognises mistakes were made and has acknowledged those,\" he said.\n\nHe said the council has contacted all licensees to remind them of their responsibilities and it asked people to \"behave responsibly\" if they go out at the weekend.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome British Airways staff who have accepted voluntary redundancy say they had felt \"forced\" into it.\n\nBA wants to cut 12,000 job roles and says 6,000 staff have volunteered.\n\nCarol - not her real name - said BA had told her if she did not accept the offer of voluntary redundancy she would have to apply for a job and if she did not get it she would only receive a statutory redundancy payout.\n\nShe says the airline's conduct was \"a slap in the face\".\n\nCarol, who had worked for BA for 23 years, told the BBC: \"They [BA] said 'If you don't take the offer, you'll go into the fire-and-rehire phase', but if we aren't hired, we'll get only statutory redundancy.\"\n\nThose BA cabin crew who did reapply for their jobs on a new contract are expected to find out later on Friday whether or not they lose their jobs.\n\nCarol, who worked on the long-haul fleet, said it was a foregone conclusion that the airline would not re-hire older cabin crew members.\n\n\"Even before I had accepted the voluntary redundancy offer, I had a message on my roster from BA: 'Thank you for your service. Good luck'. That is all I got from them after 23 years.\n\n\"It's a slap in the face, but it shows they knew who they were getting rid of,\" she said. She says she will be forced to sell her home since her redundancy payment won't cover her mortgage.\n\n\"It's actually age discrimination, we were forced out.\"\n\nErica - again, not her real name - had been with British Airways long enough to remember being cabin crew on a Concorde jet, but accepted voluntary redundancy after seeing the brand airline turn into a \"toxic work environment\".\n\n\"The way they dealt with this was so underhand,\" she said.\n\n\"Yes coronavirus has had a terrible impact on the industry, but these are permanent pay cuts to what is a temporary problem. But this is a restructure that BA has wanted for a long time\".\n\nMost of those who are offered a new contract will suffer steep pay cuts, changes to their terms and conditions, and reduced allowances which top up their base salaries.\n\nOther workers such as engineers, ground crew and office staff are also expected to hear whether they have a future at the airline over the coming days.\n\nBritish Airways says more than 6,000 staff across the business have applied for voluntary redundancy and \"refutes claims that our colleagues were pressured\".\n\nThe airline has begun culling employee positions as part of a major cost-cutting drive, which it insists is vital to ensure its long-term survival.\n\nBut the way in which it has done so has provoked deep resentment among a large proportion of its workforce - and threats of industrial action.\n\n\"I'm looking at losing 50% of my take-home pay,\" says Vicky - a cabin crew member who works in BA's long-haul fleet.\n\n\"I'm a single mother. I can't afford to have half of my pay taken away from me\".\n\nVicky - not her real name - is in her mid-thirties. She has been with the company for more than 15 years.\n\nAlthough she lives in the north east, she was among hundreds of staff who travelled to BA's headquarters near Heathrow earlier this week, to vent their anger at the company's management.\n\n\"It's the most stressful time I've ever been through,\" she says. \"I feel absolutely gutted.\"\n\nBritish Airways, like other airlines, has suffered deeply from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In the three months to the end of June it lost more than £700m.\n\nFor weeks, at the height of the lockdown, the bulk of its fleet was grounded, and it was unable to operate more than a handful of planes each day.\n\nThe company does not expect the aviation industry to recover fully until at least 2023.\n\nIn April, its parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) announced plans for a major restructuring of BA's business, which it said could result in up to 12,000 redundancies.\n\nBA then made it clear it needed to cut costs dramatically - and warned that concessions would be needed from remaining staff on pay, as well as on terms and conditions.\n\nIt said that if an agreement could not be reached with unions, it would force its plans through - by handing staff their notice, and offering them new contracts on different terms.\n\nSome cabin crew staff have already been informed that they are affected.\n\nUnions have condemned this policy as \"fire and rehire\".\n\nIt has also been heavily criticised by many MPs, with the chair of the Transport Select Committee, Conservative Huw Merriman, describing it as \"the equivalent of putting a gun to someone's head\".\n\nDespite significant tensions between the two sides, the pilots' union Balpa has since managed to reach an agreement with BA, which reduced the number of possible redundancies in exchange for significant concessions on pay.\n\nBut relations between the company and unions representing other staff - Unite and GMB - have been considerably more strained. No deal has yet been done, and BA has pushed forward with its plans.\n\nThose plans have major implications for BA's cabin crew.\n\nThe company currently has different crew divisions, or \"fleets\", which operate as separate units with their own terms and conditions.\n\nIt wants to create a single organisation, and put all crew on the same type of contract.\n\nFor lower paid staff, principally those who have joined the company since 2010, this would mean a modest salary increase.\n\nFor longer serving crew, who are well-paid by industry standards, it would mean a cut in basic salary of 20%. But because they will also lose other allowances, many say they will see their overall take-home wages drop by 40% to 50%.\n\nIAG chief Willie Walsh has said the downturn in air travel is not temporary\n\nExecutives insist such changes are necessary, in the face of what IAG's chief executive Willie Walsh described last week as the biggest crisis the airline has ever faced.\n\nMr Walsh told the BBC: \"Anyone who believes that this is just a temporary downturn and therefore can be fixed with temporary measures, I'm afraid seriously misjudges what the industry is going through.\"\n\nBut many employees believe the company is deliberately exploiting the immediate crisis to justify pushing through far-reaching, irreversible changes.\n\n\"I really love my job\", says Vicky\n\n\"I'm just really upset with how things have planned out. I think it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Yet our managers are only taking temporary pay cuts.\"\n\nStaff elsewhere in British Airways are also affected by the changes, with the threat of compulsory redundancy hanging over them and the prospect of steep pay cuts ahead.\n\nJohn - again, not his real name - is an engineer who helps maintain BA's long-haul aircraft at Heathrow.\n\nHe wants to stay in his job, because he is worried his qualifications would not be recognised in other industries and he would struggle to find an employer willing to take him on.\n\n\"Let's be realistic\", he says, \"No-one is going to take someone in their 50s and train them up when they can get a 20-something instead. It's not going to happen.\"\n\nJohn says many of his colleagues are in a similar position - and the worry is proving an unwelcome distraction at work.\n\n\"I've been walking around checking an aircraft prior to departure, and I find I can't remember what I've been looking at - so I have to do it again,\" he says.\n\n\"I can't see how you can be expected to work like that. But this process is being driven by accountants, and they can't see further than their noses.\"\n\nAlthough BA is still in talks with unions, relations are far from cordial.\n\nLast week the general secretary of Unite, Len McCluskey described the company's strategy as \"despicable\", and said the union was working towards industrial action with immediate effect.\n\nBut the airline insists it has no option.\n\n\"Our half year results clearly show the enormous financial impact of Covid-19 on our business,\" said a spokesperson. \"We are having to make difficult decisions and take every possible action now to protect as many jobs as possible.\"\n\n\"And, while we never could have anticipated being in a position of making redundancies, over 6,000 of our colleagues have now indicated that they wish to take voluntary redundancy from BA.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 13-year-old suffered suspected spinal and pelvic injuries after jumping 20m\n\nA 13-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after jumping 20m from a waterfall and hitting the river bed.\n\nWestern Beacons Mountain Rescue Team said it was called to the \"tombstoning\" incident at Sgwd Gwladys waterfall, near Pontneddfechan in Powys, just after 15:30 BST on Friday.\n\nThe teenager suffered suspected spinal and pelvic injuries, the team said.\n\nHe was placed in a vacuum mattress to immobilise his spine and winched from the area by coastguard helicopter.\n\nThe team said it sent four vehicles and 15 team members after receiving a call from the police.\n\nTeam leader Neil Butcher said the winch out had been difficult due to the location, low wind condition and several dead trees causing a hazard to rescuers on the ground.\n\nTombstoning is the act of jumping into water from a high platform, such as a cliff, bridge or harbour edge in a straight, upright vertical posture, resembling a tombstone.", "Eric Joyce, who pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child, has been sentenced\n\nA former Labour MP and ex-Army officer who admitted making an indecent image of a child has been sentenced.\n\nEric Joyce had a 51-second film on a device that showed \"the sexual abuse of very young children\", Ipswich Crown Court heard.\n\nThe former shadow minister and ex-MP for Falkirk was arrested in 2018.\n\nJoyce, 59, of Worlingworth, Suffolk, was sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for two years, and must complete 150 hours of unpaid work.\n\nThe court heard the category A film - the most serious there is - was accessed by Joyce between August 2013 and November 2018.\n\nIt featured what appeared to be seven different children, aged between 12 months and seven years.\n\nJoyce, seen here in 2015, served in the Army for 21 years\n\nJudge Mr Justice Edis said: \"That these acts of abuse happened is because there are people like you who want to watch these films.\n\n\"If there was no market, those children wouldn't be subjected to these very serious offences.\"\n\nThe judge said Joyce had \"sought help\" and there was evidence he had been able to \"reduce, perhaps completely\" his \"impulsive behaviour\".\n\nMichael Proctor, prosecuting, said a number of computer devices and hard drives were seized by police from Joyce's address in November 2018 following intelligence.\n\nInitially Joyce told police \"he had never seen child abuse material\", Mr Proctor said.\n\nBut following analysis of his computer, Joyce told police that some of what he said \"wasn't true\" and that \"he had seen a mixture of images\".\n\nThe prosecution said there was evidence of searches \"for material for five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10-year-old girls\".\n\nJoyce was convicted of assaulting two teenagers in London in 2014\n\nJoyce served as a Labour MP from 2000 to 2012, before sitting as an independent until 2015.\n\nHe originally joined the Army in 1977 before serving for 21 years, during which he rose to the rank of major.\n\nThe court heard his previous convictions included drink-driving, common assaults and a public order offence.\n\nMitigating, Mark Shelley said Joyce had no previous convictions for sexual offences and that he had given up drinking.\n\nJoyce also received a sexual harm prevention order, was given an 18-day rehabilitation activity requirement and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £1,800.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A woman photographed in Dungeness, Kent, on Thursday appeared to be heavily pregnant\n\nA total of 235 migrants were intercepted crossing the English Channel on Thursday, the Home Office confirmed - a record for a single day.\n\nAmong them was a group of 15, including children and a heavily pregnant woman, that landed on a beach in Kent.\n\nIn total, 17 vessels were apprehended by The Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Border Force units.\n\nOn Friday, at least 130 people in 13 vessels were brought to the UK, the Home Office said.\n\nAt about 20:20 BST it said that Border Force was continuing to deal with \"a number of ongoing incidents\".\n\nBBC reporter Simon Jones said a kayak and other inflatable vessels had also been reported heading towards the Kent coast.\n\nIncluding Thursday's total, 3,948 people have crossed the Channel in more than 300 boats so far this year.\n\nA boat with about 17 people on board was spotted off the coast of Dover by the BBC\n\nThe Home Office has not been able to supply a breakdown of genders or nationalities of those who were intercepted on Thursday.\n\nMinister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts Chris Philp said he shared \"the anger and frustration of the public at the appalling number of crossings\" on Thursday.\n\nWe took to the sea at 04:00 BST - and shortly after sunrise on Friday the eagle-eyed skipper of our fishing boat spotted something on the horizon.\n\nMotoring toward us is a boat carrying 17 people. They told us they were from Iraq, and there was a pregnant woman on board, along with several children. They were trying to reach Kent.\n\nThe Coastguard asked us to shadow them as the Border Force was busy dealing with other boats and kayaks in the Channel.\n\nBut after an hour, with the White Cliffs in sight, there was a problem - their engine broke down.\n\nAnother Border Force boat though was already en route to pick them up and take them to Dover. As they stepped foot on British soil, they had achieved their goal.\n\nOne of the vessels was carrying 26 people.\n\nIn one incident, Border Force officers apprehended 15 migrants who had landed at Dungeness beach on Thursday.\n\nEyewitness Susan Pilcher told the BBC she had seen three family groups - including a woman who appeared to be heavily pregnant - as well as two single men.\n\nThe French authorities said they had also rescued migrants from several kayaks in their own waters as they headed for the UK.\n\nA helicopter was used in the response that saw at least 23 people intercepted and brought back to France.\n\nThursday's figure breaks a record set only a week ago, when 202 people crossed in 24 hours.\n\nSusan Pilcher said there appeared to be three family groups\n\nMr Philp said: \"The crossings are totally unacceptable and unnecessary as France is a safe country.\n\n\"We work closely with France and I will be in Paris early next week to seek to agree stronger measures with them, including interceptions and returns.\n\n\"This situation simply cannot go on.\"\n\nHe said the only option was to make the route \"completely unviable\" to deter people from attempting it.\n\nRegarding reports the Navy could be used to patrol the Channel, Chancellor Rishi Sunak told Sky News: \"I wouldn't want to speculate on exactly what measures will be put in place.\n\n\"It's important that we work closely with our French allies on this situation.\n\n\"Obviously France is a safe country for migrants to be, we all want to see these crossings reduced and, pending the outcomes of those conversations [in France] we can decide on the best next steps to take.\"\n\nAn inquiry has been launched into the reasons behind the huge increase in Channel crossings by migrants.\n\nAmong the areas the home affairs committee will examine are:\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.", "Mr DeWine meets Mr Trump during an earlier visit to Ohio\n\nOhio Governor Mike DeWine has tested positive for Covid-19 hours before he had been due to meet with President Donald Trump, who is visiting the Midwest state.\n\nThe Republican governor cancelled plans to greet Mr Trump at the airport due to the test result.\n\nHe will remain at home for the next 14 days, his office said on Thursday.\n\nMr DeWine is the second US governor to contract the virus after Republican Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma.\n\n\"I had no symptoms, no reason to think that I had Covid-19,\" the governor said on Thursday.\n\nThe positive test was just the second for the governor since the outbreak began, following standard protocol ahead of a visit with the president. He received a nasal swab on live television in June in attempt to encourage Ohioans to be tested and received a third test to confirm his positive result on Thursday.\n\nOhio has seen over 90,000 Covid-19 cases and 3,500 deaths.\n\nMr DeWine was praised in the beginning days of the outbreak in the US for taking early action to stem the tide of infections.\n\nOhio was the first state in the US to close schools due to the pandemic and was among the first to shutdown businesses.\n\nThe state's lieutenant governor was also tested on Thursday and was found to be negative.\n\nUpon arriving in Cleveland to tour a factory and deliver remarks on the economy, Mr Trump told reporters \"we wanted to wish him [Mr DeWine] the best. He will be fine\".\n\nMr Trump added that the governor has \"done a fantastic job\".\n\nMr Stitt, the Oklahoma governor, was infected in mid-July.\n\nLast month, Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert discovered he was infected with Covid-19 after he was tested by the White House before travelling to his home state with Mr Trump.\n\nHis plan was cancelled and Mr Gohmert, who frequently did not wear a mask while interacting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, was forced to remain in Washington.\n\nIllinois Republican Rodney Davis also tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. Over a dozen members of Congress have been infected with the virus.\n• None The US governor who saw it coming early", "Alex Lanning (left) and Jonathan Camille (right) were guilty of murder and manslaughter respectively\n\nA man has been convicted of murdering an aspiring Olympian who was stabbed to death on a London Underground platform.\n\nTashan Daniel, 20, was stabbed in the heart at Hillingdon Tube station in west London as he made his way to watch Arsenal play.\n\nHe was attacked with an army knife designed for NATO military rescues, which killer Alex Lanning claimed came from the set of the Fast & Furious.\n\nJonathan Camille, 20, was convicted at the Old Bailey of manslaughter.\n\nLanning had admitted Mr Daniel's manslaughter but claimed the stabbing was an accident.\n\nThe 22-year-old had been released half way through a four-year sentence in 2018 for wounding a man and was on licence at the time he killed Mr Daniel.\n\nThe court had heard how Mr Daniel and his friend Treyone Campbell were confronted by the killers after Lanning had asked Mr Daniel \"what he was looking at\" across the Tube tracks.\n\nMr Campbell said \"violence erupted\" and Lanning and Mr Daniel broke off into a fight on the platform.\n\nAs a train pulled into the station, Mr Daniel was stabbed in the heart by Lanning with a £200 German-made knife, which the court heard had been \"designed for NATO military aircraft rescues with the capacity to saw through laminated glass and cut through seatbelts\".\n\nAlex Lanning told the court he took the knife from Warner Bros studios\n\nHe had claimed he came into possession of it when he had been working on the latest Fast & Furious action movie, F9.\n\nThe defendants fled the station and discarded their clothes and the murder weapon in a nearby estate.\n\nThe pair then changed into floral pyjamas and went on the run for 10 days before being arrested.\n\nChandy Daniel (second from right), Celia Daniel (centre) and Tashan's sister Oceanna Daniel (second from left) were present in court for the verdicts.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Camille told police he had crossed platforms after Lanning had told him two boys had been abusive to him.\n\nThe court heard Lanning had previously been jailed for wounding a man with a knife in Brighton in July 2016 and was caught with 250 wraps of heroin at the time of that attack.\n\nMr Daniel's family broke down in tears as the verdicts were delivered.\n\nJurors heard Mr Daniel was a talented athlete who trained up to four times a week at Hillingdon Athletic Club.\n\nHis father previously said he \"wanted to make the Olympics\" and \"set his standards high\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tashan Daniel was making a trip to the Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal when he was killed\n\nSpeaking outside court, Chandy Daniel, 49, said his son was a \"fantastic human being\" with \"so much potential and so much to give\".\n\nHe said: \"It is in no doubt, nor has it ever been, that this was a senseless, needless, horrific and ultimately unnecessary act of violence. One that our family shall be paying for for the rest of our lives.\n\n\"On that day a man, who let's not forget, already held a conviction for stabbing someone else, was free to walk around with a murderous weapon in his possession.\n\n\"I held him, stroked his face, and kissed him, as he lay on that platform, only to be told by the paramedics that there was nothing more that they could do for him.\"\n\nHe condemned the killers for their \"complete lack of remorse or empathy\" as they tried to avoid responsibility.\n\nJudge Mark Dennis QC said he would sentence both defendants at the same court on 20 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sette Buenaventura was determined not to let her painful leg stop her working\n\nA nurse who shrugged off persistent pain to continue working on the coronavirus front line has had her leg amputated after discovering a tumour.\n\nSette Buenaventura, 26, ignored cramp in her right calf for eight weeks while working at Salford Royal Hospital.\n\nA scan in April revealed a sarcoma and her leg was removed above the knee.\n\nShe said working as a nurse means \"you forget about your own pains because you’re busy helping other people... but everything comes at a cost\".\n\nMs Buenaventura, from Eccles, had struggled to walk due to the pain in her leg, but assumed she was experiencing the side-effects of being on her feet all day.\n\n\"When Covid-19 kicked off, we worked flat out, we didn’t have time to worry about aches and pains,\" she said.\n\n\"We were there every hour to help anyone who needed us [and] I got a real taste for that level of commitment.\n\n\"That is what working in hospitals is like - you forget about your own pains because you’re busy helping other people, which I love to do, but everything comes at a cost.\"\n\nSette Buenaventura wants others to listen to their bodies more\n\nShe said the cancerous tumour swelled to the \"size of a golf ball\" and she was told in May her only chance of survival was amputation.\n\n\"When they told me I had to have my leg removed, I got very upset, but because I had no time to think about it, I just got on with it,\" she said.\n\n\"I like to look after myself and try my best to be healthy.\n\n\"I work in healthcare and never expected this to happen to me.\"\n\nShe has now been fitted with a prosthetic limb and hopes to return to work in November.\n\nShe said she wanted people to learn from her experience.\n\n\"I think it's really important for anyone with a lingering pain to go and get it checked out,\" she said.\n\n\"If I had caught this sooner, I would probably be in a different position now.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Irish Pub in Namche Bazar is 3,450m above sea level\n\nIt has been closed since April, you can’t reach it by car, and the nearest airport is a two-day hike away – but the world's remotest Irish bar is optimistic business will pick up soon.\n\nThe Irish Pub in Namche Bazar, Nepal, is 3,450m above sea level, en route to Mount Everest.\n\nIt has been shut since 10 April, after the pandemic forced Nepal's government to close the mountains to climbers.\n\nYet owner Dawa Sherpa inisists that his bar will thrive beyond coronavirus.\n\nThe government recently announced it would issue hiking permits for the Himalayas’ autumn season, which begins in September. International flights – which were suspended in March – are due to resume in August.\n\nAnd a new road, which could open next year, should make it easier to bring in beer, food, and even pool tables. Until now, it all had to be flown to “the world’s scariest airport” – and then carried for two days along mountain paths.\n\nDawa, 35, grew up in the “small, colourful, market town” of Namche Bazar, where his parents worked in agriculture and livestock.\n\nAfter studying at Khumjung – the “school in the clouds” built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1961 – he moved to the capital Kathmandu to study business management. Upon returning home, he briefly worked as a trekking guide, before his older brother, who ran a bakery in Namche, spotted a gap in the market.\n\nThe town was beginning to change – an increase in tourism had a “dramatic effect”, says Dawa – but it only had one pub. His brother, Phurba Tenzing, used to visit an Irish bar in Kathmandu, owned by Irish people. It gave the brothers an idea – could they open the highest Irish bar in the world? They Googled it, and discovered Paddy's bar in Cusco, Peru.\n\n“We worked out the elevation,” says Dawa. “They were 50 metres below us.” So, in 2011, they proudly opened The Irish Pub – possibly the highest, and surely remotest, Irish bar in the world.\n\nThe town of Namche Bazar, with Mount Kongde Ri in the background\n\nIt is not easy opening a pub in a town with no roads. Supplies are flown in, off season, from Kathmandu to Lukla – a small airport with a short, steep runway.\n\nFrom there, porters carry the goods to Namche. The pub's pool table was brought in this way. “And ours is an old, classic Indian table, with huge marble slates,” says Dawa.\n\n“Three or four slates, each one weighs maybe 120kg. We can’t hire mules or yaks because the paths are too fragile. It’s all carried by porters - humans - with great carefulness.”\n\nThey even import Guinness, expensively, via Singapore.\n\n“We don’t have a big [profit] margin on it,” says Dawa, who charges 800 rupees ($6.70; £5.10) for a pint of the black stuff. “But we’re an Irish bar - we have to sell Guinness.”\n\n“At the beginning, it wasn’t that happening,” admits Dawa. “But we tried really hard to improve the service, ambience, interior. Gradually, we were getting there.”\n\nThen, in April 2015, a major earthquake hit Nepal, killing almost 9,000 people and ending the climbing season. A landslide on Everest killed 21 people alone.\n\n“We had to completely shut the bar down,” says Dawa. “We reopened in autumn, but that wasn’t good either.”\n\nAfter the earthquake, an economic blockade - which began in September 2015 and affected the whole country - increased the price of goods by “four, five, even six times”. Yet despite the earthquake, and the blockade, the remotest Irish bar in the world survived.\n\n“We recovered slowly,” says Dawa. “It took us three or four years to get there, but The Irish Pub became the most happening pub in Namche.”\n\nOn an average day, customers - usually Australian, American, or European - might include “people who just summited Everest, or people who’ve been to base camp for the first time”.\n\n“And a guy who’s just climbed Everest doesn’t mind spending money,” says Dawa. “He’s buying drinks for sherpas, porters, friends. People are happy.”\n\nIn 2014, Dawa opened a second pub in the lakeside town of Pokhara, and the Namche bar is now run by Chris, his manager. So, as they prepared for the 2020 spring season, things were looking good. And then, in March, came another calamity.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from the town of Lukla, the gateway to Mount Everest\n\nNepal has recorded just 60 Covid-19 deaths, and 21,000 confirmed cases. But infections are rising again – and the impact has already been huge.\n\nThe country was locked down from March until July; remittances from Nepalis overseas slumped; imports from China fell; and tourism dried up. In the mountains, more than 10,000 guides, sherpas, and other workers lost their jobs. One trade group estimated one million people in the \"mountain belt\" would suffer.\n\nBut while the Irish Pub in Namche is down, it is not out.\n\nDawa is cautiously optimistic about tourism resuming, and is prepared to reopen for the autumn season in September, if there is demand. Meanwhile, the new road from Kathmandu could have an even bigger impact.\n\nDawa hopes the highway, which is already partly open, will reach Lukla in six to eight months, although engineers tell the BBC it could take two years.\n\nEither way, the road, when it opens, will be a boon to the businesses of Namche Bazar.\n\n“Once we get the road, Nepalese and Indian tourists will be enough for us to survive,” says Dawa.\n\n“You know, 80 to 90% of Nepalese people haven’t seen Everest themselves, because of the lack of transportation. We have around 55,000 tourists a year in Namche, if things are really good. I think we will get more than 55,000 [extra] if we get a road.”\n\nAnd, as well as extra customers, the new road will mean the beer - and the pool tables - won’t need to be flown in. \"The prices will drop by 50%,” says Dawa.\n\nThe road will only reach Lukla – meaning customers will still need to hike for two days to reach the remotest Irish bar in the world.", "There must be an organised effort to prevent Russia from disrupting and distorting political life, former MI6 officer Christopher Steele has warned.\n\nMr Steele was behind the so-called Trump-Russia dossier, which alleged collusion between Moscow and the US president's 2016 election campaign.\n\nIn an interview with Conservative MP Damian Collins, he warned that Russia is targeting all political parties.\n\nHe added the UK had been \"behind the curve\" in deterring Russian activity.\n\nSpeaking on Mr Collins' podcast, Infotagion, Mr Steele said political parties in the UK are being targeted, whether through donations or cyber-hacking, and must proactively approach the security services for help.\n\nMr Steele argued that Moscow's aim was \"to create great polarity, great partisanship and divisions within political life, the likes of which we have not seen in democracies before\".\n\nHe said the Kremlin was seeking to shatter consensus and push political debate to the extremes, pointing to Brexit as an example.\n\nFormer MI6 officer Mr Steele gave evidence to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Russia inquiry, which released its report last month.\n\nThe report criticised the security services for failing to investigate whether the Kremlin had interfered in Brexit and other areas of politics in recent years.\n\nMr Steele said security officials did not like to step into areas that were politically highly sensitive, and that he had told senior politicians of all parties that they must be proactive in approaching MI5 and MI6.\n\nHe argued that lax regulation of Russian money entering the UK has \"bled\" into political life, with parties being targeted either through donations or computer hacking.\n\n\"It needs to be an organised counter-effort to make sure that this doesn't distort and disrupt our political life,\" he said.\n\nThis week, it emerged that documents on UK-US trade talks, leaked before the 2019 election, were stolen from the personal email account of Tory MP Liam Fox.\n\nThe papers were published online and used by Labour in the 2019 campaign to claim the NHS would be put at risk.\n\nThe UK government has said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the election through the documents.\n\nMoscow has denied any role in this and other acts of political interference.\n\nQuestions have also been raised about funds flowing into the Conservative Party from individuals with links to Russia, but who are now UK citizens and deny any wrongdoing.\n\nMinisters are considering strengthening security laws to require foreign agents to register in the UK in future. Mr Steele said he supported such a move but that it needs to be framed carefully so that it is effective.\n\nOverall, the UK has been slow to respond, he said.\n\n\"There are huge vulnerabilities that are created by democracy and by modern technology and we are not catching up quickly enough with how our adversaries are able to, and willing to, exploit those things without really strong retaliation and deterrence existing,\" he said\n\nMr Steele, who left MI6 in 2009 and set up a private business intelligence firm called Orbis, is best known for his role in the so-called Trump-Russia dossier, which was made public in January 2016.\n\nIt alleged collusion between Mr Trump's election campaign and Russia and has become the subject of intense political battles, with the US president tweeting that he wanted Mr Steele extradited.\n\nSome of the dossier's claims have been disputed and Mr Steele did not discuss it in detail in the podcast interview, as legal action is ongoing.\n\nHe did say, though, that he expects more interference in the 2020 US election with some foreign governments concerned about the Democratic candidate Joe Biden winning in November.\n\n\"We are on the defensive,\" Mr Steele argued, adding that the West is weaker than at any point since the end of the Cold War.", "House prices hit a new all time high in July as the property market gradually reopened, after being put on pause during the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nAccording to the latest Halifax House Price Index the average price of a home was £241,604 last month, 1.7% higher than June's £237,834.\n\nHalifax managing director Russell Galley said pent-up demand and a lack of available houses had combined to push up prices.\n\nThe government's cut in stamp duty had also boosted buyers' enthusiasm, he said.\n\nLast month Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary suspension of stamp duty on property sales up to £500,000 in England and Northern Ireland.\n\nThese latest figures mirror recent figures from the Nationwide Building Society, which showed house prices bounced back in July, climbing 1.7% during the month.\n\n\"The latest data adds to the emerging view that the market is experiencing a surprising spike post lockdown,\" said Mr Galley.\n\nBut he warned that while the prospects for the housing market were brighter than might have been expected three months ago, the effects of the pandemic were still creating a great deal of long-term uncertainty.\n\n\"As government support measures come to an end, the resulting impact on the macroeconomic environment, and in turn the housing market, will start to become more apparent,\" he added.\n\nThis view was echoed by Anna Clare Harper, author of Strategic Property Review, who said that the Halifax findings reflected current confidence in the economy:\n\n\"What we can't forecast is what happens next: economically, and in policy.\n\n\"What we can predict accurately is that these two factors will prove fundamental to the future of the UK housing market.\", she said.\n\nAnother property specialist, Tomer Aboody, director of MT Finance, called on the government to consider further stamp duty relief on properties selling for more than £500,000 as he stressed the importance of the sector to the UK economy.\n\n\"Now more than ever the housing industry should be looked upon as the foundation upon which to keep the UK working.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Europa League\n\nWolves survived a nervous night at Molineux to reach their first European quarter-final in 48 years as Raul Jimenez's early penalty earned them a 2-1 aggregate win against Olympiakos in the Europa League.\n\nThe Mexican's precise eighth-minute effort, after Daniel Podence had been fouled by Olympiakos' stand-in keeper Bobby Allain, was his 27th goal of the season and the earliest Wolves had scored in any game during a marathon season that began on 25 July last year and will now extend to a 59th game.\n\nHowever, Wolves' rhythm was wrecked eight minutes later when wing-back Jonny suffered a knee injury which allowed Olympiakos to take control.\n\nMady Camara had a first-half equaliser ruled out after a lengthy VAR check went against Youssef el Arabi by the tightest of margins before the Moroccan sent over the decisive cross.\n\nRui Patricio denied Kostas Tsimikias with an excellent near-post save and in the second half, the veteran Portugal keeper produced a brilliant full-length save to turn away Ahmed Hassan's header.\n\nBut despite dominating possession and having more shots in total and more shots on target, the visitors could not breach Wolves' defences.\n\nAnd so their marvellous European journey moves on to the 'final eight' tournament and a quarter-final meeting with Sevilla in Duisburg on Tuesday.\n\nIt has taken Wolves' fans a long time to learn the value of Podence.\n\nThe 24-year-old swelled the Portuguese contingent at Molineux in January when he made his £16.6m move from Olympiakos.\n\nSurprisingly though, he did not start a Premier League game until the defeat of Everton on 12 July.\n\nPodence is not as big as Jimenez, or as fast as Adama Traore. But he has quick feet and can change direction very quickly.\n\nHe also is prepared to chase lost causes, which is how the home side got their penalty.\n\nIf Podence had not closed in on goalkeeper Allain as he went to make a routine clearance, he wouldn't have been in position to get in front of the keeper, whose first touch was poor and ended with him needlessly barging Podence in the back.\n\nIn the second half, Allain made amends when Podence cut into the box from the left wing and fired a shot towards the roof of the net, which the former Clyde trainee tipped over.\n\nIn a side that spend long periods going backwards, Podence's control on the ball was a priceless outlet, although his evening did not end well.\n\nWasting time after he was substituted, Podence strolled off the pitch towards the dug-out. By failing to leave the field by the quickest route, he earned himself a yellow card that rules him out of the Sevilla game.\n\nWhen Olympiakos had what they thought was a first-half equaliser ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR check, Wolves' official Twitter feed immediately posted 'Always liked VAR'.\n\nIt was an amusing reflection on a season in which a series of VAR decisions have gone against Nuno's men, most notably an equaliser that was ruled out at Liverpool, after a Sadio Mane goal for the Reds that was awarded having originally been ruled out for handball.\n\nThen there was the 'goal' in a goalless draw at Leicester that was also ruled out.\n\nGiven Wolves missed out on a European place via the Premier League on goal difference, there was not much sympathy for the visitors on this occasion as they cursed their ill-fortune.\n\nAfter that though, it was stout defending that got Wolves through. Boly was superb at the back, although without Patricio the hosts would not have won.\n\nWolves know Sevilla - and then the winners of Monday's meeting between Manchester United and FC Copenhagen - block their path to the final in Cologne on 21 August, when victory is required to get them back into Europe next season.\n\nHowever it ends up, after nearly 13 months, 16 games, 12 wins and over 20,000 miles - the equivalent of flying to Sydney and back - it has been a season to remember.\n• None Wolves have reached the quarter-finals of a major European competition for the first time since 1972, when they were beaten finalists against Tottenham in the Uefa Cup.\n• None Wolves have won four consecutive home games in European competition without conceding a single goal for the first time in their history.\n• None Olympiakos have now lost 14 away ties against English sides in all European competitions; against no other nation's sides have they lost more (level with Spain).\n• None Wolves' Raul Jimenez has scored all eight of the penalties he has taken for the club in all competitions.\n• None Despite keeping a clean sheet, Wolves faced more shots against Olympiakos (16) than they did in any other home game in 2019-20 (all competitions).\n• None Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Lazar Randjelovic (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross.\n• None João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Leander Dendoncker.\n• None Attempt missed. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Omar Elabdellaoui with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "NHS England has announced it is to end the deal that gave it access to more than 90% of private hospitals' beds, staff and equipment.\n\nWhen the pandemic hit, the health service struck a deal giving it access to the majority of England's private sector capacity at cost price.\n\nNow, local areas will instead pay for extra beds when they need them.\n\nDoctors' bodies have stressed the need to make sure the NHS can access beds, with millions waiting for treatment.\n\nNHS England acknowledged it would need to keep using private hospitals' beds and staff in its efforts to get the health service back to normal.\n\nHowever, it plans to move towards local agreements with the private sector in what it describes as the \"next phase of the response to coronavirus\".\n\nThis will involve local commissioning groups paying for the number of extra beds and staff they think they'll need, rather than having access to a block of beds on standby.\n\nNHS England said it would still fund local spending on private hospitals.\n\nAt the start of the UK's coronavirus outbreak, forecasters predicted the number of people needing hospital beds could be many times greater than the number of beds available.\n\nProtecting the NHS from collapse became one of the government's main priorities.\n\nIn March, the private sector agreed to make almost all of its bed and staff available to the NHS, as well as providing thousands of ventilators and other equipment.\n\nIn the end, numbers hospitalised were lower than expected and the NHS was able to cope.\n\nSince then, though, a new problem has emerged - the cancellation of planned operations and tests has created a big backlog of people needing care.\n\nAs the coronavirus crisis was developing in March, NHS England signed what seemed a prudent deal at the time, gaining access to most of the private sector hospital beds with their staff.\n\nBut this block booking has cost an estimated £400 million a month, whether or not the facilities were used.\n\nNow in London, and some other parts of England, the NHS has started pulling out and reverting to the familiar pay-as-you-go model for operations in private hospitals.\n\nIt will certainly save money and the Treasury will have pushed for a more effective use of resources.\n\nBut one private sector source says it \"came out of the blue\" and appears to be at odds with the Prime Minister's suggestion that some of a recent £3bn allocation for the NHS would be used for a continued deal with independent providers.\n\nThere is a backlog of millions of patients waiting for routine operations and procedures, such as hip and knee replacements.\n\nIt is not yet clear whether the latest change will help or hinder the process of reducing waiting lists.\n\nSome of the private sector capacity available to the NHS was used for cancer and non-urgent operations between May and July.\n\nBut waiting lists are nevertheless predicted to reach 10 million by the end of the year, though NHS England aims to have non-urgent services back to 90% of pre-Covid levels by December.\n\nHealth charities and organisations representing doctors have stressed the need for non-Covid patients to receive care they may have missed over lockdown - and to make sure people don't miss out of vital diagnostic tests including for cancer.\n\nPresident of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Prof Neil Mortensen said: \"The litmus test of these new targeted, local arrangements will be whether the NHS hospitals affected can continue to work with local private hospitals as necessary to ensure patients get the care they need.\n\n\"Those who are languishing on waiting lists are in need and often in pain.\n\n\"Many experience reducing mobility and diminishing independence while they wait, and this has knock-on effects on their families, their employment and the economy. Neither the country nor the individuals can afford longer waits than they do already.\"\n\nA spokesperson said NHS England would it was continuing its agreement with the \"vast majority of independent providers\" until the autumn, meaning \"tens of thousands more people will be able to benefit from quicker access to surgery and other treatments\".\n\nAfter that, it said the health service would negotiate \"a new deal available to all independent sector providers based more closely on activity to ensure taxpayers get full value from the expenditure\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The risk of a \"collapse in student numbers\" threatens universities' futures, a think-tank says\n\nUniversities are facing a \"perfect storm\" which could lead to \"real problems\", a former university vice-chancellor and higher education consultant has said.\n\nSir Deian Hopkin said the number of international students will fall owing to coronavirus and Brexit.\n\nDomestic students will also be reluctant to attend during the pandemic, he said.\n\nUniversities Wales said institutions have proved they can cope.\n\nSurveys have suggested the number of international students taking up places in UK universities could drop by more than 50%, while other research claimed domestic enrolment could fall by 15%.\n\nIn Wales, such a reduction in international students could lead to a loss of about £60m in fees.\n\nUniversities Wales, which represents Welsh institutions, acknowledged that \"these are challenging times for universities\" but said they had proven their abilities to manage.\n\nSir Deian, who was vice-chancellor of London South Bank University for eight years, said: \"The number of students coming from abroad is now likely to drop dramatically and yet universities depend on overseas students so much for their research and for supporting facilities.\n\n\"At the same time, there are some doubts that students in Britain may be reluctant to borrow £9,000 a year to have much of their courses online and none of the facilities which they would expect to find in university.\"\n\nSir Deian Hopkin says students may be reluctant to pay fees for a different experience\n\nHe said universities had been borrowing money in anticipation of growth, but new facilities might end up not being used.\n\nThe National Union of Students (NUS) echoed his worries, saying there were concerns the current situation would mean students \"won't get the same student experience\" with many classes being held online.\n\nDue to current financial support during the pandemic and fees from the last academic year, the real \"crisis\" could hit next year, Sir Deian said.\n\nBut Becky Ricketts, NUS Wales president, said the pandemic also provided a chance to develop.\n\n\"It's an opportunity for higher education to really look at what we can do in 2020 and going forward, to make sure that students are accessing education in a way that suits them but also in a way that supports our institutions.\"\n\nShe encouraged prospective students to speak to universities as much as possible.\n\n\"If you haven't already, start that dialogue with your university, start that dialogue with your students' unions because they are all there to help you make the correct decision for you.\"\n\nResearch by the Institute For Fiscal Studies suggested Welsh universities could lose about £3,800 per student due to coronavirus - a lower sum than those in England (£4,700) and Scotland (£4,500).\n\nBut the research also says they are not in as strong a position to deal with the losses, with net assets of £11,000 per student. Scottish universities have average net assets of £20,100 while English ones have an average of £18,900.\n\nLast month, however, data published by the admissions service Ucas showed record numbers of 18-year-olds in the UK had applied to study at UK universities.\n\nWhat remains unclear is whether students will defer their applications, particularly if there is a second peak in the pandemic as has been warned of by the chief medical officer.\n\nAccording to the Higher Education Statistics Authority, a university with a net cash inflow of less than 5% could face serious trouble as a result of the current climate.\n\nThree Welsh institutions fall into this category - Aberystwyth University, Swansea University and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was \"aware of the challenges\" and providing £31m to support higher education.\n\n\"We're working with our universities to promote them at home and abroad and have published guidance to assist with the safe return of students in the autumn,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Following on from the news about the UK government's updated quarantine list, a reader asked us whether they would need to self-isolate when they returned to England if they had driven through Belgium.\n\nFor example, you might be on holiday in the Netherlands and need to drive through Belgium to get to Calais on your way home.\n\nIf all the passengers remained in the car, and nobody new got into the car throughout your journey through Belgium, then nobody would need to self-isolate.\n\nIt’s also fine if you just stopped to drop off a passenger, so if somebody got out of the car but then did not get back in again.\n\nBut if somebody got out of the car and mixed with other people – at a service station, for example – and then got back into the car, then all the passengers would need to self-isolate on their return.\n\nAs for train travel, rail passengers arriving to the UK on journeys which include a stop in Belgium will also need to quarantine unless no new passengers boarded the train and no-one left it before getting back on.\n\nThis means Eurostar passengers travelling from Amsterdam to London will need to self-isolate, as the journey involves a change of trains in Brussels.\n\nHere we look at which other countries are affected by the quarantine rules - and how could that change.", "Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to $100bn (£76bn) after the launch of a new short-form video feature.\n\nOn Wednesday, Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its rival to controversial Chinese app TikTok.\n\nFacebook shares rose by more than 6% on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg holds a 13% stake in the company.\n\nHe joins Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Bill Gates in the exclusive so-called 'Centibillionaire Club'.\n\nTechnology bosses have been in the spotlight recently as the size and power of their companies and their personal fortunes continue to grow.\n\nFacebook, Amazon, Apple and Google have been among the biggest benefactors of coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions as more people shop, watch entertainment and socialise online.\n\nMr Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has gained about $22bn this year, while Mr Bezos's has grown by more than $75bn, according to Bloomberg.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe short-form video feature Reels, which is seen as a rival to the controversial Chinese-owned TikTok platform, works within the Facebook-owned Instagram photo-sharing app.\n\nThe launch couldn’t have come at a better time for Mr Zuckerberg as late on Thursday Donald Trump issued an executive order to deal with what the US president called the \"threat\" of TikTok in the US.\n\nSo-called tech titans, including Mr Zuckerberg, have come under increased scrutiny from US and European lawmakers over allegations that their power and influence are out of control.\n\nThe five largest US tech companies, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, and Microsoft, currently have market valuations equivalent to about 30% of US gross domestic product (GDP).\n\nUS senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders this week unveiled a plan to tax what he called “obscene wealth gains” made by billionaires during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe “Make Billionaires Pay Act” would tax 60% of the increase in a billionaire's net worth from from the start of the pandemic through to the end of the year.\n\nMr Sanders proposes that the tax revenue earned would go towards out-of-pocket health-care expenses for Americans.\n\nMr Zuckerberg has previously said he plans to give away 99% of his Facebook shares over his lifetime through the charitable foundation he set up with his wife Priscilla Chan.", "Preston has seen a rise in positive tests for coronavirus\n\nLockdown measures have been reintroduced in Preston after a rise in Covid-19 cases.\n\nResidents in the Lancashire city face stricter restrictions, which include banning separate households from meeting each other at home.\n\nThe council had already asked residents to follow extra precautions in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.\n\nThe move brings Preston in line with measures in east Lancashire, Greater Manchester and parts of west Yorkshire.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the restrictions in these areas would remain in place \"as the data does not yet show a decrease in the transmission of this terrible virus\".\n\nAny changes to the measures will be announced by 14 August following a review next week, he added.\n\nHe said the decision to extend the restrictions to Preston was \"at the request of the local area\".\n\nAlmost half of the cases reported in Preston were among people aged 30 and younger, Lancashire's director of public health, Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, said.\n\nAs Preston has been designated an \"area of intervention\" by the government, the city will be able to access additional support to tackle the spread of coronavirus.\n\nPreston is the latest part of the UK to face a tightening of Covid-19 measures\n\nPreston's new restrictions mean that from midnight, people from different households have not been allowed to meet in homes or private gardens.\n\nMembers of two different households are now also banned from mixing in pubs and restaurants, although individual households will still be able to visit hospitality venues.\n\nSocial bubbles are exempt from the restrictions, and residents can meet in groups of up to six - or more than six if exclusively from two households - in outdoor areas such as parks and beer gardens.\n\nThe tightening of measures only applies to those living within the boundary of Preston City Council.\n\nCafé owner Julie Faussat, who moved into new premises before the March lockdown, said: \"I am concerned because obviously we've all invested a lot of money into our businesses and what I don't want to see is another total lockdown again, especially for small independent businesses, it would be a real struggle.\"\n\nAidan Monks, a baker who delivers bread across north-west England, said: \"All you hear people say is 'we just knew what was going to happen'.\n\n\"There needs to clear guidance. I think people are more than willing to support it but they just need that clarity and support.\"\n\nNew cases of Covid-19 in Preston increased substantially with 47 (33 per 100,000 population) in the week to Monday, compared with 29 (20 per 100,000) the week before. A further 17 cases were recorded on Tuesday.\n\nBlackburn, with Darwen, Pendle and Burnley, recorded higher rates in the same week - all of which are subject to the current tightened lockdown in east Lancashire.\n\nThe measures for Preston will be kept under review with potential for even stronger localised restrictions from the local authority if the new rules on gatherings are not followed.\n\n\"If we can't reduce the infections we could end up having to have further restrictions on people's lives, which is not to anyone's benefit,\" he said.\n\nDr Karunanithi said it was \"extremely important that we act now\" following a significant increase in positive cases.\n\n\"I also want to be clear that this is affecting people from both south Asian and white ethnic backgrounds, particularly those living in poor socio-economic conditions in our city,\" he said.\n\n\"I want to pay extra attention to indoor spaces, particularly pubs, where high numbers of people are mixing between households.\n\n\"That's a worrying pattern that we really must avoid.\"\n\nLancashire Police Deputy Chief Constable Terry Woods said the force would take action against those who flouted the rules, adding extra officers would be deployed to Preston following the introduction of new restrictions.\n\nPools, indoor gyms and other leisure facilities will continue to remain closed in Leicester, Bradford and Blackburn.\n\nShielding will also continue for individuals in Blackburn with Darwen, and Leicester city.\n\nUnder Public Health England's weekly surveillance report, Bedford and Swindon were also added to the list as \"areas of concern\" while Rotherham is being removed following a drop in cases.\n\nOadby and Wigston have been moved down from \"enhanced support\" to \"area of concern\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nDo you live in Preston? Tell us how the changes in the lockdown measures have affected you 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 home in Stoke Newington\n\nTV star Caroline Flack took her own life while she was facing trial accused of assaulting her boyfriend, a coroner has ruled.\n\nThe ex-Love Island and X Factor host was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington, London, on 15 February.\n\nThe day before her death Ms Flack had found out she would be prosecuted and feared press intrusion, the inquest at Poplar Coroner's Court heard.\n\nMs Hassell said Ms Flack, 40, had killed herself after an \"exacerbation and fluctuation\" of ill health and distress.\n\nThe inquest heard sections of the media had been \"hounding\" the presenter over the alleged assault of Lewis Burton, which she denied.\n\nMs Flack's mental health had deteriorated following her arrest, according to the coroner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe inquest heard the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) initially pursued a caution against Ms Flack, but withdrew it after the Metropolitan Police said it believed it was in the public interest to bring an assault charge.\n\nThe presenter's mother Chris told the court she thought her daughter had been \"seriously let down by the authorities and in particular the CPS for pursuing the case\".\n\nMs Hassell said she was \"satisfied [Ms Flack] wanted to cause her own death\" and \"there's no doubt in my mind at all\".\n\n\"For some, it seems she had a charmed life - but the more famous she got the more mentally distressed she became,\" she said.\n\n\"Her trauma was played out in the national press and that was incredibly distressing for her.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former home after she died in February\n\nMs Flack had left her role presenting Love Island, the ITV2 dating show, in the wake of her arrest last December.\n\nThe inquest heard she struck her boyfriend while he slept because she suspected he was cheating on her.\n\nMr Burton did not support the assault charge, and in a statement he said the last time he had seen Ms Flack \"she was not in a good place\".\n\nHe said \"the media were constantly bashing her character\" and \"writing hurtful stories\".\n\nMs Hassell said: \"I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she knew she would face the media, press, publicity - it would all come down upon her. To me, that's it in essence.\"\n\nMrs Flack wept as she told the coroner over video-link: \"I think you got it spot on.\n\n\"We know you are not allowed to say certain things and it's up to us if we want to take it any further, and we don't.\"\n\nIn a statement, Lewis Burton said the media were \"constantly bashing\" Ms Flack's character\n\nShe previously told the inquest that if Ms Flack had been a \"normal person\", the police and CPS wouldn't have \"been bothered\" to charge her.\n\nAddressing Det Insp Lauren Bateman, Mrs Flack said: \"No real evidence was put forward. If it was an ordinary person, you wouldn't have been bothered.\n\n\"You should be disgusted with yourself. That girl killed herself because you put an appeal through.\"\n\nDet Insp Bateman said: \"I was not biased and I treat everyone the same.\"\n\nDeputy chief crown prosecutor Lisa Ramsarran said Ms Flack accepted she had caused Mr Burton's injury, but \"the explanation essentially amounted to it being an accident, which is a defence and was the disputed issue which was going to be the issue at trial\".\n\nMs Flack's family allege she was treated differently because of her celebrity status\n\nAfter the hearing, the Met Police said it \"takes allegations of domestic abuse, by men or women, very seriously and investigates those allegations in accordance with national and Met Police policies\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Officers are encouraged to consider 'evidence-led' prosecutions where appropriate, and actively investigate cases even if the victim does not wish to support a prosecution.\n\n\"This is to enable victims to be safeguarded and to bring offenders to justice, as well as due to the risk of repeat victimisation.\"\n\nIn a statement after the ruling, Ms Flack's mother said: \"Caroline you were loved. I love you.\n\n\"Many people loved and supported Caroline, they know who they are and I thank them all.\n\n\"Many people pretended to love Caroline and took advantage of her kindness and they know who they are.\"\n\nYou can find information and support for issues raised in this article on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "George swam a total of 43 miles (70km) in three days\n\nAn ecology graduate has set a new record of swimming the lengths of 13 Lake District lakes in three days.\n\nGeorge Taplin, 20, from Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire, swam a total of 43 miles (70km) during his challenge.\n\nHe wore four different wetsuits to prevent contaminating certain lakes with algae from others.\n\nHis challenge raised almost £2,000 for Just A Drop, a global charity seeking to provide safe and sustainable water to communities.\n\nGeorge Taplin was raising money for Just A Drop\n\nMr Taplin started in England's largest lake, Windermere, and finished in Derwent Water where friends presented him with a celebratory broccoli, his favourite vegetable.\n\nWater temperatures varied between 12C and 14C, for which he practised by taking cold showers, and he said his favourite lake was Wastwater due to its \"incredible visibility\".\n\n\"It was the coldest but the clearest\", he said.\n\nMr Taplin, who recently graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in ecology and conservation biology, said: \"Setting out with these types of challenges, you never know what elements you may come across.\n\n\"It's been incredible though and finishing was a fantastic feeling.\"\n\nHis attempt was inspired by adventurer Matt Williams, who spent 10 days walking between and swimming the lakes.\n\nGeorge Taplin was supported by friends and family throughout his challenge\n\nMr Taplin has been swimming since the age of five and when he was 16 had a trial for the Rio Olympics in the 400m freestyle.\n\nBut he said he wanted to focus on distance and endurance instead of speed.\n\n\"I started doing open water swimming with my dad and when I was going quite slowly I felt I could go forever,\" he said.\n\n\"It made me curious as to how far I actually could go.\"\n\nHis first long distance swim began one morning at Henley on the Thames and ended 10 hours and 40km later at Windsor.\n\nHe is now planning to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa.\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.", "James Majury had been using his mobile phone at the wheel moments before the fatal crash\n\nAn HGV driver who was checking Facebook on his phone moments before he crashed into a school minibus, killing a boy and a support worker, has been jailed.\n\nFourteen-year-old Joe Cairns and Anne Kerr, 50, died when James Majury crashed into them on the M58 in Lancashire in January last year.\n\nFive other people were seriously injured in the crash.\n\nMajury, 33, previously admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for eight years and 10 months.\n\nHe was also banned from driving for nearly 10 years.\n\nJudge Robert Altham, sitting at Preston Crown Court, said Majury had \"prioritised checking his Facebook over the safety of anyone else on the road that day\" and his actions had caused \"untold suffering\" and the loss of two \"precious\" people.\n\nMobile phone records showed Majury, of Milton Road in Coppull, Chorley, had been using his mobile phone throughout his journey on 8 January 2019, sending texts, making calls, using sports apps, opening a medieval fantasy game and finally scouring Facebook while behind the wheel.\n\nHe only noticed the minibus carrying children to Pontville School, a special needs school in Ormskirk, half a second before the impact.\n\nDespite slamming on his brakes, his lorry hit the minibus at 50mph.\n\nProsecutors said his Mercedes Arocs lorry, heavily laden with scaffolding, had \"unleashed a 19-tonne battering ram\" into the back of the nine-seater school vehicle carrying pupils and staff.\n\nBoth victims died at the scene.\n\nFive other people were injured in the crash in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, on 8 January 2019\n\nJoe Cairns' mum Steph said: \"I miss my little boy every minute of every day. I feel useless now he's not here any more because he was my world.\n\n\"I always thought he needed me because of his special needs but it turned out I needed him way more.\n\n\"It's ripped me apart and the only thing that keeps me going are my three other beautiful children.\n\n\"I cry every day thinking about Joe. He's constantly on my mind, I miss his humour and his company.\n\n\"I think about him laughing because it was so infectious and made me smile, he made everybody smile. He was our hero.\"\n\nThe husband of Anne Kerr, from Southport, described her as a \"caring and compassionate\" woman who put the needs of others before her own.\n\nSimon Kerr said his life since the crash had been an \"unbearable, recurring nightmare\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Major science projects in the deep interior and other remote places will be postponed by a year\n\nThe British Antarctic Survey is scaling back its research in the polar south because of coronavirus.\n\nOnly essential teams will head back to the continent as it emerges from winter and virtually all science in the deep field has been postponed for a year.\n\nThis includes all work on the huge, and rapidly melting, Thwaites Glacier, which has been the focus of a major joint study with the Americans.\n\nBAS says it doesn't have the capacity to treat people if they get sick.\n\nAnd in consultation with international partners this past week, very strict procedures will now be put in place to keep the virus out of Antarctica.\n\n\"No nation has the medical facilities to deal with people who are seriously ill,\" explained BAS director Prof Dame Jane Francis.\n\n\"Everybody is taking very strong precautionary measures to make sure that any activity in Antarctica this year is as safe as possible,\" she told BBC News.\n\nRothera station is the main UK base on Antarctica\n\nThe key logistical challenge is the uncertainty surrounding air routes.\n\nMany of those who go to Antarctica each austral summer season do so by travelling on a plane to one of the main gateways - in South Africa, Australia/New Zealand and Chile - where they then make the hop across the Southern Ocean, either on a connecting flight or on a ship.\n\nBut with air corridors so severely disrupted at the moment, the gateways aren't functioning as they should.\n\nUK scientists and technicians, and their supplies, will therefore travel direct from Britain to Antarctica on the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross.\n\nIt's possible some sort of air connection could eventually be established via the Falklands with a refuelling stop on Ascension Island - but this is not Plan A.\n\nHalley station will remain closed through the summer research season\n\nWith the limitations these arrangements impose, BAS has no alternative but to suspend the vast majority of its deep-field projects which send researchers into the interior of the continent to conduct their studies.\n\nThe emphasis will instead be on maintaining important climate observations made at the main stations of Rothera and Halley.\n\nIn recent years, the latter has been closed for the winter, with all its science instruments run automatically.\n\nGiven the present circumstances, Halley will remain in shutdown through the summer as well - although efforts will be made to visit the base to make sure the power generation system that supports the automated set-up can continue to operate all the way through to the summer of 2021/2022.\n\n\"We have enough fuel at Halley to get us through the next winter. The problem is that fuel is not in the tanks that feed the automation system; it's in the bigger station tanks and we have to transfer it,\" said Prof David Vaughan, BAS director of science.\n\nThis will only happen if BAS can get its fleet of Twin Otter aircraft from Canada, where they've just been serviced, down to Antarctica. But, again, flying these planes leg-by-leg through the Americas may prove impossible given the infection rates now being reported in some countries.\n\nAnd if the Twin Otters don't turn up, no-one will be able to get across to Halley from Rothera to fix the fuel issue.\n\nThe route to Antarctica: RRS James Clark Ross has just been painted ahead of the new season\n\nThe coronavirus crisis gripped the world in the middle of the 2019/2020 Antarctic summer season.\n\nGetting all temporary personnel off the continent, and bringing them home, also proved to be a logistical headache, with some scientists and technicians enduring long waits and quarantine at Rothera, and on the Falklands, before getting a flight or ship berth home.\n\nEven those who'd spent weeks gathering measurements in what are some of the remotest locations on Earth had to take their place in line.\n\nThis included the expedition teams returning from far-away Thwaites Glacier.\n\nThe colossal ice stream is the subject of a five-year, concerted research push to understand why it is melting so fast and the impact this will have on global sea levels.\n\nIt's the single biggest science investigation on the continent right now, but the studies are going to have to take a gap year.\n\nProf Vaughan told BBC News: \"We've agreed with the National Science Foundation, our US partner, that Thwaites is postponed by one year. We'll do everything we can to get back in and hit the ground running in the subsequent season of 21/22. So, no project is being cancelled; no activities are being cancelled. It's all just being postponed.\"\n\nThe British Antarctic Survey operates a number of research stations and forward supply facilities\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The UK has seen its hottest day in August for 17 years, as temperatures reached more than 36C (96.8F) in south-east England.\n\nCrowds headed to the coast to enjoy the weather, but people have been urged to adhere to social distancing.\n\nExceptionally hot weather is set to continue in parts of the UK throughout the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperatures are expected in England and Wales, with fresher weather forecast for Scotland and NI.\n\nA band of rain will move across Scotland on Friday evening, the Met Office tweeted.\n\nAs of 15:00 BST on Friday, the mercury reached 36.4C at London's Heathrow Airport, making it the hottest August day since 2003, BBC Weather said.\n\nIt comes just one week after the UK recorded a yearly high of 37.8C at Heathrow.\n\nEarlier, a high of 26.4C was recorded in Wales (Usk), 23.5C in Scotland (Charterhall, Scottish Borders), and 20.9C in Northern Ireland (Katesbridge).\n\nA large wildfire is burning on heathland in Surrey amid the soaring temperatures, with multiple fire crews sent to tackle the blaze.\n\nThe grass fire on Chobham Common, which is larger than 40 hectares, has also spread to a nearby golf club\n\nWarm temperatures are also expected overnight, with a number of so-called tropical nights - when temperatures stay above 20C - forecast for the coming days.\n\nSuch nights used to be rare. Between 1961 and 1990 there were just eight nights that exceeded that mark.\n\nBut the mercury is predicted to stay between 19 and 22C in some areas until next Wednesday night, meaning people in the UK could be facing difficult sleeping conditions for several nights to come.\n\nCrowds have already flocked to Brighton beach, in East Sussex, to enjoy the sunshine\n\nRecord temperatures are expected in London and the South East\n\nThe increasing number of tropical nights is linked to climate change, according to BBC Weather.\n\nAnd meteorologists have previously said they expect to see more as the climate continues to warm.\n\nMeanwhile, councils have asked sunseekers to follow coronavirus social distancing guidelines, and stay clear of packed beaches, as hundreds of people descended on the coast across Britain on Friday.\n\nIn Dorset, beach-goers were told to \"head home\" as resorts and car parks in some areas reached capacity.\n\nAnd Thanet District Council in Kent - which warned last month that busy beaches were becoming unmanageable - asked visitors to look for less crowded areas so they can socially distance.\n\nSkegness beach in Lincolnshire was another popular spot for sunseekers on Friday\n\nAnd plenty of pleasure boats were seen making their way along the River Ant on the Norfolk Broads\n\nThere were also warnings over public safety at beaches, including by the UK's coastguard, which said it had responded to around 70 calls - above average for this time of year - by midday on Friday.\n\nThe RNLI has called on beachgoers in the south west of England to follow water safety advice and adhere to social distancing.\n\nLast week, the charity carried out 30 rescues in one day on just one beach in Cornwall.\n\nThe incidents mainly involved bathers and body boarders caught in rip currents, going out of their depth and being cut off by the incoming tide.\n\nKitty Norman, water safety delivery support at the RNLI, said beaches across the whole of the South West were \"extremely busy\" with locals holidaying at home this year as well as an influx of visitors.\n\nShe said: \"The sheer volume of people making social distancing tricky is one thing to be conscious of before planning your trip to the beach.\n\n\"You might choose to visit the beach at a quieter time of day, or choose a beach with more space, where you can still bathe between the flagged area but spread out further when setting up camp for the day.\n\n\"If you arrive at the beach and it is simply too crowded, consider moving on and spending your day elsewhere.\"\n\nShe also asked people to respect a two-metre distance when approaching lifeguards.\n\nLast week, the Met Office warned that climate change driven by industrial society is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather.\n\nIts annual UK report confirmed that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, and described the year as remarkable for high temperature records in the UK.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boy swept out to sea thanks RNLI rescuers\n\nA 10-year-old boy who was swept out to sea during a day trip to the beach with his family has described how he feared he was going to die.\n\nRavi Saini survived for more than an hour using floating advice he had remembered from a BBC TV documentary.\n\nRescuers praised him when they found him on his back, with his arms and legs spread, shouting for help in the water near Scarborough on 31 July.\n\n\"I felt like 'yeah I finally got a second chance to live',\" said Ravi.\n\nRavi was given gifts by the lifeboat crew and had a tour of the RNLI base on Thursday\n\nRavi, from Leeds, had been at the beach in South Bay with his father, Nathu Ram, 37, his mother, Puspa Devi, 34, and his nine-year-old sister, Muskan.\n\nHe thanked the lifeboat crew again for saving him while touring the town's RNLI base on Thursday and described how he had been in the water with his father and sister when he suddenly realised he was out of his depth.\n\n\"I realised I was floating and I was like 'help me, help me',\" said Ravi.\n\n\"My dad tried to come but the water was higher than him.\"\n\nThe 10-year-old sat in the lifeboat that saved him from the sea and thanked the crew again\n\n\"I was petrified and I thought that this was the end of my life,\" he continued.\n\nAfter what felt like \"five hours\" at sea, he said he heard the lifeboat's engine approaching.\n\nRavi, who has weekly swimming lessons, described being a fan of the BBC documentary Saving Lives At Sea, in which he saw the \"Float to Live\" technique of lying on your back, staying calm and spreading out like a starfish.\n\n\"All of a sudden the waves were so strong that every single part of my body goes into the water and then it takes 10 seconds or something to get back.\"\n\nRavi was in Scarborough's South Bay when he was pulled out to sea\n\nHis father, a chef, described how he tried to reach his son to rescue him but the water was too deep with strong currents.\n\n\"The water was round my neck and I lost my control,\" said Mr Ram.\n\nRavi's father Nathu Ram said he feared his son was going to \"die in front of my eyes\"\n\n\"Slowly, slowly he was going too far. Once or twice we saw his face. After that we didn't see him.\n\n\"When I was in the water I was struggling and I was thinking that we could both lose our lives.\"\n\nGoing through his mind was the fear that his son might \"die in front of my eyes\", he added.\n\nRavi said: \"I was petrified and I thought that this was the end of my life\"\n\nLifeboat crewman Rudi Barman described Ravi as \"an incredible young man\" who \"resisted the urge to panic\".\n\n\"The fact that he was on his back floating to live is just amazing really. That's what saved his life.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.", "Treatments such as chemotherapy do not seem to increase mortality risk from Covid-19\n\nContinuing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients with Covid-19 is not a risk to their survival, a study suggests.\n\nIt also recommends further research into the drug hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to benefit some patients.\n\nThe findings, from 890 infected cancer patients in the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany, could help identify who is most at risk from coronavirus.\n\nBreast cancer patients had half the death rate of other patients.\n\nThe Imperial College London researchers who led the study - involving 19 different hospitals across Europe, including Hammersmith Hospital in London - say they now want to find out why.\n\nThey are also keen to investigate why UK cancer patients with Covid-19 in the study were more likely to die than in the three other countries.\n\nDr David Pinato, from the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial College London, and study leader, said he was \"concerned\" by the figures and called for the UK to \"acknowledge the mortality rate\".\n\nThe pandemic has had an impact on patients' access to cancer treatments, and in some cases it has been postponed or stopped altogether based on very little \"solid evidence\", he said.\n\n\"Now we have a better understanding of how to make this fair,\" Dr Pinato said.\n\nTreatments such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy did not seem to increase mortality risk from Covid-19, he added.\n\n\"This means that in many cases cancer treatment may be safe to use during the pandemic, depending on a patient's individual circumstances and risk factors.\"\n\nIn the study, one in three cancer patients with Covid-19 had died between the end of February and the start of April.\n\nMen, the over-65s and those with other health conditions fared worse than other cancer patients with the virus - the same risk factors for the general population.\n\nBut women with breast cancer appeared to be protected, to some extent, in all four countries. Their mortality rate was only 15%.\n\nAmong the 890 patients studied, just over half the patients were men, their average age was 68, and 330 patients had advanced cancer. More than 400 had other underlying conditions:\n\nAbout 80% of them had caught the virus in the community.\n\nAccording to the researchers, the study's findings could be used to work out which cancer patients were most vulnerable and should be shielding to protect themselves from the virus.\n\nThey also said more clinical trials into emerging Covid-19 treatments in infected cancer patients, such as hydroxychloroquine, needed to happen soon.\n\nThe anti-malarial drug has been the subject of controversy after two studies were retracted recently. They suggested the drug might worsen mortality.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Health Secretary Matt Hancock: \"We take this action with a heavy heart\"\n\nMillions of people in parts of northern England are now facing new restrictions, banning separate households from meeting each other at home after a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe rules impact people in Greater Manchester, east Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire.\n\nThe health secretary told the BBC the increase in transmission was due to people visiting friends and relatives.\n\nLabour criticised the timing of the announcement - late on Thursday night.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast the government had taken \"targeted\" action based on information gathered from contact tracing, which he said showed that \"most of the transmission is happening between households visiting each other, and people visiting relatives and friends\".\n\nThe new lockdown rules, which came into force at midnight, mean people from different households will not be allowed to meet in homes or private gardens.\n\nThey also ban members of two different households from mixing in pubs and restaurants, although individual households will still be able to visit such hospitality venues.\n\nThe changes come as Muslim communities prepare to celebrate Eid this weekend, and nearly four weeks after restrictions were eased across England - allowing people to meet indoors for the first time since late March.\n\nThe same restrictions will apply in Leicester, where a local lockdown has been in place for the last month.\n\nHowever, pubs, restaurants and other facilities will be allowed to reopen in the city from Monday, as some of the stricter measures are lifted.\n\nThere is an inescapable fact here - the coronavirus has not gone away and it still thrives on close human contact.\n\nThe more we come together the easier it will spread.\n\nWe have seen this happen as national lockdowns have been lifted from Europe, to the US, to Australia and more.\n\nBetter testing means we can now spot where cases are starting to spike.\n\nThe warning signs are in the data with cases climbing in areas like Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Tameside.\n\nThe hope is the government has acted quickly enough to suppress the virus with \"local restrictions\" before it becomes a national problem.\n\nIt is now the turn of millions of people in northern England to take the hit, but these local lockdown-tightening measures could happen anywhere.\n\nThis is the \"new normal\" as we buy time until a vaccine is developed.\n\nThe health secretary said the move was not an attempt to curtail Eid celebrations after Miqdaad Versi, from the Muslim Council of Britain, said the restrictions were likely to have a \"large impact\" on Muslim families celebrating Eid.\n\nAsked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether the measures were announced late on Thursday night to stop the celebrations from taking place, Mr Hancock said: \"No, my heart goes out to the Muslim communities in these areas because I know how important the Eid celebrations are.\"\n\nAlso on the Today programme, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham suggested that the rise in transmission had been caused in part by gatherings \"in multi-generational households\".\n\nAsked whether he meant predominantly the Asian population of Greater Manchester, Mr Burnham replied: \"Yes, I do mean that.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer, while welcoming the measures, condemned the government's decision to announce the changes on Twitter just after 21:00 BST on Thursday as \"a new low for the government's communications during this crisis\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Matt Hancock appeared to contradict the new rules, Andy Burnham said it was up to the government to clear up the confusion\n\nThe government published details of the new restrictions two hours after the health secretary tweeted the announcement, and then released further guidance on the changes on Friday morning.\n\nMinisters have said police forces and councils will be given powers to enforce the new rules.\n\nSome local Conservative MPs questioned the government's decision to apply the measures to the whole of Greater Manchester, which includes 10 local authority areas - Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.\n\nWilliam Wragg, MP for Hazel Grove in Stockport, tweeted that Greater Manchester was \"not one homogeneous area\" and treating all 10 boroughs the same was \"not the right approach\".\n\nThe government always warned it would slam on the brakes if it had to.\n\nNow it has - on an unprecedented scale, with two-and-a-half hours notice.\n\nAnd snatched with a rebuke from the health secretary for England - Matt Hancock - who repeatedly said this was necessary because some in the areas affected had failed to stick to social distancing rules.\n\nI'm told the change comes without a time limit, but will be reviewed every week.\n\nAnd don't be surprised if the government, from the prime minister down, make the case that this could happen elsewhere too if people are cavalier about the rules.\n\nAnd yet, in Leicester, the local, more severe restrictions imposed there are to be eased. The baby steps back towards normality are going to be hesitant and faltering; messy in their detail and messy in their geography.\n\nThe virus has robbed us of many things.\n\nIt continues to rob us of any certainty.\n\nThe current rules for the rest of England allow two households - up to a maximum of 30 people - to meet indoors.\n\nIn Wales, indoor meetings between different households are still not allowed, but two households of any size can join up in an \"extended household\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, groups of up to 10 people from four different households can meet indoors, while in Scotland, up to eight people from three different households can meet indoors.\n\nOn Thursday, a further 38 people in the UK died, bringing the total number of Covid-19 associated deaths to 45,999.\n\nAnd 846 cases were reported - the highest number of cases in a day for a month.\n\nDo you live in one of the affected areas? What do you want to know about the restrictions?\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.", "Face coverings are currently mandatory in shops and on public transport.\n\nThe first minister said she was very satisfied that the vast majority of people were complying with those requirements.\n\nAs a precautionary measure, she has now announced that more indoor premises will be included such as libraries, museums, and places of worship.\n\nThe guidance on face visors has also been updated.\n\n\"Based on the latest scientific evidence, we are not convinced that a face visor on its own provides sufficient protection – to the wearer or to others,\" Ms Sturgeon said.\n\n\"So again from tomorrow, if a visor is worn it must be accompanied by another type of face covering.\n\n\"These changes will help to reduce some of the risks that people face, and they are not any of them being made lightly.\"", "Beirut resident Rayane Awkal has told the BBC she was meeting a friend in a coffee shop in the Gemmazye area when the blast happened.\n\nShe said the sound was like that of a plane and then \"everything was shattered, there was glass on the floor\".\n\n“All of a sudden my friend started screaming 'My leg, my leg!' And I look down and I see her leg split near her knee and bleeding.\"\n\nRayane said they somehow managed to go to a nearby hospital where they saw many injured people.\n\n\"There was blood everywhere, and we were told they weren’t admitting anyone.\"\n\nThree hospitals refused to treat her friend but eventually she \"got stitched\" in a hospital outside the capital.\n\n\"I’m very fortunate that miraculously I got out safe, my parents are safe,\" Rayane said.\n\nBut she added: \"I’m very angry as a citizen because I feel nobody is listening to us.\n\n\"We are just fed lies after lies by this corrupted system, by corrupted politicians who are just trying to buy time to try to get themselves out of this mess.\n\n\"Because it is their mess, their lies and blood is on their hands – everyone who has died, everyone who got injured, every last - business, every last house - it’s on them because of their mismanagement and because of everything they have done wrong.”", "The three destinations will be removed from the list of exempted countries\n\nPeople returning to Wales from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will have to quarantine at home for a fortnight.\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething announced the change, which will come into force from midnight on Thursday.\n\nA short time later the other UK nations followed suit, with the change coming into force at 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nBelgium has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Europe at 49.2 per 100,000 people, compared with 14.3 per 100,000 in the UK.\n\nUK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted: \"Data shows we need to remove Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from our list of [Coronavirus] travel corridors in order to keep infection rates DOWN.\"\n\nThe three destinations will be removed from the list of countries which have been exempted from border health controls.\n\nLuxembourg, Spain and Serbia were all removed last month.\n\nMr Gething said the decision was made after he \"considered the evidence for the public health risk now posed by travellers who enter the UK from these places\".\n\nIn other changes, travellers arriving from Brunei and Malaysia will not need to quarantine.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman added: \"The four nations of the UK made this decision together and we have amended our regulations.\"\n\nThere are currently no direct commercial flights to Belgium or the Bahamas from Wales, but air passengers can connect via Paris or Amsterdam or use an English airport.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing Faisal Al-Aseel, project manager at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy when the explosion took place.", "Mark Davies says some people are spoiling the county's beauty spots for others\n\nA crack down on illegal camping has been launched following an increase in people staying in car parks overnight.\n\nPembrokeshire council is staging early morning patrols and issuing fines of up to £70 to tackle the rise in so-called \"wild camping\".\n\nAbout 20 penalty notices were issued to people caught parking illegally last weekend, the council said.\n\nCamper vans and vehicles on lay-bys and verges are causing access problems for emergency services.\n\nMark Davies, a civil enforcement officer, begins his patrol at 05:00 BST and said a growing number of penalty notices were being issued, especially at weekends.\n\n\"You can see people have been having a couple of drinks, not bagging the rubbish and taking it home, just leaving it for the local authority to clear up,\" he said.\n\n\"It is frustrating - people think they can get away with it because they're enjoying themselves.\n\n\"If they follow the rules then everyone can enjoy it. Some people spoil it for a lot of others.\"\n\nThe national park says car parks are designed to welcome day visitors\n\nOfficers are also reporting a number of camper vans and other vehicles parked on verges or in lay-bys - which can cause access problems for emergency services and put lives at risk.\n\nThey are also leading to problems such as littering and people using parts of the national park as a \"public toilet\".\n\nTegryn Jones, chief executive of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, said the local infrastructure and fragile coastal environment could not cope with unauthorised stays.\n\n\"We set up the county to cope with day visitors - obviously when they're staying and they're cooking, then they'll fill the bins and you'll see litter all over the place.\n\n\"We've also seen instances of people emptying toilets in lay-bys, which is not pleasant and certainly doesn't add to the experience.\n\n\"The local community is dependent on tourism, it's difficult then when people don't follow the rules - it has a negative impact on the lives of other visitors and on local communities.\"\n\nWild camping, in a tent or camper van, is banned in Wales without the landowner's permission.\n\nPatrols take place from the early hours of the morning\n\nMarc Owen, street care and parking manager for the council, said tensions were high.\n\n\"We've had issues in car parks and on highways - some people are unfortunately leaving rubbish behind.\n\n\"We've got fantastic campsites in the county, so we're not saying don't come, we're saying please come to visit, but visit safely and pre-plan your trip.\n\n\"Car parks aren't set up for overnight camping - they're set up to be car parks.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Champions League\n\nManchester City finished off the job they started back in February by deservedly overcoming Real Madrid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.\n\nPep Guardiola's side will now face Lyon in the one-game knockout format in Lisbon after inflicting Zinedine Zidane's first elimination from the Champions League, the French manager having won it three times in his three previous seasons in charge.\n\nIt was a victory City fully merited as their intense pressing game forced Real into numerous mistakes, with France World Cup-winning defender Raphael Varane in particular unable to cope with the pressing of Gabriel Jesus.\n\nHe robbed Varane to set up Raheem Sterling to score in the ninth minute but Karim Benzema's towering header before half-time set up the possibility of a tense second period.\n\nCity, though, created the better opportunities in an excellent performance - whereas Real missed the leadership and nous of central defender Sergio Ramos, who was suspended after being sent off in the first leg.\n\nWithout Ramos alongside him, the uncomfortable Varane made another error when his headed back-pass fell short of Thibaut Courtois to allow the lurking Jesus to pounce in the game's decisive moment after 68 minutes.\n• None No Aguero, no problem - tactical analysis of how City beat Real\n• None Real win is just one step - Guardiola\n• None 'This feels like Man City's time - now they must deliver'\n• None Football Daily: Man City masterclass but was that the 'Real' Madrid?\n\nCity's superiority over Real was actually more emphatic than the scoreline suggests.\n\nFrom the opening seconds, with Phil Foden in an advanced role and the Spanish champions unsettled by the mobility of Sterling and Jesus, City's relentless pressing and intensity gave them control.\n\nIt was epitomised by Jesus - who hounded Varane into submission - but City had stars all over the pitch, with Kevin de Bruyne producing some brilliant passes and Kyle Walker positive in defence and attack.\n\nGoalkeeper Ederson was faultless when called upon and there were few signs of the defensive frailties that have undermined them in the Premier League this season.\n\nIf City perform like this against Lyon they will be difficult to stop, but the French side must not be taken lightly after disposing of Juventus.\n\nThe Champions League has always eluded City and has been out of Guardiola's reach since his glory days at Barcelona - but if this quality and discipline can be maintained, this could be the season that all changes.\n\nReal Madrid captain Ramos was a noisy presence from his seat behind the technical area as he encouraged his team-mates on the pitch - but Zidane would have given anything to have him out there alongside them.\n\nThe 34-year-old remains a magnificent defender with real presence and at the Etihad Real paid a heavy price for his red card in the first leg of this quarter-final, played at the Bernabeu six months ago.\n\nHis organisation and composure was badly missed with his usual central defensive partner Varane - upon whom the burden of responsibility fell in Ramos' absence - suffering a personal nightmare.\n\nJesus was Varane's tormentor in chief, robbing him of possession to set up Sterling's opener - his 100th goal for the club - then chasing down his weak attempt at a headed back-pass to score City's crucial second.\n\nReal have the quality of Benzema as a constant threat in attack but Ramos is still the glue that holds this team together and they came badly unstuck in the face of City's desire and energy.\n\n'We have to accept we lost to a good team' - what they said\n\nReal Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: \"We cant be happy obviously, we have lost the game and we are out.\n\n\"We are proud of what we achieved this season, this is football. We lost to a good team and have to accept it. We had our chances to score.\n\n\"I am the Real Madrid manager until something happens out of the ordinary.\n\n\"You don't need to ask any more question about my future. We will all have a rest and come back again next season.\"\n• None Pep Guardiola is the third individual to eliminate Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League on more than one occasion, along with Marcello Lippi (1995-96, 2002-03) and Ottmar Hitzfeld (2000-01, 2006-07).\n• None Real have been eliminated before the quarter-finals in consecutive Champions League campaigns for the first time since 2009-10 - they had reached at least the semi-finals in each of the eight seasons between 2010-11 and 2017-18.\n• None City's victory marks the first time an English side have won both legs in a Champions League knockout tie against Spanish opposition since 2008-09, when Liverpool won 5-0 on aggregate against Real.\n• None Zinedine Zidane was eliminated from a Champions League knockout tie for the first time as Real boss, having progressed from each of the previous 12.\n• None Raheem Sterling scored his 100th goal in all competitions for City, becoming the first Englishman to reach three figures for the club since Dennis Tueart in 1981.\n• None City forward Gabriel Jesus is just the second player to score in both legs of a Champions League knockout tie against Real for an English side, after Ruud van Nistelrooy with Manchester United in 2002-03.\n• None Karim Benzema has scored five goals in his last six appearances in the Champions League knockout stages for Real.\n• None Attempt missed. David Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.\n• None Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.\n• None Offside, Manchester City. João Cancelo tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.\n• None Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Sterling. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None How would you cope without electricity?: Take the Power Out quiz to find out", "Mark Meadows (left) and Steven Mnuchin represent the White House in the talks\n\nLast-ditch negotiations at the US Congress to forge another stimulus package for the coronavirus-ravaged economy have collapsed in stalemate.\n\nDemocrats and Republicans remain at odds over everything from unemployment benefits to financial aid for schools to cash injections for states' coffers.\n\nThe US unemployment rate stands at 10.2%, higher than any level during the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nJobless benefits have expired, as has a federal moratorium on evictions.\n\nThe failure to reach a deal will disappoint tens of millions of unemployed Americans who had been receiving an extra $600 (£450) a week on top of normal unemployment benefits during the pandemic. That payment expired last month and Republicans want to reduce it.\n\nOn Friday, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful elected Democrat, held a meeting in her Capitol Hill office with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.\n\nMrs Pelosi said in a news conference that she was willing to offer a trillion-dollar compromise on a $3.5tn (£2.7tn) stimulus bill passed by her Democratic-controlled chamber but rejected by the Republican-held Senate.\n\n\"We'll go down one trillion, you go up one trillion,\" she told reporters as she staked out her position, adding: \"We have a moral responsibility to find common ground.\"\n\nAs he entered Mrs Pelosi's office on Friday, Mr Mnuchin called her proposal \"a non-starter\".\n\nRepublicans prefer a package closer to $1tn total and want any deal to include legal protections for employers against virus-related health claims from workers.\n\nThey also want far less aid to local governments than Democrats are seeking.\n\nIn a surprise news conference on Friday evening from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is spending the weekend, President Trump blamed Democratic congressional leaders for the impasse.\n\n\"Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer continue to insist on radical left-wing policies that have nothing to do with the China virus,\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"If Democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage, I will act under my authority as president to get Americans the relief they need.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Despite the economy shrinking, US stocks have rallied\n\nMr Trump said he may seek to defer the payroll tax, unemployment benefits and student loan interest until the end of the year, as well as extending the eviction moratorium.\n\nThe White House has previously suggested the president would take unilateral action through executive order. But it is unclear how much he can change by fiat, given that Congress controls federal spending.\n\nAfter weeks of negotiations, during which federal unemployment support for millions of Americans ended and economic numbers indicated the recovery was stalling, congressional Democrats and administration officials were able to offer the nation... nothing.\n\nBoth sides agreed that something had to be done to help the unemployed, provide some support to schools that are struggling to cope with the pandemic and protect those facing eviction. The challenge was there was still at least a trillion dollars in daylight between their two plans, and neither side seemed willing to budge.\n\nThat suggests that both sides are willing to endure the political and economic fallout of a continued impasse.\n\nDemocrats may believe that Americans will blame the president or recalcitrant Senate Republicans who have shown little interest in more deficit spending. The White House may hope that whatever unilateral actions Donald Trump can take will offer him some political protections.\n\nThe bottom line, however, is that millions of Americans will teeter closer to the edge of the financial abyss - and with Congress leaving town for summer recess, there's little sign of substantive help from Washington anytime soon.\n\nThe US unemployment rate continued to fall in July in the US, but it was a much lower decrease than in May and June, denting hopes of an economic revival.\n\nNegotiations have been going on for the past two weeks, as the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpasses 160,000.\n\nThe US has far more Covid-19 cases by volume than any other country - more than 4.9 million - and its rate of infection has risen steadily throughout the summer.\n\nCongress has already allocated some $3tn for pandemic relief so far.\n\nSome Republicans in Congress do not wish to spend any more. Nearly half of Republican senators say they would oppose any new relief bill at all.\n\nFollowing the 90-minute meeting, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters it was \"disappointing\".\n\n\"We're asking them again to be fair, to meet us in the middle, not to have a 'my way or the highway attitude,' which they seem to have.\"\n• None US jobs growth slows in July as pandemic takes toll", "Qualifications Wales said the process was as fair as possible\n\nThousands of estimated A-level and GCSE grades in Wales will be lowered to account for teachers being \"generous\" and inconsistency across schools and colleges, the exams watchdog has said.\n\nExams were cancelled due to coronavirus so results are based on how teachers predict a student would have performed and formula applied by the exam board\n\nResults will be released in the next fortnight.\n\nQualifications Wales said the process was as fair as possible.\n\nIt said a majority of learners would receive their estimated grade and a small percentage would receive a grade that is higher.\n\nThe rest, it said, would receive a lower grade, with \"a small percentage\" of final grades \"two or more grades lower\" than they had been estimated.\n\nSimilar processes have been adopted in other parts of the UK, which led to a row in Scotland last week when many pupils were unhappy that they had been awarded lower grades than they had been predicted.\n\nA-level and AS results are released to pupils on 13 August and GCSE grades will be published a week later.\n\nGrades will also be published for the Welsh Bacc.\n\nSchools and colleges submitted estimated grades to the WJEC exam board in June, as well as ranking pupils within grades in each subject.\n\nThe exam board then looks at information such as how pupils have performed in previous years and the results of the school and college in the past.\n\nChief Executive of Qualifications Wales Philip Blaker said without such an approach \"big variations in outcomes would reduce confidence in results and therefore disadvantage this year's learners\".\n\n\"On the whole, CAGs [centre assessment grades] were generous and there was also evidence of inconsistency between exam centres,\" he said.\n\n\"This is in no way a criticism of teachers as there was no opportunity amid the pandemic to train them.\"\n\nThe watchdog said there was a \"clear difference\" between the estimated grades and previous years' exam results\n\nHe said the watchdog's analysis showed a \"clear difference between CAGs and exam results in previous years, highlighting the need for standardisation to secure fairness for learners\".\n\n\"Qualifications awarded in Wales this year are of the same value as those awarded in any other normal year,\" he added.\n\nHe said the approach had been \"carefully thought through to be as fair as possible in the circumstances and protect the value of results\".\n\nAnalysis by the regulator showed that, based on the estimated grades, more than 40% of A-levels would have been awarded at A* or A compared with 27% in 2019.\n\nAt GCSE, 73% would have had an A* to C grade, compared with 62% in 2019.\n\nHe said the \"clear difference\" between the estimated grades and previous years' exam results highlighted the need for a standardisation process.\n\n\"Changes of this magnitude are unprecedented and unchecked would not be credible\", Mr Blaker said.\n\n\"They would also be at odds with our aim that results this year at a national level are broadly similar to previous years - something that most people agreed with when we consulted on our aims.\"", "A US judge has ruled that, for now, Apple can continue to block the video game Fortnite from its App Store.\n\nHowever the tech giant cannot terminate Epic Games' developer accounts or compromise its graphics tool Unreal Engine, which is used by many third-party game creators.\n\nThis is until a full hearing can take place on 28 September.\n\nApple pulled Fortnite from the App Store after Epic deliberately broke its rules in protest at Apple's policies.\n\nEpic said Apple had also threatened to take away its access to developer tools.\n\nIn her ruling, as reported by The Verge, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wrote that Epic had not demonstrated that Apple's actions so far had caused the \"irreparable harm\" it claimed in its legal papers.\n\nHowever, she also wrote that Apple had \"chosen to act severely\" by threatening to block the Unreal Engine, which is widely used by others.\n\n\"Epic Games and Apple are at liberty to litigate against each other, but their dispute should not create havoc to bystanders,\" she said.\n\nHowever regarding Fortnite, Epic had \"strategically chosen to breach its agreements with Apple,\" she said.\n\nThe App Store conditions state that Apple takes 30% of revenue generated from in-app digital purchases, and developers are not allowed to signpost that prices may be cheaper outside the app.\n\nGoogle takes the same cut on its Play Store.\n\nBoth removed Fortnite from their stores after Epic offered a discount on its in-game currency V Bucks if they were purchased on the website instead.\n\nOn Monday, Microsoft backed Epic in the dispute.\n\nXbox head Phil Spencer tweeted: \"Ensuring that Epic has access to the latest Apple technology is the right thing for game developers and gamers.\"", "Virgin Atlantic is awaiting the outcome of a key vote on a restructuring plan which is seen as vital to secure its future beyond the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe airline agreed the £1.2bn rescue deal in July, but this has to be agreed by creditors.\n\nThe firm is \"fundamentally sound\" but a restructuring and fresh cash injection is critical, its lawyers have said.\n\nIt has warned that it could run out of cash by the end of September if the plan is not approved.\n\nThe deal involves £400m in new cash, half of which will come from its main shareholder, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.\n\nThe rest will come from investors and creditors, who now have to give their approval.\n\nLike other airlines, Virgin Atlantic's finances have been hit hard by the collapse in air travel due to the pandemic.\n\nIt is cutting 3,500 staff, but the airline has said the remaining 6,500 jobs should be secure.\n\nRobert Boyle, a former director of strategy at British Airways owner IAG who now runs his own aviation consultancy, told the BBC that for the deal to go ahead, Virgin Atlantic's unsecured creditors had to agree for their repayments to be rescheduled.\n\nHe said they were being asked to accept 20% less than they were owed, with the rest to be repaid over two years.\n\nMr Boyle said the extra cash \"doesn't seem like enough to me\", given that Sir Richard had asked the government for £500m and had his request rejected.\n\n\"It will get them through maybe the next six months, when they might be in a better position to ask for more money from somewhere,\" he added.\n\nApart from Virgin Group, Virgin Atlantic's other main shareholder is US airline Delta, which owns 49% of the airline.\n\nHowever, Mr Boyle said Delta was unable to invest in foreign firms because of conditions imposed when it received a $5.4bn (£4.1bn) bailout from the US government in April.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Campers have been rescued after Storm Francis hit Wales on Saturday\n\nThousands of homes were left without power, properties were damaged and there was widespread travel disruption as Storm Francis battered Wales.\n\nFalling trees damaged homes and vehicles and blocked roads across Wales after a \"danger to life\" wind warning.\n\nNine people were rescued after a campsite flooded and six people had to be rescued from a flooded property.\n\nRiver searches in Cardiff were suspended after reports of people in the water.\n\nA weather warning for wind covered most of Wales until 09:00 BST on Wednesday, with gusts of 75mph (120km/h) recorded at Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, according to BBC Wales forecaster Derek Brockway.\n\nStrong winds brought a tree down on cars in Plasturton Gardens, Cardiff\n\nThe Met Office had warned of a \"danger to life\" due to flying debris and large waves, with the possibility of homes, buildings and roads being damaged in the storm.\n\nIn north Wales, firefighters had to help six people to safety after a property became flooded at Abergwyngregyn, in Gwynedd.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of properties and businesses in Cardiff were damaged as trees fell down in high winds.\n\nSouth Wales Police said Church Street in the city centre had been \"evacuated and will remain closed for several hours\" due to damage caused to buildings by strong winds.\n\nEarlier on in the capital, a man was inside his restaurant when a tree crashed through the roof.\n\nThe Lake Spice restaurant in Cardiff was hit by a falling tree\n\nMamun Miah said he was making phone calls in the newly refurbished Lake Spice restaurant when the wind picked up.\n\n\"I saw the building start shaking and the whole tree fell down and the double doors smashed completely,\" he said, adding that no-one was hurt.\"I had two colleagues in the kitchen who started running out, they saw something had happened and saw the whole roof come down.\"\n\nScottish Power said 3,000 of its customers in Gwynedd and Powys had been without power due to high winds.\n\nWestern Power Distribution said its teams attended dozens of incidents which had left homes without electricity in Powys, Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Caerphilly county.\n\nIt said about 9,000 properties lost power on Tuesday evening across south Wales, south west England, and the Midlands.\n\nStreets around Cardiff, including Heol Uchaf, pictured, were obstructed as strong winds bring down trees\n\nAround Cardiff, trees came down in Colchester Avenue and Boverton Street, Pen y Lan, Plasturton Gardens, Pontcanna, St Fagans Road in Fairwater, Heol Uchaf in Rhiwbina, and on Windsor Road, Penarth, in Vale of Glamorgan.\n\nIn north Wales, the A55 was hit by flood water and fallen trees blocked roads near the A55 at Holywell and the A548 near Bagillt, both in Flintshire, and Mold Road in Wrexham.\n\nThe A5 between Nant Ffrancon and Capel Curig in Snowdonia was closed due to a landslide, and the A55 at Llanfairfechan, Conwy county, was blocked due to flooding.\n\nDyfed Powys Police said officers had been dealing with a \"high volume of trees and lines down\" around Brecon, and Gwent Police said a tree had blocked St Brides Road, near the M4 bridge at Magor.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, the A4076 at Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven was blocked by a fallen tree, while another was partially blocking the road between Clarey and Star.\n\nIn Gwynedd, a tree branch came down across the A494 between Bala and Dolgellau.\n\nPolice diverted traffic after this tree came down on St Fagans Road, Cardiff\n\nThe M48 Severn Bridge was closed in both directions and traffic was diverted across the M4 Prince of Wales bridge.\n\nElsewhere, fallen trees closed the A487 near the Dyfi Bridge in Gwynedd, the A4080 on Anglesey, the A4160 in Vale of Glamorgan, the A470 in Conwy, the A4042 in Torfaen, and the A4119 in Cardiff.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post 2 by Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail\n\nRail services have were also heavily disrupted across the country, according to Transport for Wales.\n\nA tree was blocking the line between Cardiff Central and Bridgend, and a number of services were cancelled, including between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Ystrad Mynach and Heath High Level, Cross Keys and Ebbw Vale Town, Shrewsbury and Crewe, and Carmarthen and Swansea.\n\nFlooding also closed the line between Craven Arms and Llandrindod, with replacement services in place from Wednesday.\n\nCampers were helped to safety after flooding near Wisemans Bridge, in Pembrokeshire\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, campers enjoying the last of their summer holiday were rescued across parts of south Wales after the flood waters rose.\n\nFirefighters used lines and wading gear to rescue nine people and two dogs from a flooded campsite in St Clears, Carmarthenshire, after river levels rose.\n\nThe owner of Lakeside Leisure Campsite said everyone was safe and was now in alternative accommodation following the incident.\n\nIt had only been open a month following coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe campers were surrounded by water as the storm hit\n\nBradley, who did not give his last name, said: \"They are all fine, they're drying off.\n\n\"We couldn't have foreseen it, it was just the rainwater running down from the hills.\n\n\"This year has been dreadful, we've been able to open for a month and it has just poured down.\"\n\nNatural Resources Wales said the levels at the River Cynin were 2m above their normal levels.\n\nFirefighters helped campers, carrying bikes from their motorhomes in Pembrokeshire\n\nCampers at Llwyngwair Manor Holiday Park, in Newport, Pembrokeshire, woke to a \"frightening\" scene, its manager said.\n\n\"Within a very short period of time the river was swollen and it was time to wake the visitors,\" said Meleri Clare Ennis.\n\n\"Everything happened so quickly and I hope we're over the worst.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA yellow weather warning for rain was in place for counties in mid and north Wales until 06:00 on Wednesday.\n\nA number of properties flooded in Neath, Whitland, Tonyrefail and Llanelli, while roads were closed and some trains disrupted after part of the south Wales main-line railway was left underwater.\n\nGiant waves could be seen at Aberystwyth\n\nNational Rail tweeted that the railway line at Neath had been blocked, with trains between Swansea and Cardiff cancelled or delayed.\n\nA 30mph speed limit was in place on a number of services in south Wales, with passengers warned to expect delays due to the severe weather.\n\nTraffic Wales warned of \"extremely poor driving conditions\" and said people should plan ahead.\n\nThere were flood warnings in place along rivers in Carmarthenshire, with communities told to be prepared. There were also a number of flood alerts in place.\n\nChepstow Racecourse said it had cancelled its scheduled races on Wednesday due to the heavy rain.\n\nSwim Wales warned people not to take \"unnecessary risks\" at the coast as \"large waves can easily pull you out to sea\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 EVAC Cardiff This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Francis? 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Secondary schools in England might be using face masks after a change of policy\n\nSecondary pupils will have to wear face coverings in school corridors in local lockdown areas of England, after the government reversed its guidance.\n\nHead teachers in any secondary school will also have the \"flexibility\" to introduce masks in their schools.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said it followed updated advice from the World Health Organization.\n\nBut Labour accused the government of \"passing the buck\" on decisions back to schools.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the new guidance meant that in coronavirus \"hot spot\" areas that \"it probably does make sense in confined areas outside the classroom to use a face covering in the corridor and elsewhere\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says face coverings should be worn \"outside the classroom\" in secondary schools in hotspot areas\n\nThe change in rules, announced on Tuesday night, will not mean face coverings in the classroom - which Mr Johnson said would have been \"nonsensical\" as \"you can't teach with face coverings and you can't expect people to learn with face coverings.\"\n\nMr Johnson, at a school in Leicestershire, told pupils their exam grades were \"almost derailed by a mutant algorithm\" and the biggest risk to them was not Covid-19, but \"continuing to be out of school\".\n\nHis comments came just before the government announced a change in the leadership at the top of the Department for Education.\n\nThe most senior civil servant in the department, permanent secretary Jonathan Slater, has been asked to stand down.\n\nA statement said the prime minister had concluded there was \"a need for fresh official leadership at the Department for Education\".\n\nIt added: \"Jonathan Slater has therefore agreed that he will stand down on 1 September in advance of the end of his tenure in Spring 2021.\"\n\nThe policy switch on face coverings, so near to the return to school, had drawn criticism from some Conservative MPs.\n\nHuw Merriman said the use of face coverings sent \"the wrong message\" which suggested \"schools are not a safe setting\".\n\nMr Williamson insisted the government was listening \"to the latest medical and scientific advice\" and taking \"the most precautionary approach\".\n\nThe Department for Education says it is still keeping its recommendation against using face coverings - but that secondary schools will now be able to make their own decisions whether to ask pupils and staff to wear them.\n\nThis will be in \"communal areas\" of schools such as corridors, where it is difficult to maintain social distancing, and when schools \"believe that is right in their particular circumstances\".\n\nBut in parts of the country with high levels of coronavirus transmission, such as those with local lockdown measures, face coverings will be compulsory in such communal areas for adults and pupils.\n\nThe return to school in Germany - but the PM says masks would be \"nonsensical\" in classrooms and would disrupt learning\n\nThe new guidelines, which apply from 1 September, also warn that \"stricter guidance\" on face coverings could apply to all schools \"if the rate of transmission increases across the whole country\".\n\nOn Wednesday the Department for Education said all schools would be supplied with 10 coronavirus testing kits, to be used in \"exceptional circumstances\" when no other way of testing is available.\n\nThey would also be given a \"small amount\" of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as aprons, gloves, visors and clinical face masks.\n\nThe change on face coverings follows the WHO updating its advice last week, which now recommends that children aged over 12 should wear masks under the same conditions as adults.\n\nThe government had been under pressure over face coverings in England's schools - with secondary schools in Scotland to use them in corridors and communal areas from next week.\n\nNorthern Ireland is also now recommending face coverings for secondary school corridors, while Wales has left the decision up to head teachers, but highlights advice which recommends them inside where social distancing cannot be maintained, including on school transport.\n\nThe ASCL head teachers' union had warned of confusion about the rules over face coverings - and said there was a lack of clarity over how schools should respond if teachers or pupils wanted to wear masks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tulip Siddiq says the government must give “clearer guidance” on students wearing face masks in English schools\n\nAfter the government's change of policy, the union's leader, Geoff Barton, said school leaders would \"welcome the flexibility\" of being able to \"decide what best suits their circumstances\".\n\nBut Paul Whiteman, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: \"It is neither helpful or fair to ask school leaders to make individual decisions about face coverings in their school. Such decisions should rest with public health officials.\"\n\nKevin Courtney, of the National Education Union, welcomed \"the steps now being taken\" but criticised the \"slow, incoherent\" way the decision had been reached - and said it would not inspire confidence with parents or teachers.\n\nConservative MP Huw Merriman said the change in guidance was \"causing uncertainty\".\n\n\"My concern is that we just keep making this up as we go along,\" the Tory MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding that the government \"needs to get a grip\".\n\nAsked whether he took responsibility for the decisions made on face coverings and exam grades, Mr Williamson admitted it had been \"incredibly difficult and incredibly tough\".\n\n\"At every stage, everyone takes responsibility for what they do and how they approach things and what we're focused on is making sure we deliver the best for children right across the country,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nSome parents said they wanted to see face coverings mandatory in communal areas of all secondary schools.\n\nPamela Allen, from Canterbury, said her son's secondary school had told her it would be following government guidance and would not require face coverings to be worn.\n\n\"I think [the government] should be leading the charge against the virus as opposed to reacting to it if there is a local lockdown,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It would make us feel confident that we are sending our children to as safe a place as we can.\"\n\nShe added she would be sending her son to school with a face covering to wear between lessons.\n\nA teacher in Northern Ireland wearing a visor as pupils return to school\n\nDespite the official guidance against face coverings, some schools had already been preparing to use them.\n\nThe Oasis academy trust, with more than 50 schools in England, is to provide visors for its teachers - and secondary pupils were going to have to wear masks in corridors.\n\nSteve Chalke, chief executive of the trust, said there was a responsibility to make schools \"as safe as we possibly can\" - and that meant using masks and visors.\n\nHe said that masks might increase the confidence of parents \"nervous\" about sending their children back to school.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary Kate Green said face coverings should be compulsory in communal areas of schools.\n\n\"Instead of this half baked U-turn, the government should have given clear guidance and a plan to deliver it,\" she said.", "Here is some more on that breaking story we brought you earlier.\n\nAs we reported, Ofqual chief Sally Collier has resigned amid criticism for the part the exams regulator played in the A-levels and GCSEs results chaos.\n\nFormer chief regulator Dame Glenys Stacey has been asked to take up the role temporarily, having previously held the position between 2011 and 2016.\n\nOfqual said it had agreed temporary support arrangements with Ofsted to support ongoing work with GCSEs, A-levels and vocational qualifications, including autumn exams and the appeals process.\n\nIn a statement Ofqual said: \"The chief regulator Sally Collier has decided that the next stage of the awarding process would be better overseen by new leadership. The Ofqual board supports Sally in this decision, and thanks her for her leadership and service over the past four years, which has included overseeing the successful introduction of an entirely new set of GCSEs and A-levels, and a new grading system.\"\n\nRoger Taylor remains the chair of the watchdog and a new committee of the Ofqual board is being formed to oversee its work until the end of the year. This will be led by Ofsted chief Amanda Spielman, who previously worked at Ofqual.\n\n\"Taken together these arrangements will ensure that Ofqual has the extra capacity, support and oversight it needs both to tackle the remaining issues from this year's awarding process and to ensure that next year's arrangements command public confidence,\" the statement said.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nPupils and staff in Germany are wearing face masks\n\nThousands of BTec students will start receiving their revised grades in the next few hours. The results were delayed to allow for a reassessment to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs - we explain the whole saga in detail. All 450,000 BTec pupils should get their results by the end of the week, but awarding body Pearson said those awaiting grades for university entry were being prioritised.\n\nScientists in Hong Kong say they have documented the first confirmed case of reinfection with coronavirus. A man in his 30s who was infected in April tested positive again this month. The findings suggest some people could lose immunity after only a few months, but the World Health Organisation says more research is needed. One bit of good news is that the man didn't become unwell the second time. Read more on the question of immunity.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Can you become immune to coronavirus?\n\nRestaurateurs and hoteliers in Scotland are calling for a ban on background music to be lifted, saying it's the \"kiss of death\" for the atmosphere in their premises. The idea behind the ban is that people will lean in closer to be heard where music is played, thereby increasing the risk of transmitting coronavirus. But owners have told the BBC they believe the blanket policy is illogical.\n\nRod Dos Santos, manager of Southern Cross Cafe in Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, said the music ban was \"ridiculous\"\n\nFor nearly 40 years, Mikey Dread has run one of Notting Hill Carnival's most famous reggae sound systems - Channel One. This year, rather than one million people dancing in the streets, revellers will have to watch streamed performances from the comfort of their own homes. Mikey, though, says he's still looking forward to it. Find out why - and take a trip down memory lane with some fantastic images from carnivals of decades past.\n\nThe Channel One sound system has been at every single Notting Hill Carnival since 1983\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, the BBC's Laura Foster explains how you can look after someone who catches the virus in their own home.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "BTec students are beginning to receive their revised grades after the results were delayed by exam board, Pearson.\n\nThe results have been reassessed in line with A-level and GCSE grades which rose after a government U-turn.\n\nPearson said students who needed their grades for university entry were being prioritised but all results would be available by Friday.\n\nBTec teacher Jenny Cameron said her students were finally receiving results they should have had two weeks ago.\n\nMs Cameron, who teaches BTec performing arts in Cheltenham, told the Press Association almost all her students' original results had been two grades lower than they should have been.\n\n\"They are overjoyed today and got the results they should have had two weeks ago... because Pearson actually looked at them as individuals and not data.\"\n\nShe said the delay had put them in a difficult position as they waited to discover whether they could go to university or drama school.\n\n\"The students have been treated really shoddily.\n\n\"It's been two weeks of unnecessary stress and worry.\"\n\nPearson has apologised for the frustration and additional uncertainty caused by the delay and promised that no grades would go down as a result of the review.\n\nAbout 450,000 students were affected when Pearson pulled some of its BTec results on the eve of releasing them.\n\nIt followed the government's last-minute U-turn on A-levels and GCSEs, which saw students awarded the exact grades that had been estimated by their teachers rather than having them adjusted by an algorithm.\n\nThat had been put in place to counter the effect of any teachers or schools inflating their grades but there was an outcry over how many A-level results ended up being downgraded, in some cases by more than one grade.\n\nPearson initially said that because BTec students do far more graded assessments throughout the year, their predicted grades were more similar to previous years.\n\nHowever, it later decided to withdraw grades to ensure that no students had been downgraded, which might unfairly disadvantage them against A-level and GCSE students.\n\nBTecs are vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which provide work-based skills across areas including business, healthcare and engineering.\n\nThey are assessed over the course of the qualification through exams, practical coursework and, in many cases, workplace-based placements.\n\nAround 200,000 BTec Firsts, which are equivalent to one or more GCSEs, were due to be awarded on Thursday last week - the same day as GCSE results.\n\nSome 250,000 BTec Nationals, which are studied over one or two years and are similar to A-levels, were awarded the week before - but have also been part of the grade reassessment.", "While mums-to-be and women trying for a baby should limit their caffeine intake, a couple of cups of tea or coffee a day is fine, say experts.\n\nTheir comments come as a new research paper in a medical journal suggests there is no safe level in pregnancy.\n\nBut the experts say that is alarmist.\n\nThe NHS and many other organisations say consuming 200mg or less a day should not pose any significant risk in terms of miscarriage or growth of the baby while in the womb.\n\nThe stillbirth charity Tommy's has a caffeine intake calculator to help women keep track of their consumption.\n\nThe controversial research paper, published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, looked at 48 studies on the topic.\n\nThe author of that paper, Prof Jack James, a psychologist at Reykjavik University in Iceland, acknowledges that the work is observational, so can't prove definitively that any caffeine in pregnancy is harmful.\n\nBut he says his analysis, which links caffeine with harm, suggests avoiding drinks like tea and coffee entirely would be the best advice for mums-to-be and women trying to get pregnant.\n\nOther experts strongly disagree, saying this is overkill.\n\nJust as the NHS does, the European Food Safety Authority and the American and UK Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists recommend limiting, but not eliminating, caffeine consumption during pregnancy.\n\nDr Luke Grzeskowiak, a pharmacist at the University of Adelaide, Australia, said the research paper was \"overly alarmist\" and inconsistent with accepted evidence.\n\n\"There are so many dos and don'ts associated with pregnancy and the last thing we need is to cause unnecessary anxiety. At the end of the day, women should be reassured that caffeine can be consumed in moderation during pregnancy.\"\n\nProf Andrew Shennan, professor of obstetrics at Kings College London, said some of the studies in the analysis may be flawed because they rely on women recalling caffeine intake. Also, he said, it is difficult to exclude other risk factors that tea or coffee drinkers might be indulging in, such as cigarette smoking.\n\nHe said: \"Caffeine has been in human diets for a long time.\n\n\"Like many substances found in a normal diet, harms in pregnancy can be found with high doses.\n\n\"However the observational nature of this data with its inherent bias does not indicate with any certainty that low doses of caffeine are harmful, and the current advice to avoid high doses of caffeine are unlikely to change.\"\n• None Does caffeine really make me more alert- - BBC Teach", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the scheme is helping to protect nearly two million jobs\n\nDiners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 64 million times in its first three weeks, according to the latest Treasury figures.\n\nThe scheme, which is now in its final week, offers customers in restaurants, pubs and cafes 50% off their meal, up to a maximum of £10 per head.\n\nIt runs every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August to encourage support for the hospitality sector.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the scheme was supporting nearly two million jobs.\n\n\"Today's figures continue to show that Brits are backing hospitality - with more than 64 million meals discounted so far, that's equivalent to nearly every person in the country dining out to protect jobs.\n\n\"This scheme has reminded us how much we love to dine out, and in doing so, how this is helping to protect the jobs of nearly two million people who work in hospitality.\"\n\nAccording to restaurant booking website OpenTable, the number of customers at UK restaurants between Monday to Wednesday last week was 61% higher than last year.\n\nThe Treasury said 84,000 restaurants had now signed up to the scheme, which closes on 31 August.\n\nEat Out to Help Out aims to help protect the jobs of 1.8 million employees in the hospitality industry by encouraging people to return to local eateries where social-distancing rules now apply.\n\nAbout 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\nDavid Page, chairman of Fulham Shore, which owns Franco Manca and The Real Greek, said: \"Eat Out to Help Out immediately increased our restaurant customer numbers by over 50%, thus enabling us to get all our staff back to work. In fact, we are now creating new jobs .\"\n\nNo vouchers are needed, with the participating establishment simply deducting 50% from the bill, up to the £10 per person maximum, and reclaiming the money from the Treasury.\n\nHowever, the discount is only on food and soft drinks eaten on the premises, and does not apply to takeaways.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times the discount can be used in August, or for how many people, including children.\n\nHowever, the scheme has faced criticism. In July, the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecast it would most likely be a \"giveaway\" that benefits those well-off enough to eat out.\n\nAnti-obesity campaigners said the scheme \"would be a green light to promote junk food\". And some restaurant owners were concerned the measures could pull in diners earlier in the week to the detriment of weekend trade.", "Pupils in Germany wearing face masks. But heads want clarification on wearing them in schools in England\n\nHead teachers have complained about a lack of clarity over the rules on whether teachers or pupils can wear face masks in schools in England.\n\nThey want to know if they can override the official guidance which rejects the use of face coverings in school.\n\n\"The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings,\" says Geoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman ruled out any review on masks in school.\n\nIn Scotland's secondary schools, face coverings will be used in corridors and shared areas.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she was acting in response to new guidance from the World Health Organization.\n\nBut Mr Barton said it remained unclear whether schools in England could have flexibility to allow masks if they were requested as a safety measure by teachers or pupils' parents or where they might be seen as a \"useful additional measure\".\n\nA teacher in Northern Ireland wearing a visor as pupils return to school\n\nIt comes as head teachers in England have written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, seen by the Guardian, accusing the government of failing to listen during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe Worth Less? lobbying group, which says it represents thousands of head teachers, wrote that they felt they were \"working in isolation\" from the government as they faced \"some of the most important challenges of our professional lives\".\n\n\"Collaboration, consultation and partnership have felt in short supply and this caused immense frustration as time, energy and resources have been wasted by head teachers as we respond to shifting policy directives and myriad changes,\" it said.\n\nJon Richards of Unison, representing support staff in schools, said masks were worn in other workplaces and it was \"vital\" that school staff should be allowed to wear them.\n\nMedical advisers at the weekend also highlighted the risk of teachers spreading the virus to each other - rather than from pupil to pupil.\n\nThe government's guidance, issued in early July, says Public Health England does not recommend using face coverings in school.\n\nSchools are getting ready for reopening in September\n\nAs pupils would be in their own separate \"bubbles\" there is no need for masks, says the guidance, which warned that \"misuse\" of face coverings could \"inadvertently increase the risk of transmission\".\n\nOn Monday, a Downing Street spokesman said masks could get in the way of communication between teachers and pupils.\n\nSince the government guidance was published on returning safely to school on 2 July, the use of masks has become more widespread, for example, becoming compulsory in shops.\n\nASCL said they had asked for further guidance on wearing masks more than a month ago.\n\n\"It would be helpful if the government could provide more advice on these complex issues but that has not been forthcoming,\" said Mr Barton.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"We have consistently followed Public Health England advice, which does not recommend the use of face coverings in schools because there are a range of protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups.\n\n\"We have set out the system of controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children in the coming weeks.\"", "Banham Poultry has been in business in Attleborough since 1965\n\nSeven workers at a chicken processing plant have tested positive for coronavirus and five more are isolating as they await test results.\n\nThe outbreak at Banham Poultry in Attleborough, Norfolk, was announced by Louise Smith, the director of public health at Norfolk County Council.\n\nMs Smith said more staff at the site would be tested.\n\nShe said the plant, where several hundred people work, had acted quickly to prevent the spread of the virus.\n\nThe council has been working with Public Health England, the NHS and Breckland Council.\n\nMs Smith said Banham Poultry's management team was working closely with the county council to trace the contacts of those who have tested positive.\n\n\"We are monitoring the situation and taking action to prevent further transmission both at the site and in the community,\" she said.\n\n\"Testing of a further number of staff is being arranged at the Banham Poultry site... as a precautionary measure.\"\n\nBlaine van Rensburg, managing director of Banham Poultry said: \"The safety of our staff, customers and the wider public is really important to us and we are working with public health authorities to make sure we are doing absolutely everything we can and following all of the correct procedures.\n\n\"The business remains open and operating and we are doing everything we can to prevent the further spread of the virus.\"\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 first night of the Republican National Convention was a two-and-a-half hour rebuttal to the accusations Democrats levelled at Donald Trump during the four nights of their convention last week.\n\nDid the president mishandle the coronavirus pandemic? The Republicans offered slick videos and first-hand accounts of the steps the president took to speed medical research, provide protective supplies and implement economic relief.\n\nIs the president inflaming racial divisions in the US? Former football star Herschel Walker spoke of his 37-year friendship with Mr Trump. Tim Scott, the first black Republican senator since the late 19th Century, touted the president's work on sentencing reform and tax breaks for economically distressed communities.\n\nDoes the president lack empathy? Congressman Jim Jordan spoke of how Mr Trump offered sympathies when a relative died, and the president himself held a pre-taped White House forum where he offered words of support for coronavirus survivors and healthcare workers.\n\nPolls suggest American voters have serious doubts about the president on all these issues - doubts that predated the Democratic convention attacks. Republicans have four days to assuage these concerns, chip away at Democratic opponent Joe Biden's lead and remind supporters what they like about Mr Trump's presidency.\n\nIt's an imposing task, but the Republicans have identified what work has to be done.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut the success of the first night may hinge on what image viewers take away from it.\n\nWas it Mr Scott talking about his grandfather and how his family \"went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime\"?\n\nTim Scott is the only black Republican senator\n\nOr was it Republican activist Kimberly Guilfoyle shouting her speech, concluding with a call-out to \"leaders and fighters of liberty and freedom\"?\n\nClearly the two speeches were geared toward two different audiences - Ms Guilfoyle to rally the Trump faithful, and Mr Scott to reach out to suburban moderates concerned about the president's sometimes inflammatory language on racial issues. But they made for a jarring contrast.\n\nMr Scott's speech, which capped the last hour of Monday night's convention was also, perhaps, the conclusion of the first trial heat of the 2024 Republican presidential nomination fight.\n\nThere's been a lot of talk about how the Republican party could renounce Mr Trump if he were to lose in November, but the reality is the president has probably made a lasting mark on the party win or lose. The next nominee will probably be someone a lot more like the three final speakers of the evening - and they all acted like they were testing the political waters.\n\nMr Scott introduced himself to Republicans, taking the first half of his speech to talk about his life and upbringing.\n\nThen there was his fellow South Carolinian, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who could run as a bridge between Trumpism and the more traditional Republicans who predated his rise. It's certainly the tone she struck in her speech.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'My father's entire worldview is that we can always do even better'\n\nBut if Trump supporters in four years want more Trump, they might opt for the other featured speaker, Donald Trump Jr - who also happens to be Ms Guilfoyle's boyfriend. He offered a speech that was part populist red meat and part motivational sales pitch (\"Imagine the life you want to have - one with a great job, a beautiful home, and a perfect family. You can have it!\").\n\nThere are, of course, other Trumps scheduled to speak this week, with presidential daughter Ivanka getting a prime Thursday night slot before the president's address.\n\nAnd, of course, Vice-President Mike Pence has been positioning himself for a presidential run of his own practically since Trump named him as his running mate. He'll get to make his case to be the Trump torch-bearer on Wednesday night.\n\nIt may just be under three months until the next presidential election, but it's less than three years until the next Republican presidential field takes shape.", "The shipyard closed in March 2019 despite the offer of an MoD contract\n\nA longstanding shipbuilders in north Devon is to reopen after being bought in a £7m deal.\n\nAppledore Shipyard closed in March 2019 after owners Babcock said its future was not \"secure\", despite the offer of a £60m Ministry of Defence contract.\n\nThe site's new owners InfraStrata said the yard's ability to cater for smaller vessels was \"a market segment that cannot be ignored\".\n\nUnions have welcomed the deal and urged the government to give the yard orders.\n\nWhile on a visit to the site, Boris Johnson said the shipyard had \"a great future\"\n\nSpeaking during a visit to Appledore on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the shipyard had a \"massive history but it's also got a great future\".\n\n\"What we want to do is to ensure that there's a good enough stream of contracts coming through to drive jobs and growth here in Devon,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nThe yard will now be operated under the name Harland and Wolff (Appledore), after the much larger Belfast site the same owner bought in December last year.\n\nA petition to save the shipyard got more than 10,000 signatures when the original closure was announced\n\nInfraStrata said the yard had been dormant for some time and currently only has one employee - the site manager.\n\nThe workforce can be \"very quickly ramped up\" if contracts for work are secured, the company said.\n\nGMB organiser Matt Roberts said the union was \"absolutely delighted\" the yard would reopen, adding it had always been \"firmly believed that the yard can be viable and thrive in the right hands\".\n\nGeoffrey Cox, MP for Torridge and West Devon, also welcomed the announcement, adding the yard needed a \"credible and established new owner with a viable business plan\".\n\n\"The purchase of the yard is excellent news for the local community, ensuring, as it does, the future of the yard and its workforce,\" he said.\n\nGMB and Unite staged a rally to try and save the yard in November 2018\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Ronaldinho, left, and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira appeared in court on Monday\n\nBrazilian footballer Ronaldinho has been released from house arrest in Paraguay after his detention for holding a forged passport.\n\nThe World Cup winner and his brother spent one month behind bars and another four detained in a luxury hotel in the capital Asuncion on bail.\n\nBoth have now been released, although they must pay $200,000 (£153,000) in damages between them.\n\nRonaldinho had a glittering football career before his retirement in 2015.\n\nHe helped Brazil to their fifth World Cup victory in 2002 and won the Champions League and two La Liga titles with Spanish football club Barcelona, as well as playing for Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.\n\nIn March he and his brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira - who is also his business manager - were detained after allegedly using fake passports to enter Paraguay.\n\nRonaldinho was travelling to the country to promote a campaign for underprivileged children. He spent his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan prison before the pair paid bail and moved to a luxury hotel under house arrest.\n\nProsecutors did not think the footballer had any role getting the false passports, but they believed his brother knew they were fake. Both however have maintained their innocence.\n\n\"The precautionary measure of arrest is lifted, there are no more restrictions placed by Paraguayan justice,\" Judge Gustavo Amarilla told the court on Monday.\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\nStorm Francis has been lashing the UK with \"unseasonably\" strong gusts of nearly 80mph (129kph) and heavy rain.\n\nHomes have been flooded, campers rescued, and road and rail travel disrupted amid the severe weather.\n\nA major police search took place north of Cardiff in the River Taff after reports that two people went into the water and will resume on Wednesday.\n\nWarnings are in place for rain and wind across the UK, with more than 80mm of rainfall in the Lake District.\n\nEmergency services have urged the public to take extra care in the stormy conditions across the UK, particularly along the coast.\n\nAs of 13:00 BST, wind gusts of 78mph had been recorded at the Needles, on the Isle of Wight, and 63mph at Mumbles, on the Gower Peninsula, according to BBC Weather.\n\nSeveral places in England and Wales have provisionally recorded their highest ever gusts of wind in August - including 68mph at Pembrey Sands, 52mph at Shobdon in Herefordshire, and 49mph at Pershore in Worcestershire.\n\nThe Met Office said the Environment Agency had so far recorded 86mm of rain in the Lake District and 74mm of rain in Mid Glamorgan.\n\nWaves crash near the pier in Eastbourne, East Sussex\n\nStormy skies and choppy seas were also photographed at Brightlingsea, Essex\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was involved in two separate water searches of the River Taff on Tuesday, including reports of a canoeist having capsized and of a person having entered the water near the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.\n\nA woman was also rescued at the River Ely in Leckwith following reports of a person in difficulty.\n\nMeanwhile, fire crews rescued nine people and two dogs from a flooded campsite in St Clears, Carmarthenshire, after river levels rose.\n\nAnd a tractor dragged a motorhome from the mud at Llwyngwair Manor Holiday Park, Pembrokeshire, as waters rushed past.\n\nA number of homes in Neath, Whitland, Tonyrefail and Llanelli were hit by flooding, while flash floods submerged roads across the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Campers have been rescued after Storm Francis hit Wales on Saturday\n\nOne fire crew in Carmarthenshire spent six hours pumping water from a 92-year-old man's home, local councillor Rob James told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHe added: \"This weather in August doesn't reassure us when our area is prone to flooding in winter, so the fact that we're dealing with this now shows that climate change should be taken seriously.\"\n\nHeavy downpours have also caused disruption across Northern Ireland, where motorists were urged to seek alternative routes after the Shimna River burst its banks in County Down.\n\nBridges were destroyed by flooding from the Shimna River in County Down\n\nThere were also road closures elsewhere in the UK and some trains were cancelled or delayed due to flooding.\n\nNetwork Rail said speed restrictions were in place on several rail routes across the UK.\n\nAvanti West Coast, Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales are currently disrupted due to weather related issues, it said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Network Rail acknowledged that it needs to better understand the risks of extreme weather following the train that derailed in Aberdeenshire earlier this month, killing three people.\n\nThe public company, which manages the UK's railways, has asked world-renowned meteorologist Dame Julia Slingo to lead a task force which will aim to improve the company's forecasting of extreme weather and its impact on rail infrastructure.\n\nThe company has also tasked Lord Robert Mair, a leading engineer, to spearhead a separate task force which will look at how Network Rail can improve its management of earthworks - for example embankments or when part of the land is excavated to make space for the railway.\n\nMeanwhile, the M48 Severn Bridge is closed in both directions between junctions one and two due to strong winds in the area, Highways England said.\n\nA DFDS ferry arrives in bad weather at the Port of Dover in Kent\n\nThree Met Office yellow weather warnings for rain and wind cover most of the UK on Tuesday, with stormy conditions expected to last until 06:00 BST on Wednesday.\n\nRain warnings cover Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and parts of north Wales until Wednesday morning.\n\nFlood alerts, telling people to be prepared, have been issued for parts of the west Midlands and north west of England.\n\nWindsurfers were out at Westward Ho! in Devon, despite warnings of 70mph winds\n\nStorm Francis comes on the back of Ellen which struck last week and caused power outages. It marks the first time the Met Office has had two named storms in August since it started the process in 2015.\n\nForecasters said the winds were \"unusual\" for August, but would have to go some way to beat the current record wind gust speed of 87mph recorded at The Needles in August 1996.\n\nLikewise, the wettest August on record in the UK was in 1912 when 167.3mm was recorded across the country as a whole.\n\nBetween 1 and 22 August, the UK as a whole had seen some 72.7mm of rainfall - around four-fifths of the average rainfall for the month.\n\nNo new storm is currently forecast this month, meaning the next storm will begin with A rather than G, as the storm-naming calendar resets on 1 September.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Francis? 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.\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Sheridan Smith says she had become addicted to her anxiety medication\n\nSheridan Smith has revealed she was rushed to hospital and had five seizures after she stopped taking anti-anxiety medication.\n\nSmith said she \"went off the deep end\" after the 2016 TV Bafta Awards ceremony, where she was nominated for her performance in The C Word.\n\nShe was left \"humiliated\" by jokes made by the host Graham Norton about her \"being a drunk\", she said.\n\nShe then stopped her medication that night, not realising it was dangerous.\n\nThe Cilla and Gavin and Stacey star, made the revelations in a forthcoming ITV special documentary called Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum, which tells the story of her mental health struggles and her journey to motherhood.\n\nIn the film, she recalled: \"Graham Norton was hosting and made a joke, basically at my expense, about me being a drunk.\n\nBafta TV Awards host Graham Norton suggested Sheridan Smith was drunk at the ceremony\n\n\"I was so humiliated, you know, it's a room full of your peers. And people you want to work with, or have worked with.\n\n\"That night, for me, was like the final straw before my brain totally went off the deep end.\n\n\"What people didn't realise is that I'd become addicted to anti-anxiety tablets.\"\n\nDuring the Bafta ceremony, Norton said: \"We're all excited for a couple of drinks tonight. Or, as it's known in theatrical circles, a few glasses of technical difficulties.\"\n\nThe comment was a reference to Smith's departure from a performance of the stage show Funny Girl, which the theatre management said was due to \"technical difficulties\". She later pulled out of the show altogether due to mental health issues.\n\nIn the ITV documentary, Smith said that after the Baftas she went back to her hotel room and she decided to stop taking the tablets she had been prescribed for her condition.\n\nIt was only due to her friend unexpectedly coming to the hotel to see her that she was able to get help.\n\n\"It's a miracle she did (come). It's like someone was looking out for me because what I didn't realise is that if you stop these tablets abruptly, you seizure,\" said Smith.\n\nSheridan Smith's fiance filmed her at home for ITV's Isolation Stories\n\n\"I seizured five times and got rushed to A&E and she's the one who got me breathing again.\"\n\nSmith, who recently had her first child, told the programme that she now feels \"calm\" and \"contentment\".\n\nThe actress had an emergency caesarean to deliver her son Billy early this summer, while the country was in lockdown.\n\nDuring that period she also made one of the short drama films for the ITV's Isolation Stories series. She played Mel, a heavily pregnant woman who faces having to go through birth without the married father of her child - who's chosen to stay with his wife and family.\n\nFor the new documentary, cameras followed Smith as she attended her first scans, pre-natal classes and sessions with a specialist therapist, as well as at home with fiancé Jamie Horn.\n\nSmith said she wanted to help other women who worry about their mental health issues resurfacing in pregnancy.\n\n\"The day he smiled at me was more amazing and emotional even than the day he was born, because you suddenly think, 'Oh my god - you love me back!',\" she said of her baby.\n\n\"Suddenly all those sleepless nights and all that worry goes out the window.\"\n\nThe documentary also sees the actress explore family issues that she feels could have affected her mental health, including the death of her brother when he was 18 and she was eight, and the death of her father in 2016.\n\nOver the past three years, Smith, who is also an Olivier Award-winning stage actress, has done more TV including BBC One's The Moorside and ITV's Cleaning Up.\n\nLast year she made a return to the West End as the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\n\nIf you need support or help with mental health issues, you can find resources on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None How socially distanced stars are still shooting TV dramas", "Virgin Atlantic has won backing from its creditors for a £1.2bn rescue plan that would secure its future for at least 18 months and save 6,500 jobs.\n\nThe airline said shareholders, banks, aircraft owners and suppliers owed money had approved the plan.\n\nVirgin Atlantic said the agreement puts it in a position to \"rebuild its balance sheet\" and \"welcome passengers back\".\n\nIt had warned it would run out of cash by September without the deal.\n\nThe company will now need approval from the High Court in London, which it will seek on 2 September.\n\nThe £1.2bn rescue deal involves £400m in new cash, half of which will come from its main shareholder, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.\n\nDelta, the US-based airline which owns 49% of Virgin Atlantic, said it is \"optimistic that this plan will allow Virgin Atlantic to secure its future\", and said it remains \"firmly supportive\" of the company.\n\nLike other airlines, Virgin Atlantic's finances have been hit hard by the collapse in air travel due to the pandemic.\n\nIt is cutting 3,500 staff, but the airline has said the remaining jobs should be secure.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association warned in June that the slump will drive airline losses of more than $84bn (£64bn) globally this year.\n\nRobert Boyle, a former director of strategy at British Airways-owner IAG who now runs his own aviation consultancy, told the BBC that under the deal, Virgin Atlantic's unsecured creditors would end up being paid 20% less than they were owed.\n\nVirgin Atlantic has seen passenger numbers slump as countries close borders and enact travel bans\n\nTheir repayments would also be rescheduled.\n\nMr Boyle said the extra cash secured under the rescue deal did not \"seem like enough\", given that Sir Richard had asked the government for £500m and had his request rejected.\n\nIn April, Virgin Australia - a separately run business - went into voluntary administration, making it Australia's first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus crisis. Sir Richard Branson's 10% shareholding was wiped out as a result.\n\nThe following month it was bought by Bain Capital, which said it supported the airline's current management team and its turnaround plan for the business.\n\nLast month, Virgin Atlantic faced enforcement action over its delays in processing refunds for flights cancelled during the pandemic.\n\nIt was the only airline threatened with action by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has reviewed the refund waiting times of 18 major airlines.\n\nVirgin has been making consumers wait up to 120 days for a refund and the CAA said it was \"not satisfied\".", "Ms Baguma is believed to have lost her job when her right to work expired\n\nThe death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.\n\nMercy Baguma, originally from Uganda, was discovered in a flat in Glasgow on Saturday 22 August after the sounds of her son crying were heard.\n\nA police spokesperson said her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.\n\nRefugee charity Positive Action in Housing said Ms Baguma had claimed asylum and lived in \"extreme poverty\".\n\nIt said she lost her job after her right to work in the UK expired.\n\nHer son was found next to his mother, crying and \"weakened from several days of starvation\" according to Robina Qureshi, director of Positive Action in Housing.\n\nThe boy was taken to hospital and discharged on Monday 24 August, and is now staying with his father.\n\nThe charity said Ms Baguma had contacted them several weeks ago saying she did not have enough money to look after herself or her child.\n\nAnother charity, African Challenge Scotland, posted video on social media of Ms Baguma thanking its volunteers for delivering food in early June.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"This is a tragic situation and our condolences go to Ms Baguma's family.\"\n\nThey added: \"The Home Office takes the wellbeing of all those in the asylum system extremely seriously, and we will be conducting a full investigation into Ms Baguma's case.\"\n\nFriends and relatives became concerned for their welfare when communication with Ms Baguma ceased on Tuesday 18 August.\n\nMs Qureshi said: \"Why are mothers and babies being left to go hungry in this city, and why is it being left to charities and volunteers to pick up the pieces?\"\n\nShe added: \"Would this mother be alive if she was not forced out of her job by this cruel system that stops you from working and paying your way because a piece of paper says your leave to remain has expired? I'm sure Mercy's son will want to ask this and other questions once he is old enough.\"\n\nPositive Action in Housing said Ms Baguma's death was the latest tragedy to hit Glasgow's refugee community in less than four months.\n\nOne man was shot dead after stabbing six people including a police officer at the Park Inn hotel on Friday 26 June.\n\nAt the start of May, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee, Adnan Walid Elbi, was found dead in his room in temporary hotel accommodation in Glasgow.\n\nGlasgow City Council's convenor for equalities and human rights, Jen Layden, said: \"The tragic death of a young mum is devastating and my heart goes out to Mercy's family and friends - including her young son - at this sad time.\"\n\nShe added: \"We are currently trying to establish the full facts of Mercy's case and await additional information from the Home Office and Mears.\"\n\nPositive Action in Housing has repeated calls for an independent inquiry into asylum seeker accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nClarification added on 29 August 2020: The charity Positive Action In Housing later clarified its description of the condition of Mercy's baby, saying:\n\nThe reference to Mercy's baby \"starving\" was in relation to the window of time from August 18 to 22 when nobody had heard from her. It was not a reference to their general state before August 18.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLionel Messi has scored 70 goals in 138 games for Argentina Legendary Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has asked to leave this summer. The Argentina international, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him to leave for free with immediate effect. Barca were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on 16 August. The six-time Ballon d'Or winner made his debut for Barca in 2004 and has won the Champions League four times. Barcelona, though, believe the clause has now expired and Messi is contracted to the club until 2021 with a 700m euro buy-out clause. The board will meet soon and some consider the only thing that could placate Messi is the resignation of the president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and early elections. But Messi seems determined to leave the club no matter what.\n• None Where could Messi go next?\n• None 'Has he thought of trying out baseball?' - Messi prompts social media meltdown After the news broke, Barca fans gathered outside the Nou Camp to protest against the board and in support of the club's record goalscorer. A legal battle is now set to follow between the club and the player. Messi had a clause in his contract which allowed him to leave for free, if he informed the club of his desire before 10 June. That date has now passed so Barca believe the clause has expired, but Messi and his team feel it should be extended to cover the prolonged season - which ran until August due to the coronavirus pandemic. \"Respect and admiration, Leo. All my support, friend,\" Messi's former team-mate Carles Puyol tweeted, to which current team-mate Luis Suarez replied with two clapping emojis.\n• None Messi's future on list for Koeman at Barca - Balague column Analysis - 'Even if Barca demand one of the biggest ever transfer fees, Messi wants out' Barcelona have said the clause ran out on 10 June and they are convinced, legally, they could win any challenge to it. Of course, the fact the season was prolonged gives Messi the right to think that he is able to apply that clause, but lawyers have told the club he will not win that dispute. The fax sent is a well-thought of step by Leo, who, having spoken to his family and lawyers, is desperate to leave the club. The way he thinks about it today is clear: this is not a battle for more power. He wants to leave. That is it. Even if nothing is agreed with another club right now, even if eventually Barcelona insist he has a 700m euro buy-out clause and will demand one of the biggest transfer fees in history despite having a year left on his contract, he doesn't care - he wants out. There are a lot of reasons why this has happened and I have written about it extensively. Things that have happened in the past few days seem to have made him go the extra mile, if you like. After a meeting with [new coach] Ronald Koeman, they had a private conversation, which neither Messi nor Koeman leaked to the press. I am convinced it was the intention of the club at the highest level to leak part of the story, especially the bit in which he was admitting to Koeman that he felt closer to leaving than staying. That extract would help turn the fans against Messi so they can eventually release him and use that money (his salary is over 50m euros net - double if taxes are counted) to renew the squad. If you believe he is the most important player, then you build a team around him, which is what Koeman wants to do. You don't start a campaign to get rid of him. Also the fact that Luis Suarez was told in a phone chat with Koeman that lasted two minutes that he was not wanted might have confirmed the impression Messi had that this board does things in a very disrespectful way. People say he has a lot of power in the club. He talks directly to the board if he gets asked, as all the top players do in big clubs. Let's see what he has recommended in recent times: the return of Neymar, which didn't happen; the continuation of [coach] Ernesto Valverde, which didn't happen; there was no need to sign Antoine Griezmann, which didn't happen - so I'm not sure he holds that much power. This is not just taking the toys out of the pram. It's a situation where he is not happy any more playing for this Barcelona that requires deep surgery to win the big trophies again. He wants to see the reaction of Barcelona next, but it is likely that he will not attend training. He might not do the pre-season medical tests. If that happens, the club will send a fax to Leo about not respecting his contract and the legal battle would start - and that can go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport eventually. Leo Messi wants to leave right now no matter what. But can he? As the contract says that the clause should have been activated by 10 June, the club is convinced they are in control. But do they want to keep a player that does not want to be there? Clubs like Paris St-Germain and Manchester City insist they have not made any move towards getting Messi. But clearly nobody knows the real financial implications of that move, so it is a logical reaction. Two other clubs have made lots of movements in the past to try to convince Messi to join them - Inter Milan and Chelsea. The only pressure possible against the board comes from social media - if that forces the resignation of Bartomeu, then we may enter a different phase. The impression we have is that the club will probably ask him to stay on but he might be forced to negotiate for a huge transfer fee. In the past, Manchester City came close to signing Messi (around 2016 when he felt persecuted by the Spanish government and tax men) and there were other moments when negotiations or at least conversations took place with other clubs (earlier on, even Real Madrid showed interest). But this time it seems there is nobody at the club with enough authority, charisma and, in some cases, honest interest in keeping him. So we will see if Barcelona really decide to ask for an impossible fee or who is willing to pay a transfer fee which, despite having one year left on his contract, Barcelona will demand to be close to Neymar's when he went to Paris St-Germain (222m euros). This saga will go on and on. Messi joined Barcelona aged 13 from Argentina's Newell's Old Boys in 2000, and has since scored a club record 634 goals in 731 appearances. He has won 34 major trophies with the club, including 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies. Here are some more records he holds:\n• None Most Ballons d'Or in history and most Fifa World Player of the Year/Best Fifa Men's Player Awards (6)\n• None Top goalscorer in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 goals in 2012\n• None Only player to score more than 40 goals in 10 consecutive seasons\n• None Most goals scored for a single club in the Champions League (115) Lionel Messi gets a fashion makeover from the woman who styled Jay-Z\n• None Calculate how to lose belly fat in four weeks", "Brother Biagio and Brother David were not originally planning to visit Wales on their journey\n\nTwo Italian monks are in Wales as they walk from London to Ireland on a \"pilgrimage of peace\".\n\nBrother Biagio and colleague Brother David refuse to accept lifts and carry no money, relying on the hospitality of strangers they meet along the way.\n\nDressed in full monastic robes, they also fast as they walk, drinking only water during the day.\n\nThe pair set off from London three weeks ago, and are now on Anglesey with the aim to sail to Dublin on Friday.\n\nThey said they were on a five-year mission to walk through as many European countries as possible, talking to people and spreading a \"message of hope\".\n\nSpeaking through his colleague as a translator, Brother Biagio said: \"We are on a pilgrimage.\n\n\"We are trying to talk to as many people as possible and tell them that there is hope, that there can be a better world. That hope comes from God.\n\n\"We tell people to respond to evil with good actions and we must stand together as a human race.\"\n\nThe pair said they had found people in Wales to be very spiritual\n\nBrother Biagio set off from Italy five years ago and reached London at the end of last year, but the coronavirus pandemic made it difficult for him to continue until now.\n\nIn Italy, he is known as a social justice campaigner, setting up a centre in Palermo, Sicily, to help homeless people and people with addictions.\n\nOn his latest stage of the walk he has visited Leicester and Liverpool, where he had planned to cross to Ireland but could not get a ferry.\n\nHe added: \"We found ourselves walking through Wales by chance.\n\n\"But people in Wales are very spiritual and very hospitable. It feels as if God wanted us to visit and has made us welcome here.\"", "Elton John and Renate Blauel were married in 1984 and divorced four years later\n\nSir Elton John's ex-wife, Renate Blauel, tried to take her own life during the couple's honeymoon in 1984, according to legal papers filed at the High Court in London.\n\nMs Blauel said she took an overdose of Valium after the star told her \"the marriage was not working and that he wanted her to leave\" three days into their stay in St Tropez.\n\nThe claims emerged as part of Ms Blauel's £3m damages claim against Sir Elton, over allegations he broke the terms of their divorce deal.\n\nThe German-born sound engineer was married to Sir Elton for four years, and has kept a low profile since the end of the marriage in 1988.\n\nBut she filed legal papers earlier this year, after taking exception to the depiction of their relationship in Sir Elton's 2019 autobiography Me, as well as in the hit movie Rocketman.\n\nThe disclosures triggered longstanding mental health problems, her claim said.\n\nIn response, Sir Elton's defence acknowledged the existence of the divorce agreement, which both parties signed, but denied any breaches or causing \"psychological harm\".\n\nHowever, Ms Blauel's lawyer, Adam Wolanski, said the star had prior knowledge of Ms Blauel's struggles with \"depression and anxiety\", and that the condition was \"exacerbated by press interest in her and by publicity relating to her\".\n\nHe cited her suicide attempt and a series of panic attacks during their marriage as proof.\n\nOne such incident came during a lunch the star and his wife hosted for members of the Royal family \"in or about 1985\".\n\n\"During this visit, Princess Margaret asked the claimant about a painting belonging to the defendant,\" said the court papers. \"The claimant was unable to recall any details about the painting and this caused her to panic and become very anxious.\n\n\"She interrupted the defendant's conversation with the Queen Mother to ask for assistance before removing herself to another room.\n\n\"Although she did not explain to the defendant why she had done this, it must have been obvious to him that she had absented herself because of her anxiety.\"\n\nIn previous court papers, Ms Blauel said Sir Elton's memoir and the Rocketman biopic had prompted renewed interest in her marriage, with one journalist \"trying to locate her in her local village\", causing her \"great anxiety\".\n\nAccording to her latest filing, she has subsequently spent thousands of pounds on therapy and treatment.\n\nIn response to the new court documents, Sir Elton's legal counsel Jenny Afia said: \"Elton has always respected Renate's privacy and will continue to do so.\n\n\"It is well documented that their marriage was completely respectful and the relationship both Elton and Renate had after they divorced continued to be kind, respectful and honourable for the 30 years following.\"\n\nShe added that she found it \"baffling\" that Ms Blauel's case \"centred around privacy when at every stage of these proceedings Renate has chosen to file these claims in the public domain\".\n\n\"This only goes to show the true purpose of this claim which is to extract a large sum of money from Elton and tarnish his name publicly with falsehoods.\"\n\nReacting to the statement issued by Sir Elton's lawyers, Ms Blauel's legal counsel accused the star of \"seeking to belittle and discredit\" his client, adding that the case \"has never been about money\".\n\n\"The recent disclosure of very personal details about our client has only come to light because Sir Elton's team demanded the information,\" added Yisrael Hiller of Asserson.\n\n\"Renate remains hopeful that Sir Elton will accept that he has breached their agreement and undertake never to do so again so that Renate can live without fear of further invasion of her privacy.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "About half the schools in Leicestershire will reopen on Wednesday\n\nSome parents, especially those shielding, have said they are scared to send their children back ahead of England's first schools reopening.\n\nLeicester and Leicestershire pupils will be among the earliest in the country to return on Wednesday.\n\nThe government has said it is unlikely children will pass coronavirus on to others or get seriously ill from it.\n\nA number of parents in the city fear they are putting themselves at risk by sending their children back.\n\nUnlike other areas of England, schools in Leicester and Leicestershire traditionally break up for summer holidays a week earlier than other local authorities.\n\nAndrea Burford, a 45-year-old mother of two who suffers from asthma and other health conditions, must continue to shield until 7 September because of Leicester's high level of coronavirus infections.\n\nBut her daughter is due to start secondary school on Friday.\n\nAndrea Burford said she wants her daughter back at school \"but I also want it to be safe\"\n\nMrs Burford said: \"How can I send her back while I'm still expected to shield?\n\n\"I don't believe [children] can't transmit it. I want her back at school but I also want it to be safe.\"\n\nThe government is urging parents to send their children back, and there could be fines for those who do not.\n\nThe UK's chief medical adviser Chris Whitty has said \"the chances of children dying from Covid-19 are incredibly small\" and missing lessons \"damages children in the long-run\".\n\nHe admitted there were \"no risk-free\" options but said children were \"much less likely\" to spread the disease.\n\nProtective measures like distancing, hand washing and cleaning can reduce risks, Prof Whitty said\n\nBut another parent, who wished to be known only as Alex, said he was \"genuinely scared\" his daughter could bring the virus home.\n\nThe 38-year-old suffered two heart attacks last September and has been shielding throughout the pandemic.\n\nNow his daughter is set to return to school to start Year 7.\n\nHe said: \"I'm petrified. I keep getting all these shielding letters from the government but at the same time they're forcing me to send my child to school.\n\n\"We've been following the rules to a T, but now we have no choice but to send her out.\"\n\nLeicester City Council said it would only pursue fines as a last resort but added returning to school was \"vital\" for a child's education and wellbeing.\n\nThe authority added: \"We understand some parents may have concerns about their children returning to school.\n\n\"We are working closely with education settings to make sure arrangements are being put in place to minimise the risk of transmission for all.\"\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.", "Councillor Ian Ward, said people should continue to follow the relevant safety guidance\n\nA council will be given the power to close pubs and restaurants that do not follow Covid-19 rules.\n\nBirmingham City Council will be allowed to take enforcement action against businesses that fail to comply - in a bid to drive infection rates down.\n\nThe city is on a government watch list after a spike in cases, but latest figures show numbers are falling.\n\nThe council's leader said it \"cannot be complacent\".\n\nUnder the measures, which come into force on Wednesday, businesses who are failing to comply with Covid-19 regulations could be issued with a written warning and, if they continue to flout the rules, may be ordered to close.\n\nLatest figures show the number of cases in Birmingham has begun to fall\n\nThe council will also be able to prohibit certain types of event taking place, including weddings, based on size.\n\nIt will also be able to restrict access to, or close, public outdoor places if there is a public health need to do so.\n\nThe council has a whistleblowing number for members of the public to use if they feel a business is not complying with regulations.\n\nBirmingham was put on Public Health England's watchlist on Friday.\n\nThe number of cases in the city in the week to 13 August was 347, but dropped to 272 in the week to 20 August.\n\nHowever, this worked out at 24 cases per 100,000 residents in one week, compared with 11 per 100,000 across the whole of England.\n\nSince the second city went onto the 'watchlist' there has been plenty of speculation about what would come next.\n\nI understand the government was worried about a Leicester-style widespread set of spikes that would warrant more serious action.\n\nBut the very latest figures show a halt in the upwards trend, plus more specific pockets of cases.\n\nSo rather than more draconian measures, for the moment anyway, the council will simply enforce many of the current guidelines - but with the force of the law behind it.\n\nThat means resources though. A new whistleblowing hotline will help. But it's a big job.\n\nThe city council's leader, Councillor Ian Ward, said: \"While the recent figures show our rates are going down, we cannot be complacent.\n\n\"We must all continue to follow all the relevant safety guidance in order to protect our families, friends and work colleagues.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The canoeist was reported to have gone in the water at Taff's Well, upstream of Llandaff rowing club\n\nPolice have suspended a major search after two reports of people having gone into the water, including a capsized canoeist.\n\nThe canoeist was reported going into the River Taff at Taff's Well, north of Cardiff, just before 09:50 BST.\n\nA search for a man was conducted on the river at Taff Embankment in Cardiff after a call out at 08:40 BST.\n\nSpecialist search teams are likely to resume on Wednesday, South Wales Police said.\n\nThe air ambulance and hazardous area rescue team were involved in the Taff's Well search.\n\nPeople are being warned to stay away from rivers and coastal areas as Storm Francis caused havoc around Wales.\n\nA helicopter was used in the search for the missing people\n\nSouth Wales Police appealed for the canoeist to contact them if they had left the water safely and believed they were the person in question.\n\nOfficers also tweeted a photo of a wetsuit and other gear that were found in the search area, and asked if it was possible the owner could have been mistaken for someone in the water in difficulty earlier in the day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe force said it had also received a report of a man entering the water near the Principality Stadium.\n\nA multi-agency team had been involved in both searches.\n\n\"Due to the adverse weather conditions, searches of the water have been stood down for the day, with specialist search teams likely to resume tomorrow,\" said a police spokesperson.\n\n\"Searches of the riverbanks and the vicinity of both incidents will continue this evening.\"\n\nRescuers had been searching the river near Llandaff rowing club\n\nThe second search took place at Taff Embankment in Cardiff city centre\n\nMeanwhile, in a separate incident, a woman has been rescued from the River Ely in Leckwith, Cardiff and has been taken to safety, police said.\n\nPenarth Lifeboat Station said it was believed the woman, who was rescued along with a dog, had gone into the water to help the animal.\n\nIt said they were rescued by a harbour master vessel.\n\n\"Although obviously cold and wet both appeared in good spirits and were taken for medical checks,\" said the lifeboat station in a Facebook message.", "Facebook has agreed to pay the French government €106m (£95.7m) in back taxes to settle a dispute over revenues earned in the country.\n\nThe payment covers the last decade of its French operations from 2009.\n\nThe social networking giant has also agreed to pay €8.46m in taxes on revenues in France for 2020 - 50% more than in 2019.\n\n\"We pay the taxes we owe in every market we operate,\" said a Facebook spokeswoman.\n\n\"We take our tax obligations seriously and work closely with tax authorities around the world to ensure compliance with all applicable tax laws and to resolve any disputes, as we have done with the French tax authorities.\"\n\nThe social networking giant did not share details of the tax dispute, but France has been pushing tech companies to pay more tax inside the country where it is generated.\n\nOther tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon have reached similar agreements with the French tax authorities.\n\nFacebook said that since 2018, it had changed its sales structure so that \"income from advertisers supported by our teams in France is registered in this country\".\n\nThe BBC understands that Facebook paid a tax rate in France of 38% in 2019, which is above the statutory income tax rate of 33.3%.\n\nIn February, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said he recognised the public's frustration over the amount of tax paid by tech giants.\n\nHe added that Facebook accepted the fact it might have to pay more tax in Europe \"in different places under a new framework\" going forward, and backed plans by think tank the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to find a global solution to how to tax tech companies.\n\nFacebook has been accused of not paying its fair share of tax in the countries where it operates.\n\nLast year, France announced a new digital services tax on multinational technology firms, but in January, the country said it would delay the tax until the end of 2020.\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US House Judiciary Committee in July over antitrust concerns\n\nThe new tax would have required global tech giants to make tax payments equivalent to 3% of their French revenues twice a year in April and in November.\n\nIn response to France delaying the new tax, the US said it would not impose retaliatory tariffs on $2.4bn (£1.8bn) of French goods, including champagne and cheese.\n\nThe OECD is working on a multilateral agreement on how tech giants should be taxed by governments.\n\nIn the UK, Facebook paid just £28.5m in corporation tax in 2018, despite generating a record £1.65bn in British sales.\n\nThe UK government implemented its own tax on technology firms in April. The Digital Services Tax (DST) requires digital services operating in the UK to pay a 2% tax in connection to social media services, internet search engines and online marketplaces.\n\nHM Treasury has stressed that the tax will remain in place until a global solution to taxing tech giants is agreed.\n\nIn June, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and finance ministers in France, Italy and Spain signed a letter saying that tech giants, like Google, Amazon and Facebook, need \"to pay their fair share of tax\".\n\nIn the letter, obtained by the BBC, the four finance ministers told the US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, that the pandemic had increased the need for such levies.\n\n\"The current Covid-19 crisis has confirmed the need to deliver a fair and consistent allocation of profit made by multinationals operating without - or with little - physical taxable presence,\" the letter said.\n\n\"The pandemic has accelerated a fundamental transformation in consumption habits and increased the use of digital services, consequently reinforcing digital business models' dominant position and increasing their revenue at the expense of more traditional businesses.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nBritain's Andy Murray earned his first win against a top-10 player since 2017 by beating Germany's Alexander Zverev at the Western and Southern Open.\n\nThe 33-year-old Scot, playing his first top-level tournament since November after injury, won 6-3 3-6 7-5 against the world number seven to reach the third round in New York.\n\n\"It is a good effort to win that after not playing for a while,\" said Murray.\n\nMurray, ranked 134th in the world, will play Milos Raonic of Canada next.\n\nRaonic beat British number one Dan Evans earlier on Monday, while British women's number one Johanna Konta saw off Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens.\n\nFormer world number one Murray, who had a second major hip surgery in January 2019, is again on the comeback trail after a long lay-off enforced by niggling injuries and the suspension of the professional tours because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAfter beating American wildcard Frances Tiafoe in the first round, he faced a sterner test of his fitness and form against 23-year-old Zverev.\n\nMurray showed glimpses of his best in an impressive first set, when he used his court-craft and variety of shots to unpick Zverev's game.\n\nMurray's level dipped midway through the second set as Zverev fought back to take the match into a decider, with Murray becoming annoyed at his failure to execute his shots.\n\nHe refocused to break for a 3-1 lead in the decider with a dipping cross-court winner, only for Zverev to show his resilience again by winning four games in a row to serve for the match.\n\nHowever, Zverev's major weakness has been his second serve and it is clear he has not solved that problem during the enforced break, producing five double faults as Murray claimed the final three games.\n\n\"The first two sets were very good, the third set very scrappy once I went ahead,\" said three-time Grand Slam champion Murray.\n\n\"I don't think either of us played very well as we got closer to the finishing line. I'm glad to get through it.\"\n\nDjokovic battles through the pain to win\n\nWorld number one Novak Djokovic fought through neck pain to secure a 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 win against Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania.\n\nDjokovic, who needed treatment during the match, twice went down a break in the second set but broke back both times to go on and secure the win.\n\n\"It's getting better,\" said Djokovic, who next faces American Tennys Sandgren.\n\n\"It's been four days. It's not yet where I'd like it to be but it's heading in the right direction.\"\n\nMeanwhile, second seed Dominic Thiem suffered a surprise exit as the Austrian was beaten by the 32nd-ranked Filip Krajinovic of Serbia 6-2 6-1.\n\nThe tournament is usually held in Cincinnati but was moved to Flushing Meadows to create a two-tournament safety bubble that also incorporates the US Open, which starts on 31 August.\n\nKonta, 29, earned her first competitive victory since the WTA Tour restarted with a confident win.\n\nSeeded eighth and given a first-round bye, she took the final 11 games to triumph 6-2 6-0 and reach the third round.\n\nKonta produced a dominant performance in her first match since a straight-set defeat at the Lexington Open two weeks ago, where she felt light-headed after suffering from heart palpitations.\n\nKonta said was not overly worried about the issue and she experienced no physical problems in the heat against world number 78 Flipkens.\n\nFrom the start, Konta put Flipkens' serve under pressure and broke twice in a five-game winning streak to clinch the opening set.\n\nShe continued to strike the ball superbly, dropping only seven points in a 24-minute second set.\n\nEvans, 30, was looking to earn successive wins in a Masters event - the tier of tournaments below the Grand Slams - but struggled to cope with former world number three Raonic's big serving in a 6-3 7-5 defeat.\n\nRaonic has dropped to 30th after injury problems, but looked close to his best as he hit 23 aces.\n\nEvans suffered a second defeat of the day in the men's doubles, losing 7-5 6-1 alongside Belgium's David Goffin against Croatia's Nikola Mektic and Dutchman Wesley Koolhof.\n\nIn the women's doubles, Britain's Heather Watson and Magda Linette of Poland lost 6-1 6-3 to Americans Coco Gauff and Caty McNally.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Causley has never revealed the whereabouts of his wife Carole Packman's body\n\nA man who killed his wife 35 years ago but has never revealed where he put her body must not be freed, his grandson has pleaded.\n\nRussell Causley killed Carole Packman in 1985 but evaded justice for a decade after faking his own death as part of an elaborate insurance scam.\n\nCausley, 78, has changed his account of the Bournemouth murder multiple times.\n\nGrandson Neil Gillingham urged the Parole Board, due to hear the killer's case for release, not to free him.\n\nNeil Gillingham said he believes his grandfather is still \"wicked and arrogant\"\n\nMr Gillingham, the grandson of Mrs Packman and Causley, told the BBC his family has been \"tortured\" by the killer's continued refusal to reveal what he did with his victim's remains.\n\nThe Parole Board will hear the case for Causley's release later and is expected to make public its decision in two weeks.\n\nMr Gillingham urged the board to \"please encourage Russell to provide reassurance to us that he is indeed rehabilitated by allowing us to give Carole the burial any human following death, including Russell, rightfully deserves\".\n\nCausley initially denied the murder before later admitting to it while in prison and then retracting his confession.\n\nMr Gillingham said Causley's efforts to continually change his story proved he was \"still wicked and arrogant\".\n\nCarole Packman disappeared in 1985 and her body has never been found\n\nAviation engineer Causley moved his lover Patricia Causley - whose surname he took after they had an affair while he was married to Mrs Packman - into the family home on Ipswich Road, Bournemouth, in 1984.\n\nThe day before her disappearance in 1985, Mrs Packman - then aged 40 - had visited a solicitor to inquire about a divorce.\n\nShe was later reported missing by their teenage daughter Samantha, who had witnessed Causley physically and psychologically abusing her mother.\n\nHowever, Dorset Police reported that Mrs Packman had turned up at a police station to say she was safe and to stop searching for her.\n\nDetectives involved in the case have since admitted the force made a \"major mistake\" by not making basic identity checks and now believe the woman at the police station was not Mrs Packman.\n\nThe case was then closed for nearly a decade, when Causley was caught trying to claim £790,000 in life insurance in 1993 after faking his own death on a boating trip.\n\nHe was convicted of murder in 1996 before the conviction was quashed in 2003. A retrial the following year found him guilty again and he was jailed for life.\n\n\"We do not believe that his mentality has sufficiently changed as such that he will never be tempted to act or behave in the similar manner that imprisoned him all those years ago,\" said Mr Gillingham.\n\n\"We have a genuine fear that Russell Causley poses a significant risk to our family's safety.\"\n\nHe added: \"[Causley] should have been honest, he should've finally ended years of suffering and should have provided closure when that is the logical, human and decent thing to do given the serious nature of his offences and his continued plight for reintegration into society.\n\n\"Russell hasn't done any of this - he hasn't been honest, he hasn't ended years of suffering.\"\n\nFollowing a hearing in 2018, the Parole Board recommended Causley be moved to an open prison but this was blocked by the justice secretary.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nearly half a million UK pupils face a fresh round of results chaos after exam board Pearson pulled its BTec results on the eve of releasing them.\n\nPearson said it would be re-grading all its BTecs to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs, which are now being graded via school-based assessments.\n\nThe move affects 450,000 pupils, 250,000 of whom received grades last week, with the rest due in a few hours.\n\nHeads said it was incomprehensible that changes were being made this late.\n\nPearson apologised and acknowledged the additional uncertainty the decision would cause. The exam board also conducts a large proportion of the GCSEs and A-levels taken by UK pupils.\n\nHowever, the late decision will cause even further disruption to students seeking places in further and higher education.\n\nUniversities are already struggling to cope with the impact of grade changes on their admissions process.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said he could not understand why it had taken Pearson until this late stage to realise the implications of grade changes for its BTec qualifications.\n\n\"It really does need to give an explanation of why this has happened. We feel desperately sorry for the students affected in a year when they have already undergone far too much disruption.\"\n\nPearson said in a statement: \"BTec qualification results have been been generally consistent with teacher and learner expectations, but we have become concerned about unfairness in relation to what are now significantly higher outcomes for GCSE and A-levels.\"\n\nSome 38,000 students who took Cambridge Technicals, run by exam board OCR, are also affected by the review.\n\nBut the board let schools know about this on Tuesday. These results are due to be given out on 25 August now.\n\nEngland's exams regulator has already said that the school-assessed GCSE and A-level grades are likely to be higher than last year by nine and 12 percentage points respectively.\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said it understood students' frustration at the delay, adding that awarding organisations had taken more time to make sure no student was inadvertently worse off because of the switch to centre-assessed grades.\n\n\"Critically no students will see their result downgraded as a result of the review, so results already issued will either stay the same or improve.\"\n\nThe Association of Colleges' chief executive, David Hughes, said it had asked Pearson to look at a small number of results which had seemed unfair, adding that the \"timing is worrying, because thousands of students were due to get their results in the morning and others have already got results which we know will not go down, but might improve.\"\n\nHe added: \"So it is vital for students that this is sorted in days rather than weeks so students have the chance to celebrate and plan their next steps.\"\n\nLeora Cruddas, chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, said Pearson was right to act, but added: \"This late notification will cause very significant challenges for schools, trusts and colleges.\n\n\"It simply is unacceptable that some of the most disadvantaged students will not receive their grades tomorrow and that nothing has been done to correct this over the past few days.\"\n\nLevel 3 health and social care BTec student Jay Golby got lower results than she expected and missed out on a place at Coventry University to study adult nursing this year.\n\nThe re-grade means the situation may change, but she adds: \"It was my plan to do it this year, as I was ready to go and it just breaks my heart because I won't have the opportunity any more.\n\n\"I hope something can get sorted soon as it's had a big mental impact, not only on me but obviously the other BTec students as well, especially the ones that haven't even got their results yet.\n\n\"They're just waiting on the edge of their seat and they don't know what's going to happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The head of the Sixth Form Colleges Association and the headteacher of a school in Somerset on \"such a hard summer\"\n\nBTec student Jude Walker told the BBC she was still waiting for her results.\n\n\"We should have received our results along with the A-levels, however, we haven't - this isn't good at all, because most of us really want to apply for our higher education.\n\n\"Me personally, I would like to go an apprenticeship and obviously if I don't have any results, I cannot go and do that.\"\n\nLevel 3 BTec student Harry Baker says it's worrying that time is running out for students who want to progress to university.\n\n\"I think it's good that they are trying to put thing right for students, but it is worrying that university starts in 20 or 30 days,\" he says.\n\n\"All this uncertainty is daunting and is bad for young people's mental health.\"\n\nThere are now almost no 16 to 18-year-olds across the UK whose hopes and fears haven't been mangled by the chaos of this year's results.\n\nPerhaps the only exceptions are students with special needs so severe they are not entered for qualifications.\n\nAs A-levels, then GCSEs, were caught up in multiple ministerial U-turns, Pearson's, the company that awards BTecs insisted all was fine as the results were more stable.\n\nThis was based partly on the modular way BTecs are assessed as students go along, which had apparently led to stable results, and fewer than 1% of entries being downgraded from teacher estimates.\n\nThese skill based qualifications can be either equivalent to a GCSE at level 2 or A-level at level 3.\n\nThey're accepted for entry to university, so immediately a whole big slice of 18-year-olds have been put at a disadvantage in the scramble for university places.\n\nThe same is true of those wanting to start a higher level apprenticeship.\n\nFor Pearsons this last-minute change of tack is reputational damage to a brand marketed across the world.\n\nFor students it's further proof their generation is paying a heavy price for the disruption of Covid-19. That, in turn, is terrifying for ministers as they will all be old enough to vote at the next election.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said the situation was \"totally unacceptable\".\n\n\"For some young people to find out less than a day in advance that they will not be receiving their grades tomorrow is utterly disgraceful.\n\n\"Gavin Williamson and the Department for Education should have had a grip of this situation days ago.\"\n\nShe urged the government to set a clear deadline by which every young person must receive their grades.\n\nLiberal Democrat education spokesperson Layla Moran said it was \"yet another shambles from the government\" and called for the education secretary's resignation.\n\n\"This summer has been a disaster for the government, it has left students panicking about their future and colleges in turmoil,\" she said.\n\nPearson has now written to all schools, colleges and training providers to say the following qualifications are being re-graded:\n\nA Pearson spokesman said: \"Although we generally accepted centre assessment grades for internal (i.e. coursework) units, we subsequently calculated the grades for the examined units using historical performance data with a view of maintaining overall outcomes over time.\n\n\"Our review will remove these Pearson-calculated grades and apply consistency across teacher-assessed internal grades and examined grades that students were unable to sit.\n\n\"We will work urgently with you to reissue these grades and will update you as soon as we possibly can.\n\n\"We want to reassure students that no grades will go down as part of this review.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTec students in relation to A-Levels and GCSEs and that no BTec student is disadvantaged.\n\n\"Therefore, we ask schools and colleges not to issue any BTec L1 and L2 results on 20 August, as these will be reviewed and where appropriate, re-graded.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the BTec results delay? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Many of the youngsters at Kingspark have additional physical disabilities or medical problems\n\nA total of 27 coronavirus cases, most of them adult staff, have now been linked to a school in Dundee.\n\nKingspark School was closed last Wednesday as pupils and staff were asked to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nNHS Tayside said in an update on Monday that 21 staff, two pupils and four community contacts had tested positive.\n\nTwo other school sites in Dundee have also been identified as result of contact tracing connected to the Kingspark outbreak.\n\nA primary two class at St Peter and Paul's School has been asked to self-isolate until 2 September after an individual tested positive.\n\nChildren who attended the Happy Times out-of-school club at Downfield Primary School are also being asked to self-isolate until the same date following a positive test result.\n\nElsewhere, two classes at High Blantyre Primary School in South Lanarkshire are self-isolating after two pupils and a staff member tested positive.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire said there was no evidence to suggest transmission within the school and the school will remain open.\n\nKingspark School in Dundee, which has about 185 pupils aged between five and 18 who have additional support needs, was closed on Wednesday evening to allow deep cleaning to be carried out.\n\nThe decision was taken to shut it for two weeks because of the complex health conditions of the pupils.\n\nPupils and anyone who lives with them who cannot maintain physical distancing have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nDr Daniel Chandler, of NHS Tayside, said: \"Due to the high level of tests undertaken among staff who work at the school, we may see a small rise in the number of positive cases as these results come through.\n\n\"The actions and measures that have been put in place will help to prevent any further spread of infection and we hope to see the numbers of positive cases tail off over the coming days.\"\n\nPaul Clancy, executive director of Dundee City Council's Children and Families Services, said: \"I would like to reassure families that this action is being taken to keep everyone safe. This is our paramount concern and we cannot be complacent.\"", "Olga Freeman is accused of killing her son Dylan\n\nA woman admitted killing her severely disabled 10-year-old son in a call to her friend, an inquest has heard.\n\nPolice discovered the body of Dylan Freeman, who had autism and Cohen syndrome at his home in Cumberland Park, Acton, on 16 August.\n\nWest London Coroner's Court on Tuesday heard Dylan died after his airways had been restricted by a sponge.\n\nHis mother and primary carer, Olga Freeman, appeared at the Old Bailey last week accused of his murder.\n\nMr Inyama said: \"His mother called a friend in the early hours to state to the friend that she killed her son.\"\n\nHe said the mother and her friend went to Acton police station in west London and told them what had happened.\n\nThe coroner said it appeared Dylan had been administered a sleeping aid.\n\nA sponge was then placed in his mouth, tied with a strap.\n\nThe body of Dylan Freeman was found at a house in Cumberland Park, Acton\n\nDylan had autism, Cohen syndrome - which is linked to abnormalities on many parts of the body - and other issues.\n\nDylan's father, celebrity photographer Dean Freeman, last week described his son as \"a beautiful, bright, inquisitive and artistic child who loved to travel, visit art galleries and swim\".\n\nHis body was identified four days later by his headteacher.\n\nMr Inyama gave restriction of the airways as the preliminary cause of death.\n\nThere was no other evidence of injuries caused by assault or restraint.\n\nMr Inyama adjourned the inquest until March 2021, pending the outcome of any legal proceedings.\n\nMs Freeman is due to appear for a plea and trial preparation hearing at the Old Bailey on 4 November.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nTwo gymnasts have made allegations of mistreatment by British Gymnastics head coach Amanda Reddin.\n\nOne, named Jenny, made claims dating back to the 1980s which include accusations of physical abuse from the ages of 9-12, which caused \"immense pain\".\n\nRio Olympian Ruby Harrold said Reddin presided over a \"culture of fear\" at British Gymnastics camps in Lilleshall.\n\nShe described food portions that left her and her fellow gymnasts hungry.\n\nThe BBC is also aware of one other high-profile complaint to British Gymnastics that is ongoing and two other separate complaints made to the NSPCC hotline, set up in the wake of the allegations.\n\nIn a statement to ITV, Reddin said: \"I completely refute the historical claim, and the investigation by British Gymnastics did not uphold the complaint.\n\n\"I completely refute these claims. It is wrong that my reputation within the sport that I love is now subject to a trial by media rather than through the proper processes.\n\n\"I would welcome the allegations be submitted to the independent review into alleged abuse in gymnastics to ensure the integrity of the process is protected for both athletes and coaches.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics previously responded to the allegations made by Jenny, who has asked for her surname to be withheld, and found no wrongdoing by Reddin.\n\nAsked for a response to Harrold's claims, British Gymnastics said: \"There is no place for abuse in our sport. Those that speak out about mistreatment in gymnastics must be heard.\n\n\"It is vital, however, that such claims are made through the proper process to ensure a fair and independent system that protects integrity for all parties involved.\"\n\nIt then directed gymnasts affected to contact its integrity unit or call the the BAC/NSPCC helpline on 0800 056 0566.\n\nThese are the latest in a catalogue of allegations in recent weeks of a culture of mistreatment in the sport.\n\nLast month, British Gymnastics announced an independent review would be launched, and chief executive Jane Allen said last week the organisation had \"fallen short\" in protecting its members.\n\nReddin is a former gymnast and coached British former world champion Beth Tweddle before her appointment as head coach of British Gymnastics in 2012.\n\nTweddle has previously praised Reddin and her \"working ethic\".\n\nJenny, a gymnast coached by Reddin at the Bright School of Gymnastics in the 1980s, told BBC Sport: \"I think that it's maybe up to us older ones to get the story out to show that this has been going on for so long.\"\n\nShe alleges that when she was nine years old, Reddin \"came over, sat beside me, grabbed my side, pulled it out really hard. She told me I was too fat, and then told me I needed to go on a diet, which obviously was very upsetting.\n\n\"If I'd got a move wrong, then she would sometimes slap me. I wasn't expecting people to hit you as a child even in the '80s - she slapped me very hard across the back of the legs. I can't remember what I did wrong.\"\n\nAsked if the slap hurt, she said: \"It did - it really stung - and left a red mark across my legs.\"\n\nIn a letter of complaint to British Gymnastics, she alleged Reddin would also sit on her, causing immense pain, during stretching and would verbally abuse her if she cried.\n\nIn its response, British Gymnastics said Reddin had categorically denied slapping gymnasts, saying she would only give \"little taps and nibbles\" to show gymnasts how they should be working.\n\nIt also said she denied using \"excessive force\" on a gymnast to stretch them and that, at the time the response was written, there were no complaints against her.\n\nHarrold says she did not see any physical mistreatment but claims Reddin presided over a culture of fear with an emphasis on weight, bringing in portion-control dinner plates for a time to control their calories.\n\nHarrold said: \"How would you feel if you were 21 years old being given ultimately a baby plate to eat off? It's demeaning... it's unhealthy.\"", "Nearly 50,000 salmon escaped when a fish farm in Argyll broke free from its moorings, it has been revealed.\n\nThe North Carradale farm, near Campbeltown, suffered damaged to four of its 10 fish pens during Storm Ellen.\n\nOwner Mowi said inspections by divers revealed the breakage of mooring ropes attached to the farm's seabed anchors was the cause.\n\nJust over 30,000 of the farmed salmon also died as a result of the incident.\n\nMowi said it has sent the torn ropes to a testing facility in Aberdeen for further investigation.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency said it \"shares concerns\" regarding the loss of salmon.\n\nShe added: \"Whilst we are confident that marine pens have been returned to their authorised position and there was no significant pollution, we are liaising with Mowi and Marine Scotland, who have responsibility for fish escapes and their reporting.\"\n\nThe North Carradale farm contained 550,700 salmon before the four pens were damaged in bad weather on 20 August.\n\nMowi said a total of 48,834 salmon escaped, 30,616 died and a further 125,000 were harvested.\n\nEnvironmental campaigners have raised concerns about the escaped fish breeding with wild Scottish salmon.", "Face coverings will only be required in corridors, communal areas and on buses\n\nScottish secondary school pupils will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and school buses from next Monday.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney said the new rules would apply to all pupils aged over 12.\n\nHe said the guidance had been updated based on new advice from the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nThere will be no requirement to wear face coverings in classrooms where distancing measures are in place.\n\nMr Swinney said individual exemptions could be granted for health reasons, but the guidance would be \"obligatory\" for all secondary, special and grant-aided schools.\n\nHe told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"From August 31st young people over the age of 12 in secondary schools should habitually be wearing face coverings when they are moving around schools and corridors and in communal areas where it is difficult to deliver the physical distancing.\"\n\nHe said the Scottish government had acted in the light of the new WHO advice based on evidence that teenagers can infect others in the same way as adults, but had decided to go further by extending it to school transport.\n\n\"It's part of the general measures we are taking to ensure we keep pace with the emerging advice about how to keep our schools open and to keep our schools safe,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nYoung people returned to Scotland's schools earlier in August with no requirements for physical distancing between younger pupils, and no rules around face coverings.\n\nBut First Minister Nicola Sturgeon signalled on Monday that a change in the guidance was imminent.\n\nThe new rules for school buses will apply to pupils over the age of five, in line with guidelines for public transport. Staff and students can continue to wear face coverings in all settings voluntarily if they wish.\n\nEileen Prior, executive director of the parents' organisation Connect, formerly known as the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, earlier said she hoped schools would be offered some flexibility over how the new guidance was implemented.\n\nShe said: \"In some schools it won't be necessary - it depends very much on the environment within a school.\n\n\"Some schools are incredibly crowded but some simply aren't and some are well below capacity, perhaps with wide corridors and they don't have the issue that we have in many high schools of young people just crowding because they just can't not crowd.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: “If we need to change the advice then of course we will”\n\nBut Mr Swinney said while the new rules were not mandatory, they had the same status as other guidance on reopening of schools, such as physical distancing and hand hygiene, and should be considered \"obligatory\" across the secondary sector.\n\n\"There will be exemptions from this because the wearing of face coverings is not suitable for all individuals and that has to be respected,\" he said.\n\nHe also stressed that an individual pupil should not be excluded from a school because they were not wearing a face covering.\n\nThe UK government has said there are \"no plans\" to introduce similar measures when schools return in England after the summer break.\n\nHead teachers, however, have complained about a lack of clarity and asked whether English schools would have the flexibility to allow masks if requested as a safety measure by teachers.\n\nLinda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, said the revised guidance in Scotland was a sensible move.\n\nShe said: \"The schools have done brilliantly well getting going again but I think their physical distancing in some of the communal areas is always going to be a bit of a challenge to enforce... when we've still got cases circulating in the community this will provide additional protection when it's difficult to physically distance.\"\n\nShe said there may be more work to do to educate young people about the correct way to put on or remove a face covering.\n\n\"Not touching the surface - taking it off around the ears. I would recommend young people might carry a little bag in their pocket, stick the face covering in there and when they're taking it off and when they're putting it back on, making sure they don't touch the front of it,\" she said.\n\n\"And then of course there's the cleaning issue - these coverings need to be washed, just in warm water and soap.\"\n\nThe interim chief medical officer, Dr Gregor Smith, said the education advisory group had considered carefully whether poor hygiene while using masks might spread the virus.\n\n\"In their consideration they looked at the evidence from infection from removing masks, on and off, and whether that was likely to play a significant component in terms of introducing an increased risk of transmission,\" he said.\n\n\"On balance, their assessment of that evidence was that there was insufficient evidence to support that view.\"\n\nThe EIS teaching union welcomed the announcement as a \"sensible and appropriate step\" but repeated its call for investment in more teaching staff to allow smaller class sizes.\n\nGeneral secretary Larry Flanagan said: \"There needs to be a much sharper focus on ensuring social distancing in schools to protect pupils, staff and the wider community. Smaller class sizes to ensure appropriate physical distancing of pupils are essential.\"", "Players on Scrabble go can chat with anyone they are playing a game against\n\nA number of women who play online Scrabble on the Scopely app Scrabble Go say they are being messaged by \"creepy men\" within the game's chat function.\n\nThey begin a game and then start asking where the women live and whether they are married and want to continue chatting via other messaging apps such as WhatsApp.\n\nIt is likely many of them are romance scammers.\n\nScopely said the chat function could be restricted to friends only.\n\nOne woman, who is in her 60s and lives in London, told BBC News she was contacted via private message by two or three people per week, all claiming to be men from the US.\n\nShe did not wish to be named.\n\n\"It's almost like a script,\" she said.\n\n\"They start with, 'How you doing?' They match you to start a game, then start messaging.\n\n\"They play very badly, so you win the game. And then they big you up.\n\n\"Regularly, they say, 'I just want to check, can't we be friends?'\n\n\"When you say, 'No,' some of them disappear, they resign from the game.\n\n\"If you don't reply at all, most of them resign from the game.\"\n\nShe believes many of them are scammers.\n\nEnglish did not appear to be their first language, she said.\n\nOne man confessed to using his son's photograph as a profile picture, because he thought his son was \"more attractive\".\n\n\"This is not a dating site,\" she said.\n\nScopely said it \"does not tolerate any harassment or misconduct\" on its games platforms and players should report incidents to it.\n\n\"In Scrabble Go, players are able to access mute and block functions within the chat feature, as well as the 'mute public chat' privacy setting,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"When enabled, players will only receive chat notifications and messages from players they already know and are connected with as a Facebook friend, favourite, or via their synced contacts.\"\n\nScrabble Go became the official Scrabble app in June 2020\n\nAnd it became the official Scrabble app in June, when the Mattel franchise ended with games giant EA.\n\nIt says it has 2.5 million daily players.\n\nBut a petition calling for the return of the EA app has now had nearly 8,500 signatures.\n\nAnd Scopely introduced a \"classic\", stripped-down version of the game after complaints about additional features such as treasure-style rewards and vivid colours.\n\nOne woman who signed the petition three days ago, wrote: \"I do not like being targeted by creepy men who want to chat not play Scrabble.\"\n\nAustralia's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) told Gizmodo it had received two reports of romance scams on Scrabble Go in its first three months but it had also received two about the previous EA app during the first half of 2020.\n\nOn the website sixtyandme, Pat Skene described similar experiences on the unofficial Scrabble-like app Words With Friends.\n\n\"Suddenly, I'm inundated with guys wanting to hook up because they have fallen madly in love with me at first sight,\" she wrote in a blog last year.\n\nIt's a problem that is common across many social-media platforms.\n\nAnd it's difficult to police, especially as it takes place in the form of private messages.\n\nLisa Forte, from Red Goat Cyber-security, said: \"As individuals, we really need to start treating unsolicited online contact with people we don't know as suspicious until it's proven otherwise.\"", "Matthew Bailey in his 300-seater restaurant in Mortonhall Garden centre in Edinburgh\n\nRestaurateurs and hoteliers in Scotland are calling for a ban on background music to be lifted saying it is the \"kiss of death\" for the atmosphere in their premises.\n\nOwners criticised the rule, which came into effect in Scotland on 14 August, saying there \"was no logic\" to it.\n\nThe rule is in place so people do not have to lean in to be heard.\n\nThe Scottish government said there was an increased risk of Covid transmission when people raised their voices.\n\nJames Thomson, owner of The Witchery restaurant and the five star Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh, said the blanket ban was \"ridiculous\".\n\nJames Thomson in his five star restaurant, Rhubarb, at Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh\n\nHe said: \"This is a nonsense for restaurants. No size fits all. Very loud music in nightclubs could cause people to lean in to each other but in hotels and restaurants background music adds a little bit of ambience.\n\n\"Having no music at all is the kiss of death in terms of atmosphere for us and there is no logic behind such a blanket ban.\n\n\"At five star level we work on a two-metre distance all year round anyway so this background music ban is just ridiculous.\n\n\"We need background music to kill the deathly hush as people feel they have to start whispering when a restaurant is quiet. Diners want to eat out in a place with atmosphere not a library.\"\n\nDominic Crolla, director of La Locanda in Edinburgh's Cockburn Street, said he did not understand why the rule covered restaurants\n\nDominic Crolla, director of La Locanda off the Royal Mile in Cockburn Street, said he did not understand the music ban rule for restaurants.\n\nHe said: \"I understand people might have to lean in to be heard in a nightclub but background music should be allowed in restaurants.\n\n\"The ban is a disgrace, I get it for nightclubs, but for restaurants it's ridiculous.\n\n\"My customers come to hear classic Italian music while enjoying Italian food but now the atmosphere is ruined with this ban.\n\n\"They are just guessing and it just doesn't add up.\"\n\nRod Dos Santos, manager of Southern Cross Cafe in Edinburgh's Cockburn Street, said the music ban was \"ridiculous\".\n\nRod Dos Santos, manager of Southern Cross Cafe in Cockburn Street, said the music ban was \"ridiculous\"\n\nHe said: \"We either operate fully or not at all. What are they going to do next, tell us we cannot serve coffee?\n\n\"Customers expect to experience what they have done previously. This is a ridiculous situation.\n\n\"Background music is a talking point and customers are often asking me what band is playing in the background and it starts a conversation, which is what I love.\"\n\nMatthew Bailey, general manager of Mortonhall Garden centre which has the 300-seater Topiary restaurant, said he had already cut his capacity by a third to comply with social distancing measures.\n\nHe said: \"Music brings ambience and creates a nice mood. Soft music creates a nice atmosphere and stops the restaurant feeling clinical.\n\n\"It enhances the atmosphere in the current climate where people are more uptight and sombre. It softens the mood and relaxes people.\n\n\"We should be allowed to play background music as it creates a feeling of harmony.\"\n\nNo music is played in Edinburgh's The Standing Order, which is owned by Wetherspoon\n\nMeanwhile Eddie Gerson, spokesman of Wetherspoon, which owns 75 pubs in Scotland, said he stopped playing music in his premises 14 years ago.\n\nHe said: \"We don't go with the crowd so we don't have music in any of our premises.\n\n\"Our customers are used to it and like it. We have shown you don't need music to run a pub.\"\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"We don't want the restrictions in place for any longer than is needed, but in order to continue to suppress Covid-19 the clinical advice remains that pubs and bars should have no background music or volume from TVs.\n\n\"This is because of the increased risk of transmission from aerosol and droplets when people raise their voices.\n\n\"We continue to monitor this and are working closely with the licensed trade to develop updated guidance based on the best public health advice to keep people safe.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brits should end \"this general bout of self-recrimination and wetness” says the PM\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says he is opposed to the BBC's decision to play instrumental versions of Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms next month.\n\n\"I think it's time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,\" he told reporters.\n\nMedia reports have suggested the lyrics are being dropped due to associations with colonialism and slavery.\n\nBut the BBC says the decision was prompted by Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nFewer performers will be allowed on stage, which makes it harder to perform the songs with a traditional chorus.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"For the avoidance of any doubt, these songs will be sung next year. We obviously share the disappointment of everyone that the Proms will have to be different but believe this is the best solution in the circumstances and look forward to their traditional return next year.\"\n\nEarlier, the BBC's director general Tony Hall said he felt the move to include instrumental versions of Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory for this year's performance was the right one.\n\n\"I think they have come to the right conclusion,\" he told the BBC's media editor, Amol Rajan.\n\n\"It's very, very hard in an Albert Hall that takes over 5,000 people to have the atmosphere of the Last Night of the Proms and to have things where the whole audience normally sing along - it's quite hard creatively, artistically to make that work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Hall: \"I think they have come to the right conclusion which is actually to include it instrumentally\"\n\nHe added: \"We have come to the right conclusion which is a creative conclusion, an artistic conclusion... it is there in a medley of instrumentals playing around sea shanties and all of that and I suspect it will be back next year.\"\n\nThe concert is due to take place on 12 September, without an audience and with limited performers at the Royal Albert Hall, due to concerns around Covid-19.\n\nResponding to the news of this year's changes, Mr Johnson told reporters: \"I cannot believe... that the BBC is saying that they will not sing the words of Land Of Hope And Glory or Rule Britannia! as they traditionally do at the end of The Last Night of The Proms.\n\n\"I think it's time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general bout of self-recrimination and wetness.\n\n\"I wanted to get that off my chest,\" he added.\n\nA Labour Party spokesperson responded: \"The pomp and pageantry of the Last Night of the Proms is a staple of British summer.\n\n\"The running order is a matter for the organisers and the BBC, but enjoying patriotic songs does not - and should not - present a barrier to examining our past and learning lessons from it.\"\n\nIn a statement on Monday evening, BBC Proms said it was announcing the concert's programme following recent speculation.\n\nThe whole debate was initially sparked by an article in The Sunday Times, which suggested the songs could be dropped completely in the wake of the recent Black Lives Matter protests.\n\nThe newspaper claimed there were concerns by key members of the orchestra about their associations with the British Empire, colonialism and slavery.\n\nThe Proms said there would be new orchestral versions of Land Of Hope And Glory, and Rule, Britannia!, as well as a new arrangement of Jerusalem, which will be sung.\n\n\"With much reduced musical forces and no live audience, the Proms will curate a concert that includes familiar, patriotic elements such as Jerusalem and the National Anthem, and bring in new moments capturing the mood of this unique time, including You'll Never Walk Alone, presenting a poignant and inclusive event for 2020,\" the statement said.\n\nIvor Novello-winning composer Errollyn Wallen confirmed online on Monday evening that she is making the new arrangement of Proms favourite, Jerusalem,\n\n\"In it I remember the Commonwealth nations and am dedicating the work to the Windrush generation,\" tweeted the Belize-born British musician.\n\nRule, Britannia! was set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740, and its lyrics were based on a poem by James Thomson.\n\nIt contains verses such as: \"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall.\n\n\"While thou shalt flourish great and free / The dread and envy of them all.\n\n\"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves / Britons never will be slaves.\"\n\nLand Of Hope And Glory makes similar reference to the \"might\" of the former British Empire, which some people today find problematic.\n\nTrevor Phillips, the former chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, told Times Radio he felt the BBC \"is always in a panic about race, and one of the reasons it is always in a panic is that it has no confidence\".\n\n\"The principal reason it has no confidence... is that there is no ethnic diversity at the top of its decision-making tree.\n\n\"What you have is rooms full of white men panicking that someone is going to think they are racist.\"\n\nBroadcaster and choirmaster Gareth Malone has suggested the anthems are outdated, tweeting: \"It's time for Rule Britannia! to go.\"\n\nTory MP Michael Fabricant said the 2020 move was \"all very sad\", adding: \"There's some lovely words to Rule Britannia.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he called for a \"compromise\" of a single voice performing the tune, rather than the usual sing-along version.\n\n\"Let's just have a single voice singing those words proudly,\" he said. \"There's nothing wrong with a bit of tradition, and it's a beautiful tune.\"\n\nChi-chi Nwanoku runs the Chineke! Foundation, which aims to provide opportunities for black, Asian and ethnically diverse classical musicians in the UK and Europe.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"We find it offensive.\n\n\"For any conscious black person who is aware of their history, the empire and colonialism, for example, they will struggle to enjoy the patriotic jingoism of these songs.\"", "Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout.\n\nThey say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the virus are \"clearly different\", making it the world's first proven case of reinfection.\n\nThe World Health Organization warns it is important not to jump to conclusions based on the case of one patient.\n\nAnd experts say reinfections may be rare and not necessarily serious.\n\nThere have been more than 23 million cases of coronavirus infection around the world.\n\nThose infected develop an immune response as their bodies fight off the virus which helps to protect them against it returning.\n\nThe strongest immune response has been found in the most seriously ill patients.\n\nBut it is still not clear how strong this protection or immunity is - or how long it lasts.\n\nAnd the World Health Organization said larger studies over time of people who had previously had coronavirus were needed to find out more.\n\nThis report, by the University of Hong Kong, due to be published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, says the man spent 14 days in hospital before recovering from the virus but then, despite having no further symptoms, tested positive for the virus a second time, following a saliva test during airport screening.\n\n\"This is a very rare example of reinfection,\" said Brendan Wren, professor of microbial pathogenesis, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\n\"And it should not negate the global drive to develop Covid-19 vaccines.\n\n\"It is to be expected that the virus will naturally mutate over time.\"\n\nDr Jeffrey Barrett, senior scientific consultant for the Covid-19 genome project at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: \"Given the number of global infections to date, seeing one case of reinfection is not that surprising even if it is a very rare occurrence.\n\n\"It may be that second infections, when they do occur, are not serious - though we don't know whether this person was infectious during their second episode.\"\n\nProf Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, said more information about this and other cases of reinfection was needed \"before we can really understand the implications\".\n• None Can you catch Covid twice?", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire has been given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison after his trial on the Greek island of Syros.\n\nThe England defender, 27, was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult after arrest on Mykonos.\n\nMaguire said after Tuesday's verdict that he had instructed his legal team \"with immediate effect to inform the courts we will be appealing\".\n\n\"I remain strong and confident regarding our innocence in this matter - if anything myself, family and friends are the victims,\" he added.\n\nLater on Tuesday, England manager Gareth Southgate withdrew Maguire from the squad for September's Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark.\n\nSouthgate, who had included the defender in the squad earlier the same day before the guilty verdict was given, added: \"As I said earlier today, I reserved the right to review the situation.\n\n\"Having spoken to Manchester United and the player, I have made this decision in the best interests of all parties and with consideration of the impact on our preparations for next week.\"\n\nThe sentence is suspended for three years because it is a first offence and the charges were misdemeanours.\n\nMaguire was arrested along with brother Joe, 28, and Christopher Sharman, 29, on Thursday after an altercation with police.\n\nJoe Maguire has been found guilty of repeated bodily harm, violence against public employees and attempted bribery.\n\nSharman has been found guilty of insult, repeated bodily harm and violence against public employees.\n\nBoth were sentenced to 13 months in prison, suspended for three years.\n\nAll three men denied all charges.\n\nHarry Maguire was not in attendance at the trial in Syros, but his father, Alan, was.\n\nThe United captain is being represented by Alexis Anagnostakis, one of Greece's top human rights lawyers, who asked for a postponement, but that was rejected by the judge.\n\nManchester United said in a statement: \"Harry Maguire pleaded not guilty to all of the misdemeanour charges made against him and he continues to strongly assert his innocence.\n\n\"It should be noted that the prosecution confirmed the charges and provided their evidence late on the day before the trial, giving the defence team minimal time to digest them and prepare. A request for the case to be adjourned was subsequently denied.\n\n\"On this basis, along with the substantial body of evidence refuting the charges, Harry Maguire's legal team will now appeal the verdict, to allow a full and fair hearing at a later date.\"\n\nOn Tuesday night Maguire posted a quote attributed to Buddha on his Instagram that read: \"Three things cannot be long hidden - the sun, the moon and the truth.\"\n\nAnagnostakis told the court the events stemmed from Maguire's sister Daisy being injected by a substance by a group of Albanians and she immediately fainted.\n\nThe defendants called for transport and asked to be driven to a hospital, but were instead taken to a police station.\n\nThe prosecution said Maguire, his brother and friend then physically and verbally attacked police officers.\n\nOne policeman alleged that while at the police station, Maguire said: \"Do you know who I am? I am the captain of Manchester United. I am very rich. I can give you money. I can pay you. Please let us go.\"\n\nHis colleague added that Maguire had said to him: \"Please, let me go. I am very rich. I can pay. I am the leader of Manchester United.\"\n\nThe defence argued that this request may have been lost in translation and suggested Maguire may have been asking to pay a \"fine\" to be released.\n\nIn response to the charge of insult, the defence added that the defendants said things which did not imply diminished professionalism by the police officers.\n\nAnagnostakis said the defendants had been beaten, an assertion confirmed by a forensic expert, and added that Maguire became angry only after he was hit on his \"golden leg\", insinuating his dominant leg in football.\n\nDr Ioannis Paradissis, who represented two of the six Greek police officers involved in the case, said he found it \"shocking\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" that Maguire had not apologised.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday that \"there is still time for the three defendants to say they are sorry\" and that if they did \"the outcome might be different\" at any subsequent trial.\n\n\"It might be different because under Greek law you can then withdraw some accusations - non-aggravated bodily harm and the verbal assaults that were shouted at the policeman,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't know if my clients would accept that but they told me they are still waiting for an apology and they haven't heard any and this is what I find quite shocking and quite unsportsmanlike, because fair play means when I've done something wrong, I apologise.\"\n\nAnalysis- 'No immediate decision over Man Utd captaincy'\n\nThere will be no immediate decision over whether Harry Maguire will retain the Manchester United captaincy.\n\nAlthough as the club do not expect a resolution to the £80m defender's appeal until well after their first Premier League game of the new season against Crystal Palace on 19 September, officials accept it is a conversation that will have to take place at some point.\n\nHowever, while it is a major discussion point outside Old Trafford, inside there is nothing to indicate Maguire won't retain the armband given the strong support he is getting from the club.\n\nMaguire has been in regular communication with the club since the story broke on Friday and does understand the disruption that has been caused by events of recent days.\n\nUnited's squad is not scheduled to return for pre-season training until 2 September. Presently, they have no friendlies arranged.\n\nHowever, it is likely there will be some, although whether these will be played with no media present, as was the case with their pre-lockdown games, remains to be seen.", "On the first night of the Republican Party convention, the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, took centre stage and commanded the nation's attention.\n\n\"Trump's policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy,\" Mr Trump said during his speech, praising his father's leadership. But his most powerful lines were not about the president; they were swipes at Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for the presidency.\n\n\"Biden's radical left-wing policies would stop our economic recovery cold,\" Mr Trump said. He warned conservatives that Democrats would undo the economic gains that people had made with his father in the White House.\n\n\"Biden has promised to take that money back out of your pocket and keep it in the Swamp,\" Mr Trump said, adding: \"That makes sense, considering Joe Biden is basically the Loch Ness Monster of the Swamp. For the past half-century, he's been lurking around in there.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'My father's entire worldview is that we can always do even better'\n\nA fierce advocate for his father's platform, Donald Trump Jr's supporters say he can electrify a room while his detractors accuse him of pouring petrol on the flames.\n\nHis presentations are laced with full-throated attacks on liberals, Hunter Biden - Joe Biden's son - and on the media (that's when the crowd roars).\n\nFirebrand speaker, sportsman and big-game hunter, Mr Trump is doing everything he can to help his father win re-election. The Republican strategy has focused on energising the president's base of supporters, and they see the younger Mr Trump as their ace in the hole.\n\nHe has an unusual rapport with the president's supporters, many of whom live in rural parts of the country and also love to hunt. \"He's viewed as a conduit to the Trump base,\" explains Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist with ties to the White House.\n\nThey like his \"no-nonsense\" style, says Michael Kuckelman, the chair of the Kansas Republican Party who is now at the Charlotte convention.\n\nMany of the president's base like the way that the younger Mr Trump has at times gone even further than his father, supporting, for example, the gun industry's efforts to have restrictions on silencers eliminated.\n\nHe is also admired for his boldness - he has aligned himself with colourful characters. Last year, he appeared at a rally for We Build the Wall, a group that was founded as a way to raise funds for the wall.\n\nFounders of the group have recently been charged with defrauding donors.\n\nMr Trump campaigns for his father at a gun store in Maine in 2016\n\nIn his role as a campaign speaker, Mr Trump is often surrounded by signs emblazoned with his father's name. In these moments, his part seems preordained: when you have the same name as your father, it is natural to slip into the role of cheerleader. And while some men might chafe at the part, he has thrived in his father's shadow.\n\nHe is treated like a rock star at conservative venues.\n\nLawrence Levy, the executive dean of Hofstra University's National Center for Suburban Studies, says that Mr Trump is an unusually effective advocate for his father on the campaign trail. And it could be a stepping stone to a more prominent role.\n\n\"The successful sons of powerful people learn not just to live but to thrive in what may seem like their father's shadow but will someday disappear and they will be the family's patriarch,\" says Mr Levy.\n\nIn the meantime, he is in many ways similar to his father and is just as divisive as the president.\n\nWhile the president's supporters cheer him on, liberals recoil.\n\n\"A product of nepotism,\" says Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University.\n\nJon Reinish, a New York-based Democratic strategist, says that he taps into dark strands of the current presidency, describing him as a \"younger, more acidic version of his father\".\n\nSays Mr Reinish: \"Donald Jr is the gasoline on the fire.\"\n\nA bearded man with short-cropped hair, Mr Trump wears open-collar shirts and throws his hands around when he talks. During his speeches, he bounces on his feet like a boxer in the ring. \"He energises and electrifies a room,\" says Jack Oliver, a Republican fund-raiser. \"He has a radiant personality.\"\n\nMr Trump spent his childhood summers in Czechoslovakia, as it was then known, hunting with his paternal grandfather, and had a rowdy youth. In his early twenties, he was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness and thrown in jail.\n\nHe and his ex-wife, Vanessa Haydon, a former model, have five children. His current girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is a fund-raising official for the campaign (she calls him \"Junior Mint\", an affectionate term).\n\nKimberly Guilfoyle is also speaking at the RNC\n\nHe became a lightning rod for controversy because of a meeting in New York that he had with a Russian lawyer, a woman with ties to the Kremlin, in June 2016. The meeting was scrutinised by special counsel Robert Mueller during his investigation into ties between the campaign and Russia that summer. But in the end, Mr Mueller said there was not sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy.\n\nHis father acted protectively of his son and downplayed the significance of it. \"He had a meeting. Nothing happened with the meeting,\" the president told me and other reporters on Air Force One in the summer of 2017.\n\nThe president spoke of his son, an executive for the Trump Organization, as if he were much younger. \"He's a good boy,\" said the president. \"He's a good kid.\" Lately both men have focused like a laser on the polls in November. Their future hang in the balance.\n\nAs Hofstra University's Lawrence Levy explains, the younger man's prospects may be enhanced by the results on election day. \"He's positioning himself to be the financial and political heir to the Trump brand and what he chooses to do with that will depend on how successful this campaign will be.\"\n\nMr Levy says that he could go far.\n\n\"The base is wild for him. He is very popular in red states. If for some reason he only wanted to become a member of Congress, he could run very successfully,\" he says. \"But I think his ambitions are bigger than that.\"\n\nHis chances for future success will be higher if he can help win this one for his father. From now until November, they both have their eyes on the prize.", "Thousands of patients are likely to have been infected with coronavirus in UK hospitals, a study suggests.\n\nThe King's College London study of 10 UK hospital sites plus one in Italy found at least one in eight patients who had received hospital treatment for coronavirus had caught it on-site.\n\nResearchers said that was a relatively low rate and showed there was effective infection control in place.\n\nThey analysed data on 1,500 cases to 28 April, covering the peak in the UK.\n\nLead author Dr Ben Carter said: \"The majority of these patients had already been in hospital for a long time.\n\n\"They were older, frailer and had pre-existing health conditions.\"\n\nBut they also had better outcomes than those admitted with the virus, probably because of faster diagnosis and, therefore, treatment.\n\nOnly those who tested positive 15 days or more after admission were counted as hospital-acquired infections, however.\n\nAnd if patients who tested positive after five to 14 days are included, the proportion increases to 23%.\n\nBut, because of the long incubation period of the virus, it is impossible to be sure how many of these patients would have been infected in hospital.\n\nProf Duncan Young, an expert in intensive-care medicine at Oxford University, said the study would also not have captured those infected during a short hospital stay, as patients were not followed up after discharge.\n\nAnd of course the study only looked at people who were being treated in hospital for coronavirus, so did not include the vast majority of people who caught the disease and either showed no illness or just recovered at home with no need for treatment.\n\nThose caveats do suggest the the risk of catching the virus in hospital remains still small.\n\nHave you or a family member caught coronavirus after visiting hospital, or elsewhere? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nThe trial of Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has begun on the Greek island of Syros.\n\nHe is represented by Alexis Anagnostakis, one of Greece's top human rights lawyers.\n\nThe 27-year-old was released from police custody on Saturday following his arrest on the island of Mykonos on Thursday after an alleged altercation with police officers.\n\nHe is not obliged to be in attendance.\n\nMaguire has already pleaded not guilty.\n\nHe did not comment after leaving court on Saturday and his lawyer told Sky he was a free man \"right now\".\n\nThe Syros prosecutor's office said on Friday that \"three foreigners\" had been arrested after an alleged altercation with police officers in Mykonos on Thursday.\n\nThe court listing for the case says the other two defendants are Maguire's brother Joe, 28, and family friend Christopher Sharman, 29. Maguire's father Alan was at the court hearing.\n• None Will Maguire be in England squad?\n\nPolice say a file has been opened which includes accusations of \"violence against officials, disobedience, bodily harm, insult and attempted bribery of an official\".\n\nMaguire, who was on holiday in Greece, joined United from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender - in August 2019.\n\nGreek police said in a statement on Friday that officers had tried to break up an altercation between two groups outside a bar and that the three foreigners had then verbally abused and assaulted one of the officers.\n\nThe statement claimed that after arriving at Mykonos police station, the three arrested individuals then \"strongly resisted, pushing and hitting three police officers\" and that \"one of the detainees tried to offer money so that the trial against them would not be completed\".", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nBritish Gymnastics' head national coach Amanda Reddin has temporarily stepped aside while an investigation into claims about her conduct takes place.\n\nOlympic medallist Amy Tinkler said part of the formal complaint she made to the governing body related to her \"experiences\" with Reddin.\n\nThat followed two other gymnasts making allegations of mistreatment by Reddin on Monday.\n\nRio 2016 Olympian Ruby Harrold said that Reddin presided over a \"culture of fear\" at British Gymnastics camps in Lilleshall.\n\nIn a statement, British Gymnastics said: \"British Gymnastics has agreed with Amanda Reddin that she will temporarily step aside from her role as head national coach to allow an investigation to proceed into claims about her conduct as a coach.\n\n\"The investigation will be completed by an external independent expert and any outcome actioned immediately. Our processes and investigations will also be scrutinised by the independent review.\"\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Tinkler said in a statement on social media : \"I can confirm that part of the complaint I submitted in December 2019 related to my experiences with Amanda Reddin and the national performance coaching set-up at British Gymnastics between 2016-2019.\"\n\nTinkler has previously said that the experiences she outlined in the complaint \"were the reason for my retirement in January, not a physical injury as was suggested by some at the time\".\n\nOn Monday, in a statement to ITV, Reddin said: \"I completely refute the historical claim, and the investigation by British Gymnastics did not uphold the complaint.\n\n\"I completely refute these claims. It is wrong that my reputation within the sport that I love is now subject to a trial by media rather than through the proper processes.\n\n\"I would welcome the allegations be submitted to the independent review into alleged abuse in gymnastics to ensure the integrity of the process is protected for both athletes and coaches.\"\n\nThese are the latest in a catalogue of allegations in recent weeks of a culture of mistreatment in the sport.\n\nLast month, British Gymnastics announced an independent review would be launched, and chief executive Jane Allen said earlier this month that the organisation had \"fallen short\" in protecting its members.\n\nIn July, Tinkler said she was \"heartbroken\" at the time it had taken British Gymnastics to responded to her complaint.\n\nOn Tuesday, the 20-year-old, who won floor bronze at Rio 2016, said that she had since been \"emailed, informing me that my complaints have been dealt with and the matter closed. No explanation was given\".\n\nShe added: \"The way I received this information made me sick. It reinforced mine and every gymnast's fear, which is that their complaints aren't dealt with fairly and independently.\"\n\nTinkler said that gymnasts \"suffer in silence\" because \"we know that to speak up is a pointless, career-ending task\".\n\nShe said she plans to complain to the independent review.\n\nTinkler was Great Britain's youngest medallist at Rio 2016, when she won bronze aged 16, and also won one world medal, three European medals and 10 British titles during her career.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Tesco will create 16,000 new permanent jobs after lockdown led to \"exceptional growth\" in its online business.\n\nThe new posts will include 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 delivery drivers.\n\nThe recruitment drive reflects the shift to online shopping, which was accelerated by lockdown.\n\nTesco said it expected many of the roles to go to staff who joined them on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic.\n\nSupermarkets scrambled to meet a surge in demand for online deliveries while the UK was in lockdown.\n\nTesco said online customer numbers had risen from around 600,000 at the start of the pandemic, to nearly 1.5 million.\n\nBefore the pandemic, around 9% of Tesco's sales were online. Now, online sales amount to 16% of sales, and are expected to be worth over £5.5bn this year, the company said.\n\nOnline grocery orders now make up 16% of Tesco's sales\n\n\"The crisis has seen a dramatic increase in the size of the online grocery market in the UK,\" said Clive Black, retail analyst at Shore Capital.\n\n\"It does not look like, and Tesco UK does not seem to think, it is going to revert back to the pre-coronavirus levels.\"\n\nTesco UK & Ireland's chief executive Jason Tarry said: \"These new roles will help us continue to meet online demand for the long term.\"\n\nTesco's announcement may sound like welcome relief from the somewhat ominous drip-drip of job cut announcements from retailers, but its real significance is to underline the shift in shopping habits from bricks-and-mortar retailing to online.\n\nThat shift benefits those with a big online presence, at the cost of the old-fashioned shops that don't.\n\nIt was already underway before the coronavirus crisis, threatening the viability of small independent retailers and defacing High Streets with boarded up shopfronts and 'To Let' signs. With lockdown, the shift accelerated dramatically, as even the remaining users of the High Street were forced to go online.\n\nAt first, online retailers like Tesco hedged their bets to meet the surge in demand for online delivery, hiring thousands of workers on temporary contracts.\n\nHowever, now they're offering them permanent jobs it's clear that Tesco's executives believe much of the shift to online during the pandemic will be permanent.\n\nGrowth in the online grocery market will have made the sector more profitable, points out Mr Black.\n\n\"As the market expands, economies of scale start to come into play,\" he said.\n\nThere is no need to offer money-off coupons or free delivery to attract new customers in the current climate, he added.\n\nMr Black emphasised that the efficiency of deliveries is improved because drivers can serve customers who are closer together, and supermarkets can make better use of systems, staff and equipment: \"You put all those things together and the industry goes from marginally loss-making to marginally profitable.\"\n\nTesco has already created 4,000 new permanent roles since March. The new roles are permanent and a mixture of full and part-time.\n\nThe big supermarkets have added jobs in their warehouses during the pandemic\n\nThe expansion is in contrast to other parts of the retail sector, where High Street companies have been forced to make steep job cuts following lockdown.\n\nMost recently, Marks & Spencer said it would axe 7,000 jobs over three months, while Debenhams said it plans to cut a further 2,500 roles.\n\nEven across the grocery sector the impact of lockdown has varied - discount chains, such as Aldi and Lidl, which were putting pressure on the bigger chains through lower prices, don't offer online services.\n\n\"The players that already had an established foothold, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, all reported incredibly high growth over last months,\" said Thomas Brereton retail analyst for Globaldata.\n\n\"They had vast hiring drives in April. So they could send them into stores and out as delivery drivers.\"\n\nWhile Amazon has been trying to expand its fresh food delivery, it hadn't scaled up its services enough before the pandemic hit to make the most of increased demand, Mr Brereton added, and Ocado was limited by the capacity of its large automated warehouses.\n\n\"For Tesco as they rely on store picking rather than automated I think this is something they will keep for the foreseeable future.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland's James Anderson has become the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.\n\nThe 38-year-old achieved the milestone by having Azhar Ali caught at first slip on the fifth day of the final Test against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl.\n\nThe Lancashire man made his Test debut in 2003 and has earned 156 caps.\n\nHe is fourth on the all-time list of Test wicket-takers, behind spinners Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble.\n• None Root wants me in Australia - Anderson\n\nAnderson began the third Test in Southampton on 593 wickets and bowled beautifully, exhibiting his mastery of swing and seam.\n\nAfter taking 5-56 in the first innings and trapping Abid Ali lbw in Pakistan's second innings, Anderson faced an anxious wait while stranded on 599.\n\nBad light and rain ended play early on day four, with further wet weather preventing any action until 16:15 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe frustration was compounded by the fact Anderson had seen four catches dropped off his bowling during the match.\n\nHowever, with his 14th delivery of the day, he found some extra bounce, with Azhar fending to Joe Root.\n\nThe performance in the drawn third Test is the best of what has been a difficult year for Anderson. Injuries meant he was only able to bowl four overs in last summer's Ashes series, then he was forced home early from England's tour of South Africa.\n\nFollowing the first Test against Pakistan, when he was below his best in returning match figures of 1-97, Anderson reiterated his desire to continue playing for England, saying he was still \"hungry\".\n\nNow he has achieved something that no bowler of his kind has done before, as well as joining one of cricket's most exclusive clubs.\n\nHis milestone comes in the same summer that his long-term new-ball partner Stuart Broad took his 500th Test wicket.\n\n\"It's just a phenomenal achievement,\" Broad told BBC Sport. \"He has got better with age and is someone who has inspired me throughout my career.\n\n\"He's a role model to follow for every English cricketer and young cricketer coming through.\n\n\"He's always searching to be better and better and 600 won't be the stopping of him.\"\n\nAnderson made his Test debut against Zimbabwe 17 years ago and has played under eight different captains, as well as being part of four Ashes-winning teams.\n\n\"We are witnessing true greatness,\" said Michael Vaughan, who captained Anderson in 21 Tests.\n\n\"I'd be lying if I said we thought we had a bowler that would get this many wickets. We thought we had a bowler of great promise and skill.\n\n\"I never in my wildest dreams thought 17 years later we'd be talking about him getting to 600.\"\n\nAustralian legend Glenn McGrath previously held the record for most wickets taken by a fast bowler with 563, a mark Anderson passed in 2018.\n\n\"I didn't have the skill level that Jimmy has,\" said McGrath. \"When he's swinging that ball, both ways, in control, there's no one better.\"\n\nMcGrath also compared Anderson to India legend Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in Test cricket.\n\n\"He's set the bar a bit like Sachin has,\" said McGrath.\n\n\"No one is ever going to catch Sachin in Test cricket for the amount of runs he's scored and the matches he's played.\n\n\"Jimmy's done the same for fast bowling.\"\n\nAnderson has also played 194 one-day internationals and 19 Twenty20s for England.\n\nOverall, he has taken 887 international wickets across the three formats, which is sixth on the all-time list.", "Brian with his wife Erin, who passed away this month\n\nA Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.\n\nBrian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu.\n\nThe couple didn't follow health guidance or seek help when they fell ill in early May. Brian recovered but his 46-year-old wife became critically ill and died this month from heart problems linked to the virus.\n\nBrian spoke to the BBC in July as part of an investigation into the human cost of coronavirus misinformation. At the time, his wife was on a ventilator in hospital.\n\nErin, a pastor in Florida, had existing health problems - she suffered from asthma and a sleeping disorder.\n\nHer husband explained that the couple did not follow health guidance at the start of the pandemic because of the false claims they had seen online.\n\nBrian continued to work as a taxi driver and to collect his wife's medicine without observing social distancing rules or wearing a mask.\n\nThey had also failed to seek help as soon as possible when they fell ill in May and were both subsequently diagnosed with Covid-19.\n\nBrian and Erin both came across conspiracy theories on Facebook\n\nBrian told BBC News that he \"wished [he'd] listened from the beginning\" and hoped his wife would forgive him.\n\n\"This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past. I can only live in today and make better choices for the future,\" Brian explained.\n\n\"She's no longer suffering, but in peace. I go through times missing her, but I know she's in a better place.\"\n\nBrian said he and his wife didn't have one firm belief about Covid-19. Instead, they switched between thinking the virus was a hoax, linked to 5G technology, or a real, but mild ailment. They came across these theories on Facebook.\n\n\"We thought the government was using it to distract us,\" Brian explained, \"or it was to do with 5G.\"\n\nBut after the couple fell ill with the virus in May, Brian took to Facebook in a viral post to explain that he'd been misled by what he'd seen online about the virus.\n\n\"If you have to go out please use wisdom and don't be foolish like I was so the same thing won't happen to you like it happened to me and my wife,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Brian Lee This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nIn May, a BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation found links to assaults, arson and deaths.\n\nDoctors and experts have warned that the potential for indirect harm caused by rumours, conspiracy theories and bad health information online remains huge - especially as anti-vaccination conspiracies are being spread on social media.\n\nWhile social media companies have made attempts to tackle misinformation about coronavirus on their platforms, critics argue that more needs to be done in the coming months.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson told the BBC: \"We don't allow harmful misinformation on our platforms and between April and June we removed more than seven million pieces of harmful Covid-19 misinformation, including claims relating to false cures or suggestions that social distancing is ineffective.\"", "Last updated on .From the section England\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire has been withdrawn from the England squad by manager Gareth Southgate after being given a suspended prison sentence on the Greek island of Syros.\n\nDefender Maguire, 27, was named in Southgate's latest squad earlier on Tuesday, while his trial was ongoing.\n\nHe was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery.\n\nSouthgate said withdrawing Maguire was \"in the best interests of all parties\".\n\nMaguire was given a jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days, which is suspended for three years, after an altercation on Mykonos.\n\nHe said after the verdict he had instructed his legal team \"with immediate effect to inform the courts we will be appealing\".\n\n\"I remain strong and confident regarding our innocence in this matter - if anything myself, family and friends are the victims,\" he added.\n\nSpeaking when he named his squad for Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark next month, Southgate said he had spoken to Maguire and had \"no reason to doubt what he's telling me\".\n\n\"Harry regrets the fact he has brought that sort of focus and attention to the team - he apologised for that - but also has his own side of the story,\" he said.\n\n\"In these instances, I think you can only make decisions on facts that you're aware of. Clearly if facts change further down the line or information changes, then I have to review that decision.\"\n\nWithdrawing Maguire from the squad five hours later, he said: \"As I said earlier today, I reserved the right to review the situation.\n\n\"Having spoken to Manchester United and the player, I have made this decision in the best interests of all parties and with consideration of the impact on our preparations for next week.\"\n• None A bold England squad - but did Southgate make the right calls?\n\nWhat is the other squad news?\n\nSouthgate has given first call-ups to Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden, Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood and Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips.\n\nForward Danny Ings and goalkeeper Dean Henderson are also in the squad.\n\nSouthampton's Ings, who has been capped once, scored 22 Premier League goals last season, one behind Golden Boot winner Jamie Vardy. Uncapped Manchester United keeper Henderson spent last term on loan at Sheffield United and helped them finish ninth in their first season back in the top flight.\n\nCaptain Harry Kane has been selected despite the Tottenham striker having been in quarantine following a trip to the Bahamas.\n\nMidfielder Jack Grealish, who helped Aston Villa retain their Premier League status last season, has not been included in the 24-man squad.\n\nForward Raheem Sterling has been picked along with his Manchester City team-mate Kyle Walker, who is recalled.\n\nLiverpool's Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Leicester duo Ben Chilwell and James Maddison miss out through injury.\n\nEngland face their Euro 2016 conquerors Iceland in Reykjavik on 5 September before playing Denmark in Copenhagen three days later.\n\nThe disruption caused to the football calendar by coronavirus, including Euro 2020 being delayed by a year until 2021, means England have not played since November 2019, when a 4-0 win in Kosovo concluded their Euro 2020 qualification campaign.\n\nFoden, 20, has earned his senior England call-up after impressing for Manchester City last season, playing 38 games in all competitions and scoring eight goals.\n\nGreenwood, 18, burst on to the scene last season, scoring 17 goals. That is a joint record for a teenager in a season for Manchester United, alongside George Best, Brian Kidd and Wayne Rooney.\n\nDefensive midfielder Phillips, 24, caught the eye in helping Leeds win promotion to the Premier League after 16 years in the second or third tiers.\n\nSouthgate added: \"You are always questioning with those young players when is the right time to move them up, we felt now is a good time.\n\n\"We are a year away from a European Championship and let's see if they can start to break into that team, that squad.\n\n\"It gives us great competition for places, they are realistic challenges.\"\n• None Calculate how to lose belly fat in four weeks", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Face coverings may be introduced in Scottish high schools\n\nThe use of face coverings in corridors and communal areas of secondary schools is set to be introduced in Scotland.\n\nThe government is in the \"final stages\" of consultations with teachers and councils about having pupils wear face coverings while moving between classes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was acting in response to new guidance from the World Health Organization.\n\nMinisters are also considering whether to make masks mandatory on school transport - but not inside classrooms.\n\nThe use of face coverings in schools is currently voluntary, although some schools have started advising staff and pupils to wear them to help combat the spread of Covid-19.\n\nYoung people returned to Scotland's schools earlier in August with no requirements for physical distancing between younger pupils, and no rules around face coverings.\n\nHowever, over the weekend the World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks.\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said Education Secretary John Swinney was \"in the final stages of consulting teachers and local authorities on a recommendation for the use of face coverings by staff and pupils in secondary schools when moving around corridors and communal areas\".\n\nShe said there was more mixing between different groups of children in these areas, and that there was less scope for effective ventilation.\n\nPeople are also thought to be more likely to raise their voices in crowded places, increasing the risk of aerosol transmission of the virus.\n\nPupils may have to wear masks indoors as they move between classes, like these Dutch teenagers\n\nMs Sturgeon said the government's scientific advisers were also considering whether face coverings should be made mandatory on school transport.\n\nHowever, she said they were \"not currently consulting on any proposal\" to have pupils wear masks in class, saying: \"There is greater scope for physical distancing in classrooms and face coverings are more likely to interfere with teaching and learning.\"\n\nShe added: \"The best way to ensure schools can stay open safely is for all of us to play our part in keeping transmission rates in the community as low as possible.\"\n\nSome schools in Edinburgh, Inverness and Grantown on Spey have written to parents recommending pupils wear masks due to concerns about overcrowding as they move between lessons.\n\nThe first minister said she expected the Scotland-wide move would be confirmed \"over the next couple of days\", and would constitute a change to guidance which schools would be expected to follow.\n\nShe said: \"We are not talking about a mandatory system in the sense of there being penalties and enforcement in schools. I get the sense that schools - while I accept there will be a mixture of opinion around it - are themselves looking to follow this kind of approach.\n\n\"We will set out the detail when we get to the point of finalising the recommendation.\"\n\nUnder the existing guidance no-one is required to wear face coverings in school, apart from staff who have close personal contact with a pupil for an extended period of time. However, anyone who wants to wear one is allowed to do so.\n\nA recent survey of nearly 30,000 teachers by the EIS teaching union found 41% supported the mandatory wearing of face coverings by senior pupils in classrooms.\n\nHowever, one parents group - Us For Them Scotland - claimed making masks mandatory \"could have an extremely negative impact on pupils with autism, hearing impairments and conditions such as asthma\".\n\nHealth authorities are working to tackle a number of coronavirus \"clusters\" in Scotland, including one centred on the Kingspark School in Dundee.\n\nA total of 17 members of staff have tested positive, as well as two pupils, and all households connected to the school have been told to go into self-isolation for two weeks.\n\nA growing number of school pupils across Scotland have tested positive for Covid-19, but the government believes the infection has been transmitted in other settings such as house parties.\n\nMs Sturgeon said \"most\" transmission of the virus was not happening in schools, saying that \"the risk is greater of community transmission getting into schools\".\n\nShe said the current consultation was only on a \"limited\" use of face coverings in schools, because of \"the relatively low levels of transmission we are currently seeing in the community\".\n\nHowever she added that \"where there are outbreaks there is an option for incident management teams to recommend more extensive use of face coverings for a period to protect public health\".", "For most schools in Scotland the wearing of face coverings is currently voluntary\n\nMore schools are advising pupils and staff to wear face coverings to help combat coronavirus.\n\nGrantown Grammar School in Grantown on Spey and Millburn Academy in Inverness have both said masks need to be worn between classes.\n\nChildren across Scotland are not currently required to wear masks in either primary or high schools.\n\nBut Nicola Sturgeon has said this advice could change for secondary school students in the \"near future\".\n\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued fresh guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks and the EIS trade union posted a message on Twitter that it will \"will press [the] Scottish Government further on face covering protocols in light of WHO advice\".\n\nIn a letter to parents, Grantown Grammar School explained the changes are being introduced because \"corridors are becoming crowded between lessons and at break and lunchtime, even with the one way system\".\n\nMillburn Academy in Inverness has asked pupils to wear face coverings\n\nSimilar concerns about overcrowding as pupils move between lessons sparked the introduction of face coverings at James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh.\n\nThe letter to parents at Millburn Academy in Inverness also asks for face coverings to be worn on school buses.\n\nEducation campaign group Us for Them Scotland, which says it has 9,500 members, claimed any move to make coverings mandatory for children would cause more harm than good.\n\nOrganiser Jo Bisset, said: \"Everyone appreciates the health and safety of pupils and teachers has to be a priority.\n\n\"But forcing children to wear masks when there's little, if any, scientific evidence to support such a move could be hugely damaging.\n\n\"It could have an extremely negative impact on pupils with autism, hearing impairments and conditions such as asthma.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has said there is currently no evidence that coronavirus among young people is being transmitted in schools.\n\nA growing number of school pupils have tested positive for Covid-19, but the government believes the infection has been transmitted in other settings, such as house parties or other indoor gatherings.\n\nA Highland Council spokeswoman said: \"There is currently no widespread transmission of the virus in Highland.\n\n\"However, there may be circumstances in some secondary schools, where physical distancing during movement between classes is more difficult due to the school layout, or there may be medical conditions which are assessed as an increased risk.\n\n\"We are currently updating our guidance to head teachers to provide clarity on this matter and we will enable people to wear face coverings where they wish to do so.\"", "Robert and Michelle Sullivan run The Artisan Grower in Aberdeenshire\n\nA Scottish farming couple have spoken of their surprise at featuring in the new music video from global superstars Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z.\n\nThe track Entrepreneur aims to raise awareness about black business people around the world.\n\nMichelle and Robert Sullivan run The Artisan Grower in Premnay, near Insch, in Aberdeenshire.\n\nThey initially thought a request on Instagram to appear was a hoax, but they are now enjoying the limelight.\n\nThe couple, who have seven children, set up the business up about four years ago, specialising in microgreens and edible flowers.\n\nLike many other businesses, they have had to adapt to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, due to restaurants having to close.\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 PharrellWilliamsVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nMichelle told BBC Scotland's Mornings with Kaye Adams: \"We were just getting on with farming life and had an Instagram message. This one seemed a bit strange, asking if we wanted to feature in the video.\n\n\"I thought it must be a joke or something, a hoax.\n\n\"Being Christians, rap videos can be quite provocative, so we were a bit nervous. I said 'sure why not'.\n\n\"We gave them our email address and they sent us more information. It continued from there.\"\n\nThe production company inquired about getting a film crew to them.\n\nMichelle explained: \"We did not feel ready. So I offered to film, and it turned out OK.\"\n\nBefore they knew it, the video was released.\n\n\"It's quite interesting, we knew nothing about the video aside from being documentary-style\", Michelle said.\n\n\"We were pleasantly surprised, it's quite positive.\"\n\nThey are now awaiting some merchandise to arrive as a thank-you for their participation.", "Tests on samples showed the woman, 75, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February\n\nThe earliest known person to contract coronavirus within the UK has been identified, scientists believe.\n\nAnalysis of samples by the University of Nottingham showed a 75-year-old woman, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February.\n\nShe is also understood to be first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nA Surrey resident was previously believed to have caught the virus first.\n\nNews of the case has emerged only now, because samples were being analysed in retrospect by researchers as they investigated the origins of the UK pandemic.\n\nNearly 2,000 routine respiratory samples taken from patients at the Queen's Medical Centre, a Nottingham teaching hospital, between January and March were tested.\n\nThe report, which has not yet been peer reviewed, states: \"Patient 1 in this study is, to the best of our knowledge, the earliest described community-acquired case of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK, admitted to hospital care on the 21st of February 2020, and was also the first UK COVID-19 death, preceding the earliest known death by 2 days.\"\n\nUntil now, the first transmission of coronavirus within the UK was thought to have occurred on 28 February. But this new research suggests there were home-grown cases earlier than this.\n\nAlthough the study comes from only one hospital in Nottingham, it signals that coronavirus was circulating undetected in Britain at least in early February 2020.\n\nThe findings are perhaps not surprising, given the limited testing early on in the pandemic which meant only a small number of people were checked for the virus.\n\nPlenty of people have been doubting the official timeline of coronavirus spread. Other research published in May revealed France's first case was in December 2019 - almost a month earlier than previously thought.\n\nStudies like these help build a more complete picture of the history of the outbreak, but do not tell us what the virus will do next.\n\nEven if more people have been exposed to the virus than first appreciated, it's not clear whether this means more of us will be immune to the disease.\n\nThe work also revealed that early coronavirus cases in the UK would have been identified if testing criteria had at the time been less strict, say the scientists.\n\nProf Jonathan Ball, one of authors of the study, said there was \"widespread community transmission of coronavirus\" in Nottingham in early February.\n\nHowever, the researchers said the cases went undetected because testing for coronavirus required a strict criteria to be met like a recent travel history.\n\nThe report also found a traveller who had returned from South Korea, who tested positive on the 28 February, had most likely caught the virus in Nottingham rather than in Korea, as had been assumed.\n\nProf Ball said: \"Had the diagnostic criteria for Covid-19 been widened earlier to include patients with compatible symptoms but no travel history, it is likely that earlier imported infections would have been detected, which could have led to an earlier lockdown and lower deaths.\n\n\"However, the capacity for testing available nationally was not sufficient at the time to process the volume of testing required.\n\n\"In order to prepare for any future pandemic such as this, the UK urgently needs to invest in and expand diagnostic capacity within NHS and PHE diagnostic laboratory services.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"NHS Test and Trace is working, it's completely free and is stopping the spread of coronavirus.\n\n\"During this unprecedented pandemic we have rapidly built the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities in British history, meaning anyone with coronavirus symptoms can get a test.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "A 15-year-old girl has died following a boat crash off Southampton.\n\nTwelve people were on board the rigid inflatable boat (RIB) when it hit a buoy near Netley, in Southampton Water, just after 10:00 BST, police said.\n\nPeter Brown, duty coxswain of Hamble Lifeboat, said passing boats had helped four people who required \"urgent medical care\" out of the water.\n\nAll of those on board the RIB were taken to hospital where the teenage girl was pronounced dead.\n\nHer next-of-kin have been informed, Hampshire Constabulary said.\n\nA spokesman for the South Central Ambulance Service said no-one else involved in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries.\n\nThe coastguard said it received multiple 999 and mayday calls following the crash near the entrance to the River Itchen.\n\nThe Southampton Harbour Master was seen inspecting buoys in the stretch of water where the crash happened\n\nOfficers have asked any that anyone who witnessed the crash or has footage of the incident to contact the police.\n\nThe Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has started an investigation into what caused the crash.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two men have been charged under the Terrorism Act as part of an ongoing investigation into the New IRA.\n\nA 50-year-old from Londonderry and a 26-year-old from Lurgan were charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and preparatory acts of terrorism.\n\nThe 26-year-old was also charged with conspiracy to possess explosives and conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life.\n\nThey will appear in court on Saturday.\n\nPSNI Assistant Chief Constable Barbara Gray said the men had been charged as part of Operation Arbacia, which is \"an ongoing investigation into the activities of the New IRA\".\n\nSeven men and two women, aged between 26 and 50, were arrested on Tuesday.\n\nPolice have until Saturday afternoon to question the seven other people who remain in custody.\n\nThe New IRA is considered to be the largest dissident republican group and has been behind numerous attempted attacks on police officers.\n\nThere has been a renewed focus on its activities since the death of Lyra McKee, shot in 2019.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe train which derailed in Aberdeenshire, leaving three men dead, had reached almost 73mph before it hit a landslip, a report has said.\n\nDriver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died near Stonehaven. Six others were injured.\n\nThe train derailed following heavy rain last week.\n\nAn initial report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the train was travelling within the speed limit.\n\nThe RAIB said it reached 72.8 mph (117.1 km/h) and this was \"within the maximum permitted of 75 mph (120 km/h) on this stretch of line\".\n\nThe report confirms that the accident took place at about 09:38, just a few minutes before the first reports reached the emergency services.\n\nInvestigators said all six vehicles of the train derailed after it struck the landslip 1.4 miles north-east of Carmont in Aberdeenshire.\n\nNine people were on board, a crew of three and six passengers.\n\nBrett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury died after the train left the tracks\n\nDescribing conditions at the time of the crash, the RAIB said there had been thunderstorms in the area, with 52mm (2in) of rain falling within the space of four hours. This is about 70% of the total monthly rainfall which could be expected in Aberdeenshire in August.\n\nThe high speed train - with two power cars and four carriages - had been operating the 06:38 service from Aberdeen to Glasgow.\n\nIt was initially stopped at Carmont at 06:59, after a northbound train reported a landslip further south, on the section of track between Carmont and Laurencekirk.\n\nAfter sitting at Carmont for more than two hours, it was decided to move the train back to Stonehaven, to allow passengers to get off.\n\nThe driver was given permission to move north at 09:25, moving at 5mph initially as it crossed on to the northbound track, but then accelerating to 72.8mph.\n\nThe investigators said that, after it was derailed by the landslip, the train continued for 77 yards (70 metres) before hitting the parapet of a bridge.\n\nThe train came off the tracks as it attempted to return to Stonehaven\n\nThe report states: \"The leading power car continued most of the way over the bridge and fell from the railway down a wooded embankment, as did the third passenger carriage. The first passenger carriage came to rest on its roof, having rotated to be almost at right angles to the track.\n\n\"The second passenger carriage also overturned on to its roof and came to rest on the first carriage. The fourth passenger carriage remained upright and attached to the rear power car; it also came to rest on the first carriage. All wheelsets of the rear power car derailed, but it remained upright.\"\n\nThe RAIB says its detailed investigation will include:\n\nThe investigation carried out by the RAIB is independent of parallel work being carried out by the rail industry, and of the investigation being undertaken by the police under the instruction of the Lord Advocate.\n\nNetwork Rail chief executive Andrew Haines said: \"My thoughts remain with the families and friends of Brett, Donald and Christopher, and everybody else affected by the tragic events of last week. Our railway family is still in shock.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to support ongoing investigations so that we can properly establish the circumstances that led to the derailment, and to understand what can be done to prevent such a tragedy again.\"\n\nA one-minute silence was held at railway stations on Wednesday across the UK to honour the three men killed.\n\nFamily members of the men who lost their lives were among those who gathered at Aberdeen station.\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September.", "Emergency services were called to the river on Friday evening\n\nA 15-year-old girl has died after an incident in a river in Cardiff.\n\nPolice, fire and ambulance services were called at about 17:20 BST on Friday after the teenager was seen in the River Rhymney in Ball Lane in the Llanrumney area of the city.\n\nShe was found at about 18:40, South Wales Police said, and died despite the efforts of the emergency services.\n\nThe police helicopter had also been deployed to search for the girl.", "The festival has been running since 2004\n\nA seaside town's annual Elvis Presley festival has been cancelled due to the pandemic.\n\nIt usually draws a crowd of 35,000 with 100 impersonators performing at 30 venues in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, at the end of September.\n\nFestival founder Peter Phillips said current restrictions on live music at venues meant it could not go ahead.\n\nHe said musicians were among the last to be able to return to work in Wales due to the current restrictions.\n\n\"There is a whole industry on hold,\" said Mr Phillips.\n\nThere have been other calls for more financial support for freelance performers and technical crew hit by the pandemic.\n\nThe Welsh Government has pledged £53m for the arts.", "The National Trust, which has 5.6 million members, looks after properties around the country\n\nThe National Trust's director general has denied the charity will \"dumb down\" after a leaked document suggested many top experts could lose their jobs as a result of coronavirus.\n\nThe heritage charity is facing £200m of losses after closing its shops, cafes, houses and gardens during the pandemic.\n\nHilary McGrady said the charity was finding \"creative ways\" to save money.\n\nBut she added: \"We simply can't afford to keep doing everything the way we were before.\"\n\nAn internal briefing document, leaked by the Times newspaper, outlines plans for the charity to \"dial down\" its role as a major cultural institution - including holding fewer exhibitions and putting collections into storage in favour of becoming a \"gateway to the outdoors\".\n\nMs McGrady told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she could \"understand why\" documents had been leaked, because people were \"very anxious\" about their jobs.\n\nSome 1,200 National Trust staff were told they faced redundancy - about 13% of the 9,500-strong salaried workforce - last month.\n\nMs McGrady said on Saturday that a large number of \"seasonal\" hourly-paid staff would also lose work. It is not clear how many seasonal staff would be affected but a spokeswoman said the charity would reduce its budget for those workers by a third (£8.8m).\n\nMs McGrady said she was \"hugely sad\" at having to propose losing any staff but that the charity had been hit \"extraordinarily badly by Covid-19\".\n\nShe dismissed a suggestion the trust would be \"dumbed down\" as a result of arts specialists losing their jobs.\n\nMore jobs would be cut in areas such as the charity's marketing and catering sectors in order to maintain roles in houses and gardens, she said - with 80 of 111 people with \"curator\" in their job title expected to stay in position.\n\nBut Ms McGrady added: \"I cannot pretend that we're going to keep them all because we simply can't afford to keep doing everything the way we were before.\"\n\n\"This is a really serious thing that we are going through at the moment.\"\n\nThe National Trust closed its houses, such as Blickling Hall and Estate, to visitors to help to tackle the spread of coronavirus\n\nThe National Trust is the UK's largest conservation charity and looks after more than 300 historic houses and almost 800 miles of coastline across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMs McGrady said the charity's main aims in the face of its \"financial stress\" were to preserve its houses and outdoor spaces \"to the best of our ability\", and to reduce the impact of cuts to visitors' experiences.\n\nThe National Trust's 5.6 million members would be able to share their thoughts and have some input before proposals were confirmed, she added.", "Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity\n\nA South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.\n\nFredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records.\n\nWhen he was a teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid.\n\nMr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity.\n\n\"There's only one thing - it's the man above [God]. He's got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me,\" he said.\n\nMr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.\n\nFredie Blom's identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904\n\nAlthough he gave up drinking many years ago, he was a regular smoker.\n\nHowever, a coronavirus-related lockdown imposed by the South African government reportedly meant he was unable to buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes on his 116th birthday.\n\nMr Blom's family said he died of natural causes in Cape Town on Saturday.\n\n\"Two weeks ago oupa [grandfather] was still chopping wood,\" family spokesman Andre Naidoo told AFP news agency. \"He was a strong man, full of pride.\"\n\nBut within days Mr Blom shrank \"from a big man to a small person\", he added.\n\nMr Naidoo said the family did not believe his death was related to Covid-19.", "Coronavirus will be present \"forever in some form or another\", a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has said.\n\nSir Mark Walport said people would need to be vaccinated at regular intervals.\n\nHis comments come after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he hoped the pandemic would be over within two years, as the Spanish flu had taken two years to overcome.\n\nSir Mark said denser populations and travel meant the virus spread easily.\n\nHe also said the world population was now much larger than in 1918.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Mark said that, in order to control the pandemic, \"global vaccination\" would be required, but coronavirus would not be a disease like smallpox \"which could be eradicated by vaccination\".\n\n\"This is a virus that is going to be with us forever in some form or another, and almost certainly will require repeated vaccinations,\" he said.\n\n\"So, a bit like flu, people will need re-vaccination at regular intervals.\"\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the WHO, has said that the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome, and that advances in technology could allow the world to halt coronavirus \"in a shorter time\".\n\nThe flu of 1918 killed at least 50 million people.\n\nCoronavirus has so far killed 800,000 people. Nearly 23 million infections have been recorded but the number of people who have actually had the virus is thought to be much higher due to inadequate testing and asymptomatic cases.\n\nSir Mark warned that it was \"possible\" coronavirus would get \"out of control\" again, but said more targeted measures could now be used instead of a generic lockdown.\n\nCoronavirus cases have been increasing in European countries in recent weeks. Some nations, which had appeared successful in suppressing the initial outbreaks, are now seeing infections rise again.\n\nAs of 22 August, the UK recorded 21.5 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people over the last fortnight, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nSir Mark said: \"We know that less than one in five people around the country have been infected, so 80% of the population are still susceptible to this virus.\n\n\"It is this terrible balance between trying to minimise the harm to people from the infection and protecting people, whilst keeping society going.\"\n\nHe said he was worried about the rise in the number of cases in Europe and other parts of the world.\n\nMeanwhile, tourists returning to the UK spent thousands of pounds arranging new flights in a race to get home before new travel rules came into force.\n\nFrom 04:00 BST on Saturday, travellers coming back from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nThere were similar scenes last weekend when new rules kicked in for those returning from countries including France and the Netherlands.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Holidaymakers return to the UK: \"We looked at alternative ways of getting back before the deadline\"\n\nUK tourists have spent thousands of pounds on new flights and endured long drives in a race to get home before new coronavirus travel rules kicked in.\n\nAs of 04:00 BST on Saturday, travellers returning to the UK from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago must quarantine for 14 days.\n\nChildren in families who did not return in time will miss the start of school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nBut searches for flights to Portugal rose as it was put on the safe list.\n\nMeanwhile, extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19 have come into force in north-west England.\n\nIt comes as a further 18 deaths have been recorded in the UK, bringing the total number of people to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus to 41,423.\n\nThe quarantine measures for Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago have been imposed because of a spike in coronavirus cases in those countries, the UK government has said.\n\nAs of 21 August, the UK recorded 21.2 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people over the last fortnight, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nIn comparison, Croatia had 47.2 cases per 100,000, Austria had 33.0 and Portugal 28.5.\n\nThere were about 17,000 British tourists in Croatia on Friday, according to the country's national tourist board.\n\nOn Friday evening, British Airways flights arriving from the Croatian city of Dubrovnik and the capital Zagreb at London's Heathrow airport were among the last to reach the UK before the deadline.\n\nPeople wait for planes at Croatia's Split airport on Thursday\n\nJane Grist, from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, said she was \"livid\" because the rule change meant her two sons would have to miss the first week of school after they return from the Croatian city of Sibenik, on 27 August.\n\n\"We've been focusing on the return to school as a return to normality,\" she said.\n\n\"Now we've got to explain [to our youngest son] he won't be able to go back at the same time as all of his friends.\"\n\nMs Grist said the holiday was \"the one thing we have been looking forward to\" after she was made redundant last year - and now it has been \"spoilt\".\n\nFrano Matušić, Croatia's State Secretary for Tourism, said his country was \"really disappointed\" by the new quarantine rules and urged the UK government to reverse its decision.\n\n\"We think that this decision was not fair because we think that Croatia is a really safe destination,\" he told Sky News.\n\nAnother Friday, another country in Europe where hundreds of British tourists have frantically had to figure out ways to head home early.\n\nThe airline authorities here in Split put on two extra flights on Friday to cope with the sudden demand. There were at least 500 passengers on board both aircraft. All were British travellers who booked last minute.\n\n\"It beggars belief. Why was there such short notice for us to leave?\" Karen, an English teacher, tells me. She'd just begun a week in Split and was in the middle of booking a ferry to Italy to get out of the country by the evening, because she said the UK flights had sold out.\n\nIn the beautiful medieval town of Sibernik, a group of eight friends from Nottingham Trent University had given up efforts to get back early. Instead they drank beers in a harbour-side cafe.\n\nLou, 20, said: \"We tried to get something, but everything was too expensive.\"\n\nHer friend Amber added: \"It's upsetting because we planned this trip carefully, and quarantine means we can't go back to part-time work for two weeks, which sucks because it helped towards my university studies.\"\n\nNeil Warnes and his wife Jane have spent about £2,000 cutting short their holiday in Austria\n\nNeil Warnes, 59, from Margate, was on holiday with his wife and two teenage children in an Alpine village in Austria when he heard the news on Thursday evening.\n\nThe family spent about £2,000 to cut their holiday short by one day, in order to get home before the quarantine rules came into effect. They left Seefeld - a town with \"hardly any people there\" - at 02:00 on Friday to get to Munich airport, for an early morning flight to Heathrow.\n\n\"As our car was parked at Gatwick, another cab journey was needed and we finally arrived home in Kent at midday,\" Mr Warnes said.\n\n\"Austria appeared to be adhering to all social distancing measures and hand sanitation stations were in all the shops. Our small hotel had three alone on the ground floor.\n\n\"With this in mind we were so surprised when the government restrictions were put in place as Austria have had a historically low level since March. There didn't really appear to be any problems at all,\" he added.\n\nAnother traveller, Cristiano Torti, 41, paid about £1,500 to fly his wife and two children back to the UK six days earlier than planned.\n\nHe said they had lost about £500 of the original return flight bookings, but it would have been \"very difficult\" to quarantine with his young children as he and his wife both work from home.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nMr Torti, a developer from Oxfordshire, said that his eldest child would have missed some of the new school term had the family not returned in time.\n\n\"We've lost a lot of of money, between the accommodation, the flights, and the knock-on effects: the car hire, the airport parking. I kind of wish we'd stayed home, despite the miserable British weather,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile, Google search data showed a significant rise in searches for the term \"flights to Portugal\" by UK users at about 18:00 BST on Thursday; with a smaller spike at 07:00 BST on Friday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nSeveral EasyJet flights from London airports to Portugal were listed as unavailable for Saturday and Sunday, while airlines such as Jet2 laid on extra seats to Faro from Monday across the UK.\n\nTravel expert Simon Calder tweeted that the cost of flights from Manchester to Faro on Saturday morning had risen from £50 to £98 in 30 minutes.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", detailing countries that were exempt from the rule.\n\nSince then it has periodically updated that list, adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UK's.\n\nHave you been affected by the new quarantine measures? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Thousands of people attended an illegal rave in Greater Manchester in June\n\nPolice in England will be able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings of more than 30 people such as raves up to £10,000 from Friday, ministers say.\n\nThose who attend gatherings and those who do not wear face coverings where it is mandatory can be given a £100 fine, doubling on each offence up to £3,200.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can set their own enforcement rules.\n\nThe government first unveiled plans for tougher penalties for those breaking coronavirus rules earlier this month.\n\nDetails of the stricter rules come after extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19 were introduced in north-west England.\n\nOvernight, police in Birmingham disrupted more than 70 unlicensed social gatherings including house and street parties, one of which featured marquees and a DJ.\n\nIn Huddersfield, officers broke up an illegal rave involving about 300 people.\n\nTwo police vehicles were damaged and four people arrested after officers broke up a party breaking lockdown rules in Greater Manchester, where restrictions between households continue.\n\nAbout 50 people were at the gathering at a house, which had a gazebo set up with loud speakers, music equipment and party lights, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nAnd in Blackburn, Lancashire, where extra restrictions are also in force, more than 150 people gathered for a rave at a reservoir.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rave culture in the UK has given us superstar artists and DJs like The Prodigy and Carl Cox\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said: \"These gatherings are dangerous and those who organise them show a blatant disregard for the safety of others.\"\n\nShe added: \"We will continue to crack down on the small minority who think they are above the law.\"\n\nThe tougher rules have been welcomed by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).\n\nCommander Ade Adelekan, NPCC lead for unlicensed music events, said those who organised such gatherings \"irresponsibly put people's health and safety at risk\".\n\nHe added: \"To the organisers of this sort of activity, I strongly advise that you seriously consider the risks you're creating for everyone in attendance and the wider community. There is a risk of prosecution for those who organise these events and equipment will be seized.\"\n\nInsp Andy Berry, chairman of the Devon and Cornwall Police Federation said \"definitive powers\" to help \"control these large gatherings\" were helpful, as his colleagues have been seeing an \"incredible surge in demand\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: \"We are a police force, we should be there primarily to deal with crime... what we don't want to do is break up children's birthday parties.\n\n\"We are seeing an unprecedented amount of calls coming in where neighbours are reporting these breaches and these demands are really bringing my colleagues and members to fatigue and breaking point,\" Mr Berry said.\n\nThe tougher penalties will also see those who flout rules around face coverings issued a larger fine - starting at £100 and doubling up to £3,200 for each repeat offence.\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nIt comes after a further 18 deaths were recorded in the UK on Saturday, bringing the total number of people to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus to 41,423.\n\nAs of 21 August, the UK recorded 21.2 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people over the last fortnight, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nSir Mark Walport, a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), warned on Saturday that coronavirus would be present \"forever in some form or another\".\n\nHis comments come after the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he hoped the pandemic would be over within two years.", "The baby gorilla arrived in the early hours of Wednesday\n\nA baby gorilla has been born at Bristol Zoo.\n\nKeepers arrived to find the new arrival nestling in the arms of its mother.\n\nPhotographs taken just hours after the birth on Wednesday show Kala - a nine-year-old western lowland gorilla - cradling the newborn. Staff said both were \"doing well\".\n\nThe zoo said Kala gave birth naturally with the baby's father, Jock, nearby. Her first baby died last year a week after it was born.\n\nMother and child are both said to be doing well\n\nLynsey Bugg, the zoo's curator of mammals, said: \"We knew we were having a baby gorilla due and we've been on baby watch for a little while.\n\n\"On Tuesday Kala looked nice and comfortable and not causing us any concerns or worries.\n\n\"I came in [on Wednesday] morning to find a brand new baby in the house. It was lovely.\"\n\nLynsey Bugg said Kala was \"a very attentive mother\"\n\nShe said staff had been \"on tenterhooks\" following the death of Kala's first baby last September, a week after she underwent an emergency caesarean.\n\n\"It is so lovely that she was able to give birth naturally and baby and mum are really well.\n\n\"She's a very attentive mother and very nurturing and you see lots of suckling from the baby, and the baby looks really strong and a good size.\"\n\nIt will be a while before the zoo knows if the baby is male or female, Ms Bugg said.\n\n\"They are not all that easy to sex and we want to have a few looks before we are certain.\"\n\nThe new gorilla joins a troop of six at the zoo, which are part of a breeding programme.\n\nThe western lowland gorilla is classed as critically endangered, with some estimates putting the number left in the wild at about 100,000.\n\nThe sex of the baby is not yet known\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Oldham, along with other parts of northern England, has extra restrictions in place\n\nStricter new measures designed to stop the spread of coronavirus in the North West have been branded \"confusing\".\n\nResidents in Oldham and parts of Blackburn and Pendle have been told not to socialise with other households.\n\nLocal council leaders said it was \"unclear\" how the rule would be implemented and policed and urged the government to issue detailed guidance.\n\nWorkplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including pubs and restaurants, will remain open.\n\nUnder the new rules, introduced on Saturday, residents are advised to only use public transport for essential travel.\n\nRestaurants are advised to only cater for pre-booked customers, with a maximum of six people per table.\n\nResidents can also attend the weddings, civil partnerships and funerals of members of their household and close family, with ceremonies limited to 20 people\n\nSchools are still set to open from 1 September.\n\nThe new ban on socialising will apply to the following areas of Blackburn with Darwen: Audley & Queen's Park, Bastwell & Daisyfield, Billinge & Beardwood, Blackburn Central, Little Harwood & Whitebirk, Roe Lee, Shear Brow & Corporation Park, Wensley Fold.\n\nAreas in Blackburn with Darwen where extra restrictions have been lifted are: Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Blackburn South East, Darwen East, Darwen South, Darwen West, Ewood, Livesey with Pleasington, Mill Hill & Moorgate, West Pennine\n\nRestrictions in Pendle remain but the new socialising ban applies to the following areas: Whitefield, Walverden, Southfield, Bradley, Clover Hill, Brierfield, Marsden\n\nThe new guidelines were leaked to a local newspaper before the government's official confirmation on Friday afternoon.\n\nSean Fielding, leader of Oldham Council, said it was looking to provide clarity to residents \"because the announcement itself from the government wasn't the smoothest\".\n\nMohammed Iqbal, leader of Pendle Council, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"The government has announced these tightening restrictions for local people in my area, yet they have not issued any detailed guidance as to how it will operate, who will police it.\n\n\"So local people are actually more confused than they were on Thursday evening.\"\n\nShoppers, pictured here in Manchester, are seen as part of the economic recovery\n\nOn Saturday, Greater Manchester Police issued a social media post urging people not to call 999 or 101 for clarification about the measures.\n\nHowever, the force were criticised on social media after they issued a fixed penalty notice to a homeowner who had hosted a child's birthday party in a garden, attended by three families.\n\nA police spokesman said: \"This was one of several breaches of Covid-19 regulations that were publicised to demonstrate the breadth of incidents GMP have been called to in just one night.\"\n\nGreater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said police were \"in a no-win situation because sometimes they get criticised for not doing enough and then when they do enforce the measures they get criticism back\".\n\nSince July, the government has been introducing extra restrictions in parts of northern England after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe tighter rules will be removed in Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale on Wednesday after they recorded lower infection rates than other areas.\n\nResidents in those towns will be required to follow national guidance, including social distancing and wearing a face covering where appropriate.\n\nHowever, the extra restrictions will remain for the rest of Greater Manchester and East Lancashire, plus Preston, where gatherings of separate households are banned in most circumstances.\n\nA government spokesman said the \"sharp rise\" in confirmed cases was partly due to a major increase in testing led by local councils.\n\nHe added the spike \"continues to be due to social mixing between younger age groups of 20-39 year olds\".\n\nDr Sakthi Karunanithi, public health director at Lancashire County Council, said: \"The vast majority - more than 80% - of coronavirus transmission (in the affected parts of Pendle and Blackburn) is as a result of households mixing.\n\n\"That's why we are putting out a very clear message - do not socialise with people you don't live with.\"\n\nThe new rules came into force in Oldham, and parts of Pendle and Blackburn on Saturday\n\nMohammed Khan, leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, said the borough, which launched a local contact-tracing service earlier in August, would continue \"our important work fighting this infection at a really local level\".\n\n\"We know that our residents have been making huge sacrifices and that businesses are struggling.\n\n\"We desperately needed to prevent the threat of a full, borough-wide lockdown as this would have been devastating.\"\n\nMr Burnham said: \"We have been able to keep businesses open in Oldham and that's a significant victory for the council because they were worried about the fragility of the economy.\n\n\"So what we have got instead are more targeted measures… which are much better than going into a lockdown situation where businesses have to close.\"\n\nMr Burnham said there had been \"a noticeable fall in cases this week\" in Oldham and other parts of Greater Manchester.\n\n\"Fingers crossed, we can see more boroughs released from these measures soon.\"\n\nPakistan cricket captain Azhar Ali is among celebrities who will promote the new guidelines\n\nMr Fielding said Oldham Council had closed at least one pub since Friday for flouting the rules.\n\nHe said the council had also enlisted celebrities such as Pakistan cricket captain Azhar Ali, who is currently playing in a Test Match series against England, and The Inbetweeners actor James Buckley \"to get the message out to communities that might listen to [them] rather than listen to me.\"\n\n\"We are also doing some really targeted intervention in our most affected communities, and that includes things like door-to-door testing, using community leaders to get messages over.\"\n\nEarlier this week, the council shared a clip of Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo warning residents that \"lockdown is coming\" unless they abide by guidelines.\n\nElsewhere, Birmingham has been added to the government's watch list, and Northampton named an \"area of intervention\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Masked Singer, a hit show in the US (pictured), launched in Australia last year\n\nProduction of the Australian version of hit reality TV show The Masked Singer has been suspended after several crew members tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe entire production team, including the masked celebrity singers, the host and the judges, are now in self-isolation, the show announced.\n\nThe show is filmed in Melbourne which has been at the centre of a spike in coronavirus infections.\n\nResidents across the state of Victoria are subject to strict lockdown rules.\n\nThese include a night-time curfew, the closure of restaurants and gyms, only one hour of outdoor exercise a day, no travel further than 5km (three miles) from home, and only one person per household allowed to shop for essentials at a time.\n\nThe production of The Masked Singer had been allowed to continue despite the restrictions because news and media outlets are considered essential services.\n\nThe show announced its immediate suspension in a tweet on Sunday, saying \"the health and safety of the community, and our staff and production partners is our number one priority\".\n\nThe production team put into isolation include the show's host Osher Gunsberg and judges including singer Dannii Minogue and comedian Dave Hughes. They are \"being monitored closely and are in constant contact with medical authorities\", the show 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 The Masked Singer 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. End of twitter post by The Masked Singer Australia\n\nVictoria's health department said investigations had \"determined that the site should close\" and that it was working to ensure that \"all appropriate public health actions are taken including cleaning and contact tracing\".\n\nThe reality TV show began in South Korea before being franchised in other Asian countries and later the US, UK and Australia. It features celebrities who sing in elaborate costumes and whose identities are not revealed until they are voted off.\n\nFormer tennis star Mark Philippoussis was the first contestant to be eliminated from the latest Australian season on Tuesday.\n\nHe said the on-set health and safety measures had been \"intense\" but necessary. \"Everyone was always wearing a face mask and there was hand sanitiser everywhere,\" he was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying.", "Floral tributes to Nicola were placed at the scene\n\nA 15-year-old girl who died after an incident in a river in Cardiff has been named by police.\n\nNicola Williams died at Rhymney River, near Ball Lane, Llanrumney, on Friday.\n\nSouth Wales Police was called to the scene at 17:20 BST, along with fire crews and the ambulance service, as well as a police helicopter.\n\nShe was found at about 18:40 and died despite the efforts of emergency crews, South Wales Police said. Her death is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nNicola, from the Trowbridge area of Cardiff, went to St Illtyd's Catholic High School in the Rumney area of the city.\n\n\"A child taken from their family is the worst pain anyone can suffer,\" said Llanrumney councillor Keith Jones.\n\n\"And the community will try to help support them through this incredibly difficult time. The community is still coming to terms with how a 15-year-old girl has lost her life.\"\n\nDivers attempt to rescue Ms Williams from the Rhymney River\n\nFloral tributes have been left for Nicola at the scene where she died\n\nOne resident said the community was still \"in shock\" after Nicola's death.\n\n\"One minute it is a normal day then we have tragedy right on our doorstep,\" said Lee Cornock.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking. My heart goes out to all Nicola's family and friends, the community is in shock.\"\n\nOne tribute described Nicola as a \"princess\"", "People can now form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with up to four households\n\nPeople in Wales are now able to welcome more family and friends into their homes as coronavirus lockdown rules continue to be relaxed.\n\nFrom Saturday, people can form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with up to four households - double the previous amount allowed.\n\nSome are pleased, but others are wary of opening their doors to others.\n\nSheep farmer Llyr Jones said he was looking forward to seeing his mother and neighbours again.\n\nMr Jones, 41, who lives in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Conwy county, with his wife and two children, added: \"The worst thing that we have found during the height of the pandemic was childcare.\n\n\"My wife's a vet and I'm a farmer, and we are having to take our children to work.\n\n\"That brings huge problems but we have to carry on because we are both key workers, but maybe having my mother to come home to look after the children will help.\"\n\nLlyr Jones is looking forward to being able to welcome his mum and neighbours inside\n\nPeople have been employed on his farm since lockdown began - while they tried to maintain social distancing, it was not always easy.\n\n\"It's impossible to keep to two-metre distances,\" he said.\n\n\"We have two young children who are in nursery, so they are mixing, they are not social distancing.\"\n\nLee Dirkzwager remains unsure about opening the doors of her home to others\n\nLee Dirkzwager, from Gabalfa, Cardiff, has been shielding.\n\nThe 73-year-old has a number of underlying conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-three went out on Sunday but was \"quite nervous\" about doing so.\n\n\"I didn't enjoy it and came back to what I now call the norm, which is isolation,\" she said.\n\n\"I think it is going to take a long time to adjust to get back into the flow of pre-March this year.\n\n\"And, being honest, I am worried about opening up and having to meet even family.\"\n\nThe retired office worker admitted she would \"love\" to see them, but feared the pandemic would return.\n\n\"Are we going to be ill next time around?\" she said.\n\nShe did not enjoy her trip out because there were \"so many people\", many unmasked.\n\n\"It was totally alien,\" she said. \"I suppose I've become institutionalised being on my own.\"\n\nThe rules on meeting people indoors were expected to be relaxed last weekend but were postponed.\n\nEvents co-ordinator Amy Nation, said there was an \"exciting day\" ahead at The Bear Hotel in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, where a wedding was due to be held.\n\nShe said there had been big changes to comply with social distancing rules, so seating has been spaced out.\n\nBut she said the main difference would be that a large evening party \"can't currently go head\".\n\nA meal following a wedding and civil partnership is allowed for up to 30 people indoors if social distancing can be maintained.\n\n\"We have had to adapt,\" she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nBut Deeside wedding photographer Rich Miller said the industry had been hit hard by cancellations due to the pandemic and he was not yet sure if more weddings would go ahead later in the year.\n\n\"Nobody know what way to turn,\" he said. \"We are all holding on towards the end of the year.\"\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said trials of outdoor sports and arts events would be allowed later this month\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said at the time it was important not to jeopardise progress.\n\nMr Drakeford said the next easing of lockdown measures, in three weeks' time, would include relaxing rules to allow cleaners and tutors to work in people's homes.\n\nIt would also allow small groups to meet indoors for classes and clubs, such as book clubs and weight loss groups.", "Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.\n\nHe admitted 13 murders, as well as numerous rapes, burglaries and other crimes, in a deal with US prosecutors meant to spare him the death penalty.\n\nThe sentencing occurred in a university ballroom, to allow extra space for surviving victims and their families. Many have welcomed the jail term.", "One of the women found in a flat in east London was mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa\n\nA convicted sex offender who is on trial charged with murdering two women and storing their bodies in a freezer has told a jury he is a \"decent guy\".\n\nZahid Younis, 36, is accused of killing Henriett Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa and hiding their remains, which were discovered at his flat in April 2019.\n\nProsecutors say he subjected both women to \"very significant violence\".\n\nGiving evidence at Southwark Crown Court, he denied being in a relationship with Ms Szucs.\n\nThe defendant said she became \"obsessed\" with him after they had sex and that, out of goodness, he would feed her when she came round.\n\nZahid Younis is a convicted sex offender, the court has heard\n\nJurors have heard that Mr Younis was once jailed for sexual activity with a child and for violence against a separate teenage girl.\n\nMr Younis said that he may have done \"unnatural things\" in the past, but that the \"decency doesn't go\".\n\nDuncan Penny QC, prosecuting, told the defendant he was a \"dishonest, fabricating, manipulative liar\".\n\nThe prosecutor said Mr Younis \"went off [Ms Szucs]\" when he \"discovered a bit about her past\".\n\nMr Younis has told the court he met her in hospital in early 2016, but that he later lost interest after she revealed her work as a prostitute.\n\nThe bodies of the two women were found at a flat in Vandome Close, Canning Town\n\nThe prosecution says Mr Younis murdered Ms Szucs in his flat in Vandome Close, Canning Town, east London, after she moved there thinking that he also had feelings for her.\n\nMr Younis claimed that he came home one day in October 2016 to find Ms Szucs dead on his sofa.\n\nThe defendant said he then hid her body in a newly-purchased freezer with the help of a local criminal.\n\nHe told jurors that the same criminal - and an older man with a walking stick - brought the body of Ms Mustafa round in a wheelie bin in May 2018, forcing him to hide a second body in his freezer.\n\nThe criminal had threatened to \"tell everyone I already had a body in my flat\", the defendant said.\n\nMr Younis said he had only briefly met Ms Mustafa at a friend's home, denied ever contacting her by phone, and said he did not know how her fingerprint came to be in his flat.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People will still be able to go shopping and go to work\n\nOldham and parts of Blackburn and Pendle are facing extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19.\n\nResidents in those areas are not allowed to socialise with anyone from outside their household, as of midnight on Saturday.\n\nWorkplaces, childcare facilities and businesses, including restaurants and pubs, will remain open.\n\nSince July, the government has been introducing extra restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nPeople will be advised to avoid using public transport except for essential travel\n\nBut tighter rules in Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale are to be dropped on 26 August.\n\nWigan and Rossendale originally faced tighter restrictions along with the rest of Greater Manchester and east Lancashire because of the wider region's overall infection rate and concerns that the virus was being spread between households.\n\nHowever, both have maintained low infection rates compared with other areas.\n\nThe additional measures in Oldham and parts of Pendle and Blackburn will not prevent people from shopping, going to work or attending child-care settings including schools, which open from 1 September.\n\nHowever, any social activities indoors and outdoors can only be shared with people you live with and are in your immediate household.\n\nResidents will be advised to avoid using public transport except for essential travel, and the number of people who can attend weddings, civil partnerships and funerals will be limited to household members and close family, with no more than 20 people.\n\nRestaurants will also be encouraged to halt walk-ins, and only seat people who make reservations in advance.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"To prevent a second peak and keep Covid-19 under control, we need robust, targeted intervention where we see a spike in cases.\n\n\"Our approach is to make the action we take as targeted as possible, with the maximum possible local consensus.\"\n\nThis will allow local councils to focus resources on the wards that need more targeted intervention, he added.\n\nThe new restrictions on household gatherings and socialising will apply to the following areas of Blackburn with Darwen: Audley & Queen's Park, Bastwell & Daisyfield, Billinge & Beardwood, Blackburn Central, Little Harwood & Whitebirk, Roe Lee, Shear Brow & Corporation Park, Wensley Fold.\n\nAreas in Blackburn with Darwen where all restrictions have been lifted are: Blackburn South & Lower Darwen, Blackburn South East, Darwen East, Darwen South, Darwen West, Ewood, Livesey with Pleasington, Mill Hill & Moorgate, West Pennine\n\nExisting restrictions in Pendle remain but the new rules apply to the following areas: Whitefield, Walverden, Southfield, Bradley, Clover Hill, Brierfield, Marsden\n\nCouncillor Sean Fielding, leader of Oldham Council, welcomed the announcement the town would not face business closures.\n\n\"Over the last few days we've made a clear argument that an economic lockdown was not the answer for Oldham,\" he said.\n\n\"Instead we put forward a strong case to [the] government for a different approach - one where we increase testing, use our powers to drive compliance and enforcement among those not currently following guidelines, and carry out intensive door-to-door engagement in areas with higher cases.\"\n\nHe added that he believed the tightened measures would \"help reduce the spread of the virus\".\n\nTightened Covid-19 measures have been imposed in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn\n\nGreater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham said: \"I think we've come to a sensible agreement with the government and I'm grateful to them for listening.\n\n\"We didn't want to see a lockdown in Oldham and we are pleased the government worked with us on that one - and we are glad the restrictions have been lifted in Wigan.\"\n\nMr Burnham added that he wanted to see \"further relaxation\" in Greater Manchester next week as \"we are also seeing cases coming down in Trafford and Stockport\".\n\n\"We are balancing protecting people against letting people live their lives - it is a really difficult question and I don't envy the government on this one,\" he said.\n\nWith the exception of Northampton, Oldham, Blackburn and Pendle have the highest rate of new infections.\n\nThey are seeing between 70 and 90 cases per 100,000 people. That is about half the rate Leicester was in when it was put into lockdown.\n\nThis move is about taking pre-emptive action before infections spiral out of control.\n\nWhat testing shows is that in these places - and a number of other areas in the north west and West Yorkshire for that matter - there is community transmission, often focussed in specific neighbourhoods.\n\nNorthampton, which has the highest rate, is quite different as the cases are largely linked to a workplace.\n\nBut alongside these extra restrictions, there is also a great deal of work being done that does not get the headlines.\n\nCouncil staff working hand-in-hand with community groups are knocking on doors, encouraging residents to get tested and stay safe. To help with this, extra testing facilities are opening up.\n\nThe targeted testing of people in high infection areas who are not ill is also beginning - one of the major difficulties in fighting this virus is that significant numbers do not show symptoms.\n\nBut one issue that keeps cropping up is how to get people to isolate when they have mild symptoms and staying at home means they do not get paid. Many on the ground say this needs to be resolved urgently.\n\nThe spike in Northampton was \"almost solely down to an outbreak linked to the workforce at the Greencore Factory\", a Department for Health spokesperson said.\n\nNearly 300 workers have tested positive, and employees and their households are required to isolate at home for two weeks.\n\nThe number of cases has also been \"rising quickly\" in Birmingham, where the majority of new cases have been among those aged between 18 and 34, a government spokesperson said.\n\nThe city recorded about 30 cases per 100,000 residents over the past week.\n\nIt has been categorised as an 'area of enhanced support', which means it will get additional testing, more local contact tracing, and targeted community engagement.\n\nThe mayor of the West Midlands believes \"some people have not been strict enough\" with coronavirus measures.\n\nAndy Street said the city was in \"an extremely challenging situation\".\n\nBirmingham City Council leader Ian Ward added that the watch list should be a \"wake-up call for everyone\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A property in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh was searched by officers from Police Scotland\n\nA man arrested at Heathrow Airport has become the 10th person detained as part of a major operation against dissident republicans in Northern Ireland.\n\nDetectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrested the man on Saturday as part of an investigation into the New IRA.\n\nThe 62-year-old, who lives in Scotland, was brought to Belfast for questioning.\n\nA property in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh was also searched by officers from Police Scotland.\n\nThe other nine people were arrested last Tuesday and seven of them have been charged so far.\n\nTwo men appeared in court in Belfast on Saturday morning to face terrorism-related offences.\n\nA further five people were charged with a range of offences under the Terrorism Act on Saturday evening.\n\nPolice said a 32-year-old man from Londonderry and another man, aged 48, have been charged with offences including membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and two separate charges of preparatory acts of terrorism.\n\nA 45-year-old woman from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and a 49-year-old woman from Lurgan, County Armagh, were charged with similar offences.\n\nA 43-year-old man from the Dungannon area has also been charged with a number of offences including membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life.\n\nAll five are due to appear before Laganside Magistrates' Court in Belfast on Monday.\n\nOperation Arbacia is targeting the New IRA, which is considered to be the largest dissident republican group and has been behind numerous attempted attacks on police officers.\n\nJournalist Lyra McKee was shot dead by a New IRA gunman while observing a riot in Derry on 18 April 2019.", "The number of coronavirus cases in Scotland has risen by 123 in the last 24 hours.\n\nThe figure represents 1.5% of newly-tested individuals. A total of 19,728 people have now tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nNo deaths linked to the virus were registered since Friday so the total remains at 2,492.\n\nTwo people were in intensive care with coronavirus on Friday, and 246 with positive tests were in hospital.\n\nOfficial figures showed that the biggest increase in cases by health board was 78 in NHS Tayside.\n\nThe area covers the 2 Sisters food processing plant in Coupar Angus which, by Friday, had been linked to 68 positive cases.\n\nMore than 800 workers at the plant have now been tested for the virus.\n\nWorkers and those sharing a household with them, including children, have been told they must self-isolate until 31 August.\n\nThe plant was closed on Monday for two weeks while staff at the site were tested.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the total increase of 123 positive cases was \"of course a concern\".\n\nHowever, the first minister said the figure \"needs some context\".\n\nMs Sturgeon tweeted: \"78 of them are in Tayside where we're dealing with an outbreak at the 2 Sisters food processing plant. Important that all workers and household contacts follow advice to isolate.\"\n\nThe next biggest 24-hour increase in positive tests by health board was Greater Glasgow and Clyde (+11), followed by Grampian and Lanarkshire (both +8) and Lothian (+6).\n\nFigures for the week ending 22 August showed that of the 40,845 people newly tested, 439 cases proved to be positive.\n\nProf Jason Leitch said there were no current plans for a local lockdown n Coupar Angus\n\nNational clinical director Prof Jason Leitch said the significant rise in new cases was to be expected.\n\nHe said: \"Today, we have seen the highest number of confirmed cases in a few months with more than 100 positive cases. Around two thirds (78) of the new cases have been recorded in the Tayside area.\n\n\"While the figure may be alarming at first glance, this is to be expected as the Test and Protect team continue to work hard to test employees at the 2 Sisters factory and identify their close contacts, following the outbreak at the Coupar Angus site.\n\n\"We know that around 90% of the 78 new cases identified in Tayside today are linked to the outbreak at the 2 Sisters factory and we will likely continue to see these numbers rise in the next few days.\"\n\nProf Leitch added that it was harder to manage the cases in the NHS Grampian area where sporadic clusters, linked to the night-time economy a few weeks ago, were still appearing and were more dispersed in the community.\n\nHe said that as the situation in Coupar Angus was more contained, there were no plans for a local lockdown. But he added that everything was being kept under review.\n\nMeanwhile, contact tracers are identifying pupils and teachers at a school in Glasgow.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it was working with staff and families linked to John Paul Academy in Summerston.\n\nA health board statement said that, at this time, there was \"no evidence of transmission within the school itself\".\n\nIt added: \"Close contacts are being advised to self-isolate and being given appropriate advice and support.\n\n\"Robust control measures are in place within the school. Apart from those who are identified as close contacts, all other pupils and staff can continue to attend as normal.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tim Bendzko performed at all three \"concerts\"\n\nScientists in Germany have held three pop concerts in a single day to investigate the risks posed by mass indoor events during the pandemic.\n\nAbout 1,500 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 50 - only a third of the expected number - took part.\n\nBut the head of the study, which was carried out in Leipzig by Halle University, said he was \"very satisfied\" with how the event unfolded.\n\nSinger-songwriter Tim Bendzko agreed to perform at all three successive gigs.\n\nThe study came as Germany recorded its highest number of Covid-19 infections since the end of April.\n\nMore than 2,000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 232,082, the Robert Koch Institute reported.\n\nThe concert study, called Restart-19, was created \"to investigate the conditions under which such events can be carried out despite the pandemic\", researchers said.\n\nThe first of Saturday's three concerts aimed to simulate an event before the pandemic, with no safety measures in place. The second involved greater hygiene and some social distancing, while the third involved half the numbers and each person standing 1.5m apart.\n\nAll participants were tested for Covid-19 before taking part, and given face masks and tracking devices to measure their distancing. Researchers reportedly also used fluorescent disinfectants to track which surfaces audience members touched the most.\n\n\"The data collection is going very well, so we have good quality data, the mood is great and we are extremely satisfied with the discipline in wearing masks and using disinfectant,\" lead researcher Dr Stefan Moritz said.\n\nEach of the three events had different levels of social distancing\n\nSinger Tim Bendzko, meanwhile, said the event had exceeded his expectations.\n\n\"We really enjoyed it. At first I thought it would be very sterile because of the masks, but it felt surprisingly good,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope that these results will help us to hold real concerts in front of an audience again soon.\"\n\nThe initial results of the study are expected in the autumn.\n\nThe project received 990,000 euros (£892,000, $1.17m) in funding from the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony with the aim of helping to pave the way for the resumption of major indoor sporting and music events by ascertaining realistic levels of risk.\n\n\"The corona pandemic is paralyzing the event industry,\" Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Economics and Science, Prof Armin Willingmann, said before the event.\n\n\"As long as there is a risk of infection, major concerts, trade fairs and sporting events cannot take place. This is why it is so important to find out which technical and organisational conditions can effectively minimise the risks.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How not to wear a face mask", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire appeared in court on Saturday after being arrested following an incident on the island of Mykonos.\n\nThe England defender, 27, is on holiday in Greece.\n\nThe Syros prosecutor's office said on Friday that \"three foreigners\" had been arrested after an alleged altercation with police officers on Thursday.\n\nMaguire's lawyer Konstantinos Darivas said he denies the allegations and the defender left court without comment.\n\nDarivas added that he was \"fully convinced he will be released without any charges\" on Saturday.\n\nMaguire joined United from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender - in August 2019.\n\n\"The club is aware of an alleged incident involving Harry Maguire in Mykonos last night,\" United said in a statement on Friday.\n\n\"Contact has been made with Harry, and he is fully co-operating with the Greek authorities. At this time we will be making no further comment.\"\n\nGreek police said in a statement officers had tried to break up an altercation between two groups outside a bar and that the three foreigners had then verbally abused and assaulted one of the officers.\n\nThe statement claimed that after arriving at Mykonos police station, the three arrested individuals then \"strongly resisted, pushing and hitting three police officers\" and that \"one of the detainees tried to offer money so that the trial against them would not be completed\".\n\nThe police say a file has been opened which includes accusations of \"violence against officials, disobedience, bodily harm, insult and attempted bribery of an official\".\n\nIt is not known specifically what Maguire has been accused of.\n\nUnited's season finished with a 2-1 defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League semi-finals on 16 August.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire has pleaded not guilty and been released from police custody following his arrest on the island of Mykonos.\n\nA court date for the 27-year-old has been set for Tuesday but Maguire can be represented by his lawyer and will now return home.\n\nIt is not clear what specific charges the England defender faces.\n\nMaguire did not comment after leaving court on Saturday and his lawyer told Sky he was a free man \"right now\".\n\nThe Syros prosecutor's office said on Friday that \"three foreigners\" had been arrested after an alleged altercation with police officers in Mykonos on Thursday.\n\nThe police say a file has been opened which includes accusations of \"violence against officials, disobedience, bodily harm, insult and attempted bribery of an official\".\n\nMaguire, who was on holiday in Greece, joined United from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender - in August 2019.\n\nA United statement said: \"Following the appearance in court today we note the adjournment of the case to allow the legal team to consider the case file.\n\n\"Harry has pleaded not guilty to the charges. It would be inappropriate for the player or club to comment further while the legal process takes its course.\"\n\nGreek police said in a statement on Friday that officers had tried to break up an altercation between two groups outside a bar and that the three foreigners had then verbally abused and assaulted one of the officers.\n\nThe statement claimed that after arriving at Mykonos police station, the three arrested individuals then \"strongly resisted, pushing and hitting three police officers\" and that \"one of the detainees tried to offer money so that the trial against them would not be completed\".", "The Radio 2 presenter said the items meant \"everything\" to him\n\nDermot O'Leary has pleaded for help in finding his wedding ring which was stolen from a gym locker.\n\nThe X Factor and Radio 2 presenter said his gold crucifix, wallet, phone and watch were also taken from Psycle on Mortimer Street in London.\n\nThe theft is alleged to have happened on 13 August at 10:30 BST.\n\nO'Leary said he was \"not seeking preferential treatment\" but the things stolen \"would mean nothing to him - but everything to me\".\n\nHe added that he knew there were \"more important things happening in the world right now\" but appealed for people to share the CCTV image of a man allegedly carrying the stolen rucksack.\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 radioleary This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I can handle all the impersonal items being stolen (the wallet, phone, watch, keys etc.) but this man stole my wedding ring & gold crucifix. Something that would mean nothing to him - but everything to me,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\n\"I've made peace with the knowledge that I'll probably never see these cherished items again, but I'd really like it if you, your loved ones, or anyone else you know, didn't have to go through the same ordeal of having your personal items stolen by this man.\"\n\nDet Con Dan Jones said: \"While we understand that the effects of becoming a victim of theft run far deeper than a loss of property, stolen from the victim in this case were his keys, watch, wallet and a number of other personal items, but most importantly his wedding ring which was etched on the inner side with '14/9/12 Team KO'.\n\n\"I urge anyone who can name the man shown in the images to call us without delay and help us locate the suspect before the property is sold on.\n\n\"In addition, anyone who is offered these kind of personal items for sale, particularly the inscribed ring, should contact police immediately.\"", "The stormy seas caused huge waves at Porthcawl during Storm Ellen\n\nTravel around Wales could be disrupted next week with strong gales set to return, the Met Office has warned.\n\nThe yellow 'be aware' warning will come into force just days after Wales was battered by up to 95mph (153km/h) winds that left homes without power, roads closed and delayed trains and buses.\n\nSome flood alerts across Wales remain in place ahead of the warning that will cover Wales from Tuesday at 09:00 BST until Wednesday at 12:00.\n\nWinds could hit up to 60 mph (97km/h).\n\nBridges on Wales' major roads were affected as Storm Ellen hit Wales on Friday as the M48 Severn Bridge was shut and the A55 Britannia Bridge from the mainland to Anglesey had speed restrictions.\n\nThe Met Office has warned that delays are again \"likely\" to road, rail, air and ferry transport.\n\nMen were pictured swimming and jumping into the sea at Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire during Storm Ellen on Friday and were labelled \"stupid\" and \"senseless\" by the local harbour master.\n\nThe Saundersfoot harbour master says such behaviour \"puts strain\" on the emergency services\n\nForecasters have again reminded people living or staying on sea fronts and among coastal communities that they could be affected by spray and large waves.\n\nPower cuts were reported across south Wales on Friday and the Met Office has warned \"some short term loss of power is possible\" next week.\n\nThe RNLI and coastguard warned of dangerous conditions in coastal areas ahead of Storm Ellen\n\n\"Gusts of wind are likely to exceed 50 mph for quite a few places, with exposed coasts and hills seeing gusts in excess of 60 mph,\" said the forecaster.\n\n\"Whilst not exceptional, winds this strong are unusual for August, with possible transport disruption and impacts on outdoor activities.\"", "PSG fans gathered in Paris to celebrate their Champions League semi-final win\n\nA ban on Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing their team's shirt in the city centre of fierce rivals Marseille on Sunday has been rescinded.\n\nPolice had announced the ban for when the Parisians take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.\n\nClothing even \"displaying the colours of PSG\" was off-limits.\n\nBut the order was later rolled back after the decision was met with widespread criticism.\n\nJustifying its initial ban, the police said \"there is strong animosity on the part of some Marseille residents, supporters or not, toward the PSG team, in contradiction with any sporting spirit\".\n\nThe order came due to disturbances in Marseille during PSG's semi-final win over German side Leipzig.\n\nOne man was arrested for attacking a man wearing a PSG shirt. Hundreds of Marseille fans sang anti-PSG songs and detonated firecrackers.\n\nBut Bouches-du-Rhône police later backtracked on the order.\n\n\"The sole purpose of this decree was to protect Parisian supporters, and in no way intended to restrict freedom of movement,\" it said on Twitter.\n\nIt added that it had decided to repeal the total ban on PSG fans due to the \"incomprehension caused by this decree\".\n\nThe PSG-Bayern game takes place at Benfica's stadium in Lisbon.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Bletchley Park was once top secret but now is a museum open to the public\n\nA museum at Bletchley Park, site of the World War Two code-breaking success, is to cut up to a third of its jobs after losing almost all of its income during lockdown.\n\nUp to 35 jobs at all levels and in each department are said to be at risk.\n\nChief executive officer Iain Standen said the Bletchley Park Trust had \"exhausted all other avenues\".\n\nWorkers at the Buckinghamshire site were responsible for decoding enemy codes during the war.\n\nThe site became a museum in 1994.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge opened the refurbished museum in 2014 - her paternal grandmother worked at Bletchley during the war\n\nThe trust, which has 118 employees, expects to lose £2m in income this year.\n\nWhen the coronavirus lockdown began, it furloughed 85% of its staff and managed to secure some additional funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.\n\nIt closed on 19 March and reopened on 4 July, although with reduced visitor numbers due to social distancing.\n\nSavings have been made by reducing marketing, new exhibitions, travel, IT and printing costs, but this only helps in the short term, according to the trust.\n\nMr Standen said: \"The economic impact of the current crisis is having a profound effect on the trust's ability to survive.\n\nBletchley Park intelligence is credited with shortening the war and saving lives. By 1945, the majority of its 9,000 staff were women\n\n\"We have exhausted all other avenues, and we need to act now to ensure he trust survives and is sustainable in the future.\"\n\nA staff consultation on the job losses will begin next week.\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.", "President Alexander Lukashenko told his officials to prepare forces on the border with Poland\n\nAllegations by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that \"foreign powers\" are organising a build-up of troops on the country's border are baseless, says Nato.\n\nDressed in military fatigues, the president said he had placed his armed forces on \"high alert\".\n\nHe is facing growing calls within Belarus for his resignation following a disputed election two weeks ago.\n\nThousands of protesters again marched on the capital Minsk on Sunday.\n\nLong lines of people of all ages - from the elderly to those with small children - flowed into Independence Square from all directions, watched by hundreds of riot police, reporters at the scene said. Many of the marchers were carrying red and white flags or white flowers, and chanting anti-government slogans.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier, Mr Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, accused Nato of trying to split up Belarus and install a new president in Minsk.\n\nHe said troops in Poland and Lithuania were readying themselves, and that he was moving his armed forces to the country's western border.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What lies behind the Belarus protests?\n\n\"They are rocking the situation inside our country, trying to topple the authorities,\" Mr Lukashenko said, adding that he had ordered his security chiefs to \"take the toughest measures to defend the territorial integrity of our country\".\n\nNato said it posed \"no threat to Belarus or any other country\" and had \"no military build-up in the region\".\n\n\"Our posture is strictly defensive,\" it said.\n\n\"The regime is trying to divert attention from Belarus's internal problems at any cost with totally baseless statements about imaginary external threats,\" Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told AFP news agency.\n\nA Polish presidency official called the suggestion that Poland planned any border destabilisation \"regime propaganda\" by the Belarusians, which was \"sad and surprising\".\n\n\"Poland... has no such intention,\" the official added.\n\nProtests against a brutal police crackdown continued in Minsk on Saturday\n\nNato urged Belarus to respect the fundamental human rights of its citizens.\n\nMr Lukashenko was re-elected president on 9 August but the vote was widely considered to be fraudulent. Protests disputing the result were met with a brutal crackdown that killed at least four people and demonstrators said they had been tortured in prisons and detention centres.\n\nLarge numbers of demonstrators are expected to rally in Minsk again on Sunday.\n\nWhere is Belarus? It has Russia - the former dominant power - to the east and Ukraine to the south. To the north and west lie EU and Nato members Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.\n\nWhy does it matter? Like Ukraine, this nation of 9.5 million is caught in rivalry between the West and Russia. President Lukashenko, an ally of Russia, has been nicknamed \"Europe's last dictator\". He has been in power for 26 years, keeping much of the economy in state hands, and using censorship and police crackdowns against opponents.\n\nWhat's going on there? Now there is a huge opposition movement, demanding new, democratic leadership and economic reform. They say Mr Lukashenko rigged the 9 August election - officially he won by a landslide. His supporters say his toughness has kept the country stable.\n\nThe president has vowed to crush the unrest and has previously blamed the dissent on unnamed \"foreign-backed revolutionaries\".\n\nWith protests and strike action continuing, including the walking out of state TV staff, Mr Lukashenko said he had flown in Russian broadcast journalists as cover to \"stabilise\" the situation, the Belarus state news agency Belta reports.\n\n\"I've asked Russians to lend us two to three groups of reporters just in case. Six to nine people from the most advanced television company,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, crowds of protestors waved bright lights from mobile phones and flew Belarusian flags in the streets of Minsk while chanting \"freedom\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice tried to disperse more than 1,000 people gathered in the city's Independence Square, according to Interfax news agency.\n\nA \"solidarity\" chain of hundreds of people, many wearing white, formed earlier in the day at the busy Komarovka shopping market.\n\nIt follows the country's biggest protest in modern history last weekend when hundreds of thousands filled the streets.\n\nOpposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who was forced into exile the day after the election, vowed to \"stand till the end\" in the protests.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she doesn't think she's the next leader of Belarus\n\nShe told the BBC that if the movement stopped now, they would be \"slaves\". \"We have no right to step back now,\" she said.\n\nMs Tikhanovskaya told the BBC Belarusians had voted for her, not as a future president but as a \"symbol of changes\".\n\n\"They were shouting for their future, for their wish to live in a free country, against violence, for their rights,\" she said.", "A series of massive fires in northern and central California forced more evacuations\n\nCalifornia is struggling to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes, warned Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as more than 12,000 fire-fighters battled blazes that have killed six people.\n\nHelp was on its way from several US states as Gov Newsom put in a plea for assistance from Australia and Canada.\n\n\"These fires are stretching our resources, our personnel,\" he said.\n\nAmong the 560 fires are some of the largest the state has seen.\n\nMore than 12,000 dry lightning strikes started the blazes during a historic heat wave in which thermometers in Death Valley National Park reached what could be the highest ever temperature reliably recorded.\n\nBy Friday, emergency officials said some of the fires had doubled in size in a day, forcing 175,000 residents to flee.\n\nTwo fires are now the 7th and 10th largest in the state's history, Gov Newsom said as he urged President Donald Trump to sign a major disaster declaration.\n\nThe worst are in the mountains to the south and east of San Francisco.\n\nAt least 43 people including firefighters have been injured, and hundreds of buildings have burned down and thousands more are threatened.\n\nMany blazes are burning on steep, difficult-to-access terrain and have been fuelled by strong winds. The fires are also threatening larger towns including Santa Cruz where flames reached within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz campus, reports Reuters news agency.\n\nMore fire=fighters, engines and surveillance planes are racing in from other states including Oregon, New Mexico and Texas to help. Assistance from what Gov Newsom called \"the world's best wildfire-fighters\" in Australia has been requested.\n\n\"We simply haven't seen anything like this in many, many years,\" he said, adding that an area the size of the US state of Rhode Island had already burned within California.\n\nRedwoods, the tallest trees in the world, have caught fire near their eponymous state park\n\nWith more than 650,000 coronavirus cases, California also has the highest number of infections in the US, and some evacuees have said they are afraid to go to emergency shelters.\n\nOne woman told CNN she had been forced to flee to a community centre in Vacaville but was refusing to go inside for fear of catching coronavirus.\n\n\"Not only are we dealing with Covid, but with also the heat and now the fires,\" said Cheryl Jarvis, who said she was currently sleeping in her Toyota Prius.\n\nUS agencies have updated disaster preparedness and evacuation guidance in light of Covid-19. People who may be required to flee have been to told to carry at least two face masks per person, as well as hand sanitiser, soap and disinfectant wipes.\n\nHere are some key guidelines for protecting yourself against Covid-19 if you must evacuate to a shelter:\n\nEmergency shelters are enforcing social distancing rules and mask wearing, and have even given individual tents to families to self-isolate. Some counties are seeking to set up separate shelters for sick evacuees or anyone who is found to have a high temperature.\n\nOfficials say people should consider sheltering with family and friends.\n\nIn another pandemic twist, officials also advise that people remain indoors due to the poor air quality outside.\n\nCalifornia is also facing an electricity strain, which has caused a rolling blackout for thousands of customers. Officials have appealed for residents to use less power or risk further cuts.\n\nIn total, more than 1,205 square miles (3,121 sq km) have burned across the state.\n\nA mother and daughter in an evacuation centre in Vacaville\n\nSatellite images show smoke blanketing nearly all of California, as well most of Nevada and southern Idaho.\n\nBig Basin Redwoods State Park, California's oldest state park and home to redwood trees that are 2,000 years old, sustained extensive damage to historic buildings.\n\nFirefighting teams are stretched thin across the state and have been forced to work longer shifts than usual.\n\nA volunteer firefighting corps made up of state prisoners, which has helped the state battle blazes since World War Two, has been diminished this year due to the pandemic.\n\nFires have burned through parts of California's wine-producing regions\n\nPresident Trump blamed California for the fires, and threatened to withhold federal funding as he repeated a suggestion that was met with bemusement when he first raised it in 2018.\n\nSpeaking to supporters in Pennsylvania on Thursday, he said he had told state officials: \"You gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they're like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.\"\n\n\"I've been telling them this now for three years, but they don't want to listen,\" he said. \"'The environment, the environment,' but they have massive fires again.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I'm sorry to tell you that your house is gone'", "Guitarist Jack Sherman (left) with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1984\n\nJack Sherman, the guitarist who appeared on the debut album of American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, has died at the age of 64.\n\n\"He was a unique dude and we thank him for all times good, bad and in between. Peace on the boogie platform,\" a tweet on the group's official account reads.\n\nSherman, who joined the band on their first US tour in 1984, also co-wrote songs for their second album.\n\nThe cause of his death has not yet been disclosed.\n\n\"We of the RHCP family would like to wish Jack Sherman smooth sailing into the worlds beyond, for he has passed,\" the band wrote on social media.\n\nSherman replaced Hillel Slovak, guitarist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in December 1983. Slovak returned to the band in 1985.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RHCP Live Archive This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, Sherman went on to contribute to the group's future albums The Abbey Road EP and Mother's Milk, as well as working with other prominent artists including Bob Dylan and George Clinton.\n\nSherman was not included when other Red Hot Chili Peppers band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. He later criticised the decision, telling Billboard magazine that he had asked to be included and felt \"dishonoured\".\n\n\"It's really painful to see all this celebrating going on and be excluded,\" he said.", "Pupils will have to wear masks indoors as they move between classes, like these Dutch teenagers\n\nPupils and staff at a secondary school in Edinburgh have been told to wear face coverings as part of efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus.\n\nFrom Monday, teachers and pupils at James Gillespie's High School \"must wear face coverings indoors whilst moving around between classes\".\n\nThe school said it followed feedback from pupils, staff and parents.\n\nIt comes after pictures emerged on social media showing high school pupils in crowded corridors.\n\nChildren are not currently required to wear masks in school, but on Thursday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said secondary school students may be required to wear face coverings in the \"near future\".\n\nPupils, staff and parents were involved in the decision at James Gillespie's High School\n\nThe EIS trade union, which represents teachers, has been calling on ministers to issue \"stronger advice on face coverings, where physical distancing is not possible\".\n\nUnion leaders highlight that while wearing face coverings is now mandatory in places such as museums, there is no such regulation for schools.\n\nThe school said masks, face coverings and visors would be available free of charge to anyone who had lost or forgotten their own.\n\nA Scottish government spokesman said: \"The safety and wellbeing of pupils and school staff is a top priority, and the guidance published ahead of the new term sets out clearly what health mitigations should be in place in schools.\n\n\"The situation is being closely monitored and we continue to review any emerging scientific evidence that will help us to protect our school community, including on the use of face coverings.\n\n\"In the meantime, our guidance provides for schools to adopt a precautionary approach depending on their individual circumstances.\"", "Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.\n\nSpeaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome.\n\nBut he added that current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the virus \"in a shorter time\".\n\n\"Of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading,\" he said.\n\n\"But at the same time, we have also the technology to stop it, and the knowledge to stop it,\" he noted, stressing the importance of \"national unity, global solidarity\".\n\nThe flu of 1918 killed at least 50 million people.\n\nCoronavirus has so far killed 800,000 people. Nearly 23 million infections have been recorded but the number of people who have actually had the virus is thought to be much higher due to inadequate testing and asymptomatic cases.\n\nProf Sir Mark Walport, a member of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - on Saturday said that Covid-19 was \"going to be with us forever in some form or another\".\n\n\"So, a bit like flu, people will need re-vaccination at regular intervals,\" he told the BBC.\n\nIn Geneva, Dr Tedros said corruption related to supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic was \"unacceptable\", describing it as \"murder\".\n\n\"If health workers work without PPE, we're risking their lives. And that also risks the lives of the people they serve,\" he added, in response to a question.\n\nAlthough the question related to allegations of corruption in South Africa, a number of countries have faced similar issues.\n\nOn Friday, protests were held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi over alleged corruption during the pandemic, while doctors from a number of the city's public hospitals went on strike over unpaid wages and a lack of protective equipment.\n\nA demonstration took place in Nairobi on Friday\n\nThe same day, the head of the WHO's health emergencies programme warned the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico was \"clearly under-recognised\".\n\nDr Mike Ryan said the equivalent of around three people per 100,000 were being tested in Mexico, compared with about 150 per 100,000 people in the US.\n\nMexico has the third highest number of deaths in the world, with almost 60,000 fatalities recorded since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.\n\nIn the US, Democratic nominee Joe Biden pledged to introduce a national mandate to wear masks if elected, and attacked President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic.\n\n\"Our current president's failed in his most basic duty to the nation. He's failed to protect us. He's failed to protect America,\" Mr Biden said.\n\nMore than 1,000 new deaths were announced in the US on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 173,490.\n\nOn Friday, a number of countries announced their highest numbers of new cases in months.\n\nSouth Korea recorded 324 new cases - its highest single-day total since March.\n\nAs with its previous outbreak, the new infections have been linked to churches, and museums, nightclubs and karaoke bars have now been closed in and around the capital Seoul in response.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Another church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was identified earlier this year as South Korea's biggest virus cluster\n\nA number of European countries are also seeing rises.\n\nPoland and Slovakia both announced record new daily infections on Friday, with 903 and 123 cases respectively, while Spain and France have seen dramatic increases in recent days.\n\nIn Lebanon, a two-week partial lockdown - including a night-time curfew - has come into effect as the country saw its highest number of cases since the pandemic began.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why has there been crisis after crisis in Lebanon?\n\nInfections have doubled since a devastating blast in the capital Beirut killed at least 178 people and injured thousands more on 4 August.\n\nThe disaster left an estimated 300,000 people homeless and placed massive strain on medical facilities.\n\nIn Africa, the average daily cases of coronavirus fell last week, in what the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, described as a \"sign of hope\".\n\nThe continent-wide daily average was 10,300 last week, down from 11,000 the week before.", "Phil Harper has backed a campaign for tougher sentences for killers of emergency workers\n\nPC Andrew Harper's father has said his \"heart was so broken\" for his family when he found out his son had been killed on duty.\n\nPhil Harper said he was so proud of PC Harper's brother Sean and sister Aimee for \"being so dignified\" during an \"incredibly tough\" time.\n\nPC Harper, 28, suffered catastrophic injuries when he was dragged behind a getaway car in Berkshire last August.\n\nHis father has backed \"Harper's Law\" launched by his son's widow Lissie.\n\nMrs Harper, 29, has called for killers of emergency workers to face mandatory life sentences, \"no ifs, no buts\".\n\nOn Friday, the attorney general Suella Braverman QC announced she had referred the sentences of PC Harper's killers to the Court of Appeal because she considered them \"unduly lenient\".\n\nLissie Harper has vowed to \"fight for a change in the law in memory of her late husband\"\n\nSpeaking for the first time since his son's killers were sentenced, Mr Harper said he was \"so proud of Lissie for having the courage to take on this incredible task\".\n\n\"I'm also so proud of Sean and Aimee - Andrew's brother and sister - for being so dignified throughout the last year, as it has been so incredibly tough for them too,\" he added.\n\n\"Both have lost more than just a brother - he was a best friend as well, who would always take the time to give the best advice he could. My heart was so broken for them when they heard the terrible news.\"\n\nMr Harper also paid tribute to his wife Karen for her \"love and support\".\n\nA trial at the Old Bailey heard how PC Harper had responded to reports of a quad bike theft with a colleague hours after their shift had ended on 15 August 2019.\n\nAs he attempted to apprehend one of the three suspects, his feet became entangled in a rope trailing behind a getaway car, which led to him being dragged to his death.\n\nThe driver of the car, 19-year-old Henry Long, and his passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, were convicted of manslaughter but cleared of murder.\n\nBowers and Cole have launched appeals against their convictions.\n\nPC Andrew Harper had been married just four weeks before he was killed\n\nLong was jailed for 16 years while Bowers and Cole were sentenced to 13 years each.\n\nTheir sentences prompted Mrs Harper and PC Harper's mother Deborah Adlam to launch campaigns calling for tougher sentences for killers of emergency service workers.\n\nMrs Harper, from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, said her campaign, backed by the Police Federation of England and Wales, would \"help fix\" a \"broken\" justice system.\n\nMr Harper said there was a \"need for Harper's Law\" and he hoped the public would \"back and support Lissie's campaign in memory of Andrew\".", "STA Travel has become the latest travel firm to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nThe company, which grew out of a student travel business and specialised in trips for young people, including gap years and volunteer projects, has ceased trading.\n\nSTA Travel has more than 50 shops in the UK.\n\nThe firm said customers with bookings would \"receive further communication in the coming days\".\n\n\"We are sorry for the inconvenience and the limited information available to you at this time,\" a statement on its website said.\n\nAbout 500 UK jobs are thought to be at risk as a result of the firm's failure.\n\nThe firm's parent company, based in Switzerland, said the pandemic had \"brought the travel industry to a standstill\".\n\nA spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said the news would \"send a shockwave through the industry, bringing to life the very real pressures that travel is under at the moment\".\n\n\"STA Travel will be a name that is familiar to most people who will have used them to travel or been aware of their name on the High Street, and this distressing news will sadly affect the livelihoods of hundreds of employees,\" the spokesperson said.\n\nABTA says the majority of flights and holidays sold by STA would be protected by the Atol scheme, an insurance scheme which protects holiday bookings. It directed customers to its website for further advice.\n\nAmelia should have taken her month-long holiday to Bali and Borneo back in April but, when the pandemic arrived, it was postponed until September.\n\nSTA Travel told her and her boyfriend last week their trip would no longer go ahead at all. Now the 22-year-old from Walsall just wants to get her money back as quickly as possible.\n\n\"The STA agent said they would offer us credit notes but they would be split up between the different companies that STA booked all our travel and accommodation through.\n\n\"There is no way we would be able to spend all of the credit notes on the same trip if we did it ourselves.\n\n\"It's really, really disappointing - we just hope we can get our money back quickly but I'm not sure we will.\"\n\nThe Civil Aviation Authority said it was aware of \"a number of consumers whose bookings have been cancelled by STA Travel Ltd as a result of government advice or flight cancellations\".\n\nCustomers whose bookings were protected by Atol would be able to submit a claim through their online portal, the CAA said.\n\nSTA Travel, which originally stood for Student Travel Australia, but was later rebranded Student Travel Association, was founded in 1971, and specialises in long-haul, adventure and gap year travel.\n\nThe firm said: \"Over recent months, the company took decisive measures to secure the business beyond Covid-19.\n\n\"However, sales have not picked up as anticipated, due to consumer uncertainties, further restrictions and renewed lock-down measures, which are expected to largely continue into 2021.\"\n\nSimon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, said coronavirus had particularly hit long-haul specialists like STA, which arranged tailor-made trips.\n\nHe said a combination of High Street rents, a lack of income and demands for refunds was made worse when Australian airline Qantas announced it would not be running intercontinental flights in or out of Australia until the second half of 2021.\n\n\"Clearly the parent company… had to look at the future and just decided that there was no chance of business coming back at anything like the necessary amount before next year,\" Mr Calder said.\n\nHe added that \"other casualties\" were inevitable - particularly with countries being suddenly added to the UK's quarantine list.\n\n\"That's generated so much uncertainty that people simply aren't flying,\" he said.\n\nHave you got a trip booked with STA Travel? Share your thoughts and 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "People await testing in Mostoles, near Madrid, on Saturday Image caption: People await testing in Mostoles, near Madrid, on Saturday\n\nAs UK tourists travelling home from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago prepare to face two weeks of quarantine, it is interesting to compare numbers of current cases across Europe.\n\nAs of 22 August, the UK had recorded 21.2 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people over the last fortnight , according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).\n\nIn comparison, Croatia had 52.2 cases per 100,000, Austria had 34.6 and France had 54.4. Spain recorded the highest number, at 152.7, although the ECDC says this number includes cases from the previous 14 days. Malta was also high, with 119.5 cases per 100,000.\n\nBy contrast, Italy's cases were 12.1 per 100,000, and Latvia recorded the lowest number of cases at 2.6.\n\nThe ECDC urges caution with the data, saying it may not be fully accurate because of the different times that national updates are published.", "The bridge failed to close after opening to let a ship pass\n\nTower Bridge was stuck open for more than an hour, leaving hundreds of people and vehicles stranded in central London.\n\nThe famous crossing failed to close after allowing a ship to pass along the River Thames on Saturday afternoon.\n\nPictures show queues of motorists and pedestrians forming on both sides.\n\nCity of London Police said engineers rushed to fix the bridge. It has reopened to pedestrians but motorists have been urged to find another route.\n\nA witness said they overheard talk of \"multiple failures\" on security radios.\n\nTraffic was gridlocked on both sides of the famous structure\n\nOne social media user said: \"I've been stuck here for nearly an hour now...\" while another wrote: \"Yep, Tower Bridge definitely stuck! One side started to come down but the other didn't!\"\n\nThe bridge connects the Square Mile financial district to Southwark.\n\nIn 2005, police closed the bridge for 10 hours after a technical problem meant the arms could not be lowered.\n\nA Tower Bridge spokesman has been approached for comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US Postal Service delivered 142.6 billion pieces of mail in 2019\n\nThe US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would inject $25bn (£19bn) into the Postal Service (USPS) ahead of November's election.\n\nThe legislation would also block cuts and changes that critics have said will hamper mail-in voting.\n\nDemocratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers from the summer recess to vote on the bill, which she said would protect the USPS.\n\nAfter the vote, President Trump tweeted the measure was a Democrat ballot scam.\n\n\"Representatives of the Post Office have repeatedly stated that they DO NOT NEED MONEY, and will not make changes, \" said Donald Trump. He has threatened to veto the bill, which is in any case unlikely to make progress in the Republican-controlled Senate.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenate majority leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber would \"absolutely not pass\" the bill.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy said earlier that further cost-cutting measures at the postal service would be suspended until after November's vote.\n\nA slowdown in mail deliveries amid cost-saving measures at USPS has fuelled fears about how one of the oldest and most trusted institutions in the US can handle an unprecedented influx of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPresident Trump strongly opposes mail-in ballots and has repeatedly suggested it could lead to widespread voter fraud despite there being no evidence for this.\n\nThe \"Delivering for America Act\" passed by the House in a rare Saturday sitting includes $25bn of emergency coronavirus funding requested by the USPS's board of governors.\n\nMore than a dozen Republicans crossed the floor to vote with their Democratic opponents.\n\nThe bill would require the USPS to treat all official election correspondence as first-class mail.\n\nThe service would be prohibited until January 2021 from implementing or approving any changes to operations or service levels that would \"impede prompt, reliable, and efficient service\", including closing or reducing the hours of post offices, removing mail sorting machines and mailboxes, or stopping overtime payments.\n\n\"This is not a partisan issue,\" Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney, the bill's author, said before the debate. \"It makes absolutely no sense to impose these kinds of dangerous cuts in the middle of a pandemic and just months before the elections in November.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Carolyn B. Maloney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Pelosi stressed that the USPS was not a business.\n\n\"While we always want to subject every federal dollar to the scrutiny of what we're getting for it, let us remember that it is a service. No business that I can think of would ever be saddled with what we've done to the Postal Service,\" she added.\n\nRepublican political leaders on Friday said Democrats had \"sought to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the USPS for political gain\" and had \"manufactured a crisis to undermine President Trump at the expense of America's institutions\".\n\nDemocrats and their supporters say the cost-cutting measures will hamper mail-in voting\n\nThey also condemned Democrats for pursuing for what they said was \"an unnecessary bailout plan that does not fix any of the underlying operational issues\".\n\nOn Friday, the postmaster general told a Senate committee there had been \"no changes to any policies with regard to election mail\" and that the USPS was \"fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's election mail fully and on time\".\n\nMr DeJoy - a top Republican donor and former logistics executive appointed to lead the agency in May - acknowledged that the changes he had instigated had slowed some mail delivery, but insisted that it was \"outrageous\" to suggest they were intended to help President Trump in November.", "US actor John David Washington plays a character known as The Protagonist\n\nChristopher Nolan is that rare beast: an art house auteur making intellectually ambitious blockbuster movies that can leave your pulse racing and your head spinning.\n\nRidley Scott had the same knack, as did Stanley Kubrick: the wit to combine a vivid imagination with unabashed showmanship in order to explore complex ideas such as time and space and consciousness in the context of an epic, all-action movie.\n\nTo this, Nolan adds a mastery of mixing genres. Inception was a sci-fi-heist movie, The Dark Knight a comic-book thriller.\n\nHe's at it again with Tenet, which is a globe-trotting sci-fi-spy drama starring John David Washington as The Protagonist, who is given the not insignificant task of saving humanity from certain radioactive Armageddon in a looming World War III.\n\nIt's a big ask, but arguably not as big a challenge as the one Nolan has been set with Tenet - which is basically to save the world of cinema from the potentially terminal twin threats of streaming giants and Covid-19. It's a combination of an unseen, mutating enemy and an insurgent fifth column, which, in terms of themes, sounds like a Nolan movie.\n\nTenet is the first major film to be screened in cinemas since the coronavirus outbreak\n\nTenet is a big movie (shot on a mixture of Imax cameras and 70mm film) with a big budget (reported at around $200m/£153m), which is designed to be seen on the big screen. It is a piece of what is now called \"event\" cinema, an immersive experience to stimulate all the senses, which it does, from Ludwig Göransson's throbbing Wagnerian score to visual effects company DNEG's eye-boggling CGI.\n\nIn terms of spectacle, Tenet delivers. The stunts, the camera work and the scale are impressive. As is Nolan's appetite to use blockbuster entertainment as a platform to seriously consider existential threats, the unconscious mind, and cutting-edge physics.\n\nIn the past, he's given us esoteric stories of implanted dreams (Inception) and alternative universes (Interstellar), both of which felt more like fiction than science. That's not the case with Tenet, in which Nolan - who is both writer and director - grapples with the concept of time in a manner that made the incredible seem credible.\n\nFrankly, there's a lot to get your head around. The clue is in the movie's title, which not only refers to the ethical codes of conduct (tenets) expected by the ultra-secret society into which Washington's Protagonist has unwittingly been inducted, but also to its palindromic form, an allusion to the way in which Nolan is asking us to think about time. That is, it goes both ways - forwards and backwards, sometimes simultaneously.\n\nThe upshot of which being, events that occur in the future can be revisited in the past, an idea illustrated in the Grandfather Paradox, which posits if a person travels back in time and kills their own grandfather before his or her parents were conceived, it would prevent the time-traveller's existence.\n\nNolan has previously directed Inception, Memento, Interstellar, Dunkirk and The Dark Knight\n\nThat's at the easier end of the temporal concepts Nolan has us grapple with, which include entropy reversal, time inversion, temporal pincer movements, and reverse cryogenology (I might have misheard that one).\n\nIf that all sounds a tad complicated, you should try showing it on film. There are car chases in which The Protagonist is going forwards when all else is in reverse, fist fights that take place over millennia but happen in the same time and space, and bullets that seal rather than penetrate.\n\nNolan is challenging our preconceptions of time and suggesting there might be an alternative way of looking at it beyond a limited notion of linear progression. It's confusing to begin with, but by about mid-way through the film starts to make narrative sense, to such an extent that plot twists at the end are rather predictable (or, maybe that's some super clever meta-narrative device that validates the film's conceptual argument).\n\nIn fact, the entire plot is rather predictable, which I suppose makes room for all the thinky physics stuff.\n\nIt's a Bond-like set-up. The Protagonist is the goodie: a Western agent working for a morally sound, state-backed, above-the-board secret service. The baddie is Andrei Sator, an unscrupulous Russian businessman played with great vigour but not a lot of subtlety by Kenneth Branagh.\n\nHe is married to the glamorous Kat (Elizabeth Debicki), a British art expert working for an international auction house, who foolishly gave her husband a fake Goya: a professional and personal misjudgement that has allowed the evil Andrei to blackmail her into not leaving him. Unless, that is, she agrees never to see their little son Max (Laurie Shepherd) ever again, thereby depriving her of the joy of picking him up from his posh north London prep school.\n\nElizabeth Debicki, recently cast as Princess Diana in The Crown, plays Kat\n\nAndrei is hell-bent on putting together the wherewithal to erase the past, present and future of the world. The Protagonist is heaven-sent to stop him. Kat is the key, a love triangle plot device that might work on paper but doesn't in the film where there is little emotional spark or screen chemistry between her and either Andrei or The Protagonist - or Max for that matter.\n\nYou're left wondering why the two men are willing to stake everything that has ever been or will ever be on a bit of a cold fish with whom neither appear remotely enamoured.\n\nI'm not sure why there is such an apparent lack of connection between the main players. Maybe it's the script, or possibly that the characters are too simplified, although Washington does a good job in fleshing out The Protagonist, as does Robert Pattinson in his role as an English adventurer type, Neil.\n\nPerhaps it's the high-definition filming and extreme close-ups, which show every pore in the actors' skin, that leads to some scenes having a mannered awkwardness.\n\nRobert Pattinson, best known for Twilight, and John David Washington\n\nTo that extent, it's certainly not Bond, but then, it's not not Bond either. There are action sequences with Bond-like levels of spectacle, and interior scenes in which you sense The Protagonist actively putting his tanks on 007's lawn with his own bone-dry quips (asked how he would like to die, he replies: \"Old\").\n\nWhat differentiates Tenet are the bigger ideas in which Nolan is framing his story. It turns what could have been a sub-Bond action-packed spy movie into an inventive, bold and thought-provoking interrogation into our perception of time.\n\nIt won't leave you shaken, but your mind will be stirred. And that has to be worth a trip to the cinema.\n\nTenet is released in the UK on Wednesday, 26 August.", "NHS Wales' staff sickness in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic was the highest on record.\n\nThe sickness rate in the three months to March was 6% - up 0.4% on the same time in 2019 - the highest since data began being collected in 2008.\n\nThose self-isolating were not counted in the figures, which cover the period just before April's coronavirus peak.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it took NHS staff wellbeing \"extremely seriously\" and offered help to reduce sick rates.\n\nIn a report, it said March saw the highest-recorded monthly rate, adding that given the timing it was \"more than likely attributed to Covid-19\".\n\nDespite being only one of two areas of the NHS to show a decrease in sickness, the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust still had the highest rate - 7.1% compared to the Wales average of 6%.\n\nThe absence rate is calculated by taking the number of sick days and dividing it by the total number of days available for each area of the NHS.\n\nHealthcare assistants and support workers had the highest absence rate in any one staff group at 8%, followed by ambulance workers (7.5%) and nurses, midwives and health visitors (7.2%).\n\nSickness rates have never fallen below 5% for this quarter in the past decade and climbed in recent years from 5.1% in 2016 to 5.6% in 2019.\n\n'We feel guilty being off'\n\nAlison Magor has been a district nurse for 15 years\n\nAlison Magor, 56, is a district nursing sister who manages a team in Cwmbran. She caught coronavirus in March and was off work for the best part of five weeks.\n\n\"It's quite frightening having Covid,\" she said.\n\n\"We all think that we know what it's like to have flu and to have viruses, but to be so very, very short of breath and to be so fatigued, to be so tired [and] not want to eat, not want to drink.\"\n\nMs Magor said the health board and her colleagues had done everything possible to ensure \"stringent\" safeguards had been in place at the time she caught the virus, and praised them for their support.\n\nBut being away from work made her feel bad about not being able to help.\n\n\"All you do is think about your team. How are they doing? How are they coping?\n\n\"We all feel guilty in the NHS if we're off, because that's one man down. That's another person who's not there to help carry the load. It is it what it is - you know you can't help it.\"\n\nMs Magor said she currently has a member of staff off waiting for the result of a Covid-19 test and she was emailing in every day, anxious about being absent.\n\n\"I said 'don't worry about it, you'll know when you get the test back. Just look after yourself',\" she added.\n\n\"I'm very proud of my team because the minute that everybody is well enough to come back in, they've been back in work.\"\n\nNicky Hughes said the pandemic had affected NHS workers' mental health after some became patients themselves\n\nNicky Hughes, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said she expected to see the sickness rate get worse when the figures for the next quarter are released - which will include the peak of the virus in April.\n\nShe said: \"I would imagine we would see a spike in those weeks before testing came in and we had huge circulation in the community.\"\n\nMs Hughes, the RCN's associate director of nursing for employment relations, said the one change that would have made the biggest difference to managing staff sickness would have been an earlier rollout of testing of NHS staff.\n\nWales' health minister announced front-line NHS staff would be screened from 18 March.\n\n\"We called for testing to be brought in at an earlier stage, we had staff who had symptoms - it could have been coronavirus, it could have been a common cold,\" said Ms Hughes.\n\n\"We had members saying: 'If I could have a test, I could get back to my workplace.'\n\n\"If we had testing sooner, we may have been able to help get people back to work quicker.\"\n\nWhile the ambulance service had the highest sickness absence rate of any trust (7.1%), this fell by 0.4% for the equivalent period in 2019.\n\nHelen Watkins, the Welsh Ambulance Service's deputy director of workforce and organisational development, said: \"The very nature of ambulance work means that the wellbeing of our staff is pushed to the limit, physically and emotionally.\n\n\"Our sickness absence figures are not where we want them to be, but we're one of two organisations across NHS Wales that have actually improved compared to the same period last year, and are encouraged that they're moving in the right direction.\"\n\nThe union Unison said health services would need to wait until later in the year for a \"much clearer picture of the impact of Covid on the NHS Wales\".\n\nRegional secretary Tanya Palmer added: \"Looking after very sick patients during the Covid public health emergency placed an unimaginable mental and physical toll on Welsh healthcare workers and their social care colleagues.\n\n\"Many became ill and devastatingly, some paid with their lives helping others.\n\n\"The challenge was unprecedented in their careers. Dealing with the scale of death when patients' families could not be present is likely to leave a lasting impact and we know many will suffer post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\n\"There is a duty on their employer and government to provide these workers with every support they need.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"We take NHS staff health and wellbeing extremely seriously and support NHS Wales to reduce sickness rates.\n\n\"This includes the Corporate Health Standard for staff and providing a range of extra support during the pandemic, including over £1m for mental health support.\n\n\"We expect some variance from year to year in sickness levels. We prioritised NHS staff testing as soon as the tests became available and moved quickly to increase testing capacity.\"", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Essex Police was called to the M&S branch at Mayflower Retail Park in Basildon\n\nMarks & Spencer says it is looking into an allegation that one of its shop workers racially harassed a customer.\n\nFaryaal Hussain said two female members of staff followed her into a car park in Basildon, and one subjected her to racial abuse.\n\nThe mother-of-two said it happened after a dispute inside the store about where to queue for the tills.\n\nEssex Police confirmed it was investigating, and M&S said it took all allegations \"extremely seriously\".\n\nOfficers were called to Mayflower Retail Park at about 13:00 BST on Friday 7 August to deal with a report that a woman in her 30s had been harassed.\n\nMrs Hussain said she and her mother were waiting for a till when they were approached by a member of staff who told them, \"the queue's over there, can you not read?\"\n\nShe asked for the worker's name and said she was going to speak to the manager.\n\nLater, as she was putting her trolley away in the car park, she said the same staff member approached her again, with a colleague, who used an offensive term and said: \"People like you can't read.\"\n\nMrs Hussain said: \"As we were walking to our car, they were also walking with us. They were both going on and on.\n\n\"I'm shocked and hurt that in the 21st Century people still have this mentality.\n\n\"I moved to Essex from London less than two years ago for a quieter life to raise my children, but since I've been here I've had the most racial discrimination, and it makes me wonder if it's because I wear a headscarf.\"\n\nEssex Police appealed for witnesses to come forward, and said a man and a woman were believed to have seen the incident.\n\nM&S said in a statement: \"We take all allegations extremely seriously and we are currently investigating the situation.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Businesses that flout coronavirus could be told to improve, or be forced to shut\n\nBusinesses including bars and restaurants could be forced to shut if they ignore rules to contain coronavirus under new powers.\n\nHospitality businesses were allowed to open indoors in Wales from Monday.\n\nBut International Relations Minister Eluned Morgan said pubs and restaurants must collect customer details and maintain social distancing.\n\nShe threatened action to enforce the rules, and said new powers would come into force this week.\n\nMrs Morgan also told customers they can only meet members of their household, or their extended household bubble, while indoors at pubs and restaurants.\n\nUnder new powers councils will be able to issue improvement notices to businesses if they do not take measures required.\n\nIf they ignore that - or if there is a clear and serious breach of the rules - they could be told to close.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eluned Morgan said action may need to be taken if actions threatened other people's health.\n\nMs Morgan warned pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels that they \"must\" follow rules to avoid the spread of coronavirus if they are to stay open.\n\n\"You must maintain physical distancing on your premises and - if you are a hospitality business - you should capture your customers' contact details,\" she said.\n\nCustomers should raise the matter with the venue if they are not asked for their details, and should only gather indoors in pubs, cafes and restaurants with members of their extended household, she said.\n\nShe said the Welsh Government, councils and the police can \"take action if some people's behaviour becomes a threat to other people's health\".\n\n\"Changes to those powers this week will mean that this includes closing premises if this is necessary,\" she added.\n\nCardiff restaurateur and pub owner Cerys Furlong has raised concerns about social distancing at some businesses.\n\nShe said she had seen premises with chairs and tables not spaced out, and said customers had told her about not having their details taken.\n\nHospitality firms are being asked to take customer details should they be needed for contact tracing.\n\nA \"small minority\" of businesses not taking account of Welsh Government guidance \"are not only putting the health and safety of their staff and customers at risk\" but also the \"future operations\" of sensible businesses that are, she said.\n\n\"If we are forced into a second lockdown because of reckless behaviour from the minority, then thousands more jobs will be lost, and businesses will close permanently,\" Ms Furlong added, speaking on behalf of the Welsh Independent Restaurant Collective.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pubs have reopened indoors in Wales for the first time since March\n\nThe Welsh Local Government Association said the powers would enable councils \"to move more swiftly to issue improvement notices, or even direct businesses to close, should they not take reasonable steps to comply with regulations.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThousands of holidaymakers have seen their plans thrown into chaos after UK quarantine measures were imposed on France from Saturday.\n\nThe 14-day isolation requirement from 04:00 BST also now applies to people arriving from the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba.\n\nIt comes after France's prime minister acknowledged infection numbers were going \"the wrong way\".\n\nFrance warned it would take \"reciprocal measures\".\n\nClement Beaune, France's secretary of state for European affairs, tweeted that the UK's decision was a matter of \"regret\" for the French.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the decision was triggered when the rate of infection in the affected countries exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days. The quarantine requirement was previously applied to Spain, another popular destination for UK holidaymakers, at the end of July.\n\n\"We've worked so hard in this country to get our level of infections down, the last thing we want do is to have people returning and bringing the infection with them. It's to protect everybody,\" Mr Shapps told BBC Breakfast.\n\nThere are about 160,000 British holidaymakers currently in France, he said. The deadline is expected to induce a rush to ports and airports, with thousands of tourists desperate to avoid quarantine.\n\nOthers who cannot return in time face disruption to work or schooling.\n\nKatie, a teacher on holiday in the south of France, told the BBC that the 12-hour drive to the Channel crossing means she has no chance to return in time, so she and her children will miss the start of term.\n\n\"We have done everything the government has asked of us for months but I really think they need to treat us all with a little respect and give us time to organise ourselves so that we can continue with our jobs, and our children with their lives,\" she said.\n\nEurotunnel said its Channel Tunnel trains were fully booked until Saturday. Earlier, customers had faced long queues to access the website.\n\nMariana Fabricante, who is trying to return from the mountain resort of Tignes with her family, said: \"Every time I try to change the ticket, the website is busy. People would be able to make informed decisions if they had been told in advance. It's annoying and frustrating.\"\n\nJohn Keefe, director of public affairs at Getlink, which operates the Channel Tunnel, warned people not to travel to the terminal without a confirmed booking. \"There is no space available,\" he said.\n\nEurostar passengers arriving at St Pancras, having beaten the quarantine deadline\n\nPrices of some flights to the UK from Paris were more than £450, compared to £66 on Saturday. Many direct flights from the south of France are sold out.\n\nThe cheapest Eurostar tickets were £210, compared with £165 on Saturday.\n\nBut DFDS Ferries said it had added an extra four departures from Calais to help Britons return in time. It said bookings must be made before arriving at port.\n\nSome holidaymakers said they would accept the quarantine restrictions on their return instead.\n\nJonathan Fieldsend from Woodbridge in Suffolk, who is not due to return from France with his family until 18 August, said: \"We came fully accepting the risk we were taking of quarantine being introduced. We are not going to be rushing back.\"\n\nAirlines UK described the quarantine restrictions as \"another devastating blow to the travel industry already reeling from the worst crisis in its history\".\n\nThe UK's ambassador to France, Lord Llewellyn, acknowledged that the new quarantine rule would be \"unwelcome news\" for Britons in the country, but stressed that people could continue with their holidays as long as they follow safety precautions and self-isolate on their return.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said while the Labour party supports \"evidence based measures\" at the border, it was \"vital\" that No 10 had a \"joined-up strategy\" and \"urgently\" puts in place a specific deal to support the heavily impacted travel sector.\n\nThe MP added: \"That the government has still not put in place an effective track, trace and isolate system has made matters far worse and made it more likely that we are reliant on the blunt tool of 14-day quarantine.\"\n\nHe called on Downing Street to publish science behind its decisions, \"and details of any work being done to reduce the time needed to isolate through increased testing and other measures\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nAccording to the data company Statista, people from the UK paid 10.35 million visits to France last year, putting it second behind Spain - with 18.12 million - in terms of popularity.\n\nThe Foreign Office is now warning against \"all but essential travel\" to France - the quarantine measure was imposed for Spain on 25 July.\n\nA list of more than 50 so-called travel corridors - allowing movement between the UK and the other countries without the need to self-isolate on return - was published at the start of last month and later expanded.\n\nBut the ending of some of the exemptions on the list follows a \"significant change\" in the risk of contracting Covid-19, the Department for Transport said.\n\nIt added that there had been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in France since last Friday.\n\nFor the Netherlands, it was up 52%. And the increase for Malta was 105%, while it was 273% for Turks and Caicos and 1,106% for Aruba.\n\nAhead of a government meeting on the new measures, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be \"absolutely ruthless\" in deciding on rules for holidaymakers from abroad.\n\n\"We can't be remotely complacent about our own situation. Everybody understands that in a pandemic you don't allow our population to be re-infected or the disease to come back in,\" he added.\n\nOn Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest daily increase since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nThe country's Prime Minister, Jean Castex, said on Tuesday that coronavirus numbers had been going \"the wrong way\" for a fortnight.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced that maximum fines for people in England who repeatedly refuse to wear a face covering could double to £3,200, while organisers of illegal raves could face a £10,000 penalty.\n\nBut from Sunday, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences.\n\nCasinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres will also be allowed to resume, as will \"close-contact\" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments.", "Coronavirus cases across England appear to be levelling off, despite flare-ups in local hotspots, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nAn estimated 1 in 1,900, or 28,300 people in England currently have the virus.\n\nThe ONS said evidence of a \"small increase\" in people testing positive in July has now stabilised.\n\nIt has been regularly testing people in private households since April.\n\nThe ONS survey provides a consistent picture of what's been happening, because it regularly tests a large group of people - whether they have symptoms or not.\n\nThat means any changes are down to fewer or more infections, not just because more testing is taking place.\n\nIn areas where there have been spikes, more testing takes place.\n\nLooking at the government's figures, this can make it look like cases are rising, when in fact more are simply being uncovered.\n\nOn the other hand, the relatively small number of people involved in the survey means the conclusions are based on 58 positive tests out of 122,000 swabs in the past six weeks.\n\nBut the ONS takes this uncertainty into account and even, with a margin of error, believes cases are levelling off.\n\nPublic Health England, which does look at confirmed cases along with other measures, said the majority of indicators suggested \"Covid-19 activity remained stable at a national level\".\n\nBut there was a rise in cases being identified and general \"increases in activity\" in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands.\n\nThe area with the most cases per 100,000 people was Pendle, followed by Oldham, Blackburn and Bradford. But in Blackburn, cases are now falling - as they are in Leicester and Calderdale, the next most affected areas.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average - figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to 13 August; figures for England last updated 12 August.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nThe government's Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) believes the virus's reproduction or R number is at or below one, indicating the virus is stable or slightly falling.\n\nThe Covid Symptom Study app run by company ZOE and researchers at King's College London shows a similar picture.\n\nIt estimates 22,702 people currently have symptomatic Covid in the UK.\n\nSymptom study figures, which are slightly more up to date than ONS figures, also show a rise in cases in July which then tailed off and have since fallen.\n\nThe government's figures on \"confirmed cases\" - which just look at positive tests, but don't adjust for more tests being done - look like cases are rising.\n\nBut there hasn't, yet, been a corresponding rise in hospitalisations or deaths.", "Worcester College, Oxford said it had offered places to its \"most diverse cohort ever\"\n\nAn Oxford college has said it will honour all places it offered to UK students, irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nThere has been anger among schools, colleges and students since Thursday when 40% of awarded A-level grades were lower than teachers' predictions.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the results were a \"robust set of grades\".\n\nWorcester College said it had given offers to its \"most diverse cohort ever\" before exams were cancelled.\n\nThere has been widespread concern about the fairness of the \"calculated\" results\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had a lower grade than teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades after exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSchool and college leaders are calling for a review and have said all fees for appeals should be waived.\n\nHowever, the overall results, across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, show record highs for A* and A grades.\n\nA statement on the website of Worcester College, which has about 700 students, said: \"Many members of our college community and beyond have expressed their concern for the potential impact of yesterday's A-level results on this year's incoming students.\n\n\"At Worcester we made offers in 2020 to our most diverse cohort ever, and in response to the uncertainties surrounding this year's assessment, we have confirmed the places of all our UK offer-holders, irrespective of their A-level results.\"\n\nStaff at another Oxford college, which has not confirmed places, told the BBC they had been \"flooded with emails\" from concerned alumni that deserving students could lose out.\n\nAn open letter to the university, signed by more than 2,700 alumni, called for all colleges to make offers unconditional, with deferred entry where courses were full.\n\nThe letter, organised by two Balliol College graduates, said: \"Brilliant pupils from economically disadvantaged schools have seen their dreams dashed - while others from wealthy backgrounds saw their predicted grades confirmed.\"\n\nOrganisers Hannah O'Rourke and Liam Whitton said the government's \"discriminatory algorithm... operates on an assumption that individuals cannot transcend their backgrounds\".\n\nThis year's A-level results are higher than even before, with record highs for A* and A grades\n\nThe prime minister has said pupils would be able to sit exams in the autumn if they felt they \"could have done better\" or felt there had been \"an injustice\".\n\nHe added: \"But looking at the big picture, I think overall we've got a very robust set of grades, plus you've got the situation in which more pupils than ever before are getting their first choice course at university and more kids from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "James and his wife, Georgina, both key workers worked long days through lockdown. By the end of July they were more than ready for their holiday.\n\n\"We were literally all packed, kids had their rucksacks,\" says James. \"Half the stuff was in the car.\"\n\nThey were just about to set out on the four hour drive to Alder Country Park in Norfolk, when the phone rang.\n\nThe holiday that they booked before Christmas was no longer available.\n\n\"I was shell-shocked,\" says James. \"We said, how can it not be available? We booked it last year.\"\n\nTheir eldest daughter is in a wheelchair so they plan well ahead to ensure they find somewhere that can accommodate her needs. But they were told that a maintenance problem at the lodge they'd booked meant it was cancelled.\n\nIn a normal year Hoseasons, the firm through which it had been booked, says it would have tried to find them an alternative, but with demand for UK holidays sky high this year, everywhere was fully booked.\n\n\"I came off the phone and said 'sorry kids, no holiday', says James. The younger ones burst into tears.\n\nThey aren't alone. Dozens of holiday-makers have contacted BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme to say their holiday has been cancelled at short notice. A Facebook page set up by disgruntled Hoseasons customers has more than 500 members.\n\nRod Leaman booked a four night stay at the Welcome Family Holiday Park in Devon through Hoseasons in February.\n\nLess than a fortnight before he was due to go he received an e-mail saying that his booking had been cancelled as the dates he'd chosen were no longer available.\n\nWhen Mr Leaman phoned the holiday park itself, he was told that when it reopened in July the owners had decided not to take bookings for less than a week.\n\n\"I would happily have paid for the extra three nights, but that option wasn't given to me,\" he says. The booking was for his daughter Claire so she could get away for a holiday with her partner and her fifteen-year-old daughter Rayah.\n\nSome disappointed holidaymakers were given no explanation at all. Jill Turner, a teacher from Poole in Dorset, received a text message from Hoseasons, apologising for cancelling the caravan she'd booked for four nights in mid-August.\n\nIt took Jill an hour to get through to the company on the phone, she says. Even then, she says they didn't offer any reason why they couldn't honour her reservation. After the BBC looked into Jill's case, Hoseasons admitted the caravan had been double-booked.\n\n'It was for Claire and Rayah', says Rod Leaman of the holiday he booked.\n\n\"I'm really disappointed about the whole situation, that a company who we thought we could trust... that they could send an 'oh we are sorry', when they weren't\", says Jill.\n\n\"What was really annoying was that no-one actually seemed to care.\"\n\nHoseasons told the BBC that double-bookings had occurred in a small number of cases because of the large volume of bookings and rebookings taking place as lockdown was eased.\n\nHoseasons is part of the holiday rental company, the Awaze group. The group also owns Cottages.com, many of whose customers have reported similar last-minute cancellations.\n\nChildren's author Michael Rosen was one of them. He spent 47 days on a ventilator after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus in March. As he finally began to recover, his wife Emma-Louise Williams booked and paid in full for a week's holiday at a cottage in Somerset.\n\nBut four days before they were due to leave, Cottages.com contacted them to cancel their booking, saying the property was no longer available for the dates she had booked.\n\nAuthor Michael Rosen and producer Emma-Louise Williams were looking forward to a holiday after his long battle with coronavirus\n\nEmma-Louise was later told by the key-holder of the property that it had been double-booked.\n\nThe holiday firm promised a full refund within 3 to 5 days, as well as £250 in compensation.\n\nOn 31st July, the day James and his family were told their holiday was cancelled, Henrik Kjellberg chief executive of Awaze UK published a letter of apology to customers.\n\n\"Though we expected demand to resurface as UK travel restrictions were lifted, we didn't plan for a tenfold increase, which is what we've experienced on some of our platforms in recent weeks,\" he wrote.\n\n\"To put it simply - our systems didn't scale to the level we needed them to and this regrettably caused some duplicate bookings to occur.\"\n\nThe firm says as well as the technical glitch there have been a handful of other reasons for cancellations. Hoseasons doesn't own the properties it takes bookings for and says some became unavailable after owners decided to withdraw them, either to use them themselves, or as a result of concerns around Covid-19.\n\nBookings for UK holidays have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic\n\nThe firm says late cancellations have affected less than 1% of bookings in July and August and those affected will be promptly refunded.\n\nBut customers who contacted the BBC and joined the Facebook site said it has been hard to get hold of Hoseasons to arrange a refund.\n\nThe firm says it will be adding further capacity by hiring more staff for its contact centre.\n\nJames and Georgina, who paid the full £1,500 bill for their holiday back in January, have been told they will get some compensation, but they haven't yet received it or their money back. They are still angry and feel they are owed an explanation.\n\nCountrywide, which owns Alder Country Park, says the maintenance issue at the lodge, caused by a hot tub, was only identified on the day James and Georgina were due to arrive. Countrywide apologised for the late cancellation.\n\nJames says he still feels like he's in limbo, but in hindsight it is less about the money than the disappointment.\n\n\"It's been tough for everyone - during what's happened in lockdown. It's been tough for Hoseasons, I get that. What I don't get is just dropping it on us with five hours' notice. How can they not have known?\"\n\nYou and Yours is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 12.15pm", "The coronavirus pandemic has hit the US Postal Service hard\n\nPresident Donald Trump says he opposes additional funds for the US Postal Service as it would boost mail-in voting he claims would help Democrats.\n\nMr Trump has previously claimed that mail-in voting would hurt his campaign, which polls show to be in a tight race with Democratic candidate Joe Biden.\n\nDemocrats denounced Mr Trump's comment, saying his position is an attempt to prevent Americans from voting him out.\n\nA record number of people are expected to vote by mail due to the pandemic.\n\nOn Wednesday, Mr Trump told reporters he refused to sign off on $25bn (£19bn) in emergency funding for the Postal Service or $3.5bn for election security due to the high price tag.\n\nMr Trump has repeatedly condemned mail-in voting as an opportunity for fraud and election interference.\n\nOn Thursday, he said his reason for blocking the funds was due to his opposition to mail-in ballots.\n\n\"They want $3.5bn for something that will turn out to be fraudulent. That's election money, basically,\" Mr Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox Business Network.\n\n\"Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots,\" he continued.\n\nHe added: \"Now, if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. That means they can't have universal mail-in voting, they just can't have it.\"\n\nDespite Mr Trump's claims, there is little evidence that mail-in voting - which the US military uses - is rife with fraud or that it favours one political party more than another.\n\nA spokesman for Mr Biden condemned the comment, saying: \"The president of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a critical lifeline for rural economies and for delivery of medicines, because he wants to deprive Americans of their fundamental right to vote safely during the most catastrophic public health crisis in over 100 years.\"\n\n\"This is an assault on our democracy and economy by a desperate man who's terrified that the American people will force him to confront what he's done everything in his power to escape for months - responsibility for his own actions,\" added spokesman Andrew Bates.\n\nThe US postal system is currently experiencing a slowdown in mail deliveries, which critics say is due to policies put in place by Mr Trump's selection to run the service.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy, who donated millions to Mr Trump's campaign and to other Republicans, has been accused of deliberately undermining public confidence in the service to deter people from mail-in voting.\n\nMr DeJoy is the first postmaster general in 20 years to not be appointed from within the agency's own ranks.", "The robot boat was controlled via satellite from SEA-KIT's HQ in Tollesbury in Essex\n\nA UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations.\n\nThe 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer has completed a 22-day-long mission to map an area of seafloor in the Atlantic.\n\nSEA-KIT International, which developed the craft, \"skippered\" the entire outing via satellite from its base in Tollesbury in eastern England.\n\nThe mission was part-funded by the European Space Agency.\n\nRobot boats promise a dramatic change in the way we work at sea.\n\nAlready, many of the big survey companies that run traditional crewed vessels have started to invest heavily in the new, remotely operated technologies. Freight companies are also acknowledging the cost advantages that will come from running robot ships.\n\nBut \"over-the-horizon\" control has to show it's practical and safe if it's to gain wide acceptance. Hence, the demonstration from Maxlimer.\n\nThe boat mapped a section of seafloor on the edge of the continental shelf\n\nThe USV was despatched from Plymouth in late July and sent to a location some 460km (280 miles) to the south-west.\n\nWith a multi-beam echo-sounder attached to its hull, the boat mapped more than 1,000sq km of continental shelf area, down to about a kilometre in depth.\n\nThis was a segment of seafloor that had essentially no modern data registered with the UK Hydrographic Office.\n\nSEA-KIT had wanted to send the USV across the Atlantic to America for the demonstration, but the Covid-19 crisis made this impossible to organise.\n\n\"The project's overall aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of current technologies to survey unexplored or inadequately surveyed ocean frontiers and despite the planning challenges we faced due to Covid-19, I feel that we have done that. We have proven the true over-the-horizon capability of our USV design and the team are exhausted but elated,\" the company's director of technology, Peter Walker, said.\n\nThe USV Maxlimer was originally developed for - and won - the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.\n\nThis was a competition to find the next-generation technologies that could be used to map the global ocean floor. Four-fifths of the sea bottom have yet to be surveyed to an acceptable resolution. Robotic solutions will be essential if we're to have any chance of closing the knowledge gap.\n\nArtwork: The Netherlands-headquartered multinational Fugro has ordered a fleet of USVs from SEA-KIT\n\nMaxlimer makes use of a communications and control system known as Global Situational Awareness via Internet.\n\nThis allows an operator to remotely access CCTV footage, thermal imaging and radar through the vessel, as well as listen live to the USV's surroundings and even communicate with others in the vicinity.\n\nMaxlimer links to three independent satellite systems to stay in contact with the control room in Tollesbury.\n\nThe robot boat moves slowly, at up to 4 knots (7km/h; 5mph), but its hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system is highly efficient.\n\nSEA-KIT CEO and designer, Ben Simpson, told BBC News: \"We had a sweepstake on how much fuel would be left in the tank. We thought there was going to be 300-400 litres. It turned out there was 1,300 litres.\" In other words, Maxlimer returned to Plymouth with its fuel tank still around a third full.\n\nAs well as the European Space Agency, partners on the project included Global Marine Group, Map the Gaps, Teledyne CARIS, Woods Hole Group and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 initiative.\n\nAnother partner was Fugro, one of the world's biggest marine geotechnical companies. The multinational recently announced a contract with SEA-KIT to purchase a fleet of USVs to use in survey work in the oil, gas and offshore wind sectors.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Bars and restaurants should be providing table service and taking contact details\n\nBars and restaurants in Scotland are now required by law to collect customers' contact details.\n\nGuidance such as providing table service, pre-booking and avoiding customers standing together or queuing is also now mandatory.\n\nThere should be no background music and TVs should be muted so that people do not have to lean in to be heard.\n\nThe Scottish government said police and local environmental health teams would enforce the rules if necessary.\n\nAnnouncing the measures last week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the outbreak in Aberdeen and elsewhere had underlined how coronavirus could easily be spread in settings such as pubs.\n\nOn Friday, Ms Sturgeon confirmed that 198 cases were now associated with the cluster and, to date, 1,032 contacts had so far been identified.\n\nThe first minister also said 28 of the 65 new cases in Scotland were detected by NHS Grampian.\n\nDuring her daily media briefing she said: \"We know that pubs and restaurants are higher risk locations for transmission of Covid and we are seeing that reflected in out data right now.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon also urged people to limit the number of pubs they visited in one day and warned that customers who refused to provide their details should not be served.\n\nShe said: \"The more settings you go to the more likely you will be to get Covid and the more likely you might be to spread it.\"\n\nAnd Ms Sturgeon stressed that the Aberdeen outbreak emphasised the threat still posed by the virus.\n\nShe added: \"Nobody's life should be feeling absolutely normal yet. Nobody's social life should feel exactly as it was before Covid struck.\"\n\nHowever, Ms Sturgeon said the possibility of allowing \"acceptable decibel levels\" for TVs and music was being examined.\n\nIt emerged on Friday that a restaurant in East Renfrewshire had closed after a positive coronavirus case was linked to it.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said anyone who visited the Ca Va Brasserie in Giffnock from mid-afternoon onwards on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday should look out for symptoms associated with the virus, such as a fever or persistent cough.\n\nA spokesman for the restaurant said: \"A member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. As soon as this was discovered we closed the restaurant and arranged for a thorough clean.\n\n\"The safety of staff and customers is our absolute priority, and we won't reopen until that can be assured.\"\n\nThe hospitality sector had already been urged to take customers' contact details to allow the Test and Protect system of contact tracing to function\n\nWhile many businesses had complied with the guidance, Ms Sturgeon earlier said others had not and it was therefore necessary to tighten the rules.\n\nThe first minister said putting the guidance on a statutory basis, meaning it was backed up by law, would \"help to clarify exactly what is required of the hospitality industry\".\n\nBusinesses were given seven days to prepare for the new tighter rules but were urged to act sooner to ensure the guidance was being followed.\n\nContact details may be kept by businesses for 21 days after which they must be destroyed or deleted.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan recovered from the brink of defeat to beat Mark Selby 17-16 and set up a World Championship final against Kyren Wilson.\n\nO'Sullivan, beaten by Selby in the 2014 final, was 16-14 behind but won two quick-fire frames and a nervy decider to reach his seventh Sheffield final.\n\nThe best-of-35 final against fellow Englishman Wilson, which will be played on Saturday and Sunday, will see fans return to the Crucible Theatre after the government announced the resumption of pilot events with spectators.\n\nWorld number eight Wilson earlier progressed into his maiden final following a remarkable final-frame decider against Scotland's Anthony McGill.\n\nSeven-time world champion Stephen Hendry said on BBC Two: \"You just can't believe how both semi-finals have finished today, the tension has been incredible.\"\n\nO'Sullivan told BBC Two: \"For three days I've just been looking for a cue action where I can hit the ball half straight.\n\n\"I'm watching him [Selby] cue up and he's got the perfect set-up and the perfect start by trying to make the score look respectable, but some of my play wasn't great.\n\n\"If I can find the cue action then I will enjoy the final. Cue action first and everything else is a bonus.\"\n\nO'Sullivan will be going for his sixth world title to draw level alongside Steve Davis' haul and just one behind legendary Scot Hendry.\n\nVictory will also make him the most successful snooker player of all time with 37th ranking titles, one clear of Hendry.\n\nTwo-time ranking event winner Wilson, meanwhile, will be appearing in his second Triple Crown event final having lost in the 2018 Masters to Mark Allen.\n\nThe last day of the semi-finals produced two thrilling matches.\n\nFive-time champion O'Sullivan led 5-3 but Selby fought back to lead 9-7 and could have extended his advantage to 14-9, but O'Sullivan responded by ending the second session trailing 13-11.\n\nHe started the final session with 114 and took the next to level the contest with his fourth frame in a row.\n\nSelby stopped the rot by pinching the next with a counter-attack break of 56 and a further 63 took him two frames from victory.\n\nO'Sullivan, who has won a record 19 Triple Crown titles, took the next but some rash shots allowed Selby to extend his lead to 16-14.\n\nSelby said afterwards: \"I felt like it was a little bit disrespectful the way he played, every time I got him in a snooker he just went down and hit the ball at 100mph and it could have gone anywhere.\n\n\"Whether he was just in that frame of mind but felt it was a little disrespectful for me at the table.\"\n\n'The Rocket' decided to go all-out attacking and made a quick-fire 138 total clearance to reduce his arrears and forced a final-frame decider with a break of 71.\n\nThe conclusion of the first semi-final earlier in the day was thrilling and this turned out to be the same - O'Sullivan made 64 in the 33rd frame but missed the final red he needed and Selby struck 34.\n\nAfter a bout of tactical play on the red, O'Sullivan forced the error and cleared the colours to claim his first victory over Selby in Sheffield.\n\nResponding to Selby's comments, O'Sullivan said: \"You want to hit it as hard as you can and hopefully get a fluke otherwise I could give 40 points away.\n\n\"Don't blame me, blame the miss rule. If I was as good as Mark Selby at getting out of snookers, I could maybe get the balls safe. I haven't got a clue.\n\n\"He is just feeling a little bit sore I suppose, he has just lost a semi-final of the World Championship. I understand that.\"\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Every year, more than two and a half million British tourists head out to Majorca on holiday.\n\nMagaluf has long been the island’s party capital, where young Brits have been coming each summer for decades.\n\nBut there’s been a huge drop in tourists coming from the UK, partly because Majorca has been added to the list of destinations where travellers have to quarantine on return. The main bars and nightclubs in Magaluf have also been shut down by police, after clubbers were caught on camera ignoring social distancing rules.\n\nBBC News spoke to two British Club reps who have found themselves without work and living in a ghost town.", "The UK government has signed deals for a further 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine.\n\nThe vaccines are being developed by the Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen and the US biotech company Novavax.\n\nIt means the UK has placed orders for six experimental vaccines, taking its potential stockpile to 340 million doses.\n\nIn theory, there should be enough for everyone in the UK to get five doses. Most of the vaccines require only two.\n\nWith most vaccine trials ending in failure, the government is effectively hedging its bets, hoping that at least one of the vaccines it has purchased proves safe and effective.\n\nThe price being paid has not been revealed.\n\nKate Bingham, chair of the UK government Vaccine Taskforce, told the BBC: \"We don't know if any of these vaccine formats that we've acquired will actually work. There are no licensed vaccines for any human coronavirus.\"\n\nShe added it was a \"priority\" to ensure the UK has \"sufficient vaccine\" for groups \"who are most at risk from coronavirus infection\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nBusiness Secretary Alok Sharma said: \"The government's strategy to build a portfolio of promising vaccine candidates will ensure we have the best chance possible of finding one that works.\n\n\"Today's agreements will not only benefit people in the UK but will ensure fair and equitable access of a vaccine around the world, potentially protecting hundreds of millions of lives.\"\n\nThe government has now purchased experimental coronavirus vaccines that have been developed using four different scientific approaches:\n\nIt takes Britain's potential stockpile to a total of 340 million doses - one of the biggest in the world.\n\nThe Oxford and BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines are in advanced, phase three clinical trials, with tens of thousands of volunteers recruited.\n\nIt is possible that some indication on how effective they are could come in late autumn, but that is not guaranteed.\n\nThe government says if the Janssen and Novavax vaccine trials go well, the first deliveries could take place in mid-2021.\n\nThe UK has also agreed to co-fund a clinical study of the Janssen vaccine.\n\nBy the end of the year, there could be at least half a dozen different coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials in the UK - and members of the public are being encouraged to register their interest online, because without medical volunteers we will not know if any of the vaccines actually works.", "The car was parked inside the camp behind security fencing and gates\n\nMilitary police have been called in to investigate a racist hate crime carried out at a British Army base in Cyprus.\n\nA black soldier found racist graffiti sprayed on his car at Dhekelia camp, currently home to troops from 1st Battalion, The Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence condemned the attack and confirmed a criminal investigation is under way.\n\nPhotographs released on social media show a white car daubed with a highly offensive racist insult along with what appears to be an attack on the Black Lives Matter movement with \"All Life Matter\" sprayed in black paint across the vehicle.\n\nThe BBC has confirmed the car belonged to a black soldier serving with the regiment.\n\nThe incident happened on Thursday while the vehicle was parked inside the camp behind security fencing and gates.\n\nThe racist abuse sprayed on the car includes the N-word.\n\n\"We are actively supporting the criminal investigation into this repellent and wholly unacceptable incident,\" said the Ministry of Defence in a statement.\n\n\"We always take the strongest action possible against those responsible for this type of unacceptable behaviour, which is contrary to all we exemplify as an open and welcoming organisation, which draws and relies on people from across the whole of society.\"\n\nThe British Army has two bases in Cyprus, which allow the UK to have a permanent military presence at a strategic point in the eastern Mediterranean, the Army says.\n\nThe incident follows a recent promise by defence chiefs to show \"zero tolerance\" to racism in the armed forces.\n\nIn a joint letter signed in July, military chiefs also set out a commitment to improving diversity in the forces.\n\nBlack, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) personnel make up just over 8% of the total armed forces - with a target to increase that proportion to 10% this year.\n\nStatistics show that personnel from BAME backgrounds are more likely to complain about bullying harassment and discrimination.\n\nCases of discrimination account for 25% of all the complaints made across the armed forces.\n\nAccording to the ombudsman who oversees those complaints, a \"disproportionate\" number of those come from ethnic minorities.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former soldier Mark de Kretser: \"People called me Apu from The Simpsons\"\n\nEarlier this year, the UK's most senior military officer said more must be done to tackle racial discrimination in the armed forces.\n\nGeneral Sir Nick Carter, chief of the defence staff, called on all personnel to see the potential in every recruit and \"refuse to allow intolerance\".\n\nThere had been \"soul searching\" about events highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement, a defence source said.", "Juries will hear trials remotely from cinemas under plans to stop a growing backlog of criminal cases.\n\nThe move will see the most serious criminal trials go ahead in courtrooms while a socially-distanced jury watches a video-link in a cinema.\n\nThe Lord Justice General Lord Carloway described the plan as \"bold and imaginative\".\n\nBut he warned of a \"long term project\" to clear the backlog of cases postponed due to Covid-19.\n\nLord Carloway said there were about 750 outstanding High Court and 1,800 Sheriff Court cases as a result of the courts being closed by the pandemic earlier this year.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland this \"illustrates the seriousness of the position\" and added that the \"remote jury approach is the only practical way which has been identified to reduce that backlog.\"\n\nStrict physical distancing measures have been in place since trials resumed at the High Court in Edinburgh\n\nHigh Court trials restarted last month in Edinburgh and Glasgow, having been paused during the pandemic.\n\nJuries have been observing trials via a video link from another courtroom.\n\nBut moving the juries to watch cases from cinemas will free up increased space for more trials.\n\nThe Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) hope jury centres based in cinema complexes in the east and west of Scotland, with capacity for at least 16 juries, will be in place by the autumn.\n\nLady Dorrian, chairwoman of the restarting solemn trials working group, said: \"The beauty of this solution is that it preserves the 15-person jury trial and will allow us, in time, to raise business in the High Court to a level that will start to address the growing backlog of cases.\n\n\"It was clear that the remote jury model does work and, if suitable external venues could be identified, it would be possible to run a much higher number of trials, making full use of the courtrooms we have available for the trials.\"\n\nTape in the dock reminds the accused to keep their distance from the security guards at the High Court\n\nEric McQueen, chief executive of the SCTS, said: \"The great advantage of these remote jury centres is that they provide, in a single building, a number of spacious and soundproofed auditoria that can comfortably accommodate 15 physically-distanced jurors, combined with state-of-the-art secure technology.\n\n\"It also means we have a model that can be replicated at various sites around the country.\"\n\nThe cinemas used will be staffed by SCTS staff and made to look as much like a court as possible.\n\nJustice Secretary Humza Yousaf said £5.5m of Scottish government money will fund the scheme, which he said was a \"ground-breaking solution\".\n\nHe added: \"Our funding of this scheme not only allows serious criminal cases to proceed but also provides reassurance to victims, witnesses and accused who have been adversely affected by case delays.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Enormous problems\" are being caused by visitors not respecting Pistyll Rhaeadr, Phil Facey says\n\nPeople in a rural village will meet to discuss how to deal with thousands of tourists visiting a nearby waterfall.\n\nA public meeting will be held in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, on Friday to resolve the \"traffic chaos\" caused by Pistyll Rhaeadr visitors.\n\nPhil Facey, the waterfall's custodian and cafe owner, said lockdown easing meant visitor numbers had increased from about 1,000 to 3,000 a day.\n\nHe said the \"area can't cope\" with the \"ridiculous\" situation.\n\nIt follows complaints about people parking in passing places and leaving rubbish behind.\n\nPhil Facey says visitors are \"taking lib\" and \"putting nothing back into the infrastructure\" of the area\n\nMr Facey said: \"The waterfall has always carried a great sacredness for those who know her... It's a jewel in the crown of Wales that needs to be looked after.\"\n\nHe said many visitors were coming from cities and \"taking lib\" by bringing barbecues or picnics, leaving rubbish and \"putting nothing back into the infrastructure\" of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.\n\nLlanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant lies near the foothills of the Berwyn mountains\n\nHe wants to see visitor numbers limited and a system put in place where people can book their visit ahead online.\n\nThe meeting will be held in the garden of the Wynnstay Arms Hotel at 16:00 BST.", "Greencore produces sandwiches for M&S at its factory in Northampton\n\nAlmost 300 people have tested positive for Covid-19 following an outbreak at a factory which makes M&S sandwiches.\n\nGreencore in Northampton started \"proactively testing\" workers due to rising numbers of cases in the town.\n\nLucy Wightman, Director of Public Health at Northamptonshire County Council, said 299 workers had tested positive.\n\nA spokesman for the company, which employs 2,100 people, said those who tested positive were self-isolating.\n\nHe added that in each case it had \"conducted contact tracing\".\n\nMrs Wightman said 220 people had tested positive as part of Greencore's testing and another 79 \"through the national process\" and all were employees at the site.\n\nShe said 1,300 employees had been tested but there might be up to 100 more cases as between 300 and 400 results are yet to come back.\n\nThe first four cases were identified on 28 July, with a further nine cases on 3 August leading Public Health Northamptonshire to ask workers to get tested.\n\nOnce the 79 positive results came back, Greencore began mass testing over the last three days.\n\nGreencore said production at the plant was \"continuing as usual\" and it had no concerns about its products.\n\nNorthampton has been on a watchlist as an area of concern since 23 July after infection rates began rising in the town.\n\nIt had the 12th highest rate of coronavirus infections in England - with the equivalent of 38 positive cases for every 100,000 people.\n\nThat is still significantly below the levels of infection seen in north-west England, where council leaders have introduced stricter lockdown measures. In Oldham and Pendle, for example, the infection rate is around 100 cases for every 100,000 people.\n\nBut the confirmation of almost 300 new cases at the Greencore factory takes things to a worrying new level, and will heighten fears of a local lockdown.\n\nNorthampton had already been identified as potentially facing a local lockdown.\n\nThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the town increased from 67 in the week ending 1 August up to 85 for the week ending 8 August.\n\nJonathan Nunn leader of Northampton Borough Council said the outbreak was \"dreadful\" and \"disappointing\".\n\nHe said the council \"hopes that it is still the case\" Northampton would avoid a local lockdown.\n\nPublic Health Northamptonshire said things such as car sharing and workers behaviour outside work led to the outbreak at Greencore\n\nOne of those to test positive was Bakers' Union's branch secretary for the factory, Nicolae Macari.\n\nHe said he tested positive on 4 August, along with his mother and father - who also work at Greencore - and his wife.\n\n\"When suddenly three or four people are pulled out of a line because they have tested positive, people are terrified,\" he said.\n\nMrs Wightman said Greencore had \"highly effective measures in place and they continue to work extremely hard to exceed the requirements needed to be Covid-19 secure within the workplace\".\n\nShe said the outbreak was \"about how people behave outside of Greencore, not at work,\" adding if people failed to follow the rules \"a possible local lockdown will follow\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some Covid restrictions are being reintroduced in response to the Omicron variant.\n\nCheck what the rules are in your area by entering your postcode or council name below.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. What are the rules in your area? Enter a full UK postcode or council name to find out\n\nIf you cannot see the look-up, click here.\n\nThe rules highlighted in the search tool are a selection of the key government restrictions in place in your area.\n\nAlways check your relevant national and local authority website for more information on the situation where you live. Also check local guidance before travelling to others parts of the UK.\n\nAll the guidance in our search look-up comes from national government websites.\n\nFor more information on national measures see:\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average by following this link to an in depth guide to the numbers involved.", "Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store, preventing players from installing one of the world's most popular games on iPhones.\n\nIt came after a Fortnite update that let players buy in-game currency at a lower rate if they bought direct from maker Epic Games - bypassing Apple.\n\nEpic appeared to know the ban would come, announcing it had filed a legal complaint minutes after the removal.\n\nApple takes a standard 30% cut of sales from its compulsory payment system.\n\nHours later, Google also appeared to remove the app from its Google Play Store - though it remains available on Android phones through other means, such as Epic Games' own launcher.\n\nOn iOS, the App Store is the only way to legitimately load apps. But Apple said Epic had taken the \"unfortunate step of violating the App Store guidelines\".\n\nThose guidelines ban any payment system apart from Apple's own, and has been the subject of several high-profile rows between developers and Apple.\n\nEpic said any iPhone players who already have the app installed should be able to continue playing until the game's next update rolls out. After that, they will lose some features.\n\nThose on an Apple Mac computer will not be affected, since that version does not use the iOS App Store.\n\nIn addition to tweeting the legal complaint it filed in a California court, Epic also announced the imminent in-game screening of a short film titled Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite - a play on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.\n\nThe novel is about a dystopian society that controls its citizens and tolerates no dissent - and was itself referenced by Apple in a famous television ad in the year 1984, when the young company styled itself as taking on then-dominant IBM.\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 Fortnite This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nEpic Games directly referenced that advertisement in its legal complaint, writing: \"Apple has become what it once railed against: the behemoth seeking to control markets, block competition, and stifle innovation.\"\n\nThe court documents allege that Apple effectively runs a monopoly in both deciding what apps can appear on iPhones and demanding its own payment system - with the relatively high 30% cut - is used.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls, games research director at Ampere Analysis, said Epic's update breaking the rules \"was done to make Apple remove the app\".\n\n\"Removing Fortnite from the App Store helps to deliver a groundswell of support for Epic, something it is trying to achieve.\"\n\nAnd he added that iPhones are not the biggest platform for Fortnite, but Epic will still notice its ban - the iOS version \"generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue every month on Apple platforms\", he said.\n\nDevelopers really, really don't like this charge. For many, a 30% cut of profits is akin to a shakedown.\n\nLast month, one app developer likened Apple to the mafia. The criticism is essentially an anti-competition one.\n\nApple and Google run the operating systems of pretty much all of the phones in the world. That means they get to choose who can run apps on their stores, and who can't.\n\nThey also get to set the charges. This is duopoly, say some developers.\n\nIn Epic Games though, Apple has an unwanted foe.\n\nFortnite is ludicrously profitable, Epic Games has the money to take Apple on. And the way this has been done - passing the savings on the consumer - is clearly tactical. Epic Games wants to take this fight out into the open.\n\nAnd with the EU and US Congress looking closely at Apple's business practices, this is attention the company could do without.\n\nIn its court filing, Epic said it was not seeking financial compensation.\n\n\"Epic is seeking injunctive relief to allow fair competition in these two key markets that directly affect hundreds of millions of consumers and tens of thousands, if not more, of third-party app developers,\" it said.\n\nThe documents also hint at a possible larger goal.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman became the youngest esports player ever to win a million dollars\n\n\"But for Apple's illegal restraints, Epic would provide a competing app store on iOS devices,\" it says.\n\nEpic Games has already attempted to disrupt the PC gaming market with the launch of its Epic Games Store, taking on the dominant player, Steam, in an attempt to lure players away with free games, which have often been popular, top-rated titles.\n\nPiers Harding-Rolls said the row is reminiscent of that challenge - Epic's store charges game developers 12% on PC games, compared to Steam's 30%.\n\n\"Apple and Google have been a long term target of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's ire, as he believes the 30% revenue share they charge for app sales and in-game monetisation is too high,\" he said.\n\n\"However, taking on Apple is a different challenge than in the PC market as it's impossible to build a third-party storefront on iOS, or monetise apps outside of the App Store.\"\n\nGoogle's Android system also uses Google's payment system for app store purchases, from which Google takes a cut - but Android allows developers to point users to other payment options.\n\nIn a statement, Apple said the rules were applied equally to every developer, and that Epic had updated their game \"with the express intent of violating the App Store guidelines\".\n\n\"Epic has had apps on the App Store for a decade, and have benefited from the App Store ecosystem,\" it said.\n\n\"The fact that their business interests now lead them to push for a special arrangement does not change the fact that these guidelines create a level playing field for all developers and make the store safe for all users.\"\n\nIt added that it would try to work with Epic to bring Fortnite back.", "Restrictions on social gatherings will continue in parts of the North West and Yorkshire\n\nLockdown restrictions on social gatherings for parts of northern England will continue despite measures being relaxed across the country.\n\nIn Greater Manchester cases have risen in Oldham, with a similar trend in Pendle, Lancashire, while case numbers remain high in Blackburn with Darwen.\n\nBradford and Kirklees in Yorkshire have also seen case numbers rise.\n\nThe government will work with leaders in the region to address the rising trends.\n\nThe ban on indoor gathering continues to apply in these areas and people will continue to be prohibited from mixing with other households within private homes or gardens.\n\nOldham had 112 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to 8 August, the highest in the country.\n\nBlackburn with Darwen Council, which figures for the week up to 10 August show had 82 cases per 100,000 people, said it was looking to increase local testing.\n\nDespite an England-wide easing of restrictions planned from Saturday with reopening of venues including casinos, bowling alleys and conference halls, such places in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and East Lancashire will remain shut.\n\nPools, indoor gyms and other leisure facilities as well as nail bars, spas and beauty salons will open across England but will remain closed in Blackburn and Bradford, with shielding to continue for people in Blackburn with Darwen.\n\nOldham Council deputy leader Arooj Shah, said \"despite the efforts of our residents, businesses and public services positive cases continue to rise\" and warned of a second lockdown.\n\nExtra measures were put in place in Oldham in July after a rise in positive cases\n\n\"Earlier this week we warned of the risk of imminent lockdown for the borough and, despite today's announcement, those warnings remain,\" she said.\n\n\"In the absence of a vaccine, an effective testing and tracing system is vital in the management of this crisis. We welcome the opportunity to work more closely with government both to improve our access to government testing facilities for residents and to deliver more contact tracing at a local level.\"\n\nIn a joint statement Blackburn with Darwen Council leader Mohammed Khan, Sayyed Osman, director of adult social care and Prof Dominic Harrison, director of public health, said the local authority has acted \"decisively and proactively since cases started to rise\".\n\n\"We have been lobbying for increased testing capability, including hyperlocal community testing; more funding for businesses and more funding to help people who unable to work because they are isolating,\" they said.\n\n\"As many people as possible need to get tested as well as it helps us understand what is happening with the virus in our borough.\"\n\nThe council did not rule out the possibility of further lockdown measures which it said could be imposed unless \"significant progress\" is made in reducing cases.\n\nHealth minister Edward Argar said it was \"essential\" people remained vigilant.\n\n\"I urge everyone in these areas to continue to follow the rules - wash your hands regularly, follow social distancing, get yourself a free test as soon as you get any symptoms, and isolate if NHS Test and Trace tells you to,\" he said.\n\nMeasures will be reviewed next week alongside the latest data.\n\nPendle Council has been contacted for comment.\n• None Coronavirus cases 'among the highest in country'", "The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) is preparing to receive up to 33,000 people a day at its three-day annual festival next month.\n\nIt announced the move today after talks this week with the health authorities over precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nThe party's insistence on going ahead with the event from 4 to 6 September has come under fierce criticism in recent weeks, as health officials struggle to bring a series of coronavirus outbreaks in Greater Lisbon under control.\n\nThe Festa do Avante! is staged on a 30-hectare site in Amora, across the River Tagus from Lisbon, that can normally host up to 100,000 people. It attracts music lovers who come for the local and foreign performers as well as party members. It is a crucial source of revenue for the party.\n\nThe PCP promised that organisers would ensure \"additional protection and prevention measures, extending still further the safety conditions guaranteed to its visitors\". For each visitor there would be \"an area greater than that established for beaches and which, as a rule, will be double that which is fixed for similar spaces\" outdoors, it said.\n\nYesterday's edition of Avante! (Forwards), the party newspaper for which the festival is named, called on anyone planning to go along to take a mask with them, since it will be needed for some spaces on the site, but did not say whether masks would or would not be required throughout.\n\nIn Portugal, the wearing of masks is currently compulsory on public transport and closed public spaces, but not outdoors.\n\nThe minority socialist government has resisted calls to stop the event from going ahead, at a time when all this year's music festivals have been cancelled. Speaking yesterday, the minister of health said that Portugal's constitution forbids the banning of political initiatives, but that there can be no exceptions to rules in place for the pandemic.", "A derailment which left three people dead happened after the train struck a landslip covering the track, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said.\n\nThe driver, conductor and a passenger died when the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service crashed near Stonehaven.\n\nThe RAIB said the train had turned back towards Aberdeen after reports of a landslip further down the track.\n\nThe six-vehicle train had travelled more than a mile when it was derailed after hitting a separate landslip.\n\nThe track curved to the right, but investigators said the train continued in a straight line for about 100 yards before hitting the parapet of a bridge.\n\nThe locomotive at the front of the train continued over the bridge and fell down an embankment, as did the third passenger carriage.\n\nThe first passenger carriage came to rest on its roof, at right angles to the track, with the second passenger carriage on top of it.\n\nThe fourth passenger carriage remained upright and also came to rest on top of the first carriage. It was still attached to the rear locomotive.\n\nThe RAIB said the train had left Stonehaven station and passed Carmont on Wednesday morning when it was stopped by a signaller who had received a report of a landslip further along the track.\n\nThe decision was taken to return to Aberdeen, and the train was routed back over a crossover at Carmont.\n\nThe RAIB said it was collecting evidence on the cause and consequences of the accident.\n\nIt will examine the sequence of events and the actions of those involved, as well as the management of earthworks and drainage in the area, including recent inspections and risk assessments.\n\nTributes have been paid to Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury\n\nSimon French, chief inspector of the RAIB, said: \"Thankfully, fatal derailments are a rare occurrence on the UK's national network.\n\n\"However, landslips and other earthworks failures remain a risk to trains that needs to be constantly managed - and this is becoming even more challenging for the rail industry due to the increasing incidence of extreme weather events.\"\n\nDriver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died in the crash.\n\nOn Thursday, their families told of their devastation at their deaths.\n\nIn a fresh tribute on Friday, the Roxburghe House hospice in Aberdeen where Mr Stuchbury volunteered in his spare time said he was \"incredibly caring\".\n\nAnd two police officers from British Transport Police laid flowers in tribute to the men who died.\n\nThe officers, who knew Mr McCullough and Mr Dinnie for many years, had gone to the scene from their homes as soon as they heard the news.\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\nPrince Charles thanked emergency responders for their bravery when he visited the crash site on Friday.\n\nHe met some of those among the first on the scene, including Pc Liam Mercer and Pc Eilidh McCabe.\n\nPolice Scotland Chief Inspector Kevin Walker said the visit by was \"very much appreciated by everyone\" and those on scene were \"grateful for the genuine interest he showed in hearing about their experiences\".\n\nIt earlier emerged that an off-duty rail worker walked a mile to raise the alarm after surviving the accident.\n\nPrince Charles visited the scene of the crash on Friday\n\nThe prince met emergency responders who were among the first on the scene\n\nTransport Secretary Michael Matheson told BBC Scotland's The Nine that a \"number of actions\" were taken after the derailment to raise the alarm.\n\nHe said: \"There was a call made by someone who believed that an incident had taken place locally and they contacted Police Scotland.\n\n\"There was also an off-duty railway person on the train who, after it derailed, walked around a mile to the next signal box and advised them that an incident had occurred, which allowed Network Rail at its national control centre to close the line.\n\n\"During the course of that, Police Scotland obviously dispatched their staff and Network Rail dispatched some of the staff that they had working nearby to respond to the incident.\"\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September.\n\nNetwork Rail said it would carry out detailed inspections of high-risk trackside slopes with similar characteristics to the site of the Aberdeenshire crash.\n\nDozens of sites across Britain will be assessed using in-house engineers, specialist contractors and helicopter surveys.\n\nScotland's Lord Advocate has asked Police Scotland, British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator, to conduct a joint investigation into the accident.\n\nThis will run in parallel with the independent safety investigation being carried out by the RAIB.", "Since early last month two households have been able meet indoors\n\nLockdown rules on meeting people indoors in Wales will not be relaxed this weekend, as previously suggested.\n\nHowever, up to four households - up from two - will be able to form an extended household from 22 August, as long as conditions \"remain stable\".\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said it was important not to jeopardise progress.\n\nHe also said all hospitality businesses would have to collect customers' contact details to help tracing.\n\nFurther enforcement measures are also being introduced to make sure businesses follow Covid-19 safety rules.\n\nA fortnight ago Mark Drakeford said he \"would like to be able to offer more opportunities for people to meet indoors\" from 15 August.\n\nHowever he added this was \"the most risky thing you can do\" and now says he has now decided not to make any changes this weekend.\n\nMr Drakeford was asked on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast why people can visit pubs, soft play areas and gyms indoors but not see more of friends and family in their own home.\n\n\"When people go to a pub or to a soft play area they are in a public place where there are clear rules laid down as to how people should behave in those settings, and there are people there to make sure that those rules are observed, and people are only in those settings for a relatively limited period of time,\" he said.\n\n\"Unfortunately what we have learnt is that when people meet inside their own homes, even people who are scrupulous about how they wanted to observe the rules, people tend to lapse into the way we all behave inside our own houses.\n\n\"Seventy per cent of all new infections in England are traced to household infections, people behaving inside their houses in ways that puts themselves and others at risk.\"\n\nMark Drakeford: \"We have made so much progress and we mustn't jeopardise this\"\n\nPeople in Wales can only meet up indoors if they are part of an extended household.\n\nCurrently an extended household can only be made up of two households, but from next weekend the cap will increase to four.\n\nIt will not be possible at that point to break up an existing extended household to form a new one, under the rules.\n\nMr Drakeford said people now had a week to discuss what they should do.\n\nIssues to consider included \"how vulnerable people may be, who might need help the most, grandparents helping with children and childcare around the school day\", he said.\n\n\"That's why we decided we wouldn't introduce these changes until Saturday the 22nd of August, because it gives families the opportunity to have those conversations, and then to make the right choices, because once you've decided which households are to form your extended household, then that's how it has to be, you can't pick and choose and chop and change.\"\n\nAlso from next weekend a meal following a wedding, civil partnership or funeral will be allowed for up to 30 people indoors if social distancing can be maintained.\n\nWelsh Conservative Covid-19 recovery spokesman Darren Millar welcomed the new extended household regulations, but said people would be disappointed the rules on meeting indoors were not being relaxed.\n\n\"Many will find it extraordinary that they can meet up with other people indoors in a local cafe or restaurant with dozens of other people present, yet they can't call around for a panad [cup of tea] at someone's own home, mixing with far fewer people,\" he said.\n\nThe first minister has also announced that new powers will be introduced on Monday requiring all hospitality businesses to collect customers' contact details.\n\nThis will mean people \"can be contacted quickly by our test, trace, protect teams if they may have been exposed to coronavirus,\" Mr Drakeford said.\n\nLocal authorities are already able to issue improvement or closure notices to businesses who are not complying with Covid-19 safety rules.\n\nNow the Welsh Government says any business issued with such a notice will have to display a sign.\n\n\"This pandemic is far from over and we all still have a duty to do our part to keep Wales safe,\" the first minister said.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Wales said it was \"very important\" those operating in the hospitality sector took on board the announcement it would be compulsory to implement contact tracing.\n\n\"This initiative will help trace any potential outbreaks, which will ultimately keep us all safe and keep businesses open,\" said its policy chairman Ben Francis.\n\n\"We want to ensure that small hospitality firms have the best possible chance at a safe, successful reopening and contact tracing is a vital part of that.\"\n\nSince lockdown rules started to be lifted this is the first time Mark Drakeford has decided not to relax a restriction according to the timetable he had provisionally set out.\n\nHe always warns that any changes are conditional on the spread of the virus at the time, but his tone was particularly cautious when he talked a couple of weeks ago about potentially allowing more people to meet inside from the 15th of August.\n\nMr Drakeford claimed that was the \"most risky thing you can do\" and he would study the evidence carefully.\n\nHe has now decided to wait a little longer before allowing a limited relaxation of the restrictions - a decision, it is said, guided by what has happened in other parts of the UK where local outbreaks have occurred.\n\nHe says those spikes have been caused by people transmitting the virus indoors, and poor compliance by some businesses. That is why ministers here are also toughening their approach towards companies found to be flouting the rules.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Swimmers and gym-goers say they are \"so glad to be back\"\n\nGyms, swimming pools, leisure centres and play centres are reopening as lockdown continues to ease in Wales.\n\nA personal trainer in Cardiff said he was excited to get back to the gym, but had found it \"amazing\" to see how the industry had adapted to working online.\n\nA soft play centre owner in Rhondda Cynon Taff said she was excited but surprised to be able to reopen as businesses in England await a date.\n\nCouncils have been given extra powers to enforce legal requirements.\n\nGym goers were back early on Monday morning in St Asaph, Denbighshire\n\nThe Welsh Government said businesses are legally required \"to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus\" on their premises.\n\nIf businesses fail to comply, local authorities can issue improvement notices or, in the event of a serious breach or a failure to comply with a notice, an order to close.\n\nBathers will be asked to arrive at the pool \"swim-ready\"\n\nWhile gyms and leisure centres are able to reopen, they will look very different to the way they did before the pandemic.\n\nSaunas and steam rooms will remain closed, equipment will be more spread out to allow social distancing and swimmers are asked to arrive at the pool \"swim-ready\".\n\nAt the start of lockdown, people were limited to exercising outside once a day, not allowed to travel except for essential reasons, and were unable to exercise in groups.\n\n\"Initially I thought 'you can close whatever you like, but just not the gyms',\" said Louise Downie-Davies, who had been attending small personal trainer-led classes at SOS Athletic Excellence, in Cardiff.\n\nLouise Downie-Davies says she has enjoyed working out at home \"more than I thought I would\"\n\nSince that day, Ms Downie-Davies said she has been working from home, training from home and \"attempting\" to home-school two children aged six and 13.\n\nBut the gym quickly switched to classes held over Zoom, which she enjoyed \"more than I thought I would\".\n\nAsked how she felt about returning to the gym, Ms Downie-Davies said: \"I'm not as excited as I thought I might be.\n\n\"I think that's because I have been doing difficult stuff in my home workouts.\n\n\"But it will be nice being out of the house and seeing gym friends - it's good to have the motivation and competition.\"\n\nOther gym-goers have said they are happy to see facilities reopen after several months of restricted forms of exercise.\n\nShaun Paul, who attends a gym in St Asaph, Denbighshire, said: \"I was only coming here about three months before the lockdown but I have been really missing it. It's really nice to get back in the gym and get a good a sweat on.\"\n\nPersonal trainer Greg Foley says web-savvy businesses would find it easier to \"transition out of lockdown\"\n\nMs Downie-Davies's personal trainer, Greg Foley, said the gym had \"got ahead of the curve\" in terms of online sessions, and that the small size of the classes \"should make it easier to transition out of lockdown\".\n\nBut he explained personal trainer-led businesses have had difficulties in other ways, particularly when it comes to taking on new customers when they cannot meet in person.\n\n\"It has been very hard to build that emotional connection, which is important in getting the client to buy into the process,\" Mr Foley said.\n\n\"If they don't trust you, they won't trust what you are trying to get them to do.\"\n\nGyms have had to adapt quickly to online working to survive, and Mr Foley believes some changes may become permanent.\n\nMr Foley says it has been \"amazing\" to see how quickly businesses have adapted to working online\n\n\"As a personal trainer, I was taught 'online would never work', so it has been amazing to see how quickly the industry has changed.\n\n\"A lot of clients will be happy to stay online because they have seen that, actually, gym equipment is not absolutely necessary to what they want to achieve.\n\n\"They see the amount of family time wasted, whereas they can drive home and do their workout in 45 minutes.\"\n\nAnother Cardiff gym owner thinks the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of physical fitness for overall welfare.\n\n\"The benefits the fitness industry can have on individuals in terms of keeping them fit and healthy and safe, that's something that has to be the priority going forward,\" said Robin Soden-Taylor, of Ion Strength and Conditioning.\n\nBut the restrictions will impose extra costs on businesses that will not be operating at full capacity.\n\nPaul Jenkins, pictured with gym member Grace, says adhering to the new rules will be expensive\n\n\"Since it was announced, everyone's been phoning, saying 'when can we get back?',\" said Paul Jenkins, director of the Diplomat Hotel and Spa, in Llanelli.\n\n\"We've had to get all the sanitising machines. They're all essential. Extra staff have been taken on in the gym for sanitising.\n\n\"For equipment, screens have been put in reception, and signage everywhere. It does work out quite expensive, but it's got to be done.\"\n\nAngharad Collins, who runs the Leisure Trust in Torfaen, said the restrictions will mean monthly losses for leisure centres.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, she said: \"The measures that we have put in place, we completely understand that we have to do that for Covid, but the social distancing measures and the amount of people that we can have in the building are causing us a commercial viability issue.\n\n\"So for example in my gym I'd usually be able to take 50 people but I can only take 13 now. In my swimming pool, where I usually could fit 50 people, I can now only take 18 people.\"\n\n\"We hope the general public appreciate the measures that we've put in place for their safety and for our staff.\"\n\nBack in the swim: Ray Morgan was one of 18 back in the Pontypool pool\n\nOne of the lucky swimmers back in the pool in Pontypool was Ray Morgan: \"It's absolutely brilliant. I've been lucky, I've been able to get a bit of outdoor swimming in but there's nothing beats the training environment of the pool - it's warmer, it's cleaner.\n\n\"For me, swimming is a big part of my life. When you can't do something that you love so much, it does take its toll on you. Everyone has really missed having access to the pool.\"\n\nSwimmer Kathryn Moody: \"I'm so glad to be back\"\n\nKathryn Moody was also back in the pool for the first time since March.\n\n\"My whole routine changed - you're looking for other ways to keep fit and get in shape. But there's nothing that does it like swimming. I'm so glad to be back.\"\n\nChildren's play centres in England have still not been given a date for reopening, making Friday's announcement a surprise for some in Wales.\n\n\"We weren't expecting it at all,\" said Carol James, owner of Tiny Tumblers, in Church Village, near Pontypridd.\n\n\"We were waiting for England to get the go-ahead, then we thought we would be about three weeks behind England.\"\n\nAlthough it would have been nice to have \"more time and more guidelines\", Ms James said the news was \"fantastic - I can't wait\".\n\nAnd Gwen Evans, owner of Cantref Adventure Farm in Brecon, told BBC Radio Wales the news had come \"very suddenly\".\n\nGwen Evans says reopening Cantref Adventure Farm will be \"fantastic\"\n\n\"We weren't expecting to be able to open the soft play, so we've been busy putting processes in place,\" she said.\n\n\"We've been changing our booking systems. There's a lot of logistics to get it up and running for Monday, but it will be fantastic.\"\n\nMs Evans added that extra costs and the loss of income from what is usually one of the busiest times of year, would make it an \"uncertain autumn and winter\".", "Almost two-thirds of elite British female athletes have experienced sexism in sport but the vast majority did not feel able to report it.\n\nIn the BBC Elite British Sportswomen's survey, 65% of respondents had suffered sexism, but only 10% reported it. The figures have worsened over the past five years since the last survey was carried out. In 2015, 41% had suffered sexism, with 7% reporting it.\n\nAthletes said they did not know who to report it to, and that their mostly male coaches would not understand or take them seriously.\n\nThey did not think it would make a difference anyway and would involve significant sacrifice.\n\nWomen feel their chances of selection for teams or events would be harmed if they stood up and spoke out against sexism.\n\nSo here are the stories of four women and the sexism they have faced, all anonymised so that speaking up does not mean losing out.\n\n'It's not appropriate. It's disrespectful.'\n\nA golfer shares her experiences of sexism while playing in pro-ams, where a professional plays with male amateurs who are sometimes affiliated with sponsors of a tournament.\n\n\"It's the perpetual comments on your physique. I've had guys jokingly propose to me on the second hole and then do it again five holes later, then again on the next hole, to the point that it gets awkward, uncomfortable and too persistent.\n\n\"It's not appropriate for the context and environment that we're in. It's disrespectful - it should be about my golf, not those sorts of things.\n\n\"There are always questions like: 'Do you have a boyfriend? How's your dating life?' Things that they probably wouldn't ask guys.\n\n\"I've had a few experiences like that in pro-ams. It's frustrating. There's not really anything you can do or say about it because they're sponsors.\n\n\"A lot of the time they're people who are literally allowing you to play in this event and make a living. They kind of take advantage of that a bit. We're so reliant on these people.\n\n\"There's nothing we can do without fear of losing sponsorship or losing future opportunities. If you stand up for yourself, they're just going to be like: 'Oh, she's no fun.' You have to tread very carefully.\n\n\"For the most part, in terms of sexism in women's golf, the people we come into contact with are super supportive of women's golf.\n\n\"It's more the outside people looking in who don't understand it. That's where the issues lie.\n\n\"It isn't every time. I have had some incredible pro-am experiences that I wouldn't change. It's just a couple of times a year. You know as soon as you get on the first tee if it's going to be a rough one.\n\n\"I know the other girls in the field are experiencing the same thing so I'm sure there are a couple of us every week that experience some form of inappropriateness and disrespect that is frustrating.\"\n\n'Men are still getting more money and there isn't any reason for it'\n\nAn Olympic gold medallist explains how she felt when she discovered a less high-profile male athlete was getting paid more than her by the same sponsor.\n\n\"There was a male player who was with the same sponsor and got paid a lot more money than me.\n\n\"He was famous in his own right but in my opinion, and I said this to them, on a digital platform in terms of promoting the brand he doesn't have social media, he doesn't do many talks.\n\n\"If you look at value as a person - he's an amazing person. But value as a business: it wasn't the same, especially after I won an Olympic gold medal.\n\n\"So I made the decision to move sponsors for less money out of principle. I quickly found out that one of the male athletes was on double the amount I was on.\n\n\"When I found out a person who at that point hadn't achieved anything was on double what I was, I very quickly left.\n\n\"I went back to the original sponsor who upped my contract and apologised, which they admitted they should have done in the first place.\n\n\"It was very frustrating. In our sport, men are still getting more money, bigger sponsorships and I don't understand why. There isn't any reason for it - it's literally because they are men.\"\n\n'One cubicle toilet for about 26 women'\n\nAn athlete speaks about a time when she represented her country at a stadium usually used by men, meaning the toilet facilities were not functional for women.\n\n\"As nice as the changing room is - it's spacious, there's a hot tub, ice bath, everything going - there's one cubicle toilet. We're talking 26-28 people with one cubicle. I love playing there and you feel so welcome as a team, but there's one cubicle.\n\n\"You literally have to change the schedule to allow time for people to go to the toilet. Everyone needs to go before we warm up and when you come in from the warm-up.\n\n\"But what do you do? You don't want to call off the whole match because there's only one cubicle. I don't really want portaloos either because you're playing international sport.\n\n\"It's things like that - it's become normal to accept it.\"\n\n'The system is so ingrained with male dominance'\n\nAn elite sportswoman who represents England describes how coaches favour male players and why she feels powerless to stop it.\n\n\"The ideas of the past - that the men's game is more physical and more interesting, that they are pushing the boundaries - are still in place because coaches have been in place for years and years.\n\n\"The men get put on the main training areas and the coaches will mill around those areas and the women will be put on the side to carry on the routines but not really get the feedback and the coaching input.\n\n\"We've had some women's squad sessions which have highlighted how much previously it was tailored to the men's side of the game. We realised how different things can be and how much value we can get.\n\n\"It's brilliant that they are trying to change but the system is so ingrained with this male dominance. I'm not even sure they are aware that they do it, it's just an everyday occurrence but as a woman playing in that sport it's disheartening to see.\n\n\"I have at times said that things weren't acceptable and that men are saying derogatory things to women but it has not been taken seriously.\n\n\"It was the whole: 'Oh, you're a feminist, you're undermining us, you just have women's rights ahead and you don't take a balanced approach on it.'\n\n\"I'm quite happy to keep saying these things aren't fair but with the coaches it's different - because they are your selectors.\n\n\"And unfortunately, as much as you don't like the system you have to roll with the system because they are the people who are going to be selecting you for your country.\n\n\"When I'm out of the system and I'm finished I would like to think I'd be able to say more things about how I didn't like the way we were treated and how I couldn't say so at the time because of fear of the end of progression of my career.\n\n\"You have to be in favour because as soon you're out - regardless of your results - there is always a reason not to select you. You have to be at the top of your game to have any power.\"\n\nHere is a selection of other anonymous responses given in the sexism section of the survey:\n• None I had a previous national coach who was completely sexist and I was bullied I believe for being female, which was reported and brushed under the carpet by another male.\n• None I have personally been jeered and laughed at for being a female rugby player at different clubs from the crowd. Clubs I have played at have declined to let my team use the main field despite being one of the top competing teams in the league, and not washed kit or refused to let us use changing rooms or provide female hygiene facilities or food after games.\n• None Men are paid more than women at the club even though the women outperform the men at the same level in the sport. Men are also given priority on facility use, finance, travel, spectator slots, promotion etc. The owner of the club labelled himself as \"a sexist pig\" so I don't see much point in reporting it and don't want to reduce funding to the women further.\n• None We are not allowed in the gym when the men are in there or not allowed in the same room as the men even though we play for the same team and represent the same country .\n• None Referees making women play to junior rules, coaches not treating us with the same respect as men, spectators saying rugby would get more crowds if we played in sport bras and hot pants, people asking about showers after games. I don't report it because it never gets heard or nothing is done about it. Sometimes challenging it just fuels the fire.\n• None On occasions male coaches that thought I was pretty would inappropriately express that to me when in a position of power. I didn't want to annoy or get my manager in trouble in case I wouldn't be selected.\n• None I have been in the situation in the past where a male coach showed a lot of interest in my sport and gave me a lot of advice so I felt really supported, motivated and I improved a lot. Then after a year of this, there was an occasion where I did not reciprocate his advances and then after that the advice and help stopped and I did feel very demotivated by that.\n\nSexism is one of many issues raised by the BBC Elite British Sportswomen's Survey. BBC Sport will be shining a spotlight on the others with coverage throughout the week on the BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC TV. More information can be found here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. British holidaymaker at Calais: \"We cancelled our holiday to come home\"\n\nThousands of holidaymakers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid quarantine measures imposed on France, which came into force on Saturday.\n\nThe 14-day isolation requirement from 04:00 BST also applied to people arriving from the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba.\n\nEurotunnel trains sold out on Friday and air travellers faced steep prices, but some ferries increased capacity.\n\nFrance warned it would take \"reciprocal measures\".\n\nThe Netherlands warned against all but essential travel to the UK once the restrictions came into force on Saturday, but it said it will not introduce reciprocal measures.\n\nThe countries were targeted for quarantine restrictions because their infections rates exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast on Friday that there were about 160,000 British holidaymakers in France, and said \"the last thing we want to do is to have people returning and bringing the infection with them\".\n\nThe deadline left many travellers in a frantic rush for plane, train or ferry tickets costing hundreds of pounds.\n\nEurostar passengers arriving at St Pancras on Friday evening, having beaten the quarantine deadline\n\nTom Duffell, who runs a small business, cut short his holiday to Nice - with his wife and two children - by four days and booked a last minute flight home.\n\n\"We were enjoying a nice cocktail last night and suddenly a news flash pops in and a scramble to book flights,\" he said on Friday.\n\n\"We've had to spend about £800 because we can't afford to take another two weeks off work.\"\n\nHe added that social distancing had \"gone out of the window\" in the scramble for transport, with \"huge queues\" at the airport.\n\nStephanie Thiagharajah, who returned to Kent from France, criticised the \"manic\" way the quarantine had been imposed and said the \"risky\" move had created \"a huge amount of people coming at the same time\".\n\nSome ferry companies added extra services amid the rush to return to the UK\n\nEurotunnel said 12,000 people tried to book tickets for its Channel Tunnel trains in the hour after the new rules were announced at about 22:00 BST on Thursday - compared with just hundreds normally.\n\nIt increased its capacity on Friday but trains sold out, and the company warned people not to travel to its terminal without a confirmed booking.\n\nThe shuttle service was running between 90 minutes and two hours late from Calais by Friday evening.\n\nEurotunnel spokesman John Keefe told the BBC traffic at the terminal in Calais was running smoothly all day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC journalist made a video diary as her family had to cut short their holiday\n\n\"There were no huge queues. Many people seem to have decided to stay in France,\" he said.\n\nPrices of some flights to the UK from Paris were more than £450, compared to £66 on Saturday. Many direct flights from the south of France were sold out.\n\nThe cheapest Eurostar tickets were £210, compared with £165 on Saturday. One couple, Stuart and Anna Buntine, spent nearly £1,000 to make it back to the Midlands via Eurostar from Burgundy, central France.\n\nP&O Ferries told the BBC it had increased its capacity on its Spirit class ships.\n\nAnd DFDS Ferries said it had added an extra four departures from Calais to help Britons return in time.\n\nThere is no visible sense of panic inside Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, as the final call before quarantine approaches.\n\nPassengers bobbed up the escalators towards the check-in desks no faster than usual, I saw no queues or people pleading to be sold an empty seat.\n\nConor Wells and his friends had saved up and treated themselves to a post-lockdown break\n\nConor Wells and his friends said they were conscious of the rising infection rates in Amsterdam before they set off but as they were only staying for a couple of nights, they thought they'd make it back before anything changed.\n\n\"We didn't think they'd give us a day's notice to get out. It came in so fast...\" Martin Walter shakes his head as he scans the departures board.\n\nHeading home 24 hours early has cost them more than an entire holiday. They couldn't afford to stay on and skip fourteen days of work upon return.\n\n\"At least we got a seat,\" Eva Povey rolls her eyes. \"It's a lose-lose situation...\"\n\nScott and Tracy Cuthbert have been on holiday in France with their daughter Milly\n\nScott and Tracy Cuthbert, from Oxfordshire, said cutting their holiday in France short by six days was an \"easy decision to make\" because they need to work.\n\nThe couple and their daughter Milly, 16, began \"frantically packing\" after they heard news of the rule changes.\n\nThe family booked themselves onto a ferry for Friday afternoon, only to realise they wouldn't make it to the port in time - so booked another ferry, due to leave Calais at 20:30 BST.\n\n\"We're driving up now and the sat nav says we'll have about an hour's leeway,\" Scott said from the car.\n\nOn Friday, France reported 2,846 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - the highest number since lockdown restrictions were eased.\n\nThe seven-day average increased to 2,041, marking the first time it has surpassed 2,000 since 20 April.\n\nClement Beaune, France's secretary of state for European affairs, tweeted that the UK's decision was a matter of \"regret\" for the French, but that he was hoping for a \"return to normal as soon as possible\".\n\nThe travel industry, already damaged by the pandemic, also criticised the move.\n\nGloria Guevara, president of the World Travel and Tourism Council, said the UK was lagging behind other countries that had \"shunned quarantines\" in favour of \"comprehensive\" testing programmes for everyone departing and arriving back into their respective countries.\n\nThe UK's ambassador to France, Lord Llewellyn, acknowledged that the new quarantine rule would be \"unwelcome news\" for Britons in the country, but stressed that people could continue with their holidays as long as they follow safety precautions and self-isolate on their return.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said while the Labour Party supports \"evidence based measures\" at the border, it was \"vital\" that No 10 had a \"joined-up strategy\" and \"urgently\" puts in place a specific deal to support the heavily impacted travel sector.\n\nHe added: \"That the government has still not put in place an effective track, trace and isolate system has made matters far worse and made it more likely that we are reliant on the blunt tool of 14-day quarantine.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nAccording to the data company Statista, people from the UK paid 10.35 million visits to France last year, putting it second behind Spain - with 18.12 million - in terms of popularity.\n\nThe Foreign Office is now warning against all but essential travel to France. The quarantine measure was imposed for Spain on 25 July.\n\nA list of more than 50 so-called travel corridors - allowing movement between the UK and the other countries without the need to self-isolate on return - was published at the start of last month and later expanded.\n\nBut the ending of some of the exemptions on the list follows a \"significant change\" in the risk of contracting Covid-19, the Department for Transport said.\n\nIt added that there had been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in France since last Friday.\n\nFor the Netherlands, it was up 52%. And the increase for Malta was 105%, while it was 273% for Turks and Caicos and 1,106% for Aruba.\n\nAhead of a government meeting on the new measures, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be \"absolutely ruthless\" in deciding on rules for holidaymakers from abroad.\n\n\"We can't be remotely complacent about our own situation,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Home Office, a total of nine fines have been introduced at the border since quarantine restrictions were introduced on 8 June.\n\nUnder the rules, people who do not self-isolate can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and £480 in Scotland. There are fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced that maximum fines for people in England who repeatedly refuse to wear a face covering could double to £3,200, while organisers of illegal raves could face a £10,000 penalty.\n\nBut from Sunday, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences.\n\nCasinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres will also be allowed to resume, as will \"close-contact\" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments.\n\nHave you been affected by the recent quarantine changes? 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.", "Heathrow Airport's boss has warned quarantine restrictions are \"strangling the UK economy\", and renewed calls for Covid-19 testing at airports.\n\nThousands of jobs are being lost because Britain is being cut off from key markets, said chief executive John Holland-Kaye.\n\nThe warning came as Heathrow reported passenger traffic in July plunged 88%.\n\nThe government has said previously that coronavirus testing at airports is not a \"silver bullet\".\n\nHeathrow said that more than half of its 860,000 passengers in July had travelled to quarantine-free European destinations.\n\nHowever, it said that the \"vast majority\" of its route network remains grounded due to quarantine rules.\n\nThe government recently re-imposed quarantine restrictions on arrivals from Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Bahamas, and Andorra. And there have been reports there could be restrictions imposed on travel to France.\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Heathrow said the 14-day quarantine restrictions on many passengers arriving in the UK were \"preventing the UK from travelling to and trading with\" some countries.\n\nMr Holland-Kaye said: \"Tens of thousands of jobs are being lost because Britain remains cut off from critical markets such as the US, Canada and Singapore.\n\n\"The government can save jobs by introducing testing to cut quarantine from higher risk countries, while keeping the public safe from a second wave of Covid.\"\n\nAfter lockdown restrictions eased in the UK, bookings for cottages, caravan sites and holiday parks soared.\n\nGovernment ministers have said airport testing would not stop the need for quarantine\n\nHowever, the hotel industry has been hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions.\n\nHoliday Inn owner IHG said on Tuesday that it had made a loss before tax of $275m (£210m) in the six months to 30 June.\n\nKeith Barr, IHG chief executive, said: \"The impact of Covid-19 on our business has been substantial.\" But he said there were \"small but steady improvements in occupancy\" into July.\n\nThe travel industry has been pushing for quarantine-free travel to areas in countries that haven't been affected by increases in coronavirus cases, and for airport testing.\n\nBut UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said in July that testing at airports would not stop the need for quarantine, because the virus could develop over time.\n\nThis was after the UK government re-imposed quarantine restrictions on travellers coming to the UK from Spain, and after it updated travel advice, recommending against all non-essential travel to the country and its islands.\n\nLast week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would not hesitate to add more countries to its quarantine list when asked whether France could also join it.\n\nAlso last week, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said the UK economy was rebounding faster than it had assumed in May after a \"more rapid\" pick-up in consumer spending.\n\nHowever, the Bank warned of a \"material\" rise in unemployment this year as it held interest rates at 0.1%.\n\nThe latest unemployment figures show that between April and June, employment in the UK fell by the largest amount in more than a decade.", "The boss of one of the world's biggest food delivery platforms has told the BBC he intends to end gig working at his company across Europe.\n\nJitse Groen, who runs Just Eat Takeaway, says he would rather run his company with staff who get benefits and more workplace protection.\n\nIt is the model he has used at the Takeaway.com part of the business he founded 20 years ago.\n\nGig workers have flexible hours but normally not benefits like holiday pay.\n\nIn many industries, coronavirus has made incomes more unsteady for these workers, as companies look to cut back on discretionary spending.\n\nAsked if the pandemic had made him more sensitive to the difficulties gig workers face, Mr Groen said: \"It's our intent not to have those in Europe.\"\n\nHe said he did not like the people his company relies on to deliver food from restaurants to have to endure tougher working conditions.\n\n\"We're a large multinational company with quite a lot of money and we want to insure our people,\" he said. \"We want to be certain they do have benefits, that we do pay taxes on those workers.\"\n\nThose workers have at least been busy since coronavirus lockdowns began across Europe.\n\nIn the company's three biggest European markets - the UK, Germany and the Netherlands - orders rose 34% to 149 million in the first half of this year compared with the same time in 2019.\n\nTwo huge mergers mean Just Eat Takeaway is set to be the world's biggest food delivery company outside China.\n\nA $7.3bn deal with US rival Grubhub was announced in June, while Takeaway, founded by Mr Groen, completed a £5.9bn deal for UK based Just Eat in January.\n\nMr Groen says demand for his companies' services have recovered from an initial fall when Europe first went into lockdown, leading to a 30% fall in revenue.\n\n\"What we've seen in March is that our revenue actually dropped, because people were hoarding food at the supermarkets and were basically surrounded by a lot of food and therefore there was no need to order online,\" he said.\n\nJust Eat Takeaway chief executive Jitse Groen wants workers to have benefits\n\nHowever, eating habits have since changed, with millions ordering food in because they weren't able to visit restaurants.\n\nMr Groen said: \"If you're locked down in your house for two weeks, then you also want to eat something else, and so we saw an increase of demand from April onwards.\n\n\"And now we're actually growing much faster than we anticipated.\"\n\nThe Grubhub deal means that growth will accelerate even further, giving Mr Groen more to digest at a time when many companies are putting expansion plans on hold because of the pandemic.\n\nHe said the merger was \"a logical thing\" and while he would have liked more time between that deal and the Just Eat one, he said: \"Let's be realistic, probably it would not have been possible in two years.\"\n\nIn the first six months of this year, Grubhub, which operates in 4,000 US cities, took an average of 581,700 orders a day.\n\nThat could mean Mr Groen hiring a lot more staff. At the moment, freelance delivery drivers take those meals from restaurants to customers.\n\nHe says: \"We're still evaluating for instance Canada and of course later on we'll have to look at the US.\"\n\nBut it doesn't mean riders will necessarily lose the flexibility that many enjoy and some use to top up the salaries they get from a main job.\n\nMr Groen says there may be scope to keep the freelance model in some countries, if it is possible to pay insurance for them, but he said: \"It is our intent to make the quality of life of these people a lot better than what it might be now.\"\n\nYou can watch Jitse Groen's full interview on Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst on BBC World News at Saturday 23:30 GMT, Sundays 16:30 GMT, Monday 06:30 GMT and 13:30 GMT, Tuesday 05:30 GMT and 11:30 GMT.", "Lindsay Birbeck's body was found in a grave at Accrington Cemetery, 12 days after she disappeared\n\nA teenager who killed teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck and buried her body in a cemetery has been jailed.\n\nRocky Marciano Price, 17, was caught on CCTV pulling a wheelie bin with Mrs Birbeck's body inside before she was found in a shallow grave 12 days later.\n\nPrice, who previously could not be named, was convicted of her murder on Wednesday.\n\nMrs Birbeck, 47, was found dead at Accrington Cemetery on 24 August 2019 after a major police search.\n\nHer family had initially thought she had had an accident while on a walk, but as the search progressed they feared the worst.\n\nAt Preston Crown Court the judge, Mrs Justice Yip, jailed Price for life, with a minimum tariff of 16 years in custody.\n\nEarly in their investigation of the case, police released crucial CCTV footage of Price pulling the wheelie bin\n\n\"The attack was swift and brutal. I am sure the defendant lay in wait with the intention of killing a passing woman,\" she said.\n\n\"Why he decided to kill her only he knows. If it had not been Lindsay Birbeck, it could have been someone else.\n\n\"This was the entirely random killing of a stranger.\"\n\nPrice's trial heard how Mrs Birbeck left her home in Accrington for a walk to a nearby wooded area known as the Coppice.\n\nThe defendant, 16 at the time, had been prowling in the woods looking for lone females and is thought to have killed her shortly after she entered the Coppice, the jury was told.\n\nHis victim was later discovered wrapped in two plastic bags in the makeshift grave, after she went missing on 12 August.\n\nA post-mortem examination concluded Mrs Birbeck died from neck injuries, which could have been applied through stamping or kicking, or kneeling on the front of the neck, a court heard.\n\nAn attempt had also been made to cut off a leg, possibly with a saw.\n\nPrice, who was only named when court restrictions were lifted on Thursday, targeted Mrs Birbeck when she entered the Coppice\n\nAfter police issued the CCTV clip of a young male pulling a blue wheelie bin behind him on Burnley Road, Price's parents took him to a police station, where he was arrested.\n\nThe teenager, of Whinney Hill Road, Accrington, later admitted dragging the bin from the Coppice on 17 August, with Mrs Birbeck's body inside, across Burnley Road to the cemetery.\n\nPrice, who has autism and learning difficulties, had claimed to police he had in fact buried the body for a stranger, who had promised him \"a lot of money\".\n\nHowever, a jury unanimously rejected his account that the mystery man had offered him a large cash reward if he disposed of a body.\n\nMrs Justice Yip said that while Price's autism had a significant impact on his communication skills and reduced his capacity for empathy, it certainly did not cause him to be violent.\n\nMrs Birbeck, 47, left her house on Burnley Road to go for a walk but never returned\n\n\"In my judgment, the defendant's mental disorder cannot in any way excuse, or even explain, his actions,\" she said.\n\n\"I have no doubt he knew what he was doing when he killed Lindsay Birbeck and that he knew that killing her was terribly wrong.\n\n\"His actions after the killing clearly suggest he had the capacity to plan and reason.\n\n\"The defendant was also capable of putting forward a story which, while incredible, was designed to explain the evidence against him.\"\n\nJurors returned their verdict exactly a year after Mrs Birbeck, a mother-of-two, was last seen alive.\n\nHer daughter Sarah, 17, said it was \"unforgivable\" Price had not admitted his guilt and spared her family the pain of a trial.\n\n\"My mum was a higher level teaching assistant and the irony is she would have taught boys like the defendant and would have tried her best to help him,\" she said, in a statement read to the court.\n\n\"To know now that he murdered her for absolutely no reason is heart-breaking and has not sunk in yet.\"\n\nLindsay Birbeck's children Steven, left, and Sarah, second from right, told the court they are \"grateful that justice has been served\"\n\nHer daughter recalled how the family initially believed she might have had an accident while out walking.\n\n\"But, once mountain rescue had done their search I think deep down I knew it was going to be something bad,\" she said.\n\n\"My mum would not leave us out of choice, I knew that.\"\n\nDet Insp Tim McDermott, from Lancashire Police, said Mrs Birbeck \"lost her life needlessly,\" adding \"we may never know why because not only did Price deny killing her, he claimed he moved her body for a man he didn't know\".\n\n\"This was a lie which thankfully, the jury saw straight through,\" he said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich sent out an emphatic and ominous message to their Champions League rivals with an absolute demolition of fellow European heavyweights Barcelona in a gloriously chaotic and utterly one-sided quarter-final tie in Lisbon.\n\nThe high-pressing, energetic and ruthless German champions were on a different level to their Spanish rivals, as they have been for pretty much every opponent they have faced in Europe this season and in every competition since football restarted in June.\n\nThey scored four times in the first half, added another quartet in the second, and could easily have netted more against a shell-shocked and shambolic Barca side whose defensive errors were too numerous to recount and who now have a new and embarrassing record defeat in European competition to their name.\n\nBayern were not entirely infallible, though, with Barca's forward players - inevitably led by Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez - regularly finding space in behind to cause problems and test Manuel Neuer.\n\nIn a dizzyingly madcap opening 10 minutes, Thomas Muller fired Bayern ahead following a one-two with Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba wildly sliced a Jordi Alba cross into his own net to restore parity, before Suarez was denied by Neuer and Messi hit the post with a curling cross through a packed box.\n\nThe following 22 minutes took the game away from Barca, with Ivan Perisic smashing in a deflected second for Bayern before Serge Gnabry finished off a delightful ball over the top from Leon Goretzka, and Muller poked in his second at the near post.\n\nA neat turn and finish from Suarez after the break gave the Spanish side hope, but this was snuffed out by arguably the pick of the goals - a Joshua Kimmich side-foot finish following some stunning skill and speed and excellent delivery from Alphonso Davies.\n\nRobert Lewandowski headed his 14th Champions League goal in just eight games before salt was poured into Barca's deep wounds as Philippe Coutinho - on loan from the Spanish side - netted a seventh and eighth via close-range finishes after coming off the bench.\n\nBayern are by far the most decorated side left in the competition, having won the European Cup/Champions League on five occasions, most recently in 2013 and look comfortably the strongest left in this season's tournament.\n\nThey will now face French side Lyon, who defeated Manchester City 3-1.\n• None 'We have hit rock bottom' - Pique demands changes at 'humiliated' Barca\n• None It was good against Brazil, but against Barca we were brutal - Muller\n• None 'A club rotten to the core' - what next for Barcelona?\n• None Barcelona v Bayern Munich - how you rated the players\n\nThere is always a danger that knock-out games between two of Europe's most decorated sides become a cagey tactical grapple as opposed to the haymaker-throwing thrill-fest promised by the hype.\n\nNot Barca v Bayern, though. This is a match-up that delivers, even in an empty, neutral stadium.\n\nFour knock-out ties since 2009 have now yielded 36 goals at an average of five goals per game.\n\nThis includes the Arjen Robben and Muller-inspired 7-0 aggregate win for Bayern in the semi-finals in 2013 and a Messi and Neymar masterclass in the last four two years later as Barca floored the Germans.\n\nBut this game tops the lot and will last long in the memory as a showcase of two sides now operating in different stratospheres.\n\nBayern's brilliance and risky high line, Barcelona's crippling frailty but still potent attack - it all ensured that a goalscoring chance was never far away and the ball in the net a high possibility from each.\n\nSuch has been the quality of these sides in the three previous knock-out ties, the winner of each went on to lift the trophy, and you would not put it past Bayern continuing that trend.\n\nThey have ripped through the competition, scoring 39 goals and conceding just eight in the process of winning all 10 of their matches. The eight they scored on Friday is the most a side has scored in a European Cup tie since Real Madrid beat FC Wacker Innsbruck 9-1 in a last-16 tie in 1990-91.\n\nThis is on top of the nine they won post-lockdown to claim an eighth straight Bundesliga title and the two that gave them the German Cup.\n\nThe hiring of Hansi Flick - initially on an interim basis but now permanently - now looks like a masterstroke by the Bayern hierarchy.\n\nIn a short space of time he has built a Bayern side that is every bit the match of their impressive predecessors, constructed around a positivity that makes Jerome Boateng and Alaba playmakers from the back, Davies and Kimmich as much wingers as full-backs and Lewandowski, Muller et al a seamless attacking unit unmatched on the continent.\n\nLyon will have a monumental task on their hands next Wednesday.\n\nGame over for this Barca side\n\nBarcelona's dismantling on the pitch in Lisbon will surely now proceed major restructuring work off it before next season.\n\nThis was not just a defeat, it was a humiliation. A first defeat by a six-goal margin since a 6-0 loss to Espanyol in 1951. Their first concession of eight in a match since an 8-0 defeat to Sevilla in 1946.\n\nThe average age of their starting XI on Friday was 29 years and 329 days, the oldest they have ever named for a Champions League tie.\n\nOnly Messi and goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen have regularly performed to the level expected of a Barca player this campaign and question marks now hang over most of their team-mates.\n\nOne man whose time is now surely up is manager Quique Setien, who has overseen the club relinquishing the La Liga title to fierce rivals Real Madrid and now a European defeat like no other.\n\nHis starting XI was conservative, with the attack-minded Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele (both nine-figure signings) and Ivan Rakitic left on the bench, and one that practically screamed its reliance on some magic from Messi or Suarez.\n\nBut such a brilliant duo can only bail their boss out so many times.\n\nBefore the game, Arturo Vidal, who started in midfield, proclaimed his former side Bayern were facing \"the best team in the world\".\n\nHe is now not just eating those ill-chosen words but choking on them.\n\nBayern second only to Real Madrid for semi-finals\n• None Bayern Munich have reached their 12th Champions League semi-final - only Real Madrid have done so more often (13).\n• None Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score in eight or more consecutive Champions League matches since Cristiano Ronaldo in April 2018 (11 games).\n• None Barcelona have been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for a fourth time in the past five seasons.\n• None Bayern Munich have won their last 19 matches in all competitions, a record run in German top-flight football in all competitions.\n• None Bayern manager Hans-Dieter Flick became only the third manager in Champions League history to win his first six matches in charge, after Fabio Capello in 1992-93 and Luis Fernandez in 1994-95.\n• None Barcelona have lost six Champions League matches against Bayern Munich - two more than against any other side.\n• None Offside, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.\n• None Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 8. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Hernández with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 7. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.\n• None Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 6. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.\n• None Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Tracks to help you wind down today", "Parents are being urged to make sure their children are up-to-date with all their routine vaccinations.\n\nThe Local Government Association said high vaccine uptake could prevent infections and stop pressure being piled on the NHS.\n\nThe childhood vaccination programme is continuing as normal while jabs given in school are being rescheduled.\n\nVaccines protect children against serious diseases including measles, meningitis and whooping cough.\n\nThe LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, said it was expecting an influx of children needing vaccinations when schools return in September.\n\nIt called for the government to set out a plan to ensure children get the vaccinations they need and to provide funding to allow GPs, clinics and schools to cope with demand.\n\nResearch by Public Health England found that during the first three weeks of lockdown, there was a 20% drop in the number of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccines given to young children. Numbers then rose again in late April.\n\nThere was little impact on uptake of other vaccines, and further analysis by PHE suggests children were vaccinated at normal levels in May and June.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at PHE, said it was \"vital\" that parents knew that routine vaccinations were still available and made sure their children attended appointments.\n\nShe said this was particularly the case for diseases such as measles, where high vaccination rates were needed to prevent outbreaks.\n\nThe LGA said a \"national effort\" to vaccinate children and young people was required to relieve pressure on the health service and avoid preventable diseases.\n\nJudith Blake, chairwoman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, said: \"Vaccines are an absolutely essential part of our children's health and wellbeing, so if you or any member of your household are not displaying symptoms of coronavirus and are not self-isolating, vaccinations should happen as normal.\n\n\"Local services are working hard to ensure that people including babies, children and pregnant women still receive their routine vaccinations - they provide essential protection against potentially life-threatening diseases.\"\n• None NHS urges parents to keep up child vaccinations", "Free school meals should be permanently extended to the children of migrants in England who are currently ineligible for public support, charities say.\n\nDuring the coronavirus outbreak the meal scheme has temporarily included some pupils whose families have \"no recourse to public funds\" (NRPF).\n\nSixty organisations have written to the education secretary asking him to permanently extend the scheme.\n\nThe government said it would continue while Covid-19 \"impacts schools\".\n\nNRPF status is given to some migrants as a condition of their right to remain in the UK - generally those who have not yet qualified for permanent residency - and prevents them from receiving most government-funded benefits.\n\nThe government has already made a U-turn on providing free school meals outside of term-time.\n\nThat came after an intervention in June by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford, who campaigned for the government to offer free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays in England.\n\nNow charities and trade unions have demanded ministers change their policy again, ensuring children from low-income migrant families with no recourse to public funds are added to the list of those eligible for free meals when schools reopen.\n\nIn a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, the 60 organisations, which includes the Children's Society, Unison, and Action for Children, said they \"applauded\" the decision to extend free school meals to some NRPF families in April.\n\nHowever, they said they were \"extremely concerned by the government's intention to stop providing free school meals to these children in the near future\".\n\n\"The progress the government has made by extending this vital lifeline to NRPF families will be lost unless you make this change permanent,\" the letter says.\n\n\"We ask that you urgently provide clarity to these families ahead of the return to school in September by confirming that they will continue to be eligible for free school meals - fully and permanently.\"\n\nAnalysis by Oxford University's Migration Observatory, published on Friday, suggests more than 175,000 children in the UK are from NRPF families.\n\nSam Royston, director of policy and research for the Children's Society, said that those figures showed the number of children affected was rising, adding that \"whether a child is able to eat should not depend on their parents' immigration status\".\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"We have temporarily extended free school meal eligibility to include some children of groups who have no recourse to public funds in light of the current unique circumstances many families face at this time.\n\n\"This will continue for the duration of the summer holidays and while the outbreak impacts schools.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMeanwhile, a law firm has also prepared a possible legal challenge, arguing that excluding poor children from free school meals because of immigration status is discriminatory and a breach of human rights.\n\nMatthew Gold & Co Ltd. Solicitors has been instructed to challenge the eligibility criteria for free school meals.\n\nIn England, about 1.3 million children claimed for free school meals in 2019 - about 15% of state-educated pupils.\n\nChildren of all ages living in households on income-related benefits may be eligible, from government-maintained nurseries through to sixth forms.\n\nEligibility varies slightly between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland because the nations set their own rules.\n\nDuring the coronavirus lockdown the government provided vouchers to families in England whose children qualified for free meals, which it then extended over the summer holidays.\n\nChildren eligible could receive a £90 food voucher to cover the six-week summer holiday, or £105 if their school had a seven-week break.", "Newlyweds will be able to celebrate their nuptials with a wedding reception in the form of a sit down meal for up to 30 guests\n\nMore beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor performances will be able to resume in England from Saturday, as lockdown rules are eased.\n\nBowling alleys, casinos and soft play centres will also be able to reopen, PM Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nIt comes as the government introduces bigger fines for failing to wear a mask in places where it is compulsory.\n\nMeanwhile, quarantine measures have been imposed on more countries, including France and the Netherlands.\n\nThe easing of lockdown rules is now due to come into force on Saturday, after being postponed from 1 August due to concerns about a slight increase in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England.\n\nLast week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed this may be levelling off.\n\nHowever, the latest government figures released on Friday showed the number of daily positive tests in the UK was the highest it has been since 14 June.\n\nIn the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST, there were a further 1,441 confirmed cases, taking the total number to 316,367.\n\nUnder the latest changes:\n\nThe new guidance will not apply in areas where local lockdown measures are in place, the government said.\n\nLocal lockdown rules vary from place to place, but since July measures have been introduced in Leicester, Preston, East Lancashire, parts of West Yorkshire. Greater Manchester, and Aberdeen.\n\nThe Department of Health said restrictions on household gatherings in parts of the North West, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester will continue.\n\nThe latest data does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area and shows a continued rise in cases in Oldham and Pendle, while numbers remain high in Blackburn with Darwen, the department said.\n\nThe measures will be reviewed again next week.\n\nSoft play centres are among the venues able to reopen from 15 August\n\nDevolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have the power to set their own timings for the easing of restrictions.\n\nThe prime minister said that plans to open up more of the economy this weekend \"will allow more people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed\".\n\nBut Mr Johnson reiterated a warning that the government \"will not hesitate to put on the brakes if required, or to continue to implement local measures to help to control the spread of the virus\".\n\nNew guidance will also mean that staff offering \"close contact\" services, including hairdressers, will now have to wear a face mask as well as a clear visor.\n\nThe government said the move, which follows new evidence from the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage) is aimed at protecting customers and staff from respiratory droplets caused by sneezing, coughing, or speaking.\n\nIt also applies to businesses that operate remotely, such as massage therapists working in people's homes, and those learning in vocational training environments.\n\nNightclubs and discos are among the venues that remain closed in law.\n\nOn Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest daily increase since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nUnder current guidance, people who refuse to wear a face covering where it is required face a £100 fine, which can be reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.\n\nThe new enforcement measures will see that penalty repeatedly doubled for subsequent offences, up to a maximum of £3,200.\n\n\"Most people in this country are following the rules and doing their bit to control the virus, but we must remain focused and we cannot be complacent,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"That is why we are strengthening the enforcement powers available to use against those who repeatedly flout the rules.\"\n\nJust as cases of Covid-19 rose in the spring, peaked and fell, so has the use by police of fines to enforce social distancing restrictions.\n\nThis means that instead, officers have increasingly preferred to \"engage, explain and encourage\" in the police jargon.\n\nIt is difficult and sometimes risky work. \"Encouraging\" large groups of young people to leave illegal parties has led to violence. Senior officers say they are prepared to prosecute the organisers.\n\nHowever, in general, police believe they have got people to follow the rules hundreds of thousands of times without handing out fines.\n\nThe question is whether local breakouts of the virus, and the risk of a \"second wave\" will increase the pressure for a tougher approach.\n\nAs countries are added to the list of those from which returning travellers have to quarantine, there could also be questions about whether there is a realistic risk of catching people who refuse to do so.\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nTransport for London and British Transport Police have already made 91,501 interventions based on present face coverings guidance, the government said - preventing 4,397 from boarding, asking 3,030 to leave the network and issuing 341 penalty notices.\n\nThere will also be a clampdown on illegal gatherings of more than 30 people, which could see those responsible hit with spot fines of up to £10,000.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Face coverings are mandatory in England in all shops\n\nAccording to the government, forces across England and Wales have already stepped up patrols to prevent illegal gatherings in areas of concern, such as Leicester and Greater Manchester, where it said deployments have sometimes been larger than on New Year's Eve.\n\nLast weekend, West Midlands Police shut down 125 parties and raves - and closed a pub - taking action to stop illegal gatherings and anti-social behaviour across the region.\n\nFurther detail on the new enforcement measures is to be set out in the coming week.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she would not allow progress against the virus to be undermined by \"a small minority of senseless individuals\".\n\n\"These measures send a clear message - if you don't cooperate with the police and if you put our health at risk, action will follow.\"\n\nAre you getting married this weekend? Or are you preparing to reopen or go back to work? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The photos of Anne were taken in February, before the coronavirus lockdown\n\nPrincess Anne has been promoted by the Army and Royal Air Force to mark her 70th birthday.\n\nThe Princess Royal - the Queen's second child - will take up the role of general and air chief marshal, bringing her ranks in line with her rank in the Royal Navy.\n\nIt is a tradition that senior royals are treated as military members and receive promotions as they get older.\n\nEarlier this year, Prince Andrew was due to be promoted but it was deferred.\n\nPrincess Anne turns 70 on Saturday and her birthday is being marked with the release of three official photographs taken at her home in Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire.\n\nThe pictures were taken in late February by John Swannell, who has also photographed other senior royals as well as Tony Blair, Sir Michael Caine and Sir Elton John.\n\nThe photos were taken at her home, which has 730 acres of land and a lake\n\nSpeaking earlier this week, Anne's son-in-law Mike Tindall said plans to mark the day have been \"scaled back\" because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"We did have plans - it would've been up in Scotland - but obviously with Covid and Aberdeen being locked down a bit, I think everything's been scaled back a little bit,\" said the former England rugby star, who is married to Anne's daughter Zara, on The One Show.\n\n\"It's a shame. I'm sure we'll do something as a family to celebrate her 70 amazing years, she's just an incredible woman in terms of how much work she can get through in the year.\n\n\"We will be doing something, as yet I don't know whether she knows - so my lips are sealed.\"\n\nIn one of the new photos, Anne wears a gold ribbon knot brooch set with 12 diamonds\n\nSpeaking about her military promotion, which has been approved by the Queen, the Ministry of Defence said Anne had been \"hugely supportive\" of the armed forces.\n\n\"This promotion on her 70th birthday recognises her invaluable contribution and commitment to the military.\"\n\nAnne's birthday has also been marked by a TV documentary, which was over a year in the making, and she also guest-edited an issue of Country Life magazine.\n\nShe commented in the magazine about her love of nature and the need to avoid waste and conserve energy to protect the environment.\n\nIn the ITV documentary, she spoke about social media, suggesting it is adding to the pressures faced by younger royals.\n\nPrincess Anne has been promoted by the Army and Royal Air Force to mark her 70th birthday\n\nAnne Elizabeth Alice Louise was born in 1950, the second child to the Queen and Prince Philip and their only daughter. She is 14th in line to the throne.\n\nShe is a horse-riding enthusiast who competed in the British equestrian team in the 1976 Olympics and and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971.\n\nAnne was involved in bringing the 2012 Olympic Games to London\n\nIn 1973, she married her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and they went on to have two children, Peter and Zara. Anne decided her children would not have royal titles.\n\nThe couple survived a kidnapping attempt in 1974, as they were returning to Buckingham Palace in a chauffeur-driven limousine.\n\nAnne chatting to bodyguard James Beaton after he was injured in the attempt to kidnap her in 1974\n\nHer first marriage ended in divorce after 19 years and she married her second husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, in 1992.\n\nIn 1990, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as president of the charity Save The Children.\n\nIn 2002, Anne became the first senior member of the royal family to be convicted of a criminal offence. She pleaded guilty to a charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act after her pet Dotty bit two children in Windsor Great Park.\n\nShe lives in the 18th-century country house Gatcombe Park, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, which was a present from the Queen. It has 730 acres of land, large stables and a trout lake.", "The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 fell in coronavirus hotspots in June and July, according to data released by NHS England.\n\nCases of coronavirus have been rising nationally since the middle of July, and even earlier in Leicester.\n\nMore of these cases are among young people, who are less likely to become seriously sick.\n\nA University of Oxford expert said there were \"not yet any signs of a second wave in the hospital data\".\n\nThe number of people dying or going into hospital with Covid-19 has been falling across the UK for months, but since the middle of July, the number of confirmed cases has started to rise.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, has warned that we have \"reached the limit of what we can do to open up society\" without allowing room for the virus to return.\n\nBut some scientists argue that the rise in confirmed cases could reflect more testing rather than more infections.\n\nIt may still be too soon for any increase in infections to translate into more people in hospital or dying with Covid-19 nationally.\n\nBut hotspots can test the theory since their numbers of cases started to increase earlier.\n\nLeicester saw worsening infection figures throughout the early summer before Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a local lockdown at the end of the June.\n\nAnd Blackburn overtook Leicester as the part of the country with the highest rate of infection in July.\n\nData released on Thursday by NHS England showed that rising cases were not matched by an increase in the number of people in hospital in the NHS trusts that serve either of these councils.\n\nThe number of people admitted to hospital for the first time with Covid-19 did increase in Leicester in June, but the rise was much smaller than the rise in confirmed cases.\n\nIn July, Leicester saw 1,336 cases but only seven people were admitted to hospital with Covid-19.\n\nIn Blackburn, the number of infections more than doubled in July, but the number of people admitted to hospital fell from 54 in June to 13 in July.\n\nMore of the cases now being detected nationally are in people aged 15-44.\n\nThey are much less likely to become seriously ill or die with coronavirus.\n\nThat could explain some of the UK's fall in Covid-19 hospitalisations, according to Jason Oke, a researcher at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University.\n\nBut \"there are not yet any signs of a second wave in the hospital data\", he says.", "Statutory sick pay should be increased and the furlough scheme extended on a flexible basis, new research suggests.\n\nDoing so would better manage a \"crude\" trade-off between lives and livelihoods as the UK economy reopens.\n\nThese are two of the recommendations in a new report from the Royal Society.\n\nIt says economic and health data should be combined to produce the best economic outcome at the smallest loss of life. The government says it has already protected 9.6 million jobs.\n\nThe report by Professors Sir Tim Besley and Sir Nicholas Stern warns that an abrupt and premature easing of restrictions would lead to a second wave of infections that would mean both a higher death toll and ultimately a greater hit to the economy.\n\nThe report is published a day after data showed the UK suffered the biggest economic hit of the world's richest nations between April and June while also incurring the highest number of excess deaths to date in Europe.\n\nIt argues that as the furlough scheme - which has supported the wages of 9.6 million workers - is phased out, statutory sick pay of £95.85 a week is a major disincentive for workers to self-isolate.\n\nThis, in turn, makes efforts to successfully implement Track Trace and Isolate schemes almost impossible.\n\nA review of sick pay policy along with the extension of a more flexible furlough scheme would help mitigate both health and economic risks.\n\nThe blanket phasing out of the current furlough scheme across all sectors by October is not sufficiently sensitive to the risks of a second wave of infections, the report argues.\n\n\"I think the furlough scheme in its current form is almost certainly going to have to be modified to be more targeted towards occupations that can't resume anywhere near their normal level of activity,\" said Sir Tim Besley, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and co-author of the report.\n\n\"If people are being asked to self-isolate they need to be cushioned against the economic consequences of that\".\n\nProfessors Stern and Besley also recommend minimising the rotation of staff between different shifts and the introduction of subsidised workplace testing - particularly in sectors where close contact is hard to avoid.\n\nCombining economic and health data to optimise policy response will require high quality data and the report encourages the gathering of more detailed information from financial institutions to track the economic impact of policy interventions.\n\nWithout it, the report says, the UK risks repeating its experience of suffering the worst of both worlds.\n\nThe government insists it has protected jobs and offered help to those needing it.\n\n\"We've protected more than 9.6 million jobs through the furlough scheme, supported more than two million self-employed people and paid out billions in loans and grants to thousands of businesses,\" a Government spokesperson said.\n\n\"And for those in most need, we've provided an unprecedented package of support including injecting £9.3bn into the welfare system, mortgage holidays and additional help for renters.\n\n\"We've also made sick pay payable from day one and will refund employers with up to 250 staff the cost of up to a fortnight's sick pay. Employers can, and many do, pay more than the statutory rate - something we encourage.\"\n• None UK in recession for first time in 11 years", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A service of remembrance was held at the National Memorial Arboretum\n\nThe Royal Family has led the UK's commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.\n\nThe Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, as part of a service of remembrance.\n\nLater, in a TV address, his elder son Prince William urged the public \"to learn the lessons of the past\".\n\nAnd a message from the Queen thanked those \"who fought so valiantly\".\n\nShe said: \"Those of us who remember the conclusion of the Far East campaign, whether on active service overseas, or waiting for news at home, will never forget the jubilant scenes and overwhelming sense of relief.\"\n\nThe Prince of Wales attended the event at the arboretum with the Duchess of Cornwall.\n\nHe laid a wreath at the Kwai Railway Memorial, as a small number of veterans and their relatives sat on benches dotted around the garden, to maintain social distancing.\n\nA Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast also commemorated those who fought.\n\nIn a speech, Prince Charles said the veterans' service \"will echo through the ages.\"\n\nHe referred to the description of them as the Forgotten Army, noting how many soldiers, nurses and other personnel felt aggrieved at the way some of the public associated the end of World War Two with the victory in Europe in May 1945.\n\n\"Let us affirm, they and serving veterans are not forgotten, rather you are respected, thanked and cherished with all our hearts and for all time,\" he said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, who also attended and read the poem The Exhortation before the silence, thanked those who had fought for restoring \"peace and prosperity\".\n\nBoris Johnson laid a wreath and read the war poem Exhortation - saying \"they shall grow not old\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince William: \"Your bravery, and the sacrifices you made, will never be forgotten\"\n\nIn a pre-recorded speech for BBC One's VJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute - broadcast on Saturday evening - the Duke of Cambridge spoke of how King George VI addressed the nation on August 15 1945 as \"the most catastrophic conflict in mankind's history came to an end\".\n\n\"It is hard for us to imagine what Victory over Japan Day must have felt like at the time; a mix of happiness, jubilation, and sheer relief, together with a deep sadness and overwhelming sense of loss for those who would never return home.\n\n\"Today we remember those who endured terrible suffering and honour all those who lost their lives.\"\n\nHe cautioned: \"As we look back, we must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated.\n\n\"We owe that to our veterans, to their families, and to the generations who will come after us.\n\nHe went on to thank those veterans, among them his own grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, who \"remembers vividly his role in collecting released prisoners of war\", said Prince William.\n\nPrince Philip was a young Royal Navy officer aboard a warship in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered.\n\nAs part of the commemorations, he appeared in a photo montage of veterans which featured on large screens in locations across the country throughout the day. In the montage each veteran was pictured with an image of themselves from their time in service.\n\nIt marked a rare appearance for Prince Philip, 99, who has only been seen a handful of times in public since retiring in 2017 - most recently for a military event at Windsor Castle.\n\nEarlier in the morning, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was joined by military chiefs as he placed a wreath at the Cenotaph in London.\n\nThe defence secretary also met some of the famous Chelsea Pensioners during his visit to their iconic home, the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as part of events to mark the 75th anniversary.\n\nBut the Red Arrows - who were due to carry out a flypast over the capital cities of all four nations of the UK - were forced to cancel flights over Edinburgh, Cardiff and London, where they were to fly directly over the Royal Hospital Chelsea, due to poor weather conditions.\n\nThey were, at least, able to fly over Belfast, and pilots met three veterans during a stop at Prestwick, near Glasgow.\n\nThe Red Arrows flew over the Titanic slipway and the Titanic Museum in Belfast\n\nVJ Day - or Victory over Japan Day - on 15 August 1945 ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps.\n\nIt is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.\n\nThe fighting in Europe had ended in May 1945, but many Allied servicemen were still fighting against Japan in east Asia.\n\nJapan rejected an ultimatum for peace, and the US believed that dropping a nuclear bomb would force them to surrender. The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan on 6 and 9 August, killing an estimated 214,000 people, and within two weeks Japan surrendered.\n\nTo mark the 75th anniversary, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, but did not attend in person.\n\nHowever, two of his ministers did visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in which 14 leaders who were later convicted by the Allies as war criminals are commemorated.\n\nThe National Memorial Arboretum seems to lend itself perfectly to the concept of a socially distanced commemorative service.\n\nVeterans of the Burma campaign, their families, and other guests sat on chairs spaced out on the grass between the trees.\n\nThe proceedings focused on the multinational and multicultural make up of the Allied forces that fought the Japanese.\n\nGurkhas, alongside Sikhs, sat next to troops from Welsh and Scottish regiments, representing the 40 nations involved in the Far East.\n\nAfter sitar music, readings from British Asian actors, and speeches from descendants of those who fought, the roar of aircraft engines could be heard overhead. A Lancaster, Hurricane and three Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial flew over in formation and in tribute.\n\nThen those who could stand, were invited to do so for a two-minute silence.\n\nThe Prince of Wales then laid a wreath at the Burma Railway Memorial.\n\nFlowers had been placed between the sleepers and track that make up the memorial. It was known as the \"Death Railway\" and 16,000 prisoners of war died during its construction.\n\nIt makes an incongruous, yet incredibly poignant sight among the granite and brass of the other memorials.\n\nBoris Johnson earlier joined other world leaders including US President Donald Trump in recording a video message to thank veterans.\n\nIn the video, each leader says in turn: \"To all who served, we thank you.\"\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace (far right) laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in London on Saturday morning\n\nMr Johnson added: \"On this 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we pay tribute to the heroes deployed thousands of miles away in the mountains, islands and rainforests of Asia.\n\n\"Unable to celebrate the victory in Europe, and among the last to return home, today we recognise the bravery and ingenuity of those who, in the face of adversity, restored peace and prosperity to the world.\n\n\"Their immeasurable sacrifice changed the course of history and, at today's commemorations, we take the opportunity to say what should be said every day - thank you.\"\n\nIn a letter specifically addressed to Far East veterans, Mr Johnson said: \"You were the last to come home but your achievements are written in the lights of the glittering capitals of the dynamic region we see today.\"\n\n\"All of us who were born after you have benefitted from your courage in adversity. On this anniversary, and every day hereafter, you will be remembered,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer also recorded a message, paying tribute \"to the wartime generation, who through the horrors of conflict showed us the spirit and determination that we need to always remember and always be grateful for\".\n\n\"It's important that as we face the challenges of today, we take inspiration from that generation,\" he said.\n\nAt the 70th anniversary of VJ Day there was a parade in London\n\nMeanwhile Capt Sir Tom Moore, who served in the Burma campaign has encouraged the public to join in the commemorations, describing VJ Day as \"the most special day\".\n\n\"It was VJ Day when the pain of war could finally start to fall away as peace was declared on all fronts,\" said Sir Tom - who raised millions of pounds for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden during lockdown.\n\n\"I respectfully ask Britain to stop whatever it is doing and take some time to remember.\n\n\"We must all take the time to stop, think and be thankful that were it not for the ultimate sacrifices made all those years ago by such a brave band of men and women, we would not be enjoying the freedoms we have today, even in these current difficult times.\"\n\nThe service at the National Memorial Arboretum was broadcast on BBC One between 09:30 and 11:30 BST and is available on Iplayer.\n\nVJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute is broadcast from 20:30 BST.", "Three people have been hurt in a kitchen explosion at a bar on the waterfront in St Ives.\n\nA member of staff has been airlifted to hospital following the blast at the Balcony Bar and Kitchen in Wharf Road.\n\nPolice said one person had \"potentially serious burns\". Two other members of staff were also injured, but none of the diners in the bar was hurt.\n\nOne witness described hearing an explosion then seeing \"a massive plume of smoke\" at the popular tourist spot.\n\nIt happened at about 15:20 BST. The harbour front was temporarily closed by emergency services but has since reopened.\n\nFirefighters said they discovered an \"industrial fryer unit\" inside the property and used a hose reel jet and thermal imaging camera to extinguish the fire.\n\nA member of kitchen staff was taken to hospital by air ambulance with \"potentially serious burns\"\n\nJohn Chard told the BBC he was on his boat when he witnessed \"what appeared to be some sort of explosion\".\n\n\"Something blew up - maybe a gas cylinder. There was a massive plume of smoke for about 30 seconds,\" he added.\n\nThe fire broke out at The Balcony Bar in St Ives, Cornwall", "There has been widespread concern about the fairness of the 'calculated' results\n\nLabour has called on ministers to act immediately to sort out an \"exams fiasco\" in England and stop thousands of A-level students being \"betrayed\".\n\nIt said it was unacceptable that a \"flawed system\" had led to 280,000 pupils having their marks downgraded.\n\nSir Keir Starmer said ministers must follow the lead of Scotland and allow teacher assessed marks to be accepted.\n\nMinisters say this risks \"grade inflation\" and disadvantaged pupils had not been disproportionately affected.\n\nBut some Tory MPs have challenged the fairness of how grades have been decided.\n\nSchools North East, representing over 1,100 schools in the north east of England, also backed the use of teacher assessments.\n\nBut they said if that was not possible there needed to be a much more rapid and transparent way for schools to appeal, saying that using mock grades or relying on autumn exams was inadequate.\n\nIn London a group of protestors gathered outside 10, Downing Street to express their anger at the results while petitions, calling for more weight to be given to teacher assessments, gained tens of thousands of signatures.\n\nProtestors angry at the exam grading system gathered outside 10, Downing Street on Friday\n\nAfter exams were cancelled due to the pandemic, grades were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nThis produced more top grades than have ever been seen before in A-levels, with almost 28% getting A* and As, but head teachers have been angry about \"unfathomable\" individual injustices in the downgrading of some results.\n\nThis year's A-level results are higher than even before\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teacher assessments and 3% were down two grades.\n\nThere are now calls to switch away from this system and to use teacher assessments, in the way that the government U-turned in Scotland.\n\nBut England's exam watchdog Ofqual has warned that using teachers' estimates would have artificially inflated results - and would have seen about 38% of entries getting A*s and As.\n\nLabour said the lack of consistency in individual results was \"heartbreaking\" for those affected and the government was squarely to blame for sticking with a \"fatally flawed results system\".\n\n\"Across the last 24 hours the scale of the injustice has become clear,\" said Sir Keir.\n\n\"Young people and parents right across the country, in every town and city, feel let down and betrayed.\n\n\"The unprecedented and chaotic circumstances created by the UK government's mishandling of education during recent months mean that a return to teacher assessments is now the best option available,\" said the Labour leader.\n\n\"No young person should be at a detriment due to government incompetence.\"\n\nLabour's education spokeswoman Kate Green also called for appeals to be able to be made by individual students, not only through schools.\n\nThe Equalities and Human Rights Commission has urged the exams regulator Ofqual to consider the equality impacts of all their actions and mitigate against any potential negative affect on disadvantaged and minority groups.\n\nEHRC Chief Executive, Rebecca Hilsenrath, called on the watchdog to publish a full breakdown of the differences between teacher assessed grades and the final grade.\n\n\"Students who have been downgraded must be able to appeal directly if they believe their grades are unfair,\" she said.\n\nFigures from Ofqual showed independent schools had disproportionately benefited from the rise in top grades - up by five percentage points, compared with two percentage points for comprehensives and 0.3 percentage points for further education colleges.\n\nThe chairman of the Education Select Committee, Tory MP Robert Halfon, urged Ofqual to \"explain properly how their model has worked and whether it has been fair\".\n\nMr Halfon also said exam appeals \"should be no cost\" to students.\n\nWriting on his website, the former children's minister Tim Loughton said the results had been \"extraordinarily distressing\" for some students and urged ministers to \"look at the algorithm again for those who have missed out on their place in further education\".\n\nAnother, Tory MP. Robert Syms, asked the government to \"go on teacher recommendation\" arguing that grade inflation would be less unfair than failing students who did not have the chance to take exams.\n\nAnd Conservative Peer, Lord Porter of Spalding, called the process for awarding grades \"shambolic\" and said it made him ashamed to be a member of the party.\n\nLord Porter also criticised fees for appeals which can be more than £100 for an unsuccessful appeal.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has defended what he said were a \"robust set\" of grades and said that pupils who believed they were treated unfairly would be able to appeal or, if they wanted, sit exams in the autumn.\n\nSchools can appeal for an upgrade if their pupils' mock grades were higher than their allocated results.\n\nBut the exam regulator Ofqual has still to say how a mock exam result can be validated - and head teachers have warned that mocks are not standardised or taken by all pupils, and could not be used as a fair way of deciding final exam results.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Transport Minister Grant Shapps rejected suggestions this year's exam system had been tougher on students from poorer backgrounds.\n\n\"More students from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university and overall we've got more accepted to university than previously as well,\" said Mr Shapps.\n\nThe latest figures from the Ucas admissions service do not show any significant increase in students deferring for a year.\n\nThere will still be places to be decided through clearing, but so far almost 430,000 places have been accepted.\n• None What's next in the arguments over exam results?", "Jack Ransom regrets that atoms bombs were dropped to end World War Two but says without them he would not have survived to be 100.\n\nHis uncle, whose name he shares, had died during World War One at the age of 19 and Jack says he could easily have not survived the brutal treatment at the hands of the Japanese if World War Two had not been brought to a final conclusion on 15 August 1945.\n\nJack was standing at the gates of Changi jail in Singapore when he discovered his ordeal was over.\n\nHe had been a prisoner of the Japanese for more than three years, during which time he had been forced to build the infamous Burma railway and carry out other punishing work on rations of just a bowl of rice a day.\n\nWhen he was liberated he knew nothing of VE Day four months earlier, which marked the end of the war in Europe.\n\nHe was also unaware that Japan had finally surrendered after atom bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\n\nAll the 25-year-old artilleryman knew was that the Japanese guards who took him every day to work on digging defence tunnels had failed to turn up.\n\n\"The first sign that I had was a paratrooper walking up the road towards the jail,\" he said. It was from him that Jack learned the war was finally over.\n\nJack weighed just six stones and describes himself as looking like a scarecrow, dressed in rags and no shoes.\n\nSeventy-five years on, he says he was \"bloody lucky\" to survive his horrendous punishment as a prisoner of war.\n\nThe veteran, who is originally from Peckham in London but has lived in Largs for many years, had joined 118 Field Regiment Royal Artillery at the start of the war but did not leave Britain until November 1941.\n\nHe left from Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he transferred to an American troop ship and sailed to South America and across to South Africa.\n\nAmerica was not officially in the war when they set off but while the convoy was in Cape Town the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, bringing the US into the conflict.\n\nJack went to India before sailing to Singapore in January 1942.\n\n\"Our job was to use the guns to fire on the Japanese who at the time were across the straits in the Malaya peninsula.\n\n\"It was jungle on the other side so whether you hit anything or not you don't know.\"\n\nBritish soldiers were told to surrender in Singapore\n\nOn 15 February 1942, Jack was told to surrender because of the heavy punishment the main town on the island was taking.\n\nThe troops were ordered to destroy as much as they could before the Japanese arrived and took them prisoner.\n\nJack was taken to Changi prison camp in Singapore but at the beginning of 1943 he was sent to work on the Burma railway, often called the Death Railway.\n\nAbout 12,000 Allied prisoners died during the construction of the railway that ran 250 miles between Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar), to supply troops and weapons in Japan's Burma campaign.\n\nJack says he was one of the final groups to be sent to the railway and thousands had already died from cholera and other diseases.\n\nHe was forced to march about 200 miles from the start of the railway to where they were to work building an embankment.\n\n\"We lost people along the way,\" he says. \"They fell by the wayside and died. They just left them.\"\n\n\"It was a hard job,\" Jack says. \"The embankments were 6ft or 8ft high. We had to scoop earth up and build them up. We had no machinery it was just four men and two shovels.\"\n\nBritish Troops tried in vain to stop the Japanese at Singapore\n\nThe Japanese were brutal, he says, and the prisoners worked from dawn to dusk with hardly any rations.\n\n\"We lived on a mess tin of rice per day,\" he says. \"That's all we got.\"\n\nAfter the railway was finished at the end of 1943 he was taken back to Changi jail in Singapore where he did more hard labour digging defence tunnels or levelling land for the airport.\n\nThen one morning in August 1945 it ended.\n\nJack says the gates to the jail were open but nobody knew what to do.\n\n\"After three years of being a prisoner of war you weren't going to stick your nose out of the door and get your head shot off,\" he says.\n\nIt was the paratrooper who confirmed the news that they had dropped the atom bombs and the war was over.\n\nA month later he got his transport home. Jack says he started the journey on the Polish boat at six stone and arrived home 12 stone.\n\n\"They gave us bacon eggs and bread and butter,\" he says. \"I dreamed of a slice of bread and butter.\"\n\nThe events of 75 years are still fresh in Jack's memory.\n\n\"I always think every day of my comrades, my pals, who didn't come home but I also think of the civilians in Japan who suffered the two terrible atom bombs. I have a sense of regret that happened.\n\n\"But you have got to be honest. I would not be alive if it wasn't for the atom bombs.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.\n\nEngland's world number eight Kyren Wilson won an incredible final frame to beat Anthony McGill 17-16 and reach his first World Championship final.\n\nScottish qualifier McGill was one frame from victory at 16-15 but Wilson drew level to set up a decider.\n\nMcGill conceded 35 points after missing a snooker eight times, then Wilson went in-off twice as fortunes fluctuated.\n\nWilson fluked the green and struggled to contain his emotions as he edged the frame 103-83 after 62 minutes.\n\nSeven-time champion Stephen Hendry, commentating on BBC Two, described the frame - the longest of the championship - as \"the most bizarre end to a World Championship match I've seen\".\n\nWilson, who will face Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, said: \"It's a cruel game. I've dreamt of this moment but I didn't want to get there like this.\n\n\"I held myself together right up until the end of that decider. It's just mad what can happen on a snooker table.\n\n\"I felt like it was one of the best semi-finals ever at the Crucible. I felt it was such a good standard, I'm just annoyed that it ended that way.\"\n\nMcGill added: \"I feel as though I played really well. I don't feel as though I have done anything wrong. I feel like it has been stolen from me, not by Kyren but by the snooker gods.\"\n\nThe astonishing 33rd frame will live long in the memory and go down as an all-time Crucible classic.\n\nBoth players missed chances in a nervy frame and the two were separated by a single point with one red remaining, but then Wilson got McGill in a brilliant snooker.\n\nFollowing his numerous misses on the red, McGill needed a snooker to get back, which he got as Wilson went in-off from the following shot.\n\nThe pair attempted the final red into the middle by playing the cue ball off the baulk cushion. McGill got it, but then lost position on the green and a long tactical battle ensued.\n\nFurther incredible drama followed as Wilson fluked the green leaving McGill needing snookers and he dropped his head and seemingly broke down in tears at the table, apologising to his opponent for his fortune.\n\nWilson snatched the pink to end the most dramatic frame of the tournament.\n\n'We will never see a frame like that again' - analysis\n\nI have never, in 44 years of playing this wonderful game, seen a frame of snooker like that. It was unbelievable.\n\nThere were so many talking points in it. I thought I was watching a basketball match. It was 90 plays 60 at one point. We will never see a frame like that again. When you put all those balls on a table things can happen that are so bizarre, but I have never seen anything like that.\n\nKyren is a very lucky boy to get through that in the end. He played a great snooker to put Anthony in trouble with the misses.\n\nThe ball over the middle pocket was just stupid and they had their chances both of them. The fluke was massive. Kyren over-hit the shot, so he was risking leaving everything on. It was incredible and he was nearly crying knowing he had nearly won.\n\nThe emotional rollercoaster both players have been through in that last frame is enough to last a lifetime. So many shots could and may have gone differently. In the end somebody had to win it and Kyren fell over the line.\n\nWilson received a bye into the second round after opponent Anthony Hamilton withdrew on the eve of the tournament with health concerns and ousted defending champion Judd Trump in the quarter-finals.\n\nHe started the final session on Friday with a superb 94 break but McGill responded with a hardworking 84, before punishing his opponent for missing two tricky blacks off the spot with nerveless runs of 87 and 122.\n\nMcGill split the balls after potting the blue, but inadvertently sent a red into the corner pocket, allowing Wilson to capitalise with an 82 under pressure.\n\nThe pair continued to trade blows as the Glaswegian responded by levelling once more at 15-15 and taking the next with another cool 98 break to go one from victory.\n\nWilson needed a couple of chances to pinch a re-racked 32nd frame and take the semi-final into a deciding frame.", "Price previously could not be named due to reporting restrictions\n\nThe 17-year-old boy convicted of murdering teaching assistant Lindsay Birbeck has been named as Rocky Marciano Price.\n\nThe 47-year-old mother-of-two's body was found in a shallow grave in Accrington Cemetery two weeks after she went missing while walking in 2019.\n\nPrice, who previously could not be named due to reporting restrictions, was found guilty of her murder at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday.\n\nHe will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nTrial judge Mrs Justice Yip ruled the public interest in knowing Price's identity outweighed concerns over his welfare.\n\n\"This was a dreadful crime which understandably generated strong public interest,\" she said.\n\n\"The public will naturally want to know who this person was as they come to terms with something that rocked the local community.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police released CCTV footage of Price as part of an appeal for information\n\nPrice had admitted moving Mrs Birbeck's body in a wheelie bin, but had claimed he buried her for a stranger who had promised him money.\n\nHis parents, Creddy, 47, and Martina, 39, took him to a local police station after a CCTV clip used by police in an appeal showed a young male pulling the wheelie bin on Burnley Road.\n\nHis conviction came a year to the day that Mrs Birbeck went missing.\n\nThe trial heard Price had no previous convictions or cautions and had lived all his life with his parents and at their home off Whinney Hill Road, near the cemetery, where several members of his family had been laid to rest.\n\nThe court heard he was an exceptionally quiet teenager with learning difficulties who attended a local specialist school after he was diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).\n\nIt can also now be reported that Price faced two trials, as an initial case was halted in March.\n\nIt was stopped after an unconnected police investigation into false imprisonment found mobile phone footage of a man claiming he was involved in Mrs Birbeck's murder and the disposal of her body.\n\nPrice's defence team successfully argued that the jury should be discharged on the basis he could not receive a fair trial and they needed time to explore the footage.\n\nAt the time, Mrs Justice Yip said it was \"unusual and unfortunate that the evidence has emerged during the trial\", adding that if the case had continued, the matter \"would have been pursued to the Court of Appeal on grounds of possible fresh evidence\".\n\nAn investigation by more than 20 police officers later concluded that the information in the footage was false, allowing a second trial to proceed.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 100 people were arrested for looting, battery against police and other charges. Crowds gathered following reports of a police shooting involving a 20-year-old man.", "The pace of Europe's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has picked up and in many countries infection rates have been falling.\n\nLockdowns are gradually being eased as the summer tourist season gets under way, and there are plans for an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to be in place by 1 July.\n\nNationwide curfew ended on 20 June, 10 days earlier than planned. Face masks are no longer required outdoors.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and bars can serve customers indoors, with 50% capacity and up to six people per table.\n\nStanding concerts will resume on 30 June and nightclubs on 9 July (with 75% capacity). People attending will need a health pass which shows either full vaccination, a negative test within the previous 72 hours, or else a previous coronavirus infection.\n\nMedical grade masks are compulsory in shops and on public transport.\n\nFrom 30 June, working from home will no longer be compulsory.\n\nOn 21 June, Italy's curfew was scrapped and the whole country, except for the northwest region of Valle d'Aosta, became \"white zone\" - the country's lowest-risk category.\n\nAmong the measures still in place are social distancing (1m) and the wearing of masks indoors (and in crowded outdoor places), and a ban on house parties and large gathering.\n\nNightclubs and discos are also closed.\n\nAll indoor businesses, with the exception of nightclubs, are open.\n\nThe government introduced a \"corona pass\" in April, the first to do so in Europe.\n\nThis shows - either on a phone or on paper - that you have been vaccinated, previously infected or that you have had a negative test within 72 hours.\n\nPeople need to show it for entry to cinemas, museums, hairdressers or indoor dining.\n\nThe Greek government is welcoming tourists from many countries, if they are fully vaccinated or can provide a negative coronavirus test.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in all public places and there is a curfew from 01:30-05:00, but bars, restaurants, museums and archaeological sites are all open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Greek island of Milos is aiming to become \"Covid-free\" so it can welcome back tourists\n\nCinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants are open at 50% capacity. From 26 June, this increases to 75%.\n\nNightclubs and discos will also be allowed to reopen, with a limit of 150 people.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in enclosed spaces and 1.5m social distancing observed.\n\nShops, bars, restaurants and museums are open, although face coverings remain compulsory in most public places.\n\nNightclubs can now reopen in parts of Spain with low infection rates.\n\nIn Barcelona, they are restricted to 50% of capacity and can stay open until 03:30 - dancers have to wear masks.\n\nSpain began welcoming vaccinated tourists from 7 June. Most European travellers still have to present a negative Covid test on arrival.\n\nBrussels: Outdoor dining resumed in Belgium on 8 May\n\nShops, cinemas, gyms, cafes and restaurants are open, with restrictions. Households can invite up to four people inside.\n\nFrom 1 July, working from home will no longer be mandatory, if the situation continues to improve.\n\nCultural performances, shows and sports competitions can also go ahead, with limited numbers, and more people will be allowed at weddings and other ceremonies and parties.\n\nPortugal has lifted many of its restrictions but face coverings must still be worn in indoor public spaces and some outdoor settings.\n\nBars and nightclubs remain closed, and it's illegal to drink alcohol outdoors in public places, except for pavement cafés and restaurants.\n\nAlcohol cannot be sold after 21:00 unless it is with a meal.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and cultural venues have to close at 01:00 and have capacity limits.\n\nA weekend travel ban is in force in the Lisbon area, starting at 15:00 on Friday, with residents only allowed to leave for essential journeys.\n\nIn Lisbon and in Albufeira (Algarve), cafes, restaurants and non-essential shops have to close by 15:30 at the weekend and 22:30 on weekdays.\n\nPortugal's summer season looks uncertain, yet its Covid figures have improved\n\nRestaurants, cafes, museums and historic buildings have reopened with capacity limits.\n\nFrom 26 June, a number of restrictions are being lifted.\n\nAlcohol can be sold after 22:00, and nightclubs can open, with an entry pass system.\n\nEvents held in public venues such as cinemas, conference centres and concert halls will be allowed, subject to social distancing.\n\nMasks will no longer be compulsory except on public transport, airports and in secondary schools.\n\nOutdoor services in restaurants and bars returned in June. Theme parks, funfairs, cinemas and theatres, gyms and swimming pools, have reopened as well.\n\nFrom 5 July, restaurants and bars will be able to serve customers indoors. Weddings and other indoor events for up to 50 people will be permitted and the numbers at outdoor organised events will increase.\n\nSince June, pubs have been able to stay open until 22:30 and more people are now allowed at sports events, outdoor concerts, cinemas and markets.\n\nOn 1 July, limits on private gatherings will be raised, and the recommendation to interact with a small circle of people removed.\n\nFurther easing is planned on 15 July and in September.", "One woman whose face was torn apart by the Beirut explosion, says free plastic surgery will help her forget the day.\n\nRomy Zahour Lauret, 30, was driving near the port with her husband when the blast hit.\n\nDr Joe Baroud, a plastic surgeon in Beirut, has been offering free surgery to victims like Romy.", "Cowell is best known for such shows as The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent,\n\nSimon Cowell has thanked the medical staff who treated him in Los Angeles following a bike accident in which he broke part of his back.\n\nThe music mogul and talent show judge sent \"a massive thank you to all the nurses and doctors\", calling them \"some of the nicest people I have ever met\".\n\nCowell was taken to hospital after falling off his new electric bike in the courtyard of his Malibu home.\n\nThe 60-year-old said he should have \"read the manual\" before riding it.\n\n\"Some good advice... If you buy an electric trail bike, read the manual before you ride it for the first time,\" he tweeted.\n\nHe thanked fans and friends for their \"kind messages\" and exhorted them all to \"stay safe\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or 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 Cowell This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCowell had an operation on Saturday night that involved a number of procedures, including having a metal rod put in his back.\n\nHis spokeswoman said he had \"broken his back in a number of places\" and was \"doing fine\".\n\nCowell, who has a six-year-old son Eric with his partner Lauren Silverman, was said to be testing his new bike when the accident occurred.\n\nHe had a previous fall in 2017, when he fell down the stairs at his London home.\n\nAmanda Holden was among those to wish her \"dear friend\" well on social media.\n\nThe Britain's Got Talent judge said he was \"doing really well\" after his operation and wished him \"a speedy recovery\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Amanda Holden This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPiers Morgan also wished him well after what he described as \"a very nasty accident\".\n\nIt is understood Eric was with his father when the accident occurred.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Dawn Butler said she was pulled over by police while travelling through Hackney\n\nA Labour MP has accused police of racially profiling her after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east London.\n\nFormer shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler tweeted she had been pulled over in Hackney and had recorded the stop.\n\nThe MP for Brent Central said police had to \"stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime\".\n\nThe Met said the stop was a mistake caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car's registration number.\n\nShe told the Press Association: \"It's obviously racial profiling.\n\n\"We know that the police is institutionally racist and what we have to do is weed that out. We have to stop seeing black with crime. We have to stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime.\"\n\nThe BMW was being driven by a male friend, who is also black, and it was pulled over by two police cars, Ms Butler said.\n\nShe said officers said the car was registered in North Yorkshire and took the car keys while checking the registration.\n\nThey then admitted there had been a mistake, that it was registered to the driver, and apologised, she said.\n\nHer footage of the stop, which happened at about 12:00 BST on Sunday, showed an officer saying police were carrying out searches because of \"gang and knife crime\".\n\nShe is heard in the video telling the officers: \"It is really quite irritating. It's like you cannot drive around and enjoy a Sunday afternoon whilst black, because you're going to be stopped by police.\"\n\nShe goes on to say: \"If you are driving outside the area, I think that's a ridiculous reason to stop.\n\n\"If you are profiling people who are driving in a certain type of car, that's an inappropriate reason to stop, and if you are profiling people because of the colour of their skin, that's an inappropriate reason to stop.\"\n\nOne of the officers in the video tells her: \"I appreciate everything you say and I do apologise for wasting your time.\"\n\nCh Supt Roy Smith tweeted earlier to say he had spoken to the MP who had \"given me a very balanced account of the incident\".\n\nThe Met Police officer added the force \"are listening\" to concerns she had about the police stop and the officers involved, and she was \"quite entitled to raise them\".\n\nLast month the Met apologised after stopping and searching Team GB athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos\n\nIn a statement the police force said: \"Prior to stopping the vehicle, an officer incorrectly entered the registration into a police computer which identified the car as registered to an address in Yorkshire.\n\n\"Upon stopping the vehicle and speaking with the driver, it quickly became apparent that the registration had been entered incorrectly and was registered to the driver in London.\n\n\"Once the mistake was realised the officer sought to explain this to the occupants; they were then allowed on their way.\n\n\"No searches were carried out on any individuals.\"\n\nThe force said \"one of the occupants\" had been contacted by a senior officer and they had discussed \"subsequent interaction as well as feedback regarding the stop\".\n\nIt added: \"We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter further with the occupants if they wish to do so.\"\n\nThe statement did not explain why the registration was entered in the first place.\n\nIn the video, one officer can be heard saying the initial search returned a car of the same make, model and colour but registered to North Yorkshire.\n\nMs Butler questioned the officer, asking for the police to share the registration they initially searched for.\n\n\"It's exhausting doing things whilst black,\" she told PA.\n\n\"Because you're just doing every day things and you have to explain yourself away or justify the reason why you're driving through Hackney. It's exhausting and I'm tired of it.\"\n\nThis week Ms Butler was named by Vogue magazine as one of the 25 most influential women for her support of Black Lives Matter protests.\n\nShe has previously described how her backing of the anti-racism movement had led to threats on her office and staff, and last month had to shut her headquarters for safety reasons.\n\nFormer shadow home secretary Diane Abbott tweeted that Ms Butler's experience on Sunday was \"so unsurprising\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Diane Abbott 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\nLast month the Met apologised to GB sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos who were pulled from their car and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son.\n\nNothing was found in the search and the Met referred itself to the police watchdog.\n\nOn Saturday, Ms Butler wrote in her Metro column that Met Commissioner Cressida Dick appeared \"incapable\" of tackling institutional racism in the police and called for her resignation.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating whether officers in England and Wales racially discriminate against ethnic minority people.\n\nThe latest official statistics for stop and search showed a disparity rate of 4.3 for all black, Asian and minority ethnic people and 9.7 for black people.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester United needed an extra-time penalty from Bruno Fernandes to finally see off a spirited FC Copenhagen and set up a potential Europa League semi-final against Wolves.\n\nUnited were poor for much of the first half in the heat of Cologne but still had a penalty overturned and a goal ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side improved and dominated the second half but could find no way past inspired goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson, with Fernandes and Mason Greenwood also each hitting the post and Marcus Rashford having another effort disallowed.\n\nFernandes finally broke through in familiar style, keeping cool to drive in United's 21st spot-kick of the season at the start of the extra period to extend their marathon season by another week.\n\nJohnsson was magnificent between the posts for Copenhagen - ending the night with 13 saves as United rained down 26 efforts on goal all told - while the Danish runners-up failed to have a single shot on target.\n\nUnited - who won this competition four seasons ago - will now face either Premier League rivals Wolves or Europa League specialists Sevilla in the last four in Dusseldorf on Sunday night.\n• None Europa League 'final eight' begins - all you need to know\n\nNo way past for United\n\nThree hundred and sixty-four days after Solskjaer started his first full season in charge of United, he is now two games away from a possible first trophy.\n\nThe January signing of Fernandes has already delivered a third-placed finish and Champions League football and the Portuguese midfielder was again the eventual difference maker on a draining night in scorching heat.\n\nThe temperature was still 32C at kick-off at 9pm local time and United made a poor start - Fred's error almost letting in Mohammed Daramy, before Brandon Williams had to head away from the goal-line.\n\nBut despite their lethargy, United always carried a threat and were briefly awarded a penalty for a shove at a set-piece before VAR flagged an offside in the build-up.\n\nGreenwood finished brilliantly off the far post but the strike was correctly called back for another offside before Solskjaer witnessed a far better second half.\n\nGreenwood fired against the post again, with his left foot this time, Rashford tapping in but again from an offside position before Fernandes thundered a shot against the opposite post from range.\n\nJohnsson's individual showreel then threatened to throw a spanner in the works.\n\nPerhaps the Swedish keeper's best save denied Anthony Martial, who eventually won the decisive penalty thanks to a push from former Brentford defender Andreas Bjelland.\n\nFernandes fired into the corner without his trademark hop on approach to ensure a 17th European semi-final for United.\n• None William Boving Vick (FC København) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. Mikkel Kaufmann (FC København) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by William Boving Vick.\n• None Rasmus Falk Jensen (FC København) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The link between what we eat and mental health\n• None What has isolation been like for them?", "Police in Belarus have responded with violence as thousand of demonstrators took to the streets to protest Sunday's election, with incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko set to claim another victory, according to pro-government election polls.\n\nEyewitnesses say police in Minsk used stun grenades and fired rubber bullets into the crowd, injuring a number of protesters.", "Jimmy Lai was sentenced in April 2021 to a year in prison\n\nThe billionaire media mogul Jimmy Lai is one of the most prominent supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. He has been a persistent thorn in China's side, and is now in prison serving a year's sentence for his involvement in protests in the territory.\n\nMr Lai was 12 years old when he fled his village in mainland China, arriving in Hong Kong as a stowaway on a fishing boat. Like a number of the city’s famed tycoons, he went from a menial role, toiling in a Hong Kong sweatshop, to founding a multi-million dollar empire.\n\nBut unlike others who rose to the top in Hong Kong, Mr Lai also became one of the fiercest critics of the Chinese state and a leading figure advocating democracy in the former British territory. As a result, he has faced a string of cases in recent years and was eventually been sentenced to a prison term on a charge of \"unauthorised assembly\".\n\nHe is still the most prominent person charged under Hong Kong's controversial new national security law, which can carry a life sentence.\n\n“I’m a born rebel,\" he told the BBC in an interview late last year, hours before he was charged. \"I have a very rebellious character.\"\n\nJimmy Lai was born in Guangzhou, a city in southern China, to a wealthy family that lost everything when the communists took power in 1949. From working odd jobs and knitting in a small clothing shop he taught himself English, eventually founding the international clothing brand Giordano.\n\nThe chain was a huge success. But when in 1989 China sent in tanks to crush pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Mr Lai began a new journey as a vocal democracy activist as well as an entrepreneur.\n\nHe started writing columns criticising the massacre that followed the demonstrations in Beijing and established a publishing house that went on to become one of Hong Kong's most influential.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Hong Kong billionaire risking it all by speaking out\n\nAs China responded by threatening to shut his stores on the mainland, leading him to sell the company, Mr Lai launched a string of popular pro-democracy titles that now include Next, a digital magazine, and the widely read Apple Daily newspaper.\n\nIn a local media landscape increasingly fearful of Beijing, Mr Lai has been a persistent critic of China's authorities both through his publications and writing. This has seen him become a hero for many residents in Hong Kong but on the mainland he is viewed as a “traitor” who threatens Chinese national security.\n\nIn recent years, masked attackers have firebombed Mr Lai’s house and company headquarters. The 73-year-old has also been the target of an assassination plot.\n\nBut none of the threats has stopped him from airing his views robustly. He has been a prominent part of the city’s pro-democracy demonstrations and had already been arrested twice this year on illegal assembly charges for earlier protests before his detention earlier this month.\n\nWhen China passed Hong Kong's new national security law in June, Mr Lai told the BBC it spelt the \"death knell\" for the territory. The influential entrepreneur also warned that Hong Kong would become as corrupt as China. Without the rule of law, he said, its coveted status as a global financial hub would be \"totally destroyed\".\n\nFor his admirers Mr Lai is a man of courage who has taken on great risks to defend the freedoms of Hong Kong.\n\n\"I have enormous respect for Mr. Lai. Clearly a man with courage and probably among the very very few who has maintained his business interests without diluting his principles,\" wrote one Twitter user after his arrest.\n\nThe media mogul is known for his frankness and acts of flamboyance. Earlier this year he had urged US President Donald Trump to help the territory, saying he was \"the only one who can save us\" from China. His newspaper, Apple Daily, published a front-page letter that finished: \"Mr President, please help us.\"\n\nWhen his sentence was read out in court in April, he was calm. The judge said, \"Actions have consequences for everyone irrespective of who they are.\" Outside the courtroom, pro-democracy protesters chanted.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch President Trump being rushed out of news conference\n\nUS President Donald Trump was escorted out of a news conference after Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who claimed to be armed outside the White House.\n\nThe Secret Service said the incident happened one block from the compound, when an officer fired on the suspect who had run \"aggressively\" towards him.\n\nAn agent then walked on stage as Mr Trump was speaking and led him away.\n\nThe president returned minutes later to say the situation was under control.\n\nThe US Secret Service said the incident happened on Monday on the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave - outside the White House perimeter.\n\nIt said a 51-year-old man, who has not been identified, approached the officer, told him he had weapons and assumed a \"shooter's stance\", whereupon the officer shot him in the torso.\n\nThe Secret Service did not say whether the man was armed. It added that \"both the officer and the suspect were then taken to hospital\", and that \"at no time during this incident was the White House complex breached\".\n\nAfter Mr Trump and his staff left, doors to the briefing room were locked with the journalists inside.\n\nWhen the president returned nine minutes later, he said: \"Law enforcement shot someone, it seems to be the suspect.\"\n\nHe said he did not know if the person harboured any ill intentions towards him.\n\n\"It might not have had anything to do with me,\" the president said.\n\nAn agent walked on stage and whispered into President Trump's ear during the briefing\n\nA journalist asked Mr Trump if he was rattled by the events. He replied: \"Do I seem rattled?\"\n\nThe president added: \"It's unfortunate that this is the world, but the world's always been a dangerous place. It's not something that's unique.\"\n\nThe District of Columbia fire department said a man suffered serious or possibly critical injuries, according to the Associated Press.\n\nThe news agency also reported that authorities were looking into whether the individual has a background of mental illness.", "Funding of up to £172m for thousands more apprentice nurses in England has been unveiled by the government.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the money will allow healthcare employers to take on up to 2,000 nursing degree apprentices every year over the next four years.\n\nIt said this will help make the career more accessible.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing welcomed the move but said the plans did not go far enough.\n\nNursing apprenticeships offer an alternative to full-time university courses, allowing people to earn a salary while their tuition costs are paid.\n\nAt the end of the programmes - which usually take four years - apprentices are able to qualify as fully registered nurses.\n\nThe government said its funding would enable more employers to meet the costs of taking on apprentices and help it deliver its target of 50,000 more nurses by 2024-25.\n\nBoth the NHS and other healthcare employers will receive £8,300 per placement per year for new and existing apprenticeships under the scheme.\n\nIt comes as the number of people looking for information on nursing on the NHS careers website rose by 138% between March and June, the DHSC said.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said: \"I'm thrilled to see a rising interest in nursing careers, but we must ensure this fantastic career is truly diverse and open to all.\"\n\nGillian Keegan, apprenticeships and skills minister said: \"Apprenticeships are an excellent way for anyone, regardless of their background, to kick start their career or to progress.\"\n\nHowever, Mike Adams, the Royal College of Nursing's director for England, said wider investment was needed to educate enough registered nurses.\n\nThe union called on ministers to scrap tuition fees for nursing students who choose to train at university.\n\nHe added: \"It is also the case that a full-time, three-year nursing degree remains the fastest way to deliver a registered nurse through education.\"\n\nNHS and social care employers currently train around 1,000 nurse apprentices every year.\n\nNurses were among thousands of NHS workers who took to the streets across the UK on Saturday to demand better wages for staff.", "Boris Johnson said schools were the “last thing” the government wants to close as part of any local lockdown restrictions.\n\nHe said it was better for children’s health, mental well-being and educational prospects if “everyone” went back to school full-time in September, adding it was “our moral duty”.\n\nSpeaking at St Joseph’s Primary School in east London, the prime minister said he was “very, very keen” for next year’s exams to go ahead.", "People in Beirut are clearing up the rubble, and trying to piece back their lives, after a deadly explosion rocked the city.\n\nMore than 150 people have died following the explosion on Tuesday at the port. It was caused by a huge stock of ammonium nitrate that had been seized from a ship but never moved and unsafely stored.\n\nLocal resident, 28-year old DJ and music producer 'june as' was at home when the explosion happened and tore through his apartment.\n\nHe spoke to the BBC's Claudia Redmond about finding solace in his music.", "Retail sales rose again in July, but shops are still trying to make up lost ground, industry body figures suggest.\n\nThey show the number of visits to High Streets is still down significantly as people shop online instead.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) said some retailers continue to struggle due to the coronavirus crisis, and it made a fresh call for government help with rents.\n\nThe housing ministry said landlords and tenants should \"find solutions that work for both parties\".\n\nRetail sales rose for the second consecutive month in July, the BRC said, up 3.2% compared with the same month last year. But the picture for retailers was mixed.\n\nFood sales continued to be strong, while furniture and homeware sales also did well as people \"increasingly invest in their time at home\", the BRC-KPMG retail sales report found.\n\nOnline shopping remained \"prominent\" in July, accounting for 40% of sales, said Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG. Computer sales also continued to soar as people who could worked from home, he said.\n\nFood and alcohol sales slowed but drink sales still made a significant contribution to supermarket growth, Susan Barratt, the chief executive of grocery research organisation IGD said.\n\nAnd while local coronavirus lockdowns in the north of England had taken a toll on consumer confidence in the region, morale was higher in Scotland, she said.\n\nBut many British shops, particularly in fashion, jewellery and beauty, are \"still struggling to survive,\" BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said.\n\n\"While the rise in retail sales is a step in the right direction, the industry is still trying to catch up lost ground, with most shops having suffered months of closures.\n\n\"The fragile economic situation continues to bear down on consumer confidence, with some retailers hanging by only a thread in the face of rising costs and lower sales,\" she added.\n\nShoppers queued outside Primark when it reopened on 15 June\n\nKPMG's Mr Martin said that while the return to school in September traditionally drove higher sales volumes, the unwinding of the government's furlough scheme could make consumers less willing to spend.\n\nAnd new data from credit card company Visa suggests that consumer confidence has been further knocked by difficulties getting a refund.\n\nIt shows that more than one in 10 people who have requested a return for items and services bought during the coronavirus lockdown are yet to get their money back.\n\nMeanwhile, more than a third say they are avoiding making a big purchase over fears their money would not be returned if they needed a refund.\n\nOne major concern for many shops was footfall continuing to be down, \"with many people still reluctant to go out, and fewer impulse purchases\", Ms Dickinson said.\n\nSeparate figures from market intelligence firm Springboard suggested a 40% drop in footfall in the month, which was still an improvement from June, and the best month since February.\n\nOnline spending is unlikely to decline, while a lack of tourism, more people working from home, and rising unemployment were all factors keeping people away from shops, it said.\n\nBut there was one bright spot for High Streets. Springboard figures for the beginning of August suggest footfall rising during the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which lets restaurant diners get up to 50% off their food and soft drink bills Monday to Wednesday.\n\nHowever, according to the Centre for Retail Research, more than 22,000 UK restaurant jobs have been cut so far in 2020 and nearly 1,500 restaurants and outlets closed.\n\nOn Tuesday the BRC repeated a call for a government grant to help pay rents, saying retailers were \"struggling\".\n\n\"Next quarter rent day could see many otherwise viable businesses fall into insolvency, costing stores, jobs and economic growth,\" Ms Dickinson said.\n\nOn Monday the BRC and a number of industry bodies, including UKHospitality, which represents restaurants and pubs, called for a so-called \"Property Bounceback Grant\".\n\nThe groups, including landlords, called for the government to pay 50% of retail, hospitality and leisure rents for six months, at a cost of £1.75bn to the Exchequer.\n\nThe industry bodies claimed that this would generate tax revenue from economic activity of almost £7bn, and save 375,000 jobs.\n\nIn a joint statement, they said landlords have been \"walking a tightrope to support their customers and protect the pensions and savings of millions of people invested in commercial property across the country\".\n\nThe Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government said that government support was already available for landlords, and that there was a moratorium on landlords being able to evict commercial tenants for non-payment of rent until 30 September.\n\nThere were also temporary measures to protect businesses from \"aggressive\" rent recovery, it added.\n\n\"We recognise the huge challenges being faced by commercial tenants and landlords during this period, which is why we're working closely with them to ensure they are supported and would urge both landlords and tenants to follow the example of others and find solutions that work for both parties,\" the housing ministry said.\n\n\"The government has taken unprecedented action to protect jobs and livelihoods, with a package of around £160bn of support, including loans, rates relief and grants for businesses to support them through the pandemic.\"", "The UK's coastguard has issued a new warning urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years.\n\nIts teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people on Saturday.\n\nSaturday was the second day of a mini-heatwave for parts of the UK, with temperatures hitting 34.5C (94.1F).\n\nA woman in her 30s died on Sunday after getting into difficulties in the sea off the coast in Waxham, Norfolk.\n\nShe was recovered from the water but was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, said Norfolk Police, adding that the death was being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.\n\nThe latest figures from the coastguard came just over a week after the coastguard reported its previous record of 329 incidents.\n\nHM Coastguard's head of coastguard operations, Richard Hackwell, said there had been \"a big rise\" in incidents this weekend \"as more people visit coastal areas and head to the beach\".\n\n\"We understand that people want to have fun at the coast and enjoy the heatwave but we urge everyone to respect the sea and take responsibility in helping to ensure the safety of themselves, friends and family,\" he said.\n\nSeparately, the RNLI called for people to wear life jackets if going out on the sea, after a number of kayakers needed rescuing off the Devon coast on Sunday.\n\nThe warnings came on another sweltering day for many Britons on Sunday, with a high of 34C recorded in East Sussex, according to BBC Weather.\n\nEarlier, it reached 24.3C in Scotland (Achnagart), 23C in Wales (Hawarden) and 21.6C in Northern Ireland (Ballywatticock), BBC Weather said.\n\nThere will also be little relief from the warm weather overnight, particularly in south-east England, where some face a so-called tropical night - when temperatures stay above 20C.\n\nThere were large crowds at Bournemouth beach in Dorset on Sunday, despite warnings to avoid busy areas\n\nHere in Pembrokeshire, some beachgoers were able to enjoy a game of volleyball on a near-empty area of Traeth Llyfn beach\n\nCrowds packed out beaches along the coast for the third day in a row on Sunday as the hot weather continued.\n\nThanet District Council warned four of its beaches in Kent - Margate Main Sands, Viking Bay, Joss Bay and Ramsgate Main Sands - were \"extremely busy\", with high tide likely to make social distancing difficult.\n\nAnd Dorset Council urged people to avoid Lulworth and Durdle Door by midday due to large numbers in the area.\n\nSome seafront car parks in Dorset were full by mid-afternoon, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council warned beachgoers - via a new mobile app - of congestion on much of its 24 beaches.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman has died following a collision between a water bike and a boat off Anglesey, in Wales.\n\nThe coastguard co-ordinated search and rescue responses to a wide range of incidents on Saturday, including people being cut off by the tide and children swept out to sea on inflatables.\n\nIn total, the service responded to 186 emergency 999 calls, rescued 146 people and assisted a further 371.\n\nSaturday's incident count represents a \"significant\" 145% increase compared to the average number of call-outs recorded throughout August 2019, the coastguard said in a statement.\n\nMr Hackwell stressed that beachgoers should \"check and double check tide times as even the most experienced swimmer or keen watersports enthusiast can get caught out by currents and tides\".\n\nAnd he encouraged people to plan their days out, \"always exercise caution\" and to make sure they have a way of contacting the coastguard if they get into trouble.\n\nPeople also took to the river Cam in Cambridge to enjoy the hot weather\n\nThe hot weather is likely to continue into next week, with humid nights, according to BBC Weather.\n\nForecasters have predicted \"oppressive\" highs of 34C in the south-east during the day on Monday, with sunny spells expected elsewhere in the UK.\n\nHowever, there is a growing risk of thunderstorms. There is a chance of sharp showers that could turn thundery for some areas in western England and Wales on Monday.\n\nYellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued for all parts of the UK for Monday through to Thursday, with the Met Office stating \"not everywhere will see them, but where they do occur they could be significant and disruptive\".\n\nLarge parts of England and Wales have been warned there may be torrential rain, large hail, frequent lightning and strong gusty winds.\n\nDownpours could see rainfall of 20-30mm in an hour, with some locations potentially receiving 40-60mm in three hours. These would be fairly isolated instances, according to the Met Office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFriday saw the hottest August day in 17 years, with the mercury hitting 36.4C at London's Heathrow Airport and Kew Gardens.\n\nLast week, the Met Office warned that climate change driven by industrial society is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather.\n\nIts annual UK report confirmed that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, and described the year as remarkable for high temperature records in the UK.", "The education secretary visited a school in Rutherglen on results day\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney has said he has \"heard the anger of students\" over school qualifications.\n\nMr Swinney, who faces a no-confidence vote in the Scottish parliament, said he would make a statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn it, he will set out how he intends to address the concerns of students and their parents.\n\nWith no exams because of coronavirus, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) downgraded many of the assessments made by teachers.\n\nThe SQA was accused of disproportionately affecting the results of pupils from schools which have previously presented fewer successful pupils for exams.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the statement, scheduled for the week schools resume after lockdown, Mr Swinney said: \"I have heard the anger of students who feel their hard work has been taken away from them and I am determined to address it.\n\n\"These are unprecedented times and as we have said throughout this pandemic, we will not get everything right first time. Every student deserves a grade that reflects the work they have done, and that is what I want to achieve.\"\n\nThe education secretary said he had been \"engaged in detailed discussions over the way forward\", promising to act quickly to give certainty to young people.\n\nHe added: \"I will set out on Tuesday how we intend to achieve that.\"\n\nPupils and parents took part in demonstrations after the results were announced\n\nWhen the Scottish parliament resumes this week, Scottish Labour will table a motion of no-confidence in Mr Swinney, which the Conservatives will support. The Scottish Greens have indicated they would consider backing the motion.\n\nLabour education spokesman Iain Gray said Mr Swinney \"needs to go\".\n\n\"It's taken John Swinney five days to even admit this fiasco is his responsibility,\" he said.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross also called on the first minister to remove Mr Swinney.\n\nAnd Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"An admission of error is step one in resolving this major issue but the detailed solution is what matters.\"\n\nIn a Sunday Times article, former SNP minister Alex Neil said the Scottish government \"must reverse the decisions it made about examination results that saw the poorest children in many of the most deprived areas downgraded on the altar of a manufactured algorithm prepared in secret\".\n\nSchools in Scotland are to resume this week for the first time since March.\n\nAll pupils will be provided with full-time education. Education authorities have been preparing procedures and modifying the layout of school buildings to minimise the risk of Covid-19 transmission.\n\nAre your or your child's grades being reviewed by SQA? Please 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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hail “the size of golf balls” is captured on camera in Capel Curig in Conwy county\n\nThunderstorms have brought flash flooding and power cuts to parts of Wales.\n\nMid and West Wales Fire Service said it had attended eight flooding incidents in Aberystwyth in Ceredigion since 14:30 BST on Monday.\n\nPhotographs from the university town showed vehicles struggling to get through flooded streets.\n\nThe whole of Wales is covered by a Met Office yellow thunderstorm warning until midnight.\n\nRhian Toghill caught the moment this lightning bolt struck the Menai Strait from Caernarfon\n\nThe forecaster warned there was a small chance homes could flood quickly.\n\nAberystwyth resident Joe Easton said he returned from shopping in the town to find the ground floor of his home under water.\n\nJoe Easton returned home to find the ground floor under water\n\n\"I can't think of a way to describe it - apocalyptical is probably the best way,\" he said.\n\n\"We went to Home Bargains earlier and it was just coming out of the ground.\"\n\nThe ground floor of Joe Easton's home was under water\n\nHe said he realised it meant his home would be flooded.\n\n\"We were moving house. We came back and most of our stuff was already gone. There was about two foot of water.\"\n\nThe first service said others areas affected included Gower in Swansea, Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire and New Quay in Ceredigion, which had over 100 lightning strikes in an hour.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aberystwyth has been hit by flash flooding\n\nA second yellow thunderstorm weather covering Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Anglesey, Powys and Wrexham came into force at 16:00 BST and runs until 03:00 on Tuesday.\n\nParts of the region have seen some power cuts, around Trawsfynydd, Llanberis, Llanwnda and Rhosgadfan in Gwynedd, at Dolwyddelan, Betws-y-Coed and Rhos-on-Sea in Conwy, and at Brynsiencyn and Llanddona on Anglesey.\n\nThe owner of this restaurant in Aberystwyth said they had been flooded before \"but not like this\"\n\nNorth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to a house at Nasareth, south of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, after it was struck by lightning, but no further action was needed.\n\nCouncil staff in Gwynedd were also asked to deal with some flash flooding on the coast at Barmouth, while motorists were warned of flooding on the A5 trunk road between Betws-y-Coed and Capel Curig.\n\nPeople in Aberystwyth take in the water damage on their street\n\nWestern Power Distribution said 214 customers were without power in Lampeter in Ceredigion and 32 in Rhossili on Gower.", "Clashes broke out in Beirut for a second day running\n\nInternational donors have pledged a quarter of a billion euros in aid for Lebanon five days after the explosion which devastated a swathe of Beirut.\n\nBut an online donor summit arranged by France called at the same time for reforms to be made.\n\nThe blast at a warehouse holding over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has focused local outrage on perceived government corruption and incompetence.\n\nClashes have broken out for a second day running in Beirut.\n\nYoung people calling for the government to quit threw projectiles at police and shops in central Beirut, and protesters attempted to storm barricades barring access to the parliament building. A fire broke out at the scene.\n\nPolice in riot gear used tear gas as darkness fell, echoing similar scenes during protests on Saturday.\n\nFifteen government leaders at the donor summit, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, promised \"major resources\", according to a statement.\n\n\"Assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the needs of the Lebanese people,\" it said, adding that help must be \"directly delivered to the Lebanese population, with utmost efficiency and transparency\".\n\nThe donors were prepared to help Lebanon's longer term recovery if the government listened to the changes demanded by the country's citizens, the communique said.\n\nPresident Macron's office said France had received pledges worth €252.7m ($297m, £227m) from the summit.\n\nOfficials estimate the explosion caused up to $15 billion (£11.5bn) of damage.\n\nIt left at least 158 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. It emerged that the ammonium nitrate had been left at the port warehouse for six years despite repeated warnings it was dangerous.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Staff at this barber shop are haunted by flashbacks of the moment the blast hit\n\nLebanon is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, with daily power cuts, a lack of safe drinking water and limited public healthcare.\n\nThe currency collapsed and Lebanon defaulted on its debt in March. Talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $10bn bailout have stalled.\n\nIt is feared that the effect of the explosion on the economy could significantly worsen the prospects of recovery.\n\nThe government has begun losing ministers critical of its failings.\n\nEnvironment Minister Damianos Kattar was the second to leave the cabinet on Sunday, bemoaning a \"sterile regime that botched several opportunities\".\n\nHis resignation followed that of Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, who cited the failure to reform and the \"Beirut catastrophe\" as her reasons for going.\n\nManal Abdel Samad is the first minister to resign in the wake of the blast\n\nAmong promises made during the summit were:\n\nThe United Nations has said more than $100m (£76m) is needed for both emergency humanitarian aid, such as food and water, and the rebuilding of infrastructure, including hospitals and schools.\n\nThe summit took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPresident Macron, speaking from his summer residence in southern France, called for \"an impartial, credible and independent inquiry\" into how the disaster was allowed to happen.\n\nFrance is the former colonial power, and Mr Macron was the first world leader to visit Beirut in the days after the blast.\n\nBut Lebanese President Michel Aoun has already ruled out an international investigation.\n\nAlluding to Saturday's protests, the French president said it was up to the government \"to respond to the aspirations that the Lebanese people are expressing right now, legitimately, in the streets of Beirut\".\n\nBut he added that neither violence nor chaos should prevail, adding: \"Lebanon's future is at stake.\"\n\nPresident Trump also joined the summit and echoed calls for a transparent investigation, saying the US would be able to assist, according to a White House statement.\n\n\"The president called for calm in Lebanon and acknowledged the legitimate calls of peaceful protesters for transparency, reform, and accountability,\" the statement said.", "Melting permafrost in Alaska and other northern regions could unleash large amounts of warming gases from peatlands\n\nThe world's peatlands will become a large source of greenhouse gases as temperatures rise this century, say scientists.\n\nRight now, huge amounts of carbon are stored in boggy, often frozen regions stretching across northern parts of the world.\n\nBut much of the permanently frozen land will thaw this century, say experts.\n\nThis will release warming gases at a rate that could be 30-50% greater than previous estimates.\n\nStretching across vast regions of the northern half of the world, peatlands play an important role in the global climate system.\n\nOver thousands of years, they have accumulated large amounts of carbon and nitrogen, which has helped keep the Earth cool.\n\nThe eroding edge of a permafrost peat plateau in the western Russian Arctic\n\nScientists, though, are keenly aware that peatlands - including the nearly half that are permanently frozen - are very vulnerable to rising temperatures.\n\nBut, until now, a lack of accurate maps has made it difficult to fully estimate the impact of climate on peat.\n\nUsing data compiled from more than 7,000 field observations, the authors of this new study were able to generate the most accurate maps to date of the peatlands, their depth and the amount of warming gases they contain.\n\nThey show that the boggy terrain covers 3.7 million sq kilometres (1.42 million sq miles).\n\nThe researchers say the northern peatlands store around 415 gigatonnes of carbon. That's roughly equivalent to 46 years of current global CO2 emissions.\n\nIn their study, the authors projected that the peatlands would become a major source of CO2 as the world warms up.\n\nOne key question is when this will happen.\n\n\"Unfortunately, we cannot put exact times to these numbers so far, the models are not that advanced yet,\" said lead author Gustaf Hugelius from Stockholm University, Sweden.\n\n\"But my best estimate is that this shift will occur in the second half of this century.\"\n\nSo what would be the likely impact of this thawing?\n\nThe report authors say that their new estimate of the carbon emitted through thawing, and from losses of peat into rivers and streams, is 30-50% greater than in previous projections of carbon losses from permafrost thawing.\n\nAn aerial view of peatland in Siberia\n\nIf this new peatland estimate is included with all the estimates for permafrost melting, it is projected to equal the annual emissions of the EU and UK by 2100.\n\n\"The only way to limit the permafrost carbon feedback is to reduce global warming,\" said Dr Hugelius.\n\n\"Because the Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the globe, the higher warming pathways that we are on now are devastating for the permanently frozen parts of the globe.\"\n\nWhile the future for peatlands frozen or otherwise, in a warmer world is undeniably difficult. it is not without hope.\n\nExperts say that with the right investment to protect and restore non-frozen peatlands, the bogs can continue to soak up and store large amounts of CO2.\n\nSimilarly, as frozen peat thaws out it starts to become capable of growing plants and storing warming gases.\n\nWhile the new study says it might take a couple of centuries for peatlands to start absorbing large amounts of CO2, others believe it might happen much sooner.,\n\n\"If the climate warms and the conditions are better for the vegetation, vegetation can respond in a matter of decades,\" said Clifton Bain, who is the director of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.\n\n\"We've seen in the UK when you destroy a peatland and rip away the surface vegetation and drain it, if you re-wet it and there's a source of sphagnum moss there, they will re grow within a matter of decades. So, it is possible in the right conditions for the bulk vegetation to recover very quickly.\"\n\nThe study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.", "Steve Easterbrook, pictured with company mascot Ronald McDonald, the month he became head of McDonald's in 2015\n\nMcDonald's has taken new legal action against former chief executive Steve Easterbrook, accusing him of lying about sexual relationships with staff.\n\nThe company fired Mr Easterbrook last year after finding he had a consensual relationship with an employee.\n\nBut the firm says further investigation found the British executive had three additional relationships with staff, about which he lied to the board.\n\nMcDonald's is suing to recover his pay-off, reportedly worth $40m (£35m).\n\nThe fast food giant prohibits \"any kind of intimate relationship between employees in a direct or indirect reporting relationship\".\n\nAt the time of Mr Easterbrook's removal in November, McDonald's said it had evidence of only of a non-physical, consensual relationship, consisting of intimate text messages and video calls.\n\nIt agreed to terminate Mr Easterbrook's contract \"without cause\", fearing a protracted legal battle, according to the firm's legal filing.\n\nBut after receiving a tip from an employee in July, the fast food giant started a second investigation, which uncovered \"undisputable evidence\" of three other sexual relationships.\n\nIt says investigators found nude photographs sent from Mr Easterbrook's company email account as well as messages showing that he approved a grant of company shares worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of the employees \"shortly after their first sexual encounter\".\n\nMcDonald's said that had it been aware of this information, it would not have approved his multi-million dollar pay-off.\n\nMcDonald's said it did not initially find the photos and messages because Mr Easterbrook had deleted them from his phone. The second investigation also searched company servers.\n\nIt said Mr Easterbrook violated his duty to the company by lying when asked about his behaviour in an effort to secure a bigger severance package, committing fraud.\n\nMr Easterbrook, who is divorced, could not immediately be reached for comment. At the time of his dismissal, he acknowledged a relationship in an email to staff, calling it a \"mistake\".\n\n\"Given the values of the company, I agree with the board that it is time for me to move on,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Easterbrook, a UK citizen who grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire, led McDonald's from March 2015 to November 2019, after previously leading its UK operations.\n\nHe was widely credited with revitalising the firm's menus, remodelling stores and using better ingredients. The value of its shares more than doubled during his tenure in the US.\n\nLast year, he received more than $17m in total compensation.\n\nThe size of Mr Easterbrook's severance package had drawn earlier pushback, including from a shareholder advisory group.\n\nThe firm has also faced accusations that it has not taken sexual harassment seriously.\n\nA global coalition of labour unions filed a similar complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in May.\n\nAt the time, one of the organisers, Sue Longley, general secretary of the International Union of Foodworkers, said the firm had a \"culture rotten from the top\".", "Victoria has recorded over 100 deaths in the past week\n\nAustralia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne.\n\nVictoria state - of which Melbourne is the capital - reported 19 deaths on Monday.\n\nVictoria has now seen about two-thirds of Australia's total 314 deaths and approximately 21,400 cases.\n\nBut the number of daily infections - though still in the hundreds - has dropped in recent days, prompting hope that a strict lockdown is working.\n\nMelbourne's second lockdown began over a month ago, but residents have been subject to a night-time curfew and stricter requirements since 3 August.\n\nWorkers must carry a permit to leave home, and all non-essential businesses have been shut. Mask-wearing in public is also compulsory.\n\nVictoria reported 322 new cases on Monday, down from a high of 725 recorded five days ago. Other states reported few or no cases.\n\nMore than 100 deaths have been recorded in Victoria in just the past week as hospital admission rates also rise.\n\nVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was too early to tell if the state was at a turning point, but \"we're certainly seeing some greater stability\" following the stricter measures.\n\n\"It's always better to be lower than the previous day, but it is only one day's data,\" he said.\n\nMost deaths have been linked to outbreaks in nearly 100 aged care homes in the state.\n\nBut a man in his 30s was among last week's victims - prompting authorities to urge young people to take greater care.\n\nIn neighbouring New South Wales (NSW), which has seen small virus clusters in Sydney, the state government urged young people to restrict their social activities.\n\nQueensland, which has closed its border to NSW and Victoria, said on Monday it appeared to have avoided an outbreak, two weeks after travellers brought the virus back from Melbourne.\n\nAustralia has still fared better than many countries overall due to effective suppression measures early in the pandemic.\n\nBut since June - when most Australians emerged from a first lockdown - the outbreak in Melbourne has spiralled.\n\nInfections there make up more than 70% of Australia's total cases since the pandemic began.\n\nThe outbreak is suspected to have begun with breaches in hotel quarantine of infected travellers returning from overseas.\n\nIn recent days, medical groups have raised alarm over the growing number of healthcare workers falling sick with the virus.\n\nThere are now over 700 such cases. A survey of physicians showed 20% of doctors in hospitals were having to source their own protective gear.", "Olivia Biggart got A grades in her prelims but her final results did not reflect what teachers recommended\n\nA straight A pupil's dreams of medical school have been destroyed with the arrival of a single text message.\n\nOlivia Biggart achieved five As in her Higher prelims and was predicted by her teachers to be awarded the same when her results arrived on Tuesday morning.\n\nBut despite having spent the summer studying for the University Clinical Aptitude Test (Ucat), she was awarded two As and three Bs.\n\nOlivia, 16, believes she was downgraded because of where she lives.\n\nScotland's exam results day has been marred by disappointment for thousands of pupils who received worse grades than they had been expecting.\n\nIt emerged that exam body the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) had lowered 125,000 estimated grades - a quarter of the total.\n\nCandidates were already apprehensive after official exams were cancelled for the first time in history due to the coronavirus.\n\nResults were worked out using estimates made by teachers, based on the pupil's performance over the school year.\n\nBut a national moderation system meant that many pupils received lower grades than originally estimated.\n\nDavid Biggart believes his daughter would have been awarded different grades if her school was in an affluent area\n\nMany claimed they suffered because they are from less affluent areas.\n\nOlivia's father, David Biggart believes his daughter was one of them. The family lives in Motherwell in North Lanarkshire.\n\nMr Biggart said: \"It is a small school and in a poorer catchment area. Olivia got seven As in her Nat 5 exams. She was in fifth year doing maths, English, chemistry, physics and PE. The school predicted five As and that is what they submitted to the SQA.\n\n\"We had increased our expectations based on Olivia's prelims, researching medical schools.\n\n\"Olivia has been studying all summer for the Ucat medical test to study medicine at university, but all her dreams are now in tatters as a result of the SQA and their treatment of poorer schools and high achieving pupils at those schools.\n\n\"I am absolutely livid at the SQA.\"\n\nMr Biggart said he strongly believed it would not be the case if his daughter achieved the same predicted results but went to a school in a more affluent area.\n\n\"I called the school and they were devastated for her and the rest of the pupils they felt had been unfairly treated. I worry for those who maybe expected three C grades and were given nothing.\"\n\nHe said: \"She got 85% in her maths prelim and her teacher suggested a maths-related career. She has never scored a B in maths. It goes against everything. I feel distraught for her after how hard she worked over the summer.\"\n\nOlivia told the BBC she was not expecting the results she got.\n\nMany pupils chose to receive their results electronically on Tuesday morning\n\nShe said: \"I was not too stressed when I woke up. I thought I knew what to expect. I saw the A for chemistry and thought it was okay but then came the Bs. I was really shocked.\"\n\nThe SQA said its moderation process had ensured \"fairness to all learners\" and maintained \"standards and credibility\" in the qualification system.\n\nAsked about the process at her daily briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said: \"What we want to make sure is that this year's results have the degree of credibility that means that they are not so out of sync with previous years that people are going to look at them and say 'they don't make any sense'.\n\n\"As much as I would love to be in the position of standing here credibly saying that 85% of the 20% in the most deprived areas had passed Higher, given that it was 65% last year, that would raise a real credibility issue.\"\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney stressed that approximately 90% of moderation \"involved a change of just one grade\".\n\nHe added: \"We've maintained the overwhelming majority of estimates that have been put forward by teachers and the changes that have been made are essentially those fine-grained judgments that are required to be made on an annual basis.\"\n\nHe said the SQA would ensure \"sufficient resources were in place\" for the free appeals process, allowing teachers and pupils to challenge specific results.\n\nSQA chief examining officer Fiona Robertson said it was not possible to determine why the overall estimated grades were higher than previous years, adding: \"There may be several reasons why estimates were above historic attainment, which has been relatively stable over time.\n\n\"Some teachers and lecturers may have been optimistic, given the circumstances of this year, or may have believed, correctly or incorrectly, that this cohort of candidates may have achieved better grades due to a range of factors.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (centre) have joined forces with Veronkia Tsepkalo (left) and Maria Kolesnikova\n\nSvetlana Tikhanovskaya would prefer to be frying cutlets than running for president of Belarus.\n\nAt least, that's what the stay-at-home mum laughingly told a crowd of supporters at a recent campaign rally.\n\nBut she also told them this election bid to challenge Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year-long grip on power was a \"mission\" she could not refuse.\n\nThe political novice only stepped in as a candidate for president when her husband was arrested and blocked from registering. A second serious rival to Mr Lukashenko has also wound up in prison and a third has fled the country.\n\nSo Ms Tikhanovskaya, 37, who had to send her two children abroad for safety reasons, has become the surprise face of change in Belarus.\n\nShe's joined forces with Veronika Tsepkalo, the wife of one would-be candidate, and Maria Kolesnikova, campaign manager for another.\n\nAnd the three women have been drawing record crowds to rallies across the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus ahead of the election\n\n\"They are not Margaret Thatcher, the type of ladies who are in politics all their lives, but they are very sincere,\" is how Valery Tsepkalo explained the trio's unique appeal, in an interview in Moscow.\n\nA former ambassador to the US, Mr Tsepkalo's own attempt to register for the presidential race was rejected.\n\nHe told the BBC he had to leave Belarus after getting information \"from several sources\" that his arrest was imminent.\n\n\"In previous election campaigns, Lukashenko had public support. But this time it's vanished and that's why he is so nervous,\" Mr Tsepkalo argues.\n\nSergei Tikhanovsky (centre) was arrested in May\n\nThe shift in mood was captured by Ms Tikhanovskaya's husband, Sergei, in a popular video blog. For months, he toured Belarus interviewing people from farmers to pensioners.\n\nRemarkably outspoken, they complained of pervasive corruption and poverty, a lack of opportunity and poor pay.\n\n\"I was two when the cockroach came to power,\" a man called Vladimir told Mr Tikhanovsky in one video, using the blogger's nickname for the Belarusian president. \"My child is two now, and I just want something to change.\"\n\n\"We are here to put an end to the dictatorship,\" another man said.\n\nThat pent-up frustration became public when Belarusians began signing up in support of opposition candidates planning to register for the 9 August elections. When they were barred, crowds flooded the streets in anger.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe human rights group Viasna says more than 1,000 peaceful protesters were detained this summer alone, almost 200 of them spending up to 15 days in custody.\n\n\"It's a reaction to the unprecedented level of public engagement, the spread of protests and opposition to the president,\" Minsk-based political analyst Artyom Shraibman explains the authorities' tough response.\n\nHe argues that a significant dip in support for Mr Lukashenko - even in traditional, rural strongholds - has been fed by a \"grim\" decade of economic stagnation topped off with anger at the president's dismissive response to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\n\"You had this perfect storm of factors that were against Lukashenko in this election campaign,\" Mr Shraibman says.\n\nAs Team Tikhanovskaya has been touring the country meeting and motivating voters, President Lukashenko has been visiting his security forces.\n\nFor years, his chief appeal to voters has been as a guarantor of stability.\n\nSo on Tuesday, he was treated to a demonstration of the latest crowd-dispersing techniques by riot police.\n\nAnd the next day, he claimed to have uncovered a foreign plot to \"destabilise\" the country - a threat the president had been warning of, and vowing to prevent \"at all cost\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One of the suspects is led away from the sanatorium near Minsk\n\nImages of burly men being handcuffed in their underpants were screened on state television, and officials claimed 33 mercenaries with the private Russian military group, Wagner, had been arrested at a sanatorium outside Minsk.\n\nRussia has called for its citizens' swift release saying they were in transit and had \"nothing to do with…Belarusian affairs\", and the men had certainly been living very openly for alleged coup plotters.\n\nBut the odd affair is a blow to relations with Moscow, traditionally a close ally of Minsk.\n\nIt's also a serious new worry for Ms Tikhanovskaya as investigators have linked her husband directly to the detainees and charged the blogger with planning \"mass unrest\".\n\nHer campaign speeches are occasionally broken by sighs as she admits to struggling with the pressure of a role she would never have chosen.\n\n\"This is a scary time, but we feel huge support from the people,\" Ms Tsepkalo told the BBC by phone between rallies: when her husband fled Belarus, she stayed on to support Svetlana.\n\n\"We see change for Belarus as like fresh air. It's needed as soon as possible,\" she says.\n\nThe women have no political programme, just one plea: vote for Svetlana to oust Mr Lukashenko then she'll call fresh, fair elections and free all the political prisoners.\n\n\"I'll fulfil my mission, then step aside quietly,\" she told one rally, laughing when a man shouted up at her to stay.\n\nDespite the buzz around the women's bid, Alexander Lukashenko has been winning elections in Belarus by a landslide for almost three decades. A recent official poll gave the president over 70% popular support, even now.\n\nSo opposition supporters are on their guard against fraud.\n\n\"What happens on election day is very important,\" Mr Shraibman argues.\n\n\"The security forces are ready to crack down and in the past they've not used 10% of what's in their toolkit.\n\n\"I think it's now a question of how brutal the crackdown will be - and how large the protests,\" he says.", "Roman Kemp has presented the Capital breakfast show since 2017\n\nCapital breakfast host Roman Kemp has paid an emotional tribute to his late producer and \"best friend\" Joe Lyons.\n\nThe presenter and his co-hosts had to leave their breakfast show early last Tuesday, after learning of his death.\n\nStand-in presenters took over for the rest of the week as Capital's parent company Global gave Kemp and his team time off from work.\n\nReturning on Monday, Kemp explained their absence and paid homage to Lyons, who he said \"taught me everything\".\n\n\"I never thought I'd have to do this, ever,\" said a tearful Kemp.\n\n\"Last Tuesday, very suddenly, we lost one of our best friends, my best friend and our colleague, producer Joe.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Capital This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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\"He was not just part of the Capital Breakfast family but a loved member of the whole team.\n\n\"Everybody that works here at Capital [is] obviously completely devastated and we're trying to process this all together.\"\n\nRecalling his early days at the station, Kemp said: \"He was the first person I met when I walked in the door, the very first person.\n\n\"I remember thinking, 'who's this guy?' This guy is a bit of a Del Boy!\" - a reference to the lead character from Only Fools and Horses.\n\n\"He was with me right from my very first show, he taught me everything,\" Kemp continued, adding that it was \"really weird sitting in a radio studio without 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 Greg James This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKemp, who is the son of Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp, finished third in last year's I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.\n\nHis breakfast show, co-presented by Sian Welby and Sonny Jay, attracts an audience of around 3.3m listeners, according to the most recent figures available from industry body Rajar.\n\nRob Howard and Lauren Layfield took over hosting duties for the rest of last week after Kemp and his team were given time off.\n\nThe presenter noted that any guest who had appeared on the show in recent years would have spoken with Lyons, who would greet them with a friendly \"hello buddy\" before putting them on air.\n\n\"Every A-lister that you ever hear on this show, they know who he is, everyone,\" Kemp said. \"He's the person they spoke with first, and if you've ever called into this show, he was the person who picked up the phone.\n\n\"He really couldn't do enough for people. He was the nicest guy that I know, hands down.\"\n\nThe presenter added: \"The thing that he loved most of all was doing this show.\n\n\"He was like a genius coming up with these ideas. He was driven by the reaction from you [the listeners] every day.\"\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 vicknhope 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\nKemp's former co-host Vick Hope, who left the show earlier this year, also paid tribute to Lyons on Instagram.\n\n\"I really do love you, bud, so so much. We all do. I hope you know that,\" she said. \"We are so lucky to have known you. The world is a better place for having had you in it.\n\n\"Your talent and creativity are so immense, but more than that you are the kindest, most hilarious, caring, fun, fiercely loyal and spectacular person any of us had the pleasure of meeting.\"\n\nFellow breakfast host Greg James, from BBC Radio 1, praised Kemp for his \"incredibly brave\" on-air tribute.\n\n\"Really so so sad to hear this. Incredible words. Thinking of you all xx,\" added broadcaster Chris Stark.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The men and women on the boat told the BBC's Simon Jones they were from Syria\n\nUsing Royal Navy ships to help stop migrants crossing the English Channel is \"dangerous\" and \"won't change anything\", a Calais politician says.\n\nOn Saturday the Home Office asked defence chiefs for help to make crossings in small boats \"unviable\".\n\nThe Home Office says 18 Syrian migrants in a boat were picked up by Border Force on Monday morning.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have successfully crossed the Channel from France in small boats so far this year.\n\nPierre-Henri Dumont, the National Assembly member for Calais, told the BBC: \"What is the British navy going to do if it sees a small boat? Is it going to shoot the boat? Is it going to enter French waters?\n\n\"It's a political measure to show some kind of muscle but technically speaking it won't change anything.\"\n\nIn response to Mr Dumont's comments, a Ministry of Defence (MoD) source said: \"To imply that the UK navy would operate outside of UK and international laws and norms is dangerous and misleading.\n\n\"The military will support the Home Office in their work to combat Channel crossings.\"\n\nThe Syrian migrants were picked up by Border Force and taken to Dover\n\nMr Dumont said the French authorities needed to monitor about 300 miles of coastline if they were to stop migrants launching small boats from French shores.\n\n\"We are already trying to do whatever we can. We can't have a camera and police officer every 10 metres.\"\n\nThe MoD says it has sent an RAF Atlas aircraft with spotters on board to help Border Force operations in the Channel.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel was in Dover on Monday and was seen disembarking from a police boat that had been in the English Channel earlier in the morning.\n\nA spokesman for the Home Office said she joined Kent Police to see first-hand Border Force operations at sea and witness CPV Hunter and HMC Protector on patrol in the Dover Straits. She also met with Chief Constable of Kent Police, Alan Pughsley.\n\nMs Patel said: \"The number of illegal small boat crossings we have seen recently is totally unacceptable.\n\n\"Our operational partners are dealing with complex challenges associated with them and collectively with the French we need make this route unviable.\n\n\"Across Government we are absolutely committed to shutting down this route and we will bring down the criminal gangs that facilitate these illegal crossings.\"\n\nSince the demolition of the infamous \"Jungle\" nearly four years ago, French authorities have been successful in stopping other large scale camps from forming.\n\nBut migrants do still arrive in Calais, they are just more scattered.\n\nGreater security measures - including a wall built along the motorway with UK funding - have made it more difficult for migrants to stow away on lorries.\n\nIn response, people smugglers have increasingly turned to the equally risky method of crossing in small boats.\n\nThe French and UK governments have worked closely on this for something approaching two decades; the Treaty of Le Touquet which effectively moved the UK border to Calais (and the French border to Dover) to allow checks to happen before crossings, was signed in 2003.\n\nBut they can't change geography.\n\nCalais remains a magnet because it is only 20 miles from the UK - on a clear day in Dover, you can see the headlights of French traffic on the other side of the sea.\n\nNo amount of planes, walls or navy deployments can alter that.\n\nQuite apart from the humanitarian issue, there is added political pressure for the UK government.\n\nDavid Cameron was pretty roundly criticised for suggesting in 2016 that Brexit would mean the French would pull out of bilateral agreements and \"Jungle-style\" camps would appear on the south coast of England.\n\nThere's certainly no indication of that but there's no doubt that the images of dinghies landing on Kent's beaches will be a difficult one for a government that has set huge store by its promise to \"take back control\" of immigration.\n\nMore than 700 people were intercepted crossing the English Channel last week, including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday.\n\nImmigration minister Chris Philp is due to go to Paris this week to demand stronger measures from French authorities.\n\nHe said he wanted to make the route \"completely unviable\" so migrants \"will have no incentive to come to northern France or attempt the crossing in the first place\".\n\nMr Philp added he also wanted to \"return as many migrants who have arrived as possible\", adding there were \"returns flights planned in the coming days\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team on Saturday\n\nSir David Normington, former permanent secretary at the Home Office, told the BBC the \"only solution\" was to work with French officials to \"persuade them to intensify their efforts\" to stop the migrants leaving France.\n\n\"If it takes money to help the French increase their resources and their manpower then that will have to be done,\" he said.\n\nSir David said he was \"sceptical\" about the deployment of the Royal Navy.\n\n\"If the navy is going to push boats back, it will have to go into French water to do that, and then you can only do that with the permission of the French government.\"\n\nThe prime minister said he wanted to work with the French to stop the activity of \"cruel\" criminal gangs taking migrants across the English Channel.\n\n\"We need to look at the means by which they are coming here, we need to stop them, working with the French, we need to stop them from getting across the Channel,\" Boris Johnson said.\n\n\"But number two we need to look at the legal framework that we have, all the panoply of laws that an illegal immigrant has at his or her disposal that allow them to stay here and we need to look at what we can do to change that.\"\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.", "Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express an interest in buying its US operations, according to reports.\n\nVideo-sharing platform TikTok has been at the centre of fierce debate in recent weeks and takeover talk.\n\nLast week US Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with TikTok within 45 days over security concerns.\n\nTech giant Microsoft is the front-runner to buy TikTok but now Twitter has emerged as a possible suitor.\n\nBut it remains unclear whether Twitter can afford to buy TikTok from its Chinese owners and can complete a deal within the 45-day window, according to sources quoted in the Wall Street Journal.\n\nThe value of TikTok's US operations are unclear but estimates put it at tens of billions of dollars.\n\nTwitter's market capitalisation is about $29bn (£22bn), dwarfed by Microsoft's at more than $1.6tn.\n\nBut experts believe a possible Twitter deal would face less regulatory scrutiny than Microsoft's.\n\nA Twitter spokesman declined to comment on a possible deal while TikTok didn't respond immediately when contacted by the BBC.\n\nLast Friday, Mr Trump ordered US firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days. The Trump administration claims that the Chinese government has access to user information gathered by TikTok, which the firm has consistently denied.\n\nIn response to the US president's executive order, TikTok has threatened legal action against the US saying it was \"shocked\" by the move.\n\nThe US government also unveiled a ban on Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat as tensions escalate between the two countries.\n\nMr Trump said last week he would support Microsoft's efforts to buy TikTok's US operations if the government got a \"substantial portion\" of the proceeds.\n\nHe has set a deadline of 15 September for the deal to be completed or the ban will go ahead.\n\nMicrosoft said it \"will move quickly to pursue discussions\" for TikTok's operations in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.\n\n\"Even if the deal goes through, be it Microsoft or Twitter taking a substantial stake in TikTok, what remains to be seen is how both parties are going to move forward operationally,\" said communications expert Sharon Koh.\n\n\"It will also take a tumultuous effort for both organisations to meander through the political sensitivities,\" she added.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted her government \"did not get it right\" with the system used to produce grades for Scottish school pupils. Education Secretary John Swinney will announce his plans to tackle the problem on Tuesday - but what are his options, and will they save him from a no-confidence vote at Holyrood?\n\nWith Scotland's exam diet cancelled for the first time in history due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Qualifications Authority scrambled to come up with a new system to calculate results.\n\nThe plan was for grades to be based on teachers' estimates for each of their individual pupils, based on everything they had done during the school year.\n\nTeachers were also asked to rank their students, and the results were then fed through a national \"moderation\" system.\n\nThis system, which had been created to address fears that the results would not be \"credible\", ultimately saw about 125,000 of those grades lowered.\n\nThe estimates put forward by teachers turned out to be far higher than the pass rates for previous years, and the moderation system sought to bring them back closer in line with previous terms.\n\nThe lowered grades sparked an outcry from students - which was intensified by the belief that many were penalised due to how their school had performed in the past. The pass rate of pupils sitting Highers in the most deprived areas was reduced by double the rate of those from the most affluent backgrounds.\n\nThe government initially attempted to defend the system, but has now accepted that it \"did not get it right\" and will make changes.\n\nThe original plan may have been to tough it out and wait for the free appeals process, but that option has now fallen by the wayside.\n\nConcerns had been growing about the volume of appeals which could be submitted, and how long they could take to process.\n\nSchools have plenty on their plates trying to reopen safely in the middle of a pandemic without having to gather evidence for tens of thousands of appeals.\n\nMs Sturgeon has now said that they will not expect every student to appeal, and that \"the onus will be on government to fix this\".\n\nThis suggests a fairly radical departure from the current system is on the cards - but what could it be?\n\nThere have been calls to use the original teacher assessments of grades without SQA moderation\n\nScottish Labour, who are pushing for a vote of no confidence in the education secretary, say the grades originally drawn up by teachers should be used for pupils who were downgraded.\n\nHowever, these grades, taken overall, would represent a significant improvement on previous years - including a jump of 20 percentage points in the pass rate for pupils from the most deprived areas.\n\nMs Sturgeon has previously said such a leap would not be \"credible\" and would \"run the risk of undermining the integrity of the whole system\".\n\nHowever, the first minister conspicuously did not rule out such a move in her latest briefing. She said it would be a \"bigger problem\" for pupils to conclude that the system is stacked against them.\n\nShe has also pledged not to reduce the grades of any student who ended up with a better result than suggested by their teacher.\n\nThis is a tricky bind for the government. It doesn't want to disappoint pupils or their parents, and it doesn't want to throw teachers under the bus - even if some might have been somewhat optimistic in the grades they had predicted.\n\nBut ministers also won't want to make a rod for their own back in future years. If the pass rate for 2020 is exceptionally high, how can the class of 2021 hope to live up to it?\n\nNicola Sturgeon has suggested that pupils losing out would be a \"bigger problem\" than an extremely high pass rate\n\nThis idea, initially championed by the Scottish Greens and backed as an option by the Conservatives, would see the grades pupils achieved in their prelims (or mocks) as a \"baseline\".\n\nThis could be an attractive idea, as they are a readily available concrete example of how a pupil performs under exam conditions. It is also very easy to point to any disparity between the grades where pupils have been marked down by the system.\n\nHowever, many will also contend that results can change radically in the months between the prelim and the final exam. What if a poor score in the practice exam was the kick in the behind a student needed to knuckle down for the real thing?\n\nTreating them as a \"baseline\" would mean some pupils with exceptional coursework, or who had impressed their teacher in class, could still outperform a poor prelim result - but making individual adjustments on this level could prove just as labour-intensive as wading through thousands of appeals.\n\nThe Scottish Tories have suggested letting students who are unhappy with their grades sit an exam, if they do not want to accept their prelim result or the final one.\n\nAlthough presumably this would see a limited number of pupils sit exams, it would still face the same practical problem the original diet did - coronavirus.\n\nIn any case, Ms Sturgeon's statement that it is down to ministers to sort the results out, not students, suggests there is little chance of teenagers who thought their school days were over being herded back into an exam hall.\n\nWhile a short-term fix will be needed to head off the immediate storm, Mr Swinney might also take a longer view about the exam system as a whole.\n\nMs Sturgeon has mused about what the best way of \"assessing the performance of young people\" might be. Is it the result of a one-off exam, or the assessment of a teacher who monitors the pupil across a whole year?\n\nThe government does love a working group, and it would be easy to imagine some educational bigwig being tasked with drawing up a detailed report for ministers to consider ahead of May's Holyrood election.\n\nThis could sit nicely alongside the OECD review of the senior phase of education, which is due to report back next summer.\n\nThe difficulty again would be the implementation - how could a major reform to how pupils are assessed be phased in while maintaining a level playing field in the qualifications of past and future pupils?\n\nWill Mr Swinney face a vote of no confidence at Holyrood?\n\nTo start with, even losing a confidence vote at Holyrood technically would not doom the education secretary. Unlike the government as a whole, there is no statutory requirement for a minister to go after losing such a vote - although in reality the pressure on them would be immense.\n\nMs Sturgeon has absolved the SQA of any blame, making it very clear that the buck stops with ministers.\n\nHaving come up with the idea, Scottish Labour are likely to push for a vote against Mr Swinney regardless of what he comes up with. The same is probably true of the Scottish Conservatives.\n\nSo his fate will ultimately lie in the hands of the Greens and the Lib Dems, who are both waiting to hear the detail of the statement.\n\nMs Sturgeon insists this is \"not party political\", and that she would look to do right by students regardless of any looming rebellion at Holyrood.\n\nHowever, it is inescapable that she is a first minister facing an election in May, and who pegged education and boosting pupils from more deprived backgrounds as her number one priority for the current term of parliament.\n\nIf her government is seen to have dropped the ball on that very issue, months before voters go to the polls, it could be a lot more than the fate of Mr Swinney on the line.", "This burned out vehicle was found near the scene\n\nGunmen have attacked a group of aid workers in Niger, killing six French citizens, their local guide and driver, officials say.\n\nThe gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire, the governor of Tillabéri region, Tidjani Ibrahim, told the French news agency AFP.\n\nThey were in the Koure region, which attracts tourists who want to see the last herds of giraffe in West Africa.\n\nThe French presidency confirmed the deaths of the French citizens.\n\nThe French nationals worked for an international aid group, Niger's defence minister Issoufou Katambé told Reuters news agency. Earlier, officials had described them as tourists.\n\nACTED, a French humanitarian NGO, confirmed its staff members were involved in the incident in Niger.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron spoke on the phone with his Niger counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou on Sunday, a statement said, without giving further details.\n\nIn photos seen by the BBC, the victims' bodies were found lying on a dirt road by the side of a 4x4 vehicle.\n\nDespite the dangers, tourists head to Koure to see the only giraffes left in West Africa\n\nThe vehicle appeared to have been burned out.\n\nThe attack happened at around 11:30 local time (10:30 GMT), east of Koure, about hour's drive from the capital Niamey, AFP reported.\n\nIt is not yet clear who was behind the attack, but jihadist groups have become increasingly active in Niger.\n\nThe French government advises against travel to large parts of Niger, a former French colony.\n\nThe threat of terrorism, in particular outside the capital Niamey and near the borders, is high, the French government says.\n\nMilitant groups, including Boko Haram, operate in the area and violence by groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has been on the rise in the Sahel region.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the region since June.\n\nDespite this, tourists still visit to see the Niger giraffes, a sub-species distinguished by its lighter colour.\n\nThey settled in the area around 20 years ago and have been largely protected from poachers.\n\nThe Koure Giraffe Reserve, around 65 km (40 miles) south east of the capital Niamey, draws many tourists.\n• None How West Africa is under threat from Islamist militants", "A 12-year-old girl who died after getting into difficulty in a river near Loch Lomond has been named by police.\n\nShe was Ava Gray from Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire.\n\nPolice were called to the area around Balloch Bridge on the River Leven on Sunday evening following reports that three young people were in the water.\n\nTwo of them - a boy and girl - managed to get out of the water and emergency services launched a search for the missing girl.\n\nThe three-hour operation involved two rescue helicopters, a police underwater unit and the fire service.\n\nAva Gray was recovered from the water at 21:45 and pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal.\n\nThe schoolgirl fell into the River Leven near Balloch Bridge", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nOlympic medallist Nile Wilson has criticised a \"culture of abuse\" in British gymnastics, saying athletes are \"treated like pieces of meat\".\n\nThe 24 year-old, who won bronze at Rio 2016, is the highest-profile male gymnast to speak out after the sport was hit by allegations of mistreatment.\n\nWilson told BBC Sport he was \"scared\" that publicly voicing concerns could cost him selection for the Tokyo Games.\n\nHe said he had been left \"heartbroken\" by the outcome of a complaint he lodged with his home base of Leeds Gymnastics Club earlier this year that he felt was \"brushed under the carpet\".\n\nThe complaint did not relate to his training or coaching staff, instead centring on an altercation with a senior member of staff at a club social event.\n\nFollowing an internal club investigation, Wilson's grievance was dismissed, a decision then upheld after a review by British Gymnastics.\n\n\"I just felt like I wasn't being heard. And I was wronged,\" said Wilson, who called the process \"unprofessional\".\n\nAt times struggling to contain his emotions, Wilson said: \"I believe there's a massive element of control.\n\n\"We're made to feel fear, or scared of speaking out, voicing our concerns, because they have us, our livelihoods, in their hands.\n\n\"If I voice my concern, I may affect my selection for Olympic Games.\n\n\"So, we stay quiet, we do what we're told.\n\n\"And in wrapping that up, I feel like that's the culture, that's how I've experienced it the last two decades.\"\n\nIn a statement Leeds Gymnastics Club said it disputed Wilson's version of events and the allegations referred to were \"professionally and robustly investigated in line with the club's policy and advice\".\n\nThe club added: \"At the time all parties placed on record their confidence in the meticulous investigation and evidence gathering process, the outcomes of which were independently verified.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics said the club had dealt with the matter appropriately and that it stood by the review of the complaint.\n\nWilson is one of British gymnastics' biggest stars.\n\nFour years ago he made history, becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic medal on the horizontal bar in Rio. In 2018 he claimed three golds at the Commonwealth Games, and despite recovering from neck surgery, is one of Team GB's brightest medal hopefuls for Tokyo 2020.\n\nBut Wilson says he now wants to speak out about his experiences in the sport.\n\nThis summer's release of the 'Athlete A' documentary detailing the cover-up of sexual abuse within the USA Gymnastics team has been a catalyst for allegations of mistreatment across the sport, including in the UK.\n\nWilson says it has made a deep impression on him, highlighting what he believes is a culture in which gymnasts are \"pushed through physical pain\" in the pursuit of medals.\n\n\"It's been an incredibly emotional couple of weeks for myself,\" he says, speaking at his gym in Rotherham.\n\n\"Watching that film really hit home, and I've spoken to a lot of athletes, my friends, my team-mates, and there were lots of tears shed.\n\n\"I absolutely don't want to put myself in the box of a [jailed former US team doctor] Larry Nasser case - it's just absolutely disgusting.\n\n\"But we wanted to win medals. The governing body, the coaches, wanted to win Olympic medals.\n\n\"This culture of 'win at all costs'… I feel for many years emotional manipulation and being pushed through physical pain was certainly something I experienced.\n\n\"I think it was coaching methodology where we felt what it feels like to live in fear - you perform or there's a consequence.\n\n\"And I think that affects you emotionally more than anything.\n\n\"In fear of even being able to speak about something that hurts, or voice your concerns.\"\n\nWilson - who maintains excellent relations with his long-term coach Dave Murray - added: \"I have empathy for the system, because you're a coach wanting success and an athlete wanting success - the culture was already there, that's how it worked.\n\n\"And the parents and everyone, we were just like, 'this is gymnastics, this is normal'.\n\n\"And looking back, it made us into the athletes that we are today.\n\n\"I've been blessed to have had some incredible coaches.\n\n\"But it was certainly apparent that culture existed and still exists today, which I definitely want to change.\n\n\"I would certainly say that I was abused. Without a doubt.\n\n\"I would absolutely describe it as a culture of abuse.\n\n\"And I've lived and breathed it for 20 years.\"\n\nIn a statement, British Gymnastics said: \"Any mistreatment of gymnasts is inexcusable at any level. It is vital that concerns are made public whether through the media or our processes.\n\n\"To date, we have not had any complaint from Nile in regard to his gymnastics career and would encourage him, and any gymnast who feels they have been mistreated, to report it either to our Integrity Unit, or by calling the BAC/NSPCC Helpline on 0800 056 0566.\"\n\nLast month British Gymnastics announced an independent review would be launched to look into allegations of widespread mistreatment in the sport. But concerns have been raised about the time taken to look into complaints in the past.\n\nThe governing body defended its processes after Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler criticised it for a lack of urgency with an investigation into her claims of bullying and abuse.\n\nAnd Wilson has revealed his unhappiness about the way the complaint he made earlier this year was handled.\n\nThe incident - an altercation at a social event, he says - \"involved someone in authority\" at Leeds Gymnastics Club. It did not relate to his training or coaching staff.\n\n\"But it was strong enough, and affected me emotionally [enough] to voice a concern,\" he said.\n\n\"When we start the process, that's where I felt something isn't right.\n\n\"I felt I wasn't being heard - like I was the problem.\"\n\nWilson's case was rejected following an internal club hearing, a decision then upheld by a British Gymnastics review. Wilson says the governing body warned him to keep the case confidential.\n\n\"I felt I was then threatened about voicing my concerns publicly,\" he said.\n\n\"So I left the club I've been at for 20 years - and I don't feel like I can go back until this is once again looked at.\n\n\"The governing body and the club - they didn't care.\n\n\"The amount of pressure and stress it caused... it was just a really tough time. I just felt absolutely heartbroken.\"\n\nWilson - who is now training at his own gym in Rotherham, and who has spoken previously about his struggles with mental health - said the episode had left him feeling \"completely worthless\".\n\nHe said going public with the way he feels \"has been one of the hardest decisions I've made\".\n\nHe added: \"My incident highlights that there's still a challenge in the culture of gymnastics.\n\n\"And it starts at the top of the governing body. Hopefully my words and my story can help continue to drive the change.\"\n\nIn a statement Leeds Gymnastics club said they were \"very disappointed and extremely concerned that Nile now feels this way\".\n\nThe club added: \"The allegations referred to were professionally and robustly investigated in line with the club's policy and advice.\n\n\"At the time all parties placed on record their confidence in the meticulous investigation and evidence gathering process, the outcomes of which were independently verified.\n\n\"We would be pleased to co-operate with Sport England to arrange a further review of the papers pertaining to this very serious allegation.\"\n\nIn a statement British Gymnastics said: \"We do not accept this at all.\n\n\"We advised that this was a club grievance matter and we also voluntarily reviewed the complaint ourselves, including viewing CCTV footage of the incident.\n\n\"We concluded the club had dealt with the matter appropriately. We are confident that we reviewed this matter fully and professionally and would be happy to provide all correspondence, witness statements and CCTV footage of the incident in question to the Independent Review.\"\n\nWilson said he feared that speaking publicly for the first time about the way he felt could jeopardise his selection for the Tokyo Olympics.\n\n\"The medals provide the funding [for] the sport to be where it is today,\" he said.\n\n\"So we stay quiet, we do what we're told. We're the ones that win those medals - and yet the gymnasts are still treated like pieces of meat and paid the least.\n\n\"I'm scared talking to you may affect [selection].\n\n\"That's one big change I want to see, [so] we feel like we can voice our opinions and not bottle them in and do what we're told, because we fear that we may not be selected.\n\n\"We're human beings. We are not pieces of meat and I want to continue to drive the change in the culture.\n\n\"It's about fun, having a smile on your face, wanting to work hard, being excited to achieve, not scared that there's going to be a consequence if you don't.\"", "Footage on social media appears to show an officer with his knee on Marcus Coutain's head during the arrest\n\nA police officer has been told he is the subject of a criminal investigation over an arrest in which a black man appeared to have his neck knelt on.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the actions of two Met Police officers who detained Marcus Coutain on 16 July.\n\nIt is looking at whether the use of force in the arrest was \"appropriate\".\n\nMr Coutain was filmed telling officers to \"get off my neck\" as he was arrested in Finsbury Park, north London.\n\nPolice said officers were called to reports of a fight in Isledon Road and footage posted on social media that evening showed two officers holding a handcuffed black man on the pavement.\n\nIn a new statement the IOPC said it had launched an independent investigation into the conduct of two Met Police officers.\n\nThe IOPC said: \"One officer has been advised that they are subject to a criminal investigation for common assault and investigation for gross misconduct on use of force; authority, respect and courtesy; discreditable conduct and honesty and integrity.\n\n\"A second officer has been advised they are subject to a misconduct investigation on challenging and reporting improper conduct; authority, respect and courtesy and honesty and integrity.\"\n\nSince the arrest, one Met officer has been suspended and another has been placed on restricted duties, the force said.\n\nMr Coutain pleaded not guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to possessing a knife in public.\n\nThe 48-year-old will next appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 17 August.\n\nAbout 30 people attended a protest outside Islington police station following the arrest\n\nHis lawyer Tim Rustem said the events \"mirrored almost identically what happened to George Floyd\", who died after being restrained in the US.\n\nThe IOPC's Sal Naseem said: \"We are independently examining whether the use of force and the stop and search on this occasion were appropriate and proportionate in line with approved police policies.\n\n\"We will also investigate whether the officers treated the man differently because of his race.\"\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. Swimmers and gym-goers say they are \"so glad to be back\"\n\nGyms, swimming pools, leisure centres and play centres are reopening as lockdown continues to ease in Wales.\n\nA personal trainer in Cardiff said he was excited to get back to the gym, but had found it \"amazing\" to see how the industry had adapted to working online.\n\nA soft play centre owner in Rhondda Cynon Taff said she was excited but surprised to be able to reopen as businesses in England await a date.\n\nCouncils have been given extra powers to enforce legal requirements.\n\nGym goers were back early on Monday morning in St Asaph, Denbighshire\n\nThe Welsh Government said businesses are legally required \"to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus\" on their premises.\n\nIf businesses fail to comply, local authorities can issue improvement notices or, in the event of a serious breach or a failure to comply with a notice, an order to close.\n\nBathers will be asked to arrive at the pool \"swim-ready\"\n\nWhile gyms and leisure centres are able to reopen, they will look very different to the way they did before the pandemic.\n\nSaunas and steam rooms will remain closed, equipment will be more spread out to allow social distancing and swimmers are asked to arrive at the pool \"swim-ready\".\n\nAt the start of lockdown, people were limited to exercising outside once a day, not allowed to travel except for essential reasons, and were unable to exercise in groups.\n\n\"Initially I thought 'you can close whatever you like, but just not the gyms',\" said Louise Downie-Davies, who had been attending small personal trainer-led classes at SOS Athletic Excellence, in Cardiff.\n\nLouise Downie-Davies says she has enjoyed working out at home \"more than I thought I would\"\n\nSince that day, Ms Downie-Davies said she has been working from home, training from home and \"attempting\" to home-school two children aged six and 13.\n\nBut the gym quickly switched to classes held over Zoom, which she enjoyed \"more than I thought I would\".\n\nAsked how she felt about returning to the gym, Ms Downie-Davies said: \"I'm not as excited as I thought I might be.\n\n\"I think that's because I have been doing difficult stuff in my home workouts.\n\n\"But it will be nice being out of the house and seeing gym friends - it's good to have the motivation and competition.\"\n\nOther gym-goers have said they are happy to see facilities reopen after several months of restricted forms of exercise.\n\nShaun Paul, who attends a gym in St Asaph, Denbighshire, said: \"I was only coming here about three months before the lockdown but I have been really missing it. It's really nice to get back in the gym and get a good a sweat on.\"\n\nPersonal trainer Greg Foley says web-savvy businesses would find it easier to \"transition out of lockdown\"\n\nMs Downie-Davies's personal trainer, Greg Foley, said the gym had \"got ahead of the curve\" in terms of online sessions, and that the small size of the classes \"should make it easier to transition out of lockdown\".\n\nBut he explained personal trainer-led businesses have had difficulties in other ways, particularly when it comes to taking on new customers when they cannot meet in person.\n\n\"It has been very hard to build that emotional connection, which is important in getting the client to buy into the process,\" Mr Foley said.\n\n\"If they don't trust you, they won't trust what you are trying to get them to do.\"\n\nGyms have had to adapt quickly to online working to survive, and Mr Foley believes some changes may become permanent.\n\nMr Foley says it has been \"amazing\" to see how quickly businesses have adapted to working online\n\n\"As a personal trainer, I was taught 'online would never work', so it has been amazing to see how quickly the industry has changed.\n\n\"A lot of clients will be happy to stay online because they have seen that, actually, gym equipment is not absolutely necessary to what they want to achieve.\n\n\"They see the amount of family time wasted, whereas they can drive home and do their workout in 45 minutes.\"\n\nAnother Cardiff gym owner thinks the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of physical fitness for overall welfare.\n\n\"The benefits the fitness industry can have on individuals in terms of keeping them fit and healthy and safe, that's something that has to be the priority going forward,\" said Robin Soden-Taylor, of Ion Strength and Conditioning.\n\nBut the restrictions will impose extra costs on businesses that will not be operating at full capacity.\n\nPaul Jenkins, pictured with gym member Grace, says adhering to the new rules will be expensive\n\n\"Since it was announced, everyone's been phoning, saying 'when can we get back?',\" said Paul Jenkins, director of the Diplomat Hotel and Spa, in Llanelli.\n\n\"We've had to get all the sanitising machines. They're all essential. Extra staff have been taken on in the gym for sanitising.\n\n\"For equipment, screens have been put in reception, and signage everywhere. It does work out quite expensive, but it's got to be done.\"\n\nAngharad Collins, who runs the Leisure Trust in Torfaen, said the restrictions will mean monthly losses for leisure centres.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, she said: \"The measures that we have put in place, we completely understand that we have to do that for Covid, but the social distancing measures and the amount of people that we can have in the building are causing us a commercial viability issue.\n\n\"So for example in my gym I'd usually be able to take 50 people but I can only take 13 now. In my swimming pool, where I usually could fit 50 people, I can now only take 18 people.\"\n\n\"We hope the general public appreciate the measures that we've put in place for their safety and for our staff.\"\n\nBack in the swim: Ray Morgan was one of 18 back in the Pontypool pool\n\nOne of the lucky swimmers back in the pool in Pontypool was Ray Morgan: \"It's absolutely brilliant. I've been lucky, I've been able to get a bit of outdoor swimming in but there's nothing beats the training environment of the pool - it's warmer, it's cleaner.\n\n\"For me, swimming is a big part of my life. When you can't do something that you love so much, it does take its toll on you. Everyone has really missed having access to the pool.\"\n\nSwimmer Kathryn Moody: \"I'm so glad to be back\"\n\nKathryn Moody was also back in the pool for the first time since March.\n\n\"My whole routine changed - you're looking for other ways to keep fit and get in shape. But there's nothing that does it like swimming. I'm so glad to be back.\"\n\nChildren's play centres in England have still not been given a date for reopening, making Friday's announcement a surprise for some in Wales.\n\n\"We weren't expecting it at all,\" said Carol James, owner of Tiny Tumblers, in Church Village, near Pontypridd.\n\n\"We were waiting for England to get the go-ahead, then we thought we would be about three weeks behind England.\"\n\nAlthough it would have been nice to have \"more time and more guidelines\", Ms James said the news was \"fantastic - I can't wait\".\n\nAnd Gwen Evans, owner of Cantref Adventure Farm in Brecon, told BBC Radio Wales the news had come \"very suddenly\".\n\nGwen Evans says reopening Cantref Adventure Farm will be \"fantastic\"\n\n\"We weren't expecting to be able to open the soft play, so we've been busy putting processes in place,\" she said.\n\n\"We've been changing our booking systems. There's a lot of logistics to get it up and running for Monday, but it will be fantastic.\"\n\nMs Evans added that extra costs and the loss of income from what is usually one of the busiest times of year, would make it an \"uncertain autumn and winter\".", "Pubs may have to shut to allow schools to safely reopen if the NHS Test and Trace system is not \"fixed urgently\", the Greater Manchester mayor has said.\n\nOnly 53% of people in contact with a coronavirus carrier have been traced in the area, according to data.\n\nMayor Andy Burnham said: \"There is a growing amount of evidence that pubs are one of the main places where this virus spreads.\"\n\nThe BBC has asked the government for a response.\n\nFollowing a rise in infections, residents in parts of northern England including Greater Manchester have been banned from mixing with other households - apart from those in their support bubbles - in areas such as homes, pubs and private gardens.\n\nPubs are allowed to remain open, however, with different support bubbles banned from mixing.\n\nMr Burnham joined calls for the government to improve the contact-tracing system, saying its tracing rate in Greater Manchester was \"nowhere near good enough\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"You can't safely open schools with pubs open as well, with that level of performance.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Prof Chris Bonell from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated only half of contacts were being traced in England, adding the system was \"not achieving the levels we have modelled\".\n\nHowever Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said their figures were higher.\n\nOn Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a \"moral duty\" to get all children back into England's schools in September.\n\nCouncils have called for funds for more local contact-tracing\n\nMr Burnham said some councils had shut pubs recently after \"a substantial minority\" broke rules.\n\nHe joined calls from other regions for \"more direct powers\" to close venues that were flouting regulations.\n\nThe mayor said: \"This NHS test-and-trace system currently is not good enough to go into a winter with no treatment or vaccine, and the sad thing is it'll be our poorest communities that are most exposed.\n\n\"We have got August to fix this test-and-trace system… and if we haven't then I think there is a real possibility that we will have to close the pubs.\"\n\nHe repeated calls for government to listen more to regional authorities, urging ministers to give councils extra funds to do more contact tracing locally, including for \"people who can knock on doors and do a better job than this national call centre system\".\n\nEarlier this week, Blackburn's public health director said the national system was \"not fast enough\", and authorities in the town said they were \"already seeing benefits\" after launching a tracing system where council staff used local knowledge.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The UK government is saying today that there's little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools.\n\nThe evidence is clear that children are much less likely to become very ill from coronavirus than adults, particularly older adults. What role they play in spreading the virus to others, though, is less clear.\n\nA few studies around the world using contact tracing have suggested children are less likely to pass the virus on, but the evidence so far is fairly weak.\n\nIn countries where schools have already reopened, cases don’t seem to have risen significantly - though this may be telling us how well the schools are being managed rather than anything about children’s natural ability to transmit the virus.\n\nAnd schools don’t just bring children together – teachers, parents at school gates and other knock-on effects like increased use of public transport or more carers being able to go back to work could also influence the spread of the virus.\n\nA UK study predicted what might happen once you include all those factors, and suggested schools could contribute to a second wave if our contact tracing system isn't good enough. It assumed children were half as likely as adults to pass on the virus.\n\nThis is only modelling but it’s a good illustration of the problem. Though we haven’t solved the question of whether children are biologically less capable of passing on the virus, the safety of reopening schools depends on other factors - including the strength of the contact tracing system and how well social distancing can be managed.", "There is a \"moral duty\" to get all children back into schools in England next month, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nWriting in the Mail on Sunday, he said it was the \"national priority\" after months without in-person education during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nGovernment advisers have warned of risks in the plans to open up society.\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) union, said schools should have been a priority \"right from the beginning\".\n\nThe prime minister is understood to have made clear that schools should be the last sector to shut in any future local lockdowns.\n\nA Downing Street source said Mr Johnson believes the harm being done to children's education prospects and mental health by not attending school is far more damaging than the risk posed to them by the virus.\n\nThe source said in the event of future stricter local lockdowns, the PM's expectation was that schools would be the last sector to be closed, after businesses like shops and pubs.\n\nSchools across the UK closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nThe current plan is for most children across the country to be back in class by next month.\n\nGuidance on reopening has been published for England. There are also separate plans for Wales, Northern Ireland and also Scotland, where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday.\n\nIn his article, Mr Johnson said: \"This pandemic isn't over, and the last thing any of us can afford to do is become complacent.\n\n\"But now that we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils safely, we have a moral duty to do so.\"\n\nThe PM also warned of the \"spiralling economic costs\" of parents and carers being unable to work.\n\nHe added: \"Keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible.\"\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green told Times Radio it was \"essential\" that schools reopen next month, but would not say whether schools were safe yet.\n\nThe Labour MP said the government could be doing more to support teachers, such as providing extra resources for staggered start times and additional cleaning.\n\nAll children were meant to be back in England's classrooms before the summer holidays - but that plan failed.\n\nNow the prime minister is making it clear he is committed to things being different in September.\n\nHe is putting considerable political weight behind the plan to keep schools open - making it very much a test of his government.\n\nLabour is questioning the safety measures for reopening, and voices within the party say the current test and trace system will need significant improvement to ensure pubs do not have to close to keep classrooms open.\n\nBut that aside there is a broad consensus across the political spectrum that closing all other things before schools is the right idea.\n\nThe ASCL union has urged greater clarity - rather than rhetoric - from the government on its schools policy, citing confusion over advice on the wearing of face coverings by pupils.\n\nIts head, Mr Barton, told the BBC: \"It is a little bit rich I think to be hearing a prime minister say this is a priority. It should have been a priority right from the beginning.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, told BBC Breakfast schools \"should be the last to close their doors and the first to open\".\n\nShe added that she would like to see regular testing in schools.\n\nHowever, schools minister Nick Gibb told Times Radio he does not support routine testing for teachers and pupils who do not have symptoms.\n\nThe PM's comments have been welcomed by some parents whose children have been out of the classroom for several months.\n\nClaire, from Bristol, said her two children - one in Year 8 and another in Year 10 - were keen to return to school in September.\n\n\"I am so proud of the way that both my children coped with home school, they were up at 08:00 BST every day and completed almost everything that was set, however towards the end their enthusiasm was waning and they are looking forward to returning,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"They need that teacher and pupil interaction to keep them motivated.\"\n\nBut concerns remain about schools returning among other parents.\n\nDr L Kohli, from Warwickshire, has a 15-year-old son with a heart condition, who has been shielding since February. She will not be sending him and her eight-year-old child back to school, and has instead arranged online learning.\n\n\"It is my role as a parent to mitigate risks. That includes the risk mitigation of this government and the abysmal Covid-19 response placed on my family,\" Dr Kohli told the BBC.\n\nThe schools minister said this week that the government could not \"decree\" that classroom education would be prioritised, as decisions would be made by local health chiefs.\n\nHowever, Mr Gibb told the BBC all children in England would be returning to school next month, including in those areas currently affected by local lockdowns, amid a spike in cases.\n\nA rise in cases in a number of areas across England prompted the prime minister to pause the easing of the lockdown nationally last month.\n\nSpeaking at the time, Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, warned the nation had \"probably reached near the limit or the limits\" of what can be done to reopen society safely.\n\n\"What that means, potentially, is if we wish to do more things in the future we may have to do less of some other things,\" he said.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson, a former member of the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, whose modelling led to the decision to impose the lockdown, also suggested ministers would need to \"row back on the relaxation of restrictions\" to allow a full-time return to schools and keep the virus under control.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK reported a further 8 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 46,574. A further 1,062 people tested positive for Covid-19.", "The NHS test and trace system in England is cutting 6,000 staff by the end of August, the government has announced.\n\nThe remaining contact tracers will work alongside local public health teams to reach more infected people and their contacts in communities.\n\nIt comes after criticism that the national system was not tapping into local knowledge.\n\nThe approach has been used in virus hotspots like Blackburn and Luton.\n\nAnd it's now being offered to all councils that are responsible for public health in their area.\n\nTest and trace is staffed by NHS clinicians and people who were trained to become contact tracers during the pandemic.\n\nNHS staff who offer advice to people who have tested positive for coronavirus will not be laid off.\n\nBut the national service will shrink from 18,000 contact tracers to 12,000 with the remaining non-NHS call handlers redeployed as part of dedicated local test and trace teams, the Department of Health says.\n\nThis means local areas will have \"ring-fenced teams\" from the national test and trace service.\n\nAnother 200 walk-in testing centres will also open by October.\n\nAs part of NHS Test and Trace, public health teams dealing with outbreaks in factories or care homes have consistently reached more than 90% of the contacts on their lists.\n\nOutside of those very localised outbreaks, it is call centres who trace contacts.\n\nBut they don't reach as many contacts - their success rate for reaching contacts who don't live together peaked at just over 70% in the middle of July, but has fallen since then.\n\nIn May, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that an \"army\" of contact tracers would be recruited for the NHS Test and Trace service.\n\nEarly on, there were reports that new recruits were sitting idle - with one telling the BBC that she spent her time watching Netflix.\n\nThousands are now being stood down in England with more of their work conducted by local staff with knowledge of their area. The Department of Health has said that this is to provide a \"more tailored approach\".\n\nBut critics will see it as the latest example of the government departing from its centralised approach to tackling the outbreak. In June the government had to postpone its idea of using a national app to identify potentially infected people - because it didn't work.\n\nNow, the top-down, high-tech strategy for contact tracing is making way for what seasoned local public health officials describe as old-fashioned \"shoe leather epidemiology\".\n\nThis relies on people with local knowledge collecting information by going door-to-door on foot.\n\nDido Harding, the head of NHS Test and Trace, said: \"We have always been clear that NHS Test and Trace must be local by default and that we do not operate alone - we work with and through partners across the country.\n\n\"As we learn more about the spread of the disease, we are able to move to our planned next step and become even more effective in tackling the virus.\n\n\"After successful trials in a small number of local areas, I am very pleased to announce that we are now offering this integrated localised approach to all local authorities to ensure we can reach more people in their communities and stop the spread of Covid-19,\" she said.", "Tourists and locals on holidaying in the UK\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live's Your Call programme asked listeners whether holidaying at home is good for the UK, as people head to traditional British tourist spots. In some places, local residents have complained about littering and poor social distancing. Rod and Helen Chatfield run the Varley House guest house in Ilfracombe. They have brought in extra measures to make sure they are able to offer eight rooms to guests. Rod told 5 Live that it’s meant a lot more work, including offering table service, but said they are getting plenty of bookings. “It is definitely more of a thing for us, but I think the guests what we’re doing and are very receptive to what we’re doing.” Rod chairs Ilfracombe’s District Tourism Association and says businesses are adapting. “There is a pub in this town here which only opens until 16:00 because [the landlord] is worried about social distancing within his property.\" Jason is on holiday in Newquay. He said he and his wife are “astonished” by the lack of space people are giving and how people are “blatantly ignoring” one-way systems on beaches. “I’m seeing lots of people take their mess away from the beaches… but still we’re seeing people walking through towns… Padstow for example, lovely place to visit, absolutely rammed. Any chance of social distancing? Not a chance.” Click here to listen back to the programme on BBC Sounds.", "Current testing and contact tracing is inadequate to prevent a second wave of coronavirus after schools in the UK reopen, scientists have warned.\n\nIncreased transmission would also result from parents not having to stay at home with their children, they say.\n\nResearchers said getting pupils back to school was important - but more work was needed to keep the virus in check.\n\nThe head of the NHS test and trace scheme said it was \"already delivering\" and on the right track for future.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding said: \"I absolutely don't accept that this is failure, it's the opposite.\"\n\nShe said more testing is required but maintained the current level of contact tracing was \"well within the bounds\" of what the researchers \"are saying is necessary\".\n\nThe UK government said plans were in place to ensure schools can reopen safely at the start of the school year.\n\nAsked about the estimate that only 50% of contacts are being traced in England, Simon Clarke, minister for regional growth, told the BBC government figures were higher.\n\nHe said NHS test and trace is \"maturing all the time\" and getting children back to school in the autumn is a \"top priority\" that the government would not \"be willing to trade\".\n\n\"You're building an entirely new infrastructure which there's no precedent for,\" he said.\n\n\"But we're confident it is working, we're confident that it will continue to improve, and we're confident that it will allow schools to open safely in the autumn.\"\n\nDr David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19, said the virus is \"capable of surging back really quickly\" and stressed the importance of being able to trace, test and isolate people.\n\n\"If we can do that, and do it well, then the surges are kept really small, they're dealt with quickly and life can go on,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHe later said he thinks Britain \"will do really well\" because there is \"really good attention to where the virus is locally\" and a lot of \"public engagement in getting on top of it\".\n\nA government spokesman said local authorities will \"be able to determine the best action to take to help curb the spread of the virus should there be a rise in cases\".\n\nResearchers from UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used computer models to see how the virus might spread in the UK as pupils returned to the classroom and their parents were more able to go back to work or resume other activities.\n\nThe study assumes children are less likely to catch - and therefore spread - coronavirus and that some parents would continue to work from home.\n\nAs first reported in June, the combined effect on pupils and parents would be enough to cause a second wave if there was no effective test-and-trace programme.\n\nThis would happen around December 2020 and would be twice as big as the first peak, unless the government took other actions such as reimposing lockdown.\n\nThe study, now formally published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, shows a second wave could be prevented if:\n\nHowever, the researchers said NHS test and trace in England was falling short.\n\nThey estimate only half of contacts are being traced and while it is harder to know the percentage of people being tested, they say this also appears too low.\n\n\"It is not achieving the levels we have modelled. It doesn't look good enough to me,\" said Prof Chris Bonell, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nDr Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, from UCL, added: \"With UK schools reopening fully in September, prevention of a second wave will require a major scale-up of testing to test 75% of symptomatic infections - combined with tracing of 68% of their contacts, and isolation of symptomatic and diagnosed cases.\"\n\nSchools have been shut around the world as countries used lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19. It is estimated 1.6 billion children have been kept out of the classroom.\n\nIn the UK, schools closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nSchools are due to restart for all children in Scotland on 11 August and across the UK in early September.\n\nBut every step taken to open up society makes it easier for the coronavirus to spread.\n\nCases are already starting to rise and the idea of closing pubs in order to open schools has already been floated.\n\nThe UK government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has said \"we are near the limit\" of what we can do without causing a resurgence.\n\nThe individual nations of the UK have their own contact tracing systems.\n\nThe government said NHS test and trace in England has reached 80% of those testing positive and traced over 75% of their contacts.\n\nThe Welsh government said its advisory group recommended that schools open in September with all pupils present on site, and \"we should be aiming to trace an estimated 80% of contacts, at least 35% of which are to be traced within 24 hours\".\n\nSince 21 June, 90% of close contacts were reached by the service, according to Welsh government figures.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said guidance set out \"a number of specific risk-mitigation measures that will need to be introduced\" including an \"enhanced surveillance programme\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the latest figures for the week to 29 July showed 98% of contacts were successfully reached by the country's contact tracing service.\n\nDo you work in test and trace? Or are you a parent? Share your views and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "A police officer who nearly died after being run over by car thieves has added his support for mandatory life sentences for anyone who kills a member of the emergency services.\n\nA campaign was launched by Lissie Harper, the widow of PC Andrew Harper who died in Berkshire in August 2019.\n\nPC Gaz Phillips, 43, was critically injured in Birmingham a few days earlier.\n\nHe has made a remarkable recovery and on the first anniversary of the incident has just returned to work.", "Ice shelves can extend under the water for many hundreds of metres\n\nTwenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctica's ice shelves.\n\nThese ice platforms are the floating protrusions of glaciers flowing off the land, and ring the entire continent.\n\nAs a whole, they've shed close to 4,000 gigatons since 1994 - an amount of meltwater that could all but fill America's Grand Canyon.\n\nBut the innovation here is not so much the fact that the shelves are losing mass - we already knew that; relatively warm ocean water is eating their undersides. Rather, it's the finessed statements that can now be made about exactly where and when the wastage has been occurring, and where also the meltwater has been going.\n\nSome of this cold, fresh water has been entering the deep sea around Antarctica where it is undoubtedly influencing ocean circulation. And this could have implications for the climate far beyond the polar south.\n\n\"For example, there've been a couple of studies that showed that including the effect of Antarctic ice melt into models slows global ocean temperature rise, and that can actually lead to an increase in precipitation in the US,\" explained Susheel Adusumilli from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego.\n\nArtwork: Esa has flown a continuous series of radar satellites since the early 90s\n\nMr Adusumilli and colleagues analysed all of the observations made by Esa's long series of radar altimeter missions - ERS-1, ERS-2, EnviSat and CryoSat-2.\n\nThese spacecraft have tracked the change in thickness in Antarctica's ice shelves since the early 1990s.\n\nCombining their data with ice velocity information from other sources, and the outputs of computer models - the Scripps group has gained a high-resolution view of the pattern of melting during the study period.\n\nAs might be expected, there's been quite a lot of variation, with mass loss and gain, even within the same individual shelf. And the rate of mass loss over time has also gone up and down. But the overall picture is clear: the shelves are wasting.\n\n\"We see that melting is always above the steady state values,\" Mr Adusumilli told BBC News. \"You need some amount of melting just to keep the ice sheet in balance. But what we've seen is an amount of melting by the ocean that is more than is needed to keep it in balance.\"\n\nThe fascinating aspect to this study is that the scientists can also now trace precisely where at depth the melting is occurring. Some of these floating platforms of ice (the biggest is the size of France) extend many hundreds of metres below the sea surface.\n\nThe researchers can tell from the satellites' data whether the wastage is happening close to the thinnest parts of the shelves or at their fronts, or deep down in those places where the glacier ice coming off land first becomes buoyant and starts to float.\n\n\"That kind of information can tell us a lot about the melting processes involved, how they're working - and the effects that meltwater can have,\" said Scripps' Prof Helen Fricker.\n\n\"So, it's not just that the shelves are melting. It's how they're melting - and where their meltwater is being injected into the ocean.\"\n\nThinning ice shelves do not contribute directly to sea-level rise. That's because the floating ice has already displaced its equivalent volume of water.\n\nBut there is an indirect consequence. If the shelves are weakened, the land ice behind can flow more quickly into the ocean, and this will lead to sea-level rise. This is happening, and has been measured by other satellites.\n\nProf David Vaughan is the director of science at the British Antarctic Survey. He was not connected with the study which is published in Nature Geoscience.\n\nHe told BBC News: \"The Scripps team has produced a map of Antarctica that shows thinning around the margin in a strip of mottled red and blue colours. The detail at the coastline is absolutely phenomenal.\n\n\"We really can now identify the parts of ice shelves that are most crucial to the story of thinning. There'll be a lot of oceanographers spending a lot of time looking at where the melting and the thinning is actually occurring, and trying to work out exactly why those areas have been affected.\"\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "One boat carrying 14 migrants landed at Kingsdown on Saturday morning\n\nA further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel, the Home Office said.\n\nBorder Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday, a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats arrived on the Kent coast.\n\nOn Saturday the Home Office said it had asked defence chiefs for help.\n\nImmigration minister Chris Philp said he would be in Paris next week to demand stronger measures from French authorities.\n\nHe said he wanted to make the route \"completely unviable\" so migrants \"will have no incentive to come to northern France or attempt the crossing in the first place\".\n\nHe said he also wanted to \"return as many migrants who have arrived as possible\", adding there were \"returns flights planned in the coming days\".\n\nMore than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days, including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday.\n\nThe Home Office has said the Royal Navy could be brought in and there has been talk of copying Australia's controversial policy of physically pushing back migrant boats.\n\nEx-Labour home secretary Jack Straw said on Saturday any attempt to use those \"push-back\" tactics would not work and could lead to boats capsizing.\n\nHuman rights organisations, including Detention Action and Amnesty International UK, condemned the idea of boats being forced back into French waters.\n\nAmnesty said deploying the navy to the English Channel to prevent people crossing to seek asylum would be \"unlawful, reckless and dangerous\".\n\nMigrants intercepted by Border Force are usually bought to Dover where they can apply for asylum\n\nOn Friday a record number of unaccompanied migrant children arrived in the UK.\n\nThe 23 youths were taken into the care of Kent County Council, on top of the 70 who arrived in July.\n\nThose figures do not include those travelling with their families. The Home Office has refused to confirm the number of children arriving.\n\nSince January 2019 at least 5,800 people have entered the UK on small boats, and about 155 have been returned to Europe.\n\nThe Home Office blamed current regulations - which determine where an asylum-seeker's claim is heard - for the comparatively low number of people to have been returned to Europe.\n\nMr Philp added: \"We will also continue to go after the heinous criminals and organised crime networks putting people's lives at risk.\"\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. People criticised the gathering at Greatstone beach on social media\n\nFour police officers were hurt when a gathering on a beach ended in violence, the Kent force has said.\n\nThe party for underprivileged London youth was held at Greatstone beach near New Romney but more people than expected turned up, organisers said.\n\nPolice said a fight broke out at about 21:00 BST on Sunday, when the officers were injured and a 29-year-old London man was arrested.\n\nPictures of the event and rubbish left behind have circulated on social media.\n\nTwitter users described an event with \"thousands of people, police unable to do anything, no masks, no social distancing\".\n\nOn Facebook, people posted pictures of waste and described the scenes as \"absolutely disgusting\".\n\nOrganiser Wayne Williams said many more people turned up to the party than were expected\n\nOrganiser Wayne Williams, who runs Croydon restaurant Flavour Boss, said about 200 people, aged 16 to 24, had bought tickets and were taken to the coast in three coaches for a day out.\n\nHe said: \"These are kids who have never ever gone beyond London... [let alone] to the beach.\"\n\nBut he said while details of the barbecue had been removed from social media, \"more people turned up from all over\".\n\nMr Williams said organisers tried to work with police and hold the event at Camber Sands in East Sussex but after permission was refused the group ended up at Greatstone.\n\nOrganisers used a microphone to remind people to socially distance, he said.\n\nMr Williams has offered to pay to clear up the beach.\n\nHe said he believed the event had been unfairly criticised, adding: \"When Camber Sands has 30,000 people, nobody talks about Camber, but they talk about black people on the beach. We feel this is racist.\"\n\nMr Williams said his coaches left Greatstone before the fight broke out.\n\nKent Police said the event had been planned but officers were not made aware of the exact location.\n\nSupt Simon Thompson said: \"Our officers responded to calls regarding a large group of people on Greatstone beach and remained in the area throughout the day to ensure those gathering were following guidelines.\"\n\nRother council said it initially gave permission for a private barbecue for 20 people on Camber Sands, but when it came to light a much larger event was planned, the organiser was told it was not possible because of coronavirus guidelines and the need for detailed operational planning.\n\nFolkestone council leader David Monk said no permission was granted by the council and the council was not in contact with organisers before the event went ahead at Greatstone.\n\nHe said: \"The sheer amount of rubbish left behind is disgusting. Our waste crews have been on site all morning and continue to work hard to clean the area.\"\n\nMr Monk said the council had contacted the organiser and was considering legal action.", "The explosion in a warehouse in Beirut ripped through a city known for both a heyday of glamour and a history of civil war.\n\nLebanese people are calling it their 9/11.\n\nStarting with the epicentre, here we follow how the blast sent shock waves through Beirut, bringing life to a halt.\n\nThe Lebanese are famed for their resilience, rebuilding after 15 years of civil war, invasion and foreign occupation.\n\nBut this disaster comes on top of an unprecedented economic crisis – and the Covid-19 pandemic. Will the country ever be the same again?", "The driver got herself out of the vehicle through a rear door\n\nA two-year-old boy was injured when a van crashed into a house in Birmingham.\n\nThe child, who was inside the property on Chatham Road, Northfield, was treated for minor injuries at the scene following the crash at about 07:15 BST.\n\nHis mother said she panicked as she could not initially reach her son after there was a loud bang and a cloud of dust as they were walking downstairs.\n\nThe van driver was also treated for minor injuries and has been taken to hospital.\n\nAccording to the family, who did not want to be identified, the van crashed through the front door and the porch before coming to rest in the property's hallway.\n\nAnother child, who had been upstairs at the time, and the woman's partner walked out of the house unscathed.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said gas and power would need isolating and a structural engineer had been called to assess the damage to the property.\n\nA specialist unit has been at the house to reinforce the structure, it added.\n\nEmergency services were called at about 07:15 BST\n\nThe housing association which owns the property is providing temporary accommodation for the occupants.\n\nJack Kelly, from Midland Heart, said: \"What we've done is made sure that they've got somewhere tonight and for the next few nights while we assess exactly what's going to have to happen.\n\n\"We'll make sure that they've obviously got their meals included with where they're staying and over the next few days work with them to make sure they've got somewhere to be while we obviously assess the damage and make any repairs needed.\"\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said a structural engineer had been called to assess damage\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@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. Boris Johnson says the UK should work with France over channel crossings.\n\nThe UK needs to consider changes to asylum laws to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe prime minister said it was currently \"very, very difficult\" to legally return people who arrive in the UK from France using small boats.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have successfully crossed the English Channel this way so far this year.\n\nImmigration Minister Chris Philp is in Paris for talks with French officials.\n\nHe has been accompanied by the UK's newly appointed Clandestine Channel Threat Commander Dan O'Mahoney, to discuss how to reduce the number of migrant crossings.\n\nThe UK government has said it wants to work with the French authorities to make the route \"unviable\".\n\nSpeaking ahead of the meeting, the UK's former national security adviser Lord Ricketts said the UK may need to pay for increased enforcement along the French coast.\n\n\"The French do have 300km of coastline facing the UK which is quite hard to police and I think a lot of the money they are asking for is to reinforce mobile patrols up and down those beaches to stop people even getting into these boats,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson pledged to work with the French authorities to discourage people from making the \"dangerous\" journey across the channel.\n\nBut he added the UK also needed to look at \"the panoply of laws that an illegal immigrant has at his or her disposal that allow them to stay here\".\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said on Monday it had sent an RAF Atlas transport aircraft to help Border Force spot small boats trying to cross the Channel.\n\nThe Home Office had asked defence chiefs for help to deal with migrants making the crossing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The men and women on the boat told the BBC's Simon Jones they were from Syria\n\nSince Thursday, more than 600 people have been intercepted on the route.\n\nDowning Street said Border Force was looking at a \"range of options,\" including new measures, to stop boats entering British waters.\n\nThe UK is currently following EU asylum law during its 11-month post-Brexit transition period following its departure from the bloc in January.\n\nThis includes the so-called Dublin regulation, which states that a person's asylum claim can be transferred to the first member state they entered.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said the UK wanted to replace the \"inflexible and rigid\" regulation with a new agreement on returns after December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team on Saturday\n\nHe added that the current Dublin rules, which put a time limit on transfers, could be \"abused by both migrants and their lawyers to frustrate the returns of those who have no right to be here\".\n\nIn a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday, 23 Tory MPs and two peers said the UK should refuse to sign up to a \"similar agreement\" to Dublin after December.\n\nThe group said ministers should do \"whatever it takes\" to deal with the problem, saying many of their constituents were angry that migrants had been put up in \"expensive hotels\" and given \"immediate access\" to financial support.\n\nMs Patel went out on a police boat patrol during her visit to Dover on Monday.\n\nDover MP Nathalie Elphicke, who was not one of the signatories, said Tuesday's talks were welcome but engagement at a higher level was needed to enable boats to be safely turned around and returned to France.\n\n\"There is no reason we can't come to an agreement with France on returns,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. \"It's really important we work with the French on this issue as it's a joint issue.\"\n\nMs Patel, who met her opposite number Gérald Darmanin last month, has said the UK is committed to \"shutting down\" the route and dismantling the criminal gangs facilitating the illegal crossings.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to Dover on Monday, she said the current situation was \"totally unacceptable\" and the UK and France need to work together to address what was a \"shared challenge\".\n\nThe French government says it has deployed extra resources to detect and intercept boats before they set out, leading to a ten-fold increase in the number of crossings being prevented.\n\nIntelligence co-operation with the UK has been stepped up while plans to strengthen control of the main crossing points are being finalised, the country's interior ministry added.\n\nSince the demolition of the infamous 'Jungle' nearly four years ago, French authorities have been successful in stopping other large-scale camps from forming.\n\nBut migrants do still arrive in Calais; they are just more scattered.\n\nGreater security measures - including a wall built along the motorway with UK funding - have made it more difficult for migrants to stow away on lorries.\n\nBut that's led the people smugglers to increasingly turn to using the equally risky method of small boats.\n\nThe UK and France have worked closely on this for close to two decades.\n\nThe Treaty of Le Touquet which effectively 'moved' the UK border to Calais (and the French border to Dover) to allow checks to happen before crossings, was signed in 2003.\n\nBut they can't change geography.\n\nCalais remains a magnet because it is only 20 miles from the UK - on a clear day in Dover, you can see the headlights of French traffic on the other side of the sea.\n\nNo amount of planes, walls or Navy deployments can alter that.\n\nQuite apart from the humanitarian issue here, there is added political pressure for the UK government.\n\nDavid Cameron was pretty roundly criticised for suggesting in 2016 that Brexit would mean the French would pull out of bilateral agreements and we'd see \"Jungles\" popping up on the South coast of England.\n\nThere's certainly no indication of that, but there's no doubt that the images of dinghies landing on Kent's beaches will be a difficult one for a government that has set huge store by its promise to 'take back control' of immigration.", "Items believed to be pieces of the Bronze Age harness were also found\n\nA metal detectorist was left \"shaking with happiness\" after discovering a hoard of Bronze Age artefacts in the Scottish Borders.\n\nA complete horse harness and sword was uncovered by Mariusz Stepien at the site near Peebles in June.\n\nExperts said the discovery was of \"national significance\".\n\nThe soil had preserved the leather and wood, allowing experts to trace the straps that connected the rings and buckles.\n\nThis allowed the experts to see for the first time how Bronze Age horse harnesses were assembled.\n\nMariusz Stepien discovered the hoard near Peebles in June\n\nMr Stepien was searching the field with friends when he found a bronze object buried half a metre underground.\n\nHe said: \"I thought 'I've never seen anything like this before' and felt from the very beginning that this might be something spectacular and I've just discovered a big part of Scottish history.\n\n\"I was over the moon, actually shaking with happiness.\"\n\nMr Stepien and his friends camped in the field as archaeologists spent 22 days investigating the site.\n\nHe said: \"Every day there were new objects coming out which changed the context of the find, every day we learned something new.\n\n\"I'm so pleased that the earth revealed to me something that was hidden for more than 3,000 years. I still can't believe it happened.\"\n\nArchaeologists found a sword still in its scabbard during their excavation\n\nArchaeologists found a sword still in its scabbard, decorated straps, buckles, rings, ornaments and chariot wheel axle caps.\n\nThere is also evidence of a decorative \"rattle pendant\" that would have hung from the harness, the first to be found in Scotland, and only the third in the UK.\n\nEmily Freeman, head of the Crown Office's Treasure Trove Unit, said it was \"a nationally-significant find\".\n\nShe said: \"So few Bronze Age hoards have been excavated in Scotland, it was an amazing opportunity for us to not only recover bronze artefacts, but organic material as well.\n\n\"There is still a lot of work to be done to assess the artefacts and understand why they were deposited.\"\n\nThe beginning of the Bronze Age in Britain can be put at about 2,000 BC.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "American Collin Morikawa emerged from a stacked leaderboard to win the 2020 US PGA Championship after a flawless final round in San Francisco.\n\nAt one point on the back nine, six players shared the lead - but an eagle two on the 16th saw Morikawa go clear.\n\nThe world number 12, playing in just his second major, carded a six-under 64 at TPC Harding Park to reach 13 under.\n\nEngland's Paul Casey was two shots back in a tie for second with overnight leader Dustin Johnson after a 66.\n\nLike Morikawa, Matthew Wolff was another unheralded American to rise through the field on Sunday, shooting a 65 to finish on 10 under.\n\nHe tied for fourth with compatriots Bryson DeChambeau and Tony Finau, plus Australia's Jason Day, who all carded 66s on a nail-biting final day that made a mockery of concerns over how competitive the year's first major would be with no fans.\n\nJustin Rose hit a 67 to finish a shot further back after being three behind the lead overnight, along with fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who slipped to three under.\n\nTwo-time defending champion Brooks Koepka trailed Johnson by two heading into the final round, but the American stumbled to a four-over 74 to also finish on three under.\n• None Morikawa wins US PGA - as it happened\n\nHeading into the final day, all the talk was of another potential battle between Johnson and Koepka after the latter held off his Ryder Cup team-mate to clinch last year's US PGA.\n\nAnd Koepka cranked up their friendly rivalry by belittling Johnson's solitary major win after day three, saying: \"I like my chances. When I've been in this position before I've capitalised.\"\n\nYet Koepka did not factor in the leaderboard logjam as another American stole the show, one who is in just his second year on the PGA Tour.\n\nRemarkably, 23-year-old Morikawa has more victories on the tour than missed cuts, and was second at the Charles Schwab Challenge in June before winning last month's Workday Charity Open.\n\nHe did not appear on the radar until shooting a 65 to go two off the lead on day three at Harding Park, just 20 miles from where he went to college at the University of California in Berkeley.\n\nBut as Johnson tried to hold off the chasing pack, Morikawa moved into the fray with three birdies in his first 10 holes.\n\nHe then chipped in for a birdie on the par-four 14th to become the first man to reach 11 under and, despite being joined by Casey, he hit the shot of the week from the 16th tee.\n\nMorikawa hit it to within seven feet on the par four and held his nerve to sink the eagle putt and put himself on the brink of becoming just the ninth player to win the US PGA on their debut, and the first since Keegan Bradley in 2011.\n\n\"It's amazing,\" said Morikawa, who grew up in Los Angeles. \"As a little kid, watching all these professionals, this is always what I've wanted to do.\n\n\"I felt very comfortable from the start, as an amateur, junior golfer, turning professional last year. But to finally close it off and come out here in San Francisco, pretty much my second home where I spent the past four years, it's pretty special.\"\n\nCasey kept waiting for his first major\n\nMorikawa was four years old when Paul Casey claimed his first European Tour win in 2001, and since then the Englishman has seldom dropped out of the world's top 50.\n\nThere has never been any doubt over his ability, it was whether he could produce when it really mattered - a major championship.\n\nThe 43-year-old has yet to win a Players Championship or World Golf Championship event and his previous best in a major was a tie for third at the 2010 Open.\n\nYet he remains one of the most consistent players on the tour and, after two wins last year, he travelled to San Francisco as world number 28.\n\nAfter a first round of 68, he said he felt more confident with caddie John McLaren back on the bag and having finished the third round two off the lead, there was genuine belief this could be his time.\n\nThree birdies in his first 10 holes on Sunday put Casey in contention to become England's first US PGA Championship winner since 1919 - and the oldest first-time major winner since 1967.\n\nBut he dropped a shot at the 13th after overcooking his approach, and despite responding with two more birdies, Casey graciously said Morikawa deserved victory after that \"glorious\" tee shot.\n\n'It was just awesome golf' - what they said\n\nPaul Casey: \"I played wonderful golf, but Collin thoroughly deserves it. I mean, what a shot he hit on 16, just awesome golf. There's nothing you can do except tip your cap to that.\n\n\"I'm very, very happy. It's been a great week, a strange week obviously missing the fans.\"\n• None The link between what we eat and mental health\n• None What has isolation been like for them?", "There is little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said.\n\nMr Williamson said the government was being guided by the best science as it accelerated plans to reopen schools to all pupils in England next month.\n\nGovernment advisers have warned the nation may have reached the limit of what can be reopened in society safely.\n\nBut Mr Williamson suggested an upcoming study would support the government's position on reopening schools.\n\nHis comments come after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the reopening of schools - after months without in-person education - was the \"national priority\" of the government.\n\nThe prime minister, who visited a school in East London on Monday, is understood to have made it clear that schools should shut last in any future local lockdowns - after businesses including shops and pubs.\n\nThe current plan is for most children across the country to be back in class by next month.\n\nGuidance on reopening schools has been published for England. There are also separate plans for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday.\n\nSchools across the UK closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders said guidance from the government was not clear, and schools were having to make their own contingency plans for any possible resurgence of coronavirus. It said teachers might teach students on a week-on, week-off basis in that situation.\n\nBut care minister Helen Whately told BBC Breakfast: \"Our priority is to make sure that children are fully back in school come the autumn.\"\n\nShe said the government wanted to keep schools open in the event of local lockdowns, adding that staff and pupils would \"immediately have access to testing\" if they showed symptoms.\n\nProf Russell Viner, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said \"rota systems appear to make very little difference\" to the level of risk.\n\nIn an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said opening up schools was \"one of the least risky things we can do\" when it comes to easing lockdown.\n\nThe evidence is clear that children are much less likely to become very ill from coronavirus than adults. What role they play in spreading the virus to others, though, is less clear.\n\nA review of 18 studies suggested children might be half as likely as adults to pass on the virus.\n\nBut schools do not just bring children together - teachers, parents at school gates and other knock-on effects like more people on public transport or in offices could also influence the spread of the virus.\n\nWhile we have not fully solved the question of whether children are biologically less capable of passing on the virus, the safety of re-opening schools depends on other factors, too.\n\nThe strength of the contact-tracing system and how well social distancing can be managed will be crucial in whether re-opening schools will cause cases to spike.\n\nThe education secretary said the \"latest research, which is expected to be published later this year - one of the largest studies on the coronavirus in schools in the world\", would make it \"clear there is little evidence that the virus is transmitted at school\".\n\nHe is believed to be referring to a forthcoming report to be released by Public Health England.\n\nGavin Williamson said a coronavirus study supported the government's decision to reopen schools\n\nIn a statement issued on Sunday evening, Mr Williamson also said there was \"growing confidence among parents about their children returning\" to the classroom.\n\n\"This is down to the hard work of school staff across the country who are putting in place a range of protective measures to prepare to welcome back all pupils at the start of term,\" he said.\n\nBut some parents have told the BBC of their concerns at the plans.\n\nJo, a mother of two who works as a support staff member at a secondary school in south-east England, said: \"I'm terrified of sending my children back to school. I'm frightened that [those in] schools are not wearing masks, not facing desks forward.\"\n\nShe questioned whether head teachers would \"have the courage to send home unwell children on arrival\".\n\n\"At my school, we have been given a brief outline of the plans for when the school reopens, but things are changing all the time,\" she added.\n\n\"There are too many questions and not enough answers.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Labour called for a \"rapid reform\" of the test and trace system, suggesting local health protection teams were more effective than national call centres.\n\nThe Mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour's Andy Burnham, told BBC Breakfast that England's contact tracing system \"isn't yet good enough\" for pupils to return to school in September.\n\nHe said the government must give local authorities resources to carry out some of the contract tracing and \"give all employers in the country the ability [to support employees] to self-isolate on full pay\".\n\nFigures released last week by the Department of Health and Social Care showed that local teams continued to be more successful than call centre workers when it came to reaching close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nIn a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth and shadow cabinet office minister Rachel Reeves raised concerns that the current model was \"not fit for purpose\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK reported a further eight people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 46,574. A further 1,062 people tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nIn another development, gyms, swimming pools, leisure centres and children's play centres are being allowed to reopen in Wales on Monday, in a further easing of the lockdown restrictions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. DJ Sideman: \"On this occasion I just don't think that I can look the other way\"\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall has apologised and said a mistake was made after a news report containing a racial slur was broadcast last month.\n\nMore than 18,600 people complained after the N-word was used in full in a report about a racially aggravated attack in Bristol.\n\nThe BBC initially defended the use of the slur, broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel on 29 July.\n\nLord Hall said he now accepts the BBC should have taken a different approach.\n\nHe said he recognised that the report had caused \"distress\" amongst many people, and said the BBC would be \"strengthening\" its guidance on offensive language in its output.\n\nThe use of the N-word in the broadcast prompted widespread criticism, including by a number of politicians and BBC staff.\n\nOn Saturday, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman - real name David Whitely - quit the station over the row.\n\nHe said \"the action and the defence of the action feels like a slap in the face of our community\".\n\nIn its initial defence, the BBC said that the organisation felt it needed \"to explain, and report, not just the injuries but, given their alleged extreme nature, the words alleged to have been used\" in the attack on an NHS worker known as K-Dogg.\n\nThe decision had been supported by the victim's family, the corporation added.\n\nThe sight of K-Dogg's injuries is shocking. It took four hours to remove the glass from his face.\n\nWhat wasn't clear when this story was first reported was the alleged racial motive.\n\nThe decision to include the \"racist language, in full\" - according to a statement on the BBC's complaints website - was, it's said, because his family wanted it to be \"seen and understood\" by the wider public.\n\nThe response - more than 18,000 complaints in a matter of days - makes it clear many people thought this was not just wrong, but insulting and deeply distressing. When Radio 1Xtra's Sideman resigned saying \"the BBC sanctioning the N-word being broadcast on national television by a white person is something I can't rock with\", he was echoing the views of large parts of the audience, and also many within the BBC.\n\nThe corporation has, in recent months, had to reverse a decision censuring BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty for her comments about Donald Trump's tweet suggesting four female politicians of colour should \"go back\" to \"places from which they came\". And there has been considerable internal debate raised by the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nBroadcasting a racial slur on the news was, they now accept, a \"mistake\", but this is about more than just one highly offensive word. As today's statement says, the BBC is, at the moment, having to \"listen - and also to learn\" when it comes to race.\n\nOn Sunday, the BBC's director of creative diversity June Sarpong welcomed Lord Hall's subsequent apology.\n\nIn a tweet, she wrote: \"I am glad BBC director general Tony Hall has personally intervened to unequivocally apologise over BBC News' use of the N-word.\"\n\nHowever, BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Target tweeted that it was \"a total shame\" that it had taken the resignation of a \"young black broadcaster\" to trigger the BBC apology.\n\nSideman highlighted parts of Lord Hall's apology on his Instagram, alongside a tweet that praised his \"courage of conviction\" in quitting - which he said had touched his \"whole soul\".\n\n\"If people actually take in the level of personal sacrifice involved in his move [...] a Jamaican born man with a Brum accent climbed all the way to the BBC... and quit,\" a member of the public tweeted.\n\nLord Hall said the BBC accepts it \"should have taken a different approach\"\n\nIn his message, Lord Hall emphasised \"the BBC's intention was to highlight an alleged racist attack\".\n\n\"This is important journalism which the BBC should be reporting on and we will continue to do so,\" he said.\n\n\"Yet despite these good intentions, I recognise that we have ended up creating distress amongst many people.\n\n\"The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that. We will now be strengthening our guidance on offensive language across our output.\n\n\"Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake. We made one here.\"\n\nHis statement followed high-level discussions with BBC colleagues on Sunday morning.\n\nIn addition to the 18,600 complaints made to the BBC over the news report, broadcast regulator Ofcom said it received 384 complaints.\n\nIt makes the broadcast the second-most complained about since the BBC began using its current system in 2017.\n\nCommenting on Sunday, Larry Madowo, US correspondent for the BBC's World Service, said that he had previously not been allowed to use the racist term in an article when quoting an African American.\n\n\"But a white person was allowed to say it on TV because it was 'editorially justified',\" he 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.\n\nLabour's shadow equalities minister Marsha de Cordova said the BBC's reasons for using the N-word were \"obviously not good enough\".\n\nSpeaking before Lord Hall made his statement, Ms de Cordova called on the broadcaster to apologise and \"learn from this whole sorry episode\".\n\nShe was echoed by Labour MP Dawn Butler, who posted her support for Sideman on Twitter, saying the BBC should have apologised rather than \"doubled down\" on its justification.\n\nChannel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy praised Lord Hall's intervention but added that \"once again it has taken a direct intervention by the DG to overturn a mistake on race previously defended by the BBC's editorial policy managers\".\n\nHe added: \"Obviously they should also go back to Sideman and ask him to take back his resignation and put him back on air - if anything I'd promote him.\"\n\nOn Saturday, a spokesperson for 1Xtra called Sideman \"incredibly talented\", adding that the station was \"disappointed\" he had decided to resign.\n\n\"We absolutely wish him well for the future. The door is always open for future projects,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nThe Points West story broadcast last month described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg, who was hit by a car on 22 July while walking to a bus stop from his workplace, Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nK-Dogg suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone in the attack.\n\nPolice said the incident was being treated as racially aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car. A fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last week.\n\nIn its initial defence, the BBC said the decision to report the racial slur had not been taken lightly and that it understood people would be upset.", "Crews will continue to tackle hot spots for the next couple of days\n\nQueen guitarist Brian May has thanked firefighters for saving his home and music studio from \"going up in flames\" during a wildfire.\n\nCrews have battled the blaze on the national nature reserve at Chobham Common in Surrey since Friday.\n\nMay posted on Instagram to say the land was \"still smouldering less than a mile from my own house and studio, and the fond relics of my entire life\".\n\nSurrey County Council said the situation has been stabilised.\n\nOn Friday a huge plume of smoke was seen rising from the common and multiple crews from Surrey Fire and Rescue were sent out to tackle the blaze, which is estimated to have burned around 85 hectares.\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\nIn an Instagram post, May said: \"I never imagined it could happen here in leafy, and normally damp, Surrey, England.\n\n\"We supported the fight against the immense fires in Australia, and watched sadly as fires ravaged California, but to see this happen in my own home county has been shocking and traumatic.\"\n\n\"Today we were able to begin to thank the amazing firefighters who risked their lives to contain this huge and treacherous wild furnace on the heath land of Sunningdale Golf Course - which actually adjoins my property.\n\n\"Yesterday, I was rescuing as many precious things from my house as was practicable, under threat of the whole thing going up in flames, but praying that the horror would not happen. Today my prayers were answered.\"\n\nSurrey Wildlife Trust said the heathland will take years to recover from the wildfire\n\nSurrey Wildlife Trust said the fire began on Sunningdale golf course and spread to the common due to strong winds.\n\nIt said the heathland, home to specialist reptiles, protected ground nesting birds and thousands of species of insects, was \"rarer than tropical rainforest\".\n\nJames Adler, director of biodiversity at the trust, said: \"All Surrey heathland sites are highly vulnerable to heath fires at present.\n\n\"We are concerned that climate change is leading to an increase in frequency... When these habitats are destroyed by wildfire, it may take many years before the area becomes suitable for them again.\"\n\nThe fire also spread to Wentworth Golf Club.\n\nThomas Smith, Assistant Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics, estimated the wildfire to have burned around 85 hectares according to satellite imagery collected on Sunday.\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known, but Surrey County Council has urged people not to light bonfires or use disposable BBQs in the countryside.\n\nPeople have been asked to continue avoiding the area.\n\nThe council said that while it was still a \"significant\" incident, the situation had been stabilised and resources reduced.\n\nThe fire service will remain at the scene for the rest of the week in case the fire develops again.\n\nSurrey Search and Rescue sent a drone up to monitor the fire\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. Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon says 'sorry' for Scottish exam results\n\nNicola Sturgeon has apologised after accepting her government \"did not get it right\" over Scottish exam results.\n\nWith no exams sat this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) ran a system based on teacher assessments.\n\nHowever, officials then applied a moderation technique which led to about 125,000 estimates being downgraded.\n\nThe first minister said this approach was too focused on the \"overall system\" and not enough on individual pupils.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney will set out the government's plan to fix the issue on Tuesday, with Ms Sturgeon saying the onus would not be on students to submit appeals.\n\nOpposition parties are pushing for a vote of no confidence in the education secretary, but Ms Sturgeon said she had faith in Mr Swinney and that the row was \"not party political\".\n\nA-level results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due out on Thursday.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he understood the \"anxiety\" over grades, and that \"we will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils is properly reflected\".\n\nExams across the UK were cancelled this year due to the pandemic, leading to the use of systems based on teacher assessments.\n\nIn Scotland this was moderated at a national level by the SQA, a process which led to thousands of pupils complaining that they had received lower grades than originally estimated.\n\nThere was particular criticism after Higher pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2%, in comparison with 6.9% for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds.\n\nPupils and parents took part in demonstrations last week\n\nThe Scottish children's commissioner's office said pupils from more deprived areas had been downgraded based on the historic performance of their school rather than their performance.\n\nMs Sturgeon said young people in more deprived areas might be concluding that \"the system is stacked against them\", and that she was \"not prepared to have that outcome\".\n\nMr Swinney had signalled a u-turn on Sunday, saying he had \"heard the anger of students\" over the row.\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said steps would be taken to \"address concerns\" and \"ensure that every young person gets a grade that recognises the work they have done\".\n\nShe said ministers had taken \"decisions we thought were the right ones\" in unprecedented circumstances, but after \"a lot of soul searching\" had now accepted they were not right.\n\nShe said: \"Our concern, which was to make sure the grades young people got were as valid as in any other year, perhaps led us to think too much about the overall system and not enough about the individual pupil.\n\n\"That has meant too many students feel they have lost out on grades they should have had, and that that has happened not as a result of anything they have done but a statistical model or algorithm.\n\n\"Despite our best intentions I do acknowledge that we did not get this right and I am sorry for that.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government would not \"dig our heels in and defend a position that in our hearts we know we didn't get right\".\n\nMr Swinney will set out plans for how to address the issue at Holyrood on Tuesday, but the first minister said \"we will not expect every student who has been downgraded to appeal\".\n\nShe added: \"This is not the fault of students, and it should not be on students to fix it - that's on us, and we will set out tomorrow how we intend to do that.\"\n\nThe education secretary could also face a no-confidence vote tabled by Labour in the Scottish Parliament when it returns from recess this week.\n\nMr Swinney said he had \"heard the anger of students\"\n\nThe Conservatives say they will support the motion and the Scottish Greens have indicated they would consider backing it if no changes are made.\n\nScottish Labour's education spokesman Iain Gray told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the \"simplest and fairest\" way would be to return grades to what teachers originally projected, saying that \"anything else would fall short\".\n\nThe Tories, meanwhile, have called for pupils to either be given a grade based on their prelim score or to be allowed to sit an exam in the autumn.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she had confidence in Mr Swinney, noting that governments in other parts of the UK were taking \"broadly the same approach\" to exam results \"in difficult circumstances\".", "The 2,000-tonne machines will make a tunnel under the Chilterns starting in 2021\n\nTwo tunnelling machines bought to help build HS2 have been unveiled by the firm behind the high-speed rail line.\n\nThe excavators will bore a 10 mile (16km) tunnel through part of the Chilterns, from a site near the M25 to near South Heath in Buckinghamshire,\n\nHS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston said the machines would \"be a defining moment in the history of HS2\".\n\nBut campaigners said HS2 was \"decimating countryside and creating a huge financial burden\".\n\nThe two 2,000-tonne machines, built at a factory in Germany, will dig as deep as 80m (262ft) below ground.\n\nThey have been named Cecilia and Florence, after Buckinghamshire-born astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Florence Nightingale, following a public vote from a shortlist of suggestions made by local schoolchildren.\n\nThe site near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, next to the M25, where the tunnel will start has been cleared\n\nThe plans for HS2 were first outlined more than a decade ago. The initial stage, due to be completed between 2028-31, will connect London and the West Midlands, while the second section will extend into the East Midlands and north of England.\n\nHS2 minister Andrew Stephenson said: \"HS2 will provide better, more reliable connections that truly level up our country, boosting economic growth and sharing opportunities.\"\n\nFlorence will be launched in early 2021, with Cecilia beginning the other half of the tunnel about a month later.\n\nBoth machines are 170m (558ft) long and have been designed for the chalk and flint under the Chilterns.\n\nThey will run almost non-stop and are expected to take about three years to excavate the tunnel, which will be lined with concrete.\n\nIn May, a report by MPs found the project was \"badly off course\" and accused HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport of lacking transparency and undermining public confidence.\n\nCampaigners against HS2 staged a week-long protest along the line's route in June, saying funds for the project should be used for the country's economic recovery following the coronavirus lockdown instead.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says schools are the “last thing” the government wants to close as part of any local lockdown restrictions\n\nIt is understandable that there is \"anxiety\" over exam grades, the prime minister has said, as pupils prepare to receive estimated results this week for tests cancelled during lockdown.\n\nVisiting a school in London, Boris Johnson said he was also \"very keen that exams should go ahead as normal\".\n\nA-level results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due on Thursday.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised for the handling of its exam results.\n\nShe acknowledged \"we did not get it right\" after results estimated by teachers for cancelled exams were downgraded.\n\nThe Scottish Qualifications Authority lowered grades using an algorithm - with pass rates for pupils in deprived areas downgraded further than those in more affluent parts.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her priority was to resolve the concerns about how some results had been downgraded, following protests by pupils.\n\nWith pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland awaiting A-level results this week, Mr Johnson said on a visit to a school in east London that he wanted their hard work \"properly reflected\".\n\n\"Clearly, because of what has happened this year, there is some anxiety about what grades pupils are going to get, and everybody understands the system - that the teachers are setting the grades, then there's a standardisation system,\" he said.\n\n\"We will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils is properly reflected.\"\n\nOfqual, England's exam regulator, said that following the row in Scotland it wanted to reassure students that grades have been calculated in the \"fairest possible\" way.\n\nIt said it would publish data on grades by socio-economic status on results day, adding that early analysis showed poorer students and ethnic minorities \"have not been disadvantaged by this year's awarding process\".\n\nThe head of the university admissions service said this summer was likely to be the \"busiest\" ever period for the clearing system, which matches students with places after results are published - including those who have missed the grades for their initial offer.\n\nClare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said she believed up to 80,000 students could find a place through clearing, beating last year's record of 73,325.\n\nSome students were likely to abandon plans for a gap year as the pandemic restricted travel, and could apply through clearing instead, she suggested. The fall in overseas students meant it was a \"good year\" for UK applicants seeking a place, Ms Marchant added.\n\nA recent analysis by the PA news agency showed that the select Russell Group universities still had 4,500 undergraduate courses with vacant places.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOne 18-year-old said she felt students in her school year had been treated like \"guinea pigs\".\n\n\"I'm expecting the worst scenario possible at this point,\" said Cheyenne Williams from Barnhill Community High School in north-west London. \"I have doubts that grades will be allocated on a fair basis.\"\n\nMeanwhile, some parents criticised suggestions that students could sit exams in the autumn if they were unhappy with their estimated grade.\n\nHelen Milne, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, whose son will collect his results this week, said: \"How on earth are children meant to take resits in October when they haven't been in school for six months and there are no teachers to teach them?\"\n\nBut others defended the approach. \"It's not great but I can't think of a better system,\" said Helen Jones from Abingdon in Oxfordshire.\n\n\"Nobody wanted to have a pandemic and you can't put the lives of a whole cohort on hold for a year.\"\n\nElsewhere, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there was little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools and the plan to fully reopen England's schools in September was guided by the best science.\n\nIt is usually pupils who are nervous about exam results and going back to school.\n\nBut this year it's ministers who are feeling the heat.\n\nAnd those in England will be looking with extreme nervousness at the car crash over Scotland's replacement exam grades - because the problems that outraged Scottish students are going to reappear in England's A-level results on Thursday.\n\n\"Everybody understands the system that the teachers are setting the grades, then there's a standardisation system,\" Boris Johnson said on a school visit.\n\nBut in reality teachers' predicted grades have mostly been sidelined - and instead the two key factors for grades will be how pupils are ranked and schools' previous results.\n\nAs the row in Scotland has shown, pegging estimated grades to how schools usually perform will be seen as locking in disadvantage.\n\nIt means bright pupils in low-achieving schools can lose out. And many more will be confused at the gap between their teachers' predictions and their results.\n\nBut so far there are no signs of the emergency brakes from ministers in England. Instead they are relying on schools being able to appeal against harsh results and that disappointed pupils can take back-up exams in the autumn.\n\nAs if the exam pressure wasn't enough, there are high political stakes about the fast-approaching new school year and the promise that all pupils will be going back full time.\n\nGovernment advisers have warned the nation may have reached the limit of what can be reopened in society safely.\n\nBut asked whether parents should brace for local closures to combat flare-ups of the virus, Mr Johnson said education was a priority.\n\n\"The last thing we want to do is close schools. Education is a priority for the country - that is simple social justice,\" he said.\n\nGuidance on reopening schools has been published for England. There are also separate plans for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday.\n\nSchools across the UK closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nIn another development, gyms, swimming pools, leisure centres and children's play centres are being allowed to reopen in Wales on Monday, in a further easing of the lockdown restrictions.", "Diners used the \"eat out to help out\" scheme more than 10.5 million times in its first week, the Treasury has said.\n\nUnder the scheme, which is intended to boost the struggling hospitality sector, the government pays for 50% of a meal eaten at a cafe, restaurant or pub on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.\n\nThe discount, which is due to run through August, is capped at £10.\n\nTreasury estimates put the average claim at close to £5, making the cost of the policy around £50m so far.\n\nHMRC said that, as of 9 August, it had received 10,540,394 claims under the scheme.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak described the figures as \"amazing\", adding those using the scheme were helping support the hospitality sector.\n\nThe government has set aside £500m to fund the policy.\n\nAnd it has already led to an increase in the number of people visiting High Streets across the country, according to Springboard, which measures footfall figures.\n\nIt said the number of people in retail destinations after 18:00 BST last Monday, the first day of the scheme, was 19% higher than the week before. Meanwhile lunchtime visits were up 10%.\n\nHowever, visits to High Streets are still down significantly compared to the same time last year.\n\nThe Treasury said that 83,068 restaurants had signed up to the scheme.\n\nThey include fast-fast food chains like McDonald's and KFC as well as lots of local, independent pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nGovernment figures show that 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and that 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector.\n\n\"Britons are eating out to help out in big numbers,\" said Mr Sunak.\n\n\"And they aren't just getting a great deal - they're supporting the almost 2 million people employed in this sector,\" he said.\n\nThe discount is only on food and soft drinks eaten on the premises, so it does not apply to takeaways.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times the discount can be used in August, or for how many people, including children.", "Bye bye ball pools: The fun but tricky-to-clean attractions may disappear amid the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nThey are the salvation of a rainy day - where children can fearlessly fling themselves up and down brightly-coloured, spongy mats as parents seek solace with coffee and a chat, the latter usually drowned out by deafening, delirious-with-happiness screams.\n\nBut soft play centres face being wiped out amid the coronavirus pandemic as one of the last industries to have a proposed opening date. In the last three weeks, at least 15 have closed their doors permanently and many more are set to follow.\n\nMore than 25,000 people have signed the #RescueIndoorPlay petition, calling on the government to make a decision on reopening or offer more financial support to the UK's 1,100 centres, which employ 30,000 people. There is also concern among operators about the impact closure could have on families with young children, which rely on soft play centres for sanity and socialisation.\n\n\"I feel for children and parents' mental health,\" says Helen Whittington, who has started a crowdfunder to replace \"tricky to clean\" ball pools at DJ Jungles in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead with new sensory areas that would enable social distancing.\n\n\"We have baby classes, NCT meets and are a place for people to socialise - postnatal depression could increase and children lose the confidence to mix and make friends, share and take turns.\"\n\nHelen Whittington says soft play centres are vital for children's and parents' mental health\n\nSimon Bridgland made the heartbreaking decision to close Big Fun House in Canterbury at the beginning of July, which he'd run for six years. The announcement was met with an \"outpouring of love\" from customers on his Facebook page.\n\n\"I was blown away by the volume of comments,\" he says. It was not an easy decision to make, with 17 staff losing their jobs.\n\n\"We'd not had any income whatsoever since March. Soft play isn't the gold mine people think it is - you make your money in winter to get through the summer months. Most are in big warehouses and cost a lot of money to keep going.\"\n\nOnly last year he opened a £50,000 go kart track which had just a few months of use. Instead, he has decided to diversify. Mr Bridgland runs Snowflakes Day Nursery on the same site, and is going to extend it into what was Big Fun House. Children will have the run of the place and its facilities.\n\nThe go kart track at Big Fun House was only installed last year\n\n\"It's going to be one hell of a nursery, what with the sheer volume of space and lots of unique features.\n\n\"Personally, I think soft play is dead. The kids, they can't social distance. So we were left with no option but to repurpose the centre.\"\n\nAnother owner reworking their business is Ellis Potter, managing director of the Riverside Hub in Northampton, who is soon to get a delivery of 80 tonnes of play sand for a pop-up beach on the car park.\n\n\"It's cost us about £1,000 a day just to stand still with the doors closed, which is a serious chunk of money,\" he says.\n\n\"We've received hundreds of emails from parents who want to bring a sense of normality back to their children's lives, because it's the children that are being affected in all of this.\n\n\"We've implemented massive hygiene and safety measures, and spent tens of thousands of pounds with air sterilisation and antibacterial fogging - all the things that we can do to keep safe but the government are just not having it. They just won't let us open indoor play.\n\nEllis Potter has had \"literally hundreds of emails\" from parents who say their children have been missing out\n\n\"We've 60 staff on furlough who are apprehensive about the future, and we want to give them some clarity. There's been some very dark times but emails and Facebook messages from customers have kept us going.\"\n\nMikey Johnson, assistant manager of Jungleland in Telford, said the lack of clarity for soft play centres was \"diabolical\".\n\nTakings went down 90 per cent in the week before lockdown as worried families stayed at home. Within a week it was zero. As the pandemic took hold, Jungleland became a drop-off point for a local food bank.\n\n\"Hundreds of families\" were helped by the pop-up food bank at Jungleland, which sent supplies to Telford Crisis Support\n\nIn March the firm had 26 members of staff. Now eight remain on furlough, all eyes on the next government announcement.\n\n\"At the minute it's an unknown,\" said Mr Johnson. \"Even if we have a date, it's the rebuilding period after that.\n\n\"We'd probably be working at half capacity, and that's just not a viable business. We need bums on seats. It's just a waiting game.\"\n\nRepresentatives from the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) - many in furry costumes - descended on 10 Downing Street recently to raise awareness of their #RescueIndoorPlay campaign. The pandemic meant they weren't allowed to physically hand in a petition, but that is gathering pace on Change.org.\n\n\"We've had a huge amount of support from people who use these centres all the time - they are embedded in our local communities,\" said Paul Kelly, chief executive of BALPPA.\n\n\"We want the government to tell us the date we can reopen, or tell us why we can't. There are 1,100 centres and I can't see them surviving if we don't hear something soon.\n\n\"We are heading for a cliff edge.\"\n\nLizzie Elston, 45 from Harpenden, mum to Oliver, eight, is among those who are backing the campaign.\n\nOliver Elston's mum says she would have \"no hesitation\" taking him to soft play because she knows how seriously they are taking cleanliness\n\n\"The benefits of soft play are massive. Oliver's not into organised sport - we've tried to get him into rugby or cricket, but he's at his happiest when he's jumping off things just being a ninja,\" she says.\n\n\"He's always absolutely loved soft play - just being a lunatic - so it is brilliant as a parent because you can have a coffee with friends and know he's safe, either by himself or with friends. It's so important for his physical and mental wellbeing just not being in front of a screen.\n\n\"It can't be overestimated, the importance of soft play - it helps how they develop, how they learn and socialise, so it's critically important for their mental health.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A 12-year-old girl has died after getting into difficulty in a river near Loch Lomond.\n\nEmergency services were called to the area around Balloch Bridge on the River Leven at 18.45 on Sunday following reports that the girl had fallen into the water.\n\nA major search was carried out involving two rescue helicopters, a police underwater unit, the fire service and rescue boats.\n\nThe body was found three hours later.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"Around 9.45pm, the young girl was recovered from the water. Sadly she was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\n\"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dawn Butler says the “system is currently biased against black people”\n\nAn MP has called for a \"system change\" after she was stopped by police while travelling in a car in east London.\n\nFormer shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler accused the Met Police of racial profiling after the stop on Sunday.\n\nLabour MP Ms Butler told BBC Breakfast she had agreed to meet local police commanders to discuss \"taking the bias out of the system\".\n\nThe Met said the stop was a mistake caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car's registration number.\n\nMs Butler said it had been 20 years since the Macpherson Report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, which described the Met Police as \"institutionally racist\".\n\n\"It's about time we changed the system so it works for everyone and it's effective,\" she said.\n\nThe MP said institutional racism was \"not about saying every single police officer is racist\".\n\n\"If you see black people in a car and you automatically assume that they are criminals there is a problem there,\" she said.\n\n\"That's why you have to address the system that is currently biased against black people.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the police should treat people with \"fairness and equality\".\n\nHe said: \"The police have made a statement saying that they made a mistake.\n\n\"They have spoken to the occupants of the car but it's obviously very, very important that the Met continue to do everything that they can - as indeed they do - to show that they are serving every part of our country, every part of our community, with fairness and equality.\"\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 Butler said the BMW that was stopped on Sunday was being driven by a black male friend and it was pulled over by two police cars.\n\nShe said officers said the car was registered in North Yorkshire and took the keys while checking the registration.\n\nThey then admitted there had been a mistake, that it was registered to the driver and apologised, she said.\n\nMs Butler told the BBC: \"I still don't know why they punched the number plate into the system.\n\n\"I don't know what raised their suspicion. All I know is I'm black, my friend was black and he has a fairly decent car.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Met said \"one of the occupants\" had been contacted by a senior officer and they had discussed \"subsequent interaction as well as feedback regarding the stop\".\n\nIt added: \"We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter further with the occupants if they wish to do so.\"\n\nThe force's statement did not explain why the car registration was entered in the first place.\n\nMet Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said checking registrations was a \"routine piece of work\"\n\nMet Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said checking car registrations was a \"normal routine piece of work\" for officers.\n\nHe told the BBC he was \"very disappointed\" Ms Butler had posted the video of her stop.\n\nMr Marsh said: \"You would have thought someone in the situation she is in would try and defuse a situation rather than cause such an absolute furore.\"\n\nHis colleagues had \"acted professionally throughout\" and admitted their mistake, he added.\n\nThe Police Federation - the organisation that represents police officers across Wales and England - is calling for the body-worn camera footage from officers at the incident to be released.\n\nSusan Hall, Conservative leader on the London Assembly, has written to the Met Police commissioner in support of releasing the police officer's footage.\n\nMs Hall tweeted: \"If Dawn Butler wants to play politics with police officers doing their job, Londoners should have all the facts.\"\n\nMs Butler said she had already spoken to her local borough commander and further meetings were planned.\n\nThe MP also said stop and search needed to be revised to a system with \"better outcomes\", but \"it's going to take an intense amount of work\".\n\nCh Supt Roy Smith tweeted on Sunday to say he had spoken to Ms Butler and she had given \"a very balanced account of the incident\".\n\nThe officer said the force \"are listening\" to concerns she had about the stop and the officers involved.\n\nSince raising the issue Ms Butler has been subjected to racist abuse on social media.\n\nDawn Butler filmed her discussions with the police officers who pulled her over\n\nLabour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said \"it is imperative that the black community have trust and confidence in our police\".\n\n\"All allegations of racial profiling must be taken extremely seriously by the Metropolitan Police,\" he added.\n\nSir Keir said the abuse Ms Butler had suffered on social media was \"wrong and must be condemned\".\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating whether officers in England and Wales racially discriminate against ethnic minority people.\n\nBBC analysis shows that from August 2019 to July 2020 there were 101 stop and searches for every 1,000 black people in London, compared to 23.2 for every 1,000 white people and 28.7 per 1,000 Asian people.\n\nA police officer can legally stop any vehicle at any time. Police have the power to stop and search anyone if an officer has reasonable grounds to believe someone has been involved in a crime or is in possession of a prohibited item.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson has pledged to ban so-called ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’. But organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical.\n\nWhile at university, Gareth underwent therapy from a variety of groups over four years. Among those was Core Issues Trust, which says it helps people who have unwanted same-sex attractions.", "Bytedance is weighing up whether to base its TikTok app in London\n\nAn influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK.\n\nNeil O'Brien - co-founder of the China Research Group of Tory MPs - said the intelligence services should publish a report into the matter.\n\nPresident Trump is threatening to ban TikTok in the US.\n\nThis has forced the app to ditch plans to establish its headquarters there.\n\nTikTok had been expected to pick California or New York - where it already has offices - after appointing an American ex-Disney executive as its chief executive in May.\n\nHowever, the US president has since given it an ultimatum to sell its local business to an American firm.\n\n\"I set a date of around 15 September, at which point it's going to be out of business in the United States... unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal,\" said Donald Trump on Monday.\n\nHe added that \"a very substantial portion of that price\" should go to the US Treasury \"because we're making it possible for this deal to happen\".\n\nMicrosoft has confirmed it is in talks to buy TikTok's service in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - all the members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, except the UK.\n\nThe app's Chinese parent company Bytedance has confirmed this had forced a rethink.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: What's going on with TikTok?\n\n\"In light of the current situation, Bytedance has been evaluating the possibility of establishing TikTok's headquarters outside of the US, to better serve our global users,\" it said in a brief statement.\n\nThe Sun newspaper had reported on the weekend that the UK government had already approved TikTok setting up its HQ in London, and an announcement would be made this week.\n\nHowever a source told the BBC that Bytedance had yet to make a final decision, although London was on a short list of possibilities.\n\nDublin and Singapore have been reported to be the other options.\n\nA spokesman for the Prime Minister said any decision would be a \"commercial one\" taken by Bytedance, and added that Boris Johnson had not discussed the issue with President Trump.\n\nThe China Research Group represents a group of about 50 MPs who are concerned about Beijing's influence in the UK.\n\nIt previously helped pressure the government into a rethink on Huawei, and has also raised concerns about plans to let Chinese companies invest in UK nuclear power stations.\n\nNeil O'Brien co-founded the China Research Group with fellow Tory MP Tom Tugendhat in April\n\nMr O'Brien said he was not opposed in principle to the idea of TikTok being based in London, but said a \"deep dive\" into its code should be carried out first.\n\n\"It would be useful for the government to use the kind of specialists in cyber-security that only it has access to, to give us a definitive view of whether the app is safe,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"[If it is] we should welcome investment by TikTok in the country.\n\n\"But if there are problems, as some media reports have suggested, with either political interference in its algorithms and the content that's shown, or about where the data is ending up and a lack of security - well that would raise a whole bunch of other questions.\"\n\nHowever, another prominent Tory backbencher has taken a tougher line.\n\nThe Times reports that Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who chairs the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, said: \"We are playing silly games over this, trying to persuade ourselves that we are able to run a risk-free involvement with these companies. Bytedance is every bit as unreliable as Huawei.\"\n\nTikTok has said that it strictly abides by local laws.\n\nIt currently stores data from its international users on servers based in the US and Singapore. This keeps it separate from that of users in mainland China, who use TikTok's sister app Douyin.\n\nWhile the government has not commented on a security review, as a matter of course GCHQ looks into any cyber-issue flagged as a national security threat by the US.\n\nTwo points are believed to be of particular concern to the agency.\n\nFirstly, whether Chinese spies could get access to the geo-location data - including GPS coordinates and internet addresses - logged by the app.\n\nSecondly, the degree to which the app could be subverted to push certain political content at users.\n\nWhile TikTok says it would not send international users' data back to China, there is concern it would be compelled to do so if Beijing invoked its National Intelligence Law.\n\nIt obligates Chinese citizens to \"support, assist and cooperate\" with the country's intelligence services and to keep such activity secret.\n\nSuch concerns have to be weighed against the prestige of hosting TikTok's headquarters, and the degree to which doing so might help repair relations with Beijing following a ban of the use of Huawei's 5G kit.\n\n\"If TikTok decided to base its new HQ in London, it would certainly cement it as a global tech hub,\" commented Chloe Colliver from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue think tank.\n\n\"There are already some very prominent start-ups, but TikTok is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the world.\"", "Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick ignored warnings about \"slums of the future\" in an official report on planning reforms, its co-author says.\n\nDr Ben Clifford raised concerns over the \"health, wellbeing and quality of life\" of people living in tiny flats converted from vacant offices.\n\nBut he said he was not asked to discuss his report's findings with ministers.\n\nThe government instead pushed ahead with further de-regulation of England's planning system.\n\nOfficials say allowing developers to bypass traditional planning permission to convert offices into flats has created more than 60,000 badly-needed new homes in the past four years.\n\nMr Jenrick has now extended the policy, known as Permitted Development, to allow some buildings to be extended upwards, or demolished, without planning permission.\n\nVacant town centre premises can also be converted into homes, cafes and restaurants, under the new rules.\n\nAnd on Thursday, Mr Jenrick is expected to set out further reforms, to give developers in England \"automatic\" permission to build homes and hospitals on land earmarked for \"renewal\".\n\nPermitted Development rights were introduced in 2013, removing local authority control over office-to-flat conversions, unless there are demonstrable concerns about issues such as flooding or contamination.\n\nBut Dr Clifford, associate professor of planning at University College London, found many of the homes created under the new rules do not meet national guidelines for minimum living space.\n\nSome of the homes were just 16 square metres - and a number of them had no windows.\n\nDr Clifford told the BBC \"we're going to get further proliferation of these small units of 16, even 20 metre squared, which just aren't adaptable, aren't suitable to enjoy a high quality of personal and social life\".\n\nHe said the phrase \"slums of the future\" cropped up repeatedly when interviewing councillors as part of his research.\n\nIt was also the title of a report by a Labour London assembly member cited in Dr Clifford's report.\n\nThe UCL research was commissioned by Mr Jenrick's predecessor as Communities Secretary, James Brokenshire, amid concerns from Theresa May's government about the size of new homes.\n\nDr Clifford and his colleagues visited more than 600 buildings across the country which had been converted under Permitted Development rights.\n\nThey found almost 70% were one bedroom flats or studios.\n\nSome developments see residents living next to industrial land\n\nJust over 73% of homes which had gone through the full planning system met the current non-binding space standard of 37 square metres, compared with 22% created through Permitted Development rights, the report said.\n\nAccording to Dr Clifford, \"there was no follow-up so we didn't have engagement with the ministry as to any further discussion as to the content of the report, our findings\".\n\nHe added: \"We need to establish what are acceptable minimums and set them out very clearly, and that should apply to all new development that are coming forward…it's a race to the bottom if we continue like this\".\n\nDr Clifford's 320-page report was delivered to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in January.\n\nBut it was not published until 21 July - the same day that Mr Jenrick published new regulations expanding the use of Permitted Development rights.\n\nIt was also the same day that the much-delayed report into alleged Russian interference into UK democracy was published.\n\nThere was no press release announcing the publication of the Clifford report.\n\nDr Clifford said it gave the impression that the ministry was \"trying to slip something out with as little notice and as little attention drawn to it as possible\".\n\nThe Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government rejected suggestions the report had been buried, saying it had been widely covered in the media.\n\nThe department said Permitted Development schemes still had to conform to building regulations, covering issues such as sanitation, fire safety, sound proofing and standards of workmanship.\n\nBut it said it recognised the concerns raised in the report about the poor quality of some schemes and it expected developers to \"take note\" of where their schemes face local criticism.\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Permitted development rights make an important contribution to building the homes our country needs and are crucial to helping our economy recover from the pandemic by supporting our high streets to adapt and encouraging the regeneration of disused buildings.\n\n\"This independent research shows on average there was little difference in the appearance, energy performance or access to services between schemes delivered through permitted development and those that were granted full planning permission.\n\n\"All developers should meet the highest possible design standards and the changes we are making will continue to improve the quality of these homes, including new requirements for natural light and checks to ensure changes are in keeping with the character of their local area.\"\n• None New homes to get 'automatic' planning permission", "Obesity should be defined by a person's health - not just their weight, says a new Canadian clinical guideline.\n\nIt also advises doctors to go beyond simply recommending diet and exercise.\n\nInstead, they should focus on the root causes of weight gain and take a holistic approach to health.\n\nThe guideline, which was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Tuesday, specifically admonished weight-related stigma against patients in the health system.\n\n\"The dominant cultural narrative regarding obesity fuels assumptions about personal irresponsibility and lack of willpower and casts blame and shame upon people living with obesity,\" the guideline, which is intended to be used by primary care physicians in diagnosing and treating obesity in their daily practice, states.\n\nXimena Ramos-Salas, the director of research and policy at Obesity Canada and one of the guideline's authors, said research shows many doctors discriminate against obese patients, and that can lead to worse health outcomes irrespective of their weight.\n\n\"Weight bias is not just about believing the wrong thing about obesity,\" she told the BBC. \"Weight bias actually has an effect on the behaviour of healthcare practitioners.\"\n\nThe rate of obesity has tripled over the past three decades in Canada, and now about one in four Canadians is obese according to Statistics Canada.\n\nThe guideline had not been updated since 2006. The new version was funded by Obesity Canada, the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research through a Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research grant.\n\nAlthough the latest advice still recommends using diagnostic criteria like the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, it acknowledges their clinical limitations and says doctors should focus more on how weight impacts a person's health.\n\nSmall reductions in weight, of about 3-5%, can lead to health improvements and an obese person's \"best weight\" might not be their \"ideal weight\" according to BMI, the guideline says.\n\nIt emphasises that obesity is a complex, chronic condition that needs lifelong management.\n\n\"For a long time we've associated obesity as a lifestyle behaviour... It's been a lot of shame and blame before,\" Ms Ramos-Salas says.\n\n\"People living with obesity need support like people living with any other chronic disease.\"\n\nBut instead of simply advising patients to \"eat less, move more\", the guideline encourages doctors to provide supports along the lines of psychological therapy, medication and bariatric surgery like gastric-bypass surgery.\n\nThe guideline doesn't completely do away with standard weight-loss advice.\n\n\"All individuals, regardless of body size or composition, would benefit from adopting a healthy, well-balanced eating pattern and engaging in regular physical activity,\" it says.\n\nHowever, it notes that keeping the weight off is often difficult because the brain will compensate by feeling more hungry, thus encouraging people to eat more.\n\nMany studies have shown that most people who lose weight on a diet gain it back.\n\nPhysicians should also ask permission before discussing a patient's weight, and work with them to focus on health goals that matter to them, instead of just telling them to cut calories.", "EasyJet is adding more flights to cope with increasing demand from holidaymakers.\n\nThe airline had expected to operate at just 30% of its normal capacity, but is expanding its schedule to 40% as more people look to escape lockdown.\n\nIt restarted flying in June and carried over two million passengers in July.\n\n\"Returning to the skies again allows us to do what we do best and take our customers on much-needed holidays,\" said boss Johan Lundgren.\n\n\"I am really encouraged that we have seen higher than expected levels of demand with load factor of 84% in July with destinations like Faro and Nice remaining popular with customers.\"\n\nHe said bookings for the remainder of the summer \"are performing better than expected\" and as a result, it has expanded its schedule over the July-to-September quarter to fly at around 40% of normal capacity.\n\n\"This increased flying will allow us to connect even more customers to family or friends and to take the breaks they have worked hard for,\" he said.\n\nHe said late summer bookings were performing well, with city destinations such as Amsterdam and Paris also proving popular.\n\nThe news helped EasyJet's shares climb around 9% in early trading on Tuesday. However, with the price hovering at around 550p, it is still down almost two-thirds on the 1550p price it stood at in February.\n\nIn the three months to the end of June, EasyJet made just £7m after its fleet was grounded from 30 March because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBut costs for the three months were £332.1m, some 79% lower than in the same period in 2019.\n\nThe company has launched a major restructuring programme which includes \"rightsizing\" the organisation and reducing its workforce by up to 30%.\n\nIt plans up to 4,500 job cuts and the restructuring includes closing bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle airports.\n\nThe airline has launched an employee consultation process on the staff reduction and base closing proposals.\n\nThe company called on the government to temporarily remove Air Passenger Duty to support the recovery of UK aviation.\n\nIt said aviation had been one of the \"worst hit\" industries by the pandemic, and government action was needed \"across Europe to retain connectivity and a viable airline infrastructure\".\n\n\"Without this we risk long term damage to the recovery.\"\n\nIt said removing Air Passenger Duty would \"significantly quicken\" the reintroduction and growth of the number of flights and routes available in the UK, particularly outside London.\n\nEasyJet's chief executive Johan Lundgren has reiterated criticisms of the government's \"blanket approach\" to quarantine arrangements for travellers from countries with high levels of Covid 19.\n\nSpeaking to journalists following the publication of the company's third quarter trading update, he said there had been no consultation or dialogue with industry - and his company had had no prior warning of the reintroduction of restrictions on travellers coming from Spain.\n\nThe policy, he said, was \"not based on a risk approach\". Quarantine measures, he argued, should be targeted on a regional basis - for example, allowing travel to and from the Canary Islands and the Balearics to be excluded. There should be more clarity regarding the rules and scientific advice.\n\nReferring to problems customers have had obtaining refunds, he suggested that the sheer volume of cancellations caused by the lockdowns had made it impossible to process them quickly. 250,000 flights were cancelled during the period, when last year, the figure had been just 2,500.\n\nNo company or airline, he insisted, would have been able to set themselves up for the scale of what was required.\n\nMr Lundgren also reiterated his confidence in EasyJet's chief operating officer, Peter Bellew, who has come under fire from the company's pilots over his handling of planned cuts at the business.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Politicians from across the political spectrum pay tribute to John Hume\n\nThe Nobel Peace Prize winner and prominent Northern Ireland politician John Hume has died aged 83.\n\nHe died in a Londonderry nursing home following a long period of illness.\n\nOne of the highest-profile politicians in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years, he helped create the climate that brought an end to the Troubles.\n\nHe was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in 1970 and led the party from 1979 until 2001.\n\nMr Hume played a major role in the peace talks, which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.\n\nDavid Trimble, U2 singer Bono and John Hume campaigning for the peace deal in 1998\n\nHe was widely admired for his steadfast commitment to peaceful, democratic politics during three decades of violence in Northern Ireland.\n\nTributes have been paid by political leaders past and present, including former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was in office when the peace deal was signed.\n\nMr Blair said he was \"a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past\".\n\n\"His contribution to peace in Northern Ireland was epic and he will rightly be remembered for it,\" he said.\n\n\"He was insistent it was possible, tireless in pursuit of it and endlessly creative in seeking ways of making it happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Hume became leader of the SDLP in 1979, a post which he relinquished in November 2001\n\nFormer US President Bill Clinton said Mr Hume \"fought his long war for peace in Northern Ireland\"\n\n\"His chosen weapons: an unshakeable commitment to nonviolence, persistence, kindness and love,\" he said.\n\n\"With his enduring sense of honour, he kept marching on against all odds towards a brighter future for all the children of Northern Ireland.\n\n\"I'll never forget our night in Derry in 1995, with the town square and blocks around full of hopeful faces, walking with him across the Peace Bridge nearly 20 years later, and all of the moments we shared in between.\"\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said Northern Ireland had \"lost a great man who did so much to help bring an end to the Troubles and build a better future for all\".\n\nHe said Mr Hume's vision \"paved the way for the stability, positivity and dynamism of the Northern Ireland of today\".\n\nSDLP co-founder Austin Currie said \"John Hume is the greatest Irishman since Parnell\".\n\n\"His place in Irish history is richly deserved. Hume's consistency provided a compass through some terrible times,\" he said.\n\nIn the late 1980s, Mr Hume took considerable risks for peace by holding talks with the then leader of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams.\n\nThe talks were controversial because the IRA was still heavily involved in violence, but Mr Hume's aim was to persuade republicans to commit to exclusively democratic means.\n\nThe Hume-Adams talks helped to lay the foundations for the 1994 IRA ceasefire and later negotiations which resulted in the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nJohn Hume faced enormous criticism for his decision to hold talks with Gerry Adams\n\nMr Adams said he was \"a political leader genuinely prepared to look at the bigger picture and to put the wider interests of society above narrow party politics\".\n\nHe said his decision to meet him was a \"breakthrough moment in Irish politics\".\n\n\"When others were stuck in the ritual politics of condemnation, John Hume had the courage to take real risks for peace,\" he added.\n\n\"During the darkest days of paramilitary terrorism and sectarian strife, he kept hope alive. And with patience, resilience and unswerving commitment, he triumphed and delivered a victory for peace,\" he said.\n\nNorthern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster described the former SDLP leader as a \"giant in Irish nationalism\".\n\n\"In our darkest days he recognised that violence was the wrong path and worked steadfastly to promote democratic politics,\" the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader added.\n\nFollowing the 1998 peace deal, Mr Hume was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble.\n\nJohn Hume and David Trimble were presented with doves of peace sculptures\n\nLord Trimble said from the outset Mr Hume urged people to stick to their objective peacefully.\n\n\"He was a major contributor to politics in Northern Ireland, particularly to the process that gave us an agreement that we are still working our way through,\" he said.\n\n\"He will be remembered for that contribution for years to come.\"\n\nMr Hume spent decades fighting and winning elections to different parliaments at Stormont, Westminster and Brussels.\n\nHe served as member of the European Parliament (MEP) for more than 25 years, and held a seat in Westminster as MP for the Foyle constituency for almost 22 years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former BBC Ireland Correspondent Denis Murray: \"John Hume was a giant of world politics\"\n\nFormer Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, who co-signed the 1998 peace deal with Tony Blair, said Mr Hume always \"saw the bigger picture\" in Irish politics.\n\nHe credited Mr Hume with the idea of ratifying the deal with different referenda on both sides of the Irish border.\n\n\"When the Good Friday Agreement was signed by Tony and I, he [Mr Hume] said: 'You put this to the people north and south and it will get the legitimacy of the people'.\n\n\"That was singularly his idea and it really was a bright idea,\" Mr Ahern told BBC Radio Five Live.\n\nJohn Hume with his wife Pat after his election to the European Parliament in 1979\n\nIrish President Michael D Higgins said Mr Hume had \"remodelled politics in Ireland\" and hailed his \"personal bravery and leadership\".\n\nNorthern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said Northern Ireland would not be where it was today \"without his leadership and courage\".\n\n\"He dedicated his life to peace, and for that the people of Northern Ireland will never forget him,\" he said.\n\nSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described him as \"a national icon\".\n\nArchbishop Eamon Martin said \"a great sadness\" had descended over the city of Derry.\n\nThe head of the Catholic Church in Ireland described Mr Hume as \"a paragon of peace, a giant of a statesman whose legacy of unstinting service to the common good is internationally acclaimed\".\n\nThere is no way you could overestimate John Hume's contribution in the political development of Northern Ireland.\n\nHe was definitely, during those years, the brains behind the approach to the peace process.\n\nHe worked on differing relationships, trying to solve problems which seemed for so many years to be completely without any possible solution.\n\nHe helped create the political space in which the different parties could manoeuvre their way towards what became the the Good Friday Agreement.\n\nJohn Hume battled on at very hard times during the Troubles - when any kind of dialogue came under attack from opponents as being a sign of weakness.\n\nHe persevered with his efforts to bring about a solution.\n\nMr Hume died in the early hours of Monday at Owen Mor nursing home in Derry, having suffered dementia for several years.\n\nBooks of condolence have been opened for Mr Hume in Derry and in Belfast.\n\nHis funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Saint Eugene, Derry, at 11.30 BST on Wednesday.\n\nIn a statement, his family said his loss would be greatly felt and they had drawn \"great comfort\" from \"being with John again in the last days of his life\".", "An image sent by Merdan Ghappar appears to show him handcuffed in a cell\n\nMerdan Ghappar was used to posing for the camera.\n\nAs a model for the massive Chinese online retailer Taobao, the 31-year-old was well paid to flaunt his good looks in slick promotional videos for clothing brands.\n\nBut one video of Mr Ghappar is different. Instead of a glitzy studio or fashionable city street, the backdrop is a bare room with grubby walls and steel mesh on the window. And in place of the posing, Mr Ghappar sits silently with an anxious expression on his face.\n\nHolding the camera with his right hand, he reveals his dirty clothes, his swollen ankles, and a set of handcuffs fixing his left wrist to the metal frame of the bed - the only piece of furniture in the room.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe video of Mr Ghappar, along with a number of accompanying text messages also passed to the BBC, together provide a chilling and extremely rare first-hand account of China's highly secure and secretive detention system - sent directly from the inside.\n\nThe material adds to the body of evidence documenting the impact of China's fight against what it calls the \"three evil forces\" of separatism, terrorism, and extremism in the country's far western region of Xinjiang.\n\nOver the past few years, credible estimates suggest, more than one million Uighurs and other minorities have been forced into a network of highly secure camps in Xinjiang that China has insisted are voluntary schools for anti-extremism training.\n\nThousands of children have been separated from their parents and, recent research shows, women have been forcibly subjected to methods of birth control.\n\nIn addition to the clear allegations of torture and abuse, Mr Ghappar's account appears to provide evidence that, despite China's insistence that most re-education camps have been closed, Uighurs are still being detained in significant numbers and held without charge.\n\nIt also contains new details about the huge psychological pressure placed on Uighur communities, including a document he photographed which calls on children as young as 13 to \"repent and surrender\".\n\nPart of a document sent by Merdan Ghappar calling on children to 'repent and surrender'\n\nAnd with Xinjiang currently experiencing a spike in the number of coronavirus infections, the dirty and crowded conditions he describes highlight the serious risk of contagion posed by this kind of mass detention during a global pandemic.\n\nThe BBC sent detailed requests for comment to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Xinjiang authorities but neither responded.\n\nMr Ghappar's family, who have not heard from him since the messages stopped five months ago, are aware that the release of the four minute, thirty-eight second video of him in his cell might increase the pressure and punishment he faces.\n\nBut they say it is their last hope, both to highlight his case and the plight of the Uighurs in general.\n\nHis uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands, believes the video could galvanise public opinion in the same way that footage of the police treatment of George Floyd became a powerful symbol of racial discrimination in the US.\n\n\"They have both faced brutality for their race,\" he says.\n\n\"But while in America people are raising their voices, in our case there is silence.\"\n\nIn 2009, Merdan Ghappar - like many Uighurs at that time - left Xinjiang to seek opportunity in China's wealthier cities in the east.\n\nHaving studied dance at Xinjiang Arts University, he found work first as a dancer and then, a few years later, as a model in the southern Chinese city of Foshan. Friends say Mr Ghappar could earn up to 10,000 Rmb (£1,000) per day.\n\nHis story reads like an advert for the country's dynamic, booming economy and President Xi Jinping's \"China Dream\". But the Uighurs, with their Turkic language, Islamic faith and ethnic ties to the peoples and cultures of central Asia, have long been viewed as an object of suspicion by Chinese rulers and faced discrimination in wider society.\n\nMr Ghappar's relatives say that Mr Ghappar was told it would be best for his modelling career to downplay his Uighur identity and refer to his facial features as \"half-European\".\n\nMerdan Ghappar moved from Xinjiang in 2009 to pursue a modelling career\n\nAnd although he had earned enough money to buy a sizeable apartment, they say he was unable to register it in his own name, instead having to use the name of a Han Chinese friend.\n\nBut those injustices now seem mild by comparison with what was to come.\n\nEver since two brutal attacks targeting pedestrians and commuters in Beijing in 2013 and the city of Kunming in 2014 - blamed by China on Uighur separatists - the state has begun to view Uighur culture as not only suspicious but seditious.\n\nBy 2018, when the state had come up with its answer - the sprawling system of camps and jails built rapidly and extensively across Xinjiang - Mr Ghappar was still living in Foshan, where his life was about to take an abrupt turn for the worse.\n\nIn August that year, he was arrested and sentenced to 16 months in prison for selling cannabis, a charge his friends insist was trumped up.\n\nWhether truly guilty or not, there was little chance of an acquittal, with statistics showing that more than 99% of defendants brought before Chinese criminal courts are convicted.\n\nUp to a million Muslims are thought to have been detained in prison camps across Xinjiang\n\nBut, upon his release in November 2019, any relief he felt at having served his time was short lived. Little more than a month later, police knocked on his door, telling him he needed to return to Xinjiang to complete a routine registration procedure.\n\nThe BBC has seen evidence that appears to show he was not suspected of any further offence, with authorities simply stating that \"he may need to do a few days of education at his local community\" - a euphemism for the camps.\n\nOn 15 January this year, his friends and family were allowed to bring warm clothes and his phone to the airport, before he was put on a flight from Foshan and escorted by two officers back to his home city of Kucha in Xinjiang.\n\nThere is evidence of other Uighurs being forced to return home, either from elsewhere in China or from abroad, and Mr Ghappar's family were convinced that he had disappeared into the re-education camps.\n\nBut more than a month later they received some extraordinary news.\n\nSomehow, he had managed to get access to his phone and was using it to communicate with the outside world.\n\nMerdan Ghappar's text messages, said to have been sent from the same room as his self-shot video, paint an even more terrifying picture of his experience after arriving in Xinjiang.\n\nWritten via the Chinese social media app WeChat, he explains that he was first kept in a police jail in Kucha.\n\n\"I saw 50 to 60 people detained in a small room no bigger than 50 square metres, men on the right, women on the left,\" he writes.\n\n\"Everyone was wearing a so-called 'four-piece-suit', a black head sack, handcuffs, leg shackles and an iron chain connecting the cuffs to the shackles.\"\n\nChina's use of these combined hand and leg cuffs has been criticised in the past by human rights groups.\n\nMr Ghappar was made to wear the device and, joining his fellow inmates in a caged-off area covering around two-thirds of the cell, he found there was no room to lie down and sleep.\n\n\"I lifted the sack on my head and told the police officer that the handcuffs were so tight they hurt my wrists,\" he writes in one of the text messages.\n\n\"He shouted fiercely at me, saying 'If you remove your hood again, I will beat you to death'. And after that I dared not to talk,\" he adds.\n\n\"Dying here is the last thing I want.\"\n\nHe writes about the constant sound of screaming, coming from elsewhere in the jail. \"Interrogation rooms,\" he suggested.\n\nAnd he describes squalid and unsanitary conditions - inmates suffering from lice while sharing just a handful of plastic bowls and spoons between them all.\n\n\"Before eating, the police would ask people with infectious diseases to put their hands up and they'd be the last to eat,\" he writes.\n\n\"But if you want to eat earlier, you can remain silent. It's a moral issue, do you understand?\"\n\nThen, on 22 January, with China at the height of its coronavirus crisis, news of a massive, nationwide attempt to control the epidemic reached the prisoners.\n\nMr Ghappar's account suggests the enforcement of quarantine rules were much stricter in Xinjiang than elsewhere. At one point, four young men, aged between 16 and 20, were brought into the cell.\n\n\"During the epidemic period they were found outside playing a kind of game like baseball,\" he writes.\n\n\"They were brought to the police station and beaten until they screamed like babies, the skin on their buttocks split open and they couldn't sit down.\"\n\nThe policemen began making all the prisoners wear masks, although they still had to remain hooded in the stuffy, over-crowded cell.\n\n\"A hood and a mask - there was even less air,\" he writes.\n\nWhen the officers later came around with thermometers, several inmates including Mr Ghappar, registered higher than the normal body temperature of 37C (98.6F).\n\nStill wearing his \"four-piece suit\", he was moved upstairs to another room where the guards kept the windows open at night, making the air so cold that he could not sleep.\n\nThere, he said, the sounds of torture were much clearer.\n\n\"One time I heard a man screaming from morning until evening,\" he says.\n\nA few days later, the prisoners were loaded onto minibuses and sent away to an unknown location. Mr Ghappar, who was suffering from a cold and with his nose running, was separated from the rest and taken to the facility seen in the video he sent - a place he described as an \"epidemic control centre\". Once there, he was handcuffed to the bed.\n\n\"My whole body is covered in lice. Every day I catch them and pick them off from my body - it's so itchy,\" he writes.\n\n\"Of course, the environment here is better than the police station with all those people. Here I live alone, but there are two people guarding me.\"\n\nIt was the slightly more relaxed regime that gave him, he says, the opportunity he needed to get word out. His phone appears to have remained unnoticed by the authorities among his personal belongings, some of which he was given access to in his new place of imprisonment.\n\nAfter 18 days inside the police jail, he was suddenly and secretly in touch with the outside world.\n\nFor a few days he described his experiences. Then, suddenly, the messages stopped.\n\nNothing has been heard from Mr Ghappar since. The authorities have provided no formal notification of his whereabouts, nor any reason for his continued detention.\n\nIt is impossible to independently verify the authenticity of the text messages. But experts say that the video footage appears to be genuine, in particular because of the propaganda messages that can be heard in the background.\n\n\"Xinjiang has never been an 'East Turkistan'\", says an announcement in both Uighur and Chinese from a loudspeaker outside his window.\n\n\"Separatist forces at home and abroad have politicised this geographical term and called for those who speak Turkic languages and believe in Islam to unite,\" the announcement says.\n\nJames Millward, a professor of history at Georgetown University and an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, translated and analysed Mr Ghappar's text messages for the BBC.\n\nHe says they are consistent with other well documented cases, from his transportation back to Xinjiang and the initial processing in crowded, unsanitary conditions.\n\n\"This firsthand description of the police holding cell is very, very vivid,\" Professor Millward says.\n\n\"He writes in very good Chinese and gives, frankly, a lot of horrific detail about the way these people are treated. So, it's quite a rare source.\"\n\nDr Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and another leading Xinjiang scholar, suggests that the video's real value is what it says about the Chinese government claim that the camp system is being wound down.\n\n\"It is extremely significant,\" Dr Zenz says. \"This testimony shows that the whole system of detaining people, sorting them and then feeding them into extra judicial internment… that this is very much ongoing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"\n\nAnother layer of credibility is provided by a photograph of a document that sources say Mr Ghappar sent after finding it on the floor of one of the epidemic control centre toilets.\n\nThe document refers to a speech made by the Communist Party Secretary of Aksu Prefecture, and the date and location suggest it could well have still been circulating in official circles in the city of Kucha around the time of Mr Ghappar's detention.\n\nThe document's call for children as young as 13 to be encouraged to \"repent for their mistakes and voluntarily surrender\" appears to be new evidence of the extent of China's monitoring and control of the thoughts and behaviours of the Uighurs and other minorities.\n\n\"I think this is the first time I've seen an official notice of minors being held responsible for their religious activity,\" says Dr Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder who has researched and written extensively about the Uighurs.\n\nDespite the risk that the publication of Merdan Ghappar's video and text messages will put him at risk of longer or harsher punishment, those close to him say they no longer have any choice.\n\n\"Staying silent will not help him either,\" says his uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, from his home in Amsterdam.\n\nDemonstrators in Paris hold signs calling for an end to the Uighur \"genocide\"\n\nAbdulhakim says he kept in regular touch with his nephew before he was taken into detention, and he believes - as has been well documented in other cases - that this overseas connection is one of the reasons Mr Ghappar was detained.\n\n\"Yes, I am 100% sure about it,\" he said. \"He was detained just because I am abroad and I take part in protests against Chinese human rights abuses.\"\n\nAbdulhakim's activism, which began in 2009 in Xinjiang when he helped hand out flyers ahead of a large-scale protest in the city of Urumqi, was the reason he fled to the Netherlands in the first place.\n\nThe protest in Urumqi later spilled into a series of violent riots which, Chinese authorities say, claimed nearly 200 lives and are seen as another one of the major turning points towards its tightening control over the region.\n\nTold that the Chinese authorities were seeking his arrest, Abdulhakim got himself a passport and left. He has never been back.\n\nHe insists that all of his political activities, both inside China and abroad, have been peaceful, and his nephew, he says, has never shown any interest in politics at all.\n\nThe list of questions sent by the BBC to the Chinese authorities asked them to confirm whether Merdan Ghappar or his uncle are suspected of any crime in China.\n\nIt also asked why Mr Ghappar was shackled to a bed, and for a response from the authorities to his other allegations of mistreatment and torture.\n\nNone of the questions was answered.\n\nWherever Merdan Ghappar is now, one thing is clear.\n\nWhether his earlier conviction for a drugs offence was just or not, his current detention is proof that even well-educated and relatively successful Uighurs can become a target of the internment system.\n\n\"This young man, as a fashion model, has a successful career already,\" said Professor Millward. \"He speaks wonderful Chinese, writes very well and uses fancy phrases, so clearly this is not someone who needs education for a vocational purpose.\"\n\nDr Adrian Zenz argues that this is the point of the system.\n\n\"It doesn't actually matter so much what the background of the person is,\" he says.\n\n\"What matters is that their loyalty has been tested by the system. At some point almost everybody is going to experience some form of internment or re-education, everybody is going to be subjected to this system.\"\n\nThe Chinese government denies that it is persecuting the Uighur population. After heavy criticism over the issue recently from the US, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, invoked the death of George Floyd, saying that Uighurs in Xinjiang were free in comparison to African Americans in the US.\n\nBut for Merdan Ghappar's family, haunted by the image of him chained to a bed in an unknown location, there is a connection between the two cases.\n\n\"When I saw the George Floyd video it reminded me of my nephew's own video,\" says Merdan's uncle Abdulhakim.\n\n\"The entire Uighur people are just like George Floyd now,\" he says. \"We can't breathe.\"", "Four festivals scheduled to take place in Malta this month have been cancelled due to a rise in Covid-19 cases on the island.\n\nEscape 2 The Island, Rhythm + Waves, BPM Festival: Malta and Mi Casa Festival have all been called off.\n\nA statement from each festival says they are all \"disappointed\" not to be going ahead, after making a decision with the Maltese Tourism Authority.\n\nTicket holders, many who were from the UK, will receive a full refund.\n\nMalta was hoping to be 2020's festival hotspot, with most clubs in Mallorca and Ibiza closed and festivals in the UK cancelled.\n\nThe line-ups were full of British artists like Chase and Status, Aitch, AJ Tracey and Fatboy Slim, with their social media targeting people in the UK with information on flight prices.\n\nBut the festivals could not \"take place in a safe manner\", statements say.\n\nAnyone who was planning to go will have to speak to their travel and accommodation provider about their flights and hotel bookings.\n\n\"We always knew it was going to be a risk,\" Barnaby Simms, who had tickets for Rhythm + Waves tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\n\"We had it in the back of our minds that it could get cancelled at any point.\n\n\"But we want to get a festival in this year, which is looking unlikely now.\"\n\nBarnaby says he'll lose the £140 he spent on flights, but hadn't booked a hotel.\n\nBarnaby (middle) and his friends were looking forward to another summer of festivals\n\nThere were already concerns from people living in Malta about the festivals going ahead.\n\nEwan Cannon-Young, who's 20 and lives on the island, says there was a \"mixed review\" about tourists visiting Malta to party.\n\n\"We didn't have that bad a lockdown, because we're an island we haven't really got as many people coming in,\" he told Newsbeat last week.\n\n\"We only had lockdown for one month.\n\n\"We had weeks and weeks of zero cases, which is why they decided to open up the festivals again.\"\n\nHe says that a recent event resulted in a spike in new cases.\n\nUp to last week the country, which has a population of 450,000, had 701 coronavirus cases and nine deaths.\n\nIn the last few days that has risen to 860 confirmed cases.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Liam Fox was a former trade minister in government\n\nDocuments on UK-US trade talks, leaked before the 2019 election, were stolen from the personal email account of Tory MP Liam Fox, the BBC understands.\n\nSources revealed on Monday that the papers had come from the former minister's account, but not which address the hackers had targeted.\n\nThe papers were published online and used by Labour in the 2019 campaign to claim the NHS would be put at risk.\n\nIt is not clear that Mr Fox's use of a personal account was a breach of rules.\n\nCabinet Office advice published in 2013 says MPs are provided with access to government email systems, but \"other forms of electronic communication may be used in the course of conducting government business\".\n\nA criminal inquiry into the leaking of the documents is under way, being led by the National Crime Agency.\n\nThe BBC understands the investigation has been underway since at least the end of last year.\n\nThe UK government has said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the election through the documents.\n\nA spokesman for the National Crime Agency confirmed it was leading the investigation, but added he could not comment further.\n\nMr Fox was international trade secretary from July 2016 to July 2019.\n\nLast month, he was nominated as the UK government's choice to lead the World Trade Organization, although the new director general has yet to be named.\n\nReuters, which first reported the story on Monday, said hackers accessed Mr Fox's account multiple times between 12 July and 21 October last year.\n\nOn Tuesday, a source told the BBC's Gordon Corera the documents had been stolen from Mr Fox's personal account.\n\nReuters has reported that the entire contents of Mr Fox's account was taken.\n\nResponding to Monday's story, a government spokesperson said: \"There is an ongoing criminal investigation into how the documents were acquired, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point.\n\n\"But as you would expect, the government has very robust systems in place to protect the IT systems of officials and staff.\"\n\nLast month, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government had \"reasonable confidence\" that Russian actors had tried to interfere in the December 2019 general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nHe told the BBC they had sought to \"spread online, illegally obtained, leaked government documents\" around the UK-US trade negotiations for after the country leaves the EU.\n\nMr Raab said the government would \"reserve the right to take the appropriate action\" when the criminal investigation concluded.\n\nThe UK government was later criticised in a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee - known as the \"Russia report\" - for having \"badly underestimated\" the threat the country posed.\n\nThe mystery of the \"trade leaks\" is slowly being revealed - though still not completely.\n\nThe 2019 general election now looks like it was the target of what is known a \"hack and leak\" operation, similar - though not on the same scale - as the one Russian military intelligence launched in the 2016 US presidential election.\n\nLast month, the government said it believed Russian actors were responsible for spreading the trade document on social media. But there was still the question of how it was first obtained.\n\nNow, we know it came from a hack of an email account belonging to Liam Fox.\n\nThe exact identity of the Russian group behind the attack remains murky.\n\nWhether it was the same group which then spread the document is unclear and that group (codenamed Secondary Infektion) is not thought to be the same as the one behind events in the US election, which had a larger impact.\n\nHackers from many countries have targeted politicians in recent years. But coming soon after the Russia report, this will serve as a reminder that groups based in Russia are often the most adept at not just stealing, but also using, the information.\n\nResponding to reports of the hack on Mr Fox's email, a spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre said on Monday, it works closely with MPs and political parties to offer them \"the best cyber security guidance and support.\"\n\n\"We have worked closely with political parties for several years on how to protect and defend against cyber attacks - including publishing advice on our website.\n\n\"There is an ongoing criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.\"", "The site of the blast was almost entirely destroyed\n\nLebanon's capital, Beirut, is mourning the victims of Tuesday's huge blast, which killed more than 100, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction in the city.\n\nThere blast was felt hundreds of kilometres away in Cyprus.\n\nOfficials blame the explosion on several thousand tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored in a warehouse for six years.\n\nSeveral port officials have been placed under house arrest.\n\nThe whole city was shaken by the explosion\n\nMany homes and businesses were destroyed\n\nThe Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque was also damaged\n\nThe explosion comes as Lebanon struggles with an economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nA man carries away an injured girl in Beirut\n\nAs many as 300,000 people have been left homeless\n• None Lebanon: Why the country is in crisis", "The government has urged pharmaceutical firms to have six weeks' worth of drugs stockpiled, in readiness for the end of the Brexit transition period.\n\nIn a letter to medical suppliers, the Department of Health said there would be no extension to the transition period after 31 December.\n\nThe department acknowledged that global supply chains were under pressure because of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nBut it said having reserve stocks would provide a buffer against disruption.\n\n\"To build upon past work and ensure a co-ordinated approach, we will be asking suppliers to confirm their contingency plans for the end of the [transition period],\" the department's letter said.\n\nThe call from the government comes amid continued uncertainty about what form the UK's relationship with the EU will take after the transition period ends.\n\nLast month, after informal talks in London, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said \"significant divergences\" remained between the EU and the UK on a post-Brexit trade deal.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the 31 December deadline to reach a deal.\n\nThe government asked medical firms to consider avoiding sending supplies on short routes across the Channel, such as from Dover and Folkestone to Calais and Dunkirk.\n\nIts letter also pointed out that regardless of whether the UK and the EU reach an agreement, the government plans to bring in new border controls in three stages, concluding in July next year.\n\nIn June, the pharmaceutical industry warned the government that some stockpiles of medical supplies had been \"used up entirely\" by coronavirus.\n\nDrugmakers fear stockpiles cannot feasibly be built back up again in time, if the UK should fail to strike a deal with the EU.\n\nThe pharmaceutical industry advised that the government would need to buy and store a longer and much broader list of medicines, because of the joint challenge of the pandemic and in the event of a no-deal Brexit deal at the end of this year.\n\nDrugmakers also urged the government to ensure that alternative supply routes were put in place to ensure that goods could continue to flow uninterrupted across borders.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nBrentford play Fulham on Tuesday for the chance to return to the English top flight for the first time in 73 years - and earn about £160m in the process.\n\nThe west London rivals, separated by just four miles, meet in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.\n\nFulham could seal an immediate return to the Premier League.\n\nVictory in the match, often dubbed the richest game in football, would be worth £135m to Fulham and about £160m to Brentford over the next three years.\n\nBrentford finished third in the table, one place above Fulham on goal difference, and won both league meetings during the regular campaign.\n\nIf they fail to win, the Bees will have taken part in more unsuccessful play-off campaigns in the English Football League than any other club, with this their ninth attempt.\n\nBrentford recorded eight straight victories either side of the coronavirus lockdown to give themselves a chance of automatic promotion, but narrowly missed out on a place in the top two following defeats in their final two matches of the season.\n\nHead coach Thomas Frank, who was appointed in October 2018, has moulded an attacking side which finished as the top scorers in the Championship this season.\n\nIncluding their play-off semi-final win over Swansea, their forward line of Said Benrahma, Bryan Mbeumo and Ollie Watkins have scored 59 goals between them - but the Bees also have the second-best defensive record in the division.\n\n\"We have big ambitions and big dreams,\" Frank said. \"We believe in ourselves but need to go to Wembley confident but humble.\"\n\nThe Bees have enjoyed their best campaign since suffering relegation from the top flight in 1946-47 and will move into a new 17,500-capacity stadium before next season.\n\nOpponents Fulham spent 13 consecutive seasons in the top flight before dropping back into the Championship in 2014, and Slavisa Jokanovic led the Craven Cottage outfit to promotion via the play-off final two years ago.\n\n\"They are a bigger club than us,\" Frank said. \"This is not a mind-game, this is a fact.\n\n\"They got relegated from the Premier League last year and have the parachute money.\n\n\"They have experience from the final two years ago and they have more experience in their squad to play a game like this than us.\n\n\"Yes, we beat them twice [this season] and that can maybe give us a bit of confidence. But the final is another story.\"\n\nWhen Scott Parker took over Fulham in February 2019, initially on a caretaker basis after the sacking of Claudio Ranieri, the Whites were heading for relegation from the Premier League.\n\nHe lost his first five games in charge, and the club had suffered 27 defeats and conceded 81 goals by the end of the top-flight campaign.\n\n\"I realised that this season was going to be a massive challenge for us,\" Parker said.\n\n\"When teams get relegated there are big wounds, and we were in a low spell.\n\n\"The biggest challenge was obviously trying to implement a philosophy and install a real identity on the pitch.\n\n\"It's been a rocky road this season because you can't just have a magic wand to go from a weak mentality to fighting to win the division you are in.\n\n\"I see a massive improvement from where we were, and a team that is progressing and resilient.\"\n\nFulham have their 1-0 victory over Aston Villa at Wembley in 2018 to draw on, with captain Tom Cairney and 26-goal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic among nine members of the matchday squad that day who remain at Craven Cottage.\n\n\"We have got lads who have experienced it, been there with the pressure and got the job done,\" Fulham midfielder Harrison Reed said.\n\n\"We can certainly use that to our advantage.\"\n\nHowever, Brentford captain Pontus Jansson thinks the fact the national stadium will be largely empty because of social distancing measures will level the playing field.\n\n\"If it was a full Wembley, it would be a little bit of an advantage for them,\" the Swedish centre-back said.\n\n\"I can't see any advantage for them, even if they have been there before. It will be a normal corona game.\"\n\nBrentford have never won promotion in their eight previous play-off campaigns, losing three finals.\n\nTwo of those defeats came at Wembley, with the most recent being the League One play-off final in 2012-13 - but there are no survivors from that team left in the Bees squad.\n\n\"I don't know any results in the past that Brentford have had in the play-offs,\" Jansson said.\n\n\"We have a lot of new players and none of those played in the play-offs with Brentford before.\n\n\"We just focus on this one. This is a game which lives its own life.\"\n\nFulham striker Mitrovic won the Championship's golden boot this season, but the Serbia international missed both legs of the semi-final win over Cardiff City through injury.\n\nHowever, Parker says he has a fully fit squad for the final.\n\nWhether Mitrovic and forward Neeskens Kebano, who was withdrawn in the second leg against the Bluebirds with a hamstring issue, are fit enough to start remains to be seen.\n\nBees boss Frank has chosen a largely settled side during the run-in, with his biggest decision seeming to be a choice between Emiliano Marcondes and Josh Dasilva over who will start in midfield.\n• None How did simulation lead to the track?", "Jessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper\n\nThree teenagers jailed for killing a police officer will have their sentences reviewed after claims they are too lenient.\n\nPC Andrew Harper suffered catastrophic injuries after his ankles got caught in a strap attached to a getaway car in Berkshire last August.\n\nDriver Henry Long was jailed for 16 years and accomplices Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole for 13 years on Friday.\n\nPC Harper's mother, Debbie Adlam, said her son \"deserved so much better\".\n\nShe added the family felt like they had been \"knocked sideways\" by the length of the prison terms.\n\n\"The case just hasn't brought justice for him,\" she said.\n\n\"The wider public has made that very obvious - they are all very angry and police officers deserve better than has been received in this case.\"\n\nThe Attorney General's Office said it had been asked to review the sentences. Its officers have 28 days from sentencing to review the case\n\nJohn Howell, who was PC Harper's MP, previously said he would ask for a review of the manslaughter sentences after the teenagers were cleared of murder.\n\nThe Henley MP said \"the crime of manslaughter is a very serious one\" and the sentences \"handed down by the judge are very severe\".\n\nBut he added: \"The question is does the punishment fit the crime?\n\n\"I am asking the Attorney General to look at the sentences given to determine whether they are unduly lenient, and, if they are, to seek in the Court of Appeal to have them extended.\"\n\nPC Andrew Harper's wedding took place four weeks before he was killed\n\nThe maximum sentence a judge can impose for manslaughter is life imprisonment but they must specify a minimum term to be served.\n\nSentencing the teenagers at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Edis said each of the sentences had to reflect \"the seriousness of this case\".\n\nHe said: \"Manslaughter cases range greatly in seriousness.\n\n\"Sometimes death may be caused by an act of gross carelessness, sometimes it is very close to a case of murder in its seriousness. That is so, here.\"\n\nThe judge said the killers were \"young, unintelligent but professional criminals\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Albert Bowers (left) and Jessie Cole were seen laughing as they left court after a previous appearance\n\nLast week PC Harper's widow Lissie wrote to the prime minister to ask for a retrial after Long, Bowers and Cole were acquitted of murder.\n\nIn an open letter on Facebook, she called for \"the retrial that [PC Harper] unquestionably deserves\".\n\nLong, 19, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder, saying he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nHe was given a reduction on his sentence because he pleaded guilty and must serve a minimum of 10 years and eight months in jail.\n\nBowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, both 18, admitted they were passengers, but denied ever seeing the police officer.\n\nA spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: \"I can confirm that we have received a request for the cases of Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole to be considered under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.\n\n\"The Law Officers have 28 days from sentencing to consider the case.\"\n\nAttorney General Suella Braverman will decide by 28 August if the Court of Appeal should look at the sentences again.", "A wide-ranging list of changes to Boeing’s ill-fated 737 Max planes has been put forward by US regulators.\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document details actions it wants to be made before the planes can fly again commercially.\n\nThe 737 Max has been grounded since March 2019 following two fatal crashes which killed 346 people.\n\nBoeing hopes to get the 737 Max back in the air early next year after the changes are made.\n\nIn a related report also published on Monday, the FAA said that Boeing’s own recommendations had sufficiently addressed the problems that had contributed to the two fatal crashes.\n\nOnce the proposals become official, Boeing can then make the changes and ready the planes for flight.\n\nThe design updates will need to be made to all planes delivered to airlines along with those not yet ordered or built.\n\n“We're continuing to make steady progress towards the safe return to service, working closely with the FAA and other global regulators.\n\n\"While we still have a lot of work in front of us, this is an important milestone in the certification process,” a Boeing spokesman told the BBC.\n\nWhile the company hopes to get the 737 Max flying again commercially by early 2021, airlines may still face weak demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions.\n\nThere are also other hurdles to overcome, including the development of pilot training programmes, independent technical reviews and the results of simulator tests.\n\nBoeing is expected to carry out 737 Max simulator pilot training at Gatwick Airport, where British Airways has a major presence.\n\nBA’s parent company IAG signed a letter of intent to buy 200 of Boeing's 737 Max planes last year.\n\nThe FAA proposals have taken more than 18 months and include the work of more than 40 engineers, inspectors, pilots, and technical support staff.\n\n“The effort represents more than 60,000 FAA hours of review,” the agency said.\n\nThe 737 Max crisis has battered trust in Boeing which faces a number of ongoing federal, criminal and civil investigations.\n\nThe FAA proposals can be reviewed by the public for 45 days before a final ruling is made.", "Two men arrested after reports of racial slurs against former England footballer Kieron Dyer have been released under investigation.\n\nPolice said the alleged incident of racial abuse happened at at Hintlesham Golf Club near Ipswich in July.\n\nDyer told the East Anglian Daily Times he did not hear the alleged abuse but was informed that the words \"monkey\" and \"banana\" were used.\n\nThe midfielder also played for Ipswich Town, Newcastle and West Ham.\n\nKeiron Dyer played for his hometown club Ipswich Town from 1996 to 1999 before a £6m transfer to Newcastle, and returned to Portman Road for a loan spell in 2011\n\nThe two men were arrested after police were contacted on Saturday, following the incident, which was alleged to have happened on 24 July.\n\nOne of the men, in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.\n\nHe and another man, in his 30s, were both arrested on suspicion of a malicious communications offence.\n\nBoth have been released under investigation pending further inquiries by Suffolk Police.\n\nThe golf club said it would \"not tolerate racial abuse\" and was investigating what happened.\n\nThe retired footballer, who said he had resigned as a member of the golf club, told the newspaper: \"I was appalled to be told of what had been said and it is clear to me there is still a long way to go in the battle against racism.\"\n\nIn a statement, the golf club said: \"Any member found to be involved in such action will have their membership immediately terminated.\"\n\nMr Dyer, who started his career at Ipswich Town, played 33 times for the national football team and also had spells at QPR and Middlesbrough.\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.", "A Spider-Man sculpture seen at a Barcelona gaming festival last year\n\nThe upcoming Marvel Avengers game has sparked a backlash after it was revealed that Spider-Man will only be in the PlayStation version.\n\nIts developer said the web-slinger will be available as downloadable content (DLC) next year on one platform only.\n\nThe game will be released on 4 September across several platforms including PS4, Xbox One and PC.\n\nFans have suggested the move will see many players missing out on the game's full experience.\n\nSony has owned the movie rights to Spider-Man since 1999, and a video game headlined by the web-slinger - Marvel's Spider-Man - was a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018.\n\nHowever, the superhero has appeared in other games on multiple consoles and PC over the years, including titles based on The Amazing Spider-Man film and its 2014 sequel.\n\nNumerous fans shared their outrage on social media following the surprise announcement on Monday.\n\n\"As a PS and PC player, I'll just be skipping Avengers altogether now. This is a such a dumb thing to do,\" complained one gamer.\n\n\"I'm a PlayStation person and I still get a bit sad and mad when something like Spider-Man or stuff gets locked to only on PS. Xbox players really should be able to have fun too,\" said another.\n\nSpider-Man will be made available to PlayStation players at no additional cost, and an in-game event will mark the release.\n\nLudo Medina, co-founder of gaming platform The N-Erd Council, told the BBC that the move would force many gamers to \"pick sides\".\n\n\"Exclusives are nothing new when it comes to games, but exclusive characters for specific consoles? This is a whole new territory.\n\n\"It is incredibly unfair on them and leaves PC and Xbox hanging out to dry. Gamers are saying it is forcing them to unnecessarily choose between one or the other.\"\n\nCrystal Dynamics also confirmed the game's first post-launch character addition would be superhero Hawkeye, and would be available across all platforms.", "The Chinese head of TikTok has defended plans to sell its US operations, describing a deal as the only way to prevent the app from being banned in the US.\n\nIn a letter to Chinese staff, Zhang Yiming said the critics do not see the \"full context\".\n\nThe letter comes as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bar the social media company.\n\nChinese state media have said such pressure amounts to \"theft\".\n\nOn social media, Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance, has also been described as a \"traitor\".\n\nIn the letter to staff, which was shared by the company, he acknowledged the criticism, but said \"many people misunderstand the current, complex situation\".\n\nHe reminded staff of the firm's global ambitions and noted a rise in anti-Chinese sentiment around the world, including in the US and India.\n\n\"As a company, we have to abide by the laws of the markets where we operate,\" he said. \"It feels like the goal was not necessarily a forced sale, but given the current macro situation, a ban or even more.\"\n\nThe Trump administration has threatened to ban TikTok, saying the data it collects from its users - including an estimated 100 million in the US - is at risk of exploitation by the Chinese government.\n\nBeijing and TikTok deny those claims, which the US has made against other Chinese tech firms. But a sale to a US company is seen as a way to alleviate such concerns.\n\nOn Sunday, Microsoft confirmed it was in discussions with ByteDance over buying TikTok's operations in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - countries that make up four of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.\n\nOn Tuesday, it was reported that Apple is also interested.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's going on with TikTok?\n\nWhen reports of talks between ByteDance - which has received backing from US investors - and Microsoft surfaced on Friday, Mr Trump said he opposed the deal.\n\nBut he later appeared to okay a potential sale, saying the government - which would review any takeover by a US company for national security risks - should receive a \"substantial\" cut of any purchase price. Mr Trump has threatened to ban the app on 15 September if there is no deal.\n\n\"The United States should get a very large percentage of that price, because we're making it possible,\" Mr Trump said.\n\nNicholas Klein, a lawyer at DLA Piper, said generally \"the government doesn't have the authority to take a cut of a private deal through\" the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is the inter-agency committee that reviews some foreign investments in the US.\n\nCharlotte Jee, a reporter at MIT Technology Review, a magazine owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Mr Trump's comments were \"pretty astonishing\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, she said: \"I hate to say this but it is kind of almost Mafia-like behaviour - threatening a ban which pushes down the price then saying 'oh we should get a cut of that deal afterwards to say thank you for what we've done there'.\n\n\"It is extraordinary behaviour as well because last week we had lawmakers in the US trying to look at whether tech companies are too big and now we've got Trump trying to make one of them even bigger so it is a really, really bizarre situation to be in.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFormer FBI director James Comey once said that dealing with Donald Trump gave him \"flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob\".\n\nThe US president has certainly made TikTok an offer it can't refuse.\n\nIf the video app doesn't break away from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and sell its US operation to Microsoft, Mr Trump will simply ban it - putting TikTok's access to its 80 million active American users in jeopardy.\n\nMr Trump has already flexed his muscles against other Chinese firms, such as Huawei.\n\nBut what makes the situation with TikTok unprecedented is the demand for a cut of the sale price. The US Treasury has not explained how this extraordinary demand for a cut of a private transaction would work.\n\nMr Trump reckons the government should get a big slice of the pie because \"we're making it possible\".\n\nHowever, the deal wouldn't be happening in the first place but for his administration's claim that the likes of TikTok are feeding users' data directly to the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nBeneath the president's bombast, perhaps this is simply payback for the US and its companies, some of whom claim China has stolen intellectual property from them.\n\nPerhaps Mr Trump is just doing outwardly what some governments have been doing for years.\n\nBut one thing is certain, Mr Trump's demand for payment has muddied the waters in an already fraught situation.", "Rafik Hariri resigned as prime minister in 2004, a year before his death\n\nRafik Hariri was a dominant force in Lebanese politics in both life and death.\n\nAs prime minister of Lebanon, he is widely credited with getting the country back on its feet after the devastating 15-year civil conflict.\n\nHe held office from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation in 2004 - a total of five terms.\n\nBut on 14 February 2005, a year after he quit as leader, explosives were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.\n\nHis death had profound implications in Lebanon, paving the way for the Cedar Revolution and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country after 29 years.\n\nThe investigation into his murder led to years of political turmoil.\n\nAn unprecedented international tribunal began at The Hague in January 2014, at which four suspected members of Shia militant group Hezbollah were tried in absentia for the murder of Hariri.\n\nHariri was born in 1944 to a poor Sunni Muslim family in the southern port of Sidon.\n\nAfter training as a teacher, he went abroad to seek his fortune, following a path well-trodden by many of his countrymen.\n\nHariri's death sparked mass protests to demand the withdrawal of Syrian troops\n\nHe found employment in a construction firm in Saudi Arabia, eventually establishing his own firm, Saudi Oger.\n\nHe became the personal contractor for Prince Fahd, who went on to become king of Saudi Arabia, and amassed a fortune that propelled him into the US magazine Forbes as one of the richest 100 men in the world.\n\nA flamboyant figure, he was well regarded among international leaders, counting French President Jacques Chirac as a close friend.\n\nWhen he returned from Saudi Arabia in 1992 as prime minister, he was seen as a breath of fresh air in a country dominated by former militia leaders.\n\nOrdinary people pinned hopes on the dynamic tycoon to restore Beirut's pre-war reputation as a leading financial centre.\n\nHe put the country back on the international financial map through the issuing of Eurobonds and won plaudits from the World Bank for his plan to borrow and beg for reconstruction money.\n\nBut his economic record was mixed: his ambitious borrow-and-build schemes left massive public debt and budget deficit, which pushed up interest rates and slowed growth.\n\nA statue of Hariri stands at the site where he was killed in Beirut\n\nHe was accused of ignoring the poor, despite his long record of funding charitable causes.\n\nOrdinary Lebanese began to judge him by the same standards of cynicism applied to other politicians, many of whom had made their fortunes in civil war activities.\n\nWhen he left power in 1998, it came about partly because Hariri was reluctant to play second fiddle to President Emile Lahoud, a former army chief.\n\nHariri's legacy was further tainted by accusations of corruption and he also faced criticism for saddling the country with big debts.\n\nBut Hariri returned in October 2000, taking his old job back off the political veteran Selim al-Hoss.\n\nHe presided over a revival in Lebanon's tourism industry, largely thanks to hundreds of thousands of visiting Gulf Arabs.\n\nBut he again fell out with his pro-Syrian government colleagues during the crisis over the extension of President Lahoud's term in office.\n\nHe never overtly came out against Syria in the dispute, but his resignation in October 2004 was taken as a clear protest against the Syrian pressure to keep Mr Lahoud in office.\n\nIt was a move which some say cost him his life.", "A large blast has devastated a large part of the Lebanese city of Beirut. The cause is not yet known, however Lebanon's Interior Minister Mohammed Fehmi said the huge explosions may have been caused by explosive materials that were stored at Beirut port.\n\nOfficials are blaming 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which was stored unsafely in a warehouse for six years.\n\nThe blast comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, which is struggling through an economic crisis. Tensions are also high with the verdict in a trial over the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri just two days away.", "The Irish government has decided not to move to Phase 4 of its Covid-19 recovery plan, meaning pubs and hotel bars remain closed.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin said the Republic of Ireland could not \"risk moving backward\".\n\nThe next phase would also have allowed gatherings of up to 500 people outdoors and 50 indoors.\n\nMr Martin said the decision would be reviewed again in three weeks time.\n\nIt is the second deferral of Phase 4 after the Irish cabinet voted to delay it in July amid concerns about the spread of the virus.\n\nThe current rules on gatherings allow for a maximum of 200 people to meet outdoors and 50 indoors.\n\nOn Tuesday, the cabinet also made changes to the green list for travel and announced face coverings will be mandatory in shops and shopping centres from Monday 10 August.\n\nCyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, San Marino and Monaco have been removed from the list of countries from which travellers would not have to self-quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMicheál Martin said the \"safest thing\" for those who wish to travel was to \"stay in Ireland\"\n\nThe Vintners' Federation of Ireland had described Tuesday as a \"make or break day\" for the hospitality industry.\n\nIrish broadcaster RTÉ reported that the federation, which represents 3,500 pubs outside Dublin, said publicans and their families were under \"huge strain\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, \"wet pubs\" - or pubs that do not serve food - have been given an indicative date to reopen from Monday 10 August, but this has yet to be signed off by the Stormont Executive.\n\nSpeaking after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the taoiseach said he was \"very sorry\" for the \"body blow\" the decision will have on some sectors.\n\nMr Martin said the reopening of schools and resuming other health services was essential and appealed for people to have patience to suppress the virus.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported 45 new cases of Covid-19 and no further deaths.\n\nThere have been 1,763 deaths related to coronavirus in the country, with a total of 26,253 confirmed cases.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the total number of positive cases now stands at 5,996, while the Department of Health's death toll remains at at 556.", "Students will be able to choose one topic to drop in subjects such as English literature\n\nGCSE students in England will be able to drop subject areas in English literature and history exams next year.\n\nPoetry is one of the topics that will become optional following concern that schools may not be able to cover all areas because of the pandemic.\n\nBut head teachers said it amounted to \"tinkering at the edges\" amid \"widespread ongoing disruption\".\n\nExams watchdog Ofqual has yet to decide if 2021 exams will be delayed, to give teachers more time to prepare students.\n\nThis summer's exams were cancelled and exam boards will instead issue results based on factors such as a student's predicted grades, results in previous exams and the performance of the school in previous years.\n\nAbout 138,000 students in Scotland are the first in the UK to receive grades calculated in this way, for their Nationals, Highers and Advanced Higher courses.\n\nHaving originally proposed that there would be no changes to the English literature exam in 2021, Ofqual said it had decided to offer students a choice of topics after schools expressed \"significant concern\" about their ability to cover all of the subject areas that form the basis of exam questions.\n\nNearly half of people who responded to a consultation opposed plans to leave the exam unchanged, saying it was hard for students \"to get to grips with complex literary texts remotely\".\n\nThe government has agreed students will be given a choice of topics on which they will be asked questions, so schools can focus on a smaller number of texts.\n\nAll students will have to write about a Shakespeare play, but they can choose two out of the three remaining content areas: poetry, the 19th Century novel and post-1914 British fiction and drama.\n\nA similar choice of topics will be available in GCSE history and ancient history to allow schools more choice over the content they teach, Ofqual confirmed.\n\nThe exam regulator had also considered delaying the start of the GCSE exam season to 7 June instead of mid-May, but said it is still considering the best approach.\n\nExam season generally finishes a few weeks before the end of the school term, so there is room for manoeuvre at that stage of the year.\n\nBut Ofqual said that while there was some support for doing this to provide an extra couple of weeks of teaching time, there was concern about the knock-on effect it would have on the marking process.\n\nAt the moment, GCSE results day in England happens in the latter half of August each year.\n\nIf it was pushed any later, it would risk running into the start of the new academic year when many of those GCSE students would be planning to start A-levels or vocational qualifications - but may need to know their results so they can decide on the best path for them.\n\nBut the changes to exams \"amount only to tinkering at the edges when it is clear that students could experience widespread ongoing disruption over the course of the next academic year,\" said Duncan Baldwin, deputy director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders.\n\n\"Everybody can see that the situation with coronavirus remains precarious,\" he said, adding that schools may partially close in response to local outbreaks over the next year and students may need to self-isolate.\n\nIt would therefore be \"extremely challenging\" to teach all the content for GCSEs and A-levels \"on top of the disruption that has already taken place\", Mr Baldwin said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the school leaders' union NAHT, said the plans are \"too little, too late\" and did not do enough to support young people's wellbeing and mental health.\n\n\"Instead, schools and students are now being left in the unenviable position that they will be expected to cover as much content as possible in a reduced amount of time. This is unfair on students and it is unfair on schools and colleges,\" he said.", "A New York prosecutor seeking US President Donald Trump's tax returns says he is investigating reported \"protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization\".\n\nMonday's court filing suggests the inquiry is broader than alleged hush money payments made to two women who say they had affairs with Mr Trump.\n\nThe Supreme Court ruled last month that lawyers could examine the tax returns.\n\nMr Trump has repeatedly dismissed the probe, calling it a \"witch hunt\".\n\nManhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr has filed a subpoena to obtain eight years of Mr Trump's personal and corporate tax returns, which the Trump Organization is challenging.\n\nThe Republican president accuses the Manhattan prosecutor, a Democrat, of pursuing a political vendetta.\n\nLast week, Mr Trump's lawyers filed a complaint arguing the subpoena was \"wildly overbroad\" and issued in bad faith.\n\nResponding in court documents filed on Monday, lawyers for Mr Vance said that allegations of criminal activity at the Trump Organization date back \"over a decade\".\n\nHis lawyers citied newspaper articles about supposed bank and insurance fraud at the Trump Organization and congressional testimony by the president's former lawyer Michael Cohen, who said Mr Trump would devalue his assets when trying to reduce his taxes.\n\nThey said their inquiry extends beyond purported hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in the lead-up to the 2016 election.\n\nSuch payments could violate campaign financing laws. The president denies the affairs took place.\n\nSpeaking to reporters, Mr Trump described the investigation as \"Democratic stuff\".\n\n\"They failed with Mueller,\" he said, referring to the justice department investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller that failed to establish the president had colluded with the Kremlin during his election campaign. \"They failed with everything, they failed with Congress, they failed at every stage of the game.\"\n\nHe added: \"This is a continuation of the worst witch hunt in American history.\"\n\nMr Trump, who inherited money from his father and went on to become a property developer, is the first president since Richard Nixon not to have made his tax returns public while running for office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Manhattan district attorney has himself come under scrutiny.\n\nIn 2012 Cyrus Vance reportedly dropped a potential fraud investigation into Ivanka Trump and her brother, Donald Trump Jr, for allegedly misrepresenting the value of apartments to prospective buyers.\n\nAccording to US media, Mr Vance scrapped the inquiry following a visit from Marc Kasowitz, a lawyer for the Trump siblings' father. Mr Kasowitz subsequently raised more than $50,000 for Mr Vance's re-election campaign.\n\nQuestions have also been raised as to why Mr Vance did not bring charges against Harvey Weinstein back in 2015 relating to an Italian model's allegation that the Hollywood producer had groped her.\n\nTwo attorneys for Weinstein, who was convicted this year of sex offences, were also donors to Mr Vance's election campaign, according to the New Yorker.\n\nThe publication said prosecutors within Mr Vance's own office had described him as publicity hungry.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nFulham beat Brentford in the Championship play-off final to secure an immediate return to the Premier League thanks to two extra-time goals from Joe Bryan.\n\nThe left-back caught Bees goalkeeper David Raya off guard with a free-kick from 40 yards in the 105th minute of the game at Wembley, with the Spaniard expecting a cross and then unable to scamper back and save Bryan's skidding low effort.\n\nWith the Bees pouring forward in search of an equaliser, Bryan burst forward and combined with Aleksandar Mitrovic before stabbing past Raya to make the game safe with three minutes remaining.\n\nHenrik Dalsgaard pulled a goal back with a header from eight yards out in the fourth minute of added time, but it was too late for the Bees to spark a comeback.\n\nThe goals from Bryan were two rare moments of quality and quick-thinking in an otherwise cagey encounter between the two west London rivals, which finished goalless after 90 minutes.\n• None Football Daily podcast: Fulham are promoted to the Premier League\n\nScott Parker celebrated wildly at full-time having led Fulham to promotion in his first full season as manager.\n\nThe 39-year-old was unable to save them from top-flight relegation after replacing Claudio Ranieri in February 2019, but can now prepare them for a 15th campaign in the Premier League.\n\nParker was unable to call on top scorer Mitrovic, returning from injury, from the start - but the Serbia international showed composure to tee-up Bryan for the crucial second goal with a slick one-two inside the box.\n\nIvan Cavaleiro almost made it 3-0 for Fulham in the closing stages when he was denied by Raya, and Dalsgaard's header came far too late to set up a Bees comeback.\n\nBryan had only scored once this season for the Whites heading into the game, but the 26-year-old ended up being the hero as his goals secured a promotion which could be worth £135m over the next three years.\n\nParker has transformed Fulham's fortunes following their relegation last summer - as the Whites suffered 26 defeats and conceded 81 goals over the course of the 2018-19 league campaign.\n\nThey were among the favourites to go straight back up pre-season, but were unable to overhaul Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion as they stuttered at certain points of a campaign halted for three months by the coronavirus crisis.\n\nMitrovic missed both legs of their semi-final win against Cardiff through injury, and the Championship's golden boot winner was only fit enough for a place on the bench.\n\nDespite the 25-year-old's absence, Parker's side had the better chances in a low-key first 90 minutes, with Raya twice saving from Josh Onomah in the first half.\n\nHowever, midfielder Harrison Reed was fortunate to only see yellow for a crunching challenge on Christian Norgaard before the break.\n\nNeeskens Kebano sent a free-kick into the side-netting soon after the restart and Bobby Decordova-Reid stabbed an effort wide from 12 yards out.\n\nMeanwhile, Marek Rodak's only save of note came in the second half when the Slovakian tipped over a fierce effort from Brentford's Ollie Watkins.\n\nBrentford head coach Thomas Frank will be left wondering where things went wrong, as his side spurned another chance to win promotion to the top flight.\n\nBrentford needed four points from their final two games of the season against Stoke and Barnsley to go up automatically but lost both matches to finish third.\n\nHis prolific forward line of Said Benrahma, Bryan Mbeumo and Watkins had netted 59 goals between them in 2019-20, but were unable to produce clear-cut openings against a stubborn Fulham backline.\n\nThe Bees have assembled a young and attacking squad via a recruitment model largely based on analytics, but Frank will now face a battle to hang on to Watkins and Benrahma, who are likely be the subject of transfer interest from Premier League clubs.\n\nIt is Brentford's fourth play-off final defeat, and they have now failed to win promotion in nine play-off campaigns - setting a new English Football League record.\n\nTheir exile from the top flight will stretch into a 74th year as the Bees move into their new 17,500-capacity stadium at Lionel Road ahead of the start of next season.\n\nFormer England midfielder Parker said he was proud that players involved in last season's disastrous Premier League campaign had bounced back.\n\n\"We've done what we've done tonight, but there's still improvement, and that's what makes me so proud and happy,\" he added.\n\n\"For all of the good players and everything you see, what makes me so happy I see a group of players who only a year ago were struggling psychologically, didn't have a mindset or mentality.\n\n\"I've driven this team every single day and what makes me proud is I stood on the touchline tonight and seen a team that represents what I've been saying over the last 12 months.\"\n\nBrentford boss Frank was also full of praise for his side.\n\n\"First I would like to say congratulations to Fulham, Scott Parker, his coaching staff and everyone involved,\" the Dane said.\n\n\"Of course it's tough when you lose a final like this in a very tight game but I'm extremely proud of my players.\n\n\"We have gone from a mid-table club to a team who, in the league table, was the third-best team.\n\n\"We are very fine margins away from the Premier League, which is an incredible achievement from us.\"\n• None Goal! Brentford 1, Fulham 2. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard with a headed pass.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Michael Hector tries a through ball, but Ivan Cavaleiro is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.\n• None Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt missed. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergi Canós with a cross.\n• None Goal! Brentford 0, Fulham 2. Joe Bryan (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.\n• None Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt blocked. Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None How did simulation lead to the track?", "Sending all children back to school - and freeing parents to go back to work - could trigger a second wave of coronavirus, warn researchers.\n\nUCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine team said testing and tracing contacts of those with the virus might help prevent this.\n\nBut the current test and trace system would need to be more effective.\n\nThe study is the first to assess the extent of contact tracing that will be needed to prevent a second wave.\n\nIt used computer models to see how the virus might spread as pupils returned to the classroom and their parents were freed from childcare and able return to work or other activities.\n\nThe academics investigated the impact of the \"phased return\" strategy in England.\n\nThey analysed what happens when Reception, Year 1 and Year Six go back at the start of June; followed by all primary school pupils in July; secondary pupils in Year 10 and 12 having some contact in July and all secondary schools going back in September.\n\nThe study showed the combined effect on pupils and parents would be enough to cause a second wave without an effective test and trace programme.\n\nThis would happen around December 2020 and would be twice as big as the first peak, unless the government took other actions such as re-imposing lockdown.\n\nThe success of the scheme is dependent on how well the testing and the contact tracing goes.\n\nThe model suggested a second wave would be prevented if:\n\nModelling is not a crystal ball and there is always uncertainty around any predictions. However, researchers are concerned England is not achieving those figures.\n\nAbout 1,700 people are testing positive every day in hospitals, care homes and the wider community, while figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest there are 5,600 new infections a day in the community alone - and one Public Health England report suggests 17,000 infections per day.\n\nThere is still no official data on the number of contacts being traced, but a report by the Times (paywall) suggests it is less than 40%.\n\n\"Our concern from the data at the moment is test-trace-isolate is not reaching the coverage we think is the minimum,\" Prof Chris Bonell, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.\n\n\"There is clearly a risk of a second pandemic wave… I'm worried. The R [rate of virus spread] is a bit below one [the point at which the number of new cases starts to take off again], but the incidence is high so it's precarious.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDr Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, from UCL, said it would have been better to wait until test and trace was fully up and running before lifting lockdown.\n\n\"Cases are not coming down as much as we wanted. I would caution against reopening schools when we are doing a lot of other interventions and we don't know the impact of them.\n\n\"Everything depends on control of transmission, there is the threat of a second pandemic wave.\"\n\nMeanwhile, researchers at the University of Warwick have also published modelling on the impact of reopening schools. It looked only at the impact of children mixing, not the society-wide effect of schools opening.\n\nIt found that halving the size of classes or focusing on getting younger children into school was less likely to push the R number above 1, the point at which the number of new cases starts to take off again.\n\nSecondary schools were deemed more risky, as older children come into contact with more people.\n\n\"If we reopen all schools it could push R above 1 in some regions,\" Dr Ed Hill said.\n\nBut he added: \"Decisions surrounding reopening of schools are a difficult trade-off between the epidemiological consequences and the needs of the children in terms of educational development.\"", "The charity's work is \"recognised, valued and greatly appreciated\", said the Queen\n\nThe Queen has led the royal family's tributes to the \"dedicated work\" of the British Red Cross on its 150th anniversary.\n\nVolunteers and staff are \"valued and greatly appreciated\", she said.\n\nAnd the Duchess of Cambridge had a personal reason to hail the charity's staff and volunteers as \"inspiring\".\n\nCatherine's grandmother, Valerie Middleton was a Red Cross nurse in World War Two, as was great-grandmother Olive Middleton in World War One.\n\nA few weeks after war broke out between France and Prussia in 1870, a resolution was passed at a public meeting in London to form an organisation \"for aiding sick and wounded soldiers in time of war\".\n\nOriginally called the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War, it would later be renamed the British Red Cross, becoming part of an international movement of humanitarian organisations offering aid in disasters and health crises.\n\nThe Duchess of Cambridge's grandmother, Valerie Middleton (centre), was a Red Cross nurse in World War Two\n\nThe Queen - a patron of the organisation for 65 years - said in her message: \"Whether those involved in the society are assisting people to return home from hospital safely, offering care and support in the aftermath of a disaster, volunteering in a shop, administering first aid or some of the many other activities the British Red Cross encompasses, their contribution is recognised, valued and greatly appreciated.\"\n\nIn her own letter to 150 outstanding staff and volunteers, who also received a commemorative coin from the Royal Mint, the Duchess of Cambridge referred to her own family's experience in the British Red Cross.\n\nThe Queen toured the organisation's London headquarters in 1989\n\nCatherine said: \"In recent months, I have been deeply moved by the work you and your colleagues have continued to do throughout the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"You have all been doing an inspiring job supporting vulnerable people.\"\n\nPrince Charles, who has been president of the Red Cross since 2003, recorded a video to introduce an online exhibition as part of the anniversary, called 150 Voices.\n\nA portrait of the Queen was commissioned to mark her 60 years as patron\n\nBritish Red Cross volunteers are \"an inspiration to us all\", said Prince Charles in a video message\n\nHe said: \"The British Red Cross has for 150 years shown just how powerful kindness can be.\"\n\nHe went on to praise the \"extraordinary dedication\" of volunteers, saying: \"Their conspicuous humanity in times of crisis offers an inspiration to us all.\"\n\nThe online exhibitions features 150 objects from the British Red Cross museum and archives collection, including a letter from Florence Nightingale, a World War One ambulance driver's cap and a food parcel distributed during the Syria crisis.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A family-run theme park hit by Storm Dennis and coronavirus has been sold after entering administration.\n\nDrayton Manor, in Tamworth, has been run by three generations of the Bryan family since opening in 1950.\n\nIt has been sold to Looping Group, which runs attractions in Europe and the UK including West Midland Safari Park and Pleasurewood Hills.\n\nAbout 600 people were employed at the Staffordshire Park and their jobs have been protected, administrators said.\n\nThe park was forced to close in February after it was flooded during Storm Dennis\n\nThe Drayton Manor group, which owns a catering and hotels company alongside the theme park, has been facing \"exceptionally challenging conditions,\" Mike Denny, from administrators PwC, said.\n\n\"In February, Storm Dennis forced the park to close unexpectedly whilst its planned reopening in March was delayed due to Covid-19,\" he said, adding that these factors had \"exacerbated\" cash flow problems.\n\nThe park's Splash Canyon has been closed since 2017 when 11-year-old Evha Jannath from Leicester fell from the ride and drowned.\n\nFollowing her inquest in November, the Health and Safety Executive announced plans to prosecute the park over her death.\n\nWilliam Bryan is the third generation of his family to run the Staffordshire park and said it had \"faced challenges over recent months\".\n\nJust under 600 jobs have been preserved in the sale\n\nHe said the priority of the family was to protect the positions of its 599 employees and the sale was \"a positive new chapter\" for the park that attracts more than a million visitors per year.\n\nWith the takeover by Looping Group, administrators said the park and its facilities would operate as usual and existing bookings were being honoured.\n\nThe theme park recently reopened with modifications after lockdown restrictions were eased.\n\nTicket sales have been restricted and a number of attractions have been closed to better allow for social distancing.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pizza Express is considering closing 67 of its UK restaurants, which would mean the loss of 1,100 jobs.\n\nThe chain is the latest High Street outlet to undertake a restructuring of its business after trading was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe news comes just a day after the government launched its Eat Out to Help Out plan to boost the restaurant trade.\n\nPizza Express would not say which of its 449 UK outlets were possible targets for closure.\n\nIt currently has 166 restaurants open, all of which are taking part in Chancellor Rishi Sunak's £10 off meal deal.\n\nAll its UK outlets had been closed since lockdown began on 23 March. They began reopening in July when lockdown rules were eased.\n\nPizza Express said in Tuesday's statement that customer demand had been \"encouraging\" at the restaurants which had reopened and that plans for further re-openings were well underway.\n\nThe company said restructuring the business would put it on a stronger financial footing in the new socially distanced environment.\n\nIf all 67 outlets are closed, that would mean the loss of 15% of its restaurants, but it said the final outcome was yet to be decided.\n\nThe big problem for Pizza Express has been its huge debts.\n\nMore than one billion pounds worth, a sum which was unsustainable.\n\nThe payments to service its borrowing wiped out its profits over the last two years.\n\nA major restructuring has been in the offing for more than a year, long before the pandemic loomed.\n\nDebt has been the serial killer for so many companies, from Carillion to Thomas Cook.\n\nUnlike a lot of its rivals, 95% of its restaurants are understood to be profitable.\n\nThe hope is this plan will be enough to strengthen Pizza Express's finances and put it on a more secure footing.\n\nBut it will probably fall into the hands of its lenders as a result unless a buyer comes forward.\n\nZoe Bowley, UK and Ireland managing director for Pizza Express, said that while the financial restructuring would be a \"positive step forward\", the closures would be \"incredibly sad for our Pizza Express family and we will do everything we can to support our teams at this time\".\n\nMany took to social media to comment. Some blamed investors for being greedy, while others said High Street chains needed more help:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by I’m Still Benny From The Block This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 I’m Still Benny From The Block\n\nNot all were sorry to see it go:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 DoncasterLass This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Woking branch, which Prince Andrew referenced during his interview about his links to Jeffrey Epstein, was singled out for a number of wry remarks:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Adam Johnstone This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPreviously, Pizza Express has said the majority of its restaurants are profitable.\n\nPizza Express has heavy debts and last year was known to have started talks to put its debts of more than £1bn on more favourable terms.\n\nIt is expected to announce a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in the near future, which is an insolvency procedure that allows a company with debt problems to reach agreement with creditors regarding payment of all, or part of its debts.\n\n1965: Pizza Express founder, the late Peter Boizot, brought a pizza oven from Napoli and a chef from Sicily to open his first restaurant in London's Soho.\n\n1992: Mr Boizot grew his empire over the following almost-three decades before selling it for £15m to Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson, the man who was - until recently - chairman of Patisserie Valerie. They floated it on the stock market the next year and ultimately sold out in 1997 when it was worth £150m.\n\n2003: It was taken private again in a £278m deal by two private equity firms who then floated it two years later - although it lasted less than a year on the public markets before it was returned to private equity hands.\n\n2014: It changed hands again, this time to be acquired for £900m by its current owner, Chinese private equity house Hony Capital.\n\n2020: It has more than 600 restaurants globally: 454 in the UK, including five franchises; 19 in Ireland; 24 in Hong Kong; 6 in Singapore; 14 in UAE; 60 in China; and 49 other international sites operated by franchisees.\n\nAndy Pellington, group chief finance officer at Pizza Express, said: \"While we have had to make some very difficult decisions, none of which has been taken lightly, we are confident in the actions being taken to reduce the level of debt, create a more focused business and improve the operational performance, all of which puts us in a much stronger position.\"\n\nJulian Cox, partner at law firm BLM said: \"Pizza Express is yet another household name that has been pushed to the brink by Covid-19.\n\n\"Whilst the government has attempted to encourage people through the doors with 'Eat Out to Help Out', the initiative is clearly not going to be enough to protect the sector in the long term.\"\n\nWe're only a few days into August, and already nearly 4,500 jobs have been lost as the furlough scheme starts to wind down.\n\nHere, courtesy of the Press Association news agency, is a list of major employers that have announced that jobs will be lost, or are at risk, since the start of the pandemic.\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "The Killers say they have found no evidence to support \"heartbreaking\" allegations of sexual assault by members of their road crew in 2009.\n\nThe band's legal team set up an investigation last week, following an account by their former sound engineer.\n\nShe alleged hearing crew members boast of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in a dressing room in Milwaukee.\n\nAfter speaking to her, as well as venue staff and the alleged victim, they found \"no corroboration\" of the claims.\n\nHowever, the band requested that anyone with further information about the allegations should contact them; and said they would establish a new system for reporting assault or bullying on future tours.\n\nSome readers may find the following information distressing.\n\nIf you are affected by any of the issues raised in this story, these organisations may be able to help.\n\nThe claims emerged last week, in a blog posted by Chez Cherrie, who worked with The Killers briefly in 2009.\n\nShe wrote that, during a show at the the Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, the front of house engineer told the crew that there was \"a girl set up in Dressing Room A,\" and crew members could put their name on a list to be called \"when it's [their] turn.\"\n\nCherrie said that later, on the bus, members of the crew would \"swap stories\" about their time with the woman. \"They talked about her intoxication level, yet had no qualms that she was obviously blacked out, or close to it,\" she added.\n\nAs they were departing, she claimed a security guard ran towards the bus and said: \"That girl in Dressing Room A is passed out and naked. Is anyone going to take care of her?\" She alleged that the men on the bus laughed and declined, before leaving the venue.\n\nCherrie did not name the band in the article, which was first published in 2018, but identified them as The Killers while re-posting the article on Twitter last week.\n\nNone of the band members were implicated in the alleged assault.\n\nIn a separate allegation, however, Cherrie claimed the band \"would bring drunken groupies to our bus\" and that the crew were given bonuses if they took women backstage who were willing to perform oral sex or shower naked for un-named band-members.\n\nIn response, the band told the BBC they were \"shocked and astonished\" by the allegations.\n\nAlthough the incident had not been reported to the police, they asked their legal firm, Reynolds & Associates, to investigate the allegations.\n\nIn a lengthy statement shared with the BBC on Monday, the legal team summarised their findings, concluding that the \"accusations of sexual misconduct and a sexual assault backstage... were discovered to be entirely unfounded\".\n\nThey confirmed that Chez Cherrie had worked on the tour for three weeks in April 2009, and \"received much of the information she shared from a second or third hand source\".\n\n\"She confirmed that she did not witness the alleged events herself,\" the statement continued.\n\nOne of the biggest bands in rock music, The Killers have headlined Glastonbury twice\n\nIt was established that a front of house engineer was identified by several crew members as \"a problematic workmate\" whose \"sexist remarks and rude comments\" towards Cherrie, as well as his treatment of others on the tour, \"was frequently deemed unfair by those who witnessed it\".\n\nThis employee, who no longer works for the band, was thought to be the person who made the radio transmissions about a \"line up\" in \"Dressing Room A\", according to several crew members.\n\nHowever, they characterised the comments as an \"attempt at a joke or a 'hazing',\" while others recalled that \"vulgar language\" and \"crass jokes\" were sometimes overheard on the tour.\n\nRegarding the alleged assault, staff at the venue noted \"that dressing rooms are not, and have never been, labelled alphabetically, and at that time the dressing rooms were interconnected and without doors\".\n\nThe catering team also asserted that \"at no point did they see or hear of a drunk or naked woman in any dressing room\" and that such an incident would have been raised with the security team.\n\nThe legal team also said they were able to trace \"via touring records\" the alleged victim of the incident, who had been given \"aftershow\" passes by the front of house engineer, and interviewed her as part of their investigation.\n\n\"The guest in question confirmed that she and her friend were backstage after the show, did not witness any 'train' or 'line-up,' nor were they left behind in the dressing rooms at the venue,\" the statement said.\n\n\"She stated that she and the same friend attended 2009 Lollapalooza festival later that year on the band's production guest list.\"\n\nThe investigation also stated that \"it was not verified but assessed as feasible\" that Cherrie was party to discussions about receiving bonuses for supplying women, but that such conversations did not come from \"any of the musicians\" or tour management.\n\nIt suggested that comments of this nature were an in-joke, based upon \"urban legends\" about touring life; and found no evidence of a band member ever spending time on the crew bus.\n\nWhile the allegations could not be corroborated, the band expressed \"great regret\" that Cherrie \"felt she had nowhere to turn with her concerns at the time\".\n\n\"The band believe there should always be an easy way to report a situation that is concerning to anyone on the road with them, no matter their status or how briefly they are joining for,\" their lawyers said.\n\n\"They expressed regret that the temporary crew member was made to feel unsafe and bullied during her brief time with the band and understand that it is not always feasible for touring crew to raise concerns with their immediate superiors.\"\n\nTo that end, the band said they would make available an \"off-site independent HR contact\" for all staff on future tours, with whom they could raise any concerns anonymously.\n\nThe statement ended: \"The Killers would like to take this opportunity to assure their fans - and the families of their current crew - that their tours are a safe, familial and professional working environment.\"\n\nIn response, Cherrie said she was grateful that the band had \"taken my experience seriously\" and that she was \"beyond relieved\" they had been able to find the alleged victim, who \"is reportedly fine\".\n\nHowever, she told the BBC she had \"conflicting feelings\" about some of the investigation's other findings, including \"generalised statements\" that she \"didn't agree with\".\n\nThe sound engineer added that the vulgarity and lewd humour she witnessed on tour reflected \"a larger issue in this industry - that 'hazing' towards the only women on the technical crew was normal, expected, accepted and not questioned by anyone, including myself.\n\n\"I hope that this moment is a learning experience for the entire industry and that we are able to come together in comprehensive manner to have these discussions that are so long overdue.\"\n\nWelcoming The Killers' own initiatives, she added: \"I hope that we are able to work together to develop a framework of reporting mistreatment and harassment that protects workers and fans and demands accountability of the people in power.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The WHO chief said progress is being made in the search for a vaccine, but urged caution\n\nThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against Covid-19, one might never be found.\n\nTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was \"no silver bullet at the moment - and there might never be\".\n\nMr Tedros implored people around the world to comply with measures such as social distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing, saying: \"Do it all.\"\n\nGlobally, more than 18 million Covid-19 infections have been recorded.\n\nThe death toll stands at 689,000, with both figures given by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.\n\nSpeaking from its headquarters in Geneva, the WHO chief said work on immunisation was progressing.\n\n\"A number of vaccines are now in phase 3 clinical trials, and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection.\n\n\"However, there is no silver bullet at the moment, and there might never be,\" Mr Tedros warned. \"For now, stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public health and disease control: testing, isolating and treating patients, and tracing and quarantining their contacts.\"\n\nMr Tedros said that mothers with suspected or confirmed coronavirus infection should be encouraged to continue breastfeeding.\n\nThe benefits, he said, \"substantially\" outweighed the risks of infection.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nMeanwhile, the first stage of a WHO investigation into the possible source of the outbreak in China is now complete, he said.\n\nInfectious disease experts believe the virus initially jumped from animals to humans and attention has focused on a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Covid-19 pandemic began.\n\nAn advance team probing the source has concluded its mission and will be followed by a larger WHO-led international group, including Chinese experts. It is not yet known when it will commence.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'The Lord spared us for another day'\n\nAt least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Isaias swept through US states on the Atlantic Coast.\n\nTwo died when a tornado struck a mobile home park in North Carolina and at least three more were killed in New York, Delaware and Maryland.\n\nIsaias has since moved into south-eastern Canada and been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.\n\nHeavy rains meant about 46,000 residents of Quebec were without power overnight, according to Hydro Quebec.\n\nThe ninth named storm of the year, Isaias hit Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane strength winds last week killing at least two people. It uprooted trees, destroyed crops and homes and caused flooding and landslides.\n\nManhattan residents sought shelter from the rain and high winds\n\nIt was downgraded to a tropical storm after passing over the Caribbean, but was re-categorised as a category-one hurricane as it approached the Carolinas on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFrom North Carolina up to New York, Isaias left more than 3.4 million residents without power. It spawned tornadoes, uprooted trees, damaged homes and caused floods and fires.\n\nA tropical storm warning was issued for the north-east coast all the way to Maine, covering major cities like Washington, Philadelphia and New York.\n\nPolice in New York City said a tree fell and killed a man inside his vehicle in Queens. A driver in Maryland was also killed when a tree toppled on to the car in the storm.\n\nFalling trees caused the deaths of at least two drivers\n\nIn Delaware, an 83-year-old woman was found dead under a large branch near her home.\n\nIn New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and all state offices remained closed on Tuesday. In neighbouring New York, state authorities deployed emergency supplies including pumps, chainsaws, bottled water and sandbags throughout the state.\n\nState officials in regions preparing for hurricanes this season have been grappling with opening shelters that comply with social distancing regulations. US disaster agencies have updated preparedness and evacuation guidance in light of Covid-19.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control recommends families add Covid-19 items to a disaster \"go kit\" that can be taken in an emergency situation:\n\nHere are some key guidelines for protecting yourself against Covid-19 if you must evacuate to a shelter:", "Current testing and contact tracing is inadequate to prevent a second wave of coronavirus after schools in the UK reopen, scientists have warned.\n\nIncreased transmission would also result from parents not having to stay at home with their children, they say.\n\nResearchers said getting pupils back to school was important - but more work was needed to keep the virus in check.\n\nThe head of the NHS test and trace scheme said it was \"already delivering\" and on the right track for future.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding said: \"I absolutely don't accept that this is failure, it's the opposite.\"\n\nShe said more testing is required but maintained the current level of contact tracing was \"well within the bounds\" of what the researchers \"are saying is necessary\".\n\nThe UK government said plans were in place to ensure schools can reopen safely at the start of the school year.\n\nAsked about the estimate that only 50% of contacts are being traced in England, Simon Clarke, minister for regional growth, told the BBC government figures were higher.\n\nHe said NHS test and trace is \"maturing all the time\" and getting children back to school in the autumn is a \"top priority\" that the government would not \"be willing to trade\".\n\n\"You're building an entirely new infrastructure which there's no precedent for,\" he said.\n\n\"But we're confident it is working, we're confident that it will continue to improve, and we're confident that it will allow schools to open safely in the autumn.\"\n\nDr David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19, said the virus is \"capable of surging back really quickly\" and stressed the importance of being able to trace, test and isolate people.\n\n\"If we can do that, and do it well, then the surges are kept really small, they're dealt with quickly and life can go on,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHe later said he thinks Britain \"will do really well\" because there is \"really good attention to where the virus is locally\" and a lot of \"public engagement in getting on top of it\".\n\nA government spokesman said local authorities will \"be able to determine the best action to take to help curb the spread of the virus should there be a rise in cases\".\n\nResearchers from UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used computer models to see how the virus might spread in the UK as pupils returned to the classroom and their parents were more able to go back to work or resume other activities.\n\nThe study assumes children are less likely to catch - and therefore spread - coronavirus and that some parents would continue to work from home.\n\nAs first reported in June, the combined effect on pupils and parents would be enough to cause a second wave if there was no effective test-and-trace programme.\n\nThis would happen around December 2020 and would be twice as big as the first peak, unless the government took other actions such as reimposing lockdown.\n\nThe study, now formally published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, shows a second wave could be prevented if:\n\nHowever, the researchers said NHS test and trace in England was falling short.\n\nThey estimate only half of contacts are being traced and while it is harder to know the percentage of people being tested, they say this also appears too low.\n\n\"It is not achieving the levels we have modelled. It doesn't look good enough to me,\" said Prof Chris Bonell, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nDr Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, from UCL, added: \"With UK schools reopening fully in September, prevention of a second wave will require a major scale-up of testing to test 75% of symptomatic infections - combined with tracing of 68% of their contacts, and isolation of symptomatic and diagnosed cases.\"\n\nSchools have been shut around the world as countries used lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19. It is estimated 1.6 billion children have been kept out of the classroom.\n\nIn the UK, schools closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nSchools are due to restart for all children in Scotland on 11 August and across the UK in early September.\n\nBut every step taken to open up society makes it easier for the coronavirus to spread.\n\nCases are already starting to rise and the idea of closing pubs in order to open schools has already been floated.\n\nThe UK government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has said \"we are near the limit\" of what we can do without causing a resurgence.\n\nThe individual nations of the UK have their own contact tracing systems.\n\nThe government said NHS test and trace in England has reached 80% of those testing positive and traced over 75% of their contacts.\n\nThe Welsh government said its advisory group recommended that schools open in September with all pupils present on site, and \"we should be aiming to trace an estimated 80% of contacts, at least 35% of which are to be traced within 24 hours\".\n\nSince 21 June, 90% of close contacts were reached by the service, according to Welsh government figures.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said guidance set out \"a number of specific risk-mitigation measures that will need to be introduced\" including an \"enhanced surveillance programme\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the latest figures for the week to 29 July showed 98% of contacts were successfully reached by the country's contact tracing service.\n\nDo you work in test and trace? Or are you a parent? Share your views and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "More than 1,500 police are patrolling the streets of Melbourne to enforce the lockdown\n\nAuthorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have warned of a \"dangerous\" rise in people resisting lockdown measures, sometimes violently.\n\nPolice said this trend included so-called \"sovereign citizens\" - who espouse an anti-government ideology - confronting officers.\n\nIn one case a woman repeatedly smashed a policewoman's head into the ground.\n\nAuthorities have increased fines for repeated rule breaches as Melbourne endures a deadly virus second wave.\n\nMore than half of Australia's 18,300 cases have been recorded in the past month in Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital. There have been 226 deaths nationally.\n\nMelbourne has recently mandated wearing masks and tightened a stay-at-home order to reduce transmissions.\n\nBut authorities said many people were breaking rules, including some who claimed to be \"above the law\".\n\nChief Commissioner Shane Patton said Victoria Police had seen an \"emergence\" of \"concerning groups of people who classify themselves as 'sovereign citizens'\".\n\nThe sovereign citizen movement - which has roots in the US - is typically used by those who don't believe in their government's legitimacy, often arguing their rights are being suppressed by public orders.\n\nMr Patton said the attack on the policewoman \"highlights the type of challenges that we're experiencing\", adding that people were \"baiting\" police at checkpoints and refusing to disclose basic information.\n\n\"On at least four occasions in the last week we've had to smash the windows of cars and pull people out to provide details,\" he said.\n\n\"Most Victorians are doing the right thing, no question,\" said Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews.\n\n\"But we have this continual minority of people who are knowingly - not by mistake, but are knowingly - doing the wrong thing and putting people's lives at risk by doing so.\"\n\nRandom checks by police on 3,000 infected people had found more than 800 were not home isolating, as they were supposed to be.\n\nOn Tuesday, the state government increased fines for repeated lockdown breaches from A$1,652 (£900; $1,200) to A$5,000.\n\nUnder the current \"stage four\" lockdown, Melburnians can leave home only to shop, exercise, give essential medical care or do frontline work.\n\nResidents must shop and exercise within 5km (3 miles) of their home, for no longer than one hour at a time.\n\nOnly one person per household is allowed to go grocery shopping\n\nAn additional curfew for between 20:00 and 05:00 was implemented on Sunday. The only exemptions are for work, medical care or care-giving, and workers must have a permit.\n\nAuthorities said recent breaches included \"Airbnb parties\" and people breaking the curfew to get alcohol and fast food.\n\nMr Patton said the policewoman had been attacked in a shopping centre after stopping a woman for not wearing a mask.\n\n\"After a confrontation and being assaulted by that woman, those police officers went to ground and there was a scuffle,\" he said.\n\n\"And during that scuffle, this 38-year-old woman smashed the head of the policewoman several times into a concrete area on the ground.\"\n\nSince masks became compulsory about two weeks ago, there have been other prominent incidents involving \"anti-maskers\" and others questioning the legality of lockdown.\n\nWidely shared videos include two women loudly defending not wearing a mask inside a hardware shop, and one woman deceiving police at a state border checkpoint.\n\nAustralia had much early success in tackling Covid-19, but the outbreak in Victoria's state capital has pushed the nation to its worst position yet.", "The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on patrol in the Golan Heights\n\nIsraeli aircraft struck Syrian military targets on Monday, the Israeli army confirmed in a rare statement.\n\nSyrian state media acknowledged the strikes, reporting unspecified \"material damage\" at military outposts near the capital Damascus.\n\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was retaliation for a bombing attempt.\n\nThe IDF said earlier it had killed four men planting explosives at the perimeter of the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights late on Sunday.\n\nThe Israeli military said the cell had crossed into a section of Israeli territory but outside the border fence.\n\nSurveillance footage of the moment Israeli forces opened fired showed the group engulfed in an explosion.\n\nMilitary spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus said it was too soon to say if the men belonged to a specific organisation, but that Israel held \"the Syrian regime accountable\".\n\nMonday's attack targeted \"observation posts and intelligence collection systems, anti-aircraft artillery facilities and command and control systems\" in Syrian army bases in Qunaitra, the IDF said.\n\n\"The IDF holds the Syrian government responsible for all activities on Syrian soil, and will continue operating with determination against any violation of Israeli sovereignty,\" the statement added.\n\nSyria's official news agency Sana reported that the Syrian army had activated its air defences late on Monday against \"hostile targets\" near the capital Damascus.\n\nMeanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that dawn air raids on the city of Boukamal, near the Iraqi border in the northeast, had killed 15 people.\n\nTensions have been rising between rivals Israel and Syria, particularly along Israel's northern frontier, since an apparent Israeli air strike killed a Hezbollah fighter in Syria two weeks ago.\n\nIsrael had anticipated that the Iranian-backed Lebanese group would retaliate.\n\nCorrection 4 August 2020: An earlier version of this story has been amended to make clear that the Israeli military said the attempted bombing took place on its territory.", "Will Young with brother Rupert in 2008\n\nRupert Young, the twin brother of UK singer and Pop Idol winner Will, has died at the age of 41.\n\nA spokesperson for the singer confirmed the death and requested privacy for the star and his family \"during this very difficult and sad time\".\n\nThe singer had spoken in the past about his sibling's mental health issues and battles with alcohol.\n\n\"It's very tough having a family member who is an addict,\" he told the Daily Record in 2008.\n\nRupert Young, who set up a mental health charity called The Mood Foundation in the late 2000s, also spoke openly about his struggles with depression.\n\nIn 2008 he talked about seeing his brother perform on morning television when he had himself spent the previous night drinking and self-harming.\n\n\"It seemed bizarre to me that two people who are genetically the same could behave in such different ways,\" he said.\n\nWill Young beat Gareth Gates to be named the first Pop Idol\n\nIn 2015 Will Young spoke about having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which he attributed partly to being separated from his twin at birth.\n\nThe singer was crowned the first Pop Idol in 2001 and has since released seven albums, written two books and has acted on film and stage.\n\nWhen he set up The Mood Foundation, Rupert Young said he had been \"badly affected by depressive conditions\" and had \"suffered from addiction, self-harm and major depression\".\n\n\"It took years for me to first realise there was something wrong and then to find the right treatment,\" he wrote.\n\nAccording to information from the Charity Commission, the organisation operated from 2008 to 2010.\n\nIf you are experiencing emotional stress, help and support is available: BBC Action Line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hays Travel founders tell 5 Live why they’re having to lay off hundreds of staff\n\nThe firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because of new coronavirus travel restrictions.\n\nHays Travel took on more than 2,000 former Thomas Cook employees when it went bust in October last year.\n\nOwners John and Irene Hays said Spanish travel restrictions meant hundreds of thousands of holidays were cancelled.\n\nThey were \"devastated\" staff would lose jobs \"through no fault of their own\", the couple said.\n\nIn a joint statement, the Hays said they had \"made every possible effort\" to protect the jobs of all the firm's staff, \"including those who were employed when Hays Travel took on the Thomas Cook shops last October\".\n\nThe Sunderland-based company said it was now consulting with 344 staff training as travel consultants and the 534 who work in the foreign exchange division.\n\nThe firm said its experienced travel sales staff, apprentices and other head office staff were not affected by the cuts.\n\n\"We are devastated that after all of our efforts and the huge investment we've made, we now face losing some of our valued employees, through no fault of their own.\n\n\"Following the decision to ban travel to Spain and the changes in furlough conditions coming at the same time, we have had no choice,\" the firm added.\n\nIn July, the government brought back a 14-day quarantine for travellers returning to the UK from Spain after a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe Foreign Office later updated its advice against all non-essential travel to Spain to include the Balearic and Canary Islands as well as the mainland.\n\nAnd firms who have furloughed staff during the pandemic had to start contributing to the government job retention scheme from Saturday, putting more pressure on struggling companies.\n\nMrs Hays told the BBC it was \"impossible to overstate the importance of Spain\" on the company's business.\n\nMr Hays said the firm disagreed with the government's approach to quarantining Spain: \"Other parts of Spain, on the Costa Del Sol, the islands, Majorca, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Ibiza, the Canaries... the incidence of the virus is very low - less than the UK.\n\n\"The German government's reaction has been to quarantine people going to the north-east of Spain, but allow people to go to all of the other places I've just said, and that's a much more targeted and sophisticated approach.\"\n\nHays Travel said it had a two-year turnaround plan in place, and that although 2020 \"looked really bad\", bookings for 2021 were already up on the same period in 2019.\n\nHays Travel took over Thomas Cook's 555 travel agents last October\n\nHays Travel made the surprise announcement in October 2019 that it was taking charge of all of Thomas Cook's 555 travel agents across the UK, after the 178-year-old firm went out of business. This prevented thousands of staff from losing their jobs.\n\nBut the coronavirus pandemic has put major pressure on many parts of the economy, including the travel sector.\n\nRival travel firm Tui said last week that it would close nearly a third of its High Street stores in the UK and Ireland because of the coronavirus pandemic and in response to changes in customer behaviour.\n\nMeanwhile, on Monday sports retail chain DW Sports announced it had fallen into administration, putting 1,700 jobs at risk.\n\nIt followed an announcement by HSBC on Monday that it would accelerate 35,000 job losses and news from Byron Burger on Friday that it would cut 650 jobs and close more than half of its restaurants.\n\nThere have been an estimated 150,000 redundancies so far.\n\nLast week's cuts included 450 jobs going at Selfridges, 650 at busmaker Alexander Dennis, 900 at Dyson and 1,200 workers facing redundancy at the National Trust.\n\nOther lay-offs announced during the pandemic have included:\n\nDo you work for Hays Travel? Or are you a former Thomas Cook employee whose job is now at risk? 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:", "At the height of the pandemic, the BBC heard from NHS staff about what it was like working on the coronavirus frontline. One of them, Dr Sarah Edwards did a video diary in April, from the Accident and Emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary.\n\nRecently, she was admitted into her own hospital with Covid-19 and pneumonia.\n\nShe’s well again now and sent another diary of her first shift back at work to the BBC health correspondent Catherine Burns.", "Doctors are being advised not to prescribe common painkillers, including paracetamol and ibuprofen, for patients with chronic pain not caused by an injury or other medical condition.\n\nThe National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said there was little evidence they help.\n\nAnd it suggests there is evidence long-term use can be harmful.\n\nIts draft guidance recommends antidepressants, acupuncture or psychological therapy instead.\n\nThe advisory body also strongly advises against the use of opioids for these patients, in a set of guidelines covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt said there was a \"lack of evidence\" for the effectiveness of opioids for this condition, along with a risk of long-term harm.\n\nChronic primary pain is defined within the guidelines as a condition which \"can't be accounted for by another diagnosis\".\n\nThis type of unexplained pain may affect as many as between a third and half of people in the UK, the guidelines estimate.\n\nThese are the first NICE guidelines to address primary pain as a condition in itself.\n\nThere was no evidence paracetamol was effective in treating people for whom pain was their primary problem, the committee developing the guidelines said.\n\nAnd the family of drugs that includes ibuprofen \"made no difference to people's quality of life, pain or psychological distress\".\n\nBoth medicines came with the risk of possible harm, including stomach and liver damage.\n\nThe committee also did not recommend cannabis-based medicines, since there is so far not enough evidence for their effectiveness.\n\nInstead, doctors could consider prescribing an antidepressant or a course of acupuncture.\n\nThey could also consider recommending a course of cognitive therapy, aimed at helping patients accept their condition or change the way they thought about it.\n\nThis marked a \"stark move from pharmacological therapies to alternative therapies,\" according to the Royal College of GPs.\n\nProf Martin Marshall, RCGP chair, said: \"Most patients in pain do not want to take medication long-term, and GPs do not want this either, but sometimes medication has been the only thing that brings relief.\n\n\"As such these new guidelines, which focus on alternative therapies, have the potential to be beneficial for patients - but they will need to be guaranteed appropriate access to them.\"\n\nNICE also highlighted the importance of doctors communicating honestly but sensitively with patients.\n\nThe guidelines acknowledged there is a lot of uncertainty in this diagnosis, and \"normal or negative test results can be communicated in a way that is perceived as being dismissive of pain\".\n\nWhen it comes to chronic pain more broadly - defined as pain that \"persists or recurs\" for more than three months, no matter the cause - NICE advises using these new guidelines alongside existing guidance on the management of specific conditions.\n• None NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nPlayers who deliberately cough at other players or match officials can be red-carded, say football's rule-makers and the Football Association.\n\nThe International Football Association Board (Ifab) said such an offence fell within \"using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures\".\n\nIt added: \"As with all offences, the referee has to make a judgement about the true nature of the offence.\"\n\nThe guidance comes amid the global coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"If it were clearly accidental, then the referee would not take action nor if the 'cough' took place with a large distance between the players,\" added Ifab.\n\n\"However, where it is close enough to be clearly offensive, then the referee can take action.\"\n\nThe FA also issued guidance for grassroots football which will come into force immediately.\n\nIn a document, it wrote: \"If the incident was not severe enough to merit a sending-off, a caution could be issued for 'unsporting behaviour'.\"\n\nIt added referees must not look to punish \"routine\" coughing and \"action can only be supported where it is evident it was a clear act against someone else\".\n\nIn terms of the Premier League and English Football League, there is no written guidance and it would be down to the referee's discretion as to the punishment.\n• None Go behind the scenes of his misadventures", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Emergency services are at the scene of the explosion Image caption: Emergency services are at the scene of the explosion\n\nLebanon's Health Ministry has put out a call for medics to volunteer at the \"nearest place you can get to\" as hospitals face an influx of patients following the explosion.\n\nThe ministry said it had also set up an emergency hotline, which will help to coordinate rescue efforts, ensuring that those with injuries are taken to hospitals that have the capacity to treat them.\n\nIt came as Lebanon's health minister confirmed that at least 27 people were killed in the explosion, and another 2,500 injured.\n\nThe Lebanese Red Cross says it has been \"overwhelmed\" with calls, and there are reports that hospitals have been turning injured people away because they are too full.", "Across the US, prisons have become Covid-19 hotspots. Overcrowding, cramped quarters and antiquated facilities make social distancing extremely difficult, and curbing an outbreak nearly impossible.\n\nAnd outbreaks in prisons can also lead to infections in neighbouring communities, according to a new study in Health Affairs.\n\nIn Illinois, researchers from Harvard University's Department of Anthropology and the Center National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris found that more than 4,700 coronavirus cases up until mid-April were associated with 2,129 individuals going through Chicago's Cook County Jail in March.\n\nThe jail may be linked with more than 15% of all documented cases in the city and state, the researchers said.\n\n\"Existing conditions in jails and penitentiaries make infection control particularly difficult, putting inmates at unconscionable and perhaps unconstitutional risk,\" they wrote.\n\nThe Chicago jail was the largest recorded source of spread of the coronavirus before it was surpassed by an Ohio state prison, according to the researchers.\n\nRead more about the spread of Covid in US prisons, and how one California institution went from zero cases in May to one of the worst outbreaks in the country.", "Eight boats have been stopped in the Channel and 120 migrants brought to the UK, the Home Office has said.\n\nBorder Force intercepted three boats in the early hours and later encountered a further five, a government spokesman said.\n\nOne vessel was carrying 36 people, including 26 men and 10 women.\n\nMeanwhile, French authorities said they rescued a further 38 migrants on Tuesday, including three found clinging to a buoy off Calais.\n\nFour migrants were also found on board a kayak north of Calais, French officials added.\n\nOn Thursday, a record 202 migrants crossed the Channel in 20 boats.\n\nSince 1 January 2020, more than 3,580 migrants have reached the UK in small boats, BBC research shows.\n\nBorder Force officers escort a group of men on to a waiting bus\n\nCoastguards said a search and rescue operation was launched off Kent in response to \"multiple incidents\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We are committed to safeguarding life around the seas and coastal areas of this country.\n\n\"HM Coastguard is only concerned with preservation of life, rescuing those in trouble and bringing them safely back to shore, where they will be handed over to the relevant partner emergency services or authorities.\"\n\nChris Philip, Minister for Immigration Compliance, said the government was urgently working with the French authorities to take tougher action.\n\nHe said: \"France have stopped thousands of migrants this year and made more interceptions today, but the route has not been cut.\n\n\"If the route is cut completely, migrants will have no reason to come to France in the first place.\n\n\"Migrants have no need and no right to leave France which is a safe country with a well-functioning asylum system and attempt to come to the UK by illicit means.\n\n\"We are determined to make this route unviable.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Documents on UK-US trade talks, leaked ahead of the 2019 general election, were stolen from an email account belonging to Conservative MP Liam Fox, it has emerged.\n\nThe papers were published online and used by Labour in the 2019 campaign to claim the NHS would be put at risk.\n\nThe UK government has said Russians almost certainly sought to interfere in the election through the documents.\n\nA criminal inquiry into the leaking of the documents is under way.\n\nA spokesman for the National Crime Agency confirmed it was leading the investigation, but added he could not comment further.\n\nMr Fox was international trade secretary from July 2016 to July 2019.\n\nIt is not clear when his account was accessed and the information stolen.\n\nReuters, which first reported the story, said hackers accessed Mr Fox's account multiple times between 12 July and 21 October last year.\n\nA government spokesperson said: \"There is an ongoing criminal investigation into how the documents were acquired, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this point.\n\n\"But as you would expect, the government has very robust systems in place to protect the IT systems of officials and staff.\"\n\nLast month, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government had \"reasonable confidence\" that Russian actors had tried to interfere in the December 2019 general election.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab: \"reasonable confidence\" Russia tried to interfere in 2019 election\n\nHe told the BBC they had sought to \"spread online, illegally obtained, leaked government documents\" around the UK-US trade negotiations for after the country leaves the EU.\n\nMr Raab said the government would \"reserve the right to take the appropriate action\" when the criminal investigation concluded.\n\nThe UK government was later criticised in a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee - known as the \"Russia report\" - for having \"badly underestimated\" the threat the country posed.\n\nThe mystery of the \"trade leaks\" is slowly being revealed - though still not completely.\n\nThe 2019 general election now looks like it was the target of what is known a \"hack and leak\" operation, similar - though not on the same scale - as the one Russian military intelligence launched in the 2016 US presidential election.\n\nLast month, the government said it believed Russian actors were responsible for spreading the trade document on social media. But there was still the question of how it was first obtained.\n\nNow, we know it came from a hack of an email account belonging to Liam Fox.\n\nThe exact identity of the Russian group behind the attack remains murky.\n\nWhether it was the same group which then spread the document is unclear and that group (codenamed Secondary Infektion) is not thought to be the same as the one behind events in the US election, which had a larger impact.\n\nHackers from many countries have targeted politicians in recent years. But coming soon after the Russia report, this will serve as a reminder that groups based in Russia are often the most adept at not just stealing, but also using, the information.\n\nResponding to reports of the hack on Mr Fox's email, a spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre said it works closely with MPs and political parties to offer them \"the best cyber security guidance and support.\"\n\n\"We have worked closely with political parties for several years on how to protect and defend against cyber attacks - including publishing advice on our website.\n\n\"There is an ongoing criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.\"", "Police said the pilot died at the scene\n\nA pilot died when his light aircraft crashed in a field in East Sussex, police have said.\n\nThe aircraft came down in open ground off Herring Lane, north of Heathfield, at about 11:00 BST.\n\nEast Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said crews had extinguished a blaze at the scene, which is near a flying school.\n\nThe Air Accidents Investigation Branch has confirmed it is investigating. The pilot has not yet been named.\n\nA Sussex Police spokesman said the aircraft had caught fire after crashing, adding: \"Unfortunately, the pilot is believed to have died instantly. His next of kin have been advised.\"\n\nEmergency teams were called after the aircraft crashed and caught fire", "Residents of Manila can only step out for essentials\n\nTens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse.\n\nStay-at-home orders are now in place in Manila and four surrounding provinces on the island of Luzon for two weeks.\n\nThe country only just emerged from one of the strictest lockdowns in June.\n\nBut hospitals have been struggling to cope with a five-fold rise in confirmed infections, now surging past 100,000.\n\nThe lockdown means a return to stay-at-home orders except for going out to buy essential goods or exercising outdoors. Public transport has also been suspended and domestic flights are grounded, while restaurants are restricted to takeaways.\n\nThe new lockdown came after 80 medical associations on Saturday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to toughen restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.\n\nOn Sunday the Philippines announced a record 5,032 new infections. In some areas hospitals are reported to have been forced to turn away soaring numbers of patients.\n\nDoctors hope the reinstated restrictions will now give medical workers more time to deal with the spike in cases.\n\nWith only 24 hours notice of the shutdown, which took effect on Tuesday, many people have found themselves stranded in the capital without any transport to return to their hometowns.\n\n\"We've run out of money. We can't leave the airport because we don't have any relatives here,\" Ruel Damaso, a 36-year-old construction worker, told AFP. He was trying to return to the southern city of Zamboanga.\n\nIn other parts of Manila people were seen stockpiling food the day before restrictions began as they prepared to stay indoors for a second time.\n\nThe earlier shutdown from mid-March to May was one of the world's longest stay-at-home orders.\n\nThere have been 2,104 deaths in the Philippines from Covid-19, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.", "BP has halved its shareholder dividend and posted a $6.7bn quarterly loss after the coronavirus pandemic hit global demand for oil.\n\nThe dividend news is another blow for pension funds and private investors who have seen a string of firms cut or halt payouts.\n\nThe loss was largely due to BP writing down the value of its assets after it cut its oil price forecasts.\n\nBP said the outlook for oil prices and demand was \"challenging and uncertain\".\n\nIt also warned that the pandemic could weigh on the global economy for a \"sustained period\".\n\nIn the short-term, BP said it expected demand for oil could be up to nine million barrels per day lower compared to last year.\n\nIt has already announced it will cut 10,000 jobs, with as many as 2,000 set to be lost in the UK.\n\nOil prices have plunged after the coronavirus virtually shut down major economies.\n\nIn April, the price turned negative for the first time in history, meaning producers had to pay buyers to take oil off their hands over fear storage capacity could run out.\n\nBP's loss for the three months to June compares to a $2.8bn profit in the same period last year.\n\nThe oil giant said its dividend would halve to 5.25 cents a share, compared to 10.5 cents in the first quarter.\n\nIt follows a similar, earlier move by rival Royal Dutch Shell which cut its first quarter dividend in April - the first reduction to its shareholder payment since the Second World War.\n\nThe dividend blows for investors and retirement savers just keep on coming.\n\nAfter Shell cut its dividend for the first time since World War II and Britain's banks suspended their payouts, BP has now halved its dividend - its first cut for more than a decade.\n\nThat is a particularly hard blow for UK pension funds and the army of pensioner investors who rely on the payouts.\n\nBP traditionally generates the largest dividend payment among the big blue chip FTSE 100 giants.\n\nDividend watchers now reckon the total amount of payouts by British firms will fall by two-fifths in 2020.\n\nLink Group's Dividend Monitor shows that dividends fell by a 57% in the second quarter of the year as 176 companies cancelled payouts and 30 more have cut them.\n\nThat's not disastrous for investors, but it will be painful.\n\nDespite BP's loss and a lower dividend, the company's share price rose by 6.26% to 298.6p as it announced a new strategy.\n\nBP said it wanted to \"pivot\" from being a traditional oil company to an \"integrated energy company\" and said it expects to achieve \"net zero\" carbon emissions for the company by 2050.\n\nOver the next decade, BP forecasts that oil and gas production will fall by at least one million barrels of oil a day, or 40% compared to 2019.\n\nIt plans to invest in renewables, bioenergy and as well as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology.\n\nBernard Looney, who took over as BP chief executive in February, said: \"This coming decade is critical for the world in the fight against climate change, and to drive the necessary change in global energy systems will require action from everyone.\"", "Donald Trump says the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok's US unit if an American firm buys it.\n\nThe US president said he made a demand for a \"substantial portion\" of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft's boss.\n\nHe also warned he will ban the app, which is owned by China's ByteDance, on 15 September if there is no deal.\n\nByteDance is under pressure to sell its US business after Mr Trump threatened a crackdown on Chinese tech companies.\n\nThe Trump administration has accused TikTok and others of providing data to the Chinese government, which Beijing and TikTok deny.\n\n\"The United States should get a very large percentage of that price, because we're making it possible,\" Mr Trump said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"It would come from the sale, which nobody else would be thinking about but me, but that's the way I think, and I think it's very fair,\" he added.\n\nThe request for payment to the US Treasury further complicated negotiations as legal experts highlighted that such a demand to secure regulatory approval for a takeover deal would be highly unorthodox.\n\nNicholas Klein, a lawyer at DLA Piper, said generally \"the government doesn't have the authority to take a cut of a private deal through\" the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is the inter-agency committee that reviews some foreign investments in the US.\n\nThe state-run China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday that Beijing would not accept the \"theft\" of a Chinese technology company.\n\nIt also warned in an editorial that China had \"plenty of ways to respond if the administration carries out its planned smash and grab\".\n\nCharlotte Jee, a reporter at MIT Technology Review, a magazine owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Mr Trump's comments were \"pretty astonishing\".\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, she said: \"I hate to say this but it is kind of almost Mafia-like behaviour - threatening a ban which pushes down the price then saying 'oh we should get a cut of that deal afterwards to say thank you for what we've done there'.\n\n\"It is extraordinary behaviour as well because last week we had lawmakers in the US trying to look at whether tech companies are too big and now we've got Trump trying to make one of them even bigger so it is a really, really bizarre situation to be in.\"\n\nTalks over a potential deal looked to have been derailed on Friday when Mr Trump said he opposed Microsoft buying TikTok's US business.\n\nWhile Mr Trump now giving his approval to a possible takeover is a major shift in the White House's position, the tight deadline for talks is another major hurdle for any potential deal.\n\nFormer FBI director James Comey once said that dealing with Donald Trump gave him \"flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob\".\n\nThe US president has certainly made TikTok an offer it can't refuse.\n\nIf the video app doesn't break away from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and sell its US operation to Microsoft, Mr Trump will simply ban it - putting TikTok's access to its 80 million active American users in jeopardy.\n\nMr Trump has already flexed his muscles against other Chinese firms, such as Huawei.\n\nBut what makes the situation with TikTok unprecedented is the demand for a cut of the sale price. The US Treasury has not explained how this extraordinary demand for a cut of a private transaction would work.\n\nMr Trump reckons the government should get a big slice of the pie because \"we're making it possible\".\n\nHowever, the deal wouldn't be happening in the first place but for his administration's claim that the likes of TikTok are feeding users' data directly to the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nBeneath the president's bombast, perhaps this is simply payback for the US and its companies, some of whom claim China has stolen intellectual property from them.\n\nPerhaps Mr Trump is just doing outwardly what some governments have been doing for years.\n\nBut one thing is certain, Mr Trump's demand for payment has muddied the waters in an already fraught situation.\n\nTikTok's US operations \"will close down on September 15 unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal so the Treasury… of the United States gets a lot of money,\" he said.\n\nAs well as TikTok's US business, Microsoft is also in talks to buy its operations in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - countries that make up four of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.\n\nThe UK is also a member of the alliance and there has been speculation that TikTok could base its global headquarters in London, joining tech giants such as Google which has a major presence in the capital.\n\nByteDance said: \"ByteDance is committed to being a global company. In light of the current situation, ByteDance has been evaluating the possibility of establishing TikTok's headquarters outside of the US, to better serve our global users.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro suggested that Microsoft could shed its holdings in China if it buys TikTok's US business.\n\n\"So the question is, is Microsoft going to be compromised?\" Mr Navarro said in an interview with CNN. \"Maybe Microsoft could divest its Chinese holdings?\"\n\nMicrosoft confirmed on Sunday in a blog post that it would continue discussions on a potential deal with TikTok after a call between its chief executive Satya Nadella and Mr Trump.\n\nThe technology giant declined to comment further on the conversation between Mr Trump and Mr Nadella beyond the blog.\n\nAt the weekend, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said President Trump would take action \"in the coming days\" against Chinese-owned software companies that he believed posed a national security risk.\n\nMr Pompeo told Fox News that TikTok was among those \"feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nHowever, he did not offer any evidence to back up his claim.", "Coronavirus infections are rising in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggest.\n\nA sample of households in England, excluding care homes and hospitals, were swabbed to test for current infection.\n\nThe ONS says daily cases have risen from an estimated 3,200 to 4,200 since last week.\n\nHowever there is not enough data to suggest a higher proportion of positive tests in any particular region.\n\nThe ONS's estimates of daily cases are higher than those reported by the Department of Health and Social Care because they include people without symptoms who would not otherwise have applied for a test.\n\nConfirmed cases reported by the government for the same period were between 339 and 721 daily over the same period (20- 26 July).\n\nAbout 350,000 people were newly tested for coronavirus, not including those who were tested as part of the ONS's surveillance study.\n\nThese are tests involving a nose and throat swab which can diagnose a current active coronavirus infection, but do not show if someone has had the virus in the past.\n\nDespite the ONS figures suggesting a rise in infections, the official estimate of the virus's reproduction or R number (a measure of whether cases are rising or falling) for England was between 0.8 and 1 as of 31 July.\n\nAn R number below one indicates the number of infections is shrinking.\n\nIt's calculated using a range of different measures including hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nBecause it takes time for an infection to progress to the point of hospitalisation and, in the worst cases, death, there is a time lag involved.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nIt's possible the latest estimate of R isn't capturing more recent upticks in infection.\n\nThe ONS has consistently tested a sample of the population whether or not they have symptoms, so may be better placed to spot a rise in cases in the population at an earlier stage, before they translate to sickness and hospitalisation.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average:\n\nPublic Health England figures on coronavirus cases were updated on 2 July to include people tested in the wider community, as well as hospitals and healthcare workers, causing the numbers to increase sharply. Figures for the rest of the UK already included people tested in the wider population.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nAlthough it is an estimate based on a relatively small number of people, taking that uncertainty into account, the ONS believes there is now enough evidence to suggest a \"slight\" increase in new infections in England in recent weeks, for the first time since May.\n\nPublic Health England, which brings together local and national figures to understand what's happening with the virus each week, said \"overall case numbers and positivity remained stable or increased slightly\", in the week of 22-28 July.\n\nThis increase is nowhere near the levels seen earlier in the year, however.\n\nThe BBC's Head of Statistics Robert Cuffe explained, \"back in early March, the number of cases we were seeing was doubling every three to four days - very very quickly.\n\nWhat we're seeing described in the last few weeks is a rate of cases doubling every month and half, every two months, so they're rising very slowly.\"", "German carmaker Audi has apologised for an advert showing a little girl eating a banana in front of a high-performance car, after it drew a torrent of criticism on social media.\n\n\"We hear you and let's get this straight: We care for children,\" Audi tweeted in its apology.\n\n\"We sincerely apologize for this insensitive image and ensure that it will not be used in future.\"\n\nCritics said the child's pose was \"provocative\" and life-threatening.\n\nSome pointed out that the driver would not be able to see the child in that pose, leaning on the grille.\n\nOthers said the image was sexually suggestive, as bananas and sports cars have often been seen as symbols of male lust.\n\nAudi's slogan in English above the image reads: \"Lets your heart beat faster - in every aspect.\"\n\nThe firm says it is now investigating how the ad came to be published.\n\nIn May the German car giant Volkswagen, owner of Audi, became embroiled in a similar social media row. Its ad showed a dark-skinned man being manoeuvred around by a pair of white women's hands, before being flicked away from a yellow VW Golf to a jaunty soundtrack.\n\nThe full ad for the Audi RS 4 on the firm's website shows it being marketed as a family car - and that was apparently the context for the controversial Twitter ad featuring the little girl eating a banana.\n\nJane Bradford tweeted under the Audi apology: \"So, let your heart beat faster in every aspect? Picture of - child with banana in mouth and flash car- so wrong in EVERY aspect\".\n\nShiri@home tweeted: \"Little girl with phallic symbol in her hand. Clear, super...\"\n\nAnd DjBeeTee tweeted: \"Let's add it up: Red=eroticism, sports car=substitute for potency, animal print mini-skirt=sex appeal, banana=phallic symbol. But sure this is all just accidental...\"\n\nHowever, Mark Kreuzer, an engineer and blogger, tweeted: \"Hmm, well for me the message is: Audi RS4 = family car. Just as your own daughter makes your heart beat faster, so does the RS4. And both are of course cool.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by AudiOfficial This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Hawthorn Bar will be temporarily closing Image caption: The Hawthorn Bar will be temporarily closing\n\nThe number of cases of coronavirus linked to an Aberdeen pub has risen to 32 after the first minister issued a warning about the outbreak.\n\n120 people have been contacted by Test and Protect teams. This is down from yesterday, but only because three people were instead included in the list of positive tests.\n\nDr Emmanual Okpo from NHS Grampian says they're working to find everyone connected: \"Every individual who has received a detected result, we will contact. They should just be patient, and sit at home, self isolate, and we will get to them.\"\n\nSeveral pubs in Aberdeen have announced closures, including Hawthorn Bar where this cluster originated.\n\nDirector at Siberia bar, Stuart McPhee, told us today they will be closing. He said: \"There are so many variables that there is an element of risk. We manage our own risk and that at the moment is deemed to be too high.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marcus Rashford and Adwoa Aboah are among the September issue's \"faces of hope\"\n\nBritish Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said the September issue's focus on activism was a \"no-brainer\" decision.\n\nThe magazine, described by Enninful to the BBC as a \"rallying cry for the future\", includes 40 activists he called \"the faces of hope\".\n\nFootballer Marcus Rashford, a child poverty campaigner, and model/activist Adwoa Aboah are the cover stars.\n\nEnninful said working with an all-black team \"brought an authenticity to the cover… a feeling of togetherness\".\n\nThe September issue is traditionally the fashion bible's most important of the year. The Duchess of Sussex guest edited the issue 12 months ago.\n\nAboah was also the first cover star for Vogue when Enninful became editor.\n\nThey were photographed by Misan Harriman, the first black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover in its 104-year history.\n\nMisan Harriman came to Edward Enninful's attention with his black and white images of the Black Lives Matter protests\n\nEnninful chose Harriman to photograph the cover after seeing his black-and-white images of the Black Lives Matter protests in London at the beginning of June, sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.\n\nMisan said he was \"honoured and empowered\" at being asked to do the Vogue cover shoot.\n\nHe said the brief was to \"capture the essence of these two extraordinary young people\", adding: \"It shows hope, solidarity and empathy.\"\n\nEnninful became editor-in-chief of British Vogue more than two years ago, making him the first black person to take the helm of the magazine.\n\nHe told BBC News that having an all-black team to work on the September magazine wasn't a first for him \"but for younger members, it was magical, they felt empowered, like the world was changing.\n\n\"For me it was great to watch as an elder statesman. This couldn't be just a one-off. The industry has to change.\"\n\nKey workers, including train driver Narguis Horsford, featured on the July covers of Vogue\n\n\"I've always wanted to effect change in the world.\"\n\nAmong the activists to feature in the September issue are Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, racial justice campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, model Joan Smalls, author Reni Eddo-Lodge, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and writer Janet Mock.\n\n\"Women were leading the charge this year,\" explained Enninful. \"It just shows the strength of women, even in hard times, women prevail and lead the way.\" He added: \"My mother was a strong woman.\"\n\nAuthor Eddo-Lodge's book, Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race, topped the paperback non-fiction chart, following the Black Lives Matter protests. The achievement made her the first black British author to top the UK's bestseller list since the official book chart began.\n\nHer book explores the links between gender, class and race in the UK and around the world.\n\nReni Eddo-Lodge become the first black British author to top the UK's bestseller list\n\nShe said she hadn't done any interviews around the time of the protests because \"I'm often looked at as a spokesperson… I wanted that initial space to be given to the protestors\".\n\nSpeaking about Enninful and culture's influence on effecting change, she said: \"I feel like culture is being more progressive than our politics.\"\n\nEnninful, who was born in Ghana and raised in west London, is one of a few people of colour in the fashion press to hold the role of editor-in-chief.\n\nOthers include Lindsay Peoples Wagner who runs Teen Vogue and Samira Nasr, the first woman of colour at the head of Harper's Bazaar.\n\nTalking about whether it was lonely being a black man in the industry when he first started out, Enninful said: \"I never wanted to be the only one so I brought my friends up with me… so we could grow together and change the world together.\"\n\nThe September issue follows on from Enninful's July initiative, which saw him feature key workers, from nurses to railway workers, on a selection of three Vogue covers.\n\n\"With Covid-19, I realised the role of the magazine had to change, I wanted to create a document for the times,\" Enninful explained.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The European Commission will carry out a full-scale probe into Google's takeover of Fitbit.\n\nThe announcement follows a preliminary review, and threatens to derail the purchase of the fitness-tracking firm.\n\nIt comes despite Google's offer last month to not use Fitbit's health data for ad targeting.\n\nGoogle's parent company Alphabet agreed a $2.1bn (£1.6bn) takeover of the wearable tech firm last year. However, the deal has yet to be completed.\n\n\"The commission is concerned that the proposed transaction would further entrench Google's market position in the online advertising markets by increasing the already vast amount of data that Google could use for personalisation of the ads it serves and displays,\" the regulator said.\n\nThe watchdog said its investigation should be completed by 9 December.\n\nIn response, the tech giant said it would cooperate with the process.\n\n\"We appreciate the opportunity to work with the European Commission on an approach that addresses consumers' expectations of their wearable devices,\" blogged Google's devices chief Rick Osterloh.\n\nCalifornia-based Fitbit helped pioneer the fitness tracker market, launching its first device in 2009. It now has about 30 million active users and has sold more than 100 million gadgets to date.\n\nHowever, it currently ranks behind Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung and Huawei in terms of global shipments of wearable tech, according to market research firm IDC.\n\nIt posted a $132m (£101m) loss in its last annual results, alongside a sales figure that had declined for the fourth year in a row, despite the launch of its Versa 2 smartwatch.\n\nCompetition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the amount of data wearable devices will generate is set to grow at an exponential rate\n\nAnalysts suggested part of the attraction for Google was the fact that Fitbit had formed partnerships with several insurers in addition to a government health programme in Singapore.\n\nWhile the European Commission has said its main concern is the \"data advantage\" Google will gain to serve increasingly personalised ads via its search page, it also said its investigation would look into:\n\nFor its part, Google has explicitly denied its motivation is to control more data.\n\nGoogle has said it wants to build on Fitbit's existing hardware to offer compelling devices to people around the world\n\n\"We believe the combination of Google and Fitbit's hardware efforts will increase competition in the sector, making the next generation of devices better and more affordable,\" wrote Mr Osterloh.\n\n\"This deal is about devices, not data.\n\n\"We've been clear from the beginning that we will not use Fitbit health and wellness data for Google ads.\"\n\nThe European Commission acknowledged this commitment, but said it was \"insufficient to clearly dismiss\" its concerns.\n\n\"Google and its parent company Alphabet already have unprecedented control over large parts of the digital world,\" said Wolfie Christl from Cracked Labs, an Austrian research institute.\n\n\"They also want to take over digital health and insurance.\n\n\"Letting them acquire Fitbit without additional obligations would be a major step into this direction, and thus should not happen.\"\n\nThe European Commission has reason to be wary of Google's promise to restrict its use of Fitbit's data.\n\nSmart thermostat-maker Nest pledged to keep its user data separate from Google's after it was acquired in 2014. But Google began asking users to let it merge the logs in 2019.\n\nOther tech firms have also reneged on similar assurances.\n\nMost notably, Facebook's efforts to integrate WhatsApp with its other messaging services, despite the chat app having declared in 2014 that it would \"remain autonomous and operate independently\".\n\nThe European Commission has ruled against Google in three previous competition cases, concerning the company's:\n\nIn addition, the regulator is considering whether to launch a full-scale investigation into the firm's jobs search tool.\n\nGoogle also faces increased antitrust scrutiny in the US.\n\nIts chief executive Sundar Pichai faced several claims of anticompetitive behaviour last week when he was quizzed by Congress, including claims that Google had too much control over the purchase and sale of online ads.\n\nIn addition, the Senate Judiciary Committee has said it plans its own hearing into Google's \"dominance in online advertising\" on 15 September.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRural crime cost Welsh businesses £2.6m last year as organised gangs targeted machinery and livestock, an insurance company has said.\n\nNFU Mutual's annual rural crime report said the cost rose 11.1% in 2019, compared to 2018 - higher than the average UK rise of 8.8%.\n\nAcross the UK, rural crime cost £54m - an increase of nearly 9%.\n\nThere are fears that incidents could escalate when the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is felt.\n\nThe report said high-value tractors, quad bikes and large numbers of livestock had been targeted.\n\nMachinery and tractors have been targeted by thieves\n\nExpensive tractors are being exported and sold in rich countries, the insurer said, while older models are being shipped to poorer countries.\n\nWhile crime generally decreased during the initial lockdown period earlier this year, NFU Mutual said there were fears rural crime could now escalate.\n\nManager for Wales, Owen Suckley, said: \"Rural crime is like a wave as organised criminality spreads through our farms and villages, affecting everyone in the countryside.\n\n\"We continue to work hard to stem the tide and are warning rural communities and helping with prevention advice, as there are concerns for the months ahead as the economic impact of coronavirus bites.\n\n\"As well as the financial cost, there's a serious effect on the mental well-being of people living in rural and often isolated areas.\n\n\"There are fears that the impact will be felt harder this year as farmers have been working flat-out to feed the nation and many rural communities have been put under additional pressure by the challenges brought by Covid-19.\"\n\nLivestock have been taken and there are fears the problem could grow worse in the coming months\n\nChris Alford, who farms in the Brecon area, has previously had vehicles and machinery stolen, and more recently, a solar-powered fence charger.\n\nHe said: \"I'd only had the fence energiser for two weeks before it was taken. A brand new piece of solar-powered kit that obviously looked expensive.\n\n\"People can so easily search the value of things on their phones now that even specialist items like this can be identified as a payday by a passer-by.\n\n\"The energiser was worth a couple of hundred pounds, which might not seem like much, but the effect of rural crime goes so much deeper than the monetary costs.\"\n\nHe added: \"Then there's the emotional impact. Once you've stopped feeling angry, it's actually gut-wrenching. You can write-off the day you find you've fallen victim to crime. In the past, when I've had larger things like vehicles stolen, it's affected me for weeks.\n\n\"It plays on your mind and makes it hard to concentrate on anything else.\n\n\"The thought of a stranger being on your property, and stealing from you, can make you feel paranoid, with a voice in your head telling you that they'll be back to steal again. You find yourself making business decisions based on what will make you least attractive to repeat theft.\"", "The BBC has defended the use of a racial slur in a news report, but accepted it caused offence.\n\nThe N-word was used in full in a report about a racially-aggravated attack in Bristol, broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel last week.\n\nThe BBC said it wanted to report the word allegedly used in the attack, and this decision was supported by the family of the victim.\n\nIt prompted 384 complaints to Ofcom and there have been calls for an apology.\n\nThe BBC said the number of complaints made directly to the corporation was not yet available, but it would be later in the week when its fortnightly complaints report was published.\n\nThe report, which aired on Wednesday 29 July, described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg.\n\nHe had been hit by a car on 22 July while walking to a bus stop from his workplace, Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone.\n\nPolice said the incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car.\n\nA fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement on the BBC's complaints website, the BBC said: \"We accept that this has caused offence but we would like people to understand why we took the decision we did.\"\n\nIt said the victim's family \"asked us specifically to show the photos of this man's injuries and were also determined that we should report the racist language, in full, alleged to have been spoken by the occupants of the car\".\n\n\"Notwithstanding the family's wishes, we independently considered whether the use of the word was editorially justified given the context,\" the statement said.\n\n\"The word is used on air rarely, and in this case, as with all cases, the decision to use it in full was made by a team of people including a number of senior editorial figures.\"\n\nBut some have continued to call for a public apology from the BBC.\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\nReferring to the BBC's response to the complaints, William Adoasi, CEO of Vitae London, said it was \"simply exhausting and a waste of our energy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 William Adoasi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nInfluencHers, a group of professional British women of African/Caribbean origin, has penned an open letter to the BBC, saying it was \"time for a public apology\" due to \"flagrant and repeated use of the N-word\".\n\nThe letter referred to the news report as well as the use of the N-word in BBC documentary American History's Biggest Fibs, which first aired in 2019 but has been broadcast again recently.\n\n\"We feel distraught, insulted and under attack by the corporation's ease at using what to many descendants of slavery and colonisation, and victims of ongoing racism, is the most degrading and horrific of words,\" the letter said.\n\n\"This is a term many of us have been called during our childhood and even later in life, and we now object to being forced to hear it being used so flippantly by an institution to which we pay licence fees.\"\n\nThe documentary's presenter Lucy Worsley apologised on Twitter, saying the use of the word \"wasn't acceptable\".", "People have been laying candles and flowers for the girl at the scene of the shooting\n\nThe death of a 12-year-old girl by a stray bullet in Sweden has sparked outrage and reignited debates over its handling of gang-related violence.\n\nThe unnamed girl was killed in a drive-by shooting next to a petrol station on Sunday, according to local media.\n\nPolice have launched an investigation but are yet to make any arrests.\n\nOfficials have vowed to further crack down on violent crime. Incidents involving gangs have risen in recent years.\n\nPolice were called to the scene of the shooting, south of Stockholm, in the early hours of Sunday morning.\n\nDetails of what happened have not been officially confirmed, but local media outlets reported that the gunmen had been aiming at two members of a criminal gang, and had not intended to shoot the child.\n\nPeople placed flowers and candles at the scene on Monday, with some calling for tougher action on gang violence in the country.\n\n\"This can't happen again. It's a 12-year-old girl,\" one woman told AFP news agency.\n\nJustice Minister Morgan Johansson told local news agency TT he was dismayed and disgusted by the girl's death, as he pledged \"more police and harsher sentences\".\n\nNational police chief Anders Thornberg said authorities would \"set things right when it comes to increasingly serious violence in society\", while opposition MP Johan Forssell said there needed to be a re-think \"to make Sweden safer.\"\n\nSweden announced last year that it had set up a special task force to combat gang violence in the country amid a rise in incidents.\n\nPolice have been given additional surveillance powers and sentences for drugs and weapons-related crimes have been increased in recent years.\n\nTwenty people have been killed in 163 shootings in the first six months of 2020, according to police data. In 2019, 42 people were killed in 334 reported shootings.\n\nPolice say criminals involved in gun crime are often connected to the drugs trade.", "Pupils find out their grades tomorrow - though celebratory hugs between friends will be discouraged Image caption: Pupils find out their grades tomorrow - though celebratory hugs between friends will be discouraged\n\nTomorrow’s the day teens across Scotland get the grades for their school qualifications. The exams were cancelled this year for the first time ever.\n\nBBC Scotland's education correspondent Jamie McIvor says some kids will be very concerned because they have not been able to have the final push of an exam.\n\nBut there will be a safeguard in terms of an appeals system, which will allow schools to appeal a grade awarded by the SQA if it is poorer than that recommended by teachers.\n\nJames Russell from Skills Development Scotland also highlights expert advisers will be accessible to young people from 08:00 tomorrow. The number to call is 0808 100 8000.", "Secondary schools in England might be using face masks after a change of policy\n\nSecondary pupils will have to wear face coverings in school corridors in local lockdown areas of England, after the government reversed its guidance.\n\nHead teachers in any secondary school will also have the \"flexibility\" to introduce masks in their schools.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson said it followed updated advice from the World Health Organization.\n\nBut Labour accused the government of \"passing the buck\" on decisions back to schools.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the new guidance meant that in coronavirus \"hot spot\" areas that \"it probably does make sense in confined areas outside the classroom to use a face covering in the corridor and elsewhere\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says face coverings should be worn \"outside the classroom\" in secondary schools in hotspot areas\n\nThe change in rules, announced on Tuesday night, will not mean face coverings in the classroom - which Mr Johnson said would have been \"nonsensical\" as \"you can't teach with face coverings and you can't expect people to learn with face coverings.\"\n\nMr Johnson, at a school in Leicestershire, told pupils their exam grades were \"almost derailed by a mutant algorithm\" and the biggest risk to them was not Covid-19, but \"continuing to be out of school\".\n\nHis comments came just before the government announced a change in the leadership at the top of the Department for Education.\n\nThe most senior civil servant in the department, permanent secretary Jonathan Slater, has been asked to stand down.\n\nA statement said the prime minister had concluded there was \"a need for fresh official leadership at the Department for Education\".\n\nIt added: \"Jonathan Slater has therefore agreed that he will stand down on 1 September in advance of the end of his tenure in Spring 2021.\"\n\nThe policy switch on face coverings, so near to the return to school, had drawn criticism from some Conservative MPs.\n\nHuw Merriman said the use of face coverings sent \"the wrong message\" which suggested \"schools are not a safe setting\".\n\nMr Williamson insisted the government was listening \"to the latest medical and scientific advice\" and taking \"the most precautionary approach\".\n\nThe Department for Education says it is still keeping its recommendation against using face coverings - but that secondary schools will now be able to make their own decisions whether to ask pupils and staff to wear them.\n\nThis will be in \"communal areas\" of schools such as corridors, where it is difficult to maintain social distancing, and when schools \"believe that is right in their particular circumstances\".\n\nBut in parts of the country with high levels of coronavirus transmission, such as those with local lockdown measures, face coverings will be compulsory in such communal areas for adults and pupils.\n\nThe return to school in Germany - but the PM says masks would be \"nonsensical\" in classrooms and would disrupt learning\n\nThe new guidelines, which apply from 1 September, also warn that \"stricter guidance\" on face coverings could apply to all schools \"if the rate of transmission increases across the whole country\".\n\nOn Wednesday the Department for Education said all schools would be supplied with 10 coronavirus testing kits, to be used in \"exceptional circumstances\" when no other way of testing is available.\n\nThey would also be given a \"small amount\" of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as aprons, gloves, visors and clinical face masks.\n\nThe change on face coverings follows the WHO updating its advice last week, which now recommends that children aged over 12 should wear masks under the same conditions as adults.\n\nThe government had been under pressure over face coverings in England's schools - with secondary schools in Scotland to use them in corridors and communal areas from next week.\n\nNorthern Ireland is also now recommending face coverings for secondary school corridors, while Wales has left the decision up to head teachers, but highlights advice which recommends them inside where social distancing cannot be maintained, including on school transport.\n\nThe ASCL head teachers' union had warned of confusion about the rules over face coverings - and said there was a lack of clarity over how schools should respond if teachers or pupils wanted to wear masks.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tulip Siddiq says the government must give “clearer guidance” on students wearing face masks in English schools\n\nAfter the government's change of policy, the union's leader, Geoff Barton, said school leaders would \"welcome the flexibility\" of being able to \"decide what best suits their circumstances\".\n\nBut Paul Whiteman, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: \"It is neither helpful or fair to ask school leaders to make individual decisions about face coverings in their school. Such decisions should rest with public health officials.\"\n\nKevin Courtney, of the National Education Union, welcomed \"the steps now being taken\" but criticised the \"slow, incoherent\" way the decision had been reached - and said it would not inspire confidence with parents or teachers.\n\nConservative MP Huw Merriman said the change in guidance was \"causing uncertainty\".\n\n\"My concern is that we just keep making this up as we go along,\" the Tory MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding that the government \"needs to get a grip\".\n\nAsked whether he took responsibility for the decisions made on face coverings and exam grades, Mr Williamson admitted it had been \"incredibly difficult and incredibly tough\".\n\n\"At every stage, everyone takes responsibility for what they do and how they approach things and what we're focused on is making sure we deliver the best for children right across the country,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nSome parents said they wanted to see face coverings mandatory in communal areas of all secondary schools.\n\nPamela Allen, from Canterbury, said her son's secondary school had told her it would be following government guidance and would not require face coverings to be worn.\n\n\"I think [the government] should be leading the charge against the virus as opposed to reacting to it if there is a local lockdown,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It would make us feel confident that we are sending our children to as safe a place as we can.\"\n\nShe added she would be sending her son to school with a face covering to wear between lessons.\n\nA teacher in Northern Ireland wearing a visor as pupils return to school\n\nDespite the official guidance against face coverings, some schools had already been preparing to use them.\n\nThe Oasis academy trust, with more than 50 schools in England, is to provide visors for its teachers - and secondary pupils were going to have to wear masks in corridors.\n\nSteve Chalke, chief executive of the trust, said there was a responsibility to make schools \"as safe as we possibly can\" - and that meant using masks and visors.\n\nHe said that masks might increase the confidence of parents \"nervous\" about sending their children back to school.\n\nLabour's Shadow Education Secretary Kate Green said face coverings should be compulsory in communal areas of schools.\n\n\"Instead of this half baked U-turn, the government should have given clear guidance and a plan to deliver it,\" she said.", "Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August 2019\n\nA London schoolgirl who vanished from a Malaysian jungle resort may have been \"alive and moving\" during early searches for her, an inquest has heard.\n\nThe body of Nóra Quoirin, 15, was found after a huge hunt through dense rainforest last August.\n\nA policeman told the hearing that the location where Nóra was eventually discovered had already been searched several times but nothing was found.\n\nThis suggested she was \"not there\" when search teams were, the court was told.\n\nNóra was first reported missing a day after she and her family arrived at the Dusan eco-resort near Seremban, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Kuala Lumpur, on 3 August 2019.\n\nHer body was found on 13 August by a group of civilian search volunteers in a hilly part of a palm-oil plantation about 1.5 miles from the holiday home.\n\nAt the inquest, deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad asked Supt Mohamad Nor Marzukee Besar how many times had the police searched the exact location of the body find.\n\nMr Besar answered: \"Three times. The fourth day, the fifth day, and the sixth day [of the search].\"\n\nMr Ahmad asked Mr Besar what assumptions he could draw from this.\n\n\"We can assume that when the search team was in the area, the missing person was still alive and moving,\" Mr Besar said.\n\n\"So it is possible that when we were there, the missing person was not there.\"\n\nAccording to Mr Besar, police last searched the area where Nóra was found on 9 August.\n\nMr Besar also told the inquest that police had performed a further search after Nóra's family told them she had last been seen wearing underwear.\n\nHe said that her body was found naked, and this raised the question of where her clothing had ended up.\n\nDespite the extra search, Nóra's underwear was never found, the inquest heard.\n\nMr Besar also said police believed Nóra had left through an open window in the resort house where her family was staying.\n\nNóra's family have always insisted it was highly unlikely their daughter - who was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development - would have wandered off alone.\n\nMr Besar said CCTV footage from Kuala Lumpur Airport, screened in the courtroom, had shown Nóra walking \"normally\".\n\nBased on this, he said, police had assumed it was possible for her \"to go towards the mountain\".\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nora\n\nNóra's mother Meabh, 46, and father Sebastian, 48, are following the inquest via videolink due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThey disagree with local police, who believe there was no foul play involved in their daughter's death, and have pushed for the inquest being held in the city of Seremban.\n\nThe inquest is scheduled to last until 18 September.\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.", "Self-contained tourist accommodation was allowed to reopen on 13 July\n\nMore than three-quarters of tourism businesses have reopened after lockdown but half are still not operating at full capacity, according to research.\n\nThe Welsh Government survey of 801 tourism operators found the average business in the sector in Wales has lost almost half of its annual income.\n\nAlmost all restaurants and campsites have reopened, but only 53% of tourism attractions are currently operating.\n\nTwo-thirds of businesses still have staff on furlough.\n\nOf the 22% of businesses which had not yet reopened when the survey was conducted in the first week of August, almost half said the reason was due to existing coronavirus restrictions, while a third said they had temporarily closed their business.\n\nOf those which have opened, 13% said they have had more bookings than usual for August.\n\nJust 1% of staff have been made redundant so far in the sector, but two-thirds of businesses have staff on the furlough scheme, which is due to end in October.\n\nEnjoying the beach in the sunshine at Barry Island on Sunday\n\nTourism in Wales directly supports about 120,000 jobs - almost 10% of Wales' workforce - and contributes 6% of all Gross Value Added to the Welsh economy.\n\nAcross Wales, the sector is estimated to be worth more than £3bn - and £585m to the Pembrokeshire economy alone.\n\nThe industry had been on course to increase its overnight spend by visitors in Wales this year by 10% compared with eight years ago.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses Wales said it had already called on the Welsh Government to start a tourism hibernation scheme, a mix of loans and grants to tourism firms at preferential rates which would be repayable once firms were back in the profitable part of the 2021 season.\n\nPolicy chairman Ben Francis said: \"With the average tourism business having lost half of its annual income, it is clear that the concerns of these seasonal businesses facing three consecutive winters is beginning to be borne out in many places.\n\n\"Unless significant measures are now taken to support this industry, then it is clear that there could be difficult decisions ahead for many small firms.\"\n\nWith quarantines introduced for holiday makers who return to the UK from a host of popular resorts abroad, it's not surprising that more people have been staying in the UK and tourism businesses in Wales are very busy.\n\nAs we can see from this survey some are more busy than usual but it does follow four months of being shut because of lockdown.\n\nMore alarmingly, when asked how much income they have lost because of the pandemic, the average loss was equivalent to nearly half their usual annual income.\n\nAccommodation and food businesses have had the highest proportion of workers furloughed - the Job Retention Scheme introduced by the UK government to encourage employers to hold on to staff.\n\nThree-quarters of the 801 businesses surveyed for this report have furloughed staff and only a handful of employees have been made redundant.\n\nThe scheme is planned to finish at the end of October although Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to extend it.\n\nIt's too early to tell how many of those furloughed employees in tourism will have a job to go back to when the scheme finally ends.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the scheme is helping to protect nearly two million jobs\n\nDiners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 64 million times in its first three weeks, according to the latest Treasury figures.\n\nThe scheme, which is now in its final week, offers customers in restaurants, pubs and cafes 50% off their meal, up to a maximum of £10 per head.\n\nIt runs every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August to encourage support for the hospitality sector.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the scheme was supporting nearly two million jobs.\n\n\"Today's figures continue to show that Brits are backing hospitality - with more than 64 million meals discounted so far, that's equivalent to nearly every person in the country dining out to protect jobs.\n\n\"This scheme has reminded us how much we love to dine out, and in doing so, how this is helping to protect the jobs of nearly two million people who work in hospitality.\"\n\nAccording to restaurant booking website OpenTable, the number of customers at UK restaurants between Monday to Wednesday last week was 61% higher than last year.\n\nThe Treasury said 84,000 restaurants had now signed up to the scheme, which closes on 31 August.\n\nEat Out to Help Out aims to help protect the jobs of 1.8 million employees in the hospitality industry by encouraging people to return to local eateries where social-distancing rules now apply.\n\nAbout 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\nDavid Page, chairman of Fulham Shore, which owns Franco Manca and The Real Greek, said: \"Eat Out to Help Out immediately increased our restaurant customer numbers by over 50%, thus enabling us to get all our staff back to work. In fact, we are now creating new jobs .\"\n\nNo vouchers are needed, with the participating establishment simply deducting 50% from the bill, up to the £10 per person maximum, and reclaiming the money from the Treasury.\n\nHowever, the discount is only on food and soft drinks eaten on the premises, and does not apply to takeaways.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times the discount can be used in August, or for how many people, including children.\n\nHowever, the scheme has faced criticism. In July, the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecast it would most likely be a \"giveaway\" that benefits those well-off enough to eat out.\n\nAnti-obesity campaigners said the scheme \"would be a green light to promote junk food\". And some restaurant owners were concerned the measures could pull in diners earlier in the week to the detriment of weekend trade.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nA host of US sports games were postponed for a second straight day in protest at the shooting of Jacob Blake.\n\nBlake, a black man, was shot seven times in the back by police on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin near Milwaukee.\n\nThe NBA has postponed Thursday's play-off games after Wednesday's fixtures were called off following a player walkout.\n\nNBA executive vice president Mike Bass said the league was \"hopeful to resume games either Friday or Saturday\".\n\nFor the second straight night, three MLB games were also postponed.\n\nThe NHL announced that four games scheduled for Thursday and Friday had been called off as well.\n\nThe WNBA postponed Thursday's games having done the same a day earlier.\n\nNBA held meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in their bubble in Florida.\n\nBass said a video conference call would take place later on Thursday which will include players, team governors and representatives from the league office \"to discuss next steps\".\n\nUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the NBA has become \"like a political organisation\" while senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, added that he intends to invite the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to the White House to discuss solutions to racial injustice.\n\n\"I think that it's nice that they're standing up for the issue, but I'd like to see them start moving into concrete solutions that are productive,\" he told Politico. \"And again, President Trump in this White House is willing to work with them.\"\n\nSports across the US boycotted games on Wednesday, which began with the Milwaukee Bucks choosing not to play game five of their play-off series against the Orlando Magic.\n\nBesides the three NBA and three WNBA games being called off, three MLB and five MLS fixtures were postponed on Wednesday.\n\nSeven NFL teams cancelled practice on Thursday while Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka pulled out of a WTA match in New York.\n\nShe tweeted that she would no longer play her semi-final in the Western and Southern Open in New York, saying that \"as a black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention, rather than watching me play tennis\".\n\nThe US Tennis Association, ATP and WTA subsequently announced it was pausing play at the Western and Southern Open on Thursday and would resume on Friday, adding that \"tennis is collectively taking a stance against racial inequality and social injustice\".\n• None 'I was brought to tears' - Onuoha considers Real Salt Lake future after owner's comments\n• None 'We need to show we are using our voice in a positive way'\n\nFormer world number one Osaka later confirmed she would play her semi-final against Belgian 14th seed Elise Mertens on Friday, thanking the governing bodies for their support and adding in a statement: \"I was [and am] ready to concede my match to my opponent.\n\n\"However, after my announcement and lengthy consultation with the WTA and USTA, I have agreed at their request to play on Friday. They offered to postpone all matches until Friday and that in my mind brings more attention to the movement.\"\n\nThe WNBA postponed all three games scheduled for Thursday after Wednesday's three games, due to take place in the bubble in Bradenton, Florida, were also called off.\n\n\"Information regarding rescheduling of yesterday and today's games will be provided when available,\" read a WNBA statement on Thursday.\n\nThe night before, players linked arms on court, with a group wearing T-shirts that spelled out Blake's name and also seven holes in them representing how many times he was shot by police.\n\n\"We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the NBA and we continue this conversation with our brothers and sisters across all leagues and look to take collective action,\" said Atlanta Dream's Elizabeth Williams in a statement on behalf of all WNBA players.\n\n\"If you truly believe that black lives matter, then go and vote.\"\n\nLeBron James tweeted: \"We demand change. Sick of it.\" Former US President Barack Obama, a dedicated basketball fan, tweeted his support of the walkout.\n\nAfter calling off their game against the Orlando Magic, the Bucks players released a statement that said: \"Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball.\n\n\"When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other accountable.\n\n\"We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement.\n\n\"We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable.\"", "Pupils in Germany wearing face masks. But heads want clarification on wearing them in schools in England\n\nHead teachers have complained about a lack of clarity over the rules on whether teachers or pupils can wear face masks in schools in England.\n\nThey want to know if they can override the official guidance which rejects the use of face coverings in school.\n\n\"The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings,\" says Geoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman ruled out any review on masks in school.\n\nIn Scotland's secondary schools, face coverings will be used in corridors and shared areas.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she was acting in response to new guidance from the World Health Organization.\n\nBut Mr Barton said it remained unclear whether schools in England could have flexibility to allow masks if they were requested as a safety measure by teachers or pupils' parents or where they might be seen as a \"useful additional measure\".\n\nA teacher in Northern Ireland wearing a visor as pupils return to school\n\nIt comes as head teachers in England have written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, seen by the Guardian, accusing the government of failing to listen during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe Worth Less? lobbying group, which says it represents thousands of head teachers, wrote that they felt they were \"working in isolation\" from the government as they faced \"some of the most important challenges of our professional lives\".\n\n\"Collaboration, consultation and partnership have felt in short supply and this caused immense frustration as time, energy and resources have been wasted by head teachers as we respond to shifting policy directives and myriad changes,\" it said.\n\nJon Richards of Unison, representing support staff in schools, said masks were worn in other workplaces and it was \"vital\" that school staff should be allowed to wear them.\n\nMedical advisers at the weekend also highlighted the risk of teachers spreading the virus to each other - rather than from pupil to pupil.\n\nThe government's guidance, issued in early July, says Public Health England does not recommend using face coverings in school.\n\nSchools are getting ready for reopening in September\n\nAs pupils would be in their own separate \"bubbles\" there is no need for masks, says the guidance, which warned that \"misuse\" of face coverings could \"inadvertently increase the risk of transmission\".\n\nOn Monday, a Downing Street spokesman said masks could get in the way of communication between teachers and pupils.\n\nSince the government guidance was published on returning safely to school on 2 July, the use of masks has become more widespread, for example, becoming compulsory in shops.\n\nASCL said they had asked for further guidance on wearing masks more than a month ago.\n\n\"It would be helpful if the government could provide more advice on these complex issues but that has not been forthcoming,\" said Mr Barton.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"We have consistently followed Public Health England advice, which does not recommend the use of face coverings in schools because there are a range of protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups.\n\n\"We have set out the system of controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children in the coming weeks.\"", "More than 3,500 complaints about financial issues relating to the coronavirus outbreak have been submitted to the financial ombudsman.\n\nThe service said firms \"must do more\" to ensure consumers and small businesses were treated fairly.\n\nThe number of complaints from small businesses, often about support loans and insurance, already outnumber the total from the last financial year.\n\nThe cases are still being investigated and some might prove to be unfounded.\n\nHowever, the ombudsman said it expected many more issues to be raised by people left financially stretched by the economic fall-out from the virus.\n\nAnyone in the UK has the right to take unresolved complaints to the ombudsman for adjudication.\n\nWhile the service said many financial firms coped well in trying conditions, the list of complaints highlighted consumers' key concerns during recent months.\n\nChief among them were ruined holiday plans, and subsequent claims to insurers and credit card providers. Frustrations over refunds for cancelled weddings and concerts also featured.\n\nComplaints from small businesses were often about insurance cover for interrupted trade.\n\nMany small businesses had to close their doors during lockdown\n\nCaroline Wayman, chief ombudsman and chief executive of the service, said: \"Covid-19 has had a huge impact on virtually all elements of our lives, including our finances.\n\n\"Since measures to control the virus in the UK were put in place, we've been hearing from people who aren't happy with how their financial provider has treated them.\n\n\"Some financial businesses must continue to do more to ensure they are treating their customers fairly.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Association of British Insurers said: \"Despite the unprecedented operational challenges, insurers have been delivering to customers during a very stressful period.\n\n\"This includes expecting to pay a record £275m in travel cancellations under travel insurance, £900m to those firms covered for Covid-19, as well as settling £2bn in motor claims during the second quarter of the year. The priority for insurers remains to ensure that claims are dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible.\"", "The learning gap between rich and poor primary age pupils in England has widened for the first time since 2007, analysis of government data suggests.\n\nAnd figures for both primary and secondary education show progress in helping poorer pupils catch up has stalled overall.\n\nThe figures, from 2019, show the shift began even before the pandemic, says the Education Policy Institute.\n\nThe government said next month's return to school was a \"national priority\".\n\nThe analysis highlights that policymakers have not adequately responded to warnings that progress in closing the attainment gap was \"losing momentum\", says the EPI.\n\nThe researchers identify the increasing proportion of children in persistent poverty as a key cause of the reversal which, they say, is becoming more entrenched each year.\n\nIt is widely expected that lockdown school closures will widen the gap even further, says the EPI.\n\nDisadvantaged secondary pupils are more than 18 months behind their better-off classmates by the time they take their GCSEs - the same as five years ago, the researchers found.\n\nThe study also highlights several strong indications that the overall gap has started to widen, including:\n\nThe researchers found a strong link between persistent poverty and weaker educational performance.\n\nChildren on free school meals for more than 80% of their schooldays were almost two years (22.7 months) behind their wealthier classmates.\n\nThose children on free school meals for less than 20% of their time at school had a learning gap of just under a year (11.3 months).\n\nThe learning gap for poor pupils was greatest in:\n\nAnd the gaps are lowest in some London boroughs:\n\n\"It is deeply concerning that our country entered the pandemic with such a lack of progress in this key area of social policy, and the government urgently needs to put in place new policy measures to help poor children to start to close the gap again,\" said EPI chairman David Laws.\n\nSam Butters and Gina Cicerone, joint chief executives of the Fair Education Alliance which collaborated on the report, called its findings \"sobering\".\n\n\"Without systemic change, this gap will never close,\" they added.\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said change must start with the youngest children.\n\n\"It's time the government recognised this and committed to giving the early years sector the investment it needs,\" he said.\n\nKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said with children coming to school too hungry to learn, education staff had been working flat out to tackle the effects of poverty, even before the pandemic.\n\nHe said the new school term was \"the government's chance to right the wrong of society-wide inequality and its impact on educational achievement\".\n\nIn a statement, the Department for Education did not directly respond to the report's finding that progress on narrowing the learning gap was stalling even before lockdown, but said it was determined to counter educational disruption caused by the pandemic.\n\n\"Our £1bn Covid catch-up package will tackle the impact of lost teaching time, including a £650m catch-up premium to help schools support all pupils and the £350m National Tutoring Programme for disadvantaged students.\n\n\"This includes up to £9m available for the Nuffield Early Language intervention programme to support those who have missed out on early education at an essential time for their development,\" said the statement.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blamed a \"mutant algorithm\" for this summer's exam results fiasco.\n\n\"I am afraid your grades were almost derailed by a mutant algorithm and I know how stressful that must have been,\" he told pupils at a school.\n\nAn algorithm - a maths calculation - was initially used to determine A-level and GCSE results this year but it was scrapped after problems emerged.\n\nThe top civil servant at the Department for Education has also now been sacked.\n\nJonathan Slater was due to stand down next year, but will now leave the department by next week.\n\nMr Johnson made his comments about the algorithm during a visit to a secondary school in Coalville, Leicestershire, on Wednesday.\n\nThe National Education Union (NEU) called Mr Johnson's comments \"brazen\" and accused him of trying to \"idly shrug away a disaster that his own government created\".\n\nThe prime minister had previously defended the controversial exam results as a \"robust set of grades\". His government later made a U-turn following anger over the algorithm and decided to use predicted grades from teachers instead.\n\nSpeaking to pupils earlier, Mr Johnson empathised with the problems young people had faced with their exam grades but said he was \"very, very glad that it has finally been sorted out\".\n\nResults for this year's exams were caught up in confusion\n\nThe prime minister said education was the \"great liberator\" and the biggest risk for young people was not Covid-19 - but was \"continuing to be out of school\".\n\nMr Johnson told pupils they needed to be in school to think about ideas and questions - such as \"Is Harry Potter sexist? The answer is no, by the way.\"\n\nBut the remarks on exam problems angered the biggest teachers' union, who saw it as evading responsibility.\n\nKevin Courtney, joint leader of the NEU, said parents and teachers would be \"horrified to see the leader of this country treat his own exams fiasco like some minor passing fad\".\n\n\"It is certain to put a long-lasting dent in the government's reputation on education.\"\n\nThe exam chaos has also led to the Boris Johnson removing the most senior civil servant at the Department for Education, permanent secretary Jonathan Slater.\n\nA statement said \"the prime minister has concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership\" at the department.\n\nThe role as the department's most senior civil servant will be taken on in an interim basis by Susan Acland-Hood.\n\nIt follows the resignation of Sally Collier as head of the Ofqual exam watchdog for England.\n\nSo what does the departure of Jonathan Slater mean - and why does it matter?\n\nFor his union, the FDA - and for Labour - it is straightforwardly a sign that, when things go wrong, the buck now firmly stops with the officials and not government ministers.\n\nAngry Conservative MPs were being privately reassured that \"heads would roll\" after the exams controversy - and both a senior civil servant, and the head of Ofqual, have now departed while Gavin Williamson and his education ministers remain in post.\n\nBut something of a pattern is emerging.\n\nIn February the most senior official at the Home Office resigned - and took the government to court claiming there had been a \"vicious and orchestrated campaign\" against him.\n\nOther senior civil servants have made less of a fuss but have nonetheless left their jobs: the most senior Whitehall mandarin - Sir Mark Sedwill - recently moved; the head of the Foreign Office announced an earlier than expected departure; and it was announced last month that the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice would be leaving, too.\n\nCabinet office minister Michael Gove has talked about reforming the civil service - in a speech in June, he said government departments recruited in their own image and their assumptions were \"inescapably metropolitan\". So a strategic rethink and an increased turnover of senior Whitehall personnel are probably not entirely unrelated.\n\nBut what might worry senior civil servants more is that they might be sacrificed for short term news management, rather than as the result of a strategic master plan.\n\nAnd there is a risk this, in turn, might affect the quality of those who apply for senior civil service roles.\n\nBoth departures followed the high-profile problems caused by replacement grades for A-levels, GCSEs and vocational qualifications for exams cancelled in the pandemic.\n\nThis focused on an \"algorithm\" which was accused of producing unfair results - which after a U-turn was replaced by teachers' estimated grades.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said: \"It is abundantly clear that things have not gone well at the Department for Education and Ofqual, culminating in the debacle over this year's GCSE and A-level grades.\n\n\"But it is pretty unsavoury that civil servants appear to be carrying the can while ministers remain unscathed.\"\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"Parents will be looking on in dismay at a government in complete chaos just a matter of days before children will return to schools.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nStorm Francis has been lashing the UK with \"unseasonably\" strong gusts of nearly 80mph (129kph) and heavy rain.\n\nHomes have been flooded, campers rescued, and road and rail travel disrupted amid the severe weather.\n\nA major police search took place north of Cardiff in the River Taff after reports that two people went into the water and will resume on Wednesday.\n\nWarnings are in place for rain and wind across the UK, with more than 80mm of rainfall in the Lake District.\n\nEmergency services have urged the public to take extra care in the stormy conditions across the UK, particularly along the coast.\n\nAs of 13:00 BST, wind gusts of 78mph had been recorded at the Needles, on the Isle of Wight, and 63mph at Mumbles, on the Gower Peninsula, according to BBC Weather.\n\nSeveral places in England and Wales have provisionally recorded their highest ever gusts of wind in August - including 68mph at Pembrey Sands, 52mph at Shobdon in Herefordshire, and 49mph at Pershore in Worcestershire.\n\nThe Met Office said the Environment Agency had so far recorded 86mm of rain in the Lake District and 74mm of rain in Mid Glamorgan.\n\nWaves crash near the pier in Eastbourne, East Sussex\n\nStormy skies and choppy seas were also photographed at Brightlingsea, Essex\n\nSouth Wales Police said it was involved in two separate water searches of the River Taff on Tuesday, including reports of a canoeist having capsized and of a person having entered the water near the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.\n\nA woman was also rescued at the River Ely in Leckwith following reports of a person in difficulty.\n\nMeanwhile, fire crews rescued nine people and two dogs from a flooded campsite in St Clears, Carmarthenshire, after river levels rose.\n\nAnd a tractor dragged a motorhome from the mud at Llwyngwair Manor Holiday Park, Pembrokeshire, as waters rushed past.\n\nA number of homes in Neath, Whitland, Tonyrefail and Llanelli were hit by flooding, while flash floods submerged roads across the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Campers have been rescued after Storm Francis hit Wales on Saturday\n\nOne fire crew in Carmarthenshire spent six hours pumping water from a 92-year-old man's home, local councillor Rob James told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.\n\nHe added: \"This weather in August doesn't reassure us when our area is prone to flooding in winter, so the fact that we're dealing with this now shows that climate change should be taken seriously.\"\n\nHeavy downpours have also caused disruption across Northern Ireland, where motorists were urged to seek alternative routes after the Shimna River burst its banks in County Down.\n\nBridges were destroyed by flooding from the Shimna River in County Down\n\nThere were also road closures elsewhere in the UK and some trains were cancelled or delayed due to flooding.\n\nNetwork Rail said speed restrictions were in place on several rail routes across the UK.\n\nAvanti West Coast, Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales are currently disrupted due to weather related issues, it said.\n\nOn Tuesday, Network Rail acknowledged that it needs to better understand the risks of extreme weather following the train that derailed in Aberdeenshire earlier this month, killing three people.\n\nThe public company, which manages the UK's railways, has asked world-renowned meteorologist Dame Julia Slingo to lead a task force which will aim to improve the company's forecasting of extreme weather and its impact on rail infrastructure.\n\nThe company has also tasked Lord Robert Mair, a leading engineer, to spearhead a separate task force which will look at how Network Rail can improve its management of earthworks - for example embankments or when part of the land is excavated to make space for the railway.\n\nMeanwhile, the M48 Severn Bridge is closed in both directions between junctions one and two due to strong winds in the area, Highways England said.\n\nA DFDS ferry arrives in bad weather at the Port of Dover in Kent\n\nThree Met Office yellow weather warnings for rain and wind cover most of the UK on Tuesday, with stormy conditions expected to last until 06:00 BST on Wednesday.\n\nRain warnings cover Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and parts of north Wales until Wednesday morning.\n\nFlood alerts, telling people to be prepared, have been issued for parts of the west Midlands and north west of England.\n\nWindsurfers were out at Westward Ho! in Devon, despite warnings of 70mph winds\n\nStorm Francis comes on the back of Ellen which struck last week and caused power outages. It marks the first time the Met Office has had two named storms in August since it started the process in 2015.\n\nForecasters said the winds were \"unusual\" for August, but would have to go some way to beat the current record wind gust speed of 87mph recorded at The Needles in August 1996.\n\nLikewise, the wettest August on record in the UK was in 1912 when 167.3mm was recorded across the country as a whole.\n\nBetween 1 and 22 August, the UK as a whole had seen some 72.7mm of rainfall - around four-fifths of the average rainfall for the month.\n\nNo new storm is currently forecast this month, meaning the next storm will begin with A rather than G, as the storm-naming calendar resets on 1 September.\n\nHave you been affected by Storm Francis? 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.\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "As the first pupils in England return to school, psychiatrists say truancy fines should be dropped amid a Covid-related spike in mental health issues.\n\nMore than 250 psychiatrists have written to the education secretary saying a forced return to school will hit pupils with anxiety hard.\n\nPupils in Leicestershire and Leicester are the first to return to regular school since schools shut in March.\n\nSome of these areas were under local lockdown restrictions until recently.\n\nEarlier this summer, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that parents who did not send their children to school in September would be penalised with truancy fines.\n\nSchool attendance during the summer term, for those pupils who were in year groups that were allowed to return to lessons, had remained optional, with parents reassured by the government that the usual truancy fines would not be applied.\n\nThe threat of fines, which aims to get all children back in school, was criticised for not taking account of families who have members shielding from coronavirus.\n\nThere have also been concerns about the impact of the pandemic and lockdown measures on the well-being of children, who may have lost relatives to Covid-19.\n\nTamsin Ford, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Cambridge University, said: \"I'd be extremely surprised if we don't have a spike in the number of children who - for mental health reasons, particularly anxiety - find it very difficult to go back to school regularly or at all.\"\n\nShe described how those suffering from anxiety can have terrifying thoughts that prevent them from functioning in a normal way.\n\n\"Catastrophic thoughts like 'I'm going to die' or 'I am going to collapse' or 'if I do this, then something dreadful will happen'.\n\nShe added: \"Sometimes concerns about family members who might be ill or shielding or vulnerable can trigger really, really terrifying thoughts that can have a physical impact as well.\n\nAnxiety could lead to diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach cramps and other conditions that make it difficult to function physically and attend schools, she added.\n\nShe said: \"Services have seen far more children in crisis, there's far less support around and we do know there are far more families under financial and other stresses.\"\n\nThe letter, organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, warns that although many families will be relieved that pupils are returning to school, for others \"it could be a significant source of anxiety\".\n\n\"As child and adolescent psychiatrists, we have seen the devastating impact the Covid-19 crisis has had on the mental health of many young people,\" says the letter.\n\n\"This is at a time when the lockdown and social distancing has made it even harder for them to access mental health support.\n\nIt adds: \"The threat of fines could force parents of children who feel anxious to send them back to school even if they're not ready.\n\n\"This could have serious consequences on their mental health, especially if they are worried about family shielding.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Education said: \"Schools should work with families to ensure children are attending full time from September. As usual, fines will sit alongside this, but only as a last resort and where there is no valid reason for absence.\"\n\nSpeaking as he launched the DfE's Wellbeing for Education Return programme, Mr Williamson said: \"This pandemic has impacted people in different ways, particularly young people dealing with the disruption of the last few months, but also our dedicated teachers and education staff.\"\n\nThe programme works in part by recruiting mental health experts to deliver training to nominated school staff.\n\nIt aims to help staff spot the signs of when children are struggling.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said fines were too blunt an instrument to use while coronavirus is still a concern.\n\nHe said fines \"drive a wedge between schools and families at the best of times\".\n\n\"That is something we can ill-afford when the priority is to get more pupils back into class.\n\n\"Achieving this will rely on a huge amount of co-operation and understanding between schools and families,\" he added.", "The fossil was found in rock on the shoreline of Eigg\n\nA scientist has discovered a 166 million-year-old dinosaur fossil while running along the shore of a small Scottish island.\n\nDr Elsa Panciroli was running to meet up with her palaeontology research team on Eigg when she made the discovery.\n\nIn Scotland, dinosaur bone fossils had only previously been found on the Isle of Skye.\n\nThe limb bone is about 50cm (19in) long and thought to belong to a stegosaurian dinosaur, like the stegosaurus.\n\nScientists have been searching for dinosaur fossils on the island for about 200 years. Previously the only fossils found on Eigg were of marine reptiles and fish.\n\nDr Panciroli said the research team was looking for these fossils and had not expected to find evidence of a dinosaur.\n\nHer discovery has been dated to the Middle Jurassic period.\n\nDr Panciroli, who works at National Museums Scotland, said: \"It was a bit of a serendipitous discovery.\n\n\"It was the near the end of the day and I was running to catch up with the rest of the members of the team, who were quite far away.\n\n\"I realised I had run over something that didn't look right. It wasn't clear exactly what kind of animal it belonged to at the time, but there was no doubt it was a dinosaur bone.\"\n\nDr Panciroli's illustration of what the dinosaur looked like\n\nShe said it was \"hugely significant\" find, adding: \"Globally, Middle Jurassic fossils are rare and until now the only dinosaur fossils found in Scotland were on the Isle of Skye.\n\n\"This bone is 166 million years old and provides us with evidence that stegosaurs were living in Scotland at this time.\"\n\nThe fossil is now in a museum in Edinburgh\n\nDr Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, said: \"Elsa's discovery of this bone is really remarkable.\n\n\"This fossil is additional evidence that plate-backed stegosaurs used to roam Scotland, which corroborates footprints from the Isle of Skye that we identified as being made by a stegosaur.\"\n\nThe bone is now in the collections of National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh.", "Virgin Atlantic has won backing from its creditors for a £1.2bn rescue plan that would secure its future for at least 18 months and save 6,500 jobs.\n\nThe airline said shareholders, banks, aircraft owners and suppliers owed money had approved the plan.\n\nVirgin Atlantic said the agreement puts it in a position to \"rebuild its balance sheet\" and \"welcome passengers back\".\n\nIt had warned it would run out of cash by September without the deal.\n\nThe company will now need approval from the High Court in London, which it will seek on 2 September.\n\nThe £1.2bn rescue deal involves £400m in new cash, half of which will come from its main shareholder, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group.\n\nDelta, the US-based airline which owns 49% of Virgin Atlantic, said it is \"optimistic that this plan will allow Virgin Atlantic to secure its future\", and said it remains \"firmly supportive\" of the company.\n\nLike other airlines, Virgin Atlantic's finances have been hit hard by the collapse in air travel due to the pandemic.\n\nIt is cutting 3,500 staff, but the airline has said the remaining jobs should be secure.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association warned in June that the slump will drive airline losses of more than $84bn (£64bn) globally this year.\n\nRobert Boyle, a former director of strategy at British Airways-owner IAG who now runs his own aviation consultancy, told the BBC that under the deal, Virgin Atlantic's unsecured creditors would end up being paid 20% less than they were owed.\n\nVirgin Atlantic has seen passenger numbers slump as countries close borders and enact travel bans\n\nTheir repayments would also be rescheduled.\n\nMr Boyle said the extra cash secured under the rescue deal did not \"seem like enough\", given that Sir Richard had asked the government for £500m and had his request rejected.\n\nIn April, Virgin Australia - a separately run business - went into voluntary administration, making it Australia's first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus crisis. Sir Richard Branson's 10% shareholding was wiped out as a result.\n\nThe following month it was bought by Bain Capital, which said it supported the airline's current management team and its turnaround plan for the business.\n\nLast month, Virgin Atlantic faced enforcement action over its delays in processing refunds for flights cancelled during the pandemic.\n\nIt was the only airline threatened with action by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has reviewed the refund waiting times of 18 major airlines.\n\nVirgin has been making consumers wait up to 120 days for a refund and the CAA said it was \"not satisfied\".", "Ms Baguma is believed to have lost her job when her right to work expired\n\nThe death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.\n\nMercy Baguma, originally from Uganda, was discovered in a flat in Glasgow on Saturday 22 August after the sounds of her son crying were heard.\n\nA police spokesperson said her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.\n\nRefugee charity Positive Action in Housing said Ms Baguma had claimed asylum and lived in \"extreme poverty\".\n\nIt said she lost her job after her right to work in the UK expired.\n\nHer son was found next to his mother, crying and \"weakened from several days of starvation\" according to Robina Qureshi, director of Positive Action in Housing.\n\nThe boy was taken to hospital and discharged on Monday 24 August, and is now staying with his father.\n\nThe charity said Ms Baguma had contacted them several weeks ago saying she did not have enough money to look after herself or her child.\n\nAnother charity, African Challenge Scotland, posted video on social media of Ms Baguma thanking its volunteers for delivering food in early June.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said: \"This is a tragic situation and our condolences go to Ms Baguma's family.\"\n\nThey added: \"The Home Office takes the wellbeing of all those in the asylum system extremely seriously, and we will be conducting a full investigation into Ms Baguma's case.\"\n\nFriends and relatives became concerned for their welfare when communication with Ms Baguma ceased on Tuesday 18 August.\n\nMs Qureshi said: \"Why are mothers and babies being left to go hungry in this city, and why is it being left to charities and volunteers to pick up the pieces?\"\n\nShe added: \"Would this mother be alive if she was not forced out of her job by this cruel system that stops you from working and paying your way because a piece of paper says your leave to remain has expired? I'm sure Mercy's son will want to ask this and other questions once he is old enough.\"\n\nPositive Action in Housing said Ms Baguma's death was the latest tragedy to hit Glasgow's refugee community in less than four months.\n\nOne man was shot dead after stabbing six people including a police officer at the Park Inn hotel on Friday 26 June.\n\nAt the start of May, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee, Adnan Walid Elbi, was found dead in his room in temporary hotel accommodation in Glasgow.\n\nGlasgow City Council's convenor for equalities and human rights, Jen Layden, said: \"The tragic death of a young mum is devastating and my heart goes out to Mercy's family and friends - including her young son - at this sad time.\"\n\nShe added: \"We are currently trying to establish the full facts of Mercy's case and await additional information from the Home Office and Mears.\"\n\nPositive Action in Housing has repeated calls for an independent inquiry into asylum seeker accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nClarification added on 29 August 2020: The charity Positive Action In Housing later clarified its description of the condition of Mercy's baby, saying:\n\nThe reference to Mercy's baby \"starving\" was in relation to the window of time from August 18 to 22 when nobody had heard from her. It was not a reference to their general state before August 18.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nLionel Messi has scored 70 goals in 138 games for Argentina Legendary Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has asked to leave this summer. The Argentina international, 33, sent a fax to the club on Tuesday saying he wishes to exercise a clause in his contract, allowing him to leave for free with immediate effect. Barca were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on 16 August. The six-time Ballon d'Or winner made his debut for Barca in 2004 and has won the Champions League four times. Barcelona, though, believe the clause has now expired and Messi is contracted to the club until 2021 with a 700m euro buy-out clause. The board will meet soon and some consider the only thing that could placate Messi is the resignation of the president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and early elections. But Messi seems determined to leave the club no matter what.\n• None Where could Messi go next?\n• None 'Has he thought of trying out baseball?' - Messi prompts social media meltdown After the news broke, Barca fans gathered outside the Nou Camp to protest against the board and in support of the club's record goalscorer. A legal battle is now set to follow between the club and the player. Messi had a clause in his contract which allowed him to leave for free, if he informed the club of his desire before 10 June. That date has now passed so Barca believe the clause has expired, but Messi and his team feel it should be extended to cover the prolonged season - which ran until August due to the coronavirus pandemic. \"Respect and admiration, Leo. All my support, friend,\" Messi's former team-mate Carles Puyol tweeted, to which current team-mate Luis Suarez replied with two clapping emojis.\n• None Messi's future on list for Koeman at Barca - Balague column Analysis - 'Even if Barca demand one of the biggest ever transfer fees, Messi wants out' Barcelona have said the clause ran out on 10 June and they are convinced, legally, they could win any challenge to it. Of course, the fact the season was prolonged gives Messi the right to think that he is able to apply that clause, but lawyers have told the club he will not win that dispute. The fax sent is a well-thought of step by Leo, who, having spoken to his family and lawyers, is desperate to leave the club. The way he thinks about it today is clear: this is not a battle for more power. He wants to leave. That is it. Even if nothing is agreed with another club right now, even if eventually Barcelona insist he has a 700m euro buy-out clause and will demand one of the biggest transfer fees in history despite having a year left on his contract, he doesn't care - he wants out. There are a lot of reasons why this has happened and I have written about it extensively. Things that have happened in the past few days seem to have made him go the extra mile, if you like. After a meeting with [new coach] Ronald Koeman, they had a private conversation, which neither Messi nor Koeman leaked to the press. I am convinced it was the intention of the club at the highest level to leak part of the story, especially the bit in which he was admitting to Koeman that he felt closer to leaving than staying. That extract would help turn the fans against Messi so they can eventually release him and use that money (his salary is over 50m euros net - double if taxes are counted) to renew the squad. If you believe he is the most important player, then you build a team around him, which is what Koeman wants to do. You don't start a campaign to get rid of him. Also the fact that Luis Suarez was told in a phone chat with Koeman that lasted two minutes that he was not wanted might have confirmed the impression Messi had that this board does things in a very disrespectful way. People say he has a lot of power in the club. He talks directly to the board if he gets asked, as all the top players do in big clubs. Let's see what he has recommended in recent times: the return of Neymar, which didn't happen; the continuation of [coach] Ernesto Valverde, which didn't happen; there was no need to sign Antoine Griezmann, which didn't happen - so I'm not sure he holds that much power. This is not just taking the toys out of the pram. It's a situation where he is not happy any more playing for this Barcelona that requires deep surgery to win the big trophies again. He wants to see the reaction of Barcelona next, but it is likely that he will not attend training. He might not do the pre-season medical tests. If that happens, the club will send a fax to Leo about not respecting his contract and the legal battle would start - and that can go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport eventually. Leo Messi wants to leave right now no matter what. But can he? As the contract says that the clause should have been activated by 10 June, the club is convinced they are in control. But do they want to keep a player that does not want to be there? Clubs like Paris St-Germain and Manchester City insist they have not made any move towards getting Messi. But clearly nobody knows the real financial implications of that move, so it is a logical reaction. Two other clubs have made lots of movements in the past to try to convince Messi to join them - Inter Milan and Chelsea. The only pressure possible against the board comes from social media - if that forces the resignation of Bartomeu, then we may enter a different phase. The impression we have is that the club will probably ask him to stay on but he might be forced to negotiate for a huge transfer fee. In the past, Manchester City came close to signing Messi (around 2016 when he felt persecuted by the Spanish government and tax men) and there were other moments when negotiations or at least conversations took place with other clubs (earlier on, even Real Madrid showed interest). But this time it seems there is nobody at the club with enough authority, charisma and, in some cases, honest interest in keeping him. So we will see if Barcelona really decide to ask for an impossible fee or who is willing to pay a transfer fee which, despite having one year left on his contract, Barcelona will demand to be close to Neymar's when he went to Paris St-Germain (222m euros). This saga will go on and on. Messi joined Barcelona aged 13 from Argentina's Newell's Old Boys in 2000, and has since scored a club record 634 goals in 731 appearances. He has won 34 major trophies with the club, including 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies. Here are some more records he holds:\n• None Most Ballons d'Or in history and most Fifa World Player of the Year/Best Fifa Men's Player Awards (6)\n• None Top goalscorer in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 goals in 2012\n• None Only player to score more than 40 goals in 10 consecutive seasons\n• None Most goals scored for a single club in the Champions League (115) Lionel Messi gets a fashion makeover from the woman who styled Jay-Z\n• None Calculate how to lose belly fat in four weeks", "The number of shifts are to be reduced because of a \"substantial\" fall in demand\n\nHundreds of people are to lose their jobs at the Mini car factory in Oxford.\n\nBMW, which owns the plant, said 400 out of the 950 agency personnel onsite would be affected.\n\nProduction at the factory in Cowley was halted in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, with work resuming in May.\n\nHowever, a \"substantial\" fall in customer demand during lockdown has led to a decision to reduce the number of shifts at the plant.\n\nThe plant is moving from a three-shift pattern to two shifts in mid-October, while still operating five days a week.\n\nAgency personnel employed by Gi Group will be retained according to criteria such as length of service, individual skills and disciplinary records.\n\nThose affected, all of whom work full time on the production line, will be informed in mid-September.\n\nHuman resources director Bob Shankly said: \"Like other automotive manufacturers, our volume forecasts for 2020 have had to change accordingly.\n\n\"We have, therefore, made the difficult decision to adjust our shift patterns at Mini Plant Oxford from October.\n\n\"This will give us the flexibility we need to adapt our production in the short to medium term, according to developments in global markets.\n\n\"Our decision has been made after close discussion with trade union representatives and we are aware that our plans will have an impact on people during an uncertain and worrying time.\n\n\"We have sought to protect as many jobs as we can, while also taking the necessary steps to ensure the stability of our business in light of this current period of volatile and unpredictable market conditions.\"\n\nThe company said it would also reduce the number of its core employees, but said it would be a \"small\" amount, with voluntary redundancies and early retirement options considered.\n\nIn a joint statement, Anneliese Dodds, Labour MP for Oxford East, and Susan Brown, leader of Oxford City Council, said they were \"really sorry and concerned\" to hear about the job losses.\n\nThey added: \"While the plant is very productive, unfortunately the Covid-19 crisis has posed major difficulties for the automotive industry and the ills afflicting industry world-wide are impacting the plant here, too.\n\n\"We will both continue to work with BMW Cowley to do what we can to ensure the future of the plant and to protect local jobs.\"\n\nThe shift reductions mean the plant will go from completing about 1,000 cars per day to about 800-900.\n\nIn total the plant employs about 4,000 people and produced 222,340 Minis in 2019.\n\nBMW took the site over in 2001 but cars have been built there since 1913.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US police shooting of Jacob Blake sparks protests in Wisconsin\n\nProtests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.\n\nThe man, identified as Jacob Blake, was taken to hospital for surgery and is now in intensive care, his family said.\n\nVideo posted online appears to show Mr Blake being shot in the back as he tries to get into a car in Kenosha.\n\nAuthorities in the city declared an emergency overnight curfew after unrest broke out following the shooting.\n\nHundreds of people marched on police headquarters on Sunday night. Vehicles were set on fire and protesters shouted \"We won't back down\".\n\nIn a public safety alert, police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of \"numerous\" calls about armed robberies and shots being fired.\n\nOn Twitter, President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr decried the protests as \"anarchy\", and reposted a series of videos depicting burning buildings and cars, purportedly filmed in Kenosha.\n\nOfficers used tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied the county-wide curfew, which is in place until 07:00 on Monday (12:00 GMT).\n\nWisconsin Governor Tony Evers condemned the shooting of Mr Blake, who was reportedly unarmed.\n\n\"While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognise the racism in our state and our country for far too long.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or 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 Thamer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJacob Blake's name was trending on social media and thousands signed a petition calling for the officers involved to be charged. He is now out of surgery and in stable condition, according to family and friends on social media.\n\nThe shooting comes amid heightened tensions in the US over racism and police brutality following the death of African-American man George Floyd earlier this year.\n\nDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday released a statement calling for a \"full and transparent investigation\" of the shooting.\n\n\"This morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force,\" Mr Biden said. \"The officers must be held accountable.\"\n\nKenosha Police Department said the \"officer involved shooting\" happened shortly after 17:00 on Sunday. It added that officers had provided \"immediate aid\" to Mr Blake, who was taken to a hospital in Milwaukee in serious condition.\n\nIt said police had been responding to a \"domestic incident\" but gave no details about what led to the shooting. It is so far unclear who called police and what happened before the video recording began.\n\nThe Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating the incident. It said the officers involved had been placed on administrative leave.\n\nAs of Monday morning local time, more than 18,000 people had signed a petition on change.org calling for the officers involved to be charged.\n\nIn video footage shared on social media, three officers can be seen pointing their weapons at a man identified as Mr Blake as he walks around a parked SUV. As he opens the door and leans into the car, one officer can be seen grabbing his shirt and opening fire. Seven shots can be heard in the video, as witnesses shout and scream.\n\nThe officers involved have not been officially named.\n\nProminent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump told CNN that Mr Blake's family had reached out to him for assistance.\n\nIn a tweet, he said Mr Blake's three sons were in the car he was getting into when he was shot.\n\n\"They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us,\" he wrote.\n\nHe said the shooting happened after Mr Blake tried to break up a fight between two women.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does Wisconsin send so many black people to jail?\n\nWitnesses also told local news site Kenosha News that Mr Blake had tried to break up a fight between two women and that police had attempted to use a Taser on him prior to the shooting.\n\nClyde McLemore, a spokesman with a nearby chapter of Black Lives Matter, told reporters \"the frustration is boiling to the top and we're sick and tired\".\n\nBlack Lives Matter protests were held across the US and around the world after African-American man George Floyd was killed in police custody in Wisconsin's neighbouring state of Minnesota in May.\n\nA white police officer knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes before he died. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with murder.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four numbers that explain impact of George Floyd", "Phil Hogan has been under intense scrutiny since it emerged he attended an Irish parliamentary golf society event last week\n\nThe Irish government has said it is clear EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan breached coronavirus health guidelines after returning to the Republic.\n\nHe has faced criticism for attending a golf dinner with more than 80 people, and for not complying with quarantine rules on arrival from Brussels.\n\nThe leaders of the coalition government in Dublin have welcomed an apology from Mr Hogan, but said concerns remained.\n\nEarlier, Mr Hogan published a timeline of his movements in Ireland.\n\nHe provided details to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, about his time in Ireland leading up to his attendance at the Oireachtas Golf Society event in County Galway on 19 August.\n\nHowever, three party leaders said Mr Hogan's \"delayed and hesitant release of information has undermined public confidence\".\n\nIn the documents, Mr Hogan said he tested negative for Covid-19 during a hospital visit on 5 August.\n\nHe said this meant he was \"not under any subsequent legal requirement to self-isolate or quarantine\".\n\nHowever, Ireland's Department of Health has said a person is required to restrict their movements for 14 days if they arrive into Ireland from a country not on the green list.\n\nIt said the guidance does not state that a negative Covid-19 test shortens the 14-days requirement.\n\nMr Hogan's primary residence is in Brussels and he arrived in Ireland on 31 July, travelling to his temporary residence in Kildare.\n\nIn their joint statement, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the guidelines \"clearly required him to restrict his movements for 14 days\".\n\nThey said he should also have limited his movements to and from Kildare for essential travel only, and he should not have attended the golf dinner.\n\nThe statement adds that people are \"correctly angered by these actions\".\n\nThey added that Mr Hogan was accountable to the European Commission and they awaited the outcome of the review being carried out by Ms von der Leyen.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Mr Hogan told the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ that he broke no regulations while in Ireland, was no risk to anybody but made big mistakes and is very embarrassed.\n\nSpeaking to RTÉ News, he apologised once again for attending the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner.\n\nMr Hogan repeatedly argued that his negative test for Covid-19 exempted him from the requirement to restrict movements for 14 days.\n\nIt also emerged at the weekend that the commissioner was stopped by gardaí (Irish police) for using his mobile phone while driving in County Kildare on 17 August.\n\nThe county has been under strict restrictions that prevent people from travelling in and out except in exceptional circumstances.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nHarry Maguire's legal team has lodged an appeal against the guilty verdict that led to him receiving a suspended jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days in Greek court, Manchester United say.\n\nIn accordance with Greek law, the appeal nullifies Maguire's conviction and there will be a full retrial in a more senior court.\n\nThe sentence, given on Tuesday, is suspended for three years.\n\nThe 27-year-old is likely to remain as United captain for the upcoming season.\n\nA Manchester United statement said: \"An appeal against yesterday's verdict was lodged this morning by Harry's legal team.\n\n\"This means that Harry has no criminal record and is once again presumed innocent until proven guilty. Accordingly, he is not subject to any international travel restrictions.\"\n\nTuesday's trial came after Maguire was arrested following an alleged altercation on the Greek island of Mykonos.\n\nThe England defender was named United's permanent captain in January after the departure of Ashley Young to Inter Milan.\n• None Maguire still has time 'to say sorry', says prosecution lawyer\n• None Harry Maguire: Why his Greek trial went so fast\n\nOn Tuesday, Maguire was named in the England squad for September's Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark.\n\nBut he was withdrawn from the squad a few hours later after he was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult following his arrest last week along with brother Joe, 28, and family friend Christopher Sharman, 29.\n\nBoth Joe Maguire and Sharman were sentenced to 13 months in prison, also suspended for three years.\n\nAll three men denied all charges.\n\nAfter the verdict of Maguire's trial, Manchester United released a statement confirming his intent to appeal, adding that he continued to \"strongly assert his innocence\", with his legal team wanting \"a full and fair hearing at a later date\".", "Online connections cannot fulfil all of our social needs\n\n\"Friendships can deteriorate very quickly if you don't invest in them - it probably only takes about three months,\" says evolutionary psychologist Prof Robin Dunbar.\n\nSo the social strain of lockdown, while hopefully short-term, could have some long-term effects on some friendships, he says.\n\nIn a paper in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings A, Prof Dunbar has delved into the ways in which our social connections will be changed by lockdown.\n\nThe University of Oxford academic's insight into those effects comes from a social world far from Zoom quizzes and Whatsapp groups. The roots of our friendships, he says, lie in the social lives of non-human primates.\n\nFor some primates, life depends of being part of a stable group\n\nFor many of those primates, strong social bonds - being part of a \"stable group\" - means protection from predators and rivals.\n\nThat goes some way to revealing why many of us treasure our closest friends as though our lives depend on them. In our evolutionary history, they did.\n\nAnd those bonds require a great deal of maintenance.\n\nIn both monkeys and humans, research shows that the quality of a relationship - measured by how likely a fellow monkey, ape or human is to step up and defend you - depends directly on the time invested in it.\n\n\"We have to see people surprisingly often to maintain a friendship,\" explains Prof Dunbar, from the University of Oxford. And, because nurturing friendships requires all that time and cognitive capacity, we can only keep up a limited number of social connections.\n\n\"In lockdown, many people are forming new friendships with people on their street and in their community for the first time,\" says Prof Dunbar.\n\n\"So when we emerge from lockdown, some of our more marginal friendships might be replaced by some of these new ones.\"\n\nOne impact of this is something that has been called \"relationship funnelling\" - an effect picked up by a large survey that social scientists carried out in France during the highly restrictive lockdown there.\n\nPut simply, while some friendships were prioritised and even strengthened through care and increased communication, other more marginal connections just \"fizzled out\".\n\nOne major problem resulting from this \"fizzling\" is any lasting impact on older people's friendships.\n\n\"When we're older, we generally find it more difficult to make new friends,\" says Prof Dunbar.\n\n\"And the biggest single factor affecting health, wellbeing, happiness - even the ability to survive surgery or illness - is the number of high-quality friendships you have.\"\n\nSo long as it is temporary, our closer, more valued friendships should survive intact through lockdown - reinforced at least in some part, by the time we are still able to spend with our friends online.\n\nChimpanzees can spend hours grooming one other individual\n\nDr Jenny Groarke from Queen's University, Belfast, has been studying loneliness during the pandemic.\n\n\"People are using digital modes of communication to meet their social needs, but they're less satisfied with the quality of this form relative to face-to-face contact,\" she says.\n\n\"[This] lower satisfaction with the quality of digital social contact, we found, was associated with higher loneliness.\"\n\nThis concurs with the findings of Prof Dunbar's research into social behaviour. There's no substitute, he says, for close, face-to-face encounters.\n\nPart of that is the human need for touch.\n\n\"People [in our surveys] also spoke about missing physical touch, and finding it 'bizarre' and 'not normal' to go so long without touching people,\" says Dr Groarke.\n\nWe are not the only primates that hug\n\nAnd looking to our closest primate relatives - the chimpanzees - touch is not only \"normal\", it's socially vital.\n\nChimps often spend hours each day grooming one another. This close, strictly one-to-one, stroking and parasite-picking is not just about hygiene. Research shows it reinforces social bonds and triggers the brain to release innate, pain-relieving and pleasure-boosting chemicals called endorphins.\n\nHowever, as a large number of our modern human interactions move online, our own brains are still wired to respond to a similar gentle touch (providing, of course, that it is wholly invited and appropriate).\n\nWe, like our primate cousins, have a specialised system of nerve fibres that pick up and transmit the sensation of touch from our skin to those endorphin-releasing bundles of brain cells.\n\nScientists studying this touch-triggered system of pleasure have even carried out experiments revealing that the more \"human-like\" the sensation of being stroked on our forearm is, the \"more pleasant\" it feels.\n\nAs researchers reported in a recently published study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: \"Perceiving gentle touch as human appears to promote pleasure possibly because this serves to reinforce interpersonal contact as a means for creating and maintaining social bonds.\"\n\nThat gives new physiological meaning to the feeling of needing a hug from a friend.\n\nEating and drinking together triggers the brain's \"pleasure centres\"\n\n\"We make physical contact all the time,\" says Prof Dunbar. \"There are strict natural rules about who we can touch, but with close friends and family, we pat on the back, we touch a shoulder…\n\n\"Because it's below the horizon of consciousness, we don't appreciate how important it is to us.\"\n\nFortunately though, for humans, there are other social activities that activate the brain's pleasure centres - many of which can be done at a social distance or online. Laughing, singing, dancing and eating and drinking alcohol together have all been found to release endorphins and play a role in the upkeep of our all-important social bonds.\n\nFor most of us, Prof Dunbar says reassuringly, this time of social distance will be a sad but temporary frustration. But we will have to put in the time to repair locked-down relationships.\n\nHow have your friendships been affected by the lockdown? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Spending for the second week of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme rose 9% Image caption: Spending for the second week of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme rose 9%\n\nSome UK restaurants say they will continue the government-funded Eat Out to Help Out scheme into September with their own cash because it has been so successful.\n\nLatest HM Treasury data shows diners used the government scheme more than 64 million times in its first three weeks.\n\nThe scheme, which is now in its final week, offers customers in restaurants, pubs and cafes 50% off their meal, up to a maximum of £10 per head.\n\nIt has been running every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August to encourage support for the hospitality sector.\n\nCommercial landlord Grosvenor has said it will subsidise discounted meals for its restaurant tenants in Belgravia and Mayfair, while elsewhere restaurants are individually deciding to extend the offer.\n\n\"The scheme has not just benefited businesses commercially, it appears to have really boosted consumer confidence as well, which is just as important,\" said Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality.\n\nWant to find out which restaurants are extending the offer? Read on.", "Restaurants say they will continue to offer the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in September, funding it themselves, because it has been so successful.\n\nThe government scheme offers customers 50% off their meal, up to a maximum of £10 during August.\n\nBut chains such as Pizza Pilgrims now say they will offer the discount next month too.\n\nThe aim is to draw people nervous about coronavirus back to restaurants at a time when many are struggling.\n\nSome 84,000 restaurants, cafes and bars have signed up to the government's scheme, which runs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August.\n\nAccording to the latest Treasury figures, diners used it more than 64 million times in its first three weeks - equivalent to nearly every person in the country dining out.\n\nData shows only 27% of UK consumers feel safe eating at a restaurant\n\nCommercial landlord Grosvenor - which owns property across central London - said it would reduce rents for tenants that continue to offer diners half-price meals until the end of September.\n\nHigh end restaurants Comptoir and Roka, the Thomas Cubitt pub and Peggy Porschen café are among those to sign up.\n\n\"Eat Out to Help Out has been a powerful tool in protecting jobs and local economies UK-wide and we are working hard to help the West End and our tenants recover,\" said Amelia Bright, executive director of Grosvenor's London estate.\n\n\"Continuing it will not only support cafes, restaurants and bars that we lease space to but also help welcome back more visitors and workers to Mayfair and Belgravia.\"\n\nOthers say they will offer different discounts inspired by the scheme.\n\nSpanish City, a steak and seafood restaurant in Whitley Bay, told the BBC it would offer a 25% discount on all food and non-alcoholic drinks on Monday to Wednesdays, with no cap on spending.\n\nAbout 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\nIndustry body UK Hospitality says around a third of restaurants and bars have still not reopened despite the easing of lockdown, as people remain nervous about the spread of the virus.\n\nBoss Kate Nicholls welcomed the move by individual restaurants to extend the Eat Out scheme, saying it had been \"a huge success\".\n\n\"The hospitality sector is still fragile and faces other challenges, but prolonging the Eat Out scheme could help businesses back to stability and enable them to safeguard jobs and livelihoods,\" she said.\n\nA growing list of restaurant chains have had to announce closures in recent months including Pizza Express, Byron Burger and Frankie & Benny's-owner the Restaurant Group.\n\nSpend for the second week of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme rose 9%\n\nAnd on Wednesday, Mexican chain Wahaca said it was closing 10 of its 25 restaurants, and that it would \"try to save jobs\" wherever possible.\n\nSpanish City's operations director Rob Smith told the BBC the Eat Out scheme had boosted its sales, but he remains cautious.\n\n\"We're forecasting being down about 25-30% for the rest of the year, and we're having to catch up on the three months we lost out - it's still very nervous times for the industry.\"\n\nHere is a list of the restaurant chains which have confirmed to the BBC they will offer Eat Out to Help Out discounts in September:", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nScottish football's Joint Response Group (JRG) want \"urgent clarification\" after the Scottish government rejected Celtic's plan to use Sunday's game with Motherwell as a test event with fans.\n\nCeltic wanted up to 1,000 spectators at the Scottish Premiership match but sports minister Joe Fitzpatrick has turned down the plan on Wednesday.\n\nA crowd of 700 will be allowed at Friday's Pro14 match between Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield - the first time fans have been at a Scottish sporting event since lockdown.\n\n\"We can only assume that the Scottish Government regard a single pilot event as appropriate for both rugby and football,\" said a JRG spokesperson.\n\nA limited number of fans are expected to return to stadia more widely from 14 September.\n\nHowever, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted test events to take place before the go-ahead is given for a general return.\n\nRoss County have confirmed they have put themselves forward to host one of those matches, with the club thought to be working towards the visit of Celtic on 12 September.\n\n\"We feel we have a group of staff with the capability to deliver a return for fans to our stadium in a safe and secure environment,\" read a club statement.", "Chalk this up as one more example of how the Republican Party has become the Party of Trump.\n\nOne of the traditional duties of the delegates to the quadrennial national party conventions, both Democratic and Republican, is to adopt a platform stating their policy preferences and principles.\n\nThese documents - akin to British party manifestos - are typically the subject of intense haggling and debate among the delegates, but are largely ignored by the candidates themselves, unless opponents decide to highlight a portion they think general-election voters will find extreme or unpopular.\n\nEven with the coronavirus pandemic reshaping political conventions this year, the Democrats adopted a 91-page document with headings such as \"Healing the Soul of America\" and \"Restoring and Strengthening Our Democracy\". The party's liberal wing expressed some displeasure with the absence of language endorsing universal healthcare or the \"Green New Deal\" environmental plan.\n\nThe Republicans, on the other hand, decided to scrap the whole thing entirely.\n\nInstead, the delegates gathering for the limited in-person convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, passed a one-page resolution stating that they weren't going to have a new platform, but instead the party \"has and will continue to enthusiastically support the president's America-first agenda\".\n\nThe delegates said they made this decision because they did not want their reduced number in Charlotte making policy decisions for the entire party.\n\nThe resolution also took some swipes at the media for their coverage of a June decision by the party's executive committee to adopt the 2016 platform as-is in 2020.\n\nWhile that might seem a reasonable decision given the circumstances, doing so without any changes meant the document included shots meant for the then in-power Democrats, like \"all international executive agreements and political arrangements entered into by the current Administration must be deemed null and void as mere expressions of the current president's preferences\".\n\nAt the time, Trump tweeted out that he wanted \"a new and updated platform, short form, if possible\" - but that was a desire the delegates apparently ignored.\n\nEarlier this week, however, the Trump campaign did release its own bullet-point outline of the president's second-term agenda.\n\nThe list was a combination of the concrete (\"allow 100% expensing deductions for essential industries... who bring back their manufacturing to the US\"), the vague (\"return to normal in 2021\" and \"teach American exceptionalism\"), the already existing (\"cover all pre-existing conditions\") and the unrealistic (\"create 10 million jobs in 10 months\" and \"wipe out global terrorists who threaten to harm Americans).\n\nIt included more money for law enforcement, a crackdown on \"violent extremist groups like Antifa\" and the oft-promised, yet-to-be-delivered \"world's greatest infrastructure system\".\n\nIt reprised old 2016 campaign slogans, like draining the \"globalist swamp\", but made no mention of that centrepiece of Trump's first presidential bid, the border wall with Mexico.\n\nIf voters want the party itself to provide any more details on these and other policies, however, it seems they'll have to wait for the next Republican convention - in 2024.", "DIY beauty trends popular on TikTok could be dangerous and harmful, healthcare groups have warned.\n\nExamples include applying bleach to whiten teeth, removing moles at home, and using eyelash glue to make lips appear larger, BBC News has discovered.\n\nWhen these videos went viral, they encouraged others to copy the so-called \"beauty hacks\", which could cause permanent harm, the groups warned.\n\nTikTok told BBC News the videos did not violate its community guidelines.\n\nHowever, the British Association of Dermatologists, the British Dental Association and the British Skin Foundation - who viewed the videos - have today issued warnings about copying these treatments on social media.\n\n\"It is important to remind people that social media should not be used as a primary source for dermatology issues,\" Dr Anjali Mahto spokesperson for the British Association of Dermatologists said.\n\n\"When it comes to skin, it can lead to unnecessary fear or panic where it is not needed, wasting of resources such as money on products unable to treat medical problems, potential delay in treatment, as well as potentially worsening one's psychological health.\n\nA government spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said it was \"concerned by reports of dangerous and misleading cosmetic beauty 'hacks' circulating on social media.\"\n\nSome videos the BBC saw promote using chemical or physical ways to remove moles. Experts advise all moles be checked by a professional before removal.\n\n\"There is no 'safe' way to remove a mole at home,\" Dr Ross Perry, NHS GP and medical director of Cosmedics skin clinics, said.\n\n\"This needs to be done by a qualified doctor or dermatologist who is trained and knows what they are doing.\n\n\"Using chemicals or attempting to 'scrape' off a mole could lead to infections, bleeding, scarring and deformity of the area.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Experts warn of the potential for blindness and other side-effects\n\nBritish Skin Foundation spokesman consultant dermatologist Dr Adil Sheraz said doing so to create a plumping effect could lead to scarring or permanent disfigurement.\n\n\"Eyelash glue contains cyanoacrylate which is known to be a contact allergen,\" he said.\n\n\"Applying a potentially allergenic chemical to lips could result in a severe reaction.\"\n\nMeanwhile, some cosmetic surgeons told BBC News they had also seen social-media videos of at-home Botox or lip-filler kits.\n\nTikTok videos with the hashtag \"teethwhitening\" have amassed about 284 million views. Some recommend applying bleach to teeth, to avoid \"expensive\" over-the-counter treatments.\n\nUnder UK law, teeth-whitening products can be sold directly to the public only if they contain no more than 0.1% hydrogen peroxide.\n\nAnd anything above this level should supplied, or used, under the supervision of a dentist.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There are warnings that some online teeth whitening kits are dangerous, as Nick Beake reports\n\nHousehold bleaches may also contain other bleaching compounds.\n\nThe British Dental Association said administering the wrong products at home could cause \"permanent damage.\"\n\n\"The BDA is concerned about the DIY trend to whiten teeth with levels of hydrogen peroxide that are higher than that permitted in over-the-counter products,\" a representative said.\n\n\"Using higher concentrations unsupervised, as some videos advocate, raises the risk of damage to teeth and gums, including burns to the mouth, tooth and gum sensitivity, as well as irritated or inflamed gums.\"\n\nOne viral video copied throughout TikTok suggests a way of applying sun cream to create a contour affect.\n\n\"Skin cancers affect all areas of the face,\" Dr Vishal Madan, of Stratum Dermatology Clinics, said.\n\n\"Using sunscreen on certain areas and missing others to create a pattern may be trendy - but the UV damage to the tanned area will invariably increase the risk of skin cancers in that site.\n\n\"Not only that, repeated exposure to UV light in these areas will make them age prematurely, so, in time, the skin will appear mottled and uneven.\"\n\nSome cosmetic-mask treatments promoted in TikTok videos could also be harmful, Adonia Medical Clinic founder and medical director Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme said.\n\n\"It is dangerous to put citrus fruits on to the skin and then go into the sun,\" she said.\n\n\"It can cause inflammation of the skin expressed in burning, redness and blisters.\"\n\nThe BBC shared these videos with medical experts and TikTok, but the firm said these videos did not break their rules.\n\n\"Our community guidelines make clear that we will remove content promoting dangerous behaviour or activities that might lead to serious injury or physical harm.\n\n\"We are continuously evaluating our policies and processes to ensure we are doing everything we can to keep our users safe.\"", "Nearly 50,000 salmon escaped when a fish farm in Argyll broke free from its moorings, it has been revealed.\n\nThe North Carradale farm, near Campbeltown, suffered damaged to four of its 10 fish pens during Storm Ellen.\n\nOwner Mowi said inspections by divers revealed the breakage of mooring ropes attached to the farm's seabed anchors was the cause.\n\nJust over 30,000 of the farmed salmon also died as a result of the incident.\n\nMowi said it has sent the torn ropes to a testing facility in Aberdeen for further investigation.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency said it \"shares concerns\" regarding the loss of salmon.\n\nShe added: \"Whilst we are confident that marine pens have been returned to their authorised position and there was no significant pollution, we are liaising with Mowi and Marine Scotland, who have responsibility for fish escapes and their reporting.\"\n\nThe North Carradale farm contained 550,700 salmon before the four pens were damaged in bad weather on 20 August.\n\nMowi said a total of 48,834 salmon escaped, 30,616 died and a further 125,000 were harvested.\n\nEnvironmental campaigners have raised concerns about the escaped fish breeding with wild Scottish salmon.", "Face coverings will only be required in corridors, communal areas and on buses\n\nScottish secondary school pupils will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and school buses from next Monday.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney said the new rules would apply to all pupils aged over 12.\n\nHe said the guidance had been updated based on new advice from the World Health Organization (WHO).\n\nThere will be no requirement to wear face coverings in classrooms where distancing measures are in place.\n\nMr Swinney said individual exemptions could be granted for health reasons, but the guidance would be \"obligatory\" for all secondary, special and grant-aided schools.\n\nHe told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"From August 31st young people over the age of 12 in secondary schools should habitually be wearing face coverings when they are moving around schools and corridors and in communal areas where it is difficult to deliver the physical distancing.\"\n\nHe said the Scottish government had acted in the light of the new WHO advice based on evidence that teenagers can infect others in the same way as adults, but had decided to go further by extending it to school transport.\n\n\"It's part of the general measures we are taking to ensure we keep pace with the emerging advice about how to keep our schools open and to keep our schools safe,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nYoung people returned to Scotland's schools earlier in August with no requirements for physical distancing between younger pupils, and no rules around face coverings.\n\nBut First Minister Nicola Sturgeon signalled on Monday that a change in the guidance was imminent.\n\nThe new rules for school buses will apply to pupils over the age of five, in line with guidelines for public transport. Staff and students can continue to wear face coverings in all settings voluntarily if they wish.\n\nEileen Prior, executive director of the parents' organisation Connect, formerly known as the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, earlier said she hoped schools would be offered some flexibility over how the new guidance was implemented.\n\nShe said: \"In some schools it won't be necessary - it depends very much on the environment within a school.\n\n\"Some schools are incredibly crowded but some simply aren't and some are well below capacity, perhaps with wide corridors and they don't have the issue that we have in many high schools of young people just crowding because they just can't not crowd.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: “If we need to change the advice then of course we will”\n\nBut Mr Swinney said while the new rules were not mandatory, they had the same status as other guidance on reopening of schools, such as physical distancing and hand hygiene, and should be considered \"obligatory\" across the secondary sector.\n\n\"There will be exemptions from this because the wearing of face coverings is not suitable for all individuals and that has to be respected,\" he said.\n\nHe also stressed that an individual pupil should not be excluded from a school because they were not wearing a face covering.\n\nThe UK government has said there are \"no plans\" to introduce similar measures when schools return in England after the summer break.\n\nHead teachers, however, have complained about a lack of clarity and asked whether English schools would have the flexibility to allow masks if requested as a safety measure by teachers.\n\nLinda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, said the revised guidance in Scotland was a sensible move.\n\nShe said: \"The schools have done brilliantly well getting going again but I think their physical distancing in some of the communal areas is always going to be a bit of a challenge to enforce... when we've still got cases circulating in the community this will provide additional protection when it's difficult to physically distance.\"\n\nShe said there may be more work to do to educate young people about the correct way to put on or remove a face covering.\n\n\"Not touching the surface - taking it off around the ears. I would recommend young people might carry a little bag in their pocket, stick the face covering in there and when they're taking it off and when they're putting it back on, making sure they don't touch the front of it,\" she said.\n\n\"And then of course there's the cleaning issue - these coverings need to be washed, just in warm water and soap.\"\n\nThe interim chief medical officer, Dr Gregor Smith, said the education advisory group had considered carefully whether poor hygiene while using masks might spread the virus.\n\n\"In their consideration they looked at the evidence from infection from removing masks, on and off, and whether that was likely to play a significant component in terms of introducing an increased risk of transmission,\" he said.\n\n\"On balance, their assessment of that evidence was that there was insufficient evidence to support that view.\"\n\nThe EIS teaching union welcomed the announcement as a \"sensible and appropriate step\" but repeated its call for investment in more teaching staff to allow smaller class sizes.\n\nGeneral secretary Larry Flanagan said: \"There needs to be a much sharper focus on ensuring social distancing in schools to protect pupils, staff and the wider community. Smaller class sizes to ensure appropriate physical distancing of pupils are essential.\"", "Sir Elton says he plans to be \"straight out there again\" playing shows as soon as restrictions are lifted\n\nFifty years ago this week, Sir Elton John played his first American concert, at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.\n\nAt the time, he was largely unknown in the States. His debut album wasn't selling, and booking a six-night residency was a last-ditch gamble.\n\nHis US record label, UNI, paid $10,000 to hire the venue, and cajoled some of music's biggest names into attending.\n\nOn the opening night, Sir Elton was introduced by Neil Diamond, and watched by Quincy Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Brian Wilson and Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Don Henley, Randy Newman, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.\n\nBut perhaps the most important guest was the LA Times' pop critic Robert Hilburn. \"Rejoice!\" he wrote in an effusive review, \"rock music has a new star.\"\n\nAfter praising the star's \"uninhibited\" stage presence and \"staggeringly original\" music, he concluded: \"Tuesday night at the Troubadour was just the beginning.\"\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 Elton John 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\nWithin weeks, his self-titled album entered the US charts, eventually reaching number four. By January 1971, Your Song gave the star his first top 10 single.\n\nBut as Sir Elton celebrates the anniversary of that landmark gig, the Troubadour is in trouble.\n\nOne of Los Angeles' last independently-owned venues, it has been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic since 11 March - and there are only five shows on the schedule for the rest of 2020.\n\nEarlier this year, the venue's owner Christine Karayan said she couldn't \"foresee being able to ride this out\" without significant help from donors.\n\nHelp came initially from a crowd-funding campaign, which raised more than $70,000 (£53,000) to support the venue's staff during the lockdown - but even so, the Troubadour faces an uncertain future. Even when concerts resume, a cap on audience sizes could render the venue unprofitable.\n\n\"The more I think about it, it's just completely futile,\" she told the LA Times. \"At least a big seated venue has space where they can keep people apart. But I don't know how that works for a general admission venue. Are you going to stop them from using the restroom?\"\n\nAsked about the situation on BBC 6 Music, Sir Elton said preserving venues like the Troubadour was essential.\n\n\"I've heard that it might be closing but I think it's going to be OK,\" he told music reporter Matt Everitt. \"I made a few phone calls. There are a few irons in the fire.\n\nThe Troubadour is one of hundreds of small, independent venues to struggle during the Covid-19 crisis\n\n\"If venues like that disappear then it's really grim stuff because they are so important for new people to go [to] and I've seen so many new acts there that have come from Britain.\n\n\"I saw Cat Stevens there when he did his first show in America. It's a great launch pad. It's a great room, it has atmosphere, it has everything going for it. If you can't play well at the Troubadour, you can't play well anywhere.\"\n\nOf course, the Troubadour isn't alone. Music venues across the world are facing hardship and closure, with no real certainty on when gigs might resume.\n\nAlthough socially-distanced shows have been permitted in England since 14 August, the Music Venue Trust has warned that \"only around 100 of the country's 900 small music venues would be able to operate under the current restrictions\".\n\nEven those venues will struggle, said the trust, with 96% of them saying the costs of re-opening would outweigh the revenue they would generate.\n\nThe government has stepped in to provide emergency funding of £3.36m to grassroots music venues, and Sir Elton said it was \"vital\" these venues survive.\n\n\"I know the lady who owns Ronnie Scott's and I'm sure she's going to put up a battle,\" he told 6 Music. \"You can't lose places like that.\n\n\"Small venues are the life and soul of music and they have to be kept afloat some way or another.\"\n\n\"Small venues are the life and soul of music,\" says the star\n\nThe Covid-19 crisis has also derailed Sir Elton's farewell tour, with 43 dates postponed so far this year.\n\n\"We were half-way through the tour and then that was it and we're on a hiatus,\" said the star.\n\n\"But we're no different to anybody else and, as hard as it is and as frustrating as it is for me and the band, it's much more frustrating for the people who are in the crew, who depend on their livelihoods for working like that.\n\n\"And you know it just rolls, trickles down to people who do the catering - everybody's affected by it and unfortunately we're going to be the last people to go back to work because we play in large venues.\"\n\nHe says he'll be \"straight out there\" as soon as restrictions are lifted - but, in the meantime, the 73-year-old has been keeping busy at home.\n\n\"All I've been doing is finishing off a couple of musicals that I've written,\" he said. \"I did a [Lady] Gaga track. I have a few lyrics from Bernie which are wonderful, but I have no interest in being Elton at the minute.\n\n\"So I've been working with other people, which is fun, and staying away from me.\"\n\nYou can hear the full interview with Sir Elton John on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC 6 Music show.\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. Business owner Tara Tomes: 'We're giving up our office forever'\n\nFifty of the biggest UK employers questioned by BBC have said they have no plans to return all staff to the office full-time in the near future.\n\nSome 24 firms said that they did not have any plans in place to return workers to the office.\n\nHowever, 20 have opened their offices for staff unable to work from home.\n\nIt comes as many employees return to work from the summer holidays with the reality of a prolonged period of home working becoming increasingly likely.\n\nThe BBC questioned 50 big employers ranging from banks to retailers to get a sense of when they expected to ask employees to return to the office.\n\nOne of the main reasons given for the lack of a substantial return was that firms could not see a way of accommodating large numbers of staff while social distancing regulations were still in place.\n\nMany companies said they were offering choice and flexibility to those who want to return, particularly in the banking and finance sectors.\n\nA few firms have already announced they have no plans to return to the office until late autumn, and Facebook has said it does not plan a return of employees until July 2021.\n\nSome smaller businesses are deciding to abandon their offices altogether. Tara Tomes runs a PR agency with an office in the heart of Birmingham's business district.\n\nHer team of eight cannot fit in the space they have if they are to obey social distancing guidelines and she will not be renewing the office lease in September.\n\n\"I personally don't want to force my team back onto public transport,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"Not having four walls around us won't change the dynamic or culture of the team. If anything it will make us more pioneering in the way the world of work is going.\"\n\nShe said that the money saved on rent and utilities and the time spent not commuting were other benefits to giving up the office.\n\nMayor of the West Midlands Andy Street acknowledged that the challenges facing city centre businesses were grave but said he was hopeful the climate would gradually improve.\n\n\"This is undeniably a very difficult situation for businesses that thrive on the back of the big office occupiers being there. What we are trying to do is steadily build confidence that it is safe to return to the city centre.\"\n\nHe said Birmingham's transport system was currently carrying about 20% of pre-covid numbers but that he hoped this would rise to 50% over the autumn.\n\nStill, that means that city centre footfall - which is the lifeblood of businesses that rely on office workers and commuters - would in the best case scenario be half of what it is in normal times.\n\nNaomi says the pandemic has been 'devastating' for her business\n\nThat may be cold comfort to Naomi and her brother James who opened up a new coffee shop in the heart of Birmingham's business district earlier this year. They are now getting less than a fifth of the trade they were banking on.\n\n\"It's been devastating really,\" Naomi told the BBC. \"Office workers are absolutely critical to us. We are hoping things improve in September but if they don't we will have to rethink the whole business.\"\n\nIt is, however, too soon to announce the death of the office, according to Rob Groves from office developer Argent, which has just completed the construction of 120,000 feet of office space in Birmingham's Chamberlain Square.\n\nWhile he admitted that some would-be tenants were pressing the pause button, he also insisted there would always be a need for a workplace where people could congregate and collaborate.\n\n\"I'd like to challenge people saying they will never need an office and ask them in 12-18 months time whether that was the right decision or just a reaction to what's happening now.\"\n\nMatthew Hammond, chairman of the Midlands region for PwC\n\nOne of Argent's blue chip tenants agrees. Accounting and consultancy firm PwC has just moved into the property next door. It is supposed to house 2,000 people but is currently catering to just 150 each day.\n\nNevertheless, Matthew Hammond, chairman of the Midlands region for PwC, said that the office was a must have, particularly for younger workers.\n\n\"We have colleagues who may be working at the end of their bed or on a return unit in their kitchen. That is not sustainable or healthy for the longer term. As employers we invest a huge amount in providing the right environment, the right seating, the right technology so people can be at their most productive.\"\n\nNot everyone has deep enough pockets to afford such flexible working spaces. While many employees want the option of coming to the office, many now see home working as a right, according to Midlands recruitment specialist Kam Vara.\n\n\"For many candidates it's now a deal-breaker if there isn't an option for home working, and some are saying they want 100% home working with no physical contact with the office whatsoever.\"\n\nThe knock-on effects of these changes to the world of work could be enormous and long lasting. If people don't need to be in the office, they can be anywhere. And the cost of commuter season tickets and expensive suburban housing within commuting distance of big cities is an expense employers could deduct.\n\nMayor of the West Midlands Andy Street is optimistic that what we are witnessing is simply an age old tale of urban evolution, with Covid-19 holding down the fast forward button.\n\n\"The calling of the death of the office is very premature. Cities have repurposed themselves before over decades... the coronavirus has just speeded it up.\"\n\nThat may be so, but the short term shock to the city business model feels more like a cardiac arrest than a gentle evolution. And the reluctance on the part of both workers and employers to return to the office poses a grave economic threat to the future of city centres.\n\nFor more help and advice on returning to work, download the BBC's Your Work Your Money podcast from BBC Sounds.", "Last updated on .From the section Champions League\n\nCeltic suffered their earliest Champions League exit in 15 years after falling to a shock defeat at the hands of Ferencvaros in Glasgow.\n\nIt seemed Neil Lennon's side had recovered from David Siger's early goal for the Hungarian champions when Ryan Christie's deflected strike levelled the one-legged tie.\n\nHowever, Tokmac Nguen's breakaway goal snatched victory for Ferencvaros and ensured Celtic's worst performance in the competition since Artmedia Bratislava knocked them out in 2005.\n\nThe Scottish champions now drop into the Europa League third qualifying round, the draw for which takes place on Tuesday.\n• None Celtic 'only have themselves to blame'\n\nQuestions will likely be asked of Celtic and Lennon, just as they were before kick-off when it emerged leading striker Odsonne Edouard was injured and Christie would be deployed in his place.\n\nThe manager insisted that fellow forwards Albian Ajeti and Patryk Klimala were only fit enough for the bench.\n\nNevertheless, the hosts looked to have plenty of attacking threat as James Forrest forced an early parry from goalkeeper Denes Dibusz.\n\nFerencvaros head coach Sergei Rebrov had sacrificed striker Franck Boli from their 2-0 win over Djurgardens in the previous round, but his side were not intent on sitting back and replacement Siger made an instant impact.\n\nHatem Abd Elhamed was posted missing as Nguen, who scored a double against the Swedes, broke quickly and fed midfielder Somalia to win a corner. When it reached Siger, the midfielder was allowed too much to time to pick out the far corner from 18 yards.\n\nFerencvaros' lack of match fitness began to tell as they defended ever deeper and Celtic peppered their goal with shots but they were efforts that failed to seriously trouble the visiting keeper.\n\nHalf-time allowed the Hungarians some respite, but the flow of possession continued after the break and a lovely spell of passing around the edge of the visitors' box ended with Christie's side-footed effort clipping a defender's head and soaring over goalkeeper Dibusz.\n\nDibusz turned a Ntcham volley off the underside of the crossbar and then a low Christie drive wide as Celtic turned the screw.\n\nBut then came the goal that proved their downfall. Nguen outstripped Elhamed to a long ball out of defence, outmuscled the full-back, and slipped a finish past goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas from a narrow angle.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nOn this evidence, Celtic rely too heavily on Edouard and paid for the French striker's absence.\n\nLennon's experiment of using Christie up front instead of Klimala or Ajeti failed to pay dividends against a side who were only playing their third fixture of the season. Christie did his bit by scoring, but too many other chances were squandered.\n\nFerencvaros have shown in recent European fixtures they are hard to beat away from home - they are now eight unbeaten - but Celtic have lost at home to a side who probably lack the quality to progress much further in the Champions League.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic manager Neil Lennon: \"It was easier than I thought it was going to be. We didn't take our chances and we had plenty of them. The second goal is really poor, really poor decision making, and it's individual mistakes that have cost us again. It's not fine going out at this stage of the competition, because we're better than that.\"\n\nFerencvaros head coach Sergei Rebrov: \"We have beat one of the best teams we have faced in qualification last year and this year. They have quality players, but I think we deserved this. Most of the time we defended, but football is about scoring goals, not about the possession of the ball.\"\n\nCeltic are left to reflect on another bruising failure to reach the lucrative Champions League group stage and will look to pick themselves up for Sunday's game at home to Motherwell as they continue their quest to win a 10th consecutive domestic league title.\n• None Attempt missed. Dávid Miklós Sigér (Ferencvárosi TC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. Franck Boli (Ferencvárosi TC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Taylor.\n• None Attempt blocked. Albian Ajeti (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Christopher Jullien (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McGregor. 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. Brits should end \"this general bout of self-recrimination and wetness” says the PM\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson says he is opposed to the BBC's decision to play instrumental versions of Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms next month.\n\n\"I think it's time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,\" he told reporters.\n\nMedia reports have suggested the lyrics are being dropped due to associations with colonialism and slavery.\n\nBut the BBC says the decision was prompted by Covid-19 restrictions.\n\nFewer performers will be allowed on stage, which makes it harder to perform the songs with a traditional chorus.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"For the avoidance of any doubt, these songs will be sung next year. We obviously share the disappointment of everyone that the Proms will have to be different but believe this is the best solution in the circumstances and look forward to their traditional return next year.\"\n\nEarlier, the BBC's director general Tony Hall said he felt the move to include instrumental versions of Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory for this year's performance was the right one.\n\n\"I think they have come to the right conclusion,\" he told the BBC's media editor, Amol Rajan.\n\n\"It's very, very hard in an Albert Hall that takes over 5,000 people to have the atmosphere of the Last Night of the Proms and to have things where the whole audience normally sing along - it's quite hard creatively, artistically to make that work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tony Hall: \"I think they have come to the right conclusion which is actually to include it instrumentally\"\n\nHe added: \"We have come to the right conclusion which is a creative conclusion, an artistic conclusion... it is there in a medley of instrumentals playing around sea shanties and all of that and I suspect it will be back next year.\"\n\nThe concert is due to take place on 12 September, without an audience and with limited performers at the Royal Albert Hall, due to concerns around Covid-19.\n\nResponding to the news of this year's changes, Mr Johnson told reporters: \"I cannot believe... that the BBC is saying that they will not sing the words of Land Of Hope And Glory or Rule Britannia! as they traditionally do at the end of The Last Night of The Proms.\n\n\"I think it's time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general bout of self-recrimination and wetness.\n\n\"I wanted to get that off my chest,\" he added.\n\nA Labour Party spokesperson responded: \"The pomp and pageantry of the Last Night of the Proms is a staple of British summer.\n\n\"The running order is a matter for the organisers and the BBC, but enjoying patriotic songs does not - and should not - present a barrier to examining our past and learning lessons from it.\"\n\nIn a statement on Monday evening, BBC Proms said it was announcing the concert's programme following recent speculation.\n\nThe whole debate was initially sparked by an article in The Sunday Times, which suggested the songs could be dropped completely in the wake of the recent Black Lives Matter protests.\n\nThe newspaper claimed there were concerns by key members of the orchestra about their associations with the British Empire, colonialism and slavery.\n\nThe Proms said there would be new orchestral versions of Land Of Hope And Glory, and Rule, Britannia!, as well as a new arrangement of Jerusalem, which will be sung.\n\n\"With much reduced musical forces and no live audience, the Proms will curate a concert that includes familiar, patriotic elements such as Jerusalem and the National Anthem, and bring in new moments capturing the mood of this unique time, including You'll Never Walk Alone, presenting a poignant and inclusive event for 2020,\" the statement said.\n\nIvor Novello-winning composer Errollyn Wallen confirmed online on Monday evening that she is making the new arrangement of Proms favourite, Jerusalem,\n\n\"In it I remember the Commonwealth nations and am dedicating the work to the Windrush generation,\" tweeted the Belize-born British musician.\n\nRule, Britannia! was set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740, and its lyrics were based on a poem by James Thomson.\n\nIt contains verses such as: \"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall.\n\n\"While thou shalt flourish great and free / The dread and envy of them all.\n\n\"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves / Britons never will be slaves.\"\n\nLand Of Hope And Glory makes similar reference to the \"might\" of the former British Empire, which some people today find problematic.\n\nTrevor Phillips, the former chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, told Times Radio he felt the BBC \"is always in a panic about race, and one of the reasons it is always in a panic is that it has no confidence\".\n\n\"The principal reason it has no confidence... is that there is no ethnic diversity at the top of its decision-making tree.\n\n\"What you have is rooms full of white men panicking that someone is going to think they are racist.\"\n\nBroadcaster and choirmaster Gareth Malone has suggested the anthems are outdated, tweeting: \"It's time for Rule Britannia! to go.\"\n\nTory MP Michael Fabricant said the 2020 move was \"all very sad\", adding: \"There's some lovely words to Rule Britannia.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he called for a \"compromise\" of a single voice performing the tune, rather than the usual sing-along version.\n\n\"Let's just have a single voice singing those words proudly,\" he said. \"There's nothing wrong with a bit of tradition, and it's a beautiful tune.\"\n\nChi-chi Nwanoku runs the Chineke! Foundation, which aims to provide opportunities for black, Asian and ethnically diverse classical musicians in the UK and Europe.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"We find it offensive.\n\n\"For any conscious black person who is aware of their history, the empire and colonialism, for example, they will struggle to enjoy the patriotic jingoism of these songs.\"", "Aberdeen has a local lockdown for three weeks\n\nBars, cafes and restaurants in Aberdeen are opening again for the first time in three weeks after a local lockdown was lifted.\n\nHospitality businesses shut on 5 August after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to bars and nightlife in the city.\n\nVenues are only able to open once they have passed a site inspection by environmental health officers.\n\nStuart McPhee, who runs Siberia Bar and Hotel, predicted things would be \"very different\" this time around.\n\nThe opening up of the hospitality trade comes after a five-mile restriction on travel ended on Monday.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was grateful to the people of Aberdeen for complying with the rules that had been put in place.\n\nThe city council said environmental health teams had so far inspected 327 venues, with more to be completed before the start of trading on Wednesday.\n\nMr McPhee is part of a recently-created group called Aberdeen Hospitality Together, an industry body set up to help the sector recover from the Covid situation.\n\nStuart McPhee said he did not envy those having to make the decisions\n\nHe said of the fresh re-opening: \"I think it will be very different. The first reopening was very much that kind of release of pressure from that three-month lockdown.\n\n\"I think we will have all learned lessons from the local lockdown, and I think we will all be operating in new ways.\n\n\"Especially from our own point of view, we are really looking to rebuild that confidence with the customer and just let them know it is safe to come back in to our environments and that we are doing everything that we can to keep them safe.\"\n\nHe said of re-opening: \"I'm really happy - this has been a very tough period. The business has suffered a lot.\n\n\"We were doing takeaways and deliveries but it wasn't giving the business what it needs to keep running.\n\n\"No-one can afford another lockdown.\"\n\nLorenzo Maraviglia said less people had been in the city centre\n\nHe explained: \"After two days of the 'Eat Out to Help Out' offer, everything closed, so we couldn't let people use it. It was a shame.\n\n\"This new lockdown has been even harder for us than the previous one. Before when we were just doing takeaways, we were fine, we were managing to operate without much trouble.\n\n\"But, this new lockdown was very hard. The amount of business reduced so much because other businesses in the area were closed and there were less people in the city centre again.\"\n\nHospitality business owners are being urged to get in touch with Aberdeen City Council if they have not already had an environmental health check.\n\nAhead of Sunday's lockdown lifting announcement, talks were held involving the Scottish government, Aberdeen City Council, NHS Grampian and Police Scotland.\n\nBy Tuesday, 261 cases had been associated with the cluster linked to Aberdeen pubs, up two from Monday.\n\nThe local lockdown restrictions, which have affected 228,000 people in Aberdeen, were:\n\nA £1m support fund was set up for the city, with grants of up to £1,500 available for hospitality businesses.\n\nF - Face coverings. These should be used in shops and on public transport (buses, trains and taxis)\n\nC - Clean your hands frequently, using water and soap whenever possible.\n\nS - Self-isolate and book a test if you are suffering from COVID-19 symptoms.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire has been given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison after his trial on the Greek island of Syros.\n\nThe England defender, 27, was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult after arrest on Mykonos.\n\nMaguire said after Tuesday's verdict that he had instructed his legal team \"with immediate effect to inform the courts we will be appealing\".\n\n\"I remain strong and confident regarding our innocence in this matter - if anything myself, family and friends are the victims,\" he added.\n\nLater on Tuesday, England manager Gareth Southgate withdrew Maguire from the squad for September's Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark.\n\nSouthgate, who had included the defender in the squad earlier the same day before the guilty verdict was given, added: \"As I said earlier today, I reserved the right to review the situation.\n\n\"Having spoken to Manchester United and the player, I have made this decision in the best interests of all parties and with consideration of the impact on our preparations for next week.\"\n\nThe sentence is suspended for three years because it is a first offence and the charges were misdemeanours.\n\nMaguire was arrested along with brother Joe, 28, and Christopher Sharman, 29, on Thursday after an altercation with police.\n\nJoe Maguire has been found guilty of repeated bodily harm, violence against public employees and attempted bribery.\n\nSharman has been found guilty of insult, repeated bodily harm and violence against public employees.\n\nBoth were sentenced to 13 months in prison, suspended for three years.\n\nAll three men denied all charges.\n\nHarry Maguire was not in attendance at the trial in Syros, but his father, Alan, was.\n\nThe United captain is being represented by Alexis Anagnostakis, one of Greece's top human rights lawyers, who asked for a postponement, but that was rejected by the judge.\n\nManchester United said in a statement: \"Harry Maguire pleaded not guilty to all of the misdemeanour charges made against him and he continues to strongly assert his innocence.\n\n\"It should be noted that the prosecution confirmed the charges and provided their evidence late on the day before the trial, giving the defence team minimal time to digest them and prepare. A request for the case to be adjourned was subsequently denied.\n\n\"On this basis, along with the substantial body of evidence refuting the charges, Harry Maguire's legal team will now appeal the verdict, to allow a full and fair hearing at a later date.\"\n\nOn Tuesday night Maguire posted a quote attributed to Buddha on his Instagram that read: \"Three things cannot be long hidden - the sun, the moon and the truth.\"\n\nAnagnostakis told the court the events stemmed from Maguire's sister Daisy being injected by a substance by a group of Albanians and she immediately fainted.\n\nThe defendants called for transport and asked to be driven to a hospital, but were instead taken to a police station.\n\nThe prosecution said Maguire, his brother and friend then physically and verbally attacked police officers.\n\nOne policeman alleged that while at the police station, Maguire said: \"Do you know who I am? I am the captain of Manchester United. I am very rich. I can give you money. I can pay you. Please let us go.\"\n\nHis colleague added that Maguire had said to him: \"Please, let me go. I am very rich. I can pay. I am the leader of Manchester United.\"\n\nThe defence argued that this request may have been lost in translation and suggested Maguire may have been asking to pay a \"fine\" to be released.\n\nIn response to the charge of insult, the defence added that the defendants said things which did not imply diminished professionalism by the police officers.\n\nAnagnostakis said the defendants had been beaten, an assertion confirmed by a forensic expert, and added that Maguire became angry only after he was hit on his \"golden leg\", insinuating his dominant leg in football.\n\nDr Ioannis Paradissis, who represented two of the six Greek police officers involved in the case, said he found it \"shocking\" and \"unsportsmanlike\" that Maguire had not apologised.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday that \"there is still time for the three defendants to say they are sorry\" and that if they did \"the outcome might be different\" at any subsequent trial.\n\n\"It might be different because under Greek law you can then withdraw some accusations - non-aggravated bodily harm and the verbal assaults that were shouted at the policeman,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't know if my clients would accept that but they told me they are still waiting for an apology and they haven't heard any and this is what I find quite shocking and quite unsportsmanlike, because fair play means when I've done something wrong, I apologise.\"\n\nAnalysis- 'No immediate decision over Man Utd captaincy'\n\nThere will be no immediate decision over whether Harry Maguire will retain the Manchester United captaincy.\n\nAlthough as the club do not expect a resolution to the £80m defender's appeal until well after their first Premier League game of the new season against Crystal Palace on 19 September, officials accept it is a conversation that will have to take place at some point.\n\nHowever, while it is a major discussion point outside Old Trafford, inside there is nothing to indicate Maguire won't retain the armband given the strong support he is getting from the club.\n\nMaguire has been in regular communication with the club since the story broke on Friday and does understand the disruption that has been caused by events of recent days.\n\nUnited's squad is not scheduled to return for pre-season training until 2 September. Presently, they have no friendlies arranged.\n\nHowever, it is likely there will be some, although whether these will be played with no media present, as was the case with their pre-lockdown games, remains to be seen.", "Ellie Anderson had her sperm frozen at the age of 14 in the hope of one day becoming a parent\n\nA Scottish woman is preparing to take legal action to prevent fertility doctors from destroying her transgender daughter's frozen sperm.\n\nLouise Anderson wants to use the frozen sperm of her daughter, Ellie, to produce a grandchild.\n\nEllie, who lived in Stirling, died suddenly in July aged 16.\n\nShe was transgender and identified as a girl. Ellie had her sperm frozen when she was 14 so she could eventually have her own biological children.\n\nHer mother wants to honour her wishes posthumously, using Ellie's sperm, an egg donor and a surrogate.\n\nSolicitors acting on Louise's behalf plan to take the case to the Court of Session in Edinburgh.\n\nLouise Anderson wants to use an egg donor and a surrogate to have her daughter's child\n\nMs Anderson said Ellie had known she was transgender from an early age.\n\n\"As a teenager she delayed hormone blockers to save her sperm to enable her to have her own biological children. She had made me promise that if anything were to happen to her, her children would be brought into the world.\"\n\nShe told BBC Scotland: \"I am going to do everything I can to honour her wishes - not just for her but for anyone else who is caught in this position. It kind of sparked a little fire in my belly and I want to make her wishes come true.\"\n\nEllie's sperm was frozen at Glasgow Royal Infirmary Fertility Clinic but it has told Ms Anderson the sample cannot be retained.\n\nUnder present UK human fertilisation rules, if Ellie was in a relationship when she died, her partner would have had the right to ask for her sperm to be retained. Her mother does not have that right.\n\nLawyers may seek a court order preventing it from being destroyed.\n\nSolicitor Virgil Crawford, who is acting for Louise, said it was an \"unusual, interesting, important and complex legal issue\".\n\n\"What we're trying to achieve would be to get an order from the court that Ellie's mum would be entitled to make use of her sperm for the purpose that Ellie intended - that being to create a genetic child of hers and a grandchild for Ms Anderson.\"\n\nFailing that, they would hope the court would say the existing law needs to be changed.\n\nEllie Anderson identified as a girl from an early age\n\nDavid Obree, a fellow in medical ethics at the University of Edinburgh, told the BBC that he believes Ellie's transgender status is \"irrelevant\".\n\nHe said: \"The key question is what did she intend the sperm to be used for? The question the court will need to look at is did she specifically consent or request that her sperm be used by a third party?\"\n\nEllie, who had started taking female hormones, died in Forth Valley Hospital after falling ill in Lower Bridge Street, Stirling.\n\nShe was a pupil at St Modan's RC High School and had secured a place at City of Glasgow College to study hairdressing.\n\nHer death is described as \"unascertained\".\n\nA spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which runs the fertility clinic, said: \"We are sorry to hear about this young woman's death and our sympathies are with her family.\n\n\"Glasgow Royal Infirmary Assisted Conception Services is licensed and regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. The storage of gametes (sperm) is managed in line with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990) and complies with the consents provided by the donors.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA person has been rescued from a river and dozens of people were evacuated from their homes overnight after Wales was hit by Storm Francis.\n\nSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it pulled a person from the River Wye in Monmouth on Wednesday.\n\nBethesda in Gwynedd saw the highest rainfall in the UK with 104mm (4in), the Met Office said. Four of the top top five were in Wales.\n\nIn total, there were 80 evacuations and rescues across north Wales overnight.\n\nA whisky distillery in Gwynedd, which had only just reopened after lockdown, saw its cellar flooded.\n\nThe country saw winds of up to 75mph (120km/h) and severe flooding on Tuesday and into Wednesday.\n\nNatural Resources Wales' Beddgelert monitoring station showed the River Glaslyn was at its highest level ever recorded on Tuesday.\n\nA number of rivers burst their banks, requiring evacuation of properties in the Bethesda and Beddgelert areas.\n\nPolice, mountain rescue teams and North Wales Fire and Rescue co-ordinated the evacuations.\n\nA landslip closed the A5 between Bethesda and Betws y Coed\n\nIn Bethesda about 40 people were rescued from chalets and homes and taken to the local leisure centre.\n\nAbout five Beddgelert householders were also rescued by boat, the fire and rescue service said.\n\nAn inspection was due to take place on Wednesday to see if it is safe for them to return.\n\nThe A5 was closed from Bethesda to Betws y Coed due to flooding and a landslide, and the A498 between Beddgelert and Pen y Gwryd was also closed due to flooding.\n\nMotorists are advised to avoid the area \"unless absolutely necessary\".\n\nRail services between Llandudno Junction and Bangor have been cancelled due to flooding.\n\nZip World in Penrhyn Quarry announced it has suspended all activities at the site until further notice 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 Pete Sommers This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it received 52 calls about flooding incidents, mostly in the Beddgelert, Abergwyngregyn, Bethesda and Llandygai areas, and carried out 80 evacuations and rescues overnight.\n\nFirefighters had to help six people to safety after a property became flooded at Abergwyngregyn, between Llanfairfechan and Bangor, in Gwynedd.\n\nWater surged down the River Aber, which burst its banks and flooded two homes and the Aber Falls distillery.\n\nThe Aber Falls Distillery had not long reopened when it was hit by flooding overnight\n\n\"As far as anyone can remember, the river has never burst its banks here,\" said distillery manager James Wright.\n\n\"Our visitor centre is full of mud and the water got into the cellar where some of the whisky is maturing ready for a launch next year.\n\n\"It's really hard as we were just starting to emerge from the lockdown, and have been working hard to grow the business.\n\n\"We'd started running distillery tours again, and they were fully booked, but we've had to cancel them.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Elin Roberts This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlun Hughes, who reopened the Tan yr Onnen Hotel in Beddgelert only one month ago, said he was now facing an extensive clean-up after flood water damaged the property \"from front to back\".\n\n\"It all happened so suddenly, one minute we were about to finish serving food and then there was a shout that water was coming in through the doors. It will be another few months before reopening,\" he said.\n\n\"I had a family from Yorkshire here with four children, staying in Anglesey, and they stayed here overnight.\n\n\"Beddgelert looks awful. There's a lot of mess here. Most of the water was not just from the river but down from the mountain.\n\n\"I've been here for 40 years. I had to replace carpets back in the 80s after something similar, but I've never seen something like this and I don't think anyone has seen it this bad.\n\n\"The problem is that the River Colwyn can rise fast and then the Glaslyn, and other lakes behind us. It has rained so much, the river was so high, there was almost nowhere for the water to go.\"\n\nMeanwhile, police have resumed a search for two people spotted in the River Taff near Cardiff on Tuesday.\n\nA number of properties and businesses in Cardiff were also damaged as trees fell down in high winds.\n\nNine campers in Carmarthenshire had to be rescued on Tuesday and roads were closed across the country after a number of fallen trees blocked roads.\n\nElectricity has now been restored to the majority of the thousands of homes affected by power cuts after energy suppliers worked \"right the way through the night\" to restore power supplies across Wales.\n\nSP Energy Networks, which supplies homes in North Wales, said about 50 of its customers were still without power on Wednesday morning out of about 10,000.\n\nMatt Jones, group manager at South Wales Fire and Rescue, told BBC Radio Wales: \"Wind conditions… were unusual for this time of year and we've seen several trees being uprooted and blocking roadways.\n\n\"Most of the calls we've been dealing with over the past 24 hours have been involving unsafe structures and trees etc which have been uprooted across roads, so we've been working with local authorities and other partners to get these roads open and made safe as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThe River Ogwen was still swollen on Wednesday\n\nNatural Resources Wales warned that such storms could become more commonplace due to the effects of climate change and said people needed to take individual action in terms of preparing for bad weather.\n\n\"We've had two named storms in the space of a week and it hasn't happened before,\" said Jeremy Parr, head of flood and incident risk management.", "The red panda cub was born just four days after ZSL Whipsnade Zoo opened following the easing of coronavirus lockdown measures\n\nAn endangered red panda cub the size of a human finger has been born at Whipsnade Zoo.\n\nThe cub, which is yet to be named, was born at the zoo in Bedfordshire on 19 June - just days after it reopened following the easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nA spokesman for the zoo said the cub had \"grown quickly\" to the size of a small puppy.\n\nThe cub's arrival is part of the zoo's conservation breeding programme.\n\nThe sex of the red panda cub is yet to be determined\n\nIts mother, Tashi, has birthed seven cubs at the zoo and her newest addition can now be seen by visitors to the attraction.\n\nRed pandas are endangered in the wild \"mainly due to habitat destruction\", the Zoological Society of London said.\n\nTheir natural habitat is the rainy, mountainous areas of the Himalayas.\n\nZSL Whipsnade Zoo deputy team leader Grant Timberlake said: \"Red panda cubs are surprisingly small when they're first born - about the size of your index finger.\n\n\"But the cub has grown quickly and is about the size of a small puppy now: though it will be a full year before the cub reaches adult size.\n\n\"It will soon begin testing its incredible climbing skills around its leafy tree-top enclosure - closely guided by mum of course.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lissie Harper said the meeting with the Home Office was \"urgent\"\n\nThe widow of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in the line of duty, is set to meet Home Secretary Priti Patel.\n\nLissie Harper, 29, has set up the meeting as part of a campaign for those convicted of killing emergency service workers to be jailed for life.\n\nPC Harper, 28, suffered catastrophic injuries when he was dragged behind a car used by thieves in Berkshire.\n\nMrs Patel said she would work with PC Harper's colleagues and family to \"find a way if we want to change laws\".\n\nShe said: \"My priority is to listen to Lissie Harper, spend some time with her... so we can be responsive from government.\"\n\nThe government said it is looking to meet Mrs Harper at the \"earliest opportunity\", but a date has not yet been set.\n\nPlans for the meeting come after it was announced the Court of Appeal would hear an application on 28 October by Attorney General Suella Braverman to review the sentences given to PC Andrew Harper's killers under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.\n\nPC Andrew Harper had been married just four weeks before he was killed\n\nLord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, the most senior judge in England and Wales, will preside over the hearing to consider whether the sentences handed down to the trio were not long enough.\n\nPC Harper's killers had been accused of murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter.\n\nHenry Long, 19, was jailed for 16 years while his passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, were sentenced to 13 years each.\n\nA decision is yet to be made by the court as to when it will hear applications lodged last week by Bowers and Cole for permission to appeal against their manslaughter convictions and their sentences.\n\nMrs Harper has raised 500,000 signatures as part of her campaign.\n\nThe specific details of the law have not yet been set out, but the campaigners have confirmed it would only apply to the deaths of emergency workers in the line of duty.\n\n\"We are delighted that the Home Office have been in touch to arrange the important meeting with Home Secretary Priti Patel. This is vital and it's urgent,\" she said in a statement.\n\nJessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said: \"Our emergency service workers go out and do their jobs putting themselves at risk.\n\n\"I think if emergency workers are going to a situation where somebody has committed a crime and as a result of that situation they lose their life, then they [the perpetrators] need to be suitably dealt with and that's just not happening at the moment.\n\n\"Ultimately we want a life sentence. We want something that reflects taking someone's life, so that's something we want to talk to the home secretary about and get to the bottom of it and see what we can actually do.\"\n\nShe said she did not believe emergency workers are \"more important\", but this new law would be directed at them because of the nature of their work.\n\n\"These people spend their days dealing with crime and with dangerous situations and they're putting themselves in danger to protect the public so I think if anybody needs that sort of protection, it's them,\" she added.\n\nLissie Harper has vowed to \"fight for a change in the law in memory of her late husband\"\n\nThe home secretary is also due to meet separately with Debbie Adlam, PC Harper's mother, who has launched a separate campaign named \"Andrew's Law\" calling for killers of emergency service workers to serve at least 20 years in jail.\n\nMs Adlam said: \"I'm looking forward to sharing our thoughts on a possible solution to deter people whilst they are committing a crime from seriously injuring or killing blue light officers.\"\n\nThe maximum sentence a judge can impose for manslaughter is life imprisonment but they must specify a minimum term to be served.", "During the global anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, corporations, celebrities and regular people chose to show support for the cause with donations eventually totalling billions of dollars. What comes next?\n\nThere was a lot going on when Imam Makram El-Amin received a message from some out-of-town friends.\n\nHis North Minneapolis mosque is home to Al-Maa'uun, a charity that runs food, work and housing programmes in a part of the city with some of the highest rates of disparity in the state.\n\n\"Healthcare, wealth gap, education, home ownership. Whatever. You pick it, we got it here. So there's no shortage of need,\" he says.\n\nAl-Maa'uun's resources were being stretched by economic shocks caused by the global coronavirus pandemic when Minneapolis was rocked by the 25 May killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose death in police custody in that Midwestern city launched global protests.\n\nEven before those two tragedies - Floyd's death and the pandemic - Mr El-Amin says \"we were struggling mightily in this community to just get the support that everyday common residents needed\".\n\nThen the turbulence and civil unrest in Minneapolis after Floyd's death meant some neighbourhood stores were closed, reducing access to groceries, essential items and medication for the community.\n\nAt that time, Mr El-Amin took to Facebook with \"just a real time assessment of what was happening and what we were trying to do to combat it\".\n\nSoon, offers of help came from friends who told him there was deep concern across the US regarding Floyd's death, and on matters of policing, racism and injustice.\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 almaauunmn 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\nPeople were ready to help groups that were doing work on the ground in the community, they told him.\n\nThey helped the charity quickly craft an online fundraising campaign to take advantage of the moment, though the imam told them: \"Let's start small and if it grows, fantastic.\"\n\n\"And my goodness. I was not expecting the response that we got.\"\n\nThe initial $25,000 (£19,650) goal was reached in 24 hours. In another six, they reached $50,000.\n\nThe campaign eventually closed at $400,000, an amount Mr El-Amin calls a \"game changer\".\n\n\"This is what we wanted all the time, this is what we prayed for, you know what I mean?\" he says.\n\n\"And this moment - as tragic as it is, as hurtful and traumatic as it is - has also blessed us in this moment in terms of being able to help more folks.\"\n\nA memorial stands at the site of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis\n\nAl-Maa'uun was not alone in receiving the largesse of donors around the world seeking to make a difference in the wake of Floyd's death.\n\nSince 25 May, roughly $5bn in pledges and commitments were made to racial equity organisations, according to data compiled by Candid, which tracks and analyses global philanthropy.\n\nThat accounts for over 50% of the racial equity funding that Candid has identified since 2008.\n\nThe funds come from tech firms Google and Microsoft, finance firms like Morgan Stanley, and entertainment giants like Netflix and YouTube, celebrities and philanthropists, and are pledged to various causes like the Equal Justice Initiative, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the National Urban League.\n\nWhile donations have slowed in recent weeks with many big firms having made their commitments, foundation grants are now beginning to flow in, says Candid's corporate philanthropy manager Andrew Grabois, pointing to a recent $220m commitment by billionaire philanthropist George Soros' Open Society Foundations.\n\nThis week MacKenzie Bezos, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, said she had given over $585m in recent months to racial equity causes as part of her broader philanthropic pursuits.\n\nCandid's accounting does not include small donations from individuals that flooded charities, bail funds and GoFundMe campaigns set up for George Floyd's family and for the families of other black Americans killed in interactions with police.\n\nMr Grabois does not believe they would come close to matching the billions in large corporate and celebrity pledges, but they will still be significant.\n\nActBlue, an online small donations fundraising platform for progressive non-profits and Democrat candidates and committees, confirmed to the BBC that June was its biggest month since its 2004 founding in terms of the volume of donations, and that racial justice charities led the way.\n\nAmong the most popular places to donate was community bail funds, which pay to free people held on bail and advocate for criminal justice reforms.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Leonard, 73, shares his experiences growing up under Jim Crow laws with his nephew and great-nephew\n\nDriven in part by the online endorsement of celebrities like singer Lizzo, performer Janelle Monae and actor Don Cheadle, millions of dollars went to bail out protesters nationwide.\n\nThe National Bail Fund Network - an organisation of over 60 community bail funds - has received over $80m in donations since late May, according to its director, Pilar Weiss.\n\nOne member, the Minnesota Freedom Fund - a small local fund with an annual budget of about $200,000 - alone raised $35m in two weeks from some 900,000 donors worldwide.\n\nIn early June they paused donations and, like a number of smaller nonprofits suddenly flooded with funds, referred potential donors to other charities doing work in the racial justice realm.\n\nMs Weiss says while the donated dollar amounts are large \"the bail amounts are also large\", noting the recent total to bail out protesters in Oklahoma City came to $4m.\n\nIt also allows the bail funds to post bail - an amount some people charged with crimes must pay in order to be released while they fight their case - for people with amounts set at higher levels, she says.\n\nCities like New York showed support for the movement by painting Black Lives Matter on streets\n\nUnsurprisingly, the massive influx of donations has not escaped controversy.\n\nMillions were pledged - mostly in apparent error - to a California-based organisation called the Black Lives Matter Foundation, which had no affiliation to the broader Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nNew York's attorney general later ordered the foundation to stop soliciting funds in the state and urged people to do their due diligence before giving.\n\nActBlue had to debunk false online claims that donations to the charities linked to the Black Lives Matter movement were being funnelled to the Democratic campaigns.\n\nAnd the Minnesota Freedom Fund faced an online backlash with the hashtag #wheresthemoney trending as people questioned why they had only spent about $200,000 on bail in the two weeks despite raising millions.\n\nThe fund released a statement urging donors to remember that \"scaling up to put this amount of resources to use with integrity takes time\".\n\nTyrone Freeman, an assistant professor of philanthropic studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, cautions that when a non-profit is \"suddenly confronted with a massive influx\" it's \"important that donors take a breath and have some grace, if you will\".\n\nDonors should remember the social change they wanted to help pursue with their money in \"not like an Amazon purchase\", he says.\n\n\"Social change is not going to show up on your doorstep. It takes time. Activism is a long-haul proposition. Activism is all about people, the process, keep showing up and moving an agenda forward. It can be slow work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFor some charities, he compares it to a life-changing lottery win, saying \"things will be very different for you tomorrow and you probably want to slow down and capture a sense of how to move forward before you get out there and go crazy with all the money\".\n\nFor Al-Maa'uun, their influx has allowed them to hire extra staff, including potential permanent positions, to bolster their affordable housing, mentoring and community organising work and to respond to immediate needs in \"a larger way\", says Mr El-Amin.\n\nIt has heightened their profile, allowing them to look into building collaborations around bringing medical services and legal aid into the neighbourhood.\n\nThey also want to nurture the relationship with their 7,000 new donors, hoping to get them both to share ideas and to help amplify Al-Maa'uun's message.\n\n\"This really gives us an opportunity and space to be able to do that,\" says Mr El-Amin. \"Ultimately make us much stronger down the road.\"", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "There had been no new deaths following a positive test reported in Scotland since 16 July\n\nThe deaths of two people in Scotland are the country's first confirmed coronavirus fatalities in six weeks.\n\nIt is the first time since 16 July that the deaths of patients who have tested positive for the virus has been recorded in daily figures.\n\nIt brings the total number of deaths in Scotland under this measure to 2,494.\n\nHowever the death toll recorded by the National Records of Scotland, which includes both confirmed and suspected cases of Covid-19, stands at 4,222.\n\nIt reported an additional six deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate between 17 and 23 August.\n\nFour of the deaths were in a care home and two were in a hospital, according to the NRS.\n\nGiving her daily update on coronavirus, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs the two deaths were a reminder that coronavirus was still a \"threat\" in Scotland.\n\n\"I think all of us have become used to hearing news of no deaths under these daily figures,\" Ms Sturgeon said.\n\n\"These two new deaths today are of course devastating for those who will be grieving the loss. But they should also be a reminder for all of us that the threat of Covid hasn't yet gone away\".\n\nThe two deaths are of patients who tested positive for Covid-19 within the past 28 days.\n\nScotland's first coronavirus death was reported by NHS Lothian on 13 March.\n\nThe number of daily deaths following a positive test peaked at 84 on 15 April, with 83 deaths also reported on 29 April and 6 May.\n\nBut the number has been mainly declining since early May and the figure has not increased at all for six weeks.\n\nThe NRS death figures are higher because they count all death certificates that mention Covid-19, even if the person has not been tested for the virus.\n\nThey include cases where the person has tested positive for the virus, and where it is suspected but not confirmed.\n\nMs Sturgeon also reported that there had been 67 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Scotland in the last 24 hours.\n\nSix more people are in hospital, bringing the total to 249, and two people are in intensive care.", "A survey suggests topless sunbathing is becoming less common in France\n\nFrance's interior minister has defended topless sunbathing after police asked a group of women on a Mediterranean beach to cover up.\n\nThe three were approached by officers on the beach in Sainte-Marie-La-Mer following a complaint from a holidaying family.\n\nThe incident generated a huge backlash against the officers.\n\nBacking the women, the minister, Gérald Darmanin, tweeted: \"Freedom is a precious commodity\".\n\nHe said it was wrong the women were asked to put on clothing.\n\nA press release posted on Facebook by the Pyrenees-Orientales police said the incident happened last week.\n\nTwo officers asked three people on the beach to cover their chests, after a request from a family concerned about children present.\n\n\"Guided by a desire for appeasement, the police asked the people concerned if they would agree to cover their chest after they explained the reason for their approach,\" it said.\n\n\"No municipal order forbids this practice [topless sunbathing] in Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.\"\n\nTheir action prompted a wave of criticism online. Some questioned a wave of \"prudishness\" sweeping France, while others questioned if the practice was now banned.\n\nPeople online questioned whether topless sunbathing was allowed or not\n\nPolice spokeswoman Lt Col Maddy Scheurer blamed the \"clumsiness\" of the two officers for the incident. \"You will always see me in uniform,\" she wrote, \"but the practice of topless tanning is allowed at the beach of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer.\"\n\nWhile Mr Darmanin said it was wrong that the women were asked to cover up, he said it was \"normal for the administration to recognise its mistakes\".\n\nIt is not illegal to sunbathe topless in France, although local authorities can ban the practice with directives about clothing.\n\nA survey by the website VieHealthy in 2019 showed the practice is less common in France now than it was in the past, and is less common than in other European countries.\n\nThe survey said 22% of French women asked had sunbathed topless, compared with 48% of Spanish women and 34% of Germans.", "The group recently returned home from the Greek island of Zante\n\nUp to 30 young people in Plymouth could be infected with coronavirus having returned from holiday in Greece, local health officials say.\n\nThe city's public health team said the group, aged 18 and 19, returned from the island of Zante last week and so far 11 have tested positive.\n\nMany of them had no, or \"very minor\", symptoms of the virus, they added.\n\nGreece is not currently on the list of countries with quarantine restrictions for UK travellers.\n\nPlymouth's director for public health Ruth Harrell said her team were working alongside national systems to contact and trace those thought to have been affected.\n\nSome who were not showing symptoms \"carried on as normal\" until they became aware of the risk, including going on a \"night out in Plymouth's bars and restaurants\", she added.\n\nShe said: \"While we are still below the point of triggering a lockdown, this incident just goes to show how easily life can change.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "What kind of vice-president is Mike Pence?\n\nOn the one hand, he does a lot of the typical tasks associated with modern VPs like the advising, the communications, the weekly lunch with the president and the foreign travel, says Joel Goldstein, a professor of law at St Louis University who has written books about the vice-presidency.\n\nBut on the other hand, Pence has the unique challenge of deputising for a president who is like no other. That means he often finds himself cleaning up a controversy, saying Donald Trump hasn’t said what he’s said, and rephrasing it.\n\nBut whereas all VPs end up being salespeople for the president, Pence has taken that to new levels, says Mr Goldstein. “He says President Trump is going to be the best friend the military has ever had, things like that. There are no limits on the bounds of his praise for the president.”\n\nPerhaps Pence would act differently if he was serving under one of the Bushes or another Republican president, he adds. Trump is a man who doesn’t like to be challenged.\n\n“He wants to have people sit there in a public meeting singing his praises, and Pence has been willing to do that. But when you do that, it demeans the vice-president and also demeans the office.”\n\nMike Pence: From Indiana to the White House", "The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years, the industry is warning.\n\nFarmers say that the extreme weather over the last year is likely to mean wheat yields are down by up to 40%.\n\nAs a result, some millers have already increased the price of flour by 10% and they warn a no-deal Brexit could push up prices even further.\n\nAnd we're likely to see more of the same weather in future, experts say.\n\nThe UK Met Office told BBC News that the extremes of wet and hot conditions that have marked this year are likely to become more common as our climate continues to change.\n\nWheat farmers have been hit with a triple-whammy of severe weather, according to the National Farmers' Union (NFU).\n\nFirst off, unusually heavy rain in the autumn meant many farmers could not plant as much wheat as they usually would. What they did plant did not thrive in the waterlogged soil.\n\nThat was followed by the wettest February on record.\n\nStorms Ciara and Dennis battered much of the UK in the early and middle of the month, causing widespread flooding. They were followed by Storm Jorge at the end of February.\n\nThen we had the very hot and dry spring which caused droughts in many areas of the UK, making it hard for the crop to take up nutrients from the soil.\n\nA rise in the price of flour will be passed on to the bread we buy\n\nFinally, the heavy rain this August meant many farmers have had to delay harvesting their crops.\n\n\"We're looking at a 30% reduction in our good fields, in some of our poor fields it's is even more\", said Matt Culley, an arable farmer from Hampshire who is chair of the NFU's crop board.\n\nSome of his grain stores are virtually empty where normally they would be full at this time of year.\n\nHe said much of the wheat that the rain has forced him to leave in the fields will only be fit for animal feed.\n\nIt is, said Mr Culley, the worst harvest in the 37 years he's been farming, with the most dramatic variation in the weather he has ever known.\n\nA spokesperson for the Met Office explained: \"UK climate projections show a trend towards hotter and drier summers and warmer, wetter winters.\"\n\nSince 85% of the wheat used for flour is grown here in the UK, flour millers will have to make up the shortages caused by this year's dire harvest with imports.\n\nAnd, because the price of wheat has been increasing steadily since the summer, the price of flour will rise, says Alex Waugh who runs the National Association of British and Irish Millers.\n\nPaul Munsey says further rises in the price of flour are to be expected\n\nHe says wheat prices are already up by £40 a tonne - an increase of more than 20%.\n\nBecause the margins millers operate on are very tight, they will have no choice but to pass some of this increase on to consumers by raising prices.\n\n\"It's reached the point where we can't afford to keep selling flour at the price that we are,\" Paul Munsey of Wessex Mill in Oxfordshire told BBC News.\n\nHe has already increased the price of his flour by 12% and warns there may be further price rises to come.\n\nIn the event of a no-deal Brexit, wheat imports could be liable for a £79 per tonne tariff, said the National Association of British and Irish Millers. This figure is derived from the World Trade Organization (WTO) standard tariff for wheat.\n\nWheat prices are always volatile, but this would represent a further 40% hike in wheat prices which, once again, would be likely to drive up the price of flour.\n\nAnd when the price of flour rises, you can expect the price of bread to rise a little - as well as the price of biscuits, pastries and cakes.\n\nAgata Towpik runs Marcopolo Bakery in Wantage which specialises in craft bread.\n\nShe says she is - very reluctantly - considering raising her prices.\n\nIt will be only the second time she has done so since she and her husband Peter started the business a decade ago.\n\n\"Flour is our main ingredient and all the prices are increasing at the moment, so that will probably force us to put our prices up,\" she said.\n\n\"We love our customers and want as many of them as possible to be able to buy from us. But there's less money coming into the company and we've got employees and rent to pay.\"", "The EasyJet flight was from Gibraltar to Gatwick Airport\n\nA group of EasyJet passengers returning from Gibraltar are having to self-isolate for two weeks after a flight delay meant they were put up in a hotel across the border in Spain.\n\nThe flight was due to leave on Monday but was delayed overnight.\n\nEasyjet could not book enough rooms for all passengers in Gibraltar so some spent the night in Spain.\n\nThe UK's travel rules mean travellers from Gibraltar do not have to quarantine, but arrivals from Spain do.\n\nGibraltar is a British overseas territory and shares a border with Spain. Its airport lies next to the border.\n\nOne passenger who was on the flight to London's Gatwick Airport sent a message to the airline on Twitter, calling the situation \"ridiculous\".\n\nAlan Orme said: \"My option is to move from low Covid Gibraltar to high Covid Spain. I cannot afford to self-isolate. EasyJet will you pay my loss of earnings?\"\n\nGibraltar, which has a population of about 32,000, has had a total of 246 confirmed cases of coronavirus and no deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO says Spain has recorded more than 386,000 cases and 28,838 deaths.\n\nSpain was taken off the UK government's list of travel corridors last month, following a rise in cases. It meant travellers returning from there must stay at home for 14 days.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nGibraltar is a limestone outcrop on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, adjacent to Spain\n\nEasyJet said it had booked all available hotel rooms in Gibraltar as well as some near the airport just over the border in Spain.\n\nThe airline said it was aware of five rooms in Spain that were used by customers. Customers were not required to take the rooms in Spain, it added, saying many customers arranged their own accommodation.\n\nIn a statement, EasyJet said: \"As a result of low visibility weather conditions in Gibraltar, easyJet had to delay flight EZY8906 to Gatwick overnight.\n\n\"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is our highest priority and we would never operate a flight unless it is safe to do so.\n\n\"We tried to provide as many hotel rooms in Gibraltar as possible, however due to a shortage of rooms it was not possible to provide these for all customers so we offered accommodation in Spain for those who wanted it.\n\n\"Some customers found accommodation themselves in Gibraltar and easyJet will reimburse the cost to them.\"", "A mistake in a spreadsheet set in motion a series of events that delayed the opening of a £150m hospital, a new report has revealed.\n\nLast-minute issues with ventilation prevented the opening of Edinburgh's new children's hospital last July.\n\nAn NHS Lothian-commissioned review found a \"human error\" in a 2012 spreadsheet with the specifications for air flow in critical care rooms.\n\nThe mistake was missed in what auditors describe as a \"collective failure\".\n\nIt was only when the hospital had been handed over to NHS Lothian, and £1.4m monthly repayments had started, that independent checks found the critical care rooms were operating with the wrong air flow.\n\nRemedial work worth £16m has since been carried out and the new Sick Kids building started hosting outpatient appointments in July.\n\nBut the hospital's full opening date, previously pencilled in for the autumn, is under review in light of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nNHS Lothian said it had already made a number of the recommendations for improvement in the report to \"ensure that future capital projects will benefit\".\n\nA public inquiry into the issues at the Sick Kids hospital and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow is also under way.\n\nNHS Lothian asked audit firm Grant Thornton to conduct a review of the health board's role in the Sick Kids project, the first NHS hospital to be built using the Scottish government's private financing model known as Non-Profit Distribution (NPD).\n\nThe new hospital will provide care for children and young people\n\nNHS Lothian set the requirements for the hospital but private consortium IHSL designed, built, and financed the facility in a deal which over the next 25 years, including maintenance and facilities management fees, will cost £432m.\n\nThe Grant Thornton review concluded there was \"collective failure from the parties involved\" and that it was \"not possible to identify one single event which resulted in the errors\".\n\nThe crux of the Sick Kids saga is that the hospital's critical care rooms need 10 air changes per hour to comply with ventilation guidelines designed to control infections.\n\nComplying with these guidelines was in the project contract but the critical care rooms were completed with a ventilation system that only did four air changes per hour.\n\nThe Grant Thornton report spells out how this oversight was not spotted.\n\nThe Grant Thornton report cites the complexity of the project as being a big factor in its repeated problems.\n\nIt notes the new hospital was switched from a traditionally financed project to the NPD model in 2010, adding \"NHS Lothian were not consulted on the change in funding model in advance of the decision being taken\".\n\nThis move came after four years of work by NHS Lothian on the project.\n\nThe health board handed over its work to potential bidders to try and speed up the procurement process but made clear the responsibility for the design and build would be with the winning consortium.\n\nBut the move, approved by the Scottish government, created \"potential ambiguity\" over design requirements, according to the report.\n\nFormer NHS Lothian chief executive Tim Davison previously said a collective failure of \"many senior and expert staff\" was behind the delays to the new hospital\n\nCalum Campbell, chief executive of NHS Lothian, praised the extent of analysis in the review given the \"complex and significant\" range of documentation associated with the 12-year-old project.\n\nHe said: \"Recommendations in relation to decision making, clarity, clinical engagement and involvement of external advisers have been made.\n\n\"Some areas identified have already been addressed and others will be implemented within the agreed timeframes to ensure that future capital projects will benefit.\n\n\"The Department of Clinical Neurosciences and children's outpatient services have already settled into their new home and we are looking forward to the full opening as soon as possible.\"\n\nIn a statement, the Scottish government said the safety and well-being of patients and their families was their top priority and should be the \"primary consideration in all NHS construction projects\".\n\n\"A public inquiry is under way to help us understand the issues that affected both the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus site in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences site in Edinburgh.\n\n\"It will also make recommendations to ensure that any past mistakes are not repeated in future NHS infrastructure projects.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Being obese doubles the risk of hospital treatment from Covid-19 and increases the risk of dying by nearly 50%, a global analysis suggests.\n\nObesity makes other diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure more likely, the US researchers say.\n\nAlong with a weakened immune system, this can make these individuals more vulnerable to severe Covid-19.\n\nThey also warn a vaccine against coronavirus could be less effective in obese people.\n\nThis is based on the fact that flu vaccines don't work as well in those with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30.\n\nThe team, from the University of North Carolina, looked at data from 75 studies from around the world for their research, including nearly 400,000 patients.\n\nThey found that people with obesity and Covid-19 were twice as likely to end up in hospital and 74% more likely to be admitted to intensive care. They were also more at risk of dying from the disease caused by coronavirus.\n\nStudies from the UK have shown similar risks for people carrying excess weight, prompting the government to introduce new measures to curb obesity.\n\nProfessor Barry Popkin, who led the study from the department of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, said the increased risks of being obese and having Covid-19 were \"much higher than expected\".\n\nHe said healthier eating had to be a priority in many countries, with fewer sugary drinks and much less junk and processed food in people's diets.\n\nObesity is linked to a number of diseases which also put people at higher risk of being ill with Covid-19.\n\nIt can also lead to more inflammation in the body, reduce the body's ability to fight off infections and put more strain on other organs, as well as the breathing.\n\n\"Vaccine researchers should look at how it affects obese individuals,\" Prof Popkin says of a coronavirus vaccine to protect against Covid-19.\n\nHe is concerned that a vaccine, when it is ready to be used, may be less effective in a population with a high percentage of people with obesity.\n\nWith obesity rising around the world and 20% of people overweight or obese in nearly all countries - in the UK and US it's close to 66% - understanding how treatments and vaccines work in this group is \"critical\", the research says.", "Jane Midgley says she needs answers about the death of her son, Simon\n\nThe mother of a man killed in a fire at a hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond more than two years ago has said it is \"torture\" not knowing why he died.\n\nSimon Midgley, 32, and Richard Dyson, 38, died in the fire which fire broke out at the Cameron House Hotel in 2017.\n\nJane Midgley said she needs answers about what led to Simon's death.\n\nThe Crown Office said it was committed to ensuring the circumstances around the deaths were aired in an \"appropriate legal forum\".\n\nMs Midgley said every day without answers was like the day she found out about his death.\n\n\"I just live it every single day and I can't cope with it much longer,\" she said. \"I need to know why they are not here and it's so difficult.\n\n\"I need answers. Why are these boys not here anymore? Why did this happen? Nearly three years on, no one is telling me.\"\n\nRichard Dyson and Simon Midgley were thought to be on a winter break in Scotland\n\nShe told BBC Scotland she wakes up during the night thinking about her son, asking herself \"has this really happened?\".\n\n\"Nearly three years on, should I still be feeling this hurt and pain?\"\n\nAfter the fire, the emergency services conducted investigations.\n\nWhile this can be a lengthy process, reports from the fire service and the police were passed to the Crown months ago.\n\nMs Midgley criticised prosecutors for not providing her with more information. She added she thinks they should be in contact with her more regularly than every four weeks.\n\nShe said: \"When the Crown say that they regularly update the family and are in regular contact that is always to say... 'it's still ongoing', 'we'll update you with anything significant', 'it's complicated'.\"\n\nShe added that there were many questions she still wanted answers to.\n\n\"The most important thing is finding out why Simon couldn't get out of that hotel that night - what went wrong. I have no idea, I've got to understand, I just need the answers.\n\n\"I need to know how it happened. I need to know why the boys didn't get out of that hotel when it was on fire, how it started, where it started, why they could not get out, could it have been prevented... it is pure torture.\"\n\nFire broke out at the Cameron House hotel in 2017\n\nMr Midgley was a freelance writer with the Evening Standard. Following his death the newspaper's editor, George Osbourne, paid tribute to Mr Midgley's \"adventurous spirit\".\n\nA spokesman for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: \"Our staff have been in regular contact with the nearest relatives and provided them with information at every stage.\n\n\"The information that can be shared while a case is being investigated is limited so as not to prejudice any potential proceedings.\n\n\"The Crown‎ is committed to ensuring that the facts and circumstances surrounding the deaths of Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson are thoroughly investigated by the relevant agencies, fully considered by COPFS and, in due course, aired in an appropriate legal forum.\n\n\"The nearest relatives will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Hogan said he did not break any law but he \"should have been more rigorous\" in his adherence to the Covid guidelines\n\nEU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned after the Irish government accused him of breaching Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nMr Hogan attended a golf dinner with more than 80 people in County Galway on 19 August.\n\nHe was also criticised for not complying with quarantine rules when he arrived in Ireland from Brussels.\n\nMr Hogan said he did not break any law but he \"should have been more rigorous\" in adherence to the Covid guidelines.\n\nIn a resignation statement, the outgoing commissioner said he regretted his trip to Ireland had \"caused such concern, unease and upset\".\n\n\"I reiterate my heartfelt apology to the Irish people for the mistakes I made during my visit,\" he added.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Hogan provided details to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, about his time in Ireland leading up to his attendance at the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) Golf Society event.\n\nAfter arriving in the Republic of Ireland on 31 July, Mr Hogan said he travelled to his temporary residence in Kildare and tested negative for Covid-19 on 5 August during a hospital visit.\n\nHe had told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ he had not breached regulations and argued the test result meant he was \"not under any subsequent legal requirement to self-isolate or quarantine\".\n\nIreland's Department of Health has said a person is required to restrict their movements for 14 days if they arrive into Ireland from a country not on the green list.\n\nIt said the guidance does not state that a negative Covid-19 test shortens the 14-days requirement.\n\nThe leaders of the Republic of Ireland's governing coalition had said the commissioner had clearly breached guidelines and he should have restricted his movement for 14 days.\n\nThey said he should also have limited his movements to and from Kildare for essential travel only, and he should not have attended the golf dinner.\n\nFollowing news of the resignation, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said it was \"the correct course of action given the circumstances of the past week\".\n\n\"We all have a responsibility to support and adhere to public health guidelines and regulations,\" a joint statement continued.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said she was grateful for Mr Hogan's \"tireless work as a trade commissioner\".\n\n\"He was a valuable and respected member of the college,\" she said. \"I wish him all the best for the future.\"\n\nMr Hogan - who would have been leading the EU's post-Brexit free trade negotiations with the UK - had been facing calls to quit in the wake of #GolfGate, as it has become known in Ireland.\n\nThe now infamous golf dinner was attended by a host of high-profile figures from Irish political life.\n\nThe controversy surrounding it has already cost the jobs of Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary and Jerry Buttimer, deputy chairman of the Irish senate.\n\nThe event took place the day after the Irish government changed its guidelines in the face of an increasing number of Covid-19 cases, with numbers allowed at indoor events cut from 50 to six, with some exceptions.\n\nJames Sweeney, from the Station House Hotel where the event was held, told RTÉ he had checked with the Irish Hotels Federation to ensure the event complied with regulations.\n\nHe said he was told it would be, if the guests were in two separate rooms, with fewer than 50 people in each.\n\nGardaí (Irish police) have said they are investigating what happened at the dinner.", "Police patrolled public spaces to ensure lockdown rules were being followed at the height of the pandemic\n\nCrime in England and Wales fell by almost a third in the first two full months of lockdown, according to the Office for National Statistics.\n\nThis was driven by falls in reported thefts and burglary, the ONS said.\n\nBut the ONS said drug crime rose by up to 44% compared with the same period last year, due to targeted policing.\n\nA survey also suggests the vast majority of adults (91%) are satisfied with the way police have dealt with the coronavirus restrictions.\n\nThe figures, which are based on telephone research, support earlier data from police forces of a significant decline in offending during April and May.\n\nThe ONS data shows drug offences recorded by police rose by 22% in April to 16,570 and 44% in May to 20,687, compared with 13,535 and 14,343 for the respective months in 2019.\n\nThe ONS report linked this to \"proactive police activity in pursuing these crimes during lockdown\".\n\nIt said the rises were driven largely by drugs possession offences with \"early indications\" suggesting this was \"particularly evident\" in London, where the Metropolitan Police had increased the number of drugs-related stop and searches it was carrying out during that time.\n\nMeanwhile, there was a 57% rise in computer misuse offences compared with the two-month average from July to December 2019.\n\nThe ONS said the increase was not \"statistically significant\" because of the small sample size and it will be explored further.\n\nOverall police-recorded crime during the coronavirus lockdown was 25% lower in April and 20% lower in May compared with the same period in 2019.\n\nIt also fell 5% in March compared with February, the research found.\n\nReports of theft fell in April and May to \"almost half the level recorded\" during those months in the previous year, the ONS said.\n\nBut reports of crime rose again as lockdown restrictions began to ease.\n\nBilly Gazard, from the ONS Centre for Crime and Justice, said the \"significant\" fall in crime at the height of the coronavirus lockdown in England and Wales \"was driven by reductions in theft offences, particularly domestic burglary and theft of personal property\".\n\nHe added that the findings were \"not unexpected\" as the period coincided with the majority of people spending long periods at home.\n\nBut he said the exception was police recording of drug offences, adding: \"This reflects proactive police activity as overall crime levels reduced.\"\n\nThe report gives the first official indication of some police-recorded crime figures since the pandemic took hold in the UK.\n\nHowever, its findings are limited due to the difficulties in gathering statistics posed by the circumstances caused by the pandemic and because some figures are not yet available.\n\nFor example, police reports of domestic abuse are recorded quarterly, so official figures indicating the prevalence of this crime during lockdown have not yet been made public.", "The chief civil servant at the Department for Education has been sacked following the row over A-level and GCSE results in England.\n\nJonathan Slater was due to stand down next year, but will now leave the department by next week.\n\nA government statement said Boris Johnson \"concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership\".\n\nBut the civil service union accused No 10 of \"discarding\" its members to \"keep scrutiny from the government's door\".\n\nMr Slater is the fifth permanent secretary to leave his post in six months.\n\nThe news comes a day after the head of exam regulator Ofqual, Sally Collier, also resigned from her role.\n\nThousands of A-level students saw their results downgraded earlier this month due to an algorithm designed to moderate them.\n\nIt led to a huge backlash and a u-turn by government ahead of the publication of GCSE results, reverting the grades back to those awarded by teachers.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson faced calls to resign, but No 10 said it had full confidence in him.\n\nMr Slater has been the permanent secretary at the DfE for four years and was due to step down in Spring 2021.\n\nHe will now be replaced by Susan Acland-Hood, who was brought into the department on a temporary contract last week to lead on its exam response.\n\nCabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill thanked Mr Slater for his 35 years as a public servant and the government said a permanent replacement would be confirmed in the coming weeks.\n\nMr Williamson also thanked Mr Slater for his \"commitment to public service\", adding: \"Like the prime minister, I appreciate the hard work of officials across government, particularly during this unprecedented time.\"\n\nThe education secretary said he and his new permanent secretary's \"immediate focus remains on making sure every child returns to the classroom full-time at the start of term\".\n\nThe general secretary of the FDA union, Dave Penman, criticised the decision to sack Mr Slater.\n\nHe said: \"If it wasn't clear before, then it certainly is now - this administration will throw civil service leaders under bus without a moment's hesitation to shield ministers from any kind of accountability.\"\n\nHe accused the government of \"scapegoating\" civil servants and claimed trust between ministers and civil servants was \"at an all-time low\".\n\nThe Labour Party also condemned the move, saying civil servants had \"time and time again taken the fall for the incompetence and failures of ministers\".\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"Parents will be looking on in dismay at a government in complete chaos just a matter of days before children will return to schools.\n\n\"Leadership requires a sense of responsibility and a willingness to be held accountable, qualities this prime minister and his ministers utterly lack.\"\n\nFormer head of the Home Civil Service, Sir Bob Kerslake, who has worked as a Labour advisor, called the sacking \"a disgrace\", telling Times Radio that senior civil servants were \"carrying the can for the failure of ministers\".\n\nSo, what does the departure of Jonathan Slater mean - and why does it matter?\n\nFor his union, the FDA - and for Labour - it is straightforwardly a sign that, when things go wrong, the buck now firmly stops with the officials and not government ministers.\n\nAngry Conservative MPs were being privately reassured that \"heads would roll\" after the exams controversy.\n\nAnd now, both a senior civil servant and the head of Ofqual have now departed, while Gavin Williamson and his education ministers remain in post.\n\nBut something of a pattern is now emerging.\n\nIn February, the most senior official at the Home Office resigned - and took the government to court, claiming there had been a \"vicious and orchestrated campaign\" against him.\n\nOther senior civil servants have made less of a fuss, but have nonetheless left their jobs.\n\nThe most senior Whitehall mandarin - Sir Mark Sedwill - recently moved, the head of the Foreign Office announced an earlier than expected departure, and it was confirmed last month that the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice would be leaving too.\n\nSo, not-so-permanent secretaries seems to be a feature of this administration.\n\nCabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has talked about reforming the civil service. In a speech in June, he said government departments recruited in their own image and their assumptions were \"inescapably metropolitan\".\n\nSo a strategic rethink and an increased turnover of senior Whitehall personnel are probably not entirely unrelated.\n\nBut what might worry senior civil servants more is they might be sacrificed for short-term news management, rather than as the result of any strategic master plan.\n\nAnd there is a risk that this, in turn, might affect the quality of those who apply for senior civil service roles in the future.", "Cornwall is one of the UK's most popular tourist destinations\n\nThe UK is set to lose up to £22bn in tourism revenues this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, an industry body has predicted.\n\nSpending by visitors from overseas could fall by as much as 78%, equivalent to £60m a day, said the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).\n\nIn the worst case scenario, this would put three million jobs in jeopardy.\n\nThe WTTC said tourists were \"staying away from the UK in droves\" because of uncertainty over travel restrictions.\n\nVisitors have been put off coming to the UK because it has been hit harder by the pandemic than any other European country.\n\nTravel has also been discouraged by the UK government's quarantine measures imposed on people arriving from nations including France, the Netherlands and Spain.\n\nThis summer's \"staycation\" boom has seen UK residents flocking to book holidays in their own country, but the WTTC thinks the lack of foreign visitors will still inflict economic damage.\n\nLondon had been hardest hit by the collapse in visitor numbers, the WTTC said, because about 85% of tourist spending in the capital was from foreign visitors.\n\n\"The economic pain and suffering caused to millions of households across the UK, who are dependent upon travel and tourism for their livelihoods, is evident from the latest figures,\" said WTTC President Gloria Guevara.\n\nShe said the UK could take \"years to recover\" from the slump in demand, which threatened London's position as one of the world's premier hubs for business and leisure travel.\n\n\"We urgently need to replace stop-start quarantine measures with rapid, comprehensive and cost-effective test and trace programmes at departure points across the country,\" she added.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the coronavirus crisis was having an impact on travel companies' stock market performance, with airline easyJet and cruise firm Carnival exiting the FTSE 100 after a major collapse in their share prices.\n\nShe added: \"It also has much wider repercussions for the UK travel industry as a whole. Last year, according to the WTTC, travel and tourism were responsible for almost four million UK jobs or 11% of the country's total workforce, with many businesses relying on high spending overseas visitors.\n\n\"Although there has been an increase in the number of domestic holidays being taken in the UK, as UK consumers steer clear of trips abroad, their spend is highly unlikely to offset the collapse of international travel.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nBolt celebrated his 34th birthday with a party in his native Jamaica last week and quarantined himself as a precaution after taking a test on Saturday.\n\n\"The Covid test was positive, but Usain is not showing any symptoms,\" Bolt's agent Ricky Simms told CNN in an email.\n\nBolt, who retired in 2017, won eight Olympic and 11 world titles in a glittering career which also saw him set the 100m and 200m world records.\n\nJamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness said on Monday that police are investigating the circumstances surrounding Bolt's birthday party.\n\nHe told a virtual news conference: \"These matters are all being thoroughly investigated and the police will give a report on these matters in near future.\"\n\nBolt retired from athletics following the 2017 World Championships in London.\n\nHe began training with Australian club Central Coast Mariners in 2018 but did not pursue a career in football.\n\nBolt follows several high-profile sports stars in having tested positive for coronavirus this year, including tennis world number one Novak Djokovic in June and Barcelona midfielder Miralem Pjanic on Sunday.\n• None The Olympic coach who vanished before trial", "Tests on samples showed the woman, 75, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February\n\nThe earliest known person to contract coronavirus within the UK has been identified, scientists believe.\n\nAnalysis of samples by the University of Nottingham showed a 75-year-old woman, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February.\n\nShe is also understood to be first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.\n\nA Surrey resident was previously believed to have caught the virus first.\n\nNews of the case has emerged only now, because samples were being analysed in retrospect by researchers as they investigated the origins of the UK pandemic.\n\nNearly 2,000 routine respiratory samples taken from patients at the Queen's Medical Centre, a Nottingham teaching hospital, between January and March were tested.\n\nThe report, which has not yet been peer reviewed, states: \"Patient 1 in this study is, to the best of our knowledge, the earliest described community-acquired case of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK, admitted to hospital care on the 21st of February 2020, and was also the first UK COVID-19 death, preceding the earliest known death by 2 days.\"\n\nUntil now, the first transmission of coronavirus within the UK was thought to have occurred on 28 February. But this new research suggests there were home-grown cases earlier than this.\n\nAlthough the study comes from only one hospital in Nottingham, it signals that coronavirus was circulating undetected in Britain at least in early February 2020.\n\nThe findings are perhaps not surprising, given the limited testing early on in the pandemic which meant only a small number of people were checked for the virus.\n\nPlenty of people have been doubting the official timeline of coronavirus spread. Other research published in May revealed France's first case was in December 2019 - almost a month earlier than previously thought.\n\nStudies like these help build a more complete picture of the history of the outbreak, but do not tell us what the virus will do next.\n\nEven if more people have been exposed to the virus than first appreciated, it's not clear whether this means more of us will be immune to the disease.\n\nThe work also revealed that early coronavirus cases in the UK would have been identified if testing criteria had at the time been less strict, say the scientists.\n\nProf Jonathan Ball, one of authors of the study, said there was \"widespread community transmission of coronavirus\" in Nottingham in early February.\n\nHowever, the researchers said the cases went undetected because testing for coronavirus required a strict criteria to be met like a recent travel history.\n\nThe report also found a traveller who had returned from South Korea, who tested positive on the 28 February, had most likely caught the virus in Nottingham rather than in Korea, as had been assumed.\n\nProf Ball said: \"Had the diagnostic criteria for Covid-19 been widened earlier to include patients with compatible symptoms but no travel history, it is likely that earlier imported infections would have been detected, which could have led to an earlier lockdown and lower deaths.\n\n\"However, the capacity for testing available nationally was not sufficient at the time to process the volume of testing required.\n\n\"In order to prepare for any future pandemic such as this, the UK urgently needs to invest in and expand diagnostic capacity within NHS and PHE diagnostic laboratory services.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"NHS Test and Trace is working, it's completely free and is stopping the spread of coronavirus.\n\n\"During this unprecedented pandemic we have rapidly built the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities in British history, meaning anyone with coronavirus symptoms can get a test.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Ms Evans was the first person to give evidence to the inquiry\n\nThe Scottish government's harassment complaints system was not drawn up to \"get Alex Salmond\", the country's top civil servant has told an inquiry.\n\nLeslie Evans apologised for the government's handling of allegations against the former first minister.\n\nBut she insisted that investigating them was \"the right thing to do\".\n\nMSPs are investigating the failure of the government's complaints handling process, which saw Mr Salmond awarded a £500,000 expenses payout in court.\n\nMs Evans - who is the permanent secretary to the Scottish government - told the Scottish Parliament inquiry she wanted to \"apologise unreservedly to all concerned for this procedural failure\".\n\nMr Salmond has previously called for the civil servant to quit, but she has been backed by the current first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nThe government launched an internal investigation into harassment complaints against Mr Salmond from two female members of staff in January 2018.\n\nThe allegations dated back to when he was serving as first minister.\n\nAlex Salmond walked free from court in March having been cleared of 13 charges of sexual assault and attempted rape\n\nHowever, Mr Salmond raised a legal challenge which led to the government admitting that the investigation had been unlawful. Judge Lord Pentland said it had been \"procedurally unfair\" and \"tainted with apparent bias\" because the investigating officer assigned to the case had had prior contact with the complainers.\n\nMr Salmond was subsequently cleared of 13 charges of sexual assault at the High Court in Edinburgh in March.\n\nMs Evans accepted that \"one part of our procedure should have been applied differently\" during the government's investigation of the first two complaints that were made against Mr Salmond.\n\nShe said she would \"apologise unreservedly to all concerned for this procedural failure\".\n\nBut she told the committee that \"when complaints were raised, it would have been unconscionable, and a failure in our duty of care, not to investigate those complaints\".\n\nMs Evans has been strongly backed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon\n\nShe went on to say that lessons had been learned from the failure, but insisted that the Scottish government \"is and remains ahead of many other institutions in designing and implementing a procedure to address harassment and particularly to address historical allegations of sexual misconduct\".\n\nMs Evans told the committee: \"The Scottish government has been on a journey of cultural change since 2015 to ensure the organisation is more open, capable and responsive.\n\n\"As permanent secretary, I have led a focus on equality, inclusion and wellbeing, including addressing bullying and harassment.\"\n\nMr Salmond's defence during his criminal trial claimed that he had been the victim of a political conspiracy - something Ms Sturgeon has dismissed as \"a heap of nonsense\".\n\nMs Evans was asked directly if the complaints handling procedure - signed off by Ms Sturgeon in December 2017 - had been \"engineered\" specifically to target Mr Salmond.\n\nShe confirmed that one staff member who had raised a concern about Mr Salmond's behaviour had been shown a draft of the policy, but said it was \"not unusual\" for someone with \"lived experience\" to be consulted.\n\n\"I don't believe there were any changes made as a result of that,\" she added.\n\nMs Evans was also asked about claims from civil service unions about \"bullying behaviour\" within the government in the past, replying that \"we have got a more inclusive culture than we did have\".\n\nCommittee convener Linda Fabiani has clashed with Ms Evans over the disclosure of documents\n\nThe Holyrood inquiry has pledged not to re-investigate any of the complaints against Mr Salmond, and will instead focus on the development of the internal government policy and the \"culture of government\".\n\nThe committee, led by Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani, is examining the development of the government's harassment complaints procedure, the application of that procedure to the case of Mr Salmond, and the judicial review case.\n\nMs Fabiani, an SNP MSP, has repeatedly clashed with the permanent secretary over documentation and written evidence being supplied by the government ahead of the hearing.\n\nShe has spoken of her \"frustration and disappointment at the very limited amount of information the Scottish government has chosen to disclose\" about the judicial review.\n\nMs Sturgeon has insisted that the complaints handling procedure she ordered to be drawn up in the wake of the Me Too movement remained \"completely robust\" despite the \"deeply regrettable\" failure in the case of her predecessor.\n\nShe has ordered an internal review of \"the specific application of this one element of the procedure\", and has also triggered an independent review to decide whether she broke the ministerial code in her dealings with Mr Salmond.", "Louella Fletcher-Michie was found dead in a wooded area on the edge of the Bestival site\n\nA man who gave his girlfriend drugs at a music festival and filmed her as she died has had his conviction for manslaughter overturned.\n\nCeon Broughton, 31, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in 2019 over the death of Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24.\n\nThe daughter of Holby City actor John Michie died after taking the hallucinogenic class A drug 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset in 2017.\n\nThree judges at the Court of Appeal ruled to overturn the conviction.\n\nMiss Fletcher-Michie was found dead in woodland, 400m from the festival's hospital tent in the early hours of 11 September 2017, the day she was due to turn 25.\n\nDuring Broughton's trial, the jury was shown video shot by the rapper - who used the stage name CeonRPG - in which Miss Fletcher-Michie became \"disturbed, agitated, and then seriously ill\".\n\nBroughton, of Enfield, north London, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and supplying a class A drug at Winchester Crown Court in February last year.\n\nCeon Broughton was found guilty of manslaughter and supplying a Class A drug in 2019\n\nDelivering the Court of Appeal's ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said the prosecution had failed to prove that Miss Fletcher-Michie could have lived if her boyfriend had called for help.\n\nHe added: \"In respectful disagreement with the judge, we conclude that the appellant's main argument, that the case should have been withdrawn from the jury, is established.\n\n\"Taken at its highest, the evidence adduced by the prosecution was incapable of proving causation to the criminal standard of proof.\n\n\"The appeal against conviction for manslaughter must be allowed.\"\n\nMs Fletcher-Michie's father is actor John Michie, who starred in Holby City and Coronation Street\n\nLord Burnett said the jury had to rely on one expert's evidence when deciding if Broughton's actions contributed \"significantly\" to his girlfriend's death.\n\nHe said the expert had suggested Miss Fletcher-Michie would have had a 90% chance of survival if she had been given medical treatment at 21:10 - nearly five hours after she took the drug.\n\nGiven that the criminal standard of proof requires jurors to be sure \"beyond reasonable doubt\", Lord Burnett said the expert's evidence was \"not enough\" and therefore the issue of whether Broughton caused death by gross negligence should not have been for the jury to decide.\n\nThe court ruled there should not be a retrial for the manslaughter conviction - which accounted for seven years of Broughton's sentence.\n\nHis conviction for supplying his girlfriend with the class A drugs stands.\n\nIt is believed Broughton will now be released.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In footage shown to jurors by the defence, Louella Fletcher-Michie was filmed playing with fairy lights in a tent at the festival\n\nA statement issued by the rapper's lawyers said: \"The Court of Appeal has today found that Louella's death occurred not as a result of criminal negligence but was instead a tragic accident.\n\n\"He has always wished that he could have done more to save her.\n\n\"He loved Louella and she him, but he knows that no words will ever be sufficient to convey his sense of responsibility for what happened or to begin to remove the pain that others have been caused.\"\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said it would fully consider the judgement and the points raised.\n\nHead of special crime and counter terrorism Jenny Hopkins, said: \"We respect the decision the Court of Appeal has made in the case of Ceon Broughton and are considering the next steps following today's judgment.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with the family of Ms Fletcher-Michie at this difficult time.\"\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Michie told the BBC he would not be commenting.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"I'm very anxious... anxious about catching Covid,\" says Kate Skoczylas.\n\nShe is one of thousands of extremely clinically vulnerable people who have been shielding due to their health, and face a return to work in the autumn.\n\nKate, 56, works for her local museums service, and had been about to return to work after undergoing cancer treatment when the first UK lockdown began in March.\n\nKate, and millions of other vulnerable people, were initially told to not go outside, and to self-isolate, to reduce the risk of catching coronavirus.\n\nThis guidance was gradually relaxed, and in August the government told extremely vulnerable people that they no longer needed to shield in England.\n\nKate lives in Leicester, so is locally locked down at the moment, but as it stands, she expects to return to work in September.\n\nThis is daunting for her, especially as trips which used to be mundane now seem very risky.\n\nShe has left the house twice since March. \"It's quite nerve-wracking,\" she says. \"I've been to the dentist and it's absolutely fraught with danger.\"\n\nShe is nervous about how to go about her daily life, and is unsure about the reality of wearing masks in shops and having to use customer one-way systems.\n\nDue to the nature of her treatment - Kate had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy - she understands her immune system is \"severely depressed\".\n\nShe is not sure what would happen if she caught Covid-19.\n\n\"Physically, I'm not in the best shape to be out in the world,\" she says.\n\nWhile she has faith in her employer to take steps to keep her safe, she still works in contact with the public, and feels that there is a risk that she could catch coronavirus.\n\nKate says she was \"lucky\" as she was not furloughed, having been able to work from home during the lockdown. She will be expected to go back to work.\n\nHowever, thousands of people who have been shielding during the coronavirus pandemic, and who can't work from home, could be forced to choose between their job and their health as furloughing winds down, charities have warned.\n\nEleven charities have called for the government to introduce furloughing for high-risk workers in that situation to avoid job losses.\n\nLynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said: \"As more and more people who have been shielding return to the workplace, we need clarity around how people with cancer who continue to be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus will be supported and kept safe.\n\n\"We are calling for the government to introduce a furlough-style scheme to protect these high-risk employees.\"\n\nThe charities said many workers have concerns that their workplaces won't be safe enough for them to return.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics estimated recently that 176,000 people who were shielding were furloughed and can't work from home.\n\nAccording to this data, an estimated 38,000 people who normally worked would not return within the next four months.\n\nCaroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said: \"We fear thousands of shielding workers will end up losing their jobs because they can't return to them safely.\n\n\"These people have made a lot of sacrifices over the last six months to protect the NHS as well as themselves, and they shouldn't have to lose their jobs as well.\"\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions said employers must make sure staff feel safe returning to work.\n\n\"We know it has been a challenging time for people shielding and their families, and we have been doing everything we can to support them throughout this pandemic,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable has been paused since the start of August in most of the country as average rates of coronavirus remain sufficiently low.\n\n\"Staff and employers must carefully discuss options around returning to the workplace, and employers are responsible for ensuring all their workers - including those who have been shielding - feel safe in doing so.\"\n\n\"It is important our response remains proportionate, and shielding is still advised in specific areas of the country where prevalence of the virus is higher.\"\n\nThe government position is that no employer should force their staff to return to an unsafe workplace, and they should ensure that vulnerable workers can return safely.\n\nThe furlough scheme has so far supported the wages of 9.6 million people at a cost to the taxpayer of £34.7bn, and the government has supported business through measures including tax deferrals, VAT cuts, business rates relief, rent moratoriums, and loans.", "The animal is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand\n\nA little-known mammal related to an elephant but as small as a mouse has been rediscovered in Africa after 50 years of obscurity.\n\nThe last scientific record of the \"lost species\" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings.\n\nThe creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa, during a scientific expedition.\n\nElephant shrews, or sengis, are neither elephants nor shrews, but related to aardvarks, elephants and manatees.\n\nThey have distinctive trunk-like noses, which they use to feast on insects.\n\nThere are 20 species of sengis in the world, and the Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoilii) is one of the most mysterious, known to science only from 39 individuals collected decades ago and stored in museums. The species was previously known only from Somalia, hence its name.\n\nSteven Heritage, a research scientist at the Duke University Lemur Center in Durham, US, and a member of the expedition to the Horn of Africa in 2019, said he was thrilled to put the species \"back on the radar\".\n\nHe told the BBC: \"We were really excited and elated when we opened the first trap that had an elephant shrew in it, a Somali sengi.\n\n\"We did not know which species occurred in Djibouti and when we saw the diagnostic feature of a little tufted tail, we looked at each other and we knew that it was something special.\"\n\nThe scientists had heard reports of sightings in Djibouti, and Houssein Rayaleh, a Djiboutian research ecologist and conservationist who joined the trip, believed he had seen the animal before.\n\nHe said while people living in Djibouti never considered the sengis to be \"lost\", the new research brings the Somali sengi back into the scientific community, which is valued.\n\n\"For Djibouti this is an important story that highlights the great biodiversity of the country and the region and shows that there are opportunities for new science and research here,\" he said.\n\nThe team set more than 1,000 traps at 12 locations, baiting the traps with a concoction of peanut butter, oatmeal and yeast. They caught one of the creatures in the first trap they set in the dry, rocky landscape of Djibouti.\n\nIn total, they saw 12 sengis during their expedition and obtained the first-ever photos and video of live Somali elephant shrews for scientific documentation.\n\nThey did not observe any immediate threats to the species' habitat, which is inaccessible and far from farming and human developments.\n\nThe abundance of the species seems similar to other elephant shrews and its range may extend beyond Somalia into Djibouti and possibly Ethiopia.\n\nDjibouti has valuable biodiversity, much of which is unknown\n\nThe Somali sengi is one of the 25 \"most wanted lost species\" of the charity, Global Wildlife Conservation.\n\n\"Usually when we rediscover lost species, we find just one or two individuals and have to act quickly to try to prevent their imminent extinction,\" said Robin Moore.\n\n\"This is a welcome and wonderful rediscovery during a time of turmoil for our planet, and one that fills us with renewed hope for the remaining small mammal species on our most wanted list, such as the DeWinton's golden mole, a relative of the sengi, and the Ilin Island cloudrunner.\"\n\nDNA analysis shows that the Somali sengi is most closely related to other species from as far away as Morocco and South Africa, placing it in a new genus.\n\nThe mammal has somehow dispersed across great distances over time, leaving biologists with a new puzzle.\n\nThe scientists plan to launch another expedition in 2022 to GPS radio-tag individual sengis to study their behaviour and ecology.\n\nKelsey Neam of Global Wildlife Conservation added: \"Finding that the Somali sengi exists in the wild is the first step in conservation. Now that we know it survives, scientists and conservationists will be able to ensure it never disappears again.\"\n\nThe research is published in the journal Peer J.\n• None Can we save the Lord of the Rings toad?", "The loss of smell that can accompany coronavirus is unique and different from that experienced by someone with a bad cold or flu, say European researchers who have studied the experiences of patients.\n\nWhen Covid-19 patients have smell loss it tends to be sudden and severe.\n\nAnd they usually don't have a blocked, stuffy or runny nose - most people with coronavirus can still breathe freely.\n\nAnother thing that sets them apart is their \"true\" loss of taste.\n\nIt's not that their taste is somewhat impaired because their sense of smell is out of action, say the researchers in the journal Rhinology. Coronavirus patients with loss of taste really cannot tell the difference between bitter or sweet.\n\nExperts suspect this is because the pandemic virus affects the nerve cells directly involved with smell and taste sensation.\n\nThe main symptoms of coronavirus are:\n\nAnyone with these symptoms should self-isolate and arrange to have a swab test to check if they have the virus. Members of their household should isolate too to prevent possible spread.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid symptoms: What are they and how long should I self-isolate for?\n\nLead investigator Prof Carl Philpott, from the University of East Anglia, carried out smell and taste tests on 30 volunteers: 10 with Covid-19, 10 with bad colds and 10 healthy people with no cold or flu symptoms.\n\nSmell loss was much more profound in the Covid-19 patients. They were less able to identify smells, and they were not able to discern bitter or sweet tastes at all.\n\nProf Philpott, who works with the charity Fifth Sense, which was set up to help with people with smell and taste disorders, said: \"There really do appear to be distinguishing features that set the coronavirus apart from other respiratory viruses.\n\n\"This is very exciting because it means that smell and taste tests could be used to discriminate between Covid-19 patients and people with a regular cold or flu.\"\n\nHe said people could do their own smell and taste tests at home using products like coffee, garlic, oranges or lemons and sugar.\n\nHe stressed that diagnostic throat and nose swab tests were still essential if someone thought they might have coronavirus.\n\nThe senses of smell and taste return within a few weeks in most people who recover from coronavirus, he added.\n\nProf Andrew Lane is an expert in nose and sinus problems at Johns Hopkins University in the US.\n\nHe and his team have been studying tissue samples from the back of the nose to understand how coronavirus might cause loss of smell and have published the findings in the European Respiratory Journal.\n\nThey identified extremely high levels of an enzyme which were present only in the area of the nose responsible for smelling.\n\nThis enzyme, called ACE-2 (angiotensin converting enzyme II), is thought to be the \"entry point\" that allows coronavirus to get into the cells of the body and cause an infection.\n\nThe nose is one of the places where Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, enters the body.\n\nProf Lane said: \"We are now doing more experiments in the lab to see whether the virus is indeed using these cells to access and infect the body.\n\n\"If that's the case, we may be able to tackle the infection with antiviral therapies delivered directly through the nose.\"", "The number of children crossing the Channel in dinghies is rising, Kent County Council says\n\nA council says it cannot safely care for any more child migrants amid a rise in the number arriving alone in Kent.\n\nKent County Council said it does not have the capacity for additional unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.\n\nMore than 400 children, most of whom arriving in Dover across the English Channel by small boat, have entered the authority's care so far this year.\n\nResponsibility lies across England, the council says, while the government says the authority has had extra support.\n\nUnder-18s arriving in the county alone are passed into the care of the local authority, with a small number later transferred to other councils that volunteer to help.\n\nMore than 400 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went into council care in Kent this year\n\nCounty council leader Roger Gough said he warned the Home Office his authority \"expected to reach safe capacity to meet its statutory duty of care this weekend\".\n\nThe arrival of 13 more children in the past two days had \"tipped the balance and the council simply cannot safely accommodate any more new arrivals,\" he added.\n\nIt is unclear what will happen should more children arrive in the coming days.\n\n\"That is clearly unacceptable and needs to be resolved immediately,\" said Bridget Chapman, of Kent Refugee Action Network, which supports unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and refugees.\n\n\"Our main priority is to ensure that vulnerable children are properly cared for and we urge the government to urgently work with Kent County Council to find a way forward,\" she added.\n\nIn May, the government increased the amount given to councils to care for asylum-seeking children after Mr Gough warned social services in Kent were at risk of being overwhelmed.\n\n\"This is an unprecedented situation and we have been working incredibly closely with Kent County Council to urgently address their concerns,\" the Home Office said.\n\n\"We continue to provide Kent County Council with a high level of support, such as significantly increasing funding and reducing pressure on their services through a national transfer scheme.\n\n\"We are also providing extra support with children's services and we continue to work across the local government network on their provision for unaccompanied minors.\"\n\nBut Sue Chandler, cabinet member for children's services, said the voluntary national transfer scheme needed to be made mandatory.\n\nWhile some children had been moved to other areas in recent months, \"due to the continued high level of arrivals, it has not been enough to make a real difference to the numbers in Kent,\" she said.\n\nMr Gough has said the reduced amount of freight crossing the Channel due to coronavirus has led to an increase in the number of asylum-seeking children arriving in Kent by boat.\n\nLast week, 23 lone migrant children were taken into the council's care in a single day.\n\nMore than 4,800 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Olga Freeman is accused of killing her son Dylan\n\nA mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her 10-year-old son who was found dead in a west London house.\n\nDylan Freeman's body was discovered in a property in Cumberland Park, Acton, after a woman called at a police station in the early hours of Sunday.\n\nOlga Freeman, 40, of Cumberland Park, appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody.\n\nThe boy's father, Dean Freeman, described him as a \"beautiful, bright, inquisitive and artistic child\".\n\nHe said he \"loved to travel, visit art galleries and swim\".\n\n\"I can't begin to comprehend his loss,\" he added.\n\nThe body of Dylan Freeman was found at a house in Cumberland Park, Acton, on Sunday\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Freeman said the celebrity photographer had been in Spain \"when he heard the shocking and heart-breaking news, and is beyond devastated\".\n\nHe is also the son of Robert Freeman who photographed the first five album covers for The Beatles.\n\nOlga Freeman is due to next appear at the Old Bailey on 19 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "People are being urged to work from home and not use public transport\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's cabinet has reversed some of its lockdown relaxation measures as it attempts to deal with rising Covid-19 case numbers.\n\nIrish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said: \"We are at a tipping point.\"\n\nHe added that a few weeks ago there were just 61 new reported cases for a seven day period but last week there were 533 cases.\n\nThe tightening of restrictions comes ahead of the reopening of schools over the next two weeks.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Mícheál Martin said that if the current rates of Covid-19 continue to rise \"it will be impossible to stop the spread of the virus to our most vulnerable and our most compromised\".\n\nOn Tuesday, a further coronavirus-related death was reported, bringing the Republic of Ireland's total to 1,775.\n\nThere were 190 more confirmed cases of Covid-19.\n\nCrowds attending outdoor events, including sports, are to be reduced from 200 to 15.\n\nIndoor gatherings - excluding shops, restaurants and other businesses - are to be restricted to six people.\n\nThose aged over 70 are again being asked to stay at home as much as possible.\n\nPeople are also once again being encouraged to work from home and to avoid public transport where possible.\n\nConsideration is to be given as to whether Gardaí (Irish police) should get new powers to intervene where they believe social distancing rules are not being complied with.\n\nTaoiseach Micheál Martin said there is a risk the virus could spread \"to our most vulnerable and our most compromised\"\n\nIn an initial response to the measures the leader of Labour party, Alan Kelly, has said the measures send out the wrong signal and will affect morale.\n\nThe restrictions will remain in place until 13 September at the earliest.\n\nFollowing Tuesday's cabinet meeting, Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly told a press conference that multiple clusters had emerged in homes and workplaces around the country.\n\nMr Donnelly said the 14-day cumulative cases per 100,000 of population is now 26 and the Republic of Ireland's rate of growth in the past two weeks was the fourth highest in Europe.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases rose by 200 on Saturday, although the daily tally on subsequent days was lower.\n\nThe number reported on Monday was 56, down from 66 on Sunday.\n\nThe overall total number of cases in the Republic of Ireland is 27,499\n• None Republic of Ireland Covid cases 'very concerning'", "Students took part in a protest in Leeds after the government's U-turn on the calculated grades system\n\nThe education secretary has been urged to launch a review into the handling of A-level and GCSE results after exams were cancelled due to coronavirus.\n\nA union for education leaders, such as head teachers, says it will write to Gavin Williamson over the \"fiasco\".\n\nMr Williamson apologised to students after reversing how A-levels and GCSEs are graded, following heavy criticism.\n\nMeanwhile, pupils will get GCSE results on Thursday as planned, the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) said.\n\nThe confirmation comes following confusion over how results day would run after the government U-turn.\n\nJulie McCulloch, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said the JCQ's confirmation would be a \"great relief\" to all concerned.\n\nThe government decision to give A-level and GCSE students grades estimated by their teachers, rather than via an algorithm, means that tens of thousands of A-level students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice university offers.\n\nIt has prompted concerns about the number of available places, with top universities warning that students who now have higher grades could still be asked to defer if there is no space left on their chosen course.\n\nAnd uncertainty continues for students as the admissions service, Ucas, and individual universities have yet to be given access to the upgraded results.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, said problems could arise around issues of \"capacity, staffing, placements and facilities - particularly with the social distance measures in place\".\n\nUniversities minister Michelle Donelan said she wanted to ensure any students who had accepted a \"different course\" than planned, as a result of being downgraded last week, should be able to \"change their mind and to reverse that decision\".\n\nShe said No 10 was working with universities to help \"boost the capacity available\" in order to \"minimise the amount of students that will be looking to defer.\"\n\nSenior Tory MP Huw Merriman suggested students could be compensated with reduced tuition fees.\n\n\"For the cohort coming up to university, I think it's all about making it up to them and saying 'we understand that you have been messed around over last week',\" he told the BBC's PM programme.\n\nThere is still doubt as to whether the education system will do right by the Class of Covid.\n\nWill their chosen universities be able to accommodate them? Or have they given their degree place away already? Will they have to come back next year and fight it out with students who have missed even more school?\n\nAnd for the first time since this ageing education journalist can remember, exam boards are not holding their usual mind-boggling briefing on GCSE results.\n\nSo for some time at least, there will be no details of how the nation has done in their general school certificate examinations.\n\nRoll on the start of term - although that's uncertain, too.\n\nHundreds of thousands of children in the UK have had their education disrupted by the pandemic after schools, colleges and nurseries were ordered to shut in March - resulting in the cancellation of all assessments and exams.\n\nThe ASCL - which is writing the letter to Mr Williamson - said a review was urgently needed into \"what went wrong\" with the grading system.\n\n\"This degree of transparency is necessary at a time when public confidence has been badly shaken,\" said ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton.\n\nMr Barton also called on No 10 and Ofqual to put in place a \"robust contingency plan\" for students sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer in the event of further coronavirus-related disruption.\n\nBoth Frances Ramos (left) and Zainab Ali were left unsure if they would get their first-choice university places, despite their grades being bumped up\n\nFrances Ramos, 18, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, said she was pleased to be given her predicted grades of ABB - up from the BCD she received last Thursday.\n\nBut she said the U-turn \"does feel like it's a bit too late\" and added: \"I kind of wish the government had done this on Thursday.\" She is now waiting to hear if her first choice, the University of Liverpool, will accept her to study this year.\n\nZainab Ali, 18, from London, also thought the government should have acted sooner. \"I think it's a shame. After the damage is done, that's when they will take action and I find it quite frustrating,\" she said.\n\nThe U-turn should now mean Zainab is able to attend Queen Mary University, London.\n\nThe University and College Union (UCU) and National Union of Students (NUS) have also written to the education secretary, urging No 10 to help students who have missed out on their first-choice courses and calling for financial support for the higher education sector.\n\nUCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff were facing \"unbearable workloads\" due to the fallout over exam results.\n\nShe added that \"substantial financial support\" was needed \"so universities can protect all jobs, safely welcome students and continue to provide world class teaching and research\".\n\nAnd Ms Grady criticised Mr Williamson's decision to suspend a cap on student numbers for universities - effectively allowing institutions to accept unlimited numbers this year - because she said it meant \"certain universities can hoover up students, hitting the finances of other institutions\".\n\nDespite the cap being suspended, some universities have said numbers will have to remain limited, particularly on vocational courses such as medicine and dentistry.\n\nUcas was unable to say how many students had not been able to take up places due to their results being downgraded.\n\nEarlier, Mr Williamson said he was \"incredibly sorry for the distress\" caused to pupils.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nMr Williamson said it had been the common view of the government, exams regulator Ofqual, and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland - of different political parties - that the system in place was more robust and \"significantly better\" than that in Scotland, after an earlier U-turn in Scotland.\n\nBut after the release of A-level results on Thursday he said it had become \"increasingly apparent that there were too many young people that quite simply hadn't got the grade they truly deserved\".\n\nMr Williamson's critics had called for him to resign or be sacked, but there are several reasons why he hasn't yet received a ministerial P45, says BBC political correspondent Iain Watson.\n\nMr Williamson would not say whether he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during interviews on Tuesday\n\nOfqual's algorithm came under fire after data showed its downgrading of about 40% of A-level grades in England had affected state schools more than private institutions.\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm.\n\nThe U-turn means teachers' assessments will also be used for all GCSE results - except for any students for whom the algorithm gives a higher grade.\n\nExam board Pearson, which awards BTecs, has said students' results that were adjusted downwards through the awarding process - only about 0.5% of the teachers' grades - will be reviewed on a \"case-by-case basis\" with their colleges.\n\nA Pearson spokeswoman added it was aware of delays in some students getting their results and was working with schools and colleges to provide any that were outstanding as soon as possible.\n\nHave your grades been raised? Have you still missed out on a university place? Do you have questions about your situation? Get in touch via the form.\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.", "Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir got into difficulty in the sea\n\nThe family of two brothers who drowned while on a trip to the Lancashire coast said they were \"absolutely devastated\".\n\nMuhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, got into difficulties after they were cut off by the tide at St Annes on Saturday.\n\nTheir 15-year-old cousin was with them and managed to swim ashore but the brothers were found dead on Sunday.\n\nThe family, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, said it was an \"extremely difficult time\".\n\n\"Everyone is absolutely devastated by what has happened to Muhammad Azhar and Ali Athar,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"The boys were extremely well liked and a promising future has tragically been cut short.\"\n\nThe brothers had both studied at Upper Batley High School, with Ali due to pick up his GCSEs on Thursday and expected to get good results.\n\nHead teacher Samantha Vickers said: \"We're absolutely devastated as a community to lose two of our young men.\n\n\"I've been inundated with messages from staff and students alike. These were two really popular young men, intelligent, respectful, well-mannered and family oriented.\n\n\"It's a huge loss this, people are really reeling from the shock and finding it hard to believe.\"\n\nSouthport Offshore Rescue Trust said the youngsters had been cut off by the tide\n\nThe family were on a day trip when the three boys went into the water and got into difficulty.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI and police called at about 18:40 BST and searches continued during the night and into the next day, using a drone and helicopter.\n\nHowever, their bodies were found about a mile away from St Annes Pier on Sunday afternoon.\n\nNick Porter, a lifeboat coxswain with Southport Offshore Rescue Trust, said: \"What started off as a family outing to the seaside on a nice day has turned into a tragedy.\n\n\"Our deepest sympathy goes out to them at this time.\"\n\nThe family were one of many who had gone to the coast to enjoy the warm weather\n\nIqbal Bhana MBE, deputy lord lieutenant for West Yorkshire, said the incident showed why young people needed to be reminded how to stay safe around water.\n\n\"We've seen so many tragedies of such nature in our community where young men who feel they're indestructible go out into the sea, into the lakes,\" he said.\n\nThe brother's cousin, who has not been named, has been treated for hypothermia in hospital.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced details of a major shake-up of the government bodies tackling the spread of coronavirus in England.\n\nThe pandemic response work of Public Health England will be merged with NHS Test and Trace to form a new body called the National Institute for Health Protection.\n\nIt is to start work immediately under the interim leadership of Lady Harding, who is the head of Test and Trace.\n\nThe reorganisation of two Covid-19 response bodies into one makes sense. But some have questioned whether it makes sense right now – just weeks away from a possible surge in cases, when children return to school and people go back to work.\n\nLabour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said he was worried that a structural reorganisation mid-pandemic would be “time consuming, energy-sapping and risky”. He described the move as “irresponsible”.\n\nThe appointment of the former mobile phone company chief executive, Dido Harding, as interim leader of the National Institute is also controversial.\n\nNHS Test and Trace has not yet been able to identify enough potentially infected people fast enough to stamp out possible outbreaks.\n\nSome in the public health sector would prefer to see a scientist leading the new organisation.\n\nOne described Lady Harding’s appointment as making as much sense as giving England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, the job of “Vodafone’s head of branding and corporate image\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nina Bunting-Mitcham: \"My first thought was, my life is completely over\"\n\nA student rejected by her chosen university after her A-levels were downgraded has told schools minister Nick Gibb, \"you've ruined my life\".\n\nNina Bunting-Mitcham, speaking on the BBC's Any Questions, said her marks were three grades lower than predicted.\n\nAnd talking to the BBC on Saturday, she said that getting three Ds had made her feel like life \"was completely over\".\n\nThe government says it will cover the cost of appeals after 280,000 grades in England were downgraded.\n\nWith school exams cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year's grades in England were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades, prompting anger and distress among schools, colleges and students.\n\nNina told the BBC her teachers were \"utterly shocked\" on learning her predicted results of ABB - in biology, chemistry and psychology - had plummeted.\n\nThe pupil at New College, Stamford, confronted Nick Gibb on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday.\n\n\"It's got to be a mistake, I have never been a D-grade student,\" she told him.\n\n\"I feel my life has been completely ruined, I can't get into any universities with such grades or progress further in my life.\"\n\n\"You have ruined my life.\"\n\nResponding to Nina, Mr Gibb said it was \"rare\" for students to be downgraded three grades, adding it \"should not have happened\".\n\n\"It won't ruin your life, it will be sorted, I can assure you.\"\n\nHe admitted to \"imperfections somewhere in the system\" and said challenged grades would be addressed \"swiftly\", by 7 September at the latest.\n\nMinisters are expected to set up a taskforce, led by Mr Gibb, to oversee the appeals process.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on Saturday, Nina said she felt \"encouraged\" by the minister's words, but believed his statement contradicted previous assurances by the government that the grading system was \"robust\".\n\nShe said she had begun the appeals process, but it was still not clear whether revised grades would be based on mock exams or teachers' predictions - and the Royal Veterinary College would only keep her place open until 31 August.\n\n\"They [the government] need to believe in the teachers,\" she said. \"The teachers are professionals. They see students every day, they talk to them, they know them personally... They are the best people to predict the grades.\"\n\nThe Department of Education said it had introduced a \"triple lock system\", meaning those pupils \"unhappy with their calculated grades can appeal on the basis of a valid mock result\" or sit an exam in the autumn.\n\nThe government also said it would reimburse the cost of an appeal - which can reach £150 - to ensure that head teachers were not deterred from taking on harder to prove cases.\n\nHowever, one head teacher told BBC Breakfast it was a \"token gesture\", adding that appeals were already free if they were successful.\n\nMeanwhile, Oxford's Worcester College said it would honour all offers it had made to UK students, irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nAdmissions tutor Prof Laura Ashe said it was \"the morally right thing to do\".\n\nBecause students had not taken any exams, \"we took the view there wasn't going to be any new information that could justify rejecting someone to whom we'd made an offer\", she said.\n\nShe said the algorithm used to adjust grades \"literally copied the inequalities that are currently existing in our education system\", with a quarter of the college's state school applicants being downgraded, but only 10% of private school candidates.\n\nOfqual adjusted the results to make the spread of grades look right at a national level, she said, but \"they can't possibly tell us that they've given the right grades to the right people\".\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he was \"fully prepared to take legal action\", arguing that Ofqual's grading system was \"straightforwardly discriminatory\" against working class and ethnic minority students who are more likely to attend large, urban sixth form colleges.\n\n\"It discriminates against young people on the basis of the institution that they went to, rather than their ability.\"\n\n\"I cannot stand by and see thousands of lives ruined across Greater Manchester,\" he told BBC Breakfast, calling the process \"fundamentally unfair\".\n\nHe accused the government of being \"out of touch\" and called the grading system \"the single biggest act of levelling down that this country has ever seen\".\n\nThere have been calls to move away from the system and use teachers' predictions - following a U-turn by the government in Scotland, where downgraded results have been replaced by the original teacher estimates.\n\nBut England's exam watchdog, Ofqual, has warned that using teachers' predictions would have artificially inflated results - and would have seen about 38% of entries getting A*s and As in England.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed there will be \"no U-turn\" while insisting his \"absolute priority is fairness\".\n\nRobert Halfon, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Committee, joined opposition parties in expressing concern over what Labour termed an \"exams fiasco\".\n\nHe called on Ofqual to publish details of the algorithm it used to make its calculations, adding: \"If the model has penalised disadvantaged groups, this is very serious.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lissie Harper said she was \"totally surprised and disappointed\" at the manslaughter verdict\n\nThe widow of PC Andrew Harper has said it was \"heartbreaking\" to be denied \"real justice\" over his death.\n\nLissie Harper, 29, said people had been \"outraged\" after jurors cleared three men of murdering her husband following a trial at the Old Bailey in July.\n\nShe has launched a campaign for killers of emergency workers to face mandatory life sentences.\n\nPC Harper's killers had been accused of murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter.\n\nPC Harper, 28, suffered catastrophic injuries when he was dragged behind a getaway car driven by Henry Long in Berkshire last August.\n\nLong, 19, was jailed for 16 years while his passengers Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, both 18, were sentenced to 13 years each.\n\nThe last picture of Mr and Mrs Harper was taken four days before the officer died\n\nMrs Harper told the BBC she had received \"many messages from people who are outraged\" since the verdicts and sentences were handed down.\n\nShe said her experience at the Old Bailey, which included reading a victim impact statement, and the \"disappointing\" trial result, had inspired her campaign.\n\nSpeaking in the witness box was \"one of the hardest things\", she added.\n\n\"I had the defendants on my left not really caring what I was saying but I felt it important to speak directly to the judge and tell him what they'd taken from us,\" she said.\n\n\"We had the sense that, although it was going to be an awful and long journey, at the end of it we might at least get some justice for Andrew.\n\n\"So at the end of it, to not get any real justice is heartbreaking.\"\n\nPC Harper and Lissie had been together since they were at secondary school\n\nThe trial heard how PC Harper had responded to reports of a quad bike theft with a colleague hours after their shift had ended.\n\nAs he attempted to apprehend one suspect, his feet became entangled in a rope trailing behind a getaway car which led to him being dragged to his death.\n\nMrs Harper said it \"wasn't until I was looking at them [the defendants] in the eye, that I felt the disgrace and just how unfair it is\".\n\n\"They knew what they had taken away and the effect that it's had on so many people,\" she said.\n\n\"They could hear my words so if, even on the outside, they may not show any sort of remorse I hope that in some way they feel the guilt inside they should feel.\"\n\nJessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper\n\nThe sentences of PC Harper's killers prompted Mrs Harper and PC Harper's mother Deborah Adlam to launch campaigns calling for tougher sentences for killers of emergency service workers.\n\nMrs Harper's campaign, which has been renamed Harper's Law, calls for all \"criminals convicted of killing a police officer, firefighter, nurse, doctor, prison officer or paramedic to be jailed for life. No ifs. No buts\".\n\nShe said the campaign, backed by the Police Federation of England and Wales, would \"help fix\" a \"broken\" justice system.\n\nMrs Harper, who like her husband is from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, said Harper's Law was \"about the protection [emergency workers] need and potentially a deterrent for criminals\".\n\nLissie Harper said the general public had been outraged by the outcome of the trial\n\nShe hopes to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel to discuss her campaign after they both sent letters to her offering their support during the court case.\n\nMr Justice Edis, the sentencing judge, said each of the jail terms for PC Harper's killers had to reflect \"the seriousness of this case\".\n\nThe maximum sentence a judge can impose for manslaughter is life imprisonment but they must specify a minimum term to be served.\n\nThe Attorney General's Office said it had been asked to review the sentences and has until 28 August to decide if the Court of Appeal should review them.\n\nMrs Harper said her husband was the \"kindest, loveliest, most selfless person you will ever meet\"\n\nMrs Harper said her husband \"just wanted to protect people. He knew what was right and what was wrong and would have worked all the hours if he could\".\n\n\"Andrew made the ultimate sacrifice and it wasn't just his life - it was his future and my future and the lives of everyone who loved him,\" she added.\n\n\"I constantly felt that he had my back and that's why Harper's Law is so important for me. I want to do it for him.\"", "Rio Ferdinand was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months\n\nFormer England footballer Rio Ferdinand has been banned from driving for six months after he admitted speeding.\n\nThe ex-Manchester United star, who is now a football pundit, was caught doing more than 70mph in a Mercedes on the A27 at Hangleton in Hove, East Sussex.\n\nCrawley Magistrates' Court was told the 41-year-old, who lives in Orpington, south-east London, hit a speed of 85mph on the dual carriageway last July.\n\nHe was ordered to pay a total of £822 in fines and costs.\n\nIn 2012, Ferdinand was caught speeding three times in five weeks on the same stretch of road in Manchester.\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.", "Epic released a defiant video about its fight against Apple\n\nFortnite-maker Epic Games has filed a fresh injunction against Apple in its continuing dispute with the technology giant over its App Store policy.\n\nApple removed Fortnite from the store after the game offered a discount on its virtual currency for purchases made outside of the app, from which Apple receives a 30% cut.\n\nEpic says the fee is unfair.\n\nAnd now, it says, Apple has threatened to remove it from its developer programme, on 28 August.\n\nThis would leave it unable to offer any other games or apps on Apple platforms.\n\nOffering in-app purchasing only is a condition of being on both Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store - and both companies take the same percentage of sales.\n\nAfter circumventing the rule, Fortnite was removed from both stores last week. It has filed separate legal complaints against them.\n\nExisting Fortnite players on these platforms (iPhone or Android phones, for example) still have the game but are currently unable to get updates, which are regularly released elsewhere.\n\nNew players cannot download it.\n\nApple has given Epic two weeks to re-instate the in-app payments if it wants Fortnite to return to the store.\n\nIn its latest legal papers, Epic says it will be \"irreparably harmed\" by being completely removed from Apple's developer programme.\n\nThe ban would also include its Unreal Engine, a popular graphics tool widely used by third-party developers of other games, films and virtual reality - meaning they too would have to find an alternative tool.\n\nIn a statement, Apple said the rules applied to every app in the store and Epic had created the problem for itself by choosing to break the terms.\n\n\"We won't make an exception for Epic because we don't think it's right to put their business interests ahead of the guidelines that protect our customers,\" it said.\n\nEpic accused Apple of operating \"a complete monopoly\" over the one billion users of its operating system, which underpins all Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Macbook.\n\nApple responded Epic had itself benefited from being on the App Store and had \"grown into a multibillion dollar business\".\n\nEpic is not the first developer to take issue with the App Store's fee structure, although it is perhaps the biggest.\n\n\"If we don't like the deal Apple is offering us - which is to either pay them 30% or get kicked out - what are we going to do about that? Where are we going to go?\" developer David Heinemeier Hansson told BBC News at the time.\n\n\"If you launch a new piece of software today and you're not available on the iPhone, you're invisible.\"\n\nThe EU is investigating whether Apple's App Store conditions violate its competition rules.\n\nAnd last month chief executive Tim Cook appeared before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, in the US, alongside counterparts from Amazon, Facebook and Google.\n\nThey all faced claims they had abused their market-leading positions.", "Insp Charles Ehikioya has served with the Met for more than two decades\n\nA black police inspector is suing the Met Police for racial harassment after being stopped in his car by two white officers.\n\nInsp Charles Ehikioya recorded the incident in which he said officers stopped him without justification as he drove home from work in south London.\n\nHe told the BBC it showed an \"abuse of power\" and he was speaking out in solidarity with the black community.\n\nThe Met said it found no evidence of misconduct.\n\nThe 55-year-old had been driving home after his shift on 23 May when he was followed for two miles by officers and stopped in Croydon, according to his complaint.\n\nAs one officer approached, Insp Ehikioya said he noticed he had not switched on his body-worn camera and for that reason he refused to leave his car.\n\nHe said he then started to record the incident for protection, at which point the officer turned on his bodycam.\n\nIn the recording, shared with BBC News, the officer said Insp Ehikioya was being stopped for driving at speed and it \"looked like he had gone through a red light\".\n\nInsp Charles Ehikioya said he was driving home from work in his red Toyota iQ when he was stopped\n\nThe officer said he needed to see Insp Ehikioya's driving licence and proof he was insured to drive the car, that the vehicle had not been stolen, and to check he was not drunk or had been using his phone.\n\nHe claimed Insp Ehikioya's driving was \"unusual\", which he strongly disputed, according to the recording.\n\nInsp Ehikioya was then accused of being obstructive and the officer said his own behaviour had been perfectly reasonable, it can be heard.\n\n\"These were alleged offences that could have ended my whole career,\" said Mr Ehikioya, who has worked for the Met Police for more than 22 years.\n\nIn his formal complaint, Insp Ehikioya wrote: \"The officers did not believe or did not care that I was an officer, because I am black.\n\n\"They are both clearly racist police officers pretending to be polite whilst falsely accusing me without any evidence whatsoever of having committed serious criminal and road traffic act offences.\"\n\nAfter Insp Ehikioya informed them he was a serving police officer and later showed them his police ID, both officers left the scene.\n\nThe Met said Insp Ehikioya was not arrested, charged or cautioned for any offence in relation to the stop.\n\n\"I believed I was racially profiled and received no apology,\" Insp Ehikioya added.\n\n\"I have kids and a grandson, I would not want them treated like this.\"\n\nAsked why he had chosen to take legal action against the Met, Insp Ehikioya said he was \"not prepared to sit quietly and be silenced\".\n\n\"In my view it's not the whole organisation that's like that, it's only a few individuals that are causing this issue.\n\n\"I have no choice but to react in the way I'm reacting to bring it to the attention... Actions speak louder than words,\" he said.\n\nThe Met has come under increasing scrutiny since the wave of Black Lives Matter protests in the UK after the death of African-American George Floyd.\n\nLast week, the Labour MP Dawn Butler called for a \"system change\" after she and a black male friend were stopped and pulled over in east London by two police cars.\n\nIn July, the British sprinter Bianca Williams received an apology from the Met Police after she and her partner were pulled over in their car for a stop-and-search in west London.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of the stop of Bianca Williams was shared widely on Twitter\n\nLawrence Davies, of Equal Justice Solicitors who is representing Insp Ehikioya, said the incident showed the \"extent of the current racism in the Metropolitan Police\".\n\n\"The conduct of a few embarrasses the vast majority of officers who are not racist but who, as a consequence of that conduct, have to work with very distrusting BAME communities,\" he said.\n\nThe Met confirmed it had received an internal complaint from a driver who alleged they were stopped as a result of racial profiling and said an investigation was undertaken by the Professional Standards Unit.\n\nIn a statement, the Met said the vehicle was followed by officers through suspicion of excessive speed at a traffic signal and onward.\n\nNo action was taken against the man stopped and, after reviewing body-worn footage, no evidence of misconduct was found, it said.\n\nThe statement added: \"Any allegation, whether external or internal, made concerning the conduct of our staff is taken extremely seriously.\n\n\"Where the conduct of staff is proven to have fallen below the standards of behaviour expected, we will take robust action to ensure that staff are appropriately disciplined and that lessons are learnt from each case.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The speed of this rebound is unusually fast - and surprising given the concerns about the economy\n\nA key US stock index has hit a new high despite ongoing worries about the sharp economic impact of the pandemic.\n\nThe S&P 500, one of the widest and most prominent US market measures, inched higher on Tuesday to close at 3,389.78 - about three points above its 19 February record.\n\nOther US indexes have also rebounded.\n\nThe Nasdaq hit another record after surpassing its prior high in June while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is within about 5% of its February record.\n\nUS shares have been on an upward path since 23 March, when America's central bank announced a slew of unprecedented economic support measures.\n\nBut when the pandemic set in and markets tumbled more than 33%, such a rapid market recovery seemed nearly unthinkable, said William Delwiche, an investment strategist at Baird.\n\n\"To be even having this conversation right now is remarkable,\" he said.\n\nHe said the strength and speed of the rebound was especially surprising, given America's continuing struggle to contain the coronavirus and ongoing concerns about the economy. The US saw its sharpest quarterly contraction on record in the three months to July, amid widespread lockdowns.\n\n\"It's not surprising that we had a meaningful recovery, but that over the last couple of months we've continued to rally... I'm shocked that we're having this conversation,\" Mr Delwiche said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Despite the economy shrinking, US stocks have rallied\n\nAnalysts say the recovery is partly due to Federal Reserve moves and other stimulus, as well as demand from investors who are confident the economy will heal and see few better opportunities to make money than on the stock markets.\n\nWhile surprising, such a speedy market rebound is not unprecedented, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. By his calculations, it's actually the third fastest rise to a new high for the S&P after such a deep fall since 1929.\n\nBut the gains in the US have outstripped many other markets. London's FTSE 100 remains about 20% lower than its January high, while France's CAC 40 is off about 19%.\n\nJapan, which has seen its Nikkei 225 index climb back to roughly 4% of its pre-crisis high, has benefited from both aggressive government stimulus and relative success at controlling the virus without mass lockdowns.\n\nThe unusual strength of the US rebound comes from its tech companies, such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, which have been seen as winners despite lockdowns, along with companies in areas like cloud computing and machine learning.\n\n\"We would not be flirting with all-time highs were it not for technology,\" said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at US Bank Wealth Management.\n\nShares in the S&P 500's tech sector have climbed roughly 25% so far this year, even as other areas remain flat or negative. The energy sector, for example, is down roughly 37% since the beginning of January, while financials are down about 20%.\n\nHoward Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said that's a warning sign for those who might want to see the new S&P 500 high as a signal about the broader economy.\n\n\"There's big dispersion between those that have done well and those that have done poorly,\" he said.\n\nThe New York Stock Exchange reopened for in-person trading in May after closing the trading floor in March\n\nOverall, the S&P 500 is up about 5% since the start of the year.\n\nBut of the 500 companies in the index, more than half have shares trading lower than they were start of the year, he said. And that's even though the big companies in the S&P 500 index are better equipped to withstand a downturn than many smaller firms.\n\n\"We've come a long way and there's a lot of optimism in there and that is concerning,\" Mr Silverblatt said. \"If we don't get what we expect - disappointment is not a good item in the market.\"\n\nMr Sandven said unless prospects for the wider economy improve further gains will be limited.\n\nPolitical questions - about whether Washington will approve further economic stimulus and how the US presidential election will play out - could also mean a bumpy ride ahead for investors, he added.\n\n\"Clearly there's a lot of optimism riding on a return to growth in 2021,\" Mr Sandven said. \"But there's reason for caution.\"", "The lockdown in Leicester was announced on 29 June\n\nBeauty salons and nail bars are among businesses in Leicester allowed to reopen from Wednesday in a further easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said the rate of infections \"has now dropped to a safe enough level\" for some businesses to reopen.\n\nHowever, restrictions on gatherings in private homes and gardens remain.\n\nLeicester became the first area in the UK to be subject to a local lockdown on 29 June.\n\nAs well as salons and nail bars, spas, massage and tattoo parlours and body piercing services are also able to reopen from Wednesday.\n\nShielding for the most vulnerable will continue, but it will be eased in Leicester to allow individuals to meet in a group of up to six if they are outdoors and maintaining social distancing.\n\nThough the relaxed restrictions allow outdoor swimming pools to reopen, the only one in Leicestershire is in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is not in the lockdown area and already open.\n\nThe move will bring the city into line with the easing of restrictions introduced for much of England on 11 and 13 July.\n\n\"My gratitude goes out to the people of Leicester who have all made sacrifices to keep the virus at bay and protect their local communities,\" Mr Hancock said.\n\nLeicester and some neighbouring areas were told to observe strict measures from 29 June\n\nGovernment figures released on Tuesday evening show there were 204 cases recorded in the week to 14 August.\n\nThis compares with 226 recorded in the previous week and is down by more than half compared with when the city was first told it would face tighter restrictions than the rest of England at the end of June.\n\nThe city still has one of the highest rates of new cases in England, with almost 58 per 100,000 of population in the week to 14 August.\n\nSir Peter Soulsby, mayor of Leicester, said the announcement was \"more or less what we expected\", adding the relaxation some of the rules for people shielding \"will greatly benefit their mental health\".\n\n\"We had planned to continue our neighbourhood testing programme throughout August and the restrictions around households will help in our efforts to track down the virus and contain it,\" he said.\n\n\"What we really don't want is to see numbers increase which could result in more severe restrictions being put in place once again in parts, or all, of the city.\"\n\nSalons in the city said they were looking forward to reopening.\n\n\"I'm super-excited because we have been closed since March and obviously lost lots of business throughout,\" said Minal Parmar, who owns The Beauty Refinery on London Road.\n\n\"Everyone has been affected financially - but I just can't wait to be open.\"\n\nYour Beauty At The Cutting Room Krishna Devaliya said she hopes customers will feel comfortable to return\n\nKrishna Devaliya, owner of Your Beauty At The Cutting Room, said: \"I'm excited but also a little bit nervous - Leicester still isn't fully recovered, will people come back or not?\n\n\"But I do feel happy to be going back to work and seeing our clients again.\"\n\nAleksandrs Cibulskis, who owns Route 66 tattoo studio, said he was \"very happy\" to be able to reopen, describing the past few months as \"horrible\" for business.\n\n\"I understand [it] has been nobody's fault with the virus and everything,\" he said.\n\n\"For the whole time I have had to pay for rent and bills - I was given a grant but it was not enough.\"\n\nRose Feng said the lockdown rules \"have been very confusing\", but is looking forward to seeing customers again\n\nRose Feng, who runs Vivian's Nail Bar on Narborough Road, welcomed the opportunity to bring back customers.\n\n\"The whole situation has been difficult,\" she said.\n\n\"The rules and guidance have been very confusing.\n\n\"We didn't understand why we couldn't open but barber shops could, but if we can open tomorrow then that is really good news.\"\n\nAt Femi Health and Beauty, the phone has \"not stopped ringing\" since the announcement, according to owner Femi Latif.\n\n\"It's a relief to know we can reopen, such a relief,\" she said.\n\n\"How long can a business go on surviving with no income? At last we can open.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Pubs and restaurants to reopen in Leicester", "A toy hand from a Lego set has come out of a boy's nose two years after it got stuck up there.\n\nSamir Anwar, from Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island was playing with the Lego piece in 2018 when he put it up his nostril.\n\nHis dad Mudassir shone a torch up Samir's nose at the time but couldn't see it.\n\nThe GP told the family it would quickly find its way out naturally through his body, but it didn't.\n\n\"Since then we were pretty confident that he didn't have anything in his nose,\" Mudassir tells Newsbeat.\n\nHowever Samir wasn't so certain that the hand from his Lego set had made its way out the other side.\n\nHis dad says he was complaining in the days after: \"He was saying 'no, there is something in my nose'.\"\n\nBut two years on the family had assumed it had passed through his system.\n\nThen this week Samir was out with his family having a muffin with some fairy dust on the top that agitated his nose.\n\nAccording to his father: \"He started getting anxious again and we said to him just go and blow your nose. So he did.\"\n\nThat's when he says the black Lego hand came out into the tissue, leaving them all really surprised.\n\n\"We were shocked, his eyes were wide open and he was like, I found the Lego, I kept telling you that it was there, but you were saying that it was not.\"\n\nRead other health stories from our team of reporters like Greg Rutherford's story\n\nToday Samir has been to the doctor once more and has been told for the second and hopefully final time, that he has the all-clear.\n\n\"I was surprised and a bit scared,\" Samir tells Newsbeat, adding he is still a massive Lego fan and that he's impressed that the piece had stayed intact.\n\n\"It [still] looked like a hand,\" he says.\n\nThere is guidance if something similar ever happens to you. The NHS advises parents to take children to a minor injuries unit, rather than try and take out foreign objects from children's noses, in case it pushes them further up.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Until now, the French government has only advised the wearing of masks at work when social distancing is not possible\n\nFrance is to make face masks compulsory in most workplaces as it grapples with a resurgence in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe new rule is likely to apply to all shared spaces in offices and factories where there is more than one employee present.\n\nThe measure is set to begin on 1 September. Individual offices will be exempt.\n\nFrance has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases since July and masks are already widely used.\n\nIts average number of new cases over seven days is now well above 2,000, double what it was at the start of the month.\n\nAbout 220,000 people have now been infected and more than 30,000 have died.\n\nHealth officials suggest that almost a quarter of new clusters have been linked to workplaces outside medical settings, reports BBC Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson.\n\nThe spike comes as the government encourages the country back to work in order to fill a 11% hole in its budget, she adds.\n\nFrance imposed one of Europe's strictest lockdowns in March, which was gradually lifted from 11 May.\n\nFollowing fresh outbreaks in July, the government made face masks compulsory in enclosed public spaces. Several cities have also mandated their use in busy outdoor areas.\n\nUntil now, however, the French government has only advised the wearing of masks at work when social distancing is not possible.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Laura Foster explains how to wear your mask correctly and help stop coronavirus spreading\n\nHealth minister Elisabeth Borne discussed the issue with union leaders on Tuesday and the new advice is expected to be published in the coming days.\n\nThe latest measure follows updated advice on the risk of aerosol infections.\n\nCoronavirus is spread when droplets are sprayed into the air when infected people talk, cough or sneeze. Those droplets can then fall on surfaces.\n\nBut experts say there is also emerging evidence of people catching the virus from tiny particles hanging in aerosol form in the air.\n\nFrance is among several European countries tightening coronavirus restrictions, amid increasing infections - particularly among younger people.\n\nItaly has made it compulsory to wear masks at bars and clubs in the evening.\n\nMeanwhile, the opening match of the 2020-21 season for France's top football league, Ligue 1, has been postponed.\n\nThe first fixture, in which Marseille were set to take on Saint-Etienne on Friday, has been called off after four positive coronavirus tests at Marseille.\n\nThe opening match will now be played on either 16 or 17 September.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The ocean-sieving expedition revealed 12 to 21 million tonnes of plastic fragments are suspended in the ocean\n\nThere are 12-21 million tonnes of tiny plastic fragments floating in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have found.\n\nA study, led by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, scooped through layers of the upper 200m (650ft) of the ocean during a research expedition through the middle of the Atlantic.\n\nSuch an amount of plastic - 21 million tonnes - would be enough to fully load almost 1,000 container ships.\n\nThe findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.\n\nThe researchers used a device to sift ocean water for the smallest fragments of plastic they could collect\n\nDr Katsia Pabortsava, from the National Oceanography Centre, who led the study, said by measuring the mass of very small plastic particles in the top 5% of the ocean, she and her colleagues could estimate \"the load of plastic in the entire Atlantic\" which is \"much larger\" than the previous figure.\n\n\"Previously, we haven't been able to balance the amount of plastic we found in the ocean with the amount we thought we had put in,\" she said.\n\n\"That's because we weren't measuring the very smallest particles.\"\n\nOn their expedition - from the UK to the Falkland Islands - she and her colleagues detected up to 7,000 particles per cubic metre of seawater.\n\nThey analysed their samples for the three most commonly used, and most commonly discarded, polymers - polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene - all often used in packaging.\n\nThe biggest use of plastics is in packaging - where it tends to be used just once before being thrown away\n\nThe findings, the team hopes, will help future efforts to measure the ecological and environmental damage that might be caused by these plastic fragments, by providing a more \"robust measure\" of its accumulation in remote parts of the ocean.\n\nWhere legacy landfill sites are eroded by the sea, even buried plastic can find its way into the marine environment\n\nProf Jamie Woodward, an expert in plastic pollution, from the University of Manchester, told BBC News the findings confirm earlier studies that the microplastic load in the oceans is \"much higher than [we had] estimated\".\n\n\"The geographical scale of the study is impressive,\" he said.\n\n\"And the authors estimate inputs over 65 years. This is important because microplastics have been flooding into the oceans for many decades.\n\n\"We now need to understand the ecological impacts of this contamination in all parts of the ocean, since they have been in the oceans at all depths for a long time.\"\n\nPlastics can take hundreds of years to degrade\n\nAmid the coronavirus pandemic, some environmental groups have reported the disposable face mask is now one of the most common items of plastic litter.\n\nSusannah Bleakley, from the Cumbria-based charity Morecambe Bay Partnership, which co-ordinates beach clean-ups, told BBC News: \"We now find more disposable masks than plastic bags.\n\n\"What we're really asking is, as much as possible, can people reduce their use of single-use plastics and if people can dispose of it carefully.\"", "Twice as many adults in Britain are reporting symptoms of depression now compared with this time last year, Office for National Statistics figures suggest.\n\nOne in five people appeared to have depressive symptoms compared with one in ten before the pandemic.\n\nThe conclusions are based on a survey of more than 3,500 adults followed up over a 12-month period.\n\nThey were asked the standard set of questions used to assess depression.\n\nPeople were asked to consider the previous two weeks and say how often they had experienced a range of symptoms, including changes in sleep or appetite, a loss of interest and pleasure in doing things, and difficulty concentrating.\n\nAlmost 20% of people met the criteria for depression, based on their responses, in June 2020 compared with just under 10% between July 2019 and March 2020.\n\nWhile the measure of depression used is a well-known screening questionnaire though, Prof Elaine Fox at the University of Oxford, said: \"It is important to remember that this does not give a diagnosis but rather an indication of everyday depressive feelings and behaviours\".\n\nA small number of people (3.5%) saw an improvement in their symptoms.\n\nBut 13% of people surveyed had newly developed symptoms of \"moderate to severe\" depression over the survey period.\n\nPeople under 40, women, people with a disability and those who said they would struggle to meet an unexpected cost of £850 were the groups most likely to show symptoms of depression.\n\nLaura Moulding, a 23-year-old recent graduate from Cardiff had this experience of struggling with worsening mental health over lockdown, while also managing a form of chronic fatigue called ME.\n\nAlthough she was already managing with the symptoms of severe depression prior to coronavirus, not being able to go out or have face-to-face psychiatrist appointments left her feeling \"the worst I've ever felt,\" she told the BBC.\n\nPre-Covid she found going outside and keeping busy by volunteering helped to clear her head.\n\nBut over lockdown, she had \"dark and intrusive thoughts...I've never known my depression feel this bad\".\n\nDr Charley Baker, an associate professor of mental health at the University of Nottingham, said: \"It's unsurprising to see these rates of low mood and depressive symptoms emerging...The people highlighted as struggling the most are those who are already more vulnerable to low mood, anxiety and poorer wellbeing.\"\n\nBut she points out that not all of the increase in mental health symptoms will be among people who have clinical conditions.\n\n\"It's important though to avoid over-pathologising what might be seen as reasonable responses to the current pandemic,\" she said.\n\nStephen Buckley, head of information at the charity Mind, said: \"It's important to bear in mind that most of us will have found the last five or six months more difficult than usual, and there's no 'normal' way to respond to a pandemic.\n\n\"If you notice changes to your thoughts, feelings and behaviours that are affecting your daily life, last longer than two weeks, or keep returning - talk to someone you trust, like your GP. A GP should be able to let you know if you might have a common mental health problem, like depression and anxiety, and signpost you to support.\"", "Nottinghamshire County Council said 1,130 staff members at Bakkavor in Newark have been tested\n\nCoronavirus cases at a dessert factory testing its entire workforce have risen to more than 70.\n\nSome 1,600 staff at Bakkavor in Newark, Nottinghamshire, are undergoing testing.\n\nSo far 1,130 have been checked, with 74 confirmed cases, Nottinghamshire County Council said, while 33 people have been able to return to work.\n\nThe company, which makes desserts for Waitrose and Tesco, said it \"understood the importance of the testing\".\n\nBakkavor said it had communicated to staff the dangers of car sharing and the need for social distancing\n\nRichard Wiles, from Collingham, who works next to the site, told the BBC the outbreak did not come as a surprise.\n\n\"The workers have been upset for quite a while that they don't think enough has been done to protect them,\" he said.\n\n\"People here are somewhere between baffled and very angry because when there have been outbreaks at food plants elsewhere, they have been closed instantly.\n\n\"It seems there has been a slow, modern British response to this and cakes have come before Covid safety.\"\n\nThe council had previously said the entire workforce would be tested after the number of positive cases increased from 20 to 39.\n\nStaff from other areas of the business have been seconded to help upload the details into the NHS portal.\n\nThroughout most of July new cases of coronavirus in Newark and Sherwood were low, but they have risen in recent weeks.\n\nThe district was added to the government's hotspot watch list last week and a testing site for members of the public was set up at the district council building after a spike in cases.\n\nIn the week to Thursday 13 August there were 39 cases, equivalent to nearly 32 per 100,000 population. Across England overall in the same week the rate was just under 12 per 100,000.\n\nTen cases were people living in the Newark North area, which is also where the Bakkavor dessert factory is located, with a further 10 in Balderton.\n\nHowever, some of the 74 cases so far confirmed at Bakkavor may not yet be reflected in the official data, which is updated daily as more test results come back.\n\nNewark and Sherwood's weekly infection rate per 100,000 people has risen from 26.1 up to 6 August to 31.9 up to 13 August.\n\nJonathan Gribbin, director of public health at Nottinghamshire County Council, said closing the factory with 1,600 staff depending on it for their livelihoods, was not something they wanted to do.\n\n\"Reports from the Health and Safety Executive and environmental health colleagues indicates there are a really good set of controls in place within the factory,\" he said.\n\n\"So [closing it] would be quite a radical thing to do, not something we would want to bring forward at this point and certainly not before we have followed through on every other possible avenue, including finishing off on this whole workplace testing.\"\n\nHe added: \"We know that not all the cases in Newark are linked to Bakkavor so it is vital that people continue to follow the strict guidance to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 across the whole community.\"\n\nShona Taylor, from Bakkavor, said: \"The [testing] programme has been positively received, and colleagues have been supportive and reassured that every effort is being taken to ensure their safety.\"\n\nAt the Bakkavor bakery in Devizes, last week it was confirmed the number of positive tests had risen to 15 from seven the week before.\n\nWiltshire Council has confirmed the number of cases there has not changed.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.", "Hundreds of Lion's mane jellyfish washed up on the beach in Cloughey\n\nHuge numbers of Lion's mane jellyfish have washed up along the County Down coast in Northern Ireland.\n\nLion's manes are one of the world's largest-known species of jellyfish, with long tentacles that can give a painful sting.\n\nHundreds of them are lying on the shore near Cloughey on the Ards peninsula.\n\nTim Mackie, scientific officer with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, has advised people not to touch the jellyfish.\n\nPeople should not attempt to return them to the sea, due to their sting, which can leave a painful rash even after the creatures are dead, he added.\n\nMany people stung experience an itchy feeling similar to a nettle sting, while others may suffer a more serious reaction, with victims describing a sensation similar to an \"electric shock\".\n\nPortaferry Coastguard has issued a warning to the public about protecting their dogs from the jellyfish stings, saying they could cause an anaphylactic reaction.\n\nMr Mackie said the so-called \"bloom\" happened when climactic conditions prompted the jellyfish to reproduce.\n\nAn onshore wind meant they then ended up on beaches along the coast.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Portaferry Coastguard Rescue Team This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nCaravan owner Lyndsey Hutchinson said she was alarmed when she came across the jellyfish clumped together on the rocks near Cloughey.\n\nShe said she had never seen anything like it during many years holidaying in the area.\n\n\"It was alarming,\" she told BBC News NI.\n\nBangor vet Jane Reilly said she had treated several dogs in her small practice this week for reactions to Lion's mane stings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lion's mane are one of the world's largest known species of jellyfish\n\nShe said the dogs had been quite distressed, with sore paws and hives, but had not suffered severe reactions.\n\nHowever, Ms Reilly said she had ended up in hospital after suffering a severe reaction to a Lion's mane jellyfish sting when swimming off Ballyholme beach several years ago.\n\nShe suffered less severe stings from the same species when swimming across the North Channel.\n\nDespite their painful sting, Ms Reilly has filmed the jellyfish during recent swims and said she found them \"beautiful\".\n\n\"Their bell can be one metre wide and the tentacles can be up to 30m long - I suspect the severity of the sting might depend on how much of it you are in contact with,\" she said.\n\n\"Once they come in to the coast, they tend to stay for about four weeks.\"\n\nA Lion's mane jellyfish captured on camera by Jane Reilly during a recent swim", "Up to 160 staff will be recruited for the labs\n\nSix new \"hot labs\" with rapid testing equipment will be created in hospitals as part of a drive to improve coronavirus test processing times.\n\nThree regional laboratories will also become 24/7 operations, with the Welsh Government spending up to £32m, including on extra staff.\n\nThe latest weekly data showed 56% of tests processed in NHS Wales labs came back within a day.\n\nFast turnaround of tests is seen as key to a successful contact tracing system.\n\nThe money will pay for extra staff and equipment to enable Public Health Wales laboratories at University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, Singleton Hospital, Swansea and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Rhyl, to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week from October.\n\nThe six \"hot labs\" with fast testing equipment will be created at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, University Hospital in Llandough and Grange Hospital, Cwmbran.\n\nThe labs are seen as a key part of testing and tracing\n\nThe Welsh Government said they will begin operating in November from 08:00 to 22:00 GMT, seven days a week.\n\nDr Tracey Cooper, chief executive of Public Health Wales, said it will recruit up to 160 staff into the new roles.\n\nThe government said the initial outlay on staffing and new equipment is expected to be nearly £8m and the cost of carrying out tests is expected to vary between £8m and £24m depending on demand.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething said: \"This investment will ensure we have the laboratory capacity in Wales to deliver our Test, Trace, Protect strategy to keep coronavirus under control, and be ready for the winter.\n\n\"I hope we don't need to use all the testing capacity this investment will create but we have to be prepared.\"\n\nWelsh Conservative health spokesman Andrew RT Davies welcomed the new capacity, but warned: \"We need to be sure that this additional resource will make a real difference.\"\n\nFor weeks data has been showing that many tests processed in Welsh labs are not hitting the 24 hour target.\n\nAnd for weeks ministers have been saying they want to see improvement.\n\nNow we see the potential price tag: £32m\n\nThis isn't a bit of tinkering here and there to increase the number of courier deliveries or ensure that samples arrive at regular, manageable intervals.\n\nIt's a significant investment in recruitment and machinery to increase the capacity of NHS Wales laboratories.\n\nThe specialist pan-UK \"Lighthouse Labs\", which operate 24 hours a day, have shown just how quickly tests can be turned around.\n\nThe hope in government will be that this investment achieves something similar, so that the Test, Trace Protect system stands a good chance of working if coronavirus makes its feared winter comeback.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nGavin Williamson says he is \"incredibly sorry for the distress\" caused to pupils after having to make a U-turn in how A-levels and GCSEs are graded.\n\nThe education secretary refused to say if he will resign amid a fresh scramble to secure university places.\n\n\"My focus is making sure youngsters get the grades that they deserve,\" he said.\n\nTens of thousands of students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice offers, prompting concerns about the number of available places.\n\nAnd uncertainty is continuing as admissions service Ucas and universities themselves have yet to be granted access to upgraded results.\n\nThe University of Oxford said it now had \"many more offer-holders meeting their grades than in a normal year\" and as a result faced \"significant capacity constraints both within our colleges and on our academic courses\".\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK which represents vice-chancellors, said that many more students now had the grades to get into their first-choice university.\n\nHe said this will \"cause challenges at this late stage in the admissions process - capacity, staffing, placements and facilities - particularly with the social distance measures in place\".\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders said it would write to Mr Williamson to request an immediate independent review into what it called the grading \"fiasco\".\n\n\"This degree of transparency is necessary at a time when public confidence has been badly shaken,\" general secretary Geoff Barton said.\n\nHe called on No 10 and Ofqual to put in place a \"robust contingency plan\" for students sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer in the event of further Covid-related disruption.\n\nMr Williamson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday: \"I would like to start off by apologising - saying sorry to all those young people who've been affected by this. This is something none of us expected to see and none of us wanted to see.\"\n\nBoth Frances Ramos (left) and Zainab Ali were left unsure if they would get their first-choice university places, despite their grades being bumped up\n\nFrances Ramos, 18, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, said she was pleased to be given her predicted grades of ABB - up from the BCD she received last Thursday.\n\nBut she said the U-turn \"does feel like it's a bit too late\" and added: \"I kind of wish the government had done this on Thursday.\" She is now waiting to hear if her first choice, the University of Liverpool, will accept her to study this year.\n\nZainab Ali, 18, from London, also thought the government should have acted sooner. \"I think it's a shame. After the damage is done, that's when they will take action and I find it quite frustrating,\" she said.\n\nThe U-turn should now mean Zainab is able to attend Queen Mary University, London.\n\nMr Williamson said it had been the common view of the government, Ofqual, and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland of different political parties that the system in place was more robust and \"significantly better\" than that in Scotland, after an earlier U-turn there.\n\nBut after the release of A-level results on Thursday he said it \"became increasingly apparent that there were too many young people that quite simply hadn't got the grade they truly deserved\".\n\nThe \"exact same challenge\" would have remained had there been a U-turn earlier, he said, and \"we would still be faced with the challenge of the fact of how do we expand the capacity within the university sector\".\n\nHe refused to address questions about his future as education secretary during interviews on Tuesday morning and he declined to offer explicit support for Ofqual's chief regulator, Sally Collier, to stay in her job.\n\nMr Williamson later told LBC: \"We ended up in a situation where Ofqual didn't deliver the system that we had been reassured and believed that would be in place.\"\n\nMr Williamson would not say whether he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during interviews on Tuesday\n\nLabour's shadow higher education minister Emma Hardy told Breakfast it appeared Ofqual had been \"thrown under the bus\" by the government despite it working to ministers' instructions during the pandemic.\n\nOfqual's algorithm downgraded around 40% of entries and came under fire after data showed poorer students' grades were marked down further than better off pupils.\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm.\n\nThe government's U-turn means teachers' assessments will also be used for all GCSE results - except for any cases where the algorithm adjustment actually suggests a better grade.\n\nIt is still unclear what the climbdown will mean for students taking vocational qualifications, including BTecs, with students telling BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat: \"We've been forgotten about.\"\n\nMr Williamson said he hoped they would also be subject to teacher-assessed grades, adding that the government was working with awarding authorities to ensure this happened.\n\nPearson, which awards BTecs, said it was aware that some BTec students had experienced a delay in receiving grades but did not say how many were impacted.\n\nAs part of the changes to grading, Mr Williamson has suspended a cap on student numbers for universities - effectively allowing institutions to accept unlimited numbers this year.\n\nDr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group which represents 24 leading universities, said there were \"limits to what can be done by the university sector alone to address that uncertainty without stretching resources to the point that it undermines the experience for all\".\n\nUniversities including Bristol, Durham, Sheffield and Liverpool stopped offering places through the clearing system that matches students to unfilled courses on Monday.\n\nBristol later said it would accept all applicants who now met the terms of an offer and Sheffield said it would do so \"wherever possible\".\n\nBut some universities say that numbers will have to remain limited on medicine and dentistry courses.\n\nUcas was unable to say how many students had not been able to take up places due to their results being downgraded.\n\nIt said its latest figures early on Tuesday showed:\n\nA Ucas spokesman said students who have not got into their first-choice institution should seek advice from their parents or teachers before contacting the university.\n\nSam Freedman, who was a senior policy adviser to the Department for Education between 2010 and 2013, said it \"beggared belief\" that the secretary of state had said he was only aware of problems over the weekend.\n\n\"I can't think of many other education secretaries who wouldn't have already resigned,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wrote in the Daily Mirror: \"The Tories' handling of these results sums up their handling of this pandemic: incompetent.\"", "Golden eagles have a wingspan of up to 7ft (2.2m)\n\nGolden eagles could be flying over Wales if plans to reintroduce them to the wild are successful.\n\nWilder Britain has launched a public consultation following a feasibility study done with Lancaster University.\n\nDirector Paul O'Donoghue hopes the \"most exciting conservation project ever proposed\" in Wales could see six to 10 breeding pairs in Snowdonia.\n\nBut sheep farmer Hedd Pugh, 61, said he was worried about the reintroduction of a \"king of the predators\".\n\nGolden eagles have been all but extinct in Wales and England since 1850.\n\nOne captive bird, which went on to live in the Cambrian Mountains, was recently found dead by a walker.\n\nPaul O'Donoghue said the plan would be a big draw for ecotourists\n\nIn 2019, Cardiff University researchers said Wales was home to \"large expanses of potentially suitable eagle habitat\" but reintroduction was not likely to happen \"for some time\".\n\nThe university's Eagle Reintroduction Wales (ERW) said such programmes were \"usually a strict, highly-regulated, licensing process\".\n\nNatural Resources Wales said: \"We are aware of interest in the reintroduction of golden eagles into Wales. Reintroducing golden eagles to Wales would need to be carried out under a licence issued by Natural Resources Wales.\n\n\"Our assessment of any application for a licence would need to carefully consider the effects of a reintroduction on existing wildlife and land use.\"\n\nA reintroduction plan in Ireland saw chicks released in County Donegal between 2001 and 2012.\n\nThis resulted in the first successful rearing of a chick by an Irish-bred eagle in more than 100 years in 2018.\n\nSnowdonia is already home to buzzards, peregrines, goshawks and black grouse, among other species\n\nDr O'Donoghue said the juvenile eagles would be brought in from Scandinavia and central Europe and hoped the first birds could be introduced in the summer of 2021 - although this depends on all licensing criteria being met and approved by NRW, which can take several months.\n\nHe said he was \"extremely encouraged by what we have seen in Ireland\" and hoped \"to establish the same level of success and engagement in Wales\".\n\nHe added: \"We are delighted that the scientific feasibility work has confirmed how great Snowdonia would be for golden eagles.\n\n\"The sight of these majestic birds soaring over the mountain peaks, once seen, would never be forgotten.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook video by BBC Wales News This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nMr Pugh, who has about 1,600 sheep on his farm in Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, said: \"I'm worried because the golden eagle is a predator and hasn't been here for nearly 200 years. I'm concerned not just for lambs - what about other birds as well?\"\n\nGolden eagles are capable of lifting up to 11lbs (5kg) and lambs weigh up to 10lbs (4.5kg) when they are born.\n\nERW said the staple diet of golden eagles in the UK was red grouse and mountain hares, but as Wales' populations of these was \"near non-existent... we must question whether the golden eagle in Wales will adapt a much more generalist diet\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Students gathered outside the Senedd last weekend to protest against the grading system\n\nWelsh Education Minister Kirsty Williams has apologised \"directly and unreservedly\" for the way A-level results were handled last week.\n\nThere was outrage after 42% of A-level grades in Wales were downgraded.\n\nOn Monday ministers abandoned the system used to calculate the results, awarding assessments made by teachers instead.\n\nMs Williams said she was \"truly sorry\" for a process that made a stressful time \"worse\" for some students.\n\nThe minister made the apology in a social media video, and in evidence to a Senedd committee, a day after the U-turn.\n\n\"For our young people, and indeed everyone in Wales, the last few months have been and continue to be a stressful time,\" she said.\n\n\"It has been a time of anguish for people right across the country.\n\n\"I am sorry that, for some of our young people, the results process has made that worse.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kirsty Williams This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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\"Recent months have thrown up unexpected, new and complex challenges,\" she said.\n\n\"Working with Qualifications Wales and the WJEC we looked for an approach which provided fairness and balanced out differences in the standards applied to judgments in schools.\n\n\"But, as I announced yesterday, and given decisions elsewhere, the balance of fairness now lies with awarding centre assessment grades to students.\"\n\nThe apology marks a change in tone from the First Minister Mark Drakeford, who said on Monday he was \"sorry for those young people who've had to live through such an uncertain period\", but defended the system that had been used.\n\nSome of his comments after the U-turn were dubbed \"pretty shocking\" by Blaenau Gwent Labour AM Alun Davies, in a tweet.\n\nMs Williams' apology was the second that day from a Welsh Government minster, after Health Minister Vaughan Gething said he was sorry for any anxiety and stress caused.\n\nUK government Education Minister Gavin Williamson has apologised for exam \"distress\" in England, where ministers have also moved to grades estimated by teachers. Similar decisions were taken in Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nAs well as A-levels, teacher assessed grades will be used for GCSEs, AS-levels, skills challenge certificates and the Welsh Baccalaureate.\n\nLast week's results in Wales were produced by a system known as standardisation - designed to ensure grades were \"as fair as possible\" and consistent with previous years.\n\nBut it was criticised by students and politicians for producing unfair grades for individual students. GCSE results are to be published on Thursday.\n\nThe Liberal Democrat education minister told the Senedd's education committee that she was not informed of the scale of the impact of using the algorithm to moderate A-level results until 10 August, three days before the results were due to be announced.\n\nShe said she had been told on that day that 42% of grades would be depressed.\n\n\"I was given those results on the 10th of August, and we were concerned,\" she said.\n\nMs Williams said the Welsh Government was \"particularly concerned\" about whether there might be a \"disproportionate effect\" on pupils receiving free school meals and had asked for more data.\n\nShe said the WJEC supplied that information to Qualifications Wales the following evening, and it was given to her the morning after that - Wednesday - the day before the results came out.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Drakeford defended the A-level results system after the U-turn on Monday\n\nLynne Neagle, chairwoman of the Senedd education select committee, thanked Ms Williams for her apology but said her colleagues \"need to know what the Welsh Government is doing to make sure this does not happen again\".\n\nShe added: \"No one can predict if or when we may see another lockdown like this one, so we must learn from these experiences and avoid the confusing, confidence-sapping decisions we have seen over the last few weeks.\"\n\nLater, in an interview with BBC Wales, Ms Williams insisted the new results would \"absolutely\" be credible, and \"young people should not feel that they aren't\".\n\nBut she said the original system had been robust \"there or thereabouts\", with 95% of students having received either a grade at the level their teacher predicted or within one grade of that.\n\nMs Williams' earlier comments followed calls for a \"full and proper apology to the young people of Wales\" from Plaid Cymru.\n\nIt also came after a long day of evidence at the Senedd committee from officials involved in the process, where the chief executive of the Welsh examinations board, the WJEC, defended the algorithm used for A-level results.\n\nIan Morgan said that system would have meant grades A* to E would have been up by 1% from last year and A* to A would have risen by 2.9%, with A* up 0.1% on 2019, with 1.7% of candidates reaching that level.\n\nHe said the decision to use teachers' estimates instead meant 99.9% of candidates achieving grades A* to E. There was now a 13.4% increase in candidates getting A* to A, meaning 40.4% reaching that standard.\n\nEarlier on BBC Radio Wales Mr Morgan said that to \"some extent\" he was probably disappointed with the U-turn. \"I think there's a huge amount of rigour that's gone into the standardisation process,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm not here to try and question the effort teachers have put in, these were a complex set of circumstances and teachers have worked diligently.\"\n\nMr Morgan acknowledged there were \"imperfections\" with some students not receiving the correct grades - but said these would have been weeded out during the appeals process.\n\nJo Richards, regulation director of Qualifications Wales, acknowledged a delay to BTEC results. She said students students should expect their results by the end of Tuesday.\n\n\"We've had notification of that from Pearson and we are working with them and are asking for regular updates, they are working through that data,\" she said.\n\nMeanwhile, teaching union NASUWT said \"urgent lessons\" need to be learned.\n\nGeneral Secretary Dr Patrick Roach said: \"The problems that have been left to unfold over recent days have impacted not only on those young people who were receiving their awards this year, but also the confidence of the thousands of pupils who are now preparing for examinations next year.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pizza Express is to close 73 of its UK restaurants with the potential loss of 1,100 jobs.\n\nThe chain, which at the moment has 454 UK outlets, said it had cut a deal to reduce rent costs.\n\nIt said although most of its restaurants have been profitable over the past three years, earnings had been declining.\n\nPizza Express also confirmed it had hired advisers from Lazard to lead a sale process for the business.\n\nIt is currently majority owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital.\n\nZoe Bowley, Pizza Express's managing director for the UK and Ireland, said: \"Unfortunately, the impact of the global pandemic has meant that we have had to make some incredibly tough decisions to safeguard Pizza Express for the long term.\"\n\nMs Bowley said that in most cases, the stores selected for closure are near to another Pizza Express that has already reopened or will be reopening soon.\n\nShe added that the process \"will protect the jobs of over 9,000 of our colleagues\".\n\nThe outlets to close are:\n\n1965: Pizza Express founder, the late Peter Boizot, brought a pizza oven from Napoli and a chef from Sicily to open his first restaurant in London's Soho.\n\n1992: Mr Boizot grew his empire over the following almost-three decades before selling it for £15m to Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson, the man who was - until recently - chairman of Patisserie Valerie. They floated it on the stock market the next year and ultimately sold out in 1997 when it was worth £150m.\n\n2003: It was taken private again in a £278m deal by two private equity firms who then floated it two years later - although it lasted less than a year on the public markets before it was returned to private equity hands.\n\n2014: It changed hands again, this time to be acquired for £900m by its current owner, Chinese private equity house Hony Capital.\n\n2020: It has more than 600 restaurants globally: 454 in the UK, including five franchises; 19 in Ireland; 24 in Hong Kong; 6 in Singapore; 14 in UAE; 60 in China; and 49 other international sites operated by franchisees.\n\nThe government has been running its Eat Out to Help Out scheme in August to try to help revive the flagging UK hospitality sector.\n\nDiners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 35 million times in its first two weeks.\n\nPizza Express has been taking part in the scheme, and has been reopening restaurants that had been temporarily closed to participate.", "Negotiations over a free trade agreement between the UK and EU began in early March\n\nThe UK still believes it can agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU next month, according to Downing Street.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said UK negotiators would \"continue to plug the gaps\" when talks enter their seventh round in Brussels on Wednesday.\n\nThe two sides remain divided over competition rules, fishing rights and how a deal would be enforced.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the December deadline to reach an agreement.\n\nThis week's talks are the last scheduled negotiating round ahead of the autumn, although both sides have previously said talks would continue in September.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier had dinner with UK counterpart David Frost on Tuesday evening, with talks set to conclude on Friday.\n\nOn Tuesday, ahead of talks resuming, a European Commission spokesman said a deal would need to be agreed by October \"at the latest\".\n\nMr Barnier has said an agreement is required by this date so it can be ratified before the UK's current post-Brexit transition period ends, in December.\n\nAfter the last negotiation round in London, he accused the UK of not showing a \"willingness to break the deadlock\" over difficult issues.\n\nMr Frost said EU offers to break the deadlock had failed to honour the \"fundamental principles which we have repeatedly made clear\".\n\nBut he said the UK, which has so far insisted on a series of separate deals in different areas, was also willing to consider a \"simpler\" structure for an agreement.\n\nHe added the EU had shown a \"pragmatic approach\" over British demands to limit the role of the European Court of Justice after the transition period ends.\n\nCompromises on both sides are inevitable if a deal is to be struck, but don't expect breakthroughs this week.\n\nFor now, much of Europe is still on holiday, or dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Boris Johnson is also busy dealing with the fallout from the exams U-turn.\n\nThe EU wants a deal, but the keenness for an agreement - even a thin one - doesn't mean they will settle for a deal at any price.\n\nFrance is jumpy that Michel Barnier may be so keen to be seen to get a deal done with UK this autumn that he \"could be tempted to give away too much\".\n\nMeanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeats over and over that the EU won't agree to anything it believes would damage its single market.\n\nThe EU believes Mr Johnson needs to show he can reach a deal, especially after controversy surrounding the government's initial handling of Covid-19.\n\nBut the politics of compromise shouldn't be underestimated. Compromise can be found - but if it comes it is likely to be last-minute, around October time.\n\nThe EU thinks a deal is still more likely than no deal. But only just.\n\nAmong the issues the negotiating sides will discuss this week are transport, police co-operation, fishing rights and rules on investment.\n\nThey will also discuss post-Brexit rules on competition and state support for companies, one of the thorniest issues in the talks to date.\n\nThe UK is due to stop following EU rules on so-called \"state aid\" at the end of the transition period, and has not unveiled details of its subsequent regime.\n\nMr Barnier has said the EU will require \"robust\" guarantees in this area if it is to agree a deal, and has called for more details on the UK's future plans.", "Around the world, lockdowns have led to a rise in domestic violence. But in Turkey, rates of violence against women were alarmingly high even before the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nLast year, more than 470 women were killed by men they knew, according to campaigners.\n\nTurkey’s ruling AK party has sparked controversy by talking of withdrawing from a treaty designed to protect women.", "Stunt motorcyclist Jonny Davies - AKA Stunter Jonny - broke the world speed record for doing a handlebar wheelie.\n\nThe 28-year-old, from County Durham, got up to 109.2mph, with his legs above the handlebars.\n\nHe was at the Motorcycle Wheelie World Championship in North Yorkshire.\n\nAnd he says he could have gone even faster - claiming to have made 122mph in practice.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "That's how 18-year-old Gwyn Griffiths describes how he's feeling as he waits to find out if his re-graded A-level results will allow him into his first choice university.\n\nThe Maesteg Comprehensive School pupil is \"still hopeful\" of winning a place to study civil engineering at the University of the West of England in Bristol.\n\nHe was \"distraught\" on results days, when he got a B, C and two Us because he'd been predicted a B, two Cs and a D.\n\n\"I was really shocked, because of the massive downgrade I'd had. It was awful to be honest with you, knowing this could affect my future and possibly the rest of my life.\"\n\nBut after the elation of yesterdays' U-turn on grading, he's no clearer on whether he can go to UWE.\n\n\"They themselves still don't know what will happen. They said as soon as they know they'll inform me but as far as I know, that could take hours, it could take days. it could take weeks.\"\n\nGwyn has accepted a place at Swansea University but is still holding out hope of going to UWE.\n\nHe said: \"I'm just waiting for emails from universities, or my head of sixth form, to see where I stand. I keep updating websites too see if any news has come out.\"", "Marks & Spencer is cutting 7,000 jobs over the next three months across its stores and management.\n\nIt said the coronavirus pandemic had made it clear there had been a \"material shift in trade\".\n\nIn-store sales of clothing and home goods were \"well below\" 2019, although online and home deliveries were strong.\n\nM&S said it hoped a \"significant proportion\" of the cuts - about a tenth of its workforce - will be voluntary redundancy and early retirement.\n\nIn a statement, M&S said it was \"too early to predict with precision where a new post-Covid sales mix will settle. We must now act to reflect this change\".\n\nBut the retailer said operating during the pandemic had showed it could work \"more flexibly and productively\", with more staff multi-tasking and moving between food, clothing and home departments.\n\nM&S said total sales in its hard-hit clothing and home arm plunged 29.9% in the eight weeks since shops reopened, with store sales tumbling 47.9% and online surging 39.2%.\n\nAt the height of lockdown, M&S boss Steve Rowe said customers might \"never shop the same way again\" after the coronavirus crisis.\n\nAnd last month the retailer announced 950 store management and head office jobs were at risk because it needed to accelerate its restructuring.\n\nAlongside Tuesday's announcement of more job cuts Mr Rowe said: \"In May we outlined our plans to learn from the crisis, accelerate our transformation and deliver a stronger, more agile business in a world in which some customer habits were changed forever.\n\n\"Three months on and our 'Never the Same Again' programme is progressing; albeit the outlook is uncertain and we remain cautious.\n\nHe said the proposals to \"further streamline store operations and management\" were an \"important step in becoming a leaner, faster business set up to serve changing customer needs\".\n\nRetail Economics chief executive Richard Lim said the cuts represented a \"massive reduction\" in the M&S workforce. The retailer was \"desperately attempting to reposition the business towards a new-normal emerging in the sector\".\n\n\"Retailers were already battling with the pace of structural change facing the sector but the impact of the pandemic has been a step-change for the industry.\"\n\nHe said retailers remained in \"survival mode, preserving cash and hanging on for more sustainable levels of demand to return\".\n\n\"But the way we shop has changed on a permanent basis for many parts of the sector almost overnight.\n\n\"The reality is that many more retailers will fail and the number of job losses will ramp up as government support is withdrawn. This is the calm before the storm.\"\n\nDave Gill, national officer of the shopworkers' union Usdaw, said Tuesday's announcement was \"yet another devastating blow for M&S staff and yet another bombshell for our High Streets. The government has a clear choice: do they want to see the High Street go to the wall, or do they want to help save it\"?\n\nMarks and Spencer has been in the throes of a big reorganisation of one sort or another for most of the past two decades.\n\nSuccessive management teams have struggled to come to terms with rapid shifts in consumer behaviour - but none so rapid as what has happened over the past four months.\n\nM&S had already begun what looked like it most serious restructuring in years before the pandemic struck, with a big drive to boost online sales - notably with a partnership with Ocado - and to close underperforming stores. But those plans, drawn up by Chairman Archie Norman and Chief Executive Steve Rowe, have been accelerated by the coronavirus.\n\nThe bigger question now is whether the drastic action now being taken is enough to cope not only with the sudden decline in sales brought about by the pandemic, but the longer-term shifts that have so vexed M&S management in the past.\n\nThe size of the job cuts suggests that M&S is at least taking those threats seriously.\n\nM&S employs almost 78,000 people, most of them in the UK. The bulk of the latest job cuts are expected to come among shop floor workers, with about 12% of customer assistant roles going.\n\nCuts will also be made at head office and in regional management.\n\nHowever, the company is shifting resources and recruiting towards areas that are expanding - online and food.\n\nM&S said online clothing and home goods sales had been performing strongly since the beginning of the year, and over the last eight weeks had accounted for 41% of its total clothing and home goods sales.\n\nIn the last 13 weeks M&S's total food sales increased by 2.5%.\n\nOn Tuesday, the latest Kantar grocery index showed that as a whole, the market expanded by 14.4% in the 12 weeks to 9 August. Sales at Morrisons increased the most, rising by 16% over that period.", "Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (left) was pictured helping two women after their kayak capsized\n\nPortuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has helped rescue two women who came into difficulty at an Algarve beach when their kayak capsized.\n\nThe president, 71, was pictured on Saturday swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water.\n\nHe later told reporters that the women had been swept by currents from a neighbouring beach into the bay.\n\nPresident Rebelo de Sousa is currently on holiday in the Algarve in a bid to promote tourism there.\n\nPortugal's economy relies heavily on its tourism industry, which has been hugely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe president had just spoken to journalists at Praia do Alvor beach when he noticed the women struggling.\n\nVideo footage caught the moment he swam into the sea to assist them. Another man was already there, trying to help turn the kayak over while a person on a jet ski also approached to offer help.\n\nThe man on the jet ski then managed to tow the kayak back to the shore.\n\nAfter assisting the women, President Rebelo de Sousa told journalists that the women had come from another beach.\n\n\"As there is a very large west current, they were dragged out, turned around, swallowed a lot of water and were not even able to turn [the kayak], nor to climb [on it], or swim, such is the strength of the current,\" he told local media.\n\nThe president said he was helped by another \"patriot\" on the jet ski.\n\nHe warned that the women should be careful in future.\n\nThe president is currently holidaying in various regions of the country in a bid to promote tourism\n\nAccording to broadcaster 20 Minutos, the president is spending his holidays visiting different areas of the country to promote tourism.\n\nPortugal remains off the list of countries that the UK government has exempted from quarantine restrictions.\n\nThe country is incredibly popular with British holidaymakers, with almost three million UK visitors a year. More tourists from the UK head to the Algarve each summer than from any other country.\n• None Portugal still on quarantine list for holidaymakers", "Anas El-Rafai's family described him as \"very popular\"\n\nA teenager has died after getting into difficulty in the River Tees.\n\nDurham Police said the alarm was raised shortly after 17:00 BST on Monday after the 15-year-old entered the water at Broken Scar in Darlington.\n\nThe body of Anas El-Rafai, who was from the town, was found shortly before midnight.\n\nHis family described him as a \"fit and healthy young man\" who was \"very popular at school\" and said they were devastated by his death.\n\nFlowers were left at the scene next to the River Tees\n\nPolice were aided in the search by Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, the North East Ambulance Service, Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team and underwater search teams.\n\nDurham Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and a file was being prepared for the coroner.\n\nA local councillor said the river was notorious for its undercurrents\n\nCouncillor Jonathan Dulston, who grew up near Broken Scar, said it was \"truly heartbreaking\" and offered his condolences to the family.\n\n\"This river is notorious for its undercurrents and it's quite an unsafe river, so as a council we are trying to educate people around the dangers,\" he said.\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.", "Strict restrictions were put in place in the city of Melbourne on 2 August for six weeks\n\nThe Australian state of Victoria has recorded its lowest rise in Covid-19 infections for a month, raising hopes it is gaining control of an outbreak.\n\nThe state capital, Melbourne, has been in lockdown for over a month, but even stricter measures including a night-time curfew were imposed on 3 August.\n\nThe state still has 7,274 active cases and remains Australia's worst concern.\n\nBut despite reporting its deadliest day on Monday, Victoria has seen new infections decline in recent days.\n\nTuesday's increase of 222 was the lowest daily total since 18 July. There were 17 more deaths, taking Australia's tally to 438 since the pandemic began.\n\n\"I would hope that we're in the hundreds [of new cases] - not in the 200s - next week,\" said Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.\n\n\"But again it all depends on everyone doing the right thing, which includes stepping up for testing.\"\n\nAustralia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), recorded three new cases on Tuesday, its fewest in 47 days.\n\nAt the end of March, Australia's federal government said everyone returning to the country from abroad would need to enter mandatory quarantine programmes, which would be run by individual states.\n\nAlmost all current cases in Victoria can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state, an inquiry has heard this week.\n\n\"It is likely that a high proportion - approximately 99% of current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria - have arisen from Rydges or Stamford,\" said state epidemiologist Charles Alpren, referring to two specific hotels.\n\nGenomic sequencing data had made experts \"incredibly confident about the accuracy of that clustering\", added Prof Ben Howden, director of the Melbourne-based infectious diseases centre Doherty Institute.\n\nDr Alpren said evidence showed nine in 10 current cases could be traced to one family of four specifically.\n\nThe inquiry also heard guards at quarantine hotels were given \"inappropriate\" training advice.\n\nAustralian media report that guards were told masks and other protection would not be necessary, as long as they adhered to 1.5m social distancing.\n\nBarrister Tony Neal QC said the inquiry would aim to determine how the programme was structured and who was ultimately responsible for running it, as well as what improvements could be made for future quarantine programmes.\n\nThe quarantine programme \"fell short of its goal\" of preventing the spread of Covid-19, and for some people in quarantine it was \"not clear who was in overall command of the operation\", Mr Neal said.\n\nOn Tuesday, NSW said it was also investigating how a security guard contracted the virus at a hotel in Sydney.", "Diners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 35 million times in its first two weeks, the latest Treasury figures show.\n\nThe scheme offers customers in restaurants, pubs and cafes 50% off their meal up to a maximum of £10.\n\nIt runs every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August to encourage support for the hospitality sector.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak said the 35 million figure \"is equivalent to over half of the UK taking part\".\n\nMore than 85,000 restaurants have now registered for Eat Out to Help Out. According to data from booking site Open Table, it has helped restaurants to be 27% fuller on average than they were during the Monday-to-Wednesday period in August 2019.\n\nMr Sunak said: \"With at least 35 million meals served up in the first two weeks alone, that is equivalent to over half of the UK taking part and supporting local jobs in the hospitality sector.\n\n\"To build back better we must protect as many jobs as possible, that is why I am urging all registered businesses to make the most of this by claiming back today - it's free, simple and pays out within five working days.\"\n\nThe government has set aside £500m to fund the scheme. About 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\n\"The Eat Out to Help Out scheme has really been amazing,\" said Stephen Wall, managing director and co-founder of restaurant chain Pho. \"It's so nice to see our restaurants full of happy staff and customers again.\n\n\"It has certainly benefitted our early week figures and seems to have encouraged the British public to dine out safely, as our restaurants are filling up and staying busy throughout the weekend, too.\"\n\nNo vouchers are needed, with the participating establishment simply deducting 50% from the bill, up to the £10 per person maximum, and reclaiming the money from the Treasury.\n\nHowever, the discount is only on food and soft drinks eaten on the premises, and does not apply to takeaways.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times the discount can be used in August, or for how many people, including children.\n\nHowever, the scheme has faced criticism. In July, the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecast it would most likely be a \"giveaway\" that benefitted those well-off enough to eat out.\n\nAnti-obesity campaigners said the scheme \"would be a green light to promote junk food\". And some restaurant owners were concerned the measures could pull in diners earlier in the week to the detriment of weekend trade.", "The health secretary said there was huge global demand for protective equipment\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed Public Health England will be replaced by a new body focused on preparing for external threats like pandemics.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding, who runs NHS Test and Trace in England, will be the interim chief of the new National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP).\n\nPHE has come under intense scrutiny of its coronavirus response.\n\nMinisters have been accused of using PHE as a scapegoat for failings.\n\nGovernment has been criticised for the controversial decision in March to halt community testing and tracing of contacts.\n\nThe new institute will begin work with immediate effect and will bring together Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace, as well as the analytical capability of the Joint Biosecurity Centre under a single leadership team, to \"strengthen\" public health.\n\nMatt Hancock said it would have a \"single and relentless mission\" of protecting people from external health threats including pandemics, biological weapons and infections diseases\n\n\"To give ourselves the best chance of beating this virus once and for all - and of spotting and being ready to respond to other health threats, now and in the future, we are creating a brand new organisation to provide a new approach to public health protection and resilience.\n\n\"My single biggest fear is a novel flu, or another major health alert, hitting us right now in the middle of this battle against coronavirus.\n\n\"Even once this crisis has passed - and it will pass - we need a disease control infrastructure that gives us the permanent, standing capacity to respond as a nation and the ability to scale up at pace.\"\n\nThe new health protection agency for England will, we are told, be modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute which combats infectious diseases.\n\nExpertise from Public Health England and the Test and Trace network will be pooled to form an organisation focussed on tackling the coronavirus threat and future pandemics. And therein lies the historic problem.\n\nPHE was formed as part of Government health reforms in 2012 with an ungainly merger of health protection and prevention initiatives such as obesity strategies. It was pulled in different directions and had to get by with successive annual budget cuts.\n\nPHE has been blamed for the suspension of community testing and tracing in March but senior sources say it was not set up to run a mass diagnostic testing system and any decisions made then were in partnership with Government advisers.\n\nThe centrepiece of the reforms is the creation of the new agency but there are still big questions over what will happen to PHE's vital work on prevention of ill health and tackling health inequalities.\n\nThe Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) questioned the timing of an announcement on the scrapping of a national public health agency in the midst of a global pandemic.\n\nRSPH chief executive Christina Marriott said: \"We recognise that there have been some serious challenges in terms of our response to Covid-19, including the timing of the lockdown, the ongoing ineffectiveness of Tier 2 Track and Trace and postcode-level data previously not being available to directors of public health.\"\n\nBut she said \"multiple lessons\" needed to be learned \"before solutions can be in place in advance of the winter\", adding: \"to do otherwise risks avoidable mistakes in subsequent waves of the pandemic which will only harm the public's health further.\"\n\nProf Richard Tedder, visiting professor in medical virology at Imperial College London, defended PHE as an \"assembly of some of the wisest and most committed microbiologists and epidemiologists you could hope for anywhere\".\n\nHe criticised what he called the \"persistent meddling from on-high\", which he said had \"disenfranchised and fractured\" staff \"to the great detriment of the UK as a whole\".\n\nProf Tedder warned the plans to merge existing laboratory staff with NHS Test and Trace were \"misplaced\" and would \"further dismantle\" the \"irreplaceable\" expertise that exists within PHE.\n\nLiberal Democrat Health spokesperson Munira Wilson told the BBC News Channel it was \"quite clear\" that ministers were trying to deflect responsibility from some of the \"terrible decisions\" taken, \"from the provision of protective equipment, test and trace and the tracing app being botched and a whole series of other blunders through this crisis\" then trying to scapegoat PHE as a result.\n\nShe said they should be going forward with an independent inquiry so lessons learned could be used in any second wave of the pandemic.\n\nLabour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said in a tweet that there had been \"no transparency or accountability\" in Baroness Harding's appointment.", "The six-year-old boy taken by air ambulance to Royal London Hospital\n\nA boy who suffered catastrophic injuries when he was thrown from the balcony of the Tate Modern has been able to visit home, his family said.\n\nLast August the boy, aged six at the time and visiting London from France with his family, fell 100ft (30m) and suffered life-changing injuries.\n\nNow, the boy's family says he is \"happy to see his toys again\".\n\nJonty Bravery, 18, who threw the boy from the balcony, was convicted of his attempted murder and jailed, in June.\n\nThe victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spent time at Royal London Hospital before moving to a hospital in France.\n\nThis 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\nDuring Bravery's sentencing, the court was told the boy would require round-the-clock care until at least 2022.\n\nHis injuries included a bleed to the brain and fractures to his spine and he has been left needing the use of a wheelchair.\n\nAn update posted on a GoFundMe site, which has raised almost £250,000 for the boy's medical care, said his parents were able to bring him home \"just for a weekend\".\n\n\"We took him to the sea and he was able to build sandcastles with a friend on the beach,\" the statement said.\n\n\"He stays seated in one place, and we bring him what he needs to build. He couldn't swim, of course, mainly because he still can't move around without his splints.\n\n\"He also returned at home for the first time and he was super happy to see his house and his toys again, even though he couldn't go upstairs to see his room.\"\n\nThe boy had been visiting London from France with his parents\n\nThe parents thanked the public for their continued support and said their son's reading, breathing and singing was improving \"little by little\".\n\n\"He still spends most of his day in a wheelchair and still cannot walk on his own,\" the statement added.\n\n\"But when we give him our hand, we don't need to carry his weight anymore like before - it is mostly about helping him to find his balance.\n\n\"He can walk a few metres like that and he now also manages to climb one or two steps, always with our help.\"\n\nA GoFundMe page has raised more than £200,000 for the boy's medical treatment\n\nBravery, of Northolt in west London, who was diagnosed with autism from a young age, was jailed at the Old Bailey for at least 15 years.\n\nHammersmith and Fulham Council has been carrying out a serious case review into Bravery's care as the council was responsible for the handling of it.\n\nIn a victim impact statement in February, the boy's parents described to the court how Bravery's actions were \"unspeakable\".\n\n\"Words cannot express the horror and fear his actions have brought up on us,\" the couple said.\n\nA spokesman for Tate Modern said: \"A full security review was undertaken, as would happen after any major incident, and we continue to follow best practice guidelines to keep the public safe.\"\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.", "Elsa might now be the world's most famous wild boar - and her celebrity has drawn a crowd of fans campaigning to save her from hunters.\n\nElsa is the name given to the sow who was chased by a German nudist in Berlin, after she snatched his plastic bag containing a laptop.\n\nPictures of the chase, in a popular bathing area, went viral. The boar managed to flee with her two piglets.\n\nBut officials do not rule out that she could be culled, with other boars.\n\nThe boars at Teufelssee - a lake in Berlin's leafy Grunewald district - \"have lost their normal timidity\" around humans, according to the local forestry office manager Katja Kammer.\n\nSpeaking to Berlin broadcaster rbb24, she said the sow should be \"removed\" because there were too many wild boars there, which could get aggressive and could spread disease to humans, including swine fever. Removal, she added, did not mean relocation, because that would require an area to be fenced off.\n\nAs many as 2,000 wild boars are shot in Berlin annually, and the hunting season starts in autumn.\n\nIn hot summer months wild boars are attracted to lakes and pools\n\nA Grunewald forestry spokesman, Marc Franusch, explained however that a sow with young piglets would not be culled - at least not until the piglets were old enough to fend for themselves.\n\n\"These are wild animals which deserve our respect and should not be fed,\" he said.\n\nPeople have been feeding the Grunewald boars with apples and sandwiches, rbb24 reports.\n\nOn Sunday, several campaigners demonstrated in Grunewald to save Elsa and her fellow boars.\n\nAn online petition on the campaign website change.org has picked up more than 9,000 signatures. It is called \"Save the cheeky but peaceful sow of Teufelssee!\"\n\nThe now famous photos of the laptop chase were taken by Adele Landauer, who said the nudist laughed off the whole incident.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Adele This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nThe petition organiser, Jeanine Pasteleurs, argues that Elsa has been sharing her living space peacefully with humans for years.\n\nShe argues that the sow is not aggressive - as shown by the recent incident with the nudist.\n\n\"She had the strength to gravely injure that man and, from the sow's point of view, every right to do so! But she didn't!\"\n\nGermany saw another extraordinary incident recently involving a wild boar: one got lost and ended up swimming in the Baltic Sea. It was captured on amateur video when it appeared on a beach at Schönhagen, astounding sunbathers.\n\nIt charged at a man, who lunged at it with a shovel, as bystanders cried \"let it run!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "There have been nine hospital deaths in Wrexham in the most recent week\n\nThere were more deaths registered involving coronavirus in Wrexham than any other area of Wales or England, for the second week running, Office for National Statistics figures show.\n\nThere have been 24 Covid-19 deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 7 August - nine were hospital deaths in Wrexham.\n\nThis means a rise in deaths from the 10 registered the previous week.\n\nAltogether 16 deaths were in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area.\n\nThe ONS figures show deaths in hospitals, care homes and people's homes, and where coronavirus is suspected by a doctor or confirmed.\n\nAlthough there were 16 deaths in north Wales - 15 in hospitals - this is far fewer than at the height of the pandemic in April.\n\nBut there are more involving the virus being registered than in other health board areas in Wales at the moment.\n\nSeparate daily figures from Public Health Wales - which deal only with confirmed cases of coronavirus - have been showing most deaths over the last fortnight have been in north Wales hospitals.\n\nIn July, there was a spike in infections in Wrexham and in cases caught at the town's Maelor hospital, with health officials also offering community testing at mobile units for a period.\n\nThe rate of positive cases in the area has eased off in the last week or so and the number of hospital infections also appears to have dropped in recent weeks.\n\nVery low numbers of deaths or no deaths at all involving the virus are now being registered when broken down by council areas, the ONS figures show.\n\nBelow Wrexham, for the same week there were five deaths in Tameside, Greater Manchester, four deaths in both Denbighshire and Kirklees in West Yorkshire.\n\nThree deaths were registered in Flintshire, alongside Allerdale in Cumbria, Bradford, Mansfield in Nottinghamshire and Medway in Kent.\n\nThere were no deaths at all involving the virus in 15 Welsh council areas at all.\n\nSpeaking at the Welsh Government's weekly news conference, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the number of infections in Wrexham was falling and that there was a \"continuing and improved picture\".\n\n\"The evidence shows there has not been widespread community transmission within Wrexham,\" Mr Gething said.\n\n\"That's really important - that shows that our system is working as it should do: identifying clusters, taking proactive action.\n\n\"And we'll need to see more of that as we see different cases and clusters around the rest of the country.\"\n\nIn Wales, the number of so-called excess deaths is again below what we normally see at this time of year. There were 563 deaths from all causes, which is eight fewer than the five-year average. This is seen as a useful tool in looking at how coronavirus is progressing.\n\nThe total number of Covid-19 deaths in Wales up to 7 August was 2,544 - for deaths to be included in these figures, they must have been registered by 15 August.\n\nThe weekly ONS figures also show there were six deaths in care homes.\n\nSeparate figures published by Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) show Covid-19 was confirmed or suspected in 742 deaths of care home residents in the pandemic up to 14 August.\n\nThis makes up 19% of all deaths notified to CIW, which is now updating its figures every two weeks.", "First Minister Mark Drakeford has apologised for the uncertainty created by the grading system used for A-level results.\n\nLast week's results were criticised after 42% of grades were lower than teacher assessments.\n\nIt came after they had been processed by an algorithm.\n\nThe Welsh Government has performed a U-turn with A-level and GCSE students now being awarded the grades estimated for them by their teachers.\n\nExams had been scrapped because of the coronavirus lockdown.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A police helicopter used heat-sensitive cameras to record the party from above\n\nA house where about 200 people attended a lockdown party has been subjected to a three-month closure order with only the owner allowed access.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) and Manchester City Council obtained a court order after a party at the house on Harlow Drive, Gorton, on Saturday.\n\nOfficers were hit with missiles as they tried to break up the gathering.\n\nInsp Jim Adams of GMP said: \"This incident was completely unacceptable and incomprehensible.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am pleased that the court has accepted our application to extend the 48-hour closure notice to ensure that there are no further illegal large gatherings at this property.\"\n\nGMP has already issued a £100 fixed penalty notice to a 27-year-old woman who organised the party.\n\nClosure orders are made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 when disorderly, offensive or criminal behaviour has taken place on a premises in order to stop it happening again.\n\nOfficers were called at about 22:10 BST on Saturday to a gathering of around 200 people, GMP said.\n\nNigel Murphy, deputy leader of Manchester City Council, welcomed the \"tough action\" by the court and said: \"This was a particularly flagrant breach of Covid-19 restrictions, which are in place to protect everyone in our communities and must be respected.\n\n\"Public health must be our first priority and selfish breaches of the rules will not be tolerated.\"\n\nLockdown restrictions on social gatherings remain in Greater Manchester and some parts of northern England, despite measures being relaxed elsewhere across the country.\n\nExtra rules were enforced on 31 July following a local spike in cases.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The Democratic National Convention looks very different to previous events. The convention is usually packed with thousands of excited supporters, and marked with confetti and balloon drops, but this year it's all online because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nSpeakers on Thursday, the final day, include presidential nominee Joe Biden, as well as Cory Booker and Andrew Yang, who both ran for the Democratic nomination.\n\nThe four-day event kicks off two months of intense campaigning up to the 3 November presidential election.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The officer pictured initially restraining the man has been suspended, say West Yorkshire Police\n\nA police officer is being investigated after footage emerged that appears to show him restraining a man and saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out\".\n\nThe video shows an officer wrestling a man to the ground before holding him with an arm around the neck.\n\nThe footage from Halifax has been widely shared on social media.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said the officer had been suspended and the incident had been referred to the force watchdog.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Osman Khan said: \"We immediately reviewed the footage and looked into it as a matter of urgency to establish the full circumstances.\n\n\"We have reviewed the actions of the officers involved and a referral has been made to the force's professional standards directorate.\n\n\"Our investigation remains ongoing and we have made a voluntarily referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\n\"The officer involved has been removed from front-line operational duties.\"\n\nThe police officer appeared to tell the man that he would put him \"to sleep\" during the arrest\n\nDuring the footage, a voice can be heard saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out, chill out or you're going to sleep\".\n\nThe man is seen tapping on the floor and saying \"I give up\" before he is told to \"turn over now\" with another officer helping to detain him.\n\nPolice confirmed that the footage was taken at Spring Hall Gardens in the town.\n\nThe man was arrested on Sunday and has been released under investigation.\n\nAn IOPC spokesman said: \"We have received a referral from West Yorkshire Police and will make a decision on the level of IOPC involvement in due course.\"\n\nEarlier this month, a separate video emerged which appeared to show a police officer from the same force kneeling on a teenager's neck during an arrest outside Leeds United stadium.\n\nAt the time, the IOPC said the officer would be interviewed on suspicion of common assault and gross misconduct.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Michelle Obama may hate politics, but she’s a natural at it.\n\nA lot of politicians spoke at the camera during the “virtual” Democratic convention on Monday night. The only one who landed an emotional punch, however, was Michelle Obama.\n\nShe benefited, of course, from higher production values. While some of the appearances had the look of a bad Zoom meeting or a television infomercial, Obama was given a close focus and two camera angles.\n\nBut it was more than technical know-how that made her speech resonate. That came in her bittersweet acknowledgement that her “when they go low, we go high” line from 2016 may now seem a lot different for Democrats, who feel that “low” proved to be a winning strategy.\n\n“Going high is the only thing that works, because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanising others, we just become part of the ugly noise that’s drowning out everything else,” she said. “We degrade ourselves.”\n\n“Going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty,” she said. Going high means telling the “cold hard truth”.\n\nAnd the truth, she said, is that Donald Trump “simply cannot be who we need him to be for us”.\n\n“It is what it is,” she said, employing the same words the president recently used about the coronavirus death toll - a jab that was a subtle as it was devastating.\n\nShe drew a contrast between Trump, who she says lacks empathy, and Joe Biden, who – after a lifetime of loss, including the death of a wife, an infant daughter and adult son – knows “the anguish of sitting at the table with an empty chair”.\n\nShe reassured Americans who liked her husband’s presidency and miss it, that Biden would bring those days back. She warned, however, that it would require hard work. Victory couldn’t be taken for granted, she said, the way some may have done in 2016.\n\n“This is who we still are: compassionate, resilient, decent people whose fortunes are bound up with one another,” she said in conclusion. “And it is well past time for our leaders to once again reflect our truth.”", "Sales of camping gear have jumped as more Britons opt to holiday within the UK this summer due to coronavirus.\n\nAsda, John Lewis and Halfords said demand for tents, airbeds and stoves had surged due to the staycation trend.\n\nCamping booking website Pitchup.com said demand for pitches in August had been twice as high as last year, with demand for September also strong.\n\nIt said many people were choosing to holiday outdoors because they felt it was easier to socially distance.\n\nIt also said it had directly benefited from the government's travel quarantines on Spain and France, which had forced many Britons to change their holiday plans at the last minute.\n\nOn Tuesday Asda reported it had seen a 25% jump in camping gear sales in the three months to 31 July, while Tesco said sales of camping chairs, airbeds, tents and inflatable pillows had all jumped.\n\nJohn Lewis said camping equipment sales were up 243% in the last six months compared with a year ago.\n\nAnd Halfords said it had seen a surge in demand for camping and touring products since lockdown was lifted on 4 July. Popular products include camping stoves, with sales up 300% in July, cool boxes (up 180%) and camping chairs (120%).\n\nMany Britons are holidaying at home this year due to coronavirus travel restrictions, fears about contagion and the recently scorching UK weather, all of which appears to have benefited camp sites.\n\nHowever, some have warned that the high demand could lead to a rise in uncontrolled - or wild - camping that could pose a health risk.\n\nPitchup.com, which advertises around 2,000 camp sites, said total bookings equated to 660,000 so far for 2020, against 640,000 for the same period in 2019.\n\nIt said this was a strong performance given camp sites had been forced to close for 15 weeks during lockdown.\n\nThe firm added that there had been a 116% growth in bookings in August, and that it expected this year's peak season to last longer than usual as holidaymakers took deferred breaks.\n\nFounder Dan Yates said: \"To quote the deputy chief medical officer, it's a 'biological truism' that outdoor environments are safer than those indoors, and unlike other accommodation types, many of our clients have tens or even hundreds of acres to devote to social distancing.\n\n\"It's therefore not surprising that outdoor holidays have exploded in popularity this year. It's also the the only type of accommodation that has been able to expand to meet demand from the many holidaymakers who've switched plans from abroad to stay on home turf.\"\n\nThe Camping and Caravanning Club, which has more than 300,000 members across the UK, and represents more than 1,300 campsites, said it had seen similarly strong demand.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Pitch bookings for August are up 15% versus last year and September is currently 68% ahead of the same month for 2019.\n\n\"Looking further ahead, early indications are that pitch bookings are also looking positive for 2021.\"\n\nWill you go camping in the UK this summer instead of holidaying abroad? What was behind your decision? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Host Ellen DeGeneres has issued an apology to staff over the allegations\n\nThree top producers of the Ellen DeGeneres Show have been fired amid allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment.\n\nDeGeneres announced the overhaul in a video meeting with staff, and said an internal investigation was under way.\n\nIn a message to staff she said she was \"so sorry for what this has become,\" according to the Hollywood Reporter.\n\nThe departures follow investigations by journalists into claims of bullying and intimidation on set.\n\nA spokesperson for Warner Brothers confirmed the show has \"parted ways\" with executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman, and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman.\n\nIn a story published earlier this year, several former employees told Buzzfeed News they had experienced racism while working on the show, which has won over 60 Emmy Awards since it first aired in 2003.\n\nKevin Leman (right) and Jonathan Norman have denied the claims against them, while Ed Glavin (second from left) has not publicly commented\n\nOthers accused Mr Glavin of inappropriate touching, and leading with intimidation and fear. Mr Leman and Mr Norman were also accused of sexual harassment by former staff.\n\nIn earlier statements to Buzzfeed News, Mr Leman denied \"any kind of sexual impropriety,\" and Mr Norman said he was \"100% categorically denying these allegations.\" Mr Glavin has not publicly responded to the claims.\n\nDeGeneres initially distanced herself from the claims of a toxic work environment, saying in an email to staff that she had been \"misrepresented\" by \"people who work with me and for me\". But she apologised to staff and said she was \"glad the issues were brought to her attention\".\n\nA host of celebrities, including singer Katy Perry and comedian Kevin Hart, have spoken out in support of the chat show host.\n\nHowever, other stars have supported the claims made against her programme, among them Everybody Loves Raymond actor Brad Garrett.\n\nIn an email to staff, David McGuire, executive vice president of programming at Warner Brothers, said the studio was \"absolutely committed\" to \"change and a new culture.\n\n\"Many of you have spoken with WarnerMedia's investigators, and we thank you for your honesty,\" he added, according to Buzzfeed News. \"I hope this note is another way we are showing our commitment to do better.\"", "Some of the eight positive cases are pupils at Bannerman High School\n\nCovid-19 clusters in Glasgow and Lanarkshire have been linked to house parties.\n\nA joint statement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire said the two boards were working together on the outbreak.\n\nA total of 14 linked Covid cases have been identified in north-east Glasgow in addition to eight North Lanarkshire cases.\n\nMeanwhile, a pupil at a primary school in Paisley has also tested positive.\n\nA contact tracing operation is now under way at Todholm Primary school.\n\nRenfrewshire council said there was no current evidence the virus had been transmitted inside the school and it remained safe for pupils and staff to attend.\n\nNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire confirmed on Monday that the cases in their areas were linked.\n\nThey also said that evidence of social gatherings with no social distancing was a factor in their investigation.\n\nA spokesman for both organisations said: \"We can confirm there are links to cases across both health boards. We work closely on cross-board issues on a regular basis, including on the current clusters, where investigations are ongoing.\n\n\"There is currently no evidence of transmission in the schools.\n\n\"There is evidence that mixing socially, particularly around social gatherings in houses, without maintaining physical distancing measures can transmit the virus and is a factor in this investigation.\"\n\nHealth officials say there is no evidence to suggest the virus is being spread at Caldervale High School\n\nHe said young people were meeting in numbers beyond what was allowed and with no physical distancing.\n\n\"This our first real palpable example of [house parties] giving people positive infections of a virus that can make us very sick,\" he said.\n\nMr Leitch told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme communication was a difficulty and said \"influencers\" and teachers should be used to help get the message across to young people that house parties were helping spread the infection.\n\nIt emerged on Sunday that a pupil at Bannerman High in Baillieston, who had attended classes when the school reopened last week, had tested positive for the virus.\n\nSeveral other pupils at Bannerman High had previously tested positive, but began self-isolating prior to the return to class last week.\n\nFive pupils at nearby schools in North Lanarkshire have tested positive in recent days, including:\n\nThere are also three further linked cases who are not pupils or staff at the schools.\n\nTest and Protect is now tracing those who were in contact with the pupil at Bannerman High and Glasgow City Council has written to parents.\n\nParents of a senior pupil at one of the affected schools in North Lanarkshire told the BBC they were \"disappointed\" their son had to self-isolate after \"the selfish actions of others\".\n\nThey did not want to be identified, but said they were informed their son was sitting close enough to one of the positive cases for more than 15 minutes and had to self-isolate.\n\nHis mother said: \"We've done everything we can to protect our children during lockdown. So we are really disappointed that the actions of others has resulted in this.\n\n\"We got a phone call on Sunday night and our world turned upside down. Test and trace phoned to advise that our teenage son had been identified as a contact of a positive pupil at Caldervale High.\n\n\"Our son had already seen it via social media, he knew who the boy was and had sat next to him in a class. And because he had sat next to him for over 15 minutes he has to get contacted by Test and Protect.\"\n\nTeenagers from schools in Lanarkshire and Glasgow have had to be tested and will have to self-isolate\n\nShe added: \"He has to isolate until 27 August. He's now missing school because of selfish actions of people having house parties.\n\n\"We believe this has all stemmed from a house party at Coatbridge involving a large number of kids. People who are encouraging young people to get involved in parties do not understand the implications on others.\"\n\nThe child's father said he had to take his son to be tested at Ravenscraig on Monday morning.\n\nHe added: \"there were three cars in front and we had to do the test ourselves in the car. By the time we had finished there were another 10-15 cars with kids in them doing tests.\"\n\nNicola Sturgeon said the outbreak was a community outbreak involving school pupils\n\nDuring the Scottish government coronavirus briefing on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon said: \"I am concerned about what appears to be a rising number or cases, albeit that many of these new cases we are seeing are linked to known clusters and outbreaks.\n\n\"But nevertheless it's a really sharp reminder for us that the threat of the virus has not gone away.\n\n\"All of us need to be really, really careful, ultra-careful when it comes to abiding by all of the public health advice.\"\n\nShe said people must be careful about the school connection as they are community outbreaks that involve school pupils but are not school outbreaks.\n\nDr Christine Tait-Burkard, assistant professor in infection and immunity at Edinburgh University told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme she would not be surprised if young people meeting socially were spreading the virus.\n\nShe said: \"Kids are kids and they like to gather with each other and as we know from studies that came out from Public Health England last week that secondary school pupils actually shed the virus in similar amounts to adults. The virus is going to spread and transmit in these gatherings.\n\n\"The pupils themselves are at very low risk of severe disease but on the other hand, they are probably quite asymptomatic and can carry the virus into their families.\"\n\nUnder the current Scottish government rules no more than eight people from a maximum of three households are allowed to gather indoors.\n\nSocial distancing applies to anyone from separate households, unless they are under the age of 12.", "Jessica Johnson won an Orwell Youth Prize last year for her story A Band Apart\n\nAn award-winning writer whose dystopian fiction about an algorithm that sorts students into bands based on class says she has \"fallen into my own story\".\n\nJessica Johnson, 18, said the University of St Andrews had initially rejected her after her English A-level was downgraded from an A to B.\n\nExams this year were cancelled due to Covid and grades based on an algorithm.\n\nMs Johnson said it was \"ironic to become a victim like one of her characters\".\n\nHer piece, A Band Apart, won an Orwell Youth Prize Senior award in 2019.\n\n\"I wrote about the inequality in the education system,\" the Ashton Sixth Form College student said.\n\n\"I wrote about the myth of meritocracy and it was about an algorithm that split people into bands based on the class that they were from.\n\n\"I feel like that is quite ironic, I've literally fallen into my own story.\"\n\n\"I feel a victim of it,\" she added.\n\nThere have been a number of protests over A-level grades after exams were cancelled due to the pandemic\n\nMs Johnson, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, needed an A in English Literature for a place at St Andrews and a £16,000 scholarship.\n\n\"I've done a lot of extra-curricular work and I've been given that scholarship on the basis of my achievements and it just felt like all of that [has] been taken away from me because of the place I live and the college I attend,\" she said.\n\nAbout 40% of A-level results - published on Thursday - were downgraded from teachers' assessments by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades.\n\nFollowing protests, the government has now said teacher estimates will be used and Ms Johnson is hoping she will get in at St Andrews.\n\nShe said she was \"thankful\" and \"excited\" about the government's U-turn but felt it should have been done sooner.\n\n\"It's caused a lot of stress and anxiety that it didn't need to by making us wait,\" she said.\n\nShe said the teenager \"saw into the heart of what the system represents and her story demonstrates the human ability which exams only exist to uncover\".", "The US Postal Service has suspended new policies that were decried as an attempt to sabotage the 2020 election.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would reverse operational changes that critics say would hamper postal voting.\n\nThe U-turn comes as Mr DeJoy is due to testify to Congress and at least 20 states were preparing to sue.\n\nThere is a fierce debate over postal funding in 2020, as record numbers of Americans are expected to vote by mail due to the pandemic.\n\nThe US Postal Service (USPS) under Mr DeJoy had begun what it said were cost-cutting measures in recent months.\n\nPolicies that were begun under Mr DeJoy included removing mail boxes, cancelling delivery runs and closing down sorting centres.\n\nIn a sharp reversal, Mr DeJoy has now said that post office hours would not be cut, and post boxes and sorting machines would stop being removed.\n\nMr DeJoy, a former Republican donor, also said overtime pay would continue to be approved to ensure deliveries arrive on time.\n\n\"To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,\" Mr DeJoy said in a statement.\n\nA week ago, Donald Trump said he had no interest in any additional funding for the US Postal Service, lest the money be used to help process mail-in voting. It was all part of his ongoing, and largely unfounded, campaign against the expanded use of postal ballots to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus.\n\nBy this Monday, the president tweeted that he wanted to \"save the post office\" and told a crowd in Minnesota that he would \"strengthen\" the service.\n\nAnd now, his postmaster general has said the agency will stop taking out postal boxes and limiting delivery routes.\n\nIt turns out the Postal Service is pretty popular. A Morning Consult poll found 80% of Americans have a positive view of it. The elderly use it to receive prescription drugs. For rural residents, it's a lifeline to the rest of the world.\n\nWhether the recent moves were a misconstrued part of a long-planned change or, as some on the left suspect, the result of a larger conspiracy, the White House concluded that there was only one way out - retreat.\n\nThe development comes as the row over the politicisation of the most popular US government agency has become a top issue in the 2020 presidential campaign.\n\nOver the weekend, former President Barack Obama - in what was regarded as his most high-profile criticism of his successor to date - accused Mr Trump of trying to \"actively kneecap\" the postal service.\n\nDefenders of the changes said they were necessary to help the USPS get out of financial debt. Its budget shortfall has risen to $160bn (£122bn) amid a decade-long decline in mail volume.\n\nHowever, Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union which represents more than 200,000 postal employees, told Fox News on Tuesday that the changes \"are truly slowing down mail, the customers see it... the postal workers see it - mail is getting all backed up\".\n\nNancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, cheered the postmaster's volte-face on Tuesday, telling reporters: \"They felt the heat and that's what we were trying to do, make it too hot to handle.\" On Sunday, Ms Pelosi had recalled the House from a recess in order to investigate the USPS policies.\n\nMr DeJoy, a major political donor who was appointed by Mr Trump to lead the USPS in May, is due to testify to a Republican-led Senate committee on Friday, and then to a Democrat-led House committee on Monday.\n\nLast week, President Trump said he rejected a funding boost for the USPS to shore up a predicted influx mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it would lead to voter fraud and help Democrats.\n\nMr Trump has also suggested delaying the election, which he does not have the power to do, to stop postal ballots leading to \"inaccurate and fraudulent\" results.\n\nVoting by mail is not new to the US. According to Reuters, approximately one in every four voters cast ballots by mail in 2016.\n\nCritics say people could vote more than once via absentee ballots and then again in person, though numerous nationwide and state-level studies over the years have found no evidence of widespread fraud.\n\nBut these are rare incidents, and the rate of voting fraud overall in the US is between 0.00004% and 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice.\n• None Pelosi to recall House to 'save' the post office", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A-level student Nina welcomes the government's U-turn which means she can train to become a vet\n\nA-level and GCSE students in England will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, after a government U-turn.\n\nIt follows uproar after about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual, which used a formula based on schools' prior grades.\n\nGCSE results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland come out on Thursday.\n\nOfqual chair Roger Taylor and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised for the \"distress\" caused.\n\nTeachers' estimates will be awarded to students unless the computer algorithm gave a higher grade.\n\nMr Williamson said the results of mock exams - which critics said can be inconsistent across different schools - will now not be a key part of the appeals process.\n\nHe said students and parents had been affected by \"significant inconsistencies\" with the grading process.\n\nIn a statement, he acknowledged the \"extraordinarily difficult\" year for students, after exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nHe said the Department for Education had worked with Ofqual to design \"the fairest possible model\" but it had become clear that the process of awarding grades had resulted in \"more significant inconsistencies than can be resolved through an appeals process\".\n\n\"I am sorry for the distress this has caused young people and their parents but hope this announcement will now provide the certainty and reassurance they deserve,\" said Mr Williamson.\n\nThe education secretary told reporters No 10 does not get \"any of the detailed data before schools do\" but when it saw these \"quite concerning outliers\" they asked questions.\n\nMr Williamson said he hoped BTecs would be subject to teacher-assessed grades, and that the government was working with the \"awarding authorities\" to ensure this happened.\n\nHe also revealed the temporary cap on the number of places that universities can offer to students would be lifted.\n\nIn a tweet, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government had been \"forced into a screeching U-turn after days of confusion\".\n\nHe criticised Downing Street's handling of students' results as \"a complete fiasco\" and said its about-face was a \"victory for the thousands of young people who have powerfully made their voices heard this past week\".\n\nA-level students held protests across the UK in response to grades they said were unfairly awarded.\n\nFor the past decade, Ofqual has held the line against exam grade inflation like a knight of the realm - often using some quite controversial statistical techniques.\n\nBut in the case of the class of Covid-19, it could be said the government's desire to maintain standards came at too high a price.\n\nIn commissioning the exams regulator to take out an insurance policy in the form of its ill-fated algorithm, that policy arguably went too far, despite ministers' best intentions.\n\nWhen First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reinstated estimated grades for students in Scotland, it was only a matter of time before the other nations followed suit.\n\nThese students are all competing for the same university places, and in the same jobs market after all.\n\nIt was only when Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and his deputy Nick Gibb saw how inconsistent the results were that they were forced to relent.\n\nHowever, the crisis is far from resolved, with tens of thousands of students who thought they had lost their university places likely to get the grades they need after all.\n\nUniversities say they will do their best to accommodate them, but it is going to be a tough ask.\n\nOfqual chair Mr Taylor apologised for the \"difficulty\" caused to students over its grading system.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I would like to say sorry. We have recognised the difficulty that young people have faced coping with the receipt of grades that they were unable to understand the basis on which they had been awarded.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson: \"Incredibly sorry for all those students who have been through this\"\n\nHe added the regulator realised it had taken \"the wrong road\" and decided to \"change course\" after seeing the \"anxiety\" it had caused to young people and the added \"administrative burden on teachers at a time when they need to be preparing for the new school term\".\n\nA-level student Jess Johnson, who stood to lose out on a £16,000 scholarship, said she was \"thankful\" and \"excited\" about the change to results.\n\nThe 18-year-old needed an A in English to earn a place at St Andrews, along with a £4,000-a-year scholarship, but she was downgraded from her predicted A to a B and was initially told she had been rejected.\n\nThat downgrading is now set to be reversed.\n\nMs Johnson, who studied at Ashton Sixth Form College in Greater Manchester, said: \"I think it would have been unfair if (Northern) Ireland, Scotland and Wales made the change and we didn't, so I'm very glad.\"\n\nHowever, she questioned why it had taken so long to make the change, after A-level results came out on Thursday, saying \"a lot of stress and anxiety\" had been caused as a result of the wait.\n\nAlaa Muhammad faced missing out on her dream of studying medicine after her A-level results were downgraded.\n\nOn hearing the news of the U-turn, she said: \"I am ecstatic, I am so so happy. I was so hopeless a couple of days ago and now I feel like I can finally breathe again.\"\n\nMs Muhammad, from south-east England, had seen her grades fall from a predicted AAB to EED.\n\nShe said she had paid more than £2,000 to take re-sits at a private college after her studies in year 12 and 13 were disrupted. She now hopes she will be able to study medicine at a top university in Pakistan.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), welcomed the decision \"to put an end to the grading fiasco\".\n\nHe added the move would mean there was grade inflation, but he said this was a \"small price to pay for remedying the manifest injustices\" caused by the algorithm.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said universities were being \"as flexible as possible with applicants\" but that the \"late policy change\" has created \"challenges\".\n\nHe called on the government to \"step up and support universities\", adding that Universities UK was seeking \"urgent clarification\" on a number of issues.\n\nIn a statement, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) said about 69% of 18-year old applicants across the UK were currently placed with their first-choice university, which it said was \"higher than at the same point last year\".\n\nIt said students who did not have places at their first or insurance choice of university did not need to make their decision immediately.\n\nUcas said it would be issuing new advice for students and schools, which would be sent directly to students, as soon as they were able to take a decision.\n\nThe government's handling of exam results has also been criticised by opposition parties and Conservative MPs.\n\nRobert Halfon, the Tory chairman of the commons education select committee, said the government had \"serious questions\" to answer.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's PM programme, he said he'd hoped No 10 would have developed with Ofqual a \"clear, easy to understand [and] fair\" system which allowed every pupil to appeal via their head teacher if they believed their grade was unfair.\n\nHe said he also hoped that Ofqual would explain its standardisation process to schools; but \"none of this had happened\" and there were now \"serious questions about what on earth has gone on\".\n\nLayla Moran, the Liberal Democrats' education spokesperson, said that No 10 had been \"dragged, kicking and screaming to this position\" and that Mr Williamson \"must go.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The video Uighur model Merdan Ghappar filmed inside China's detention system, published two weeks ago by the BBC\n\nA Uighur fashion model who filmed himself handcuffed to a bed in an epidemic prevention centre in Xinjiang was lawfully detained, Chinese officials have said.\n\nMerdan Ghappar sent video of himself, and a series of accompanying text messages, to his family in February.\n\nThey were passed to the BBC and published earlier this month.\n\nThe messages offered a rare, detailed account from inside Xinjiang's highly secure and secretive detention system.\n\nIn his account, Mr Ghappar described 18 days spent shackled and hooded with over 50 others in a jail. He said he was then isolated in an epidemic prevention centre, where he filmed the video.\n\nRelatives say the 31-year-old was forcibly transported back to the far-western region of Xinjiang in January after completing a 16-month sentence for a drugs offence in the southern Chinese city of Foshan, where he'd been living and working.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC visits the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\"\n\nNow, more than two weeks after the BBC sent a list of questions to Chinese authorities, a response has come in the form of a written statement by the Xinjiang government press office.\n\n\"According to article 37 of the Prison Law of the People's Republic of China, the people's government shall help released prisoners to resettle,\" it says.\n\n\"During the transfer, Merdan Ghappar committed acts of self-harm and excessive acts against the police.\"\n\nIt continues: \"They took legal measures to stop him, and lifted those measures once his mood had stabilised.\"\n\nAlthough Mr Ghappar had spent years in Foshan - where friends and relatives say he made good money modelling clothes - he was taken back to his city of birth of Kucha in Xinjiang.\n\nWe showed the Chinese government statement to Merdan Ghappar's uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands after leaving Xinjiang in 2011.\n\n\"If the police wanted to arrange help to get him resettled for work or something, they should have helped him in Foshan because he is working there, he has a house there,\" he told me.\n\n\"So, he shouldn't have been sent back to Kucha by force.\"\n\nXinjiang's camps are officially known as a \"vocational skills education centres\"\n\nIn addition, Abdulhakim said, no mention of \"resettlement\" was made to the family when Mr Ghappar was taken away in January.\n\nThe BBC has been shown evidence that the authorities were saying instead that \"he may need to do a few days of education at his local community\".\n\nThe family believe that \"education\" is a clear euphemism for the network of highly secure re-education camps where more than one million mostly Muslim Uighurs have been detained in recent years - and which China insists are voluntary schools for anti-extremism training.\n\nThousands of children have been separated from their parents and, recent research shows, women have been forcibly subjected to methods of birth control.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many Uighurs living in the London and the UK have been cut off from their families\n\nThe government statement does not address Mr Ghappar's allegations of mistreatment which, along with the shackling and hooding, included hearing sounds of torture from elsewhere in the police jail.\n\n\"One time I heard a man screaming from morning until evening,\" he wrote in one of his text messages.\n\nNor does the statement refer to his self-shot video showing him sitting in silence in the epidemic control centre, with dirty clothes and his left wrist clearly handcuffed to the bed.\n\nInstead, it lists a range of behaviours, from violence to self-harm, implying that his treatment was proportionate and lawful.\n\n\"He resisted epidemic prevention staff when they tried to take his temperature, verbally insulted them and beat them up,\" the statement says.\n\n\"As these behaviours placed him under suspicion of committing a crime, the police have subjected him to forcible measures.\" His case \"remains in process\", it adds.\n\nJames Millward from Georgetown University, an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, provided a translation and analysis of Mr Ghappar's text messages alongside the original BBC article.\n\n\"It's interesting that nothing in the Xinjiang government's response addresses the description of conditions in the Kucha local police station; the overcrowding, the beatings, the unsanitary conditions, the sharing of eight sets of eating utensils by 50-60 people,\" he told me.\n\n\"Regardless of why Merdan was put in detention in Kucha, his description of those conditions, especially during the pandemic, are very disturbing.\"\n\nDarren Byler is an anthropologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who has written and researched extensively about the Uighurs.\n\n\"This message from the Chinese state authorities reflects the type of victim blaming that is often used by the police when caught using excessive force,\" he said after being shown a copy of the statement.\n\n\"Since the re-education campaign began in 2017, detainees have not been permitted to protest their internment. Instead they're required to maintain a 'good attitude' and admit their guilt under threat of beating and torture.\"\n\nThe Chinese government statement also makes no mention of how Merdan Ghappar was able to send out the video of himself handcuffed to the bed, along with his description of a detention system that China works hard to keep secret.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Since 2017, thousands of Kazakh Muslims have been detained in China’s infamous re-education camps\n\nFamily members have previously told the BBC that, unknown to his guards, he was able to retrieve his phone when reunited with some of his personal belongings in the epidemic prevention centre.\n\nThe 4 minutes 38 seconds of footage is the last the family have seen of him.\n\n\"The Chinese police have a long history of abusing restraints as a means of torture,\" Senior China Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Maya Wang, told me.\n\n\"They have also been persecuting Xinjiang's Muslims,\" she added. \"Taken together, I don't think the authorities' explanation concerning Merdan Ghappar is convincing. If the Chinese government has nothing to hide, it should give independent observers, including UN experts, unfettered access to Xinjiang.\"\n\nThe statement leaves a number of the BBC's questions unanswered - was Mr Ghappar, as alleged, kept shackled with a sack on his head? Has his uncle Abdulhakim - who believes he is wanted in China as a result of what he says is his peaceful activism - been charged with any offence?\n\nFor the family though it is at least, they say, the first official notification they have received confirming that Mr Ghappar is being detained.\n\nAfter a few brief days of communication, the text messages fell silent in early March, just as suddenly as they had begun.\n\n\"I know him very well,\" Abdulhakim told me. \"I don't believe he harmed himself, I think China harmed him and now I think they want to find an excuse for what they did to him.\n\n\"Please show me he is alive and well, otherwise I won't believe a word of this statement.\"", "Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72.\n\nHis other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever mini-series, The Far Pavilions, in 1984, and the 1991 horror series Dark Shadows.\n\nHis representatives said he died \"suddenly\" following a short illness.\n\nHis daughter Lauren wrote on Facebook that she was \"utterly heartbroken\" that her \"darling father\" had passed away.\n\nShe said he had been \"sick for a while\" but there had been a \"rapid decline over the past week\".\n\nHis representatives said he had just finishing shooting horror film The Devil's Light and later this year will appear in a leading role in the romantic drama film Last Letter From Your Lover.\n\nHe was born Harry Bernard Cross in London to a working-class Catholic family.\n\nBen Cross as British athlete Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire\n\nAfter graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Rada), he moved from the stage to screen and took a minor role in the 1977 war film A Bridge Too Far, which starred Sir Sean Connery and Sir Michael Caine.\n\nHe became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the same year, before gaining wider acclaim as Billy Flynn - the lawyer representing murderer Roxie Hart - in a 1978 version of the stage musical Chicago.\n\nIt was a performance that was widely believed to have earned him his role in 1981's Chariots Of Fire, which went on to win four Oscars including best picture.\n\nCross played Jewish runner Harold Abrahams in the film, which was based on the true story of two British men racing for Olympic gold in 1924.\n\nBBC religion editor Martin Bashir said Cross's portrayal of Abrahams had \"captured the burden of being an outsider\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter Chariots of Fire, Cross was cast as a British officer in 19th Century colonial India in The Far Pavilions, which was described by The New York Times as \"the most expensive, ambitious production ever risked by a pay cable service\".\n\nHe later appeared as Malagant in the 1995 film First Knight and Sarek in the 2009 Star Trek reboot.\n\nCross also played Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in the 2006 BBC production Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.\n\nJames Bond star Colin Salmon, who worked on The Devil's Light alongside Cross, tweeted: \"It was good working with him, seeing his twinkle & his craft.\n\n\"He wrote songs for the Sinatra of Bulgaria, had so many stories & spoke in Bulgarian and German on set. Go Well Ben RIP.\"\n\nUS television and film director Todd Holland also shared a tribute, saying he had met Cross early in his own career.\n\n\"We shot a screen test at Pinewood Studios. I went to his home for dinner with his family,\" he said.\n\n\"Ben Cross was a lovely man and talented actor. That movie never got made. But... what a classy guy.\"\n\nCross, who died in Vienna, Austria, had two children, Lauren and Theo.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Young people in Preston are being urged \"Don't kill Granny\" as new lockdown measures come into force.\n\nExtra restrictions were imposed after Covid-19 infections rose in the city.\n\nAdrian Phillips, chief executive of Preston City Council, said it was \"alarming to see that the under-30s are contracting it at a significant rate\".\n\n\"I know our director of public health has said 'Don't kill Granny' to young people to try and focus the message,'\" he said.\n\nSince midnight, residents in the Lancashire city are banned from mixing with people from outside their social bubble in homes, gardens, and indoor venues, such as pubs.\n\nThey can meet in groups of up to six - or more than six if they are from two households - in outdoor areas such as parks and beer gardens.\n\nNew lockdown measures have been introduced in Preston\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next week, with any changes due to be announced by Friday.\n\nIt comes after similar rules banning residents from visiting people's homes and gardens in Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire came into force on 31 July.\n\nSocialising between people from different households in pubs and homes had been seen as the main cause for the spike, local authorities said.\n\nDr Sakthi Karunanithi, Lancashire's director of public health, told BBC Breakfast that \"47% of positive cases are in younger people - 30 years and below\".\n\n\"Contrary to the common myth that this affects the south Asian groups the most, we have found that it's roughly affecting white ethnic backgrounds as well as south Asian groups in Preston almost equally,\" he said.\n\nLocal officials said the spike was particularly among those living in poor socio-economic conditions, including inner city and rural areas.\n\nThere were 61 new cases in Preston in the seven days to 4 August. This is the equivalent of 42.6 cases per 100,000 people - up from 21.7 per 100,000 in the previous seven days.\n\nInter-faith worker Nadeem Ashfaq said parts of Preston had been \"really quiet\" since the new measures were announced\n\nMr Phillips said younger people \"often have less symptoms but they do take it back to their household\".\n\nHe said local authorities were working with community groups who were doing \"peer-to-peer communications\".\n\n\"It's just trying so many different ways to get the message to all communities, to all areas of our city that the virus is still something to be really wary of,\" he added.\n\nNadeem Ashfaq, from the inter-faith group Light Foundation, said parts of the city had been \"really quiet\" overnight and on Saturday morning.\n\n\"Everywhere I have been, I see people with masks,\" he said.\n\nThe announcement of new lockdown restrictions had not been a shock, he said, as people had been made aware of the city's rising infection rate in recent weeks by local authorities.\n\n\"If you look at other towns and places, you can sense there was an upheaval. I think in Preston there seems to be a calm understanding,\" he added.\n\nHannah Heaton, 28, said she thought the new restrictions were confusing.\n\n\"It doesn't make sense that you can't go to houses but you can meet people outside or go to pubs,\" she said.\n\n\"My grandparents rely on me to help them, and now going to see them has been taken away from me.\n\n\"There's nothing I can do about it. I think certain people haven't been taking it seriously because they don't think it will affect them.\"\n\nCharlene Gardner, 38, said: \"The pubs around us were still 30 or 40-deep outside last night.\n\n\"It won't mean any changes for us because we haven't been seeing family anyway, but I saw some reaction online last night and I think a lot of people aren't going to listen to it.\"\n\nMany people in the main Fishergate shopping street were wearing masks, and a face mask seller, who did not want to be named, said the city was less busy than the previous weekend.\n\n\"You see the older people wearing masks but the younger ones don't. The problem is in the pubs and they don't wear masks there,\" he said.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The photograph - published by Nius - appears to show Juan Carlos arriving in Abu Dhabi on the day he announced he was leaving Spain\n\nSpain's former king Juan Carlos has reportedly travelled to the United Arab Emirates after leaving his home country amid a corruption investigation.\n\nA photograph published by Spanish media group NIUS appears to show the ex-monarch arriving in Abu Dhabi.\n\nJuan Carlos made the shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving Spain.\n\nThe former king denies any wrongdoing and has said he would be available if prosecutors needed to interview him.\n\nHis departure has sparked a huge debate in Spain about the monarchy and intense speculation about where the former king has gone.\n\nLocal reports said he had travelled to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean or to Spain's neighbour, Portugal.\n\nBut there are now reports Juan Carlos is occupying an entire floor at Abu Dhabi's five-star Emirates Palace hotel. The former king was reportedly close with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.\n\nAs yet however his location remains unconfirmed. Spain's royal family and government have so far declined to comment on his whereabouts.\n\nJuan Carlos abdicated in 2014 after close to 40 years in power and handed power to his son Felipe.\n\nHis decision to give up the throne came after a corruption investigation involving his daughter's husband and a controversial elephant hunting trip the monarch took during Spain's financial crisis.\n\nThe controversies however did not stop there. In June this year, Spain's Supreme Court launched an investigation into Juan Carlos's alleged involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia, after the ex-king lost his immunity from prosecution following his abdication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. King Juan Carlos, 76, has had health problems in recent years\n\nOn 3 August Juan Carlos announced he was now leaving his home country in a letter to his son.\n\n\"Guided by the conviction to best serve the people of Spain, its institutions, and you as king, I inform you of my decision at this time to leave Spain,\" he wrote.\n\nHe said he made the decision \"in the face of the public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating\" and in the hope of allowing his son to carry out his functions as king with \"tranquillity\".\n\nA statement said King Felipe VI had conveyed \"his heartfelt respect and gratitude\" to his father for this decision.\n\nThe departure has sparked a fresh debate about the role of the Spanish monarchy and the corruption allegations against Juan Carlos.\n\nCatalonia's parliament - which is controlled by separatist parties who seek independence from Spain - voted in a non-binding motion on Friday to condemn the monarchy after the ex-king's departure.\n\n\"Neither Spaniards nor Catalans deserve such a loud and ridiculous scandal on an international scale,\" regional president Quim Torra told lawmakers.\n\nThere have also been demonstrations calling for Spain to become a republic again.\n\nThe country last removed its monarchy in 1931 before a devastating civil war which ended with the victory of dictator Francisco Franco in 1939.", "The island nation of Mauritius has declared a \"state of environmental emergency\" after a vessel offshore began leaking oil into the ocean.\n\nMV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on 25 July and its crew was evacuated.\n\nBut the large bulk carrier has since begun leaking tons of fuel into the surrounding waters.\n\nFrance has pledged support and the ship's owner said it was working to combat the spill.\n\nMauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth declared the state of emergency late on Friday.\n\nHe said the nation did not have \"the skills and expertise to refloat stranded ships\" as he appealed to France for help.\n\nThe French island of Reunion lies near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Mauritius is home to world-renowned coral reefs, and tourism is a crucial part of the nation's economy.\n\n\"When biodiversity is in peril, there is urgency to act,\" French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Saturday.\n\n\"France is there. Alongside the people of Mauritius. You can count on our support dear Jugnauth.\"\n\nIn a separate statement, the French embassy in Mauritius said a military aircraft from Reunion would bring pollution control equipment to Mauritius.\n\nHappy Khambule of Greenpeace Africa said \"thousands\" of animal species were \"at risk of drowning in a sea of pollution, with dire consequences for Mauritius' economy, food security and health\".\n\nThe ship - owned by a Japanese company but registered in Panama - was empty when it ran aground, but had some 4,000 tonnes of fuel aboard.\n\nThe ship was en route from China to Brazil when it ran aground\n\nThe vessel has some 4,000 tonnes of fuel on board\n\nMV Wakashio is currently lying at Pointe d'Esny, in an area of wetlands near a marine park.\n\nIn a statement, the ship's owner, Nagashiki Shipping, said that \"due to the bad weather and constant pounding over the past few days, the starboard side bunker tank of the vessel has been breached and an amount of fuel oil has escaped into the sea\".\n\n\"Oil prevention measures are in place and an oil boom has been deployed around the vessel,\" it said.\n\nNagashiki Shipping added that it \"takes its environmental responsibilities extremely seriously and will take every effort with partner agencies and contractors to protect the marine environment and prevent further pollution\".\n\nEarlier, the environment ministry reportedly said attempts to stabilise the vessel and to pump out the oil had failed due to rough seas.\n\n\"This is the first time that we are faced with a catastrophe of this kind, and we are insufficiently equipped to handle this problem,\" Fishing Minister Sudheer Maudhoo said.\n\nPolice have opened an inquiry into the spill.", "Police have been removing cars parked illegally in the Brecon Beacons\n\nPolice have warned people about travelling to beauty spots in Wales after cars were towed away from a number of locations.\n\nAs temperatures soared and crowds headed to areas such as Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons, officers have been working with council officials to keep the roadsides safe.\n\nPeople gathering at Cardiff Bay have also been warned antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated.\n\nBarriers were installed at Cardiff Bay in anticipation of large crowds gathering this weekend\n\nForces across Wales have urged people to think before heading out as hotspots such as the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia become busy.\n\nDyfed-Powys officers have been patrolling the area around Storey Arms in the Brecon Beacons, helping to remove vehicles deemed to have been parked illegally.\n\nAnd several car parks in Snowdonia were packed by mid-morning, with highways officials also saying there was congestion on the A55 in Gwynedd.\n\nPolice removed a vehicle from the side of the A5 in Gwynedd\n\nNorth Wales Police warned there were problems elsewhere in the county.\n\nOne \"dangerously parked\" car was moved from the A5 in the Ogwen Valley, Gwynedd, while traffic heading for the beach in Abersoch was causing a \"considerable build-up\" in the village.\n\nMeanwhile, a two-week-old harbour seal pup is recovering after Rhyl Coastguard Rescue Team helped rescue it when it became stranded on the town's beach on Friday.\n\nOfficials from the organisation advised people not to approach a seal if they see one on a beach as they can act unpredictably and may have cuts that have become infected. Often, they are resting but could have become stranded.\n\nWith the warm weather, Dyfed-Powys Police is concerned illegal raves could be planned for beauty spots in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.\n\nIt has warned people to look out for the signs - such an unusual number of vehicles, including camper vans, heading to an area, and people approaching landowners to ask about it.\n\nBenllech beach at Anglesey was busy with visitors on Saturday\n\nIn Cardiff Bay, a large number of visitors flocked to the area on Friday evening, despite the council cordoning off the amphitheatre section of Roald Dahl Plass with barriers following incidents over previous weekends.\n\nPolice said \"dispersal and confiscation powers were used after some 130 people arrived with alcohol, nitrous oxide cannisters and a large music system - some of whom had previously been subject to police warnings in recent weeks\".\n\nPeople have been congregating in large numbers at Cardiff Bay since lockdown rules eased\n\nOne man was arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer as the sound system was confiscated.\n\nAnd a woman was arrested for allegedly being drunk and disorderly for a second week, the force said.\n\nDet Ch Insp Lloyd Williams said: \"As we've seen in recent weeks, it was the actions of a small minority who were intent on ruining it for others.\n\n\"Additional measures were in place this weekend, including marshals and barriers, and the vast majority of visitors were respectful of the measures and were supportive of our officers and the efforts being made to keep everyone safe.\n\n\"As a result, the atmosphere was largely positive.\n\n\"Dispersal powers were used, a small number of disturbances were broken up and, where necessary, alcohol and other items were confiscated.\n\n\"Our policing approach will continue throughout the weekend so our message to those intending to visit is clear - please visit, abide by restrictions and enjoy.\n\n\"Anyone intent on acting in an antisocial or criminal manner will be dealt with robustly.\"", "There were protests about the redundancy plans when Tate Modern reopened on 27 July\n\nThe head of the Tate art galleries has defended plans to cut around 200 jobs in their shops and cafes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"Sadly at the moment the trading business is too big,\" Maria Balshaw told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.\n\nHost Lauren Laverne asked her about the \"question mark over 200 jobs at Tate Enterprises\", given \"no redundancies have been announced at the galleries\".\n\nBalshaw said the company had delayed the job losses \"for as long as we can\".\n\nBut fewer staff will be needed in the commercial arm because visitor numbers are expected to stay at around 50% for \"quite a long time\", she said.\n\nShe told the programme: \"We are consulting with staff about redundancies. But we have used as much of our own reserves as we can to preserve the jobs throughout this period.\n\n\"So staff were kept on 100% pay all the way through lockdown, and we've delayed this period of consultation for as long as we can.\n\n\"We don't want to lose any staff, but we know we have to, otherwise the business won't be able to trade.\"\n\nThere were protests outside Tate Modern when it, and the other Tate galleries, reopened on 27 July, having been closed due to coronavirus since 17 March.\n\nBalshaw also oversees Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Enterprises Ltd is the commercial subsidiary, which operates retail, publishing and catering within the galleries.\n\nA number of MPs have raised concerns about the cuts, saying those affected were \"low paid with a significant number at risk coming from the BAME community\". On Desert Island Discs, Laverne said the union representing those affected wants Tate to intervene.\n\nBalshaw replied: \"We have intervened. We're almost unique in that we run all our own shops and cafes, and that means that everything that people experience at Tate reflects our values.\n\n\"But that means, when we are facing 50% fewer visitors coming to our galleries for probably quite a long time, that sadly at the moment the trading business is too big, because we won't be able to open all the cafes and the shops in the same way.\"\n\nShe pledged that \"as visitors do return and as we get properly post-Covid, they [the affected workers] will be given the first option to come back and work for us because we recognise the hard work that they do and how valuable they are to us\".\n\nDesert Island Discs is on BBC Radio 4 at 11:00 BST on Sunday, then on BBC Sounds.", "Lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in Aberdeen on Wednesday\n\nAnother 60 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Scotland, including 39 in the NHS Grampian area.\n\nA cluster of linked cases was discovered in Aberdeen last week, leading to lockdown restrictions being reintroduced in the city.\n\nScotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch said 110 cases had been linked to the Aberdeen outbreak, with more expected to be confirmed.\n\nAlmost 650 \"close contacts\" from the infections are being investigated.\n\nThe positive cases include two players at Aberdeen FC.\n\nThe players were among a group of eight footballers who visited a bar in the city a week ago. The whole group are now self-isolating.\n\nMr Leitch told BBC Scotland that the increase of 60 cases was \"not unexpected\" but \"still worries us\".\n\nHe said it was difficult to be sure how many of the 39 new cases in NHS Grampian were linked to the Aberdeen cluster.\n\n\"We know that at 15:30 yesterday we had 110 cases connected to this outbreak,\" he said.\n\n\"We allow test and protect to do its work, rather than be constantly sending us hourly updates and that's the way it should be. I would expect a number of those positives to be connected.\"\n\nMr Leitch said the Scottish government was working to prevent community transmission outside the Aberdeen outbreak.\n\n\"We want to find each of these cases, break the chain, self-isolate the people so that we can get those numbers down again and Grampian can go back to normal - or semi-normal - like the rest of the country,\" he told the BBC.\n\nBut the clinical director added that the effects of the local lockdown in Aberdeen may not be seen for \"days, even weeks\".\n\nAberdeen has seen a total of 112 new coronavirus cases in the seven days up to 7 August - a rate of 49 infections per 100,000 people.\n\nThis compares to a rate of 80.6 in Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, which is currently top of Public Health England's local authority watchlist.\n\nNHS Grampian said it was investigating 643 \"close contacts\" from cases in the area.\n\nSusan Webb, director of public health for NHS Grampian, said: \"There has been a substantial rise in the number of close contacts which is not entirely unexpected.\n\n\"We speak to detected cases more than once, as we know they will recall different details as they reflect on what they have been doing and where, and who they have met.\"\n\nMs Webb said people who developed any of the recognised symptoms of Covid-19 should isolate at home and arrange a test.\n\nA picture taken at the weekend showed people queuing outside the Soul bar in Aberdeen\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was \"unacceptable\" the Aberdeen footballers had gone to the Soul Bar last Saturday.\n\nImages were shared on social media showing queues of people gathered outside the bar, which is one of about 30 venues now linked to the cluster.\n\nThe players concerned have now released a statement apologising for their actions, saying they never \"could have foreseen the escalation of Covid-19 cases in the Grampian area\".\n\nThey also deny deliberately attempting to \"flaunt or disobey government guidelines\".\n\n\"As a player group, we once again apologise unreservedly to the fans, the manager, the board and all the staff at the club,\" the statement adds.\n\nThe lockdown restrictions which have been reintroduced for the city's 228,000 residents include:\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next Wednesday and may be extended further if required.", "Callum Fleming feels he would be bedbound if it were not for the scheme\n\nIntensive care patients who were seriously ill or in comas during the coronavirus pandemic have been coming home to \"a different world\".\n\nSome are dealing with \"survivor's guilt\" after realising they lost loved ones.\n\nAnd others wanted to do normal thing such as watching football while they recovered, only to find the country was in lockdown.\n\nA \"unique\" scheme has now been extended to help them.\n\nFunding was granted for the Swansea Bay health board area scheme just before the pandemic, and those who have been ill with Covid-19 can now access the support too.\n\nAnyone who has been in intensive care for more than three days is offered hydrotherapy at Morriston Hospital, and can take part in community-based exercise programmes.\n\nThe same team provides physiotherapy in the intensive therapy unit (ITU), on the ward and at home - and a patient said the continuity of care made a huge psychological difference.\n\nKaren James, manager of the critical care and surgical physiotherapy team, said: \"Everything had changed.\n\n\"Before, they may have wanted to watch a football match on the TV - except now there was no football.\n\n\"Sadly, we've also had quite a few patients who have lost important people, because Covid tended to affect families.\n\n\"That's a huge aspect of it. You get a little bit of survivor guilt, as well as the consequences of the horror they went through.\"\n\nMs James said that, if the service had not already been agreed, patients would not have been seen for three months or had any support after going home.\n\nAmong those helped is Callum Fleming, 26, who became so unwell with pancreatitis last September that he was put on life support and into a coma.\n\nCallum Fleming was in a coma for six weeks\n\n\"I woke up six weeks later and didn't really know what was going on,\" he said.\n\nCallum, a carpet fitter from Port Talbot, described the period as \"a big blur\", spending three months in hospital and receiving physiotherapy before returning home last December.\n\nHis condition deteriorated in February and when the pandemic struck, he was struggling to get up the stairs. But treatment and hospital appointments were cancelled and at first he felt abandoned.\n\nDuring lockdown, while he shielded, Callum's family tried to help by repeating physiotherapy exercises with him, but he suffered mentally and physically.\n\n\"I would stay in bed just because it got so difficult to get about, to get down the stairs,\" he said, adding he believes he may be bedbound now if he had not received help.\n\nHis father Keith said when physiotherapists started visiting, it was like \"a light had been switched on in the house\".\n\nMs James said: \"When you have a heart operation, you have cardiac rehab, you will get a programme explaining everything.\n\n\"But there are no services post-ITU because we have such a diverse group of patients.\n\n\"We could have everything from an 18-year-old who has been in a car crash to a 75-year-old with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, so we can't put them in groups of rehab.\"\n\nIn the past, patients would not be seen until three months after they left hospital and only then be offered a six-week rehabilitation programme.\n\n\"But you hear of the devastation people have when they first get home, how they can't get up the stairs, how they're having to live downstairs, how they won't go out of the house,\" Ms James said.\n\n\"That led us to think about having a team that would follow them from ITU onto the ward, give them a little bit of extra rehab on the wards and then follow them home.\"\n\nHowever, when the scheme was devised, nobody had any idea a large number of patients would be those who had battled coronavirus.\n\nMs James said many progress \"remarkably quickly\" in the communities, but added: \"We are finding that the psychological problems for Covid patients are slightly higher.\n\n\"They've had quite a large cocktail of drugs and are paralysed for quite long periods of time.\n\n\"We feel there may be more long-term psychological consequences than we would normally expect with some of our ITU patients.\"\n\nShe said there was an expectation the sickest would be the worst, but when someone was \"sedated and paralysed\" they did not see what was going on around them.\n\n\"When you're awake, watching things happen to other people, it can be more traumatic than for those lying there asleep,\" Ms James said.\n\n\"Some people have no recollection at all of being on ITU, others have very lucid times mixed in with the dreams and the visions and the hallucinations they've had because of the medication.\n\n\"They have very scary mixed images of what has gone on in ITU.\n\n\"Some people come out of it and say, 'it's changed my life, my life is so much better now because I survived this'.\n\n\"Other people struggle and feel like they can't get over it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sammie Richardson says a so-called competition on Instagram was a scam to \"get some cash out of us\".\n\nWhen Sammie Richardson saw an Instagram post about winning a week's holiday to Tenerife she tagged a friend to enter and thought little more about it.\n\nThen she got an email saying she'd won. \"I was shaking,\" she said.\n\nBut after the competition organisers started asking for personal details, Ms Richardson discovered it was a scam.\n\nShe isn't the only person who has nearly been caught out - experts warn there has been a surge in fraudulent prize promotions since lockdown.\n\nCrooks are exploiting the fact that more of us are online for longer periods and are trying to trick consumers into revealing sensitive personal information.\n\n\"Criminals know people are spending far more time online, and they're capitalising on that,\" said Jeremy Stern, chief executive of PromoVeritas, a company that helps firms run legitimate prize promotions.\n\n\"We've seen a significant increase in the number of online scams.\"\n\nAfter Ms Richardson was told she'd won the holiday, the organisers asked for her and her partner's passport details.\n\n\"I asked them if I could take my kids could on the holiday,\" says Ms Richardson of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, who has three children, aged three, five and 13.\n\n\"They said no problem at all, but said it would cost £300 for each child, £900 in total. I thought it was worth it.\n\n\"They asked for my children's passport details but when I told them my children didn't have passports they said no problem at all.\n\n\"I had a feeling something was a little weird,\" she said.\n\nShe checked out the resort where the holiday prize was and discovered it was for adults only, so there was no way her kids could go.\n\nSo she contacted the travel company supposedly behind the prize only to be told they'd never heard of the competition.\n\n\"It was all a big scam to get our details and some cash out of us,\" Ms Richardson said.\n\n\"Consumers need to be very careful about the kind of promotions they enter, and the information they give out,\" warned Mr Stern.\n\n\"There are lots of great prizes to be won through major brands in your supermarket and online which should cause you no concern at all.\n\n\"But the same is not always true for prizes offered through social media such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.\"\n\nHe said that if you have any doubts about the legitimacy of a promotion - such as a prize draw or the opportunity to 'test' a new product - walk away.\n\n\"Entering the wrong one could cost you thousands,\" he said.\n\nThe crooks behind the scams are hoping to trick people into handing over personal information which can be sold on to lots of market companies. This can end up landing people with a lifetime of spam emails or letters.\n\nHowever, in the worst cases, criminals could use the information to try to steal a person's identity, resulting in their bank account being emptied out or using the details for fraudulent purposes.\n\nHow can you spot a dodgy offer? Mr Stern said promotions on social media or unbranded websites are likely to be suspect if they ask you lots of irrelevant questions.\n\nThe prize draw is often just a way to pull you in and gather lots of your personal details to sell on.\n\nBe wary of offers to 'Be a tester' or 'You could be a mystery shopper' - they're often prize draws under another name. They rarely care for your views, they just want your data.\n\nIf there are not even basic terms and conditions, such as deadlines to enter, rules and details of how winners will be selected, that's a sign of a suspicious offer.\n\nAlso, steer clear of promotions that ask you to enter by liking a Facebook page, or a post or that encourages people to tag a page on Facebook, or retweet on Twitter.\n\nThey are breaking the rules of the platforms, so the promotion is likely to be dodgy, said Mr Stern.\n\nPrize draws that want to charge you money to enter or call themselves a \"raffle\" could be breaking the law.\n\nIn the UK, it's illegal to run a pay-to-enter prize draw without a gaming licence, unless the promoter is a charity.\n\nIf you are charged for entry, then it must be a competition, a game of skill, and have a reasonably hard question, or a parallel free entry route.\n\nIf you spot a scam competition or promotion, report it to Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud.\n\nIt will increase the chance of the scammers being caught and stopped.\n\nYou can report a scam online by registering with Action Fraud.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team, as Gavin Lee reports\n\nDefence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel.\n\nThe government is looking at using boats to \"prevent people from leaving\", Schools Ministers Nick Gibb said.\n\nIt comes as more migrants were brought ashore on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, the home secretary has appointed a former National Crime Agency executive to a new role leading the UK's response to the crossings.\n\nMore than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days, including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday.\n\nThe Home Office said at least 151 people arrived in UK on Saturday in 15 boats. A total of 146 people arrived on Friday on 17 boats.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was \"working hard\" to identify how best to assist, after receiving a request under the military aid to the civilian authorities (MACA) protocol.\n\nTwo boats carrying a total of 26 migrants arrived on the Kent coast on Saturday, and it is understood there were also landings at Deal and Folkestone - although they have not been confirmed.\n\nA person in a wheelchair was among those brought ashore in Dover.\n\nFrench officials said 33 migrants in two boats that got into difficulty have been returned to Calais.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has appointed Dan O'Mahoney as the UK's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander. He will work to make the Channel route \"unviable\" for small boat crossings.\n\nThe Home Office said Mr O'Mahoney, director of the Joint Maritime Security Centre since 2019 and a former Royal Marine, will seek \"tougher action in France, including stronger enforcement measures and adopting interceptions at sea and the direct return of boats\".\n\nEarlier, Ms Patel said in a tweet that ministers were working to make the \"dangerous\" Channel crossing route \"unviable\", but added that the government faces \"legislative, legal and operational barriers\".\n\nMigrants and Border Force officers in Kingsdown, on the English Channel coast of Kent\n\nOn Saturday morning, the BBC filmed a rubber boat with up to 20 people on board - including a baby, the BBC was told - departing from a tourist beach in the north of France.\n\nThe \"overloaded\" boat struggled for almost an hour at the water's edge, according to BBC Europe reporter Gavin Lee, who said there was no sign of any surveillance from French authorities on the beach near the harbour of Gravelines.\n\nBBC reporter Simon Jones said people living in Kent have been asking why more is not being done by the French to patrol the coastline, but French authorities have said they need more money from the UK government.\n\nQuestions have been raised about why people are not sent back to France once they arrive in the UK.\n\nMinisters said they will press French authorities to crack down on migrants attempting to cross the Channel.\n\nThe government is also considering using boats to prevent migrants from making the crossing, Mr Gibb told BBC Breakfast.\n\nA similar approach is already in place in Australia, where it is used against migrants travelling from Indonesia.\n\nUnder this \"push back\" policy, military vessels patrol Australian waters and intercept migrant boats, towing them back to Indonesia or sending asylum seekers back in inflatable dinghies or lifeboats.\n\nThe MoD generally only deploys within the UK if the civilian authorities cannot cope with a crisis, or need specialist military skills.\n\nExamples include bomb disposal experts defusing huge World War Two bombs and the Army carrying out coronavirus testing at the height of the lockdown.\n\nSo given there is no suggestion the UK Border Force is buckling under the strain, military planners will want to know exactly what they are expected to do that can't be better solved through talks with Paris.\n\nThere has been talk of potentially using the Royal Navy to copy Australia's controversial policy of physically pushing back migrant boats.\n\nBut there are no international waters in the Straits of Dover to push them back into - so such an operation would need British vessels to enter French seas - and our neighbour's formal permission to do so.\n\nNot only that, it would risk a drowning incident - a complete reversal of the current policy and legal obligations to pluck people from the sea.\n\nOn Saturday the MoD said it would \"do all it can\" to support the government.\n\nBut an unnamed MoD source also told the PA news agency that the idea of using the Navy was \"completely potty\", and that military resources should not be used to address \"political failings\".\n\nFormer Labour home secretary Jack Straw said any attempt to model Australia's controversial \"push back\" tactics would not work and could lead to boats capsizing.\n\n\"The crucial point here is the obvious one, is that it requires the co-operation of the French,\" Mr Straw said.\n\nMeanwhile, Bella Sankey, director of the Detention Action human rights campaign, condemned the idea of boats being forced back into French waters as \"an unhinged proposal\" that would be met with legal challenges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Breakfast's Simon Jones at sea with migrants crossing the Channel\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Immigration Minister Chris Philp said migrants should be fingerprinted. However, it is unclear what the proposal will amount to, as the fingerprints of asylum seekers are already stored under the European Union Eurodac system.\n\nMr Philp said migrants would know \"they face real consequences if they try to cross again\", and added he would \"negotiate hard\" with French officials about how to deal with the crossings.\n\nFormer director general of UK Border Force, Tony Smith, said smugglers have identified a \"loophole\" in international law.\n\nThe UN's 1951 Refugee Convention says that once a person is in the jurisdiction of a country - such as territorial waters - then authorities are obliged to rescue people, bring them ashore, and allow them to lodge an asylum application, Mr Smith told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHowever, under a long-standing EU deal, called \"Dublin III\", the UK has the right to send back anyone who is seeking asylum if they could have reasonably claimed it in another country along the way.\n\nThat arrangement will cease at the end of the Brexit transition period - next January - unless the UK and the EU agree a similar deal.\n\nOur team arrived just before first light to the main tourist beach of Petit Fort Philippe near Gravelines this morning, 20 miles east of Calais.\n\nWithin minutes, we spotted more than 20 migrants carrying a rubber boat and its motor in the distance.\n\nThey were holding it above their heads as they walked for 15 minutes from the dunes, past the beach huts to the sea.\n\nChildren were at the back, holding hands and wearing life jackets. When they first got into the water, they were clearly in trouble.\n\nThe boat was overloaded with 21 people on board, letting in water and came back to shore.\n\nSeveral men, who appeared to be smugglers, appeared from the dunes to the shore and took a woman and her child off the boat. They then relaunched.\n\nIt looked dangerously close to sinking and still overcrowded despite the calm waters.\n\nIn total, it took almost an hour before the boat left. In this time, there was no sign of any surveillance. We called the police to alert them, worried that the boat may be in imminent danger.\n\nThey told us they were on the way. Four hours later, there is still no sign of them.\n\nSeveral bird spotters on the beach had witnessed the same thing. One told us that this is the third time this week that boats have left from here, and that each time, he could hear children crying before they got into the boat.\n\nMore than 1,000 migrants arrived on UK shores using small boats in July.\n\nMPs have launched an inquiry into the rising numbers entering the UK, while Labour has accused ministers of \"failing to get to grips with the crisis\".\n\nFrench police have told the BBC they intercepted 10 times the number of migrants from boats in French waters in July this year, compared to the same period last year.\n\nThey said their success rate in catching migrants has increased from 40% in 2019 to 47% in 2020.", "Police said the new order on masks comes amid a surge in cases in Paris\n\nWearing a face mask will be compulsory in busy parts of Paris from Monday amid a rise in coronavirus infections in and around the French capital.\n\nPolice said the order would apply to people aged 11 and over in \"certain very crowded zones\".\n\nThe virus had been circulating more widely in the region since mid-July, they said. Face masks are already compulsory in enclosed public spaces.\n\nExperts have warned that France could lose control of Covid-19 \"at any time\".\n\nSeveral cities, such as Nice and Lille, have introduced their own additional orders making mask-wearing mandatory in certain outdoor areas.\n\nParis authorities have not yet detailed which areas will be affected by the new order, which will come into force at 08:00 (06:00 GMT) on Monday.\n\nThe zones where masks are mandatory will be evaluated on a regular basis, they said.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, authorities said the rate of positive coronavirus tests was 2.4% in the greater Paris area, compared to the national average of 1.6%.\n\nThey added that 400 people were testing positive for coronavirus every day in the region, with those aged between 20 and 30 particularly affected.\n\nOfficials earlier this week said they had called for new measures on masks in the French capital.\n\n\"We are going to ask that [mask-wearing] become compulsory in crowded outdoor places and where respecting a metre's distance between people is difficult,\" said Anne Souyris, the deputy mayor in charge of health.\n\nThe new order comes after the government's scientific advisers warned on Tuesday that France could lose control of the virus \"at any time\".\n\nFrance reported 2,288 new coronavirus infections in its daily figures on Friday, marking a new post-lockdown high.\n\nIn total, the country has recorded more than 235,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 30,000 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon says Aberdeen players 'blatantly' broke the rules on coronavirus\n\nThe number of cases in Aberdeen's Covid cluster has risen to 101 as Nicola Sturgeon said she was \"furious\" at footballers who broke lockdown rules.\n\nThe first minister said it was \"unacceptable\" that eight Aberdeen players had visited a bar in the city on Saturday night.\n\nThey are all now self-isolating after two tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nLockdown measures were reintroduced in the city on Wednesday as the number of cases in the cluster grew.\n\nMs Sturgeon told her daily briefing there had been an additional 22 cases in the last day, taking the total to 101.\n\nThe total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Scotland rose by 43 on Friday, and no deaths were reported for the 22nd consecutive day.\n\nMs Sturgeon said 27 of the confirmed cases were in the Grampian area, although it was not yet clear how many were connected to the Aberdeen outbreak.\n\nThe Aberdeen players who are self-isolating had visited the city's Soul bar on Saturday.\n\nImages were shared on social media showing queues of people gathered outside the bar, which is one of about 30 venues now linked to the cluster.\n\nA picture taken at the weekend showed people queuing outside the Soul bar in Aberdeen\n\nMs Sturgeon said: \"It is now clear that all eight of these players visited a bar in Aberdeen on Saturday night.\n\n\"In doing so they blatantly broke the rules that had been agreed between the SFA, the SPFL, and the Scottish government, which, to put it mildly, is completely unacceptable.\"\n\nThe first minister said she supported the decision to cancel the club's match with St Johnstone this weekend.\n\n\"We are asking members of the public to behave in a highly precautionary manner,\" she said.\n\n\"When a football club ends up with players infected with Covid - and let's remember this is not through bad luck but through clear breaches of the rules - we cannot take even a small risk that they then spread the infection to other parts of the country.\"\n\nAberdeen played their first game of the season at Pittodrie on Saturday\n\nMs Sturgeon added that she was \"pretty furious\" at the situation - and that if players did not abide by the rules, they were putting the return of the professional game at risk.\n\nAberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said he had apologised to football and health authorities, and to the other Premiership clubs.\n\n\"Regrettably, what has happened in the last few days has undermined all the hard work that has gone into keeping our players and staff safe,\" he said.\n\n\"We are now dealing with this internally with the seriousness it deserves.\n\n\"In the meantime, I'd like to reassure the relevant bodies, our fans and everyone associated with the club that our already rigorous measures are being forensically scrutinised and that no stone will be left unturned in ensuring that no-one is under any doubt about what must be adhered to.\"\n\nThe outbreak in Aberdeen has been linked to bars and restaurants\n\nThe coronavirus cluster in Aberdeen has been linked to pubs and restaurants.\n\nA list has been published of premises visited by people confirmed to have the virus. They are:\n\nThe list also includes Aboyne, Deeside and Hazlehead golf clubs, and the Banks O'Dee Football Club.\n\nAnyone who had visited any of these premises should be \"extra vigilant for symptoms\" - even if they had not been contacted by specialist tracers.\n\nThe lockdown restrictions which have been reimposed for the city's 228,000 residents include:\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next Wednesday and may be extended further if required.", "Major science projects in the deep interior and other remote places will be postponed by a year\n\nThe British Antarctic Survey is scaling back its research in the polar south because of coronavirus.\n\nOnly essential teams will head back to the continent as it emerges from winter and virtually all science in the deep field has been postponed for a year.\n\nThis includes all work on the huge, and rapidly melting, Thwaites Glacier, which has been the focus of a major joint study with the Americans.\n\nBAS says it doesn't have the capacity to treat people if they get sick.\n\nAnd in consultation with international partners this past week, very strict procedures will now be put in place to keep the virus out of Antarctica.\n\n\"No nation has the medical facilities to deal with people who are seriously ill,\" explained BAS director Prof Dame Jane Francis.\n\n\"Everybody is taking very strong precautionary measures to make sure that any activity in Antarctica this year is as safe as possible,\" she told BBC News.\n\nRothera station is the main UK base on Antarctica\n\nThe key logistical challenge is the uncertainty surrounding air routes.\n\nMany of those who go to Antarctica each austral summer season do so by travelling on a plane to one of the main gateways - in South Africa, Australia/New Zealand and Chile - where they then make the hop across the Southern Ocean, either on a connecting flight or on a ship.\n\nBut with air corridors so severely disrupted at the moment, the gateways aren't functioning as they should.\n\nUK scientists and technicians, and their supplies, will therefore travel direct from Britain to Antarctica on the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross.\n\nIt's possible some sort of air connection could eventually be established via the Falklands with a refuelling stop on Ascension Island - but this is not Plan A.\n\nHalley station will remain closed through the summer research season\n\nWith the limitations these arrangements impose, BAS has no alternative but to suspend the vast majority of its deep-field projects which send researchers into the interior of the continent to conduct their studies.\n\nThe emphasis will instead be on maintaining important climate observations made at the main stations of Rothera and Halley.\n\nIn recent years, the latter has been closed for the winter, with all its science instruments run automatically.\n\nGiven the present circumstances, Halley will remain in shutdown through the summer as well - although efforts will be made to visit the base to make sure the power generation system that supports the automated set-up can continue to operate all the way through to the summer of 2021/2022.\n\n\"We have enough fuel at Halley to get us through the next winter. The problem is that fuel is not in the tanks that feed the automation system; it's in the bigger station tanks and we have to transfer it,\" said Prof David Vaughan, BAS director of science.\n\nThis will only happen if BAS can get its fleet of Twin Otter aircraft from Canada, where they've just been serviced, down to Antarctica. But, again, flying these planes leg-by-leg through the Americas may prove impossible given the infection rates now being reported in some countries.\n\nAnd if the Twin Otters don't turn up, no-one will be able to get across to Halley from Rothera to fix the fuel issue.\n\nThe route to Antarctica: RRS James Clark Ross has just been painted ahead of the new season\n\nThe coronavirus crisis gripped the world in the middle of the 2019/2020 Antarctic summer season.\n\nGetting all temporary personnel off the continent, and bringing them home, also proved to be a logistical headache, with some scientists and technicians enduring long waits and quarantine at Rothera, and on the Falklands, before getting a flight or ship berth home.\n\nEven those who'd spent weeks gathering measurements in what are some of the remotest locations on Earth had to take their place in line.\n\nThis included the expedition teams returning from far-away Thwaites Glacier.\n\nThe colossal ice stream is the subject of a five-year, concerted research push to understand why it is melting so fast and the impact this will have on global sea levels.\n\nIt's the single biggest science investigation on the continent right now, but the studies are going to have to take a gap year.\n\nProf Vaughan told BBC News: \"We've agreed with the National Science Foundation, our US partner, that Thwaites is postponed by one year. We'll do everything we can to get back in and hit the ground running in the subsequent season of 21/22. So, no project is being cancelled; no activities are being cancelled. It's all just being postponed.\"\n\nThe British Antarctic Survey operates a number of research stations and forward supply facilities\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The UK has seen its hottest day in August for 17 years, as temperatures reached more than 36C (96.8F) in south-east England.\n\nCrowds headed to the coast to enjoy the weather, but people have been urged to adhere to social distancing.\n\nExceptionally hot weather is set to continue in parts of the UK throughout the weekend, the Met Office said.\n\nThe highest temperatures are expected in England and Wales, with fresher weather forecast for Scotland and NI.\n\nA band of rain will move across Scotland on Friday evening, the Met Office tweeted.\n\nAs of 15:00 BST on Friday, the mercury reached 36.4C at London's Heathrow Airport, making it the hottest August day since 2003, BBC Weather said.\n\nIt comes just one week after the UK recorded a yearly high of 37.8C at Heathrow.\n\nEarlier, a high of 26.4C was recorded in Wales (Usk), 23.5C in Scotland (Charterhall, Scottish Borders), and 20.9C in Northern Ireland (Katesbridge).\n\nA large wildfire is burning on heathland in Surrey amid the soaring temperatures, with multiple fire crews sent to tackle the blaze.\n\nThe grass fire on Chobham Common, which is larger than 40 hectares, has also spread to a nearby golf club\n\nWarm temperatures are also expected overnight, with a number of so-called tropical nights - when temperatures stay above 20C - forecast for the coming days.\n\nSuch nights used to be rare. Between 1961 and 1990 there were just eight nights that exceeded that mark.\n\nBut the mercury is predicted to stay between 19 and 22C in some areas until next Wednesday night, meaning people in the UK could be facing difficult sleeping conditions for several nights to come.\n\nCrowds have already flocked to Brighton beach, in East Sussex, to enjoy the sunshine\n\nRecord temperatures are expected in London and the South East\n\nThe increasing number of tropical nights is linked to climate change, according to BBC Weather.\n\nAnd meteorologists have previously said they expect to see more as the climate continues to warm.\n\nMeanwhile, councils have asked sunseekers to follow coronavirus social distancing guidelines, and stay clear of packed beaches, as hundreds of people descended on the coast across Britain on Friday.\n\nIn Dorset, beach-goers were told to \"head home\" as resorts and car parks in some areas reached capacity.\n\nAnd Thanet District Council in Kent - which warned last month that busy beaches were becoming unmanageable - asked visitors to look for less crowded areas so they can socially distance.\n\nSkegness beach in Lincolnshire was another popular spot for sunseekers on Friday\n\nAnd plenty of pleasure boats were seen making their way along the River Ant on the Norfolk Broads\n\nThere were also warnings over public safety at beaches, including by the UK's coastguard, which said it had responded to around 70 calls - above average for this time of year - by midday on Friday.\n\nThe RNLI has called on beachgoers in the south west of England to follow water safety advice and adhere to social distancing.\n\nLast week, the charity carried out 30 rescues in one day on just one beach in Cornwall.\n\nThe incidents mainly involved bathers and body boarders caught in rip currents, going out of their depth and being cut off by the incoming tide.\n\nKitty Norman, water safety delivery support at the RNLI, said beaches across the whole of the South West were \"extremely busy\" with locals holidaying at home this year as well as an influx of visitors.\n\nShe said: \"The sheer volume of people making social distancing tricky is one thing to be conscious of before planning your trip to the beach.\n\n\"You might choose to visit the beach at a quieter time of day, or choose a beach with more space, where you can still bathe between the flagged area but spread out further when setting up camp for the day.\n\n\"If you arrive at the beach and it is simply too crowded, consider moving on and spending your day elsewhere.\"\n\nShe also asked people to respect a two-metre distance when approaching lifeguards.\n\nLast week, the Met Office warned that climate change driven by industrial society is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather.\n\nIts annual UK report confirmed that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, and described the year as remarkable for high temperature records in the UK.", "Families in Beirut are still desperately seeking news of missing loved ones.\n\nIt’s been three days since a huge explosion killed more than 150 people and left thousands injured.\n\nFor one family, inaccurate reports on social media and news sites gave them false hope that their relative was still alive.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An unexpectedly lively election campaign has revived hope for change in Belarus\n\nThe campaign manager for the leading opposition candidate in Belarus has been detained on the eve of the presidential election, her office said.\n\nA spokeswoman for candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said Maria Moroz was expected to be held until Monday.\n\nThe government has not commented on the case, and it was not immediately clear on what grounds she was being held.\n\nAlexander Lukashenko is seeking a sixth term in office in Sunday's vote. Large opposition rallies have been held.\n\nEarlier on Saturday police briefly detained and then released another member of Ms Tikhanovskaya's team, Maria Kolesnikova. Police said she had been mistaken for another person, her office said.\n\nThe run-up to the election has seen the rise of 37-year-old Ms Tikhanovskaya and the biggest opposition protests for a decade.\n\nA spokeswoman for Ms Tikhanovskaya previously said Ms Moroz was briefly detained on Thursday after visiting the Lithuanian embassy in Minsk. The interior ministry denied she had been arrested, telling AFP that the campaign manager had been \"invited for a conversation\".\n\nMs Moroz later said she was warned by the police not to organise unrest.\n\nStay-at-home mum Ms Tikhanovskaya is a political novice who only stepped in as a candidate for president when her husband was arrested and blocked from registering.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus\n\nA second serious rival to Mr Lukashenko has also been jailed and a third has fled the country.\n\nPresident Lukashenko, referred to by some as \"Europe's last dictator\", was first elected in 1994.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich will meet Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals after Robert Lewandowski inspired them to a crushing 7-1 aggregate win over Chelsea.\n\nHaving established a commanding 3-0 first leg lead at Stamford Bridge back in February, Bayern quickly made it 5-0 on aggregate when Lewandowski - from the penalty spot - and Ivan Perisic scored inside 25 minutes at the Allianz Arena.\n\nChelsea pulled a goal back through Tammy Abraham after a rare mistake by keeper Manuel Neuer, but Bayern's class shone through.\n\nSubstitute Corentin Tolisso made it 6-1 on aggregate when he volleyed home unmarked inside the six-yard area before Poland forward Lewandowski, who now has 53 goals in 44 appearances in all competitions this season, headed the fourth to finish the match with two goals and two assists.\n\nBayern will now face Barca in a mouth-watering one-game knockout format in Lisbon on Friday.\n• None Champions League: Which teams are in the 'final eight' tournament?\n\nA long season which started with a 4-0 hammering at Manchester United on 11 August 2019 ended - via a top-four Premier League finish and FA Cup final loss - in heavy defeat and a reminder that Chelsea are still a work in progress.\n\nHaving been blown away by Bayern in 25 second-half minutes in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, it was always going to require something extra special from Frank Lampard's side to turn it around in Munich.\n\nThe Chelsea boss described his side's challenge as an \"opportunity to do something special\" yet it turned into a damage limitation exercise inside the opening 10 minutes thanks to Lewandowski's precise finish from the spot.\n\nThere was a check by the video assistant referee to see if Lewandowski was on-side when he was clipped by keeper Willy Caballero, who received a yellow card for the foul.\n\nIt went from bad to worse when Mateo Kovacic, sent off in last week's FA Cup final defeat by Arsenal, carelessly conceded possession, allowing Lewandowski to set up Perisic to guide home and make it 5-0 on aggregate.\n\nThere were few positives for a Chelsea side without seven first-team regulars because of injury or suspension.\n\nCallum Hudson-Odoi thought he had pulled a goal back with an excellent, curling finish but his celebrations were cut short when it was ruled out for offside, before Abraham scored after Neuer palmed the ball into his path at the end of the first half.\n\nThe space Tolisso was allowed to score Bayern's third goal was a reminder that Chelsea's defence needs work, before Lewandowski added to their pain with a powerful header.\n\nThere have been many encouraging signs for Lampard and his young players during a testing first season in charge for the Blues boss, who is set for a busy close season as he readies his squad for the 2020-21 campaign which starts next month.\n\nAlthough Brazil midfielder Willian looks set to join Arsenal after seven years at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea will look to kick on following the arrival of Germany forward Timo Werner and Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech.\n\nHaving wrapped up another Bundesliga title and German Cup, Bayern are eyeing a domestic and European treble - Hansi Flick's side now just two wins from the Champions League final on 23 August.\n\nThey face a tough test against Barcelona - 4-2 aggregate winners over Napoli - but they are a side in fine form - and with 31-year-old Lewandowski showing why he is one of the finest finishers in the world.\n\nHaving scored one and assisted the other two goals in the first leg, he was directly involved in all seven of Bayern goals over the two legs - three goals, four assists.\n\nHis two goals against Chelsea took his tally to 53 and he has found the net in 36 out of 44 matches (82%).\n\nLewandowski has also scored in all seven of his Champions League appearances this season (13 goals).\n\n'We want more' - what they said\n\nChelsea boss Frank Lampard: \"Nights like this in a footballing sense, show me a lot, tell me a lot. In a football sense I feel like I know where we can improve, so now it's time to look at that.\n\n\"I saw lots of good things in the team and also some of the bad we have seen this season. We had individual errors that gave them goals and at this level that will finish you off.\n\n\"We want more but the feeling is we have achieved something with the group we have. Now is the time to think where we can improve.\"\n\nBayern Munich boss Hansi Flick: \"We will prepare for Barcelona like any other opponent. We want to show our strengths again, be 100% focused and bring our qualities into the game.\n\n\"We're not focusing on Lionel Messi, we need to be aware of every player.\"\n• None Bayern have qualified for their 18th Champions League quarter-final, the joint-most of any team in the competition's history along with Barcelona.\n• None Chelsea conceded seven goals in a two-legged European tie for the first time in their history.\n• None Chelsea's six-goal margin of defeat on aggregate is the second-worst by an English club in the Champions League, behind only Arsenal's eight-goal aggregate loss also against Bayern Munich in 2016-17 (2-10).\n• None Bayern's Hansi Flick is only the third manager in Champions League history to win his first five matches in charge, along with Fabio Capello (AC Milan, 1992-93) and Luis Fernandez (Paris St-Germain, 1994-95).\n• None Bayern have won their first eight Champions League matches this season (all six group stage games as well as both legs v Chelsea). They are only the second side to ever achieve that in a campaign after Barcelona in 2002-03, who won their first nine.\n• None Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.\n• None Goal! FC Bayern München 4, Chelsea 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Odriozola with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Niklas Süle (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.\n• None Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.\n• None Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt saved. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mason Mount.\n• None Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.\n• None Goal! FC Bayern München 3, Chelsea 1. Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The search for Dr Ruja is back on\n• None The origins of the game with You're Dead To Me", "St Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Achrafieh is less than a kilometre away from where the Beirut explosion took place.\n\nFather Youil Nassif rushed to the church to check for damage, finding the nave completely ruined. But the sacred altar space, protected by the \"iconostasis\" (wall of icons), was almost unscathed - including an oil lamp that had remained lit throughout the blast.", "A boat with about 17 people on board was spotted off the coast of Dover\n\nA record number of unaccompanied migrant children have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats.\n\nKent County Council (KCC), which takes responsibility for lone children arriving on its shores, said it took 23 under-18s into care on Friday alone.\n\nA record 235 people made the crossing in 17 vessels on Thursday.\n\nThe government has said planes are due to return migrants to Europe, with a flight taking up to 20 on Wednesday.\n\nMore than 100 migrants are believed to have arrived in the UK on Friday\n\nThe crossings continued on Friday, with at least 130 people believed to have arrived on UK shores after being intercepted by authorities.\n\nPictures showed young children being lifted from boats by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover.\n\nRoger Gough, leader of KCC, said the authority was \"under some considerable pressure\" due to the arrival of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.\n\nHe said 65 children were taken into its care in May, 85 in June, and 70 in July.\n\nSusan Pilcher said there appeared to be three family groups\n\nThe Home Office has refused to confirm the number of children arriving and figures provided by KCC do not include those travelling with their families.\n\nAt least 3,950 migrants have reached the UK in small boats this year.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said in a tweet that the number of crossings was \"shameful\" and \"unacceptably high\", adding that she was \"working to make this route unviable\" by preventing boats from leaving France as well as intercepting and returning those attempting to make a crossing.\n\n\"This is complex to do and we face serious legislative, legal and operational barriers,\" she added.\n\nAbout a dozen Conservative MPs have signed a letter to Ms Patel calling for the government to stop crossings and return people who illegally cross the English Channel.\n\nCrawley MP Henry Smith said the government needed to \"take a much more robust response with France\".\n\nBorder Force is believed to have intercepted several boats in the English Channel on Friday\n\nSince January 2019, more than 155 people who entered the UK on small boats have been returned to Europe. At least 5,800 people have arrived in that time.\n\nThe number due to be returned on Wednesday's flight is contained in a letter from the Home Office's Immigration Enforcement team to officials at the High Court, setting out their plan for the removal of migrants and arguing why judges should not consider late attempts to stop the flight.\n\nThe migrants will be returned to France and Germany after those countries agreed to consider their asylum claims.\n\nThe Home Office has blamed current regulations - which determine where an asylum-seeker's claim is heard - for the comparatively low number of people to have been returned to Europe.\n\nIt said the Dublin Regulations, which will not apply to the UK after Brexit, were being \"abused by both migrants and activist lawyers to frustrate the returns of those who have no right to be here\".\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. Health Secretary Matt Hancock: \"We take this action with a heavy heart\"\n\nMillions of people in parts of northern England are now facing new restrictions, banning separate households from meeting each other at home after a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe rules impact people in Greater Manchester, east Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire.\n\nThe health secretary told the BBC the increase in transmission was due to people visiting friends and relatives.\n\nLabour criticised the timing of the announcement - late on Thursday night.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast the government had taken \"targeted\" action based on information gathered from contact tracing, which he said showed that \"most of the transmission is happening between households visiting each other, and people visiting relatives and friends\".\n\nThe new lockdown rules, which came into force at midnight, mean people from different households will not be allowed to meet in homes or private gardens.\n\nThey also ban members of two different households from mixing in pubs and restaurants, although individual households will still be able to visit such hospitality venues.\n\nThe changes come as Muslim communities prepare to celebrate Eid this weekend, and nearly four weeks after restrictions were eased across England - allowing people to meet indoors for the first time since late March.\n\nThe same restrictions will apply in Leicester, where a local lockdown has been in place for the last month.\n\nHowever, pubs, restaurants and other facilities will be allowed to reopen in the city from Monday, as some of the stricter measures are lifted.\n\nThere is an inescapable fact here - the coronavirus has not gone away and it still thrives on close human contact.\n\nThe more we come together the easier it will spread.\n\nWe have seen this happen as national lockdowns have been lifted from Europe, to the US, to Australia and more.\n\nBetter testing means we can now spot where cases are starting to spike.\n\nThe warning signs are in the data with cases climbing in areas like Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Tameside.\n\nThe hope is the government has acted quickly enough to suppress the virus with \"local restrictions\" before it becomes a national problem.\n\nIt is now the turn of millions of people in northern England to take the hit, but these local lockdown-tightening measures could happen anywhere.\n\nThis is the \"new normal\" as we buy time until a vaccine is developed.\n\nThe health secretary said the move was not an attempt to curtail Eid celebrations after Miqdaad Versi, from the Muslim Council of Britain, said the restrictions were likely to have a \"large impact\" on Muslim families celebrating Eid.\n\nAsked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether the measures were announced late on Thursday night to stop the celebrations from taking place, Mr Hancock said: \"No, my heart goes out to the Muslim communities in these areas because I know how important the Eid celebrations are.\"\n\nAlso on the Today programme, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham suggested that the rise in transmission had been caused in part by gatherings \"in multi-generational households\".\n\nAsked whether he meant predominantly the Asian population of Greater Manchester, Mr Burnham replied: \"Yes, I do mean that.\"\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer, while welcoming the measures, condemned the government's decision to announce the changes on Twitter just after 21:00 BST on Thursday as \"a new low for the government's communications during this crisis\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After Matt Hancock appeared to contradict the new rules, Andy Burnham said it was up to the government to clear up the confusion\n\nThe government published details of the new restrictions two hours after the health secretary tweeted the announcement, and then released further guidance on the changes on Friday morning.\n\nMinisters have said police forces and councils will be given powers to enforce the new rules.\n\nSome local Conservative MPs questioned the government's decision to apply the measures to the whole of Greater Manchester, which includes 10 local authority areas - Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.\n\nWilliam Wragg, MP for Hazel Grove in Stockport, tweeted that Greater Manchester was \"not one homogeneous area\" and treating all 10 boroughs the same was \"not the right approach\".\n\nThe government always warned it would slam on the brakes if it had to.\n\nNow it has - on an unprecedented scale, with two-and-a-half hours notice.\n\nAnd snatched with a rebuke from the health secretary for England - Matt Hancock - who repeatedly said this was necessary because some in the areas affected had failed to stick to social distancing rules.\n\nI'm told the change comes without a time limit, but will be reviewed every week.\n\nAnd don't be surprised if the government, from the prime minister down, make the case that this could happen elsewhere too if people are cavalier about the rules.\n\nAnd yet, in Leicester, the local, more severe restrictions imposed there are to be eased. The baby steps back towards normality are going to be hesitant and faltering; messy in their detail and messy in their geography.\n\nThe virus has robbed us of many things.\n\nIt continues to rob us of any certainty.\n\nThe current rules for the rest of England allow two households - up to a maximum of 30 people - to meet indoors.\n\nIn Wales, indoor meetings between different households are still not allowed, but two households of any size can join up in an \"extended household\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, groups of up to 10 people from four different households can meet indoors, while in Scotland, up to eight people from three different households can meet indoors.\n\nOn Thursday, a further 38 people in the UK died, bringing the total number of Covid-19 associated deaths to 45,999.\n\nAnd 846 cases were reported - the highest number of cases in a day for a month.\n\nDo you live in one of the affected areas? What do you want to know about the restrictions?\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.", "The number of people in England testing positive for coronavirus may be levelling off, according to a household survey by the Office for National Statistics.\n\nAfter a low in cases at the end of June, it estimated infections had risen slightly in July.\n\nRestrictions have been introduced in Preston and kept in place in 18 other areas to control outbreaks.\n\nThe ONS figures are based on throat and nose swabs from nearly 120,000 people.\n\nThey are tested whether they have symptoms or not.\n\nIndividuals in hospitals and care homes are not included in the ONS survey, which has been estimating cases in private households since May.\n\nFigures for Wales have been included for the first time - and during the week of 27 July to 2 August, 1,400 people are estimated to have had Covid-19.\n\nIn England, the figure for the same week is 28,300.\n\nHowever, there is uncertainty around these figures because they are based on modelling a sample of the population and a very small number of positive tests - just 53 people from 53 households over six weeks.\n\nAnd the ONS says there is no clear evidence from its survey to say whether infection rates differ by region in England.\n\nPreston, in Lancashire, has now also been added to that list.\n\nThis means there are stricter rules on socialising for people living in these areas and for businesses, in order to control the spread of the virus.\n\nPublic Health England's watchlist of areas with rising cases now includes Blackburn with Darwen, Leicester, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees.\n\nLeicester was the first place in the UK to have a local lockdown introduced after a rise in Covid-19 cases. The city's pubs and restaurants are now preparing for their first weekend open in months.\n\nAt a national level, PHE says 4,605 cases of coronavirus were detected in the last week of July - similar to the week before.\n\nAny sign of cases levelling off is welcome news.\n\nThe ONS can only say this \"may\" be happening because its trends are based on 53 people testing positive for the virus over a six week period. It is too small a number to be certain.\n\nThis set of data is from people who were tested between 27 July and 2 August. That means it is too soon to seen the effect of the greater restrictions imposed on parts of northern England, which came in late on 30 July, or Boris Johnson postponing the easing of lockdown planned for the start of August.\n\nThe latest data does not contradict UK chief medical advisor, Prof Chris Whitty, saying last week that we are \"near the limit\" of opening up society. And the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has warned that it \"does not have confidence\" that R is currently below 1 in England.\n\nHowever, these are national pictures and what is most important is the data from where you live.\n\nThe ONS infection survey cannot pick out a Leicester and the R number cannot say Aberdeen is different to the rest of Scotland.\n\nThe latest R number for the UK was also published on Friday. It is now estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.0, suggesting coronavirus cases in the UK are either stable or shrinking slightly.\n\nHowever SAGE, the government's scientific advisors, says it does \"not have confidence that R is currently below 1 in England\".\n\nThe number relates to how many people each infected person is passing the virus on to. Anything above 1.0 means cases are starting to grow again.\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of the epidemiology of infectious diseases, at the University of Nottingham, said estimating R was becoming \"increasingly difficult\" because of the small number of cases around.\n\n\"A local cluster in one part of a region such as Leicester in the East Midlands can give a value over 1 overall for the region but the figure would be much lower in the rest of the region.\n\n\"These local clusters need to be identified and managed with locally targeted measures,\" he said.\n\n\"For many parts of the country, infection rates continue to fall but caution and avoidance of high risk mixing needs to continue.\"\n\nProf Neal added: \"The best way the public can help control Covid-19 is to get tested if they have symptoms, and if positive, isolate and identify their contacts.\"", "First Test, Emirates Old Trafford (day four of five)\n\nEngland snatched a riveting three-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford thanks to a daring partnership between Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler.\n\nChasing 277 on a snakepit of a pitch, England looked all but beaten at 117-5, only for Woakes and Buttler to counter-attack in a partnership of 139.\n\nButtler was lbw reverse-sweeping Yasir Shah for 75 with 21 still required and the second new ball due.\n\nThe promoted Stuart Broad took England to within four, which Woakes got from an outside edge to end 84 not out.\n\nIt was Woakes who said on Friday night that England would draw on their experience of recent unlikely victories, and this latest success follows the drama of the World Cup final and the Headingley Ashes Test.\n\nNot only were they second favourites for most of this fourth day, but also after conceding a 107-run first-innings lead after errors in the field, poor tactics and a top-order collapse.\n\nThey gradually battled back over the final two days, yet it was only when Buttler and Woakes were together that Pakistan's energy was replaced by trepidation.\n\nEngland win the opening match for the first time in six series and can earn their first success over Pakistan in 10 years if they win the second Test in Southampton, which starts on Thursday.\n• None 2019 heroics gave England belief anything is possible during latest thrilling win - Root\n\nEngland pull one out of the fire\n\nThis was a classic finish to a gripping Test, one that in another time would have had an empty Emirates Old Trafford bouncing in Saturday revelry.\n\nEngland were rightly criticised for their performance over the first two days - wicketkeeper Buttler's pair of reprieves that allowed Shan Masood to make 156, captain Joe Root's tactics, some feeble batting.\n\nBut the way they battled in the second half of their first innings was brave, their bowling in Pakistan's second innings was tenacious and the match-winning Buttler-Woakes partnership was nerveless.\n\nThey made light of a surface that was turning, spitting and rearing to help England to the second highest run-chase ever completed to win a Test on this ground.\n\nButtler could barely watch as the third umpire took an age to confirm his dismissal, but that only led to the bold promotion of Broad.\n\nHowever, it was fitting that Woakes, so often an unsung hero, hit the winning runs, celebrating with a roar that echoed around the empty stadium.\n\nButtler famously has an irreverent slogan written on the handle of his bat. It is an approach that served him well in a situation where he may have been playing for his place after the keeping errors and a lean run with the bat.\n\nWhat made the sixth-wicket stand all the more remarkable is what had gone before. England had lost 3-20 after Naseem Shah got one to lift at Root, Yasir's fizzing googly took the glove of Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope had no chance in the face of an unplayable lifter from Shaheen Afridi.\n\nButtler and Woakes decided that attack was the best form of defence. Buttler went after leg-spinner Yasir with drives, sweeps and reverse-sweeps. Woakes slapped the pace bowlers through the covers.\n\nThe 50 partnership came in 49 balls. Pakistan retreated and the pitch went to sleep. The metronomic Mohammad Abbas was ineffective.\n\nThe strokeplay gave way to steady accumulation, tension rising as the scoring slowed. Buttler freed the shackles by heaving Shadab Khan for six, but was out in the following over.\n\nBroad swiped seven useful runs, then Woakes' edge to third man sealed victory in the glorious evening sunshine.\n\nPakistan fall at the last\n\nPakistan had been in control for so long thanks to their determined first-innings batting, relentless bowling and enthusiasm in the field.\n\nThe tourists showed togetherness throughout, their reserve players making noise from the balcony of the hotel that overlooks the ground.\n\nThey took the initiative at the start of the day, extending their lead by 32 runs in 16 chaotic deliveries that also included the fall of the final two wickets.\n\nBut Pakistan immediately seemed intimidated by Buttler. The field spread, pressure was released and runs were much easier to come by.\n\nCaptain Azhar Ali burned his reviews in desperation before Yasir struck late to remove Buttler and Broad.\n\nPakistan buzzed and chatted to the end, but ultimately lost a match they should have won.\n\n'After last summer we believe anything is possible'\n\nEngland captain Joe Root: \"[Where does that win rank?] Up there. It was a brilliant chase. I couldn't be more proud of the lads. The way we approached the day was outstanding and that partnership with Woakesy and Jos was magnificent. I am thrilled to bits to be stood here having won the game.\n\n\"After last summer it is very hard to stop believing. We know anything is possible.\n\n\"One thing you can never doubt in our dressing room is the character. I am really proud and pleased that has shone through today.\"\n\nMan of the match Chris Woakes: \"We felt that attacking was the way to go on that surface.\n\n\"The match situation made our minds for us. It was good idea to take them on and put them under pressure.\n\n\"I was playing second fiddle at one point. I was devastated Jos got out but it was a great partnership.\n\n\"He is one of the best white-ball players in the world - one of the best run-chasers - and he showed why today. He put them under pressure. I couldn't have picked a better partner at the other end.\"\n\nEx-Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood: \"It was an extraordinary game of cricket. I must give credit to England.\n\n\"It was tough when Woakes and Buttler came in. It was a brilliant effort from the bowlers but the thing that cost Pakistan was the captaincy.\"\n\nThis was the number of runs required when England's fifth wicket fell.England had previously won only one Test when, in a fourth-innings chase, their fifth wicket fell with 130 or more needed to win. That was in 1902 at The Oval when, at 48-5, they required 215 more for victory over Australia. Number seven Gilbert Jessop scored a pyrotechnic 104 in 77 minutes, before Yorkshire's George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes added 15 for the last wicket.\n\nThis was the sum of the sixth-wicket partnership between Buttler and Woakes which is the third highest stand for the sixth wicket or lower in a successful fourth-innings chase (behind Gilchrist and Langer, 238, Australia v Pakistan, November 1999; and de Silva and Ranatunga, 189*, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, January 1998).\n\nEngland's first-innings deficit was 107. This was the third time in the last two summers England have won a Test after conceding a first-innings deficit of more than 100 runs (122 v Ireland, Lord's, July 2019; 112 v Australia, Headingley, August 2019). They had only two such victories in the previous 10 years. In all, this was England's 20th victory after a 100-run deficit (out of 282 Tests in which they have trailed by 100 or more).\n\nThe number of single figure scores Woakes had recorded in his last nine Test innings before this match.In seven of those innings he had been dismissed within 10 balls. In the last 12 balls he had faced in Tests before this Test, he had scored one run and been dismissed four times.\n\nThe last time an England wicketkeeper scored more than 70 in the second innings of a Test (Jonny Bairstow's 81 v Pakistan at The Oval). Since the 2016-17 winter, up to the end of this summer's West Indies series, England's keepers had managed just five half-centuries in 39 second innings - Buttler had averaged 19 in seven second innings, Bairstow 26 in 27 and Foakes 52 in five.\n• None The search for Dr Ruja is back on\n• None The origins of the game with You're Dead To Me", "Swansea was the location for one of the demos in Wales by nurses and other NHS staff\n\nHundreds of nurses and NHS staff in Wales are protesting at being excluded from a recent pay rise announcement.\n\nGrassroot NHS workers are angry after they were left out of plans to give almost a million public sector workers an above-inflation increase.\n\nMarches on Saturday morning in Cardiff, Swansea, Merthyr and Bridgend are part of a UK-wide protest.\n\nMinisters said they were working with unions to ensure the \"best possible\" pay package for all health workers.\n\nOne nurse said: \"To be ignored felt like a kick in the teeth after what we've been through during the pandemic.\"\n\nAlmost 900,000 public sector workers have been given an above-inflation pay rise, including doctors, dentists and police.\n\nHowever nurses and junior doctors were not included because they agreed a separate three-year deal in 2018.\n\nThey have been told they were already covered by a separate three-year deal struck in 2018\n\n\"We're not saying other people don't deserve a rise - but so do we,\" said Naomi Jenkins, 29, a staff nurse from Swansea.\n\n\"We've worked so hard and been through so much during this crisis, and we still are because Covid hasn't gone away.\n\n\"It has been such a scary time for all NHS staff - I even wrote a will in case anything happened to me.\n\n\"Each day I came home in tears, worrying I might bring the virus back home to my little girl. Some of my colleagues didn't see their children for weeks, but none of us failed to go to work.\n\nA crowd of protesters also gathered outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay\n\n\"It was my job to help people, that's what I was made to do and I wanted to do, but I was putting myself and my family at risk - and still am.\n\n\"So for the government to exclude us from a pay rise is awful - a real kick in the teeth.\"\n\nThe 2018 deal covered the three years up to April 2021.\n\nBut unions want the UK and Welsh governments to bring it forward to this year to show its appreciation for the response of NHS staff to the pandemic.\n\nThe current agreement is said this year to have seen the average nurse receiving an average increase of 4.4%.\n\nHowever, nurses in the higher bracket of their pay grade said the rise is worth \"pennies\" each month.\n\n\"It's not just about what happened during the pandemic, we've been chronically underfunded for years,\" said clinical nurse specialist Amy Mainwaring, who has organised the Cardiff march.\n\n\"I saw an advert for a litter picker job in London offering a higher salary than me and yet there are nurses who are having to access food banks. It's so wrong.\"\n\nShe said 540 NHS staff died from coronavirus and many nurses \"have lost colleagues\".\n\n\"So when we're ignored from the pay rise, nurses and staff felt it was time to stop standing quietly by. I just hope ministers are listening,\" she added.\n\n\"Nurses making life and death decisions are paid less than supermarket managers\", said Amy Mainwaring\n\nHundreds of people, mostly NHS staff, are at the four marches in Wales.\n\nThey are outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, from Castle Gardens to the Guildhall in Swansea, at Merthyr Tydfil fountain and outside the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.\n\nStaff are hoping they can count on support from the public who regularly turned out to clap for the NHS during lockdown.\n\nUnison said a survey showed 69% of the public think all NHS staff should get an early pay rise before the end of this year, in light of coronavirus.\n\n\"The public support we had with the clapping during lockdown was so amazing. It genuinely lifted all our spirits at a very difficult and emotional time,\" said Ms Jenkins.\n\nAn online petition calling for all frontline NHS workers to have an \"adequate pay rise\" has so far been signed more than 116,000 times.\n\nNurse Meg Wood said: \"Compared with cost of living increases since 2010, we are still earning less than we were ten years ago in real terms.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This is where the NHS started\"\n\n\"Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak clapped for carers, but don't think we deserve a pay rise. What a joke.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said a new deal for NHS staff in Wales would be agreed through an independent public pay review.\n\nIt said it recognised the \"incredible work\" done by NHS workers every day and was working with unions to ensure the \"best possible\" pay package for all health workers.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"We remain committed to tackling poverty in Wales which is why earlier this year the health minister announced funding to top-up the pay of those Agenda for Change staff on the lower pay points to bring their pay in line with the Living Wage Foundation's independent recommended real-wage rate from April 2020.\"\n• None Petition - All NHS key workers to have a adequate pay rise in line with inflation. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The 13-year-old suffered suspected spinal and pelvic injuries after jumping 20m\n\nA 13-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after jumping 20m from a waterfall and hitting the river bed.\n\nWestern Beacons Mountain Rescue Team said it was called to the \"tombstoning\" incident at Sgwd Gwladys waterfall, near Pontneddfechan in Powys, just after 15:30 BST on Friday.\n\nThe teenager suffered suspected spinal and pelvic injuries, the team said.\n\nHe was placed in a vacuum mattress to immobilise his spine and winched from the area by coastguard helicopter.\n\nThe team said it sent four vehicles and 15 team members after receiving a call from the police.\n\nTeam leader Neil Butcher said the winch out had been difficult due to the location, low wind condition and several dead trees causing a hazard to rescuers on the ground.\n\nTombstoning is the act of jumping into water from a high platform, such as a cliff, bridge or harbour edge in a straight, upright vertical posture, resembling a tombstone.", "Hundreds of mourners, many wearing Scarlets and Swansea FC shirts, gathered at the field in Maesglas to remember Tommo\n\nHundreds of people gathered for the funeral of broadcaster Andrew \"Tommo\" Thomas.\n\nThe radio presenter hosted the BBC Radio Cymru afternoon show between 2014 and 2018, and was also well-known as the matchday announcer at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli.\n\nHe died at home in Cardigan after being taken ill last month aged 53.\n\nA large crowd gathered at Cardigan Football Club's ground to pay tribute on Saturday at a public service.\n\nAround the field in Maesglas, a stone's throw from Tommo's home, mourners came from near and far, many wearing Scarlets rugby shirts with others choosing the colours of Swansea City Football Club, two teams that he loved.\n\nOnlookers applauded as the funeral car drove through Cardigan\n\nThe Reverend Huw George led the service, underlining the varied sides of the presenter's character, such as his energy and passion, but also kindness and love for his family, wife Donna and son Cian.\n\nFormer Wales scrum-half Rupert Moon added to the testimonials, touching on how much Tommo was loved within the Scarlets community.\n\nThe regions' general rugby manager Jon Daniels said: \"It's on occasions like this you remember the contributions people made to your life, and it leaves a big hole, but certainly, if Tommo is looking down on this, he'd be so chuffed.\n\n\"And he'd be laughing at the fact that so many people from the communities which he represented - the Scarlets community, the Cardigan community, the Maesglas community, Swansea City - are all here today to give him a send off which he would have been proud of.\"\n\nThe service came to an end with the procession travelling through the town centre as onlookers applauded as they said a final farewell.\n\nThe crowd gave a round of applause at the service\n• None Tributes pour in after death of broadcaster Tommo", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing Faisal Al-Aseel, project manager at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy when the explosion took place.", "James Nash was described as a \"kind-hearted individual and a proactive parish councillor\"\n\nA \"kind-hearted\" children's author and parish councillor shot at his home in Hampshire has died.\n\nJames Nash suffered serious head injuries in the attack at Upper Enham, near Andover, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe suspect, a 34-year-old man, died in a police chase after trying to flee on a motorcycle.\n\nHampshire Constabulary confirmed Mr Nash died in hospital in the early hours and the investigation was being treated as murder.\n\nA 40-year-old woman was also assaulted during the attack and suffered minor injuries.\n\nAccording to the Andover Advertiser, Mr Nash's mother Gillian Nash said: \"Very sadly I have to tell you that James Nash died of his brutal injuries today.\n\n\"His father, his sister and I are in a total state of shock and grief.\n\n\"We have lost a beautiful, talented son and brother and I know all who knew him would say he was the kindest, most caring person.\"\n\nMr Nash was shot in MacCallum Road in Upper Enham\n\nTributes have been sent from friends and colleagues of the writer and parish councillor, who represented the village of Enham Alamein.\n\nPiet van Drunick from Andover was close friends with Mr Nash. He said: \"James was the kindest man ever.\n\n\"He was always there for everyone. He loved life and was so knowledgeable about so many things, he was clever in every way.\n\n\"My tears have not stopped since I heard this terrible news. He was with my sister and brother-in-law just before this all happened. My heart goes out to his wife and family.\"\n\nMr Nash gave a reading of his children's book in a Sherborne bookshop three years ago\n\nPhil North, leader of Test Valley Borough Council, posted on Facebook: \"This is such devastating news, not just for his family and friends who will obviously miss him terribly, but for the whole community of Enham Alamein where he was a public representative.\n\n\"He was such a kind-hearted individual and a proactive parish councillor who cared deeply for his community.\"\n\nHe added: \"As a talented children's author and illustrator, I was extremely touched last year when one of the dedications in his latest book was to my newborn daughter, Eleanor-Ivy Mae.\n\n\"We will always treasure our copy.\"\n\nClaire Porter from Chapter House Books, in Sherborne, Dorset, where Mr Nash went to school, said he would always pop in when visiting family.\n\nShe said: \"He was a really nice guy who was brave enough to follow his dream of being a professional artist, then children's author after a successful career in the aerospace industry.\n\n\"He was so proud when he published his first book Winter Wild in 2016 and then came into the shop to give a reading in December 2017. \"\n\nMr Nash had left his career in the aerospace industry to pursue his dream of becoming a professional artist\n\nThe Test Valley Arts Foundation said Mr Nash worked with its artists on many occasions and said his death was a \"huge loss\".\n\nThe foundation's statement read: \"James was a talented artist and writer. He was charming, soft spoken and completely genuine. He captivated the audiences he worked with and young people adored him.\n\n\"His passion was wild life, the natural world and the community of the Test Valley which came through in almost everything he did.\"\n\nMr Nash's local newspaper, the Andover Advertiser, has paid tribute to him by looking back at his life and achievements in a series of tweets.\n\nThe thread included biographical details, stating he was born at Yeovil Hospital on February 12, 1978, and that he grew up in Sherborne, Dorset, attending Gryphon School.\n\nOne tweet stated that he set up an \"art studio from his home and between teaching art classes, he spent time writing and illustrating and repairing an old tractor gifted to Enham Trust during the war.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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\nNorth West Hampshire MP Kit Malthouse described the fatal shooting in MacCallum Road as \"tragic and profoundly sad news\".\n\n\"James's family will be devastated and they are in all our thoughts tonight,\" he said in a post on Facebook.\n\nThe suspect - named in reports as Alex Sartain - fled the scene and died in a police chase\n\n\"A low-key but considerable police presence remains this morning, close to the isolated and picturesque cluster of cottages where the murder investigation is concentrated.\n\nSome homes, drives and gateways are sealed off by police tape.\n\nFurther along, the lane itself is cordoned off, with two officers preventing people from approaching. About 100m up the road, forensic officers appear to be gathering evidence.\n\nPeople living in the area have declined to talk about what has happened. But tributes to James Nash have begun appearing on social media, as news of his death spreads. \"\n\nPolice and forensics were still investigating the scene of the crime on Saturday\n\nParts of Upper Enham have been cordoned off with police tape\n\nThe suspect - named in reports as Alex Sartain - is believed to have initially fled the scene on foot before trying to get away on a motorbike.\n\nHe then fatally crashed on an A-road about three miles away from the shooting site after officers gave chase.\n\nPolice said they \"do not believe there are any outstanding suspects in this investigation\" and the force has made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.\n\nAccording to his website, Mr Nash was resident artist at The Hawk Conservancy Trust, and co-founder of the Society of Natural History Artists.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than £12.3bn was given to local authorities to pass on to eligible small businesses across England\n\nEmergency coronavirus funding for firms will go back to the Treasury at the end of the month if it is not claimed, business leaders have said.\n\nFour months after £12bn was released to help them through the coronavirus pandemic, £1.5bn is unclaimed.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) warned the money was sitting in councils' bank accounts.\n\nThe government said it was working with councils to reach eligible businesses.\n\nThe Local Government Association (LGA) said local authorities needed more time and flexibility to ensure businesses benefited from the funding.\n\nA month after the schemes launched nearly 500,000 businesses had received a grant\n\nEmergency grants for businesses in England were announced on 17 March.\n\nLump sums of £10,000, through the Small Business Grant Fund, and £25,000 through the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, were intended to help businesses' cash flows during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAs of 3 August, £10.8bn had been paid out to nearly 900,000 businesses, leaving £1.5bn yet to reach nearly 80,000 eligible firms by late August, according to official data.\n\nThe figures suggest more than one in five businesses in areas such as Wealden, South Lakeland and South Somerset have not claimed grants.\n\nOf the 314 English councils distributing the money, 291 have at least one business entitled to support that has not received it.\n\nThe figures also suggest there are 24 authorities that paid out more than they were allocated. Westminster City Council paid £17m more than it was allocated.\n\nMike Cherry, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, urged firms to apply for the grant funding, but added it should not be returned to the government if it was not claimed by the deadline.\n\n\"There are many small businesses who aren't eligible, so the government should widen the criteria to those on the periphery,\" he said.\n\nHe added the money would be a \"Godsend\" for businesses left out by the \"restrictive criteria\" for the grant, such as firms in supply chains to other small ventures.\n\nWirral Council held £14.7m of unspent funding as of the end of July.\n\nCouncillor Ian Lewis said: \"From my discussions with business owners and shopkeepers in Wallasey, some do not realise that this is a grant, not a loan, so it doesn't have to be repaid. Even businesses that were able to stay open are eligible.\n\n\"It would be tragic if businesses close or jobs are lost because they do not apply for this money - it's literally sitting in the council's bank waiting to be claimed.\"\n\nPlaces like shops, live music venues, gyms or hotels are eligible for grants, and many others\n\nBusinesses can apply for one of the following funds:\n\nBrent Council in London said it was telling businesses in \"any way we can\" about the grants, as the borough did not want to hand back any of its £4.5m remaining funds to the government.\n\nCouncillor Shama Tatler said it was \"a surprise\" the government was looking to \"end the schemes and demand the money back\", before all eligible businesses had been contacted.\n\n\"We now even have a team of officers physically knocking on people's doors and urging them to claim before the deadline,\" she said.\n\nChairman of the LGA's resource board, Richard Watts, said councils had worked hard to set up discretionary schemes to \"help support as many more as possible\".\n\nHe added: \"The funding has been a lifeline to struggling businesses worried about the future.\n\n\"Shutting the discretionary scheme would be a mistake by the government at this time. Councils need more time and flexibility to ensure as many businesses can benefit from this funding.\n\n\"The government also needs to commit to redistributing any unspent resources from the original schemes, including any clawed back, to councils to be spent on local efforts to help further support businesses and reboot local economies.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said: \"We are working with local councils to ensure funds get to as many eligible small business owners as possible.\n\n\"Businesses that are eligible but have not yet received grant funding should speak to their local council as soon as possible.\"\n\nAdditional reporting by: Anna Khoo and the Local Democracy Reporting Service\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Preston has seen a rise in positive tests for coronavirus\n\nLockdown measures have been reintroduced in Preston after a rise in Covid-19 cases.\n\nResidents in the Lancashire city face stricter restrictions, which include banning separate households from meeting each other at home.\n\nThe council had already asked residents to follow extra precautions in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.\n\nThe move brings Preston in line with measures in east Lancashire, Greater Manchester and parts of west Yorkshire.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the restrictions in these areas would remain in place \"as the data does not yet show a decrease in the transmission of this terrible virus\".\n\nAny changes to the measures will be announced by 14 August following a review next week, he added.\n\nHe said the decision to extend the restrictions to Preston was \"at the request of the local area\".\n\nAlmost half of the cases reported in Preston were among people aged 30 and younger, Lancashire's director of public health, Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, said.\n\nAs Preston has been designated an \"area of intervention\" by the government, the city will be able to access additional support to tackle the spread of coronavirus.\n\nPreston is the latest part of the UK to face a tightening of Covid-19 measures\n\nPreston's new restrictions mean that from midnight, people from different households have not been allowed to meet in homes or private gardens.\n\nMembers of two different households are now also banned from mixing in pubs and restaurants, although individual households will still be able to visit hospitality venues.\n\nSocial bubbles are exempt from the restrictions, and residents can meet in groups of up to six - or more than six if exclusively from two households - in outdoor areas such as parks and beer gardens.\n\nThe tightening of measures only applies to those living within the boundary of Preston City Council.\n\nCafé owner Julie Faussat, who moved into new premises before the March lockdown, said: \"I am concerned because obviously we've all invested a lot of money into our businesses and what I don't want to see is another total lockdown again, especially for small independent businesses, it would be a real struggle.\"\n\nAidan Monks, a baker who delivers bread across north-west England, said: \"All you hear people say is 'we just knew what was going to happen'.\n\n\"There needs to clear guidance. I think people are more than willing to support it but they just need that clarity and support.\"\n\nNew cases of Covid-19 in Preston increased substantially with 47 (33 per 100,000 population) in the week to Monday, compared with 29 (20 per 100,000) the week before. A further 17 cases were recorded on Tuesday.\n\nBlackburn, with Darwen, Pendle and Burnley, recorded higher rates in the same week - all of which are subject to the current tightened lockdown in east Lancashire.\n\nThe measures for Preston will be kept under review with potential for even stronger localised restrictions from the local authority if the new rules on gatherings are not followed.\n\n\"If we can't reduce the infections we could end up having to have further restrictions on people's lives, which is not to anyone's benefit,\" he said.\n\nDr Karunanithi said it was \"extremely important that we act now\" following a significant increase in positive cases.\n\n\"I also want to be clear that this is affecting people from both south Asian and white ethnic backgrounds, particularly those living in poor socio-economic conditions in our city,\" he said.\n\n\"I want to pay extra attention to indoor spaces, particularly pubs, where high numbers of people are mixing between households.\n\n\"That's a worrying pattern that we really must avoid.\"\n\nLancashire Police Deputy Chief Constable Terry Woods said the force would take action against those who flouted the rules, adding extra officers would be deployed to Preston following the introduction of new restrictions.\n\nPools, indoor gyms and other leisure facilities will continue to remain closed in Leicester, Bradford and Blackburn.\n\nShielding will also continue for individuals in Blackburn with Darwen, and Leicester city.\n\nUnder Public Health England's weekly surveillance report, Bedford and Swindon were also added to the list as \"areas of concern\" while Rotherham is being removed following a drop in cases.\n\nOadby and Wigston have been moved down from \"enhanced support\" to \"area of concern\".\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nDo you live in Preston? Tell us how the changes in the lockdown measures have affected you 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:", "Mr Falwell was an early and vocal supporter of President Trump\n\nThe president of one of the world's largest evangelical Christian colleges has agreed to step aside after posting a photo of himself, trousers unzipped.\n\nJerry Falwell, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, said he would take an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University in Virginia.\n\nThe college board did not provide a reason for the move.\n\nMr Falwell had conceded the Instagram photo was \"weird\", but defended it as \"all in good fun\".\n\nThe university said in a statement on Friday: \"The Executive Committee of Liberty University's Board of Trustees, acting on behalf of the full Board, met today and requested that Jerry Falwell, Jr take an indefinite leave of absence from his roles as President and Chancellor of Liberty University, to which he has agreed, effective immediately.\"\n\nThe college has a strict code of conduct for how students must behave at the university, including barring premarital sex and the consumption of media either on or off campus \"that is offensive to Liberty's standards and traditions\", such as lewd lyrics, anti-Christian messages, sexual content and nudity.\n\nHairstyles and fashions are to \"avoid extremes\" and students are to dress modestly at all times.\n\nThe photo showed Mr Falwell with his arm around a woman who was not his wife. Her shorts also appeared to be unbuttoned. His other hand was holding a glass of dark-coloured liquid.\n\n\"More vacation shots. Lots of good friends visited us on the yacht,\" the accompanying caption read. \"I promise that's just black water in my glass.\"\n\nHe later deleted the post.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Robert Downen This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 image provoked outrage and charges of hypocrisy from the political right and left, with Republican lawmaker Mark Waller, chairman of the powerful House Republican Caucus, calling on Mr Falwell to step down.\n\n\"Jerry Falwell Jr's ongoing behaviour is appalling,\" Mr Walker, an advisory board member at the university, wrote on Twitter. \"I'm convinced Falwell should step down.\"\n\nSpeaking to WLNI, a local Virginia radio station, earlier this week, Mr Falwell acknowledged the criticism and identified the woman in the photo as his wife's assistant.\n\n\"Yeah, it was weird. She's pregnant. She couldn't get her pants zipped and I was like trying to like… I had on a pair of jeans I haven't worn in a long time and couldn't get zipped either. So, I just put my belly out like hers,\" he said.\n\nLiberty University, a private evangelical institution based in Lynchburg, was founded by Mr Falwell's father in 1971.\n\nUpon his father's death in 2007, Mr Falwell was appointed as president.\n\nMr Falwell Jr has courted controversy throughout his tenure. In May, he tweeted a photo of a face mask decorated with one person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe, a reference to a racism scandal that had engulfed the Democratic governor of Virginia.\n\nA month earlier, a Liberty student filed a class-action lawsuit against the university over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nAnd last year, the former editor of the school's student newspaper wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post newspaper, accusing Mr Falwell of silencing students and professors \"who reject his pro-Trump politics\".\n\nMr Falwell was among the earliest evangelical supporters of the current US president, often credited for helping delivery that constituency to then-candidate Trump in 2016.", "Mark Meadows (left) and Steven Mnuchin represent the White House in the talks\n\nLast-ditch negotiations at the US Congress to forge another stimulus package for the coronavirus-ravaged economy have collapsed in stalemate.\n\nDemocrats and Republicans remain at odds over everything from unemployment benefits to financial aid for schools to cash injections for states' coffers.\n\nThe US unemployment rate stands at 10.2%, higher than any level during the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nJobless benefits have expired, as has a federal moratorium on evictions.\n\nThe failure to reach a deal will disappoint tens of millions of unemployed Americans who had been receiving an extra $600 (£450) a week on top of normal unemployment benefits during the pandemic. That payment expired last month and Republicans want to reduce it.\n\nOn Friday, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful elected Democrat, held a meeting in her Capitol Hill office with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.\n\nMrs Pelosi said in a news conference that she was willing to offer a trillion-dollar compromise on a $3.5tn (£2.7tn) stimulus bill passed by her Democratic-controlled chamber but rejected by the Republican-held Senate.\n\n\"We'll go down one trillion, you go up one trillion,\" she told reporters as she staked out her position, adding: \"We have a moral responsibility to find common ground.\"\n\nAs he entered Mrs Pelosi's office on Friday, Mr Mnuchin called her proposal \"a non-starter\".\n\nRepublicans prefer a package closer to $1tn total and want any deal to include legal protections for employers against virus-related health claims from workers.\n\nThey also want far less aid to local governments than Democrats are seeking.\n\nIn a surprise news conference on Friday evening from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is spending the weekend, President Trump blamed Democratic congressional leaders for the impasse.\n\n\"Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer continue to insist on radical left-wing policies that have nothing to do with the China virus,\" he said.\n\nHe added: \"If Democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage, I will act under my authority as president to get Americans the relief they need.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Despite the economy shrinking, US stocks have rallied\n\nMr Trump said he may seek to defer the payroll tax, unemployment benefits and student loan interest until the end of the year, as well as extending the eviction moratorium.\n\nThe White House has previously suggested the president would take unilateral action through executive order. But it is unclear how much he can change by fiat, given that Congress controls federal spending.\n\nAfter weeks of negotiations, during which federal unemployment support for millions of Americans ended and economic numbers indicated the recovery was stalling, congressional Democrats and administration officials were able to offer the nation... nothing.\n\nBoth sides agreed that something had to be done to help the unemployed, provide some support to schools that are struggling to cope with the pandemic and protect those facing eviction. The challenge was there was still at least a trillion dollars in daylight between their two plans, and neither side seemed willing to budge.\n\nThat suggests that both sides are willing to endure the political and economic fallout of a continued impasse.\n\nDemocrats may believe that Americans will blame the president or recalcitrant Senate Republicans who have shown little interest in more deficit spending. The White House may hope that whatever unilateral actions Donald Trump can take will offer him some political protections.\n\nThe bottom line, however, is that millions of Americans will teeter closer to the edge of the financial abyss - and with Congress leaving town for summer recess, there's little sign of substantive help from Washington anytime soon.\n\nThe US unemployment rate continued to fall in July in the US, but it was a much lower decrease than in May and June, denting hopes of an economic revival.\n\nNegotiations have been going on for the past two weeks, as the US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpasses 160,000.\n\nThe US has far more Covid-19 cases by volume than any other country - more than 4.9 million - and its rate of infection has risen steadily throughout the summer.\n\nCongress has already allocated some $3tn for pandemic relief so far.\n\nSome Republicans in Congress do not wish to spend any more. Nearly half of Republican senators say they would oppose any new relief bill at all.\n\nFollowing the 90-minute meeting, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told reporters it was \"disappointing\".\n\n\"We're asking them again to be fair, to meet us in the middle, not to have a 'my way or the highway attitude,' which they seem to have.\"\n• None US jobs growth slows in July as pandemic takes toll", "Jeremy Menesses, 17, as taken to hospital following the attack but died two hours later\n\nA 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in London's West End.\n\nJeremy Menesses was stabbed on Market Place near to Oxford Street at about 17.30 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe Met said the stabbing took place \"following a fight between a number of males\" which had been \"witnessed by a large number of horrified onlookers\".\n\nThree men, all aged 18, were arrested on suspicion of murder after they arrived at a hospital with minor stab injuries. All remain in custody.\n\nTwo of them have also been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nThe victim, who lived in south London, was taken to hospital for treatment, but was pronounced dead at 19:30.\n\nThe victim was stabbed on Market Place near Oxford Street\n\nSupt Rob Shepherd said people in the West End would see an \"increased police presence\" following the \"shocking incident\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Katherine Goodwin said police had \"spoken to a number of people already but need anyone who has information, video or images to speak to us and tell us what they know\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan described the killing as a \"tragic death\" and \"another senseless loss of life\".\n\n\"My heart goes out to his family and friends,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Up to 750,000 unused coronavirus testing kits are being recalled due to safety concerns.\n\nThe UK's medicines and healthcare products regulator (MHRA) asked Randox to recall the kits sent out to care homes and individuals.\n\nThe government said it was a \"precautionary measure\" and the risk to safety was low.\n\nIt comes weeks after the health secretary said Randox kits should not be used until further notice.\n\nIn mid-July, Matt Hancock said the swabs in some kits were \"not up to standard\".\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said results from Randox tests were unaffected.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We have high safety standards for all coronavirus tests. Following the pausing of Randox kits on 15 July, Randox have now recalled all test kits as a precautionary measure.\"\n\nCare home residents or staff with symptoms of coronavirus can continue to book a test, she said.\n\nLast weekend, a pledge to provide regular testing for care home residents and staff in England was delayed, partly because of the problems with Randox kits.\n\nHealthcare group Randox, based in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, claims to be responsible for up to 17% of the total tests carried out in the UK. About 1.3 million of its tests have been sent out so far.\n\nAround 200,000 coronavirus tests are now being provided across the UK each day.\n\nProblems with Randox tests were flagged up in July, with supplies to care homes and individuals halted.\n\nThe Department of Health has stressed that the safety risk is low and recalling the kits is a precautionary measure to remove the possibility of them being used in error.\n\nBut this is another awkward development for the test and trace programme in England when it is trying to expand capacity rapidly.\n\nThe Randox issue was one factor behind a recent decision to delay a pledge to provide regular testing for care home staff and residents in England.\n\nAfter questions have been raised about procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE), there will now be more about government contracts for testing provision.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester United came from behind to beat Austrian side LASK at Old Trafford, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Europa League 7-1 on aggregate.\n\nAnthony Martial came off the bench to score the winner four minutes from time, collecting Juan Mata's precise through ball before finishing off his 23rd goal of the season from 10 yards.\n\nEarlier, Mata also provided the assist for Jesse Lingard to score for the second consecutive game.\n\nHaving broken his Premier League duck for the season in the very last minute of the final match - at Leicester - it meant Lingard was scoring in successive games for the first time since he did so December 2018.\n\nThat was in the matches against Liverpool and Cardiff that bookended the final game of Jose Mourinho's time in charge at Old Trafford and the first of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's.\n\nIt was tough luck on the Austrians, who were the better side in the first half, despite trailing 5-0 from their home game in March.\n\nWhen skipper Philipp Wiesinger curled an excellent shot into the top corner after 55 minutes, it looked like they were heading for a famous victory.\n\nBut Lingard replied two minutes later and Solskjaer could even give 18-year-old defender Teden Mengi his debut as the clock ticked down to the final whistle.\n\nHaving already secured a place in next season's Champions League, United will now play Danish side FC Copenhagen in Cologne in the quarter-finals of the 'Final 8' tournament on 10 August.\n\nThe 'Final 8' is taking place in Germany, with the final itself being held in Cologne on 21 August.\n\nThe draw for the remainder of the competition has already taken place. Wolves are potential semi-final opponents, so there cannot be an all-English final.\n\nHowever, Inter Milan, with three former United players - Romelu Lukaku, Ashley Young and Alexis Sanchez - are potential final opponents.\n• None Reaction from Man Utd v LASK, plus updates from the rest of Wednesday's Europa League action\n• None How does it stand in Europa League?\n• None 26 matches, 19 days - all you need to know about the return of European football\n\nWho is at risk if Jadon Sancho arrives?\n\nThe build-up to this game was dominated by news of Jadon Sancho's likely arrival and Sanchez's imminent exit.\n\nIf the Sancho deal eventually happens, the England wide-man will be competing with Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood for the forward spots.\n\nAnd it would mean fewer opportunities for the pair who started in the wide positions against LASK, both of whom scored in the first leg.\n\nJuan Mata cost United a then club record £37.1m when David Moyes signed him from Chelsea in January 2014. Mata's arrival in a helicopter was memorable and he has enjoyed moments of success.\n\nHowever, at 32, it is hard to see him making much of an impact on Solskjaer's side given the pace they play with. Mata has scored three times this season but has made just two 10-minute substitute appearances since the resumption, which says a lot.\n\nMata's ability has never revolved around pace. He prefers to play with his brain and, going about his business largely unnoticed, he ended the evening with two excellent assists, which showed his passing range.\n\nIt took a long, straight pass to send Lingard through. The one he found Martial with was shorter - but equally precise.\n\nUnited sources have admitted they took a punt on Daniel James, who signed last summer for £15m from Swansea after a recommendation from Ryan Giggs.\n\nThe 22-year-old has age as well as time on his side. But the Welshman looks a shadow of the player who made such a blistering start to his United career, scoring three goals in his first four appearances.\n\nHad he shown more conviction, James might have been able to reach Brandon Williams' low second-half cross. Instead, it evaded him and the rest of the game passed without a significant contribution.\n\nA total 54 minutes in five substitute appearances since starting the first game since lockdown at Tottenham on 19 June does not hint at James playing an integral role when United head to Germany looking to win their first trophy in three seasons.\n\nWhile it would be tempting to think United do not have to take this competition quite so seriously now their Champions League place no longer rests on winning it, that would be to ignore the club's recent history.\n\nNot since the 1980s have the club failed to win a trophy in three consecutive seasons, which is the fate that awaits them if they miss out in this tournament.\n\nThey will be encountering a familiar face in the last eight following FC Copenhagen's 3-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir.\n\nUruguayan defender Guillermo Varela made a total of 11 appearances in four seasons on the books at United, although he only actually played for them in the 2015-16 campaign.\n\nCoincidentally, his last appearance came in the Europa League, against Liverpool in March 2016.\n\n'It's job done' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaking to BT Sport: \"Some of these lads haven't played for a while and it showed. We won, we gave a debut to a young lad, it's been a good night. For me it was a good exercise, it's job done, minutes under the belt and on to Copenhagen.\"\n\nOn debutant Teden Mengi: \"He is a leader, a centre-back, someone we believe in, he's strong, quick, good on the ball and I think we've got a decent player there.\"\n\nOn the availability of Victor Lindelof for the quarter-final: \"Victor should be OK to travel. It's great to get Eric [Bailly] through a game again, he's had his ups and downs with injuries.\"\n• None Manchester United remain unbeaten in their 10 meetings with Austrian opponents in all European competition. It's the most they've met sides from a specific country without defeat.\n• None Manchester United have netted 23 goals in the Europa League this season, at least four more than any other side in the competition.\n• None Manchester United have used 38 players in the Europa League this season - the most different players a team has used in a single campaign in Uefa Cup/Europa League history.\n• None Anthony Martial is now Manchester United's top scorer in all competitions this season with 23 goals. The Frenchman had scored just 23 goals in his last two campaigns combined for the Red Devils.\n• None Jesse Lingard has scored in back-to-back matches for Manchester United for the first time since December 2018.\n• None Philipp Wiesinger's opener for LASK was the first goal Manchester United have conceded at home in the Europa League this season.\n• None No player has provided more assists in the Europa League this season than Man Utd's Juan Mata (5), with the Spaniard setting up both of the Red Devils' goals.\n• None Attempt saved. Marko Raguz (LASK) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reinhold Ranftl with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Reinhold Ranftl (LASK) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Sabitzer.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 2, LASK 1. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.\n• None Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andreas Pereira.\n• None Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Scott McTominay. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Eight things we learned when he spoke to Joe Wicks\n• None Six calls to track down the football legend", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Staff at The Grill in Aberdeen tidied up and locked the doors at 17:00 on Wednesday for at least seven days\n\nLockdown restrictions have been reimposed in Aberdeen due to a coronavirus cluster in the city, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.\n\nPubs and restaurants were ordered to close by 17:00 on Wednesday.\n\nPeople are being told not to travel to Aberdeen, and those living in the city face travel restrictions.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there were now 54 cases in the \"significant outbreak\" and that community transmission could not be ruled out.\n\nThe restrictions mean that the 228,000 people who live in the Aberdeen city area are no longer allowed into each others' houses.\n\nThey are being told not to travel more than five miles for leisure purposes. Travelling for work or education is permitted, but other travel is not advised.\n\nPeople who are visiting Aberdeen do not need to leave, but should follow the guidance and take \"extra care\" when they return home.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next Wednesday and may be extended further if necessary.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon said the new restrictions would be enforced if necessary\n\nPolice Scotland said there would be additional patrols in Aberdeen, and that officers would continue the approach shown throughout the pandemic.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr added: \"Our officers will continue to explain the legislation and guidance but, for the minority who may choose to breach the regulations and risk the health of others, we will not hesitate to take enforcement action where appropriate.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said the situation in Aberdeen should be \"the biggest wake-up call\" since the early days of the pandemic.\n\nThe first minister said the rise in cases around the world had been worrying her in recent weeks, but that for many people this could seem far away.\n\n\"There's always a sense of 'we're doing well and it won't happen here',\" she said.\n\n\"It can happen here and it is happening here, in Aberdeen.\"\n\nDetails of the cluster, which was initially linked to people who had visited the Hawthorn Bar on 26 July, first emerged on Sunday.\n\nMs Sturgeon said 54 cases had now been associated with the cluster and 191 close contacts had been traced through the Test and Protect system.\n\nNHS Grampian has published a list of venues which have been visited by people linked to the cluster, including 28 bars and cafes.\n\nPeople who have visited any of these premises recently are being urged to be \"extra vigilant\" about symptoms.\n\nScotland has favoured a \"boots on the ground\" approach when it comes to Test and Protect.\n\nAs soon as a cluster is detected, local NHS health protection teams take charge of the incident. The belief is that local knowledge is the best way to break a cluster down.\n\nIt is about that basic principle of person, place and time, and local teams do the detective work. Where has the initial positive case been? Who have they been in contact with?\n\nThey need to build up a picture of risk from where transmission started.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the decision to reimpose restrictions had been taken \"extremely reluctantly\" after discussions with NHS Grampian, Police Scotland and the city council.\n\nAsked if it was safe for schools to reopen in Aberdeen next week, the first minister said: \"If it's a choice between hospitality and schools, we are choosing schools right now.\"\n\nThe cluster was initially linked to the Hawthorn bar in Aberdeen\n\nThe first minister said restrictions on hospitality businesses would be backed by legislation and enforced if necessary.\n\nBut she added: \"I would expect the way they have behaved in recent days the owners of these businesses in Aberdeen will act voluntarily, and I would thank businesses in hospitality for their co-operation so far.\"\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said government \"at all levels\" would need to \"step up\" and help those affected.\n\nAndrew McRae said: \"While local lockdowns might be necessary to prevent additional nationwide restrictions, today's announcement will be a hammer blow for independent firms in Aberdeen and the north east.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bar owner Colin Cameron says he is disappointed by the blanket lockdown\n\n\"I thought with the closure of some pubs in Aberdeen that that might be enough to allow us to continue. It is disappointing for the staff and for the customers, all of whom have abided by the regulations very carefully.\"\n\nAsked if he thought it would be kept to last seven days, Mr Cameron replied: \"I would hope it is, and I will count down the days, but I'm not sure. If it's longer, then that's unfortunate but I would like to see the customers back next Thursday.\"", "A court hearing for the Florida teenager accused of being behind last month's major Twitter hack was interrupted with pornography.\n\nThe hearing took place over video chat app Zoom, but had to be suspended after repeated interruptions.\n\nThe 17-year-old was asking for a lower bail amount, after pleading not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.\n\nBut Zoom users - changing their names to mimic CNN and BBC News employees - dropped in to the meeting uninvited.\n\nFlorida newspaper the Tampa Bay Times reported that the \"interruptions grew so frequent… Hillsborough Circuit Judge Christopher C Nash ended the Zoom hearing temporarily\".\n\nHowever, the interruptions resumed when the hearing did.\n\nSome attendees played music down the line. Another used Zoom's screen-sharing feature to play pornography, which reporters said was the final straw that suspended the meeting.\n\nRyan Hughes, a reporter for WFLA News in Florida, said Judge Christopher Nash had remarked that \"next time he'll require a password\".\n\nZoom meetings without a password can be joined by anyone with the meeting's ID number.\n\nCyber-security expert Brian Krebs wrote that the so-called \"Zoombombing\" was predictable.\n\n\"How the judge in charge of the proceeding didn't think to enable settings that would prevent people from taking over the screen is beyond me. My guess is he didn't know he could,\" Krebs wrote.\n\nHe noted that it was fortunate the pornography clip was \"fairly tame\" as such things go.\n\n\"Judges holding hearings over Zoom need to get a clue,\" he said.\n\nAfter resuming the meeting, the judge decided not to lower the bail amount, which had been set at $750,000 (£570,000).\n\nThe teenager's lawyers argued the amount was unreasonable, since he is accused of stealing just a fraction of that amount, the Tampa Bay Times said.\n\nHe is accused of 30 counts of fraud after the Twitter hack, which used the social media firm's internal tools to access celebrity accounts for a Bitcoin scam.\n\nTwitter says 130 accounts were targeted in the attack, while private account information from a much smaller number was also accessed.\n\nA British 19-year-old from Bognor Regis, Mason Sheppard, was also charged by US officials in an indictment last month, as was 22-year-old Nima Fazeli from Orlando.", "Comedy series The Good Place can be seen on Netflix, which saw an increase in new subscribers\n\nLockdown measures enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic brought about a surge in TV watching and online streaming, according to media watchdog Ofcom.\n\nIts annual study into UK media habits suggested adults - many stuck indoors - spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average.\n\nTime spent on subscription streaming services also doubled during April.\n\nAt the height of lockdown, adults spent an average of six hours and 25 minutes each day staring at screens.\n\nScreen time overall was up almost a third (31%) on last year.\n\nPeople watched streaming services, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, for one hour 11 minutes per day, and 12 million people joined a service they hadn't used previously. Three million of these viewers had never subscribed to any service before.\n\nThe majority signed up to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, although Disney+ overtook Now TV as the third most popular paid-for streaming platform.\n\nOlder viewers, who typically watch more traditional broadcast TV, increased their use of streaming platforms, too.\n\nOne third of 55-64-year-olds, and 15% of people aged 65+ used subscription services in the early weeks of lockdown.\n\nThe study, entitled Media Nations 2020, suggested that as lockdown measures eased towards the end of June, the uplift in streaming services held firm - 71% up on the same time last year.\n\nThis figure also included people viewing more non-broadcast content on platforms like YouTube and gaming sites.\n\nAnd more than half of UK adults (55%) with new streaming subscriptions said they will keep them and spend the same amount of time watching streamed content in future.\n\nHowever in July, Netflix warned investors that subscriber growth will slow, after it it added more than 10 million subscribers in the previous three months, bringing the total of new subscribers to 26 million in 2020.\n\nIn contrast, Netflix saw 28 million new subscribers for the whole of 2019.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronation Street filming has resumed following a break during the pandemic\n\n\"Growth is slowing as consumers get through the initial shock of coronavirus and social restrictions,\" the company said.\n\nAs for the public service broadcasters - BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 - they achieved their highest combined monthly share of broadcast TV viewing (59%) in more than six years in March, as people turned to trusted news services for updates on the virus.\n\nThe BBC was the most popular source of news and information about Covid-19 - used by 82% of adults during the first week of lockdown.\n\nIn the age of information overload, our attention is the most precious resource. These days we devote ever more of it to screens. And that was before lockdown.\n\nThe surge in screen viewing through the pandemic is genuinely extraordinary.\n\nIt's important to remember that many of the companies or services that have turned us into screen addicts didn't exist a decade ago.\n\nSadly for Britain's commercial broadcasters, all these eyeballs haven't turned into revenue, as advertising is in sharp retreat, for now at least.\n\nBefore lockdown, the creative industries were growing several times faster than the rest of the economy, albeit powered by US companies.\n\nNever mind \"Eat Out to Help Out\"; might \"Tune In to Help Out\" be a slogan to boost Britain's path out of recession?\n\nBroadcasters' video-on demand services also received a boost in lockdown. Dramas Normal People and Killing Eve helped BBC iPlayer attract a record 570m programme requests in May 2020 - 72% higher than in May 2019.\n\nChannel 4's on-demand service, All 4, generated 30% more views among 16-34s in the first two weeks of lockdown compared with the same period in 2019; and viewers spent 82% more time year-on-year watching ITV Hub.\n\nHowever, the boost to PSBs' linear audiences was short-lived as coronavirus interrupted production of soaps including EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, as well as major sporting events like the Olympics and entertainment broadcasts such as the Glastonbury Festival.\n\nBy the end of June and with lockdown easing, the amount of time viewers spent watching traditional broadcast content fell 44 minutes to three hours and two minutes per day. Broadcast TV viewing is now comparably lower than it was in 2014-2017, although it remains 11% higher than this time last year.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Andrea Lauro was last spotted kayaking in Hove Lagoon on Sunday morning\n\nA man who died while kayaking off the coast of Sussex has been identified as Andrea Lauro, his family said.\n\nThe body of the 36-year-old Italian was found on Hove beach at about 05:30 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA large search and rescue operation began on Sunday after he was seen \"going into the water\" from a kayak off Hove Lagoon at about 10:00.\n\nA kayak was later found on the shoreline and the search was brought to an end after eight hours.\n\nHis family did not wish to comment further at this time.\n\nSussex Police said the coroner's office had been informed.\n\nThe rescue operation involving an RNLI lifeboat and coastguard helicopter was called off following an \"intensive eight hour search of the area,\" HM Coastguard said.\n\nMr Lauro's kayak and paddle were later found on the shore\n• None Body found thought to be that of missing kayaker\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Wales came within days of running out of PPE at one stage in the pandemic\n\nAn £800m fund to prepare the Welsh NHS for a possible second coronavirus wave has been announced by ministers.\n\nA large portion of the money will be used to boost supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nThe cash will also be used to retain some field hospitals and £11.7m will go to fund Wales' biggest flu campaign.\n\nFinance Minister Rebecca Evans said she was confident the announcement would give the NHS the \"stability it needs\" to respond to the pandemic.\n\nThe Conservatives said the money was needed to \"increase access to vital health provision which has been closed or greatly reduced since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak\".\n\nPlaid Cymru warned that \"good management\" was needed as well as money.\n\nHow many PPE items have been issued in Wales?\n\nThe Welsh Government said access would continue to expand and it had now provided more than £1.3bn of Covid-19 support to NHS organisations.\n\n\"We understand the growing financial pressures and challenges being faced across the public sector and we are doing all we can to alleviate these,\" Ms Evans said, announcing what ministers are calling an NHS \"stabilisation package\".\n\n\"We are also continuing to work with local authorities to understand the considerable pressures they are facing and their priorities so that we can provide them with further support.\"\n\nWelsh Tory health spokesman Andrew RT Davies said that without the UK Conservative government's \"historic funding packages today's announcement would not have been possible\".\n\n\"This money needs to increase access to vital health provision which has been closed or greatly reduced since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak,\" he said.\n\n\"As we have seen with the number of cancer deaths it is vital that these pathways to treatment are reopened as soon as possible to prevent as few premature deaths as possible.\"\n\nRhun ap Iorweth, Plaid's health spokesman, said dealing effectively with a second wave would require \"good management\" from the Welsh Government and health boards so routine care could continue.\n\nRebecca Evans says she believes the NHS will have the money to cope with a difficult winter\n\nAn £800m \"stabilisation\" package is a lot of cash, but much of it has come as a result of spending decisions already made in England.\n\nFor example, we already knew the Welsh Government was due to get £675m as a result of UK government spending to build up stocks of PPE.\n\nA significant amount of the £800m will be spent doing the same in Wales, along with preparing for winter.\n\nIn April Wales' health minister admitted the Welsh NHS had come \"within days\" of running out of specific items.\n\nBut nobody doubts NHS Wales will face immense challenges dealing with what is likely to be its most difficult winter.\n\nNot only will it have to gear up for the potential threat of a second coronavirus wave but also the prospect that the usual winter illnesses like flu might be circulating at the same time - and those on their own in a \"normal\" winter can stretch capacity and resources to the limit.\n\nThe NHS will also have to try to juggle the extra pressures with the growing need to make inroads into waiting lists which have been growing following the postponement of many procedures and operations during the coronavirus first wave.", "More than 24 hours on from the explosion, BBC OS on World Service radio has been hearing from young people in and around Beirut.\n\nJana lives in Beirut, not far from where the explosion took place. Her school is now completely destroyed, and her university damaged. She graduated just a week ago, but now wants to leave Lebanon.\n\n\"The revolution was our last hope to get back our country. Now after the explosion, I've convinced myself to leave.\"\n\nCharbel is a student at the Lebanese University, and lives in Jbeil about 35km north of Beirut.\n\n\"We have already gone through a lot this year - coronavirus, unemployment, the protests in November 2019. It was all accumulating, and this felt like the last straw.\"\n\nHe says the government should be doing more to give people hope during this time.\n\n\"This is Lebanon's 9/11. When 9/11 took place in the USA, people came together. The president came down to the rubble, to give hope to people. None of our political class has done that so far.\"\n\nDayane is a teacher in Batroun, about 50km north of Beirut.\n\n\"Leaving Lebanon goes through my head, because not having stable security and economy is worrying,\" she says. \"We worry about our families, about our careers, about our friends. We don't have hope any more.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's occurrin' in Barry for William and Kate?\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have heard how businesses and families have struggled in the pandemic during a visit to south Wales.\n\nThe royal couple were at Barry Island which is home to TV comedy Gavin and Stacey, but William admitted he has never watched the show.\n\nThey also played games at an arcade which was the setting for Nessa's Slots in the series.\n\nLater, they met residents and their family members at a Cardiff care home.\n\nPrince William and Catherine heard how people had struggled with being unable to visit their loved ones at the height of lockdown.\n\nWhile the Duchess was pictured days earlier wearing a face mask during a visit to a baby bank in Sheffield, face coverings are not mandatory in Wales, except on public transport.\n\nLast year about 424,000 visitors headed to Barry Island to play on the slot machines and enjoy the seaside resort, well known to fans of Gavin and Stacey.\n\nThe royal couple play a \"grab a teddy\" game at the Island Leisure Amusement Arcade\n\nWilliam and Catherine toured the haunts of the comedy drama's characters - the arcade where Nessa worked and Stacey's employer Marco's cafe - but the duke confessed to never having seen the popular series.\n\n\"It's one of the few boxsets I haven't already watched. I've never actually watched it,\" he said.\n\n\"But I know how much it has done for the economy here and it's a wonderful series.\"\n\nGavin and Stacey ran for three series and returned for a special last Christmas after a 10 year absence\n\nWith pubs, cafes and restaurants only able to reopen indoors from Monday, businesses told the royal couple how lockdown had impacted them.\n\nThe change in lockdown rules also meant groups of up to 30 people have been able to meet outdoors and many young children are able to play with their friends for the first time since lockdown began.\n\nThe royal couple also visited the beach huts on the promenade, installed as part of the Vale of Glamorgan Council's £6m regeneration project.\n\nResident Joan Drew-Smith, 87, met the couple during their visit to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff\n\nLater in the day they travelled to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff, where they spoke to staff, residents and their family members in the home's garden.\n\nIn May, the royal couple hosted a bingo game for residents at the home via video link, and got to meet some of them in person during the visit.\n\nAt the time, Joan Drew-Smith, 87, made headlines when she said the royal bingo game \"wasn't as good as it should have been\".\n\nAnd when the duke introduced himself during the visit to the home by saying: \"Hello Joan, do you remember we did the bingo with you? You said we weren't very good.\"\n\nShe swore in her reply when describing what she thought of their efforts - which the couple laughed at.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bingo! William and Kate call the numbers to help keep up spirits at a Cardiff care home on a previous visit", "Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington\n\nTV star Caroline Flack left a note before her death saying she had wanted to \"find harmony\" with her boyfriend Lewis Burton, an inquest was told.\n\nThe ex-Love Island and X Factor host had been hounded by the media and faced a \"show trial\" after being accused of Mr Burton's assault, the court heard.\n\nMr Burton told Poplar Coroner's Court the last time he had seen Ms Flack \"she was not in a good place\".\n\n\"The media were constantly bashing her character,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"[They were] writing hurtful stories... generally hounding her daily.\"\n\nMs Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington, London in February, while she was facing trial accused of assaulting Mr Burton - a charge she denied.\n\nThe hearing was told the Crown Prosecution Service had initially pursued a caution against Ms Flack, but withdrew it after the Metropolitan Police said they believed it was in the public interest to bring the assault charge.\n\nThat evidence to the hearing came after Ms Flack's mother Chris had made it clear she thought her daughter was \"seriously let down by the authorities and in particular the CPS for pursuing the case\".\n\nWitnesses and lawyers are listening into the hearing at Poplar Coroner's Court remotely\n\nOn the day Ms Flack was found dead, a paramedic found a note that said \"I hope me and Lewis can one day find harmony,\" the court heard.\n\nThe 40-year-old had left her role presenting Love Island, the ITV2 dating show, in the wake of her arrest last December.\n\nShe had been charged with assaulting Mr Burton with a lamp, after police were called to a disturbance at her home.\n\nIn her statement, Ms Flack's mother described the case as \"a show trial\".\n\n\"Being well known should not allow special treatment, but should not allow making an example of someone,\" she continued.\n\nBut Lisa Ramsarran, deputy chief crown prosecutor, told the hearing there was by then \"significant evidence to support a charge\" of actual bodily harm (ABH) against Ms Flack.\n\nThe evidence included a 999 call made by Mr Burton, a number of body-worn footage extracts and the injury to Ms Flack's boyfriend, the prosecutor said.\n\nShe added the CPS initially planned to caution Ms Flack but senior Met Police detectives, acting on behalf of colleagues who were investigating the case, had asked to review the evidence believing a caution was not appropriate and the assault charge was in the public interest.\n\nIn a statement, Lewis Burton said the media were \"constantly bashing\" Ms Flack's character\n\nThis came on top of the fact Ms Flack thought Mr Burton had sent a picture allegedly showing the scene of the assault to an ex girlfriend that had then been released to the press, her mother outlined to the court.\n\n\"This devastated her,\" her mother said.\n\nMs Flack's twin Jody also said her sister had tried to take her own life the night before she appeared in court, and paramedics had been called on four separate occasions.\n\nIn a written statement, she explained sections of the press were \"hounding\" the 40-year-old and paid her neighbours to inform them of her movements.\n\n\"The press and the public found this a very entertaining angle, and was spiralling out of control,\" Jody said.\n\n\"I believe the shame... was too much to deal with.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former home after she died in February\n\nMollie Grosberg, a friend of Ms Flack, said the presenter's mental health deteriorated as she got more famous.\n\nShe said her friend had been \"very sad all the time\" and the assault case had made things worse.\n\n\"She was so scared to go to prison, of the police, the press,\" she said.\n\nA post-mortem examination of Ms Flack's blood found no traces of alcohol, but found traces of Zopiclone - used to treat insomnia - at just above therapeutic levels.\n\nShe had complained of sleeplessness and anxiety to a wellness doctor days prior to her death.\n\nThe inquest will conclude on Thursday.\n\nYou can find information and support for issues raised in this article on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Keeley Bunker was reported missing after a night out to celebrate her 20th birthday\n\nA man has been convicted of raping and murdering his childhood friend on the way home from celebrating her birthday.\n\nWesley Streete, 20, had claimed he had \"accidentally killed\" Keeley Bunker during sex.\n\nHer body was found hidden under branches in a brook in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 19 September 2019.\n\nStreete was also convicted of two further charges of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to three other female victims.\n\nIn a statement following the verdict, Ms Bunker's friends and family described her as the \"the kindest, most beautiful young lady that you could ever wish to meet\".\n\n\"The world was hers and Keeley was just beginning to live a happy life,\" they said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows Keeley Bunker at the same venue as the friend who would be convicted of her murder\n\nIt took a jury at Stafford Crown Court just over eight hours to convict the former warehouse packer, who will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nThe previous evening Ms Bunker had been to a concert with a friend in Birmingham to celebrate her recent 20th birthday.\n\nAfter the show, the group met up with Streete in a city nightclub as arranged, and on their return to Tamworth she had \"trusted\" the killer to walk her home safely, but Ms Bunker was not seen alive again.\n\nBy the following evening, searches were under way involving her family, close friends and police and Streete claimed to have left Ms Bunker to walk home alone.\n\nHe was taken by police in a marked patrol car to retrace their movements, consistently claiming that when he and Ms Bunker parted she was still alive.\n\nAt that time he told officers \"I feel like you're blaming me\" after they took his phone as part of the investigation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows Wesley Streete telling police during inquiries 'I feel like you're blaming me'\n\nThe court heard her body was discovered that evening by her uncle Jason Brown, who was in a search party combing a park near a telephone box where Streete told police Ms Bunker and he parted ways.\n\nMr Brown found his niece with her underwear pulled down over her trainers. The court heard how he let out a \"horrendous scream\" at the sight.\n\nA post-mortem examination found she had been strangled and Streete's DNA was on her body.\n\nStreete was arrested shortly after and, asked if he had any questions as he was being driven to the custody block at Cannock, he replied: \"Not really.\"\n\nJurors were told how later in the journey Streete complained of being hungry, and \"asked if there was food to eat when he got there\".\n\nFloral tributes to Keeley Bunker were left close to Wiggington Park where she was found.\n\nThe court heard he changed his account of the events at least four times, which he told prosecutors was because he was \"scared\" and \"embarrassed\" by her death - a killing, he said, that happened during sex that began with mutual flirting in the park.\n\n\"I put my arms around her neck and accidentally killed her,\" Streete told the prosecution. \"We were having sex.\"\n\nHe added he \"started to panic\" when Ms Bunker \"went floppy\". He said he checked for a pulse, but did not think to call police.\n\nHowever, Ms Bunker had scratch marks on her neck, most likely inflicted as she tried to prise herself from Streete's grip.\n\nHe also admitted in court putting the body \"in the pond\" and covering it up, before going home to sleep.\n\nThe court heard he would later return to the scene several times to add more branches.\n\nProsecutor Jacob Hallam QC said the separate allegations of sexual offences were brought independently by a number of young women who were, like Ms Bunker, friends or acquaintances of the defendant.\n\n\"Taken together they show that the defendant has a long history of committing non-consensual sexual acts on young women,\" he said.\n\nIn a victim impact statement, one of the women said hearing about what happened to Ms Bunker had given her the \"courage\" to come forward about her own assault.\n\nDet Insp Cheryl Hannan said Streete was a \"devious and manipulating character\".\n\nDet Insp Cheryl Hannan, senior investigating officer on the case, said Streete was a \"devious and manipulating character\".\n\n\"He was obviously trusted by Keeley, he was trusted to walk her home that night,\" she said.\n\n\"He has manipulated a situation where he has preyed upon her and ultimately raped and murdered her.\n\n\"He has then gone on to put himself at the centre of the investigation, to lie to the police, to her family, to her friends that she was safe and well.\n\n\"Then he has changed his lies as the evidence has been put to him.\"\n\nPeople lined the streets of Tamworth to pay respect to Ms Bunker at her funeral in October\n\nMs Hannan also praised the people of Tamworth for the \"love\" they had shown to Ms Bunker, with pink ribbons tied in tribute to her around the town.\n\nIn their statement the budding classroom assistant's relatives said: \"As Keeley's family, the outcome of this trial will never be enough, in terms of justice.\"\n\nHer mother, Debbie Watkins, said: \"Keeley was the kindest, most caring, innocent young lady you could ever meet and was only just starting out in her life.\"\n\n\"Such is the hell we feel we are incapable of showing any forgiveness.\"\n\nMarc Ensor, partner of Debbie Watkins, said the family had been \"destroyed\" by her death and thoughts of \"trying to visualise and understand just how such a dreadful thing could have happened to such a beautiful person\".\n\nMr Ensor said Ms Bunker would \"do anything for anybody\" and \"she didn't have a bad bone in her body\".\n\nChristopher Bunker, Ms Bunker's father, said her sister and brother were now \"a shadow of how they used to be\".\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@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. McDonald's said it is investigating after what is claimed to be a face mask was found in a chicken nugget\n\nA six-year-old girl nearly choked on a chicken nugget from McDonald's which contained a blue surgical face mask her mother has claimed.\n\nMaddie was eating a Happy Meal her mother Laura Arber, 32, bought from the Aldershot, Hampshire, branch of the fast food giant on Tuesday.\n\nShe managed to get the chicken nugget out of her daughter's mouth and said: \"It was a mask, it was absolutely baked into it\".\n\nMcDonald's said it is investigating.\n\nMs Arber told the BBC: \"I had to put my finger in her mouth to make her sick and it came up all speckled with blue.\n\n\"I couldn't work out what it was but I looked at the box of nuggets and could see something blue sticking out of another one.\n\n\"It was a mask, it was absolutely baked into it, it had gone like chewing gum. It was disgusting.\n\n\"If I hadn't been in the room I just don't know what could have happened.\"\n\nThe mother of four said she went straight back to the restaurant to speak to the manager who told her the nuggets were not cooked on the premises.\n\nMs Arber said she and her daughter have been put off McDonald's \"for life\".\n\nShe said she wants to make other parents aware, adding: \"Just because it says it's a Happy Meal doesn't mean it's safe.\"\n\nMcDonald's said food safety is of the \"utmost importance to us\" and said the company places great emphasis on quality control, following \"rigorous standards to avoid any imperfections\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"As soon as we were made aware of the issue we opened a full investigation with the relevant supplier, and have taken action to ensure any product from this batch is removed from restaurants.\n\n\"We would like to offer a full apology to the customer in question and understand they are currently in conversation with our customer services team.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Now I'm shaking, all the way from up to down\" - Eyewitnesses describe the power of the explosion\n\nThe UK is ready to send medical experts and humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the deadly explosion in Beirut, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said.\n\nMr Raab said the UK would \"stand by the Lebanese people in their time of need\" and promised a £5m aid package.\n\nThe UK will also send rescue workers with specially trained dogs, as well as a Royal Navy ship.\n\nThe blast on Tuesday killed at least 135 people and injured more than 4,000.\n\nSearch and rescue workers are continuing to try and find survivors from the explosion, which the UK government said measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.\n\nLebanon's president has said it was caused by ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse, and a number of port officials have been placed under house arrest pending an investigation.\n\nHealth authorities and the Red Cross are struggling to deal with the aftermath, and the Lebanese government has announced a two-week state of emergency in Beirut.\n\nMr Raab said he was not sure on the precise number of UK nationals who may have been hurt, but the embassy was \"monitoring that very carefully\".\n\n\"I've just spoken to the Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab,\" Mr Raab told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. \"We are going to stand by the Lebanese people in their time of need.\n\nHe said measures that were \"ready to go\" included £5m humanitarian aid, for people made homeless by the disaster, as well as medical experts, search and rescue teams, and a nearby Royal Navy survey ship.\n\nThe ship - HMS Enterprise - will assess the damage and support the Lebanese government and people to rebuild the port, the defence secretary added.\n\nMr Raab said the UK would provide help that is \"exactly what is tailored towards the Lebanese needs\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Queen said she and Prince Philip were \"deeply saddened\" by the news.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who have been injured or lost their lives, and all those whose homes and livelihoods have been affected,\" she said in a message of condolence.\n\nConservative MP Tobias Ellwood, who chairs the Commons defence select committee, said the West needed to be \"far more greatly involved in helping\" Lebanon, which he described as \"a country that's been on its knees for decades\".\n\nEven before Tuesday's explosion, tensions were high in Lebanon, with street demonstrations against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.\n\nMany blame the ruling elite, who have dominated politics for years. People have to deal with daily power cuts, a lack of safe drinking water and limited public healthcare.\n\nThe whole city was shaken by the explosion\n\nMr Ellwood said the international community has \"taken a step back strategically from the Middle East and Lebanon is paying the price for that\".\n\n\"There's massive corruption in the government itself - it's poorly governed. Economic crisis - there's a quarter of the people out of work there. And of course they've had their own lockdown issues with Covid-19. On top of that over a million refugees have spilled across from Syria. And I have to say there's been dwindling international support... And now this,\" he said.\n\nMr Raab said the \"wider challenges facing Lebanon and the region haven't gone away\" and that the UK would be \"looking at ways in which we can help with their medium term challenges on governance on financial support, given the situation there\".\n\nHe also said he and Lebanon's PM had discussed the need for \"a full, thorough and rigorous investigation to get to the truth\" of how the blast happened, adding: \"I think the people of Lebanon deserve no less.\"\n\nEarlier, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for the UK to offer Lebanon its \"full support\" to deal with the crisis.\n\nThe SNP's foreign affairs spokesman also called for the UK to give \"immediate humanitarian assistance\" to Lebanon, as well as enter talks to possibly suspend its state debt.", "Neil Young is suing Donald Trump's re-election campaign for repeatedly using his music without his permission.\n\nThe rock star says the US president breached copyright laws by playing his songs at political rallies and events.\n\nThe Canadian has objected to the use of Rockin' in the Free World and Devil's Sidewalk for what he called an \"un-American campaign of ignorance and hate\".\n\nThe Trump campaign has not yet commented.\n\nYoung said he had complained about Mr Trump's use of his music since 2015, but had been \"wilfully\" ignored.\n\nThe singer, who is now officially a US citizen after having lived in the country for decades, is seeking damages of up to $150,000 (£114,400) per infringement.\n\nThese include at a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June, and the US president's visit to Mount Rushmore in July.\n\n\"This complaint is not intended to disrespect the rights and opinions of American citizens, who are free to support the candidate of their choosing,\" Young's lawyers wrote in the filing, which was posted on the performer's website.\n\n\"However, Plaintiff in good conscience cannot allow his music to be used as a 'theme song' for a divisive, un-American campaign of ignorance and hate.\"\n\nThe 74-year-old has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice - first as a solo artist, and then with his old band Buffalo Springfield.\n\nHe's not the only musician angry with the US president for having used their material.\n\nLast month, The Rolling Stones warned President Trump that he could face legal action if he continued using their songs at his campaign rallies.\n\nMick Jagger and Keith Richards also joined artists including Aerosmith and Sir Elton John in recently signing an open letter calling on politicians to obtain permission before playing their music at campaign and political events.\n\nAccording to music rights organization BMI, regular music licences issued to concert halls and other venues do not cover political rallies.\n\nPolitical candidates must obtain a separate Political Entities Licence, which gives them access to 15 million songs. The Trump campaign does have such a licence.\n\nBut artists have the right to take their music off the list. The Rolling Stones have done so, although Young has not explicitly said whether he also has.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Obesity should be defined by a person's health - not just their weight, says a new Canadian clinical guideline.\n\nIt also advises doctors to go beyond simply recommending diet and exercise.\n\nInstead, they should focus on the root causes of weight gain and take a holistic approach to health.\n\nThe guideline, which was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Tuesday, specifically admonished weight-related stigma against patients in the health system.\n\n\"The dominant cultural narrative regarding obesity fuels assumptions about personal irresponsibility and lack of willpower and casts blame and shame upon people living with obesity,\" the guideline, which is intended to be used by primary care physicians in diagnosing and treating obesity in their daily practice, states.\n\nXimena Ramos-Salas, the director of research and policy at Obesity Canada and one of the guideline's authors, said research shows many doctors discriminate against obese patients, and that can lead to worse health outcomes irrespective of their weight.\n\n\"Weight bias is not just about believing the wrong thing about obesity,\" she told the BBC. \"Weight bias actually has an effect on the behaviour of healthcare practitioners.\"\n\nThe rate of obesity has tripled over the past three decades in Canada, and now about one in four Canadians is obese according to Statistics Canada.\n\nThe guideline had not been updated since 2006. The new version was funded by Obesity Canada, the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research through a Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research grant.\n\nAlthough the latest advice still recommends using diagnostic criteria like the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, it acknowledges their clinical limitations and says doctors should focus more on how weight impacts a person's health.\n\nSmall reductions in weight, of about 3-5%, can lead to health improvements and an obese person's \"best weight\" might not be their \"ideal weight\" according to BMI, the guideline says.\n\nIt emphasises that obesity is a complex, chronic condition that needs lifelong management.\n\n\"For a long time we've associated obesity as a lifestyle behaviour... It's been a lot of shame and blame before,\" Ms Ramos-Salas says.\n\n\"People living with obesity need support like people living with any other chronic disease.\"\n\nBut instead of simply advising patients to \"eat less, move more\", the guideline encourages doctors to provide supports along the lines of psychological therapy, medication and bariatric surgery like gastric-bypass surgery.\n\nThe guideline doesn't completely do away with standard weight-loss advice.\n\n\"All individuals, regardless of body size or composition, would benefit from adopting a healthy, well-balanced eating pattern and engaging in regular physical activity,\" it says.\n\nHowever, it notes that keeping the weight off is often difficult because the brain will compensate by feeling more hungry, thus encouraging people to eat more.\n\nMany studies have shown that most people who lose weight on a diet gain it back.\n\nPhysicians should also ask permission before discussing a patient's weight, and work with them to focus on health goals that matter to them, instead of just telling them to cut calories.", "Pizza Express is considering closing 67 of its UK restaurants, which would mean the loss of 1,100 jobs.\n\nThe chain is the latest High Street outlet to undertake a restructuring of its business after trading was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe news comes just a day after the government launched its Eat Out to Help Out plan to boost the restaurant trade.\n\nPizza Express would not say which of its 449 UK outlets were possible targets for closure.\n\nIt currently has 166 restaurants open, all of which are taking part in Chancellor Rishi Sunak's £10 off meal deal.\n\nAll its UK outlets had been closed since lockdown began on 23 March. They began reopening in July when lockdown rules were eased.\n\nPizza Express said in Tuesday's statement that customer demand had been \"encouraging\" at the restaurants which had reopened and that plans for further re-openings were well underway.\n\nThe company said restructuring the business would put it on a stronger financial footing in the new socially distanced environment.\n\nIf all 67 outlets are closed, that would mean the loss of 15% of its restaurants, but it said the final outcome was yet to be decided.\n\nThe big problem for Pizza Express has been its huge debts.\n\nMore than one billion pounds worth, a sum which was unsustainable.\n\nThe payments to service its borrowing wiped out its profits over the last two years.\n\nA major restructuring has been in the offing for more than a year, long before the pandemic loomed.\n\nDebt has been the serial killer for so many companies, from Carillion to Thomas Cook.\n\nUnlike a lot of its rivals, 95% of its restaurants are understood to be profitable.\n\nThe hope is this plan will be enough to strengthen Pizza Express's finances and put it on a more secure footing.\n\nBut it will probably fall into the hands of its lenders as a result unless a buyer comes forward.\n\nZoe Bowley, UK and Ireland managing director for Pizza Express, said that while the financial restructuring would be a \"positive step forward\", the closures would be \"incredibly sad for our Pizza Express family and we will do everything we can to support our teams at this time\".\n\nMany took to social media to comment. Some blamed investors for being greedy, while others said High Street chains needed more help:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by I’m Still Benny From The Block This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and 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 I’m Still Benny From The Block\n\nNot all were sorry to see it go:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPreviously, Pizza Express has said the majority of its restaurants are profitable.\n\nPizza Express has heavy debts and last year was known to have started talks to put its debts of more than £1bn on more favourable terms.\n\nIt is expected to announce a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in the near future, which is an insolvency procedure that allows a company with debt problems to reach agreement with creditors regarding payment of all, or part of its debts.\n\n1965: Pizza Express founder, the late Peter Boizot, brought a pizza oven from Napoli and a chef from Sicily to open his first restaurant in London's Soho.\n\n1992: Mr Boizot grew his empire over the following almost-three decades before selling it for £15m to Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson, the man who was - until recently - chairman of Patisserie Valerie. They floated it on the stock market the next year and ultimately sold out in 1997 when it was worth £150m.\n\n2003: It was taken private again in a £278m deal by two private equity firms who then floated it two years later - although it lasted less than a year on the public markets before it was returned to private equity hands.\n\n2014: It changed hands again, this time to be acquired for £900m by its current owner, Chinese private equity house Hony Capital.\n\n2020: It has more than 600 restaurants globally: 454 in the UK, including five franchises; 19 in Ireland; 24 in Hong Kong; 6 in Singapore; 14 in UAE; 60 in China; and 49 other international sites operated by franchisees.\n\nAndy Pellington, group chief finance officer at Pizza Express, said: \"While we have had to make some very difficult decisions, none of which has been taken lightly, we are confident in the actions being taken to reduce the level of debt, create a more focused business and improve the operational performance, all of which puts us in a much stronger position.\"\n\nJulian Cox, partner at law firm BLM said: \"Pizza Express is yet another household name that has been pushed to the brink by Covid-19.\n\n\"Whilst the government has attempted to encourage people through the doors with 'Eat Out to Help Out', the initiative is clearly not going to be enough to protect the sector in the long term.\"\n\nWe're only a few days into August, and already nearly 4,500 jobs have been lost as the furlough scheme starts to wind down.\n\nHere, courtesy of the Press Association news agency, is a list of major employers that have announced that jobs will be lost, or are at risk, since the start of the pandemic.\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "A puppet of Boris Johnson has been unveiled ahead of the return of satirical TV show Spitting Image this autumn after 24 years.\n\nThe programme, made famous in the mid-1980s, is due to be recreated by the BBC and ITV for their Britbox streaming service.\n\nPuppets of the prime minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings and Prince Andrew have also been revealed.\n\nThe show originally ran for 18 series from 1984 until it was axed in 1996.\n\nThe new series is also set to mock politicians around the world, including US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.\n\nMr Johnson, depicted with unkempt blonde hair and a badly knotted tie, is the latest prime minister to be depicted in rubbery form by the programme.\n\nMr Cummings, known for a more informal dress sense, is depicted wearing a blue hoodie and black gilet, with a large silver collar.\n\nMr Cummings, a former director of the Vote Leave campaign, became the PM's adviser last July.\n\nThe show memorably featured former Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher in a man's suit berating members of her cabinet, known as \"the vegetables\".\n\nHer successor John Major, who was in No 10 between 1990 and 1997, was caricatured as a dull, grey puppet with a penchant for peas.\n\nPrime ministers serving after him - Labour's Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as well as Conservatives David Cameron and Theresa May - escaped the experience of being regularly parodied on the show during their time in No 10.\n\nMrs Thatcher, often shown in a suit, was addressed by her cabinet as \"sir\".\n\nThe original show, which was watched by 15 million viewers at its peak, also took aim at several other politicians during its twelve years on air.\n\nDouglas Hurd, a cabinet minster in Mrs Thatcher's government, was depicted with \"Mr Whippy ice cream\" hair.\n\nJohn Major's puppet was cast to give the former Tory leader a grey complexion.\n\nMeanwhile Labour figures that were regularly mocked included former leader Neil Kinnock and deputy leader Roy Hattersley.\n\nThe new version will be produced by production company Avalon. Roger Law, co-creator of the original, is on board as executive producer.\n\nHe has previously promised the new Spitting Image will be \"more outrageous, audacious and salacious than the previous incarnation.\"\n\nAs well as politicians, Prince Andrew will be among the famous faces recreated as puppets.\n\nBritBox is a subscription video streaming service from the BBC and ITV.\n\nThe broadcasters joined forces to set up the subscription service as a rival to the likes of Netflix.\n\nIt was launched in the UK in November 2019 and subscribers pay £5.99 per month in HD.\n\nMeanwhile, lockdown measures enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic saw a surge in TV watching and online streaming, according to media watchdog Ofcom.\n\nIts annual study into UK media habits suggested adults - many stuck indoors - spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average.", "The Duke of Edinburgh is to feature in commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.\n\nThe 99-year-old, who retired in 2017, will appear on large screens across the country in a photo montage with other veterans on 15 August.\n\nOther Royal Family members will mark the day, including Prince Charles who will attend a service of remembrance.\n\nAnd the Duke of Cambridge will appear in a separate TV programme.\n\nVJ Day ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps, where disease was rife and there was a lack of food and water.\n\nIt is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.\n\n\"When the Second World War ended 75 years ago with the surrender of Japan, British soldiers, sailors and airmen were serving in the Far East, fighting hard to achieve victory - and were among the last to come home,\" Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.\n\n\"On this anniversary I want to remember what we owe the veterans of the Far East campaign.\"\n\nHe said they brought an end to the war and \"changed the course of history for the better\", while \"many paid the ultimate sacrifice\".\n\n\"That's why on this remarkable anniversary - and every day hereafter - we will remember them,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\nAs a young Royal Navy officer, the Duke of Edinburgh was present for the Japanese surrender aboard a warship, where he was second-in-command, in Tokyo Bay.\n\nThe photo montage will be a rare appearance for the duke, who has only been seen a handful of times in public since retiring - most recently for a military event at Windsor Castle.\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will take part in a service of remembrance and thanksgiving at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, which will be broadcast by the BBC and titled \"The Nation Remembers\".\n\nAnother programme, \"The Nation's Tribute\", will air pre-recorded from Horse Guards Parade in London and will tell the story of those who served in the Far East.\n\nPrince William will appear to pay tribute to the sacrifices of World War Two Allied Forces.\n\nA veteran of the Burma campaign - Captain Sir Tom Moore - has encouraged the public to join in the commemorations, describing VJ Day as \"the most special day\".\n\nCaptain Sir Tom Moore said Britain should \"take some time to remember\"\n\n\"It was VJ Day when the pain of war could finally start to fall away as peace was declared on all fronts,\" said Sir Tom - who raised millions of pounds for the NHS by walking laps of his garden during lockdown.\n\n\"I respectfully ask Britain to stop whatever it is doing and take some time to remember.\n\n\"We must all take the time to stop, think and be thankful that were it not for the ultimate sacrifices made all those years ago by such a brave band of men and women, we would not be enjoying the freedoms we have today, even in these current difficult times.\"\n\nVeteran Joseph Hammond, who joined the war when he was just 18, said: \"I will be remembering all my comrades who fought with me in the Far East,\"\n\nMr Hammond, who was drafted from Ghana to fight with the 82nd Division in Burma in 1943, said: \"Many of us were away from home for several years not knowing what was happening elsewhere in the war and hearing little or nothing from our families.\n\n\"I would like to pay tribute to all those who fought in the Far East in extremely tough conditions against a very formidable enemy.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. English house prices are “way, way too expensive” in comparison with France and Germany, says the PM.\n\nSweeping changes to the planning system in England will make it quicker to build much-needed new homes, the prime minister has said.\n\nBoris Johnson said the plans, which aim stop local opponents blocking development in designated growth zones, were \"long overdue\".\n\nCritics say the changes could lead to \"bad-quality housing\" and loss of local control.\n\nThe BBC's Jessica Parker said the plans had prompted disquiet among Tory MPs.\n\nThe government says it wants reduce the number of planning cases that get overturned at appeal by creating a \"clearer, rules-based system\".\n\nMr Johnson said the changes would help developers complete projects in a \"more timely way\" and help young people onto the housing ladder.\n\n\"We've got fantastic builders that do a great job - but for some reason or other, and planning has a lot to do with it, it takes far too long to build a home in this country,\" he said.\n\nHe said \"more timely\" completion of new project would also help young people \"excluded from getting onto the property ladder\".\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick said local people would get a \"meaningful say\" at the start of the planning process, when local plans are drawn up, but will not be able to block new schemes after that.\n\nHe claimed local people \"did not have a great deal of influence\" over the current planning system and that few people engaged with it.\n\nMr Jenrick also wants to change the way developers contribute to the cost of building affordable housing and new infrastructure in every new project.\n\nThe government will introduce a national charge for developers - replacing the existing Section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy - to fund projects such as schools, roads and GP surgeries, and a fixed proportion of affordable homes in a development.\n\nMr Johnson said the new infrastructure levy would be \"much simpler\" for developers and allow them to build a \"much bigger chunk\" of affordable housing.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"This is a developers' charter, frankly, taking councils and communities out of it.\n\n\"And on affordable housing, which is the critical issue, it says nothing. In fact it removes the initiatives that were there for affordable housing.\"\n\nAlan Jones, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects said: \"While there's no doubt the planning system needs reform, these shameful proposals do almost nothing to guarantee the delivery of affordable, well-designed and sustainable homes.\"\n\nHe said that taken together with moves to allow more commercial premises to be converted into homes without planning permission, \"there's every chance they could also lead to the creation of the next generation of slum housing\".\n\nMr Jenrick said such criticism was \"complete nonsense\", insisting that \"design and quality\" were central to the government's plans.\n\nBBC Political Correspondent Jessica Parker said there was disquiet on the Conservative benches about the government's proposals, with one MP predicting \"quite a battle\" on the issue.\n\nConservative MP Geoffrey Clifton Brown, told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: \"Whilst I'm all in favour of building more houses, they need to be good quality houses, we've got to be really sure we're not building slums of tomorrow by building today at low quality.\"\n\nBut the Cotswolds MP added that people in areas like his now realised more homes needed to be built so \"their children and their grandchildren\" can get on the housing ladder.\n\nFor Jacky Nabb, a proposal to build 3,000 houses near her home in the Oxfordshire countryside felt to her like \"somebody just twisted my stomach\".\n\nShe added: \"It sounds really dramatic, but it broke my heart.\"\n\nThere has been a four-year battle over the prospective new town at Chalgrove - and a broader plan for local homes - with bitter political skirmishing and the personal intervention of the housing secretary.\n\nBut still, not a single brick has been laid here.\n\nIt is exactly this sort of delay ministers want to sweep away.\n\nUnder their policy, once a local plan is agreed, developers in some places could press on with confidence.\n\nBut local Conservatives have opposed the Chalgrove plan too, just as they have many other developments.\n\nWill the government hold firm should campaigning Tories - under fire from home-owning voters - turn on this policy?\n\nMaking yet another announcement about homes is easy. Turning it into real change will require political courage.\n\nUnder the government's proposals, which have gone out to consultation, land will be divided into three categories - \"growth\", \"renewal\" or \"protected\".\n\nIf land is designated for \"renewal\" councils would have to look favourably on new developments. In \"growth\" areas, new homes, hospitals and schools will be allowed automatically.\n\nAreas of outstanding natural beauty and the green belt will come under the \"protected\" category and \"beautiful buildings\" will be fast-tracked through the system.\n\nThe White Paper proposes that all new streets should be tree-lined and \"all new homes to be carbon-neutral by 2050, with no new homes delivered under the new system needing to be retrofitted\".\n\nThe plans also include the \"first homes scheme\", to provide newly built homes at a 30% discount for local people, key workers and first-time buyers.\n\nThe chairman of the Local Government Association, James Jamieson, said the government's claim that the planning system was a barrier to house building was \"a myth\".\n\nMr Jamieson said nine out of 10 planning applications were approved by councils, but that more than a million homes given permission in the last decade had yet to be built.\n\nHomeless charity Shelter said 280,000 homes received permission in England between 2011 and 2016 but were never built.\n\nBBC Reality Check said there had been criticism in recent years of the amount of time it took to get planning permission, but also said many developers secured planning permission and then did not immediately build.\n\nIt's hard to be sure about these proposals from the environmental perspective because key details are missing.\n\nOne policy unifies green critics - the plan to make all homes carbon-neutral by 2050.\n\nLabour promised to achieve that by 2016 and environmentalists condemned the later date as \"pitiful\".\n\nThey also fear the zoning system will do little to help the wildlife that lives outside protected areas.\n\nThe current system governed by councillors is very flexible. The zoning system would be more rigid.\n\nApart from that, confusion abounds.\n\nWhat happens, for instance, if citizens devising their local plan decide their whole area should fall into the \"protected\" category? Can they reject all new homes on their patch?\n\nIf so, what's the role of the government's housing targets?\n\nPerhaps answers will emerge. But I'm told some officials in the department think these plans have been rushed and are rather a \"dog's dinner\".\n\nA number of new planning measures were announced by the government in June.\n\nFrom September, home owners will be allowed to build above their properties without going through the normal planning process and developers will be able build above - or demolish and rebuild - vacant premises, or change the use of town centre shops, without planning permission.\n\nBuilders will also be allowed to convert a wider range of commercial properties into homes - despite criticism in a government-commissioned report that the existing policy has led to poor quality, cramped flats with low quality of life for their residents.", "An image sent by Merdan Ghappar appears to show him handcuffed in a cell\n\nMerdan Ghappar was used to posing for the camera.\n\nAs a model for the massive Chinese online retailer Taobao, the 31-year-old was well paid to flaunt his good looks in slick promotional videos for clothing brands.\n\nBut one video of Mr Ghappar is different. Instead of a glitzy studio or fashionable city street, the backdrop is a bare room with grubby walls and steel mesh on the window. And in place of the posing, Mr Ghappar sits silently with an anxious expression on his face.\n\nHolding the camera with his right hand, he reveals his dirty clothes, his swollen ankles, and a set of handcuffs fixing his left wrist to the metal frame of the bed - the only piece of furniture in the room.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe video of Mr Ghappar, along with a number of accompanying text messages also passed to the BBC, together provide a chilling and extremely rare first-hand account of China's highly secure and secretive detention system - sent directly from the inside.\n\nThe material adds to the body of evidence documenting the impact of China's fight against what it calls the \"three evil forces\" of separatism, terrorism, and extremism in the country's far western region of Xinjiang.\n\nOver the past few years, credible estimates suggest, more than one million Uighurs and other minorities have been forced into a network of highly secure camps in Xinjiang that China has insisted are voluntary schools for anti-extremism training.\n\nThousands of children have been separated from their parents and, recent research shows, women have been forcibly subjected to methods of birth control.\n\nIn addition to the clear allegations of torture and abuse, Mr Ghappar's account appears to provide evidence that, despite China's insistence that most re-education camps have been closed, Uighurs are still being detained in significant numbers and held without charge.\n\nIt also contains new details about the huge psychological pressure placed on Uighur communities, including a document he photographed which calls on children as young as 13 to \"repent and surrender\".\n\nPart of a document sent by Merdan Ghappar calling on children to 'repent and surrender'\n\nAnd with Xinjiang currently experiencing a spike in the number of coronavirus infections, the dirty and crowded conditions he describes highlight the serious risk of contagion posed by this kind of mass detention during a global pandemic.\n\nThe BBC sent detailed requests for comment to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Xinjiang authorities but neither responded.\n\nMr Ghappar's family, who have not heard from him since the messages stopped five months ago, are aware that the release of the four minute, thirty-eight second video of him in his cell might increase the pressure and punishment he faces.\n\nBut they say it is their last hope, both to highlight his case and the plight of the Uighurs in general.\n\nHis uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands, believes the video could galvanise public opinion in the same way that footage of the police treatment of George Floyd became a powerful symbol of racial discrimination in the US.\n\n\"They have both faced brutality for their race,\" he says.\n\n\"But while in America people are raising their voices, in our case there is silence.\"\n\nIn 2009, Merdan Ghappar - like many Uighurs at that time - left Xinjiang to seek opportunity in China's wealthier cities in the east.\n\nHaving studied dance at Xinjiang Arts University, he found work first as a dancer and then, a few years later, as a model in the southern Chinese city of Foshan. Friends say Mr Ghappar could earn up to 10,000 Rmb (£1,000) per day.\n\nHis story reads like an advert for the country's dynamic, booming economy and President Xi Jinping's \"China Dream\". But the Uighurs, with their Turkic language, Islamic faith and ethnic ties to the peoples and cultures of central Asia, have long been viewed as an object of suspicion by Chinese rulers and faced discrimination in wider society.\n\nMr Ghappar's relatives say that Mr Ghappar was told it would be best for his modelling career to downplay his Uighur identity and refer to his facial features as \"half-European\".\n\nMerdan Ghappar moved from Xinjiang in 2009 to pursue a modelling career\n\nAnd although he had earned enough money to buy a sizeable apartment, they say he was unable to register it in his own name, instead having to use the name of a Han Chinese friend.\n\nBut those injustices now seem mild by comparison with what was to come.\n\nEver since two brutal attacks targeting pedestrians and commuters in Beijing in 2013 and the city of Kunming in 2014 - blamed by China on Uighur separatists - the state has begun to view Uighur culture as not only suspicious but seditious.\n\nBy 2018, when the state had come up with its answer - the sprawling system of camps and jails built rapidly and extensively across Xinjiang - Mr Ghappar was still living in Foshan, where his life was about to take an abrupt turn for the worse.\n\nIn August that year, he was arrested and sentenced to 16 months in prison for selling cannabis, a charge his friends insist was trumped up.\n\nWhether truly guilty or not, there was little chance of an acquittal, with statistics showing that more than 99% of defendants brought before Chinese criminal courts are convicted.\n\nUp to a million Muslims are thought to have been detained in prison camps across Xinjiang\n\nBut, upon his release in November 2019, any relief he felt at having served his time was short lived. Little more than a month later, police knocked on his door, telling him he needed to return to Xinjiang to complete a routine registration procedure.\n\nThe BBC has seen evidence that appears to show he was not suspected of any further offence, with authorities simply stating that \"he may need to do a few days of education at his local community\" - a euphemism for the camps.\n\nOn 15 January this year, his friends and family were allowed to bring warm clothes and his phone to the airport, before he was put on a flight from Foshan and escorted by two officers back to his home city of Kucha in Xinjiang.\n\nThere is evidence of other Uighurs being forced to return home, either from elsewhere in China or from abroad, and Mr Ghappar's family were convinced that he had disappeared into the re-education camps.\n\nBut more than a month later they received some extraordinary news.\n\nSomehow, he had managed to get access to his phone and was using it to communicate with the outside world.\n\nMerdan Ghappar's text messages, said to have been sent from the same room as his self-shot video, paint an even more terrifying picture of his experience after arriving in Xinjiang.\n\nWritten via the Chinese social media app WeChat, he explains that he was first kept in a police jail in Kucha.\n\n\"I saw 50 to 60 people detained in a small room no bigger than 50 square metres, men on the right, women on the left,\" he writes.\n\n\"Everyone was wearing a so-called 'four-piece-suit', a black head sack, handcuffs, leg shackles and an iron chain connecting the cuffs to the shackles.\"\n\nChina's use of these combined hand and leg cuffs has been criticised in the past by human rights groups.\n\nMr Ghappar was made to wear the device and, joining his fellow inmates in a caged-off area covering around two-thirds of the cell, he found there was no room to lie down and sleep.\n\n\"I lifted the sack on my head and told the police officer that the handcuffs were so tight they hurt my wrists,\" he writes in one of the text messages.\n\n\"He shouted fiercely at me, saying 'If you remove your hood again, I will beat you to death'. And after that I dared not to talk,\" he adds.\n\n\"Dying here is the last thing I want.\"\n\nHe writes about the constant sound of screaming, coming from elsewhere in the jail. \"Interrogation rooms,\" he suggested.\n\nAnd he describes squalid and unsanitary conditions - inmates suffering from lice while sharing just a handful of plastic bowls and spoons between them all.\n\n\"Before eating, the police would ask people with infectious diseases to put their hands up and they'd be the last to eat,\" he writes.\n\n\"But if you want to eat earlier, you can remain silent. It's a moral issue, do you understand?\"\n\nThen, on 22 January, with China at the height of its coronavirus crisis, news of a massive, nationwide attempt to control the epidemic reached the prisoners.\n\nMr Ghappar's account suggests the enforcement of quarantine rules were much stricter in Xinjiang than elsewhere. At one point, four young men, aged between 16 and 20, were brought into the cell.\n\n\"During the epidemic period they were found outside playing a kind of game like baseball,\" he writes.\n\n\"They were brought to the police station and beaten until they screamed like babies, the skin on their buttocks split open and they couldn't sit down.\"\n\nThe policemen began making all the prisoners wear masks, although they still had to remain hooded in the stuffy, over-crowded cell.\n\n\"A hood and a mask - there was even less air,\" he writes.\n\nWhen the officers later came around with thermometers, several inmates including Mr Ghappar, registered higher than the normal body temperature of 37C (98.6F).\n\nStill wearing his \"four-piece suit\", he was moved upstairs to another room where the guards kept the windows open at night, making the air so cold that he could not sleep.\n\nThere, he said, the sounds of torture were much clearer.\n\n\"One time I heard a man screaming from morning until evening,\" he says.\n\nA few days later, the prisoners were loaded onto minibuses and sent away to an unknown location. Mr Ghappar, who was suffering from a cold and with his nose running, was separated from the rest and taken to the facility seen in the video he sent - a place he described as an \"epidemic control centre\". Once there, he was handcuffed to the bed.\n\n\"My whole body is covered in lice. Every day I catch them and pick them off from my body - it's so itchy,\" he writes.\n\n\"Of course, the environment here is better than the police station with all those people. Here I live alone, but there are two people guarding me.\"\n\nIt was the slightly more relaxed regime that gave him, he says, the opportunity he needed to get word out. His phone appears to have remained unnoticed by the authorities among his personal belongings, some of which he was given access to in his new place of imprisonment.\n\nAfter 18 days inside the police jail, he was suddenly and secretly in touch with the outside world.\n\nFor a few days he described his experiences. Then, suddenly, the messages stopped.\n\nNothing has been heard from Mr Ghappar since. The authorities have provided no formal notification of his whereabouts, nor any reason for his continued detention.\n\nIt is impossible to independently verify the authenticity of the text messages. But experts say that the video footage appears to be genuine, in particular because of the propaganda messages that can be heard in the background.\n\n\"Xinjiang has never been an 'East Turkistan'\", says an announcement in both Uighur and Chinese from a loudspeaker outside his window.\n\n\"Separatist forces at home and abroad have politicised this geographical term and called for those who speak Turkic languages and believe in Islam to unite,\" the announcement says.\n\nJames Millward, a professor of history at Georgetown University and an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, translated and analysed Mr Ghappar's text messages for the BBC.\n\nHe says they are consistent with other well documented cases, from his transportation back to Xinjiang and the initial processing in crowded, unsanitary conditions.\n\n\"This firsthand description of the police holding cell is very, very vivid,\" Professor Millward says.\n\n\"He writes in very good Chinese and gives, frankly, a lot of horrific detail about the way these people are treated. So, it's quite a rare source.\"\n\nDr Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and another leading Xinjiang scholar, suggests that the video's real value is what it says about the Chinese government claim that the camp system is being wound down.\n\n\"It is extremely significant,\" Dr Zenz says. \"This testimony shows that the whole system of detaining people, sorting them and then feeding them into extra judicial internment… that this is very much ongoing.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. China's ambassador: \"There is no such concentration camp in Xinjiang\"\n\nAnother layer of credibility is provided by a photograph of a document that sources say Mr Ghappar sent after finding it on the floor of one of the epidemic control centre toilets.\n\nThe document refers to a speech made by the Communist Party Secretary of Aksu Prefecture, and the date and location suggest it could well have still been circulating in official circles in the city of Kucha around the time of Mr Ghappar's detention.\n\nThe document's call for children as young as 13 to be encouraged to \"repent for their mistakes and voluntarily surrender\" appears to be new evidence of the extent of China's monitoring and control of the thoughts and behaviours of the Uighurs and other minorities.\n\n\"I think this is the first time I've seen an official notice of minors being held responsible for their religious activity,\" says Dr Darren Byler, an anthropologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder who has researched and written extensively about the Uighurs.\n\nDespite the risk that the publication of Merdan Ghappar's video and text messages will put him at risk of longer or harsher punishment, those close to him say they no longer have any choice.\n\n\"Staying silent will not help him either,\" says his uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, from his home in Amsterdam.\n\nDemonstrators in Paris hold signs calling for an end to the Uighur \"genocide\"\n\nAbdulhakim says he kept in regular touch with his nephew before he was taken into detention, and he believes - as has been well documented in other cases - that this overseas connection is one of the reasons Mr Ghappar was detained.\n\n\"Yes, I am 100% sure about it,\" he said. \"He was detained just because I am abroad and I take part in protests against Chinese human rights abuses.\"\n\nAbdulhakim's activism, which began in 2009 in Xinjiang when he helped hand out flyers ahead of a large-scale protest in the city of Urumqi, was the reason he fled to the Netherlands in the first place.\n\nThe protest in Urumqi later spilled into a series of violent riots which, Chinese authorities say, claimed nearly 200 lives and are seen as another one of the major turning points towards its tightening control over the region.\n\nTold that the Chinese authorities were seeking his arrest, Abdulhakim got himself a passport and left. He has never been back.\n\nHe insists that all of his political activities, both inside China and abroad, have been peaceful, and his nephew, he says, has never shown any interest in politics at all.\n\nThe list of questions sent by the BBC to the Chinese authorities asked them to confirm whether Merdan Ghappar or his uncle are suspected of any crime in China.\n\nIt also asked why Mr Ghappar was shackled to a bed, and for a response from the authorities to his other allegations of mistreatment and torture.\n\nNone of the questions was answered.\n\nWherever Merdan Ghappar is now, one thing is clear.\n\nWhether his earlier conviction for a drugs offence was just or not, his current detention is proof that even well-educated and relatively successful Uighurs can become a target of the internment system.\n\n\"This young man, as a fashion model, has a successful career already,\" said Professor Millward. \"He speaks wonderful Chinese, writes very well and uses fancy phrases, so clearly this is not someone who needs education for a vocational purpose.\"\n\nDr Adrian Zenz argues that this is the point of the system.\n\n\"It doesn't actually matter so much what the background of the person is,\" he says.\n\n\"What matters is that their loyalty has been tested by the system. At some point almost everybody is going to experience some form of internment or re-education, everybody is going to be subjected to this system.\"\n\nThe Chinese government denies that it is persecuting the Uighur population. After heavy criticism over the issue recently from the US, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, invoked the death of George Floyd, saying that Uighurs in Xinjiang were free in comparison to African Americans in the US.\n\nBut for Merdan Ghappar's family, haunted by the image of him chained to a bed in an unknown location, there is a connection between the two cases.\n\n\"When I saw the George Floyd video it reminded me of my nephew's own video,\" says Merdan's uncle Abdulhakim.\n\n\"The entire Uighur people are just like George Floyd now,\" he says. \"We can't breathe.\"", "Disney's decision to release its Mulan remake on its streaming platform has been strongly criticised by the body representing British cinemas.\n\nThe live-action reboot had been due in cinemas, but the company has now said it will be put on Disney+ in the US.\n\nThe UK Cinema Association said it understands the same will happen in the UK, which is \"hugely disappointing\".\n\nChief executive Phil Clapp said: \"For many this will seem a step backwards rather than forward.\"\n\nCinemas have been reopening in the UK since July, but face a battle to tempt fans back. Most new releases have been delayed or released online.\n\nMr Clapp said: \"With cinemas across the UK now continuing to re-open and welcome back their customers, the decision by Walt Disney Studios yesterday to put Mulan on their Disney+ service and not into cinemas will be seen by many as hugely disappointing and mistimed.\"\n\nAround 40% of UK cinemas are thought to have reopened, with social distancing\n\nOn Tuesday, Disney confirmed the film would be available online in the US for $29.99 (£23) from 4 September.\n\nChief executive Bob Chapek said the cost would vary in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Western Europe. But Disney has not confirmed its plans for the UK.\n\nMr Clapp said: \"Rather than playing a great new family film in the best place possible to see it, the cinema theatre, audiences are instead being encouraged to stay home and pay a premium price to watch it.\"\n\nAlthough around 40% of UK cinemas are reported to have reopened, many cinemagoers have not returned. Last weekend's box office takings were just 3% of the total on the same weekend last year.\n\nMulan, which cost an estimated $200m (£152m) to make, will come out in cinemas in countries that do not currently have Disney+ platform, such as China, and where movie theatres are back in business, the company's boss added.\n\nThe film had been scheduled for a full cinema release in March, but that has been postponed several times.\n\nMr Chapek called the move to Disney+ \"a one-off\", but said the pandemic had forced the company to explore other revenue streams.\n\nCommentators have suggested the Mulan move could turn out be a tipping point in the battle between cinema release and streaming.\n\nThe Guardian described it as \"seismic\", Empire magazine said it was \"potentially devastating news for theatre chains and us, the moviegoing public\", and The Telegraph accused Disney of \"behaving as though it wants our cinemas to die\".\n\nOn Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter quoted a letter sent by Disney to UK cinema operators, in which the company reportedly apologised and said the decision was \"not taken lightly\".\n\nIt also reported a separate letter sent by Mr Clapp to UK Cinema Association members in which he called the company's move \"frankly bewildering\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic could run out of cash next month if creditors do not approve a £1.2bn rescue deal, a UK court has heard.\n\nThe airline is \"fundamentally sound\" but a restructuring and fresh injection of money is critical to securing its future, Virgin's lawyers said.\n\nThe plans need approval from creditors under a court-sanctioned process.\n\nAs part of that process Virgin Atlantic is also seeking protection under chapter 15 of the US bankruptcy code.\n\nThat enables a foreign debtor to shield assets in the country.\n\nLike other airlines, Virgin Atlantic's finances have been hit hard by the collapse in air travel due to the pandemic.\n\nLast month, the company agreed a rescue deal worth £1.2bn ($1.6bn) to secure its future beyond the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe court in London heard that the airline's cash flow would drop to \"critical levels\" by the middle of next month and it would \"run out of money altogether\" by the week beginning 28 September.\n\nDavid Allison QC, for Virgin Atlantic, told Mr Justice Trower in written submissions that the group had \"a fundamentally sound business model which was not in any problems at all before the Covid-19 pandemic\".\n\n\"Passenger demand has plummeted to a level that would, until recently, have been unthinkable,\" he said. \"As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the group is now undergoing a liquidity crisis.\"\n\nMr Allison said that without a \"solvent recapitalisation\", including an injection of new money, Virgin Atlantic's directors would have \"no choice\" but to place the company into administration in mid-September 2020 in order to wind down the business and sell any assets, where possible.\n\nHe said the restructuring needed to be sanctioned by early September. Mr Justice Trower gave the go-ahead for a meeting of creditors on 25 August.\n\nIn a related procedural move, Virgin Atlantic filed for US bankruptcy protection, saying it had negotiated a deal with stakeholders \"for a consensual recapitalization\" that will get debt off its balance sheet and \"immediately position it for sustainable long-term growth\".\n\nVirgin Atlantic said in a statement on Wednesday that it continues to operate its limited flight schedule, adding: \"With support already secured from the majority of stakeholders, it's expected that the Restructuring Plan and recapitalisation will come into effect in September. We remain confident in the plan.\"\n\nUnder the airline's restructuring plan, Sir Richard's Virgin Group will inject £200m, with additional funds provided by investors and creditors.\n\nThe billionaire Virgin boss had a request for UK government money rejected, leaving the airline in a race against time to secure new investment.\n\nIn May, Virgin Atlantic, which is 51% owned by Virgin Group and 49% by US airline Delta, announced that it would cut more than 3,000 jobs in the UK and close its operation at Gatwick airport.\n\nMeanwhile, Virgin Australia's new owner, the US private equity group Bain Capital, said it will cut 3,000 jobs, which is about a third of the airline's employees.\n\nThe turnaround plan for Australia's second largest airline will also see it retire the budget brand Tigerair.\n\n\"Working with Bain Capital, we will accelerate our plan to deliver a strong future in a challenging domestic and global aviation market,\" Virgin Australia's chief executive Paul Scurrah said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn April, Virgin Australia went into voluntary administration, making it Australia's first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe following month it was bought by Bain Capital, which said it supported the airline's current management team and its turnaround plan for the business.\n\nBain also promised a \"significant injection of capital\" that would help Virgin Australia recapitalise and retain thousands of jobs.\n\nCarriers around the world are struggling as they deal with the severe plunge in air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe International Air Transport Association warned in June that the slump will drive airline losses of more than $84bn (£64bn) this year.", "The coffin of John Hume is brought into St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry\n\nJohn Hume's body has been brought to St Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry, ahead of his funeral on Wednesday.\n\nSDLP members formed a guard of honour, holding candles in tribute to their former leader who died on Monday.\n\nHis family asked mourners to refrain from lining the streets of his native city on Tuesday evening.\n\nInstead, they asked people to light a \"candle for peace\" at their homes due to the restrictions in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.\n\nTributes have continued to pour in from presidents and prime ministers for the former SDLP leader.\n\nOn Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted that a candle had been lit in Downing Street, saying it was a \"symbol\" of the peace that Mr Hume \"was so instrumental in securing\".\n\nPeople lit candles in memory of Mr Hume and placed them in their windows\n\nThe Irish government is flying national flags at half mast to honour Mr Hume.\n\nIreland's Foreign Ministry said he was \"rightly remembered across the world today\" as one of Ireland's and Europe's greatest political leaders and peacemakers.\n\nIn a statement, the Hume family said the \"heartfelt and sincere\" condolences they had received since announcing his death had been \"immensely comforting\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Boris Johnson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThey said his remains would leave his home in Moville, County Donegal, on Tuesday evening and return to St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry.\n\n\"John loved the people of Derry and Donegal,\" they said.\n\nSDLP members formed a guard of honour to welcome John Hume back to Derry\n\n\"We know he would have prioritised public health and the safety and health of our communities. We're asking people to follow that guidance, please do not put yourself or others at risk.\n\n\"Instead we would ask that people light a candle for peace at 9pm in their homes or at their door.\"\n\nMr Hume's funeral Mass will take place in the cathedral at 11:30 BST on Wednesday, and will be streamed live on the BBC News NI website.\n\nThe priest who is due to deliver the funeral homily has echoed the family's call for mourners to pay their respects from home rather than attend mass gatherings during the pandemic.\n\nCurrent SDLP leader Colum Eastwood was among the mourners on Tuesday evening\n\n\"We live in extraordinary times and, sadly, all those people all over the island of Ireland and beyond cannot attend this evening,\" Fr Paul Farren said.\n\nPeople have been signing a book of condolence for John Hume in Derry's Guildhall\n\n\"We have to be careful, prudent and safe and do what's wise.\n\n\"We ask people at home to pray, to light a candle - we will have a celebration of light and our intention is for peace.\"\n\nThe Mayor of Derry, Brian Tierney, who represents the SDLP, also lit a candle at the city's Guildhall building on Tuesday evening as Mr Hume's body returned to his home city.\n\nA nun wearing PPE signs the book of condolence at Derry's Guildhall\n\nThe tributes to Mr Hume, who was one of the key architects of the Northern Ireland peace process, reflected his international reputation.\n\nFormer US President Bill Clinton remembered his persistence and unshakeable commitment to non-violence, while former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was in office when the Good Friday Agreement was signed, described him as a political titan.\n\nJohn Hume with his wife Pat in 1979\n\nThe taoiseach (Irish PM) at the time of the deal, Bertie Ahern, recalled the former SDLP leader as a force for stability amid days of violence and chaos.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Mr Hume as a \"political giant\", while the current Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was a \"great hero and a true peacemaker\".\n\nOn Monday, the Irish government lowered its flag to half mast outside its Dublin headquarters and also outside Iveagh House which houses the Department of Foreign Affairs to \"mark the passing of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate John Hume\".\n\nThe department tweeted that he was \"rightly remembered across the world today as one of Ireland's and Europe's greatest political leaders and peacemakers\".\n\nThe Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu, has opened a book of condolence for mourners in Dublin to pay their respects to Mr Hume.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Lord Mayor of Dublin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Lord Mayor of Dublin\n\nCloser to home, a book of condolence was opened at Derry's Guildhall on Monday.\n\nSigning the book, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the island had lost its most significant political figure of the 20th Century.\n\nMr Eastwood compared his predecessor to the famous US civil rights leader Martin Luther King.\n\n\"John Hume was our Martin Luther King,\" he said.\n\n\"He was the greatest Irishman ever and he achieved something that no-one could ever achieve before him: he ended the Anglo-Irish conflict, the conflict that had gone on for 800 years, and he gave my generation the opportunity to achieve our political goals peacefully and democratically, and that is an enormous legacy.\"\n\nThe neighbouring district of Fermanagh and Omagh Council has also opened an online book of condolence on its website.\n\nThe former Foyle MP and MEP for Northern Ireland, who had dementia and in recent years had lived in a care home in Londonderry, died in the early hours of Monday morning.\n\nA minute's silence was held before the start of the match in Southampton on Tuesday\n\nMeanwhile, cricketers from the Irish and English teams wore black armbands in memory of Mr Hume during Tuesday's one-day international in Southampton.\n\nA minute's silence was held before the start of the match.\n\nMr Hume was a cricket fan and in his younger days was a left-arm spin bowler.\n\nRoss McCollum, chair of Cricket Ireland, said the former SDLP leader \"will no doubt be remembered as a giant of his time, and his legacy will extend for many generations to come\".", "WH Smith is considering cutting 1,500 jobs - 11% of its workforce - after the lockdown caused sales to plummet.\n\nMost of the jobs being lost will be at the company's travel sites, situated at airports and railway stations.\n\nThe firm said the impact of the coronavirus outbreak meant it expected to report a loss of £70-75m for the year to the end of August.\n\nWH Smith is the latest High Street name to consider job cuts amid the disruption caused by the pandemic.\n\nThe company has 575 High Street shops and employs more than 14,000 people. Revenue at its travel division, which includes stores at airports and rail stations, fell 92% in the first month of lockdown.\n\nAt its High Street division, sales were still 25% down in July after lockdown eased.\n\nWH Smith said it had now reopened all its High Street stores and 246 of its largest travel division sites, those in airports, railway stations and hospitals.\n\nThe announcement comes after William Hill said 119 of its High Street betting shops would not re-open after the shutdown forced by the coronavirus outbreak. Also on Wednesday, fashion chain M&Co said it, too, was cutting 340 jobs and closing 47 stores.\n\nWH Smith will have fewer outlets at airports and railway stations\n\nWH Smith, which made £155m in profit last year, said the job cuts and associated restructuring would cost it between £15-19m, but added it had enough funds to get through a prolonged downturn.\n\nGroup chief executive Carl Cowling said: \"While there has been some progress in our High Street business, it does continue to be adversely affected by low levels of footfall.\n\n\"As a result, we now need to take further action to reduce costs across our businesses. I regret that this will have an impact on a significant number of colleagues whose roles will be affected by these necessary actions.\"\n\nHe added that the company would do \"everything we can to support them at this challenging time\".\n\nNews of the latest cuts comes after a wave of retail redundancies. On Monday, DW Sports said up to 1,700 jobs were at risk. John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Boots and Selfridges are among other big names to announce job cuts.\n\nThe restaurant sector has also been hit hard, with Pizza Express warning on Tuesday that 1,100 jobs could go as part of a restructuring that could see 15% of outlets shut.\n\nAnd the travel and tourism sector continues to suffer, with Hayes Travel saying on Monday that almost 900 jobs would go.\n\nBarely a week into August, and already some 6,000 jobs have been lost or are under threat as the furlough scheme starts to wind down.\n\nHere, courtesy of the Press Association news agency, is a list of major employers that have announced that jobs will be lost, or are at risk, since the start of the pandemic.\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals, a group of MPs has said.\n\nThe Home Affairs committee said a lack of border measures earlier in the pandemic was a \"serious mistake\".\n\nIt added ministers had underestimated the threat of importing the virus from Europe as opposed to Asia.\n\nBut a Home Office spokeswoman said the committee were \"incorrect in their assertions\".\n\nShe added: \"All of our decisions throughout the pandemic have been guided by the science, with appropriate measures introduced at the right time to keep us all safe.\"\n\nIn their report, the committee backed a decision not to close the UK's borders in the early stages of the crisis, given the \"large number\" of returning British nationals.\n\nBut it added that a requirement for people arriving from certain countries to quarantine, introduced in early June, should have come in earlier.\n\nSince then, those arriving in the UK have to self-isolate for 14 days or face the threat of fines, with each of the UK's four nations compiling a list of exempted countries where this does not apply.\n\nDuring February and early March, all passengers from Hubei Province in China and certain areas of South Korea, as well as Iran and later Italy, were asked to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival.\n\nThe MPs criticised a decision not to include Spain on this early list, adding that government advice had initially focused on Asian countries and did not \"recognise soon enough\" the risk of importing the virus from Europe.\n\nThey added that a later decision - on 13 March - to end self-isolation advice for international arrivals not displaying symptoms had been \"inexplicable\".\n\nThe Home Office said this advice was replaced by guidance advising all people in the UK, including arrivals, to self-isolate if they developed symptoms.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Starmer: “We need to get our children back into schools, that has to be the priority\".\n\nCiting evidence from scientific studies, the MPs said it was likely that thousands of infected people then arrived in the UK before full lockdown came in 10 days later.\n\n\"It is highly likely that this contributed to the rapid increase in the spread of the virus in mid-March and to the overall scale of the outbreak in the UK,\" they added.\n\n\"The failure properly to consider the possibility of imposing stricter requirements on those arriving - such as mandatory self-isolation, increased screening, targeted testing or enforceable quarantine - was a serious error.\"\n\nThis is the second Parliamentary report in a week that's accused the government of serious errors. Last week's criticised how hospital patients were discharged to care homes without a Covid test.\n\nThat and today's report amount to the same accusation - poor or inexplicable decisions that didn't help slow the march of the pandemic.\n\nThe MPs cite examples from around the world where countries were requiring passengers arriving in that country to comply with stringent quarantine or monitoring measures.\n\nThe government insists that its general message from 13 March to the public to stay at home, if they had symptoms, worked.\n\nBut that recommendation was not the same as clear guidance, or an absolute legal requirement, for passengers to self-isolate even if they were feeling perfectly well.\n\nAnd that, say the MPs, meant travellers in March were able to arrive and move about much more freely at a critical moment in the spread of the virus across the UK.\n\nThe committee added that the decision to withdraw self-isolation advice was \"very different from countries in similar circumstances\".\n\nIt concluded that countries that instead introduced tougher border measures, such as Singapore, had been \"proved justified in doing so\".\n\nIt said an official estimate used to justify the UK's approach - stating that only 0.5% of domestic infections had been imported from overseas - was not calculated until late March.\n\nBut the MPs point out that the proportion of cases was likely to have been \"substantially higher\" when blanket quarantine advice was lifted earlier that month.\n\nThey backed the mandatory quarantine rules introduced in June, and said ministers should consider greater testing of arrivals at the UK's borders.\n\nLabour MP Yvette Cooper, who chairs the committee and is a former shadow home secretary, said the lack of stronger quarantine rules in March \"did make the epidemic worse\".\n\nShe said the new guidance introduced in mid-March \"didn't cover anybody who was asymptomatic, anybody who wasn't sure what the symptoms were\".\n\n\"At a time when other countries were introducing stronger border measures, the UK was lifting them,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"We've seen no science behind that decision at all - and it's that lack of science, lack of transparency that's so concerning\".\n\nBut a Home Office spokeswoman said the government had followed the scientific advice.\n\n\"And with passengers numbers significantly reduced, the scientific advice was clear that quarantine measures for those entering the country from abroad would be most effective when the UK has a lower level of infection,\" she added.\n\n\"Therefore, as the virus was brought under control here, border measures were introduced on 8 June to protect public health and help avoid a second peak that would overwhelm the NHS.\"", "The \"sun is shining\" with customers' return to Three Cliffs Bay Holiday Park in Gower\n\nCaravan and camp sites around Wales \"haven't stopped\" due to the volume of guests and staycation inquiries since coronavirus restrictions were eased.\n\n\"Everyone seems desperate to go to the countryside and coast,\" said campsite owner Fil Marshall in Pembrokeshire.\n\nOne park in Gower reported receiving 100 calls a day, while a Vale of Glamorgan campsite said it had been \"inundated\" with inquiries.\n\nIt is also said to be \"going well\" in Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Flintshire.\n\nTony Beynon from Three Cliffs Bay Holiday Park in Gower said the early days of the pandemic caused some \"dark days\".\n\n\"Now we're open, the campers are back, we're doing what we do best and the sun is shining,\" he said.\n\n\"Normally in August the phone would die off because once people realise the site is saying full, it's full.\n\n\"But this year, more than ever, we're still receiving 100 calls a day.\"\n\nCustomers are coming from as far as Birmingham to stay at White Wheat Caravan Park in Porthcawl\n\nCoronavirus restrictions allowed holiday parks and camping sites with shared facilities to reopen from 25 July, providing strict rules were followed.\n\nAlyson Baroth, owner of White Wheat Caravan Park, in Porthcawl, explained how people have been calling from as far away as Birmingham to try to secure a touring pitch.\n\nHer site is fully booked in August, and September is \"filling up\" which is good news as she says she and her husband had spent a lot on the complex since buying it in 2017.\n\nCustomers have to fill in a compliance form before entering the site and toilet facilities are repeatedly cleaned.\n\n\"We have to be very strict because of Covid-19,\" Ms Baroth said.\n\n\"It's still out there. We are in a pandemic and people don't realise.\"\n\nThe Three Golden Cups campsite has had to cut the number of pitches for social distancing\n\nAlun Williams, who manages the Three Golden Cups campsite at Southerndown, on the Vale of Glamorgan coast, said August weekends have been booked out with some availability in the week.\n\n\"We have been inundated with calls. It hasn't stopped,\" he said.\n\nMr Williams has had to reduce the number of pitches from 35 to 30 to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements.\n\nAnd the adjoining pub has added screens between restaurant tables to help \"build customer confidence\".\n\n\"We are seeing a good proportion of locals coming back,\" said Mr Williams.\n\nScreens have been put up in the Three Golden Cups pub\n\nIn Gwynedd, Kayleigh Bradbury from Min-Y-Don Holiday Home Park in Harlech said there had been an increase in inquiries and purchases of owner-occupier static caravans this year.\n\n\"It's going brilliantly well,\" she said. \"A lot of customers want to support the UK.\"\n\nThe site's touring park was also \"pretty busy\", Ms Bradbury added, with the odd vacancy in August.\n\n\"We are getting back to normality of some kind with people enjoying their holidays,\" she said.\n\nFil Marshall, who runs Point Farm Campsite in Dale, Pembrokeshire, with wife Nia, said an influx of people to the area was like a \"cork let out of a champagne bottle\".\n\n\"Everyone seems desperate to go to the countryside and coast,\" he said.\n\nBut due to social distancing regulations, the couple decided to reopen only a shepherd's hut which sleeps four, rather than an additional seven pitches, giving their guests exclusive use of the site's showers and toilet facilities.\n\nMr Marshall said the area was popular with second homes and whilst it was busy with people there was \"not a lot of social distancing\".\n\nHe described lockdown as a \"nightmare\" with a \"complete loss of income\" but the shepherd's hut has been booked up until September since regulations were lifted.\n\nPeople are calling from Merseyside and Manchester to pitch up at Fron Farm Country Holiday Park in Flintshire\n\nFron Farm Country Holiday Park at Hendre, near Mold, Flintshire, is \"choc-a-block\" this weekend, albeit that the camping and caravan site has reduced its number of pitches due to social distancing rules.\n\nTeleri Roberts explained that, as the site was close to the English border, people from Liverpool and Manchester had been looking for a place to pitch up.\n\n\"We are not struggling,\" she said.\n\nNeuadd Caravan Park said customers were staying in their own \"bubbles\" to maintain social distancing\n\nIn Ceredigion, Peter Evans, owner of Neuadd Caravan Park in New Quay, said he was seeing a higher volume of calls than normal.\n\n\"There are a lot more staycation inquiries,\" he said.\n\n\"We are where we should be for August,\" Mr Evans said, with regard to bookings.\n\nAnd he added that social distancing had been \"going well\" with groups staying in their own \"bubbles\".\n\n\"On the whole people are sensible and are prepared to cooperate because of where we have been,\" Mr Evans said.", "Kevin Hart and Ellen DeGeneres with their partners, Eniko Parrish and Portia de Rossi, in 2017\n\nComedian Kevin Hart, singer Katy Perry and other stars have come to Ellen DeGeneres' defence after allegations that her TV show is a toxic workplace.\n\nHowever, the show's one-time resident DJ has said he \"did experience and feel the toxicity of the environment\".\n\nIt follows a Buzzfeed News story that claimed senior staff had bullied and intimidated others on set.\n\nDeGeneres later apologised to staff, saying steps would be taken to \"correct the issues\" that had come to light.\n\nOne current and 10 former employees told Buzzfeed they had experienced racism and a workplace that was \"dominated by fear\".\n\nDJ Tony Okungbowa worked on DeGeneres' show from 2003 to 2013\n\nOn Tuesday, Tony Okungbowa, who was the programme's DJ from 2003-2006 and 2007-2013, echoed those accounts, adding: \"I stand with my former colleagues in their quest to create a healthier and more inclusive workplace.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tony Okungbowa This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDeGeneres has distanced herself from the accusations, saying she had been \"misrepresented\" by \"people who work with me and for me\".\n\nSome of the host's celebrity friends have now closed ranks. Hart said he had known DeGeneres \"for years\" and called her \"one of the dopest people on the... planet\".\n\nHe wrote on Instagram: \"It's crazy to see my friend go thru what she's going thru publicly... The internet has become a crazy world of negativity... We are falling in love with peoples down fall [sic].\"\n\nPerry, pictured with DeGeneres in 2013, sent her \"love & a hug\"\n\nPerry said she had \"only ever had positive takeaways\" from appearing on DeGeneres' daytime talk show.\n\nWriting on Twitter, the pop star called her a \"friend\" and said she was sending her \"love & a hug\".\n\nShe went on: \"I think we all have witnessed the light & continual fight for equality that she has brought to the world through her platform for decades.\"\n\nOther celebrities to have backed DeGeneres include actors Diane Keaton and Ashton Kutcher.\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 diane_keaton This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDeGeneres' wife Portia de Rossi took to Instagram on Tuesday to thank fans for their support.\n\n\"To all our fans... we see you,\" wrote the former Ally McBeal actress, who married DeGeneres in 2008.\n\nYet other stars have supported the claims made against her programme, among them Everybody Loves Raymond actor Brad Garrett.\n\n\"Sorry but it comes from the top,\" he wrote on Twitter when DeGeneres' letter to staff was made public last week.\n\n\"Know more than one who were treated horribly by her,\" he added, saying such alleged behaviour was \"common knowledge\".\n\nIn her letter to staff, the host wrote: \"On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that The Ellen DeGeneres Show would be a place of happiness.\n\n\"Obviously, something changed, and I am disappointed to learn that this has not been the case.\"\n\nThe claims led to an internal inquiry by production company WarnerMedia, who said there would be \"several staffing changes\" as a result.\n\nMeanwhile, viewing figures for DeGeneres' show fell to \"a new series low\" last month, according to The Wrap.\n\nIt said ratings for the penultimate week of July were down 9% on the previous week and 29% down on the equivalent week in 2019.\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\nThe Duchess of Cambridge has revealed stories of families struggling during lockdown have moved her to tears.\n\nCatherine was seen wearing a mask for the first time as she visited a Sheffield baby bank, which offers essential supplies to mothers in need.\n\nShe said she wept at the \"bravery\" shown by parents after an earlier visit to a similar project.\n\nPreviously during the pandemic, the duchess has usually attended engagements outdoors or via video call.\n\nHer appearance in a floral fabric face mask comes after the Duchess of Cornwall wore a face covering during a visit to the National Gallery in London.\n\nThe Prince of Wales has also joked about being given tartan masks, while the Duke of Cambridge wore a medical mask to visit the Oxford Vaccine Group's facility.\n\nCatherine was visiting Baby Basics UK in South Yorkshire on Tuesday to lead a drive for donations, which has seen major retailers such as John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Tesco give more than 10,000 items to baby banks across the country.\n\nAs she helped to unload supplies in the fresh air outside, the duchess opted to go without a mask...\n\n...but packing boxes inside, she wore her floral face covering and gloves\n\nThe duchess said her previous visits to baby banks had sometimes been \"very emotional\".\n\n\"I remember a couple of the families I met from King's Lynn and I went home and literally burst into tears, their stories were so moving,\" she said.\n\n\"The struggles they have gone through, the bravery they have shown ... in extraordinary circumstances. Helping their families through extraordinary times.\"\n\nBaby banks have been increasingly in demand during the coronavirus crisis, but for safety reasons they cannot accept second-hand donations of many essential items.\n\nEven through her mask, it was clear the duchess was smiling as she met this toddler\n\nShe spoke to other baby banks across the UK via video call\n\nHearing the stories of struggling parents was \"very emotional\", Catherine said\n\nTo help meet demand, Catherine has encouraged donations from 19 brands and retailers to organisations operating baby banks across the UK.\n\nOn her visit in Sheffield, she helped to unpack donated clothes and toys before talking to parents about the support they had received.\n\nShe also discussed the future impact of the pandemic, particularly on children. The duke and duchess's charity recently donated £1.8m to mental health charities, and the duke revealed he has been anonymously volunteering for a crisis helpline.", "William Hill says 119 of its High Street betting shops will not re-open after the shutdown forced by the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe company, which has 1,500 UK outlets, said it did not expect customers to return in the numbers seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.\n\nIt said about 300 staff were affected, and most had been redeployed elsewhere.\n\nTrading has recovered well post-lockdown, William Hill said, and it is repaying £24.5m of UK furlough funds.\n\nIts comments came as it reported pre-tax profits of £141m for the first six months of 2020, compared with a loss of £63m last year.\n\nIts revenues, however, fell by a third to £554m, reflecting the impact of the lockdown, and the fact that with so many sporting events cancelled, there were fewer events to take a punt on.\n\nWilliam Hill employs 12,000 people in 10 countries, with 7,000 in the UK.\n\nIn a statement it said: \"We anticipate that longer term retail footfall will not return to pre-COVID levels and 119 [UK] shops will remain closed following early lease breaks, with the majority of colleagues redeployed within the estate.\"\n\nFewer than 20 people will not be redeployed.\n\nThe company said trading had been strong before the pandemic. When the lockdown came in, it said it had controlled costs \"effectively\" and was now recovering well.\n\nIts presence on the High Street and town centres was already receding. Last year, it said it was cutting 700 shops after new regulations dramatically cut the size of a stake in fixed-odds betting terminals - gaming machines situated in shops - from £100 to £2.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said: \"A spike in bored consumers turning to online gaming provided some respite and much-needed revenue, offering a new market for the company to target.\n\n\"But the business will need to continue developing its technology platform and product offering if it is to regain some of the lost revenue from the past few months in what is a competitive market.\"\n\nWilliam Hill plans to expand further in the US, where new opportunities are arising as the country's previously strict gambling rules are relaxed in some states.\n\nIt said its international online business grew by 17%, and added that it now had almost a third of all US sports betting.\n\nChief executive Ulrik Bengtsson said: \"I am delighted with William Hill's performance in these extraordinary times. Our team has been remarkable, supporting each other and our customers throughout the pandemic, and I would like to thank them for their continuing efforts.\n\n\"The furlough scheme provided welcome and timely support, and meant we could protect the jobs of our 7,000 UK retail colleagues. Therefore, given the strength of our recovery post-lockdown, we have decided to repay the furlough funds.\"", "Citizens Advice had the highest daily number of visitors to its website topped four times in one week\n\nThousands of firms and employees are seeking redundancy advice as the coronavirus crisis continues to bite into the UK economy.\n\nConciliation service Acas said calls to its redundancy advice line almost tripled in June and July, as concerns mounted about the government's job retention scheme winding down.\n\nThere has been a spate of redundancies as some firms struggle to stay afloat.\n\nNearly 4,500 jobs have been cut only a few days into August.\n\nIn June and July, calls to the Acas helpline to talk about redundancy rose nearly 170% compared with the same months last year, from more than 12,000 to more than 33,000 calls.\n\nIn July, Citizens Advice said it had also seen a surge in demand for redundancy advice.\n\nAcas chief executive Susan Clews said: \"At the moment, nearly a third of calls to our helpline are redundancy-related.\n\n\"The economic impact of coronavirus, alongside fears around the furlough scheme tapering off, has left many employers and their staff concerned about their future livelihoods.\"\n\nThe latest figures from the government show 9.6 million jobs - about a third of the private sector workforce - have been furloughed during the pandemic, at a cost of £33.8bn to the Treasury.\n\nBusinesses began to pay towards the furlough scheme from the beginning of August, putting more pressure on struggling firms. The scheme ends in October.\n\nAcas recommended that employers should look for alternatives to redundancies, which should be used as a last resort.\n\nThese alternatives include consulting staff \"on ideas that can help mitigate the financial difficulties that the business may be facing due to coronavirus\", such as:\n\nA number of major employers have announced job cuts since strict coronavirus lockdown rules were announced on 23 March.\n\nAccording to the Press Association news agency, these include:\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday evening. We'll have another update for you tomorrow morning.\n\nPubs, bars and restaurants in Aberdeen are closing for at least a week following a cluster of cases linked to hospitality venues, as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the city. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there have been 54 cases in a \"significant outbreak\" and that the cluster involves infections in the community. Meanwhile in England, people in Preston, Lancashire, are being warned lockdown measures may soon return to the city due to a rise in virus cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon said the new restrictions were being imposed \"reluctantly\"\n\nPeople from ethnic minority backgrounds in Britain \"face greater barriers\" when trying to protect themselves from coronavirus, according to a report. The Runnymede Trust, a race equality think-tank, says Bangladeshi and black African people are most vulnerable. Jobs, households and using public transport are all said to be risk factors, BBC health correspondent Anna Collinson reports.\n\nThe pandemic is continuing to impact the High Street. WH Smith says it is considering cutting 1,500 jobs - 11% of its workforce - after the coronavirus lockdown caused sales to plummet. Most of the jobs being lost will be at the company's travel sites, situated at airports and railway stations. Bookmaker William Hill also says 119 of its High Street betting shops will not reopen after the shutdown forced by the coronavirus outbreak, but it says most of the 300 staff affected are being redeployed.\n\nThe government's coronavirus performance has been a \"pantomime\", the union for actors and entertainment industry professionals tells the BBC. Paul Fleming, general secretary-elect of Equity, says more state funding is needed to keep the arts going through the pandemic. He called for greater \"clarity\" on when theatres, circuses, concert halls and other venues can reopen in England.\n\nDisney's live-action remake of classic film Mulan will be available to subscribers of its streaming service in several countries, including the UK, this autumn. The decision to skip most of the world's cinemas and go straight to streaming follows uncertainty about when big film theatre chains in the US will be able to reopen. It came as the entertainment giant reported huge losses caused by the coronavirus shutdown.\n\n... wearing a face covering is now mandatory in some situations, but the rules can vary around the UK. Find out the rules here. Also, find out how many cases there have been in your area. Here are today's figures.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page and get all the latest from our live page.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "New York City plans to introduce quarantine checkpoints at key entrances to the city to screen travellers arriving from parts of the US with rising numbers of coronavirus cases.\n\n“Travellers coming in from those states will be given information about the quarantine, they will be reminded that it is required, not optional,” the city's mayor Bill de Blasio explained at a news conference on Wednesday.\n\n“They’ll be reminded that failure to quarantine is a violation of state law and it comes with serious penalties,\" he added.\n\nTravellers from more than 30 states must quarantine for 14 days after arriving in the city.\n\nAccording to the head of New York City's test and trace service, a fifth of all new local infections are from travellers.\n\nOnce the city worst affected by coronavirus, New York has reported no coronavirus deaths in three days, Mayor de Blasio said.", "The Duchess of Sussex has been allowed to keep the names of five friends who gave an interview about her secret in her case against the Mail on Sunday.\n\nMr Justice Warby said she had won the High Court order to protect their names \"for the time being at least\".\n\nMeghan is suing Associated Newspapers for breach of privacy and copyright infringement after it reproduced parts of a letter sent to her father in 2018.\n\nThe publisher, which denies the claims, said her friends could be witnesses.\n\nAssociated Newspapers said the letter to her father Thomas Markle was first referenced in the interview given by Meghan's five friends to the US magazine People.\n\nIn an article in the magazine in February 2019, the friends anonymously spoke out against the bullying Meghan said she had faced from Britain's tabloid media.\n\nThey have only been identified in confidential court documents.\n\nThe application by Meghan's lawyers to keep the friends' names private was heard at London's High Court last week.\n\nNeither the duchess nor her husband, Prince Harry, attended the court.\n\nIn a witness statement submitted to the High Court, the duchess said Associated Newspapers was \"threatening to publish the names of five women\".\n\n\"Each of these women is a private citizen, young mother, and each has a basic right to privacy,\" she said.\n\nJustin Rushbrooke QC, representing the duchess, said at the time that forcing her to disclose their identities would be \"an unacceptably high price\" to pay for pursuing her legal action against the newspaper.\n\nBut the publisher's lawyers resisted the application to keep their identities secret, claiming the duchess's friends brought the letter into the public domain when it was referred to for the first time in the People interview.\n\nIn written submissions, Antony White QC, acting for Associated Newspapers, said the friends were \"important potential witnesses on a key issue\".\n\n\"Reporting these matters without referring to names would be a heavy curtailment of the media's and the defendant's entitlement to report this case and the public's right to know about it,\" he said.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are now based in California with their son Archie, having stepped back as senior royals at the end of March.", "Police in Aberdeen said they will have additional patrols in areas where local restrictions have been introduced.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr said officers will continue to engage, educate and encourage people to comply with the guidelines.\n\nBut they will not hesitate to take enforcement action where appropriate, he said.\n\n“As a national service, Police Scotland is able to quickly flex capacity to support local communities across the country, and we will provide whatever additional resources are necessary to protect and support the communities affected,\" he said.\n\nDCC Kerr said the majority of the public followed the law and Scottish government advice during the pandemic.\n\n\"I realise that this situation will be frustrating for people in the affected area but it’s really important that we all continue to do so,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'The Lord spared us for another day'\n\nAt least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Isaias swept through US states on the Atlantic Coast.\n\nTwo died when a tornado struck a mobile home park in North Carolina and at least three more were killed in New York, Delaware and Maryland.\n\nIsaias has since moved into south-eastern Canada and been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.\n\nHeavy rains meant about 46,000 residents of Quebec were without power overnight, according to Hydro Quebec.\n\nThe ninth named storm of the year, Isaias hit Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane strength winds last week killing at least two people. It uprooted trees, destroyed crops and homes and caused flooding and landslides.\n\nManhattan residents sought shelter from the rain and high winds\n\nIt was downgraded to a tropical storm after passing over the Caribbean, but was re-categorised as a category-one hurricane as it approached the Carolinas on Monday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFrom North Carolina up to New York, Isaias left more than 3.4 million residents without power. It spawned tornadoes, uprooted trees, damaged homes and caused floods and fires.\n\nA tropical storm warning was issued for the north-east coast all the way to Maine, covering major cities like Washington, Philadelphia and New York.\n\nPolice in New York City said a tree fell and killed a man inside his vehicle in Queens. A driver in Maryland was also killed when a tree toppled on to the car in the storm.\n\nFalling trees caused the deaths of at least two drivers\n\nIn Delaware, an 83-year-old woman was found dead under a large branch near her home.\n\nIn New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and all state offices remained closed on Tuesday. In neighbouring New York, state authorities deployed emergency supplies including pumps, chainsaws, bottled water and sandbags throughout the state.\n\nState officials in regions preparing for hurricanes this season have been grappling with opening shelters that comply with social distancing regulations. US disaster agencies have updated preparedness and evacuation guidance in light of Covid-19.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control recommends families add Covid-19 items to a disaster \"go kit\" that can be taken in an emergency situation:\n\nHere are some key guidelines for protecting yourself against Covid-19 if you must evacuate to a shelter:", "Waheed Akbar, Asif Masood and Tahir Malik apologised for their lockdown breach\n\nA mayor who broke Covid-19 lockdown rules to attend a party has resigned.\n\nLuton mayor Tahir Malik was pictured at a gathering in a garden, along with borough councillors Asif Masood and Waheed Akbar.\n\nIt came shortly after the town had been designated as an \"area of intervention\" by Public Health England.\n\nMr Malik said: \"There is no excuse for what I did - I should have known better and I accept full responsibility for my actions.\"\n\nPictures of Mr Malik, Mr Masood and Mr Akbar had emerged on social media following the gathering in July.\n\nIn a statement on Luton Borough Council's website, Mr Malik said his actions had been \"below the standard of my position\".\n\nHe said standing down was the \"best thing I could do for the town\".\n\nHe added he hoped his actions would serve \"as a reminder to the people of Luton of the importance of following the Covid-19 guidelines as it remains a real and serious threat\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBorough council leader Hazel Simmons (Lab) said Mr Malik had made a \"mistake which he deeply regrets\" and that \"he and his family are really hurting right now\".\n\nShe added: \"What has happened is unfortunate, and I think it is right for him to step down at this time, but it's important to recognise the fantastic contribution he has made to Luton.\"\n\nOpposition Liberal Democrat leader David Franks said the matter was not over.\n\n\"It would help if the local Labour Party would make it clear what action it is taking,\" he said.\n\n\"This period of silence raises suspicions of an attempted cover-up.\"\n\nThe borough council said it had received complaints about the three Labour councillors, which would be addressed through its Standards Committee.\n\nIt added a new mayor would be appointed on 29 September.\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.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing Faisal Al-Aseel, project manager at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy when the explosion took place.", "Some eight million children in England were sent home from school in March\n\nSchools should be the last places to shut in future lockdowns, after non-essential shops, pubs and restaurants, England's children's commissioner says.\n\nAnne Longfield says children have a right to education and, must not be an \"afterthought\", and that schools should be \"first to open, last to close\".\n\nShe says children play a smaller role in spreading Covid-19 than adults and are less likely to get ill from it.\n\nThe government says getting children back to school is a national priority.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Longfield has published a briefing setting out key actions needed to ensure children are \"at the heart of planning for the future\".\n\nThe children's commissioner acknowledges that reducing Covid-19 transmission in the community is very important \"but it should not be automatically assumed that this requires closing schools - except as a last resort\".\n\nThe briefing paper calls for the regular testing of pupils and teachers so that any confirmed Covid-19 cases - and their close contacts - can be isolated \"without necessarily having to send entire classes or year groups home\".\n\nIt adds: \"This will be particularly important in the 2020/21 winter flu season when clusters of flu could be mistaken for a Covid-19 outbreak and result in unnecessary closure or interruption.\"\n\nMs Longfield says children are too often an afterthought\n\nShe says the Department for Education should expand its laptop programme in the event that pupils need to work online.\n\nConsideration should also be given to those children taking exams next summer so they are not disadvantaged, particularly in the case of extended local lockdowns.\n\nThe briefing paper warns there is risk that some children will struggle to come back to school after a period away, and that this could lead to truancy and challenging behaviour.\n\nThe DfE should closely monitor attendance and exclusion figures within areas that have experienced a local lockdown or increasing cases of Covid-19, in order to identify where further help is needed, it says.\n\nMs Longfield also raises concerns that children in young offender institutions and secure training centres have been spending more than 20 hours a day in their cells, family visits have been banned, and face-to-face education has stopped.\n\nAnd she suggests the government holds a news conference aimed at children, giving them the chance to submit questions to press briefings, just as adults were in the previous daily briefings.\n\nShe said: \"Too often during the first lockdown, children were an afterthought,\" adding: \"If the choice has to be made in a local area about whether to keep pubs or schools open, then schools must always take priority.\"\n\nSchools minister Nick Gibb told BBC Breakfast that children would be going back to school in September, \"including those subject to local lockdowns\".\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast: \"Schools will be open for all pupils from September and we're now looking locally when we impose new restrictions and will depend on things locally.\"\n\nMother of three Joe Watson, who has been shielding due to severe asthma, says her children would love to go back to school.\n\n\"We would love them to go back to school in September, that's my absolute hope for them - they miss their friends so much.\n\n\"We're saying to them that they're probably going to go back, but at the same time, we have to keep an eye on the data and the statistics to check to see whether it's safe enough.\"\n\nLorraine Hopkinson has an 11-year-old son who is due to start secondary school in September.\n\n\"Everyday I'm looking for reassurance so I can increase that confidence to send him to school,\" she says.\n\n\"If we get to the beginning of September and I don't feel that all of the issues that are currently bothering me have been resolved, I may say, 'Sorry, I can't send him in.'\"\n\nHowever, Professor Neil Ferguson, who resigned from the government's SAGE committee, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme things were likely to get more difficult going into autumn and winter, with people spending more time indoors and the virus transmitting more efficiently in colder weather.\n\nHe said he was reasonably confident that - now we have \"good enough surveillance\" - transmission could be contained but said: \"It will be challenging and there will be no going back to anything close to normal social interactions, at least not until we get back to next spring, potentially the availability of a vaccine.\"\n\nHe said while there was little risk of transmission in primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities posed a \"risk of amplification of transmission\" as older teenagers may spread the virus like adults.\n\nAnne Longfield wants to see children at the heart of future planning\n\nSchools needed to have a plan in place on how to continue education but reduce those contacts at school based level, \"perhaps through partial attendance\", he added, for example with children in school one week on, one week off.\n\nLabour leader Keir Starmer wrote in the Guardian that the \"priority must be reopening schools for the new term\" and urged the government to \"set out a clear plan this time, not just hope for the best\".\n\n\"If that means making hard decisions elsewhere, so be it: to govern is to choose.\"\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: \"School leaders are currently preparing their schools for all children to return in September, and are following all the government and health guidance they have been given in order to make it as safe as possible.\n\n\"But the success of September's return to school rests as much on what happens outside the school gates as within.\"\n\nTeresa Heritage, vice-chairwoman of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said councils would continue to work with all schools and local partners.", "Early reports of the explosion in Beirut's port began circulating on social media moments after the blast.\n\nWhilst most of the videos appeared authentic, filmed by residents from their homes, rumours about the cause of the blast were also quickly shared on platforms such as Twitter and WhatsApp.\n\nThe videos circulating showed smaller explosions and an initial fire followed by the huge blast, which led to tweets suggesting it had happened at a firework factory.\n\nClaims about fireworks seemed plausible at the time, but other viral tweets suggested the event was caused by a nuclear bomb because of the white mushroom-like cloud seen rising in some of the footage.\n\nA now-deleted tweet suggesting the explosion was \"atomic\" was shared by a verified Twitter account with over 100,000 followers and racked up thousands of shares and likes.\n\nA tweet falsely claims that the explosion in Beirut was \"atomic\"\n\nWeapons experts have been quick to point out that had the explosion been caused by a nuclear device, it would have been accompanied by a blinding white flash and a surge of heat that would have severely burned people.\n\nAlso, mushroom clouds are not unique to nuclear bombs. According to experts, they are a result of the compression of humid air, which condenses water and creates the cloud.\n\nUnfounded claims continued to spread, blaming the \"nuclear bomb\" on the US, Israel or Hezbollah. These were shared by partisan news sites as well as public figures.\n\nConspiracy theories promoted by far-right groups have also been shared on Facebook, 4chan, Reddit and messaging apps like Telegram, according to research from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.\n\nMessages have mainly focused on false claims that this was an Israeli attack, either a bomb or a missile strike on a Hezbollah weapons depot.\n\nChloe Colliver, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, told BBC News: \"We have seen known disinformation sources, including far-right extremist networks online, spreading unfounded claims about the nature and motivations behind the blast.\n\n\"This has included theories trying to tie the explosion to Israel or other nation states.\"\n\nThe authorities in Lebanon and Israel have dismissed suggestions that Israel had anything to do with the incident.\n\nFar-right conspiracy theorists, including QAnon supporters, have also started sharing false claims about the explosion on Facebook. They suggest that the attack is related to a \"war between the government and the central banking system\".\n\nQAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that says US President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.\n\nPhotographs of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly in 2018 have been posted on social media amid claims that he is pointing at the site of Tuesday's Beirut explosion.\n\nSome social media users are using the images as \"proof\" that Israel had a hand in the blast.\n\nThe Israeli prime minister at the United Nations in 2018\n\nThe images are genuine and not manipulated, but have been taken out of context.\n\nMr Netanyahu is actually pointing to a completely different district in the city of Beirut where he claimed Hezbollah was hiding weapons.\n\nThe blast site is several kilometres to the north of \"Site 1\" on Mr Netanyahu's map.\n\nRumours about a possible attack picked up steam after President Trump described the event as \"a terrible attack\" at a White House press conference.\n\nResearch from the Institute for Strategic dialogue has identified his comments being shared and edited by far-right groups on social media to suggest that the blast was a terror attack or bomb.\n\nOne post on Telegram claimed that Trump said \"it looks like a terrible terrorist attack\". Instead, he actually said it looks like a \"terrible attack\".\n\n\"We have also seen claims building off President Trump's statement about the explosion as an 'attack', which has provided fuel to conspiracy and disinformation communities over the past 24 hours, demonstrating the risks of inaccurate language and communications during crisis moments,\" Ms Colliver says.\n\nOther posts on social media make unfounded claims that Mr Trump's comments suggested the US was forewarned of the explosion.\n\nIt's an important reminder that breaking news events are a fertile time for misinformation and speculation online. Think before you share.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Marcus Rashford and Adwoa Aboah are among the September issue's \"faces of hope\"\n\nBritish Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said the September issue's focus on activism was a \"no-brainer\" decision.\n\nThe magazine, described by Enninful to the BBC as a \"rallying cry for the future\", includes 40 activists he called \"the faces of hope\".\n\nFootballer Marcus Rashford, a child poverty campaigner, and model/activist Adwoa Aboah are the cover stars.\n\nEnninful said working with an all-black team \"brought an authenticity to the cover… a feeling of togetherness\".\n\nThe September issue is traditionally the fashion bible's most important of the year. The Duchess of Sussex guest edited the issue 12 months ago.\n\nAboah was also the first cover star for Vogue when Enninful became editor.\n\nThey were photographed by Misan Harriman, the first black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover in its 104-year history.\n\nMisan Harriman came to Edward Enninful's attention with his black and white images of the Black Lives Matter protests\n\nEnninful chose Harriman to photograph the cover after seeing his black-and-white images of the Black Lives Matter protests in London at the beginning of June, sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.\n\nMisan said he was \"honoured and empowered\" at being asked to do the Vogue cover shoot.\n\nHe said the brief was to \"capture the essence of these two extraordinary young people\", adding: \"It shows hope, solidarity and empathy.\"\n\nEnninful became editor-in-chief of British Vogue more than two years ago, making him the first black person to take the helm of the magazine.\n\nHe told BBC News that having an all-black team to work on the September magazine wasn't a first for him \"but for younger members, it was magical, they felt empowered, like the world was changing.\n\n\"For me it was great to watch as an elder statesman. This couldn't be just a one-off. The industry has to change.\"\n\nKey workers, including train driver Narguis Horsford, featured on the July covers of Vogue\n\n\"I've always wanted to effect change in the world.\"\n\nAmong the activists to feature in the September issue are Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, racial justice campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, model Joan Smalls, author Reni Eddo-Lodge, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and writer Janet Mock.\n\n\"Women were leading the charge this year,\" explained Enninful. \"It just shows the strength of women, even in hard times, women prevail and lead the way.\" He added: \"My mother was a strong woman.\"\n\nAuthor Eddo-Lodge's book, Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race, topped the paperback non-fiction chart, following the Black Lives Matter protests. The achievement made her the first black British author to top the UK's bestseller list since the official book chart began.\n\nHer book explores the links between gender, class and race in the UK and around the world.\n\nReni Eddo-Lodge become the first black British author to top the UK's bestseller list\n\nShe said she hadn't done any interviews around the time of the protests because \"I'm often looked at as a spokesperson… I wanted that initial space to be given to the protestors\".\n\nSpeaking about Enninful and culture's influence on effecting change, she said: \"I feel like culture is being more progressive than our politics.\"\n\nEnninful, who was born in Ghana and raised in west London, is one of a few people of colour in the fashion press to hold the role of editor-in-chief.\n\nOthers include Lindsay Peoples Wagner who runs Teen Vogue and Samira Nasr, the first woman of colour at the head of Harper's Bazaar.\n\nTalking about whether it was lonely being a black man in the industry when he first started out, Enninful said: \"I never wanted to be the only one so I brought my friends up with me… so we could grow together and change the world together.\"\n\nThe September issue follows on from Enninful's July initiative, which saw him feature key workers, from nurses to railway workers, on a selection of three Vogue covers.\n\n\"With Covid-19, I realised the role of the magazine had to change, I wanted to create a document for the times,\" Enninful explained.\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "China's legal system is trying to stamp out the use of forced confessions\n\nA man in eastern China has been acquitted of murder and freed after spending 27 years in prison.\n\nZhang Yuhuan maintained he was tortured by police and forced to confess to the murder of two young boys in 1993.\n\nHe was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate, after having served 9,778 days in the prison in Jiangxi province.\n\nProsecutors who reopened the case said his confession had inconsistencies and did not match the original crime.\n\nHe walked free after a high court found there was not enough evidence to justify his conviction.\n\nObservers say China is growing more willing to quash wrongful convictions, but only criminal not political.\n\nFootage on Chinese media showed Mr Zhang in an emotional reunion with his 83-year-old mother and his ex-wife following his release on Tuesday.\n\nIt is an open secret in China that the police use various kinds of torture, including sleep deprivation, cigarette burns and beatings, to force suspects to confess to crimes. In the past, entire cases might then be pinned on that \"confession\".\n\nIn 2010, a serious effort began in China's legal system to stamp out the use of forced confessions. Death sentences must now be approved by China's Supreme Court and there is a growing drive to eliminate cases that are pinned solely on a suspect's confession.\n\nHowever, China's legal reform has clear limits. Police in many provinces remain under heavy pressure to \"solve\" cases, often by producing suspects and there is little appetite to improve the treatment of dissidents and some ethnic minorities, including Muslim Uighurs.\n\nThe authorities regularly detain individuals in politically sensitive cases and interrogate them outside of the normal detention system. Behind those closed doors, almost anything can happen. It is far more likely that China will reform its treatment of criminal suspects than those who appear to threaten the dominance of the Communist Party.\n\nHis former wife, Song Xiaonyu, had two sons with Mr Zhang before they divorced 11 years ago. She remarried but continued to help her former husband with his appeal.\n\n\"I was so excited when I heard the court's announcement,\" said Ms Song.\n\nMr Zhang was told by the court that he was entitled to compensation for wrongful conviction.\n\n\"I'll negotiate the exact amount of compensation with my client,\" Mr Zhang's lawyer, Wang Fei, told China Daily. \"We're also planning to ask for those who committed judicial miscarriages in the case to be held accountable.\"\n\nMr Zhang's ordeal began in October 1993 when the bodies of two boys were discovered in a village reservoir in Jinxian, a county of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi.\n\nMr Zhang was a neighbour of the victims and was identified as a suspect and detained.\n\nIn January 1995, a court in Nanchang found him guilty and sentenced him to death but allowed the sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment after he served two years.\n\nMr Zhang said he was tortured by police during interrogations and continued to maintain his innocence.\n\nDespite this, his appeals were unsuccessful. Then, in March 2019 the high court agreed to retry the case and in July provincial prosecutors recommended Mr Zhang be acquitted based on insufficient evidence.\n\nIn a statement, high court judge Tian Ganlin said: \"After we reviewed the materials we have found there is no direct evidence that can prove Zhang's conviction. So we accepted the prosecutors' suggestion and have declared Zhang innocent.\"\n\nThe killer of the two boys in 1993 remains unknown.", "Max’s new job involves tracking and locating people and detaining suspects\n\nA police dog found a missing mother and toddler on his first operational shift.\n\nNewly-licensed Dyfed-Powys Police dog Max discovered the pair on the edge of a ravine in a remote part of Powys on Saturday.\n\nThe mother and her one-year-old had not been seen for two days and had spent the night outdoors.\n\nLed by the two-year-old German Shepherd cross who joined the force in February, handler PC Peter Lloyd spotted the woman waving for help at 13:30 BST.\n\nThey were helped down and checked over by a mountain rescue doctor and the ambulance service.\n\nInsp Jonathan Rees-Jones said: \"The woman had not been seen or spoken to for two days, which was out of character, and her phone wasn't working, so naturally concern for her safety was high.\"\n\nHe said the woman's car had been found on a mountain road which gave officers a location to search from, but there was still \"a vast area to cover given the amount of time she had been missing\".\n\n\"Despite only recently becoming licensed, and on his first operational shift, he immediately commenced an open area search,\" he said.\n\nAfter an hour-and-a-half of searching involving Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, a National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter and a search expert, the mother and baby were found.\n\n\"They were safe, but cold, and appeared to have been in the area for a significant amount of time,\" he said.\n\n\"I must give a special mention to PC Pete Lloyd and Max, who on their very first day since completing their training together covered a significant amount of mileage in the search, eventually locating them safe.\"\n\nPC Lloyd said he was \"really pleased\", adding: \"Max remained focussed throughout the long search and he proved invaluable.\"", "Footage of buildings being flattened in a noisy demolition may be a popular feature of local TV news reports, but architects say such structures should be protected - to fight climate change.\n\nThey say property owners should be incentivised to upgrade draughty buildings, not just knock them down.\n\nThat is because so much carbon is emitted by creating the steel, cement and bricks for new buildings.\n\nThe campaign by the Architects’ Journal is backed by 14 Stirling Prize winners\n\nIn the past there was debate about whether it was better for the climate to demolish an old energy-hungry building and build a well-insulated replacement.\n\nBut this is now widely considered a serious mistake because of the amount of carbon emitted during the construction of the new building.\n\nThe Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) estimates that 35% of the lifecycle carbon from a typical office development is emitted before the building is even opened. It says the figure for residential premises is 51%.\n\nThese calculations suggest it will be decades before some new buildings pay back their carbon debt by saving more emissions than they created - and these are decades when carbon must be sharply reduced.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. About 88kg of explosives were used to reduce the tower to 10,000 tonnes of debris\n\nThe Architects' Journal has now given evidence to the Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on the difference between operational emissions from heating and cooling a building and embodied emissions from creating construction materials.\n\nIt wants the government to change the VAT rules which can make it cheaper to rebuild than to refurbish a standing building.\n\nArchitects' Journal managing editor Will Hurst said: “This staggering fact has only been properly grasped in the construction industry relatively recently. We’ve got to stop mindlessly pulling buildings down.”\n\nHe said VAT on refurbishment, repair and maintenance should be cut from 20% to zero to match the typical rate for new-build.\n\nHe continued: “It’s crazy that the government actually incentivises practices that create more carbon emissions. Also, if you avoid demolition you make carbon savings right now, which we really need.\n\n“In the past the government argued that the EU would forbid zero VAT on renovation – but they can't use that excuse now.”\n\nAnd Alex Green, from the British Property Federation, said that sometimes the different VAT level is the key factor in determining whether a building is felled or saved for a new purpose.\n\nHousing estates, such as Robin Hood Gardens in east London, have been demolished to make way for newer buildings\n\nTreasury Minister Jesse Norman previously told MPs that property owners already benefit from a reduced VAT rate on residential construction under certain conditions.\n\nHe said: “Going further would be very expensive: reducing VAT on all property renovation, repairs and improvements would cost the Exchequer approximately £6bn per year.\n\n“The government has no plans to review the VAT treatment of construction.”\n\nWhat’s more, ministers recently said they would ease planning rules for owners wanting to demolish offices and replace them with new-build homes.\n\nMr Hurst has urged them to rethink that plan. He suggested the Treasury could raise the tax on new-build projects to compensate for tax reductions from refurbished buildings.\n\nHe also suggested planning guidance should create a bias toward refurbishment.\n\nThe Architects’ Journal evidence has been reviewed by the EAC. Its chair, Philip Dunne MP, told BBC News: “Prioritising retrofitting can offer huge benefits.\n\n\"It enhances energy efficiency and boosts skills and green jobs quickly in the UK. It will be a crucial component for us to move to a low carbon economy.”\n\nThe EAC will report its findings on the issue in the coming months.", "A large blast has devastated a large part of the Lebanese city of Beirut. The cause is not yet known, however Lebanon's Interior Minister Mohammed Fehmi said the huge explosions may have been caused by explosive materials that were stored at Beirut port.\n\nOfficials are blaming 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which was stored unsafely in a warehouse for six years.\n\nThe blast comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, which is struggling through an economic crisis. Tensions are also high with the verdict in a trial over the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri just two days away.", "Coronavirus could return if clusters are not \"stamped on\", Frank Atherton said\n\nWales' chief medical officer says he is worried coronavirus could return in autumn before spiking in winter.\n\nFrank Atherton said it was important clusters like that in Wrexham were identified and measures taken to \"stamp them down\".\n\nThe NHS was facing a \"difficult challenge\" negotiating one of the \"most complex environments\" he had seen.\n\nWhile surveillance had improved, he admitted it was still hard to predict what would happen.\n\n\"We could see a surge in the autumn and then a bigger peak in the winter and that's the most likely scenario that we're planning for,\" he said.\n\n\"But really we just have to wait and see, and watch very carefully.\n\n\"The really important thing here is to identify cases that are coming up, to make sure that clusters that are happening in parts of Wales, as we've seen recently up in Wrexham for example, are identified through our track, trace and protect programme, and we're able to put in place the measures to really stamp on those, to stamp them down, so they don't become widespread community transmission.\n\n\"That's really what we're trying to avoid.\"\n\nThere has been concern about mass gatherings, including in Cardiff Bay\n\nDr Atherton also said there was \"cause for concern\" about the challenges mass gatherings could present.\n\nThere have been several such meetings in Wales and the UK recently, including at Cardiff Bay.\n\n\"My anxiety is about the risk of return, and we are seeing across Wales a number of outbreaks that we've had, and those are all being managed.\n\n\"But there is a real risk that if the virus takes off again in the autumn we could see wider transmission,\" he told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nThe chief medical officer emphasised the important of social distancing and hygiene\n\nNothing could be \"taken for granted\" he said.\n\n\"We have to continue to rely on social distancing and those hygiene measures we talked about so much to keep us all safe,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA new approach to antisocial behaviour at Cardiff Bay will be implemented by police from the weekend.\n\nSince lockdown has eased, hundreds of young people have been gathering and drinking alcohol in large groups there.\n\nCh Supt Wendy Gunny from South Wales Police said people would see a more visible police presence from the weekend.\n\nYoung people meeting there told the BBC they cleaned up their litter and that a minority were behind the problems.\n\nSpeaking to Claire Summers on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Ch Supt Gunny said: \"We need to take a different approach with Cardiff Bay to make it a more controlled environment so everyone can enjoy it safely.\"\n\n\"There will be more structured commands over that police presence so we can move around the city and towards disturbances if and when we need to.\"\n\nLarge groups of people visited Cardiff Bay on the first weekend of Wales' stay local travel advice ended\n\nShe said marshals would be meeting and greeting visitors, barriers would be erected and there would be more bins.\n\nShe added: \"It has been particularly challenging since we've seen lockdown eased with the pop up of this disorder across the city and across south Wales really...\n\n\"It is completely disappointing and we had hoped that people would be responsible and behave themselves.\n\n\"Recent events have shown that a small minority spoil this for others.\"\n\nPolice say there were several disturbances in Cardiff Bay on Saturday evening\n\nWales' chief medical officer Frank Atherton said: \"I don't think we should try to demonise a particular group in society, I think there is something for all of us.\n\n\"We need to think about young people and the way that they have had a very difficult summer, many of their kind of pleasures and enjoyments have been taken away and we can understand this sort of behaviour.\"\n\nBut he added: \"We have to get the message through that this does put all of us at risk, it risks us having to go back to the stage where we have to close things down rather than as we are now opening things up.\n\n\"There is something about young people behaving responsibly so they protect their relatives, their older relatives, in particular grandparents... that message needs to get through, but it's really for all of us to take those messages on board.\"\n\nLily Schofield, a medical student at Cardiff University, has been called up to work on an acute stroke ward in Bridgend which has meant she cannot see her family as her mother is shielding.\n\nShe told Dot Davies on BBC Radio Wales the images from Cardiff Bay were upsetting but said it was \"dangerous to make generalisations about how young people are acting at the moment\".\n\nShe said: \"We don't hear about people who are at home abiding by the rules.\n\n\"I've got lots of friends who have been putting themselves at risk being part of the temporary workforce - friends working in hospitals, actors being hospital cleaners, working for charities, people being supermarket staff and delivery drivers… now more than ever it's important to celebrate those young people and thank them for what they've done.\"\n\nLewis Tebbut (left) and Rhys Mallard say social media has helped drive crowds to public spaces in lockdown\n\nThe BBC spoke to a number of small groups enjoying a quiet drink in the sun at Cardiff Bay's Roald Dahl Plass on Monday.\n\nRhys Mallard and Lewis Tebbut, both 21, said most people gathered for a quiet few drinks with friends and cleaned up after themselves.\n\nPolice have additional powers to disperse people congregating in Cardiff Bay\n\n\"I've seen problems with drinking and fighting, people don't clean up their rubbish and it ruins it for everyone else,\" said Lewis.\n\n\"Coming down here with mates is one thing, but inviting everyone you know and people bringing massive speakers is another.\"\n\nRhys and Lewis said numbers could grow very quickly on weekends, especially when the weather is nice and people are attracted to the area when they see friends posting on social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat.\n\n\"Before you know it, you've got 200 to 400 people down here,\" Rhys explained.\n\nPictured right to left: Lowri Rees, Alisha Watkins, Tyler Pidjon, Elli Lloyd and Morgan Lloyd say some people get too drunk and leave their rubbish\n\nLowri, Alisha, Tyler, Elli and Morgan say they like to meet down Cardiff Bay and have a few quiet drinks when the weather is nice.\n\nThey say they would only stay until about 22:00 and would take all their rubbish away with them.\n\n\"Rubbish is the problem,\" said Lowri.\n\n\"They could have had a good night without leaving rubbish. They get too drunk and then leave it there.\"\n\nCardiff Council said it had removed 28 tonnes of waste at a cost of £4,000.\n\nClaire Simms and Simon Graham say families are unable to enjoy the area when there are large crowds in the Bay\n\nClaire Simms and Simon Graham live in Penarth but regularly walk across the barrage to enjoy the \"ambience\" of Cardiff Bay.\n\n\"I can understand all these kids and their frustration, but we have all got the same frustration,\" said Claire.\n\n\"Families with young children can't enjoy it. It's a nice ambience normally. It's nice to come here and relax, people watch and that.\"\n\nLast weekend, a 48-hour dispersal order was put in place near the Wales Millennium Centre to deal with problems.\n\n\"It is a really concerning situation,\" International Relations Minister Elunned Morgan said at a Welsh Government press conference on Tuesday.\n\n\"It is something where I think we do have to get messages out, in particular to younger people, that this does affect them, it will affect them.\n\n\"Clearly the evidence suggests that the younger people are really perhaps in some parts of the country not taking this as seriously as some of the other age groups.\n\n\"That is a message that we need to get out but the police are very well aware of the situation in Cardiff Bay, and will be enforcing measures to make sure that people comply with the rules.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nRural crime cost Welsh businesses £2.6m last year as organised gangs targeted machinery and livestock, an insurance company has said.\n\nNFU Mutual's annual rural crime report said the cost rose 11.1% in 2019, compared to 2018 - higher than the average UK rise of 8.8%.\n\nAcross the UK, rural crime cost £54m - an increase of nearly 9%.\n\nThere are fears that incidents could escalate when the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is felt.\n\nThe report said high-value tractors, quad bikes and large numbers of livestock had been targeted.\n\nMachinery and tractors have been targeted by thieves\n\nExpensive tractors are being exported and sold in rich countries, the insurer said, while older models are being shipped to poorer countries.\n\nWhile crime generally decreased during the initial lockdown period earlier this year, NFU Mutual said there were fears rural crime could now escalate.\n\nManager for Wales, Owen Suckley, said: \"Rural crime is like a wave as organised criminality spreads through our farms and villages, affecting everyone in the countryside.\n\n\"We continue to work hard to stem the tide and are warning rural communities and helping with prevention advice, as there are concerns for the months ahead as the economic impact of coronavirus bites.\n\n\"As well as the financial cost, there's a serious effect on the mental well-being of people living in rural and often isolated areas.\n\n\"There are fears that the impact will be felt harder this year as farmers have been working flat-out to feed the nation and many rural communities have been put under additional pressure by the challenges brought by Covid-19.\"\n\nLivestock have been taken and there are fears the problem could grow worse in the coming months\n\nChris Alford, who farms in the Brecon area, has previously had vehicles and machinery stolen, and more recently, a solar-powered fence charger.\n\nHe said: \"I'd only had the fence energiser for two weeks before it was taken. A brand new piece of solar-powered kit that obviously looked expensive.\n\n\"People can so easily search the value of things on their phones now that even specialist items like this can be identified as a payday by a passer-by.\n\n\"The energiser was worth a couple of hundred pounds, which might not seem like much, but the effect of rural crime goes so much deeper than the monetary costs.\"\n\nHe added: \"Then there's the emotional impact. Once you've stopped feeling angry, it's actually gut-wrenching. You can write-off the day you find you've fallen victim to crime. In the past, when I've had larger things like vehicles stolen, it's affected me for weeks.\n\n\"It plays on your mind and makes it hard to concentrate on anything else.\n\n\"The thought of a stranger being on your property, and stealing from you, can make you feel paranoid, with a voice in your head telling you that they'll be back to steal again. You find yourself making business decisions based on what will make you least attractive to repeat theft.\"", "PC Andrew Harper's wedding took place four weeks before he was killed\n\nThe widow of PC Andrew Harper has called for killers of emergency service workers to \"spend the rest of their lives in jail\".\n\nLissie Harper has launched a campaign with the Police Federation for \"Andrew's Law\" after her husband was killed on duty in Berkshire.\n\nPC Harper, 28, died when he was dragged for more than a mile along a road by a getaway car in August 2019.\n\nHis killers were sentenced last Friday after being convicted of manslaughter.\n\nDriver Henry Long was jailed for 16 years, while his accomplices Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were sentenced to 13 years each.\n\nIn a statement, Mrs Harper said she hoped a change in the law would allow people to \"get the justice that they rightly deserve\".\n\nShe vowed to fight in memory of her late husband \"so that anyone killing a police officer, firefighter, nurse, doctor or paramedic is jailed for life\".\n\nLissie Harper has vowed to \"fight for a change in the law in memory of her late husband\".\n\nNewlywed PC Harper, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, died after his feet got caught in a tow strap trialling behind a getaway car that had been used to pull a stolen quad bike near Stanford Dingley.\n\nLong, 19, Bowers and Cole, both 18, were convicted of manslaughter but cleared of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nThe maximum sentence a judge can impose for manslaughter is life imprisonment but they must specify a minimum term to be served.\n\nMr Justice Edis said each of the sentences for PC Harper's killers had to reflect \"the seriousness of this case\".\n\nHe said: \"Sometimes death may be caused by an act of gross carelessness, sometimes it is very close to a case of murder in its seriousness. That is so, here.\"\n\nThe judge added the teenagers were \"young, unintelligent but professional criminals\".\n\nMrs Harper, who last week wrote to the prime minister to ask for a retrial, has called on the \"British public and politicians of all parties\" to back her campaign.\n\nThe Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday it had been asked to review the sentences given to the killers after claims they are too lenient. Its officers have 28 days from sentencing to review the case.\n\nPC Harper married his childhood sweetheart Lissie four weeks before his death\n\nMrs Harper said she had \"witnessed first-hand the lenient and insufficient way in which the justice system deals with criminals who take the lives of our emergency workers\".\n\n\"The people responsible for wreaking utter despair and grief in all of our lives will spend an inadequate amount of time behind bars,\" she said.\n\n\"These men who showed no remorse, no guilt or sorrow for taking such an innocent and heroic life away.\"\n\nJohn Apter, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said he fully supported Mrs Harper in her campaign to change the law.\n\n\"The killing of a police officer should see those responsible face the rest of their lives in prison,\" he said.\n\nMrs Harper said her \"wish\" was to ensure \"any widows of the future will not have to experience the same miscarriages of justice\".\n\n\"Let us finally put in place laws which we can actually be proud of, let us do something about the injustices of our systems that cause so much heartache and utter outrage from us all,\" she said.\n\nJessie Cole, Henry Long and Albert Bowers (L-R) were convicted of killing PC Harper\n\nLong, from Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder, saying he did not know PC Harper was attached to the vehicle.\n\nHe was given a reduction on his sentence because he pleaded guilty and must serve a minimum of 10 years and eight months in jail.\n\nBowers, of Moat Close, Bramley, and Cole, of Paices Hill near Reading, admitted they were passengers, but denied ever seeing the police officer.", "A six-year-old girl nearly choked on a blue surgical face mask baked into her chicken nuggets, a mother says.\n\nLaura Arber, 32, bought a Happy Meal from McDonald's in Aldershot, Hampshire, on Tuesday.\n\nShe said her daughter started making choking noises as she tucked into her nuggets back at home five minutes away. Ms Arber said: \"I had to put my finger in her mouth to make her sick and it came up all speckled with blue.\"\n\nMcDonald's has apologised and said food safety is of the \"utmost importance to us\" and the company places great emphasis on quality control, following \"rigorous standards to avoid any imperfections\". A spokesperson said: \"As soon as we were made aware of the issue we opened a full investigation with the relevant supplier, and have taken action to ensure any product from this batch is removed from restaurants.", "The site of the blast was almost entirely destroyed\n\nLebanon's capital, Beirut, is mourning the victims of Tuesday's huge blast, which killed more than 100, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction in the city.\n\nThere blast was felt hundreds of kilometres away in Cyprus.\n\nOfficials blame the explosion on several thousand tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored in a warehouse for six years.\n\nSeveral port officials have been placed under house arrest.\n\nThe whole city was shaken by the explosion\n\nMany homes and businesses were destroyed\n\nThe Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque was also damaged\n\nThe explosion comes as Lebanon struggles with an economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nA man carries away an injured girl in Beirut\n\nAs many as 300,000 people have been left homeless\n• None Lebanon: Why the country is in crisis", "The Irish government has decided not to move to Phase 4 of its Covid-19 recovery plan, meaning pubs and hotel bars remain closed.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin said the Republic of Ireland could not \"risk moving backward\".\n\nThe next phase would also have allowed gatherings of up to 500 people outdoors and 50 indoors.\n\nMr Martin said the decision would be reviewed again in three weeks time.\n\nIt is the second deferral of Phase 4 after the Irish cabinet voted to delay it in July amid concerns about the spread of the virus.\n\nThe current rules on gatherings allow for a maximum of 200 people to meet outdoors and 50 indoors.\n\nOn Tuesday, the cabinet also made changes to the green list for travel and announced face coverings will be mandatory in shops and shopping centres from Monday 10 August.\n\nCyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, San Marino and Monaco have been removed from the list of countries from which travellers would not have to self-quarantine for 14 days.\n\nMicheál Martin said the \"safest thing\" for those who wish to travel was to \"stay in Ireland\"\n\nThe Vintners' Federation of Ireland had described Tuesday as a \"make or break day\" for the hospitality industry.\n\nIrish broadcaster RTÉ reported that the federation, which represents 3,500 pubs outside Dublin, said publicans and their families were under \"huge strain\"\n\nIn Northern Ireland, \"wet pubs\" - or pubs that do not serve food - have been given an indicative date to reopen from Monday 10 August, but this has yet to be signed off by the Stormont Executive.\n\nSpeaking after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the taoiseach said he was \"very sorry\" for the \"body blow\" the decision will have on some sectors.\n\nMr Martin said the reopening of schools and resuming other health services was essential and appealed for people to have patience to suppress the virus.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland reported 45 new cases of Covid-19 and no further deaths.\n\nThere have been 1,763 deaths related to coronavirus in the country, with a total of 26,253 confirmed cases.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the total number of positive cases now stands at 5,996, while the Department of Health's death toll remains at at 556.", "Gold has topped $2,000 (£1,527) an ounce for the first time as traders look for havens amid the pandemic.\n\nInvestors have moved cash into the precious metal as Covid-19 cases rise in the US and more money is pumped into the global economy.\n\nThe record high gold price has also been driven by concerns over tensions between Washington and Beijing.\n\nPrices of other precious metals, including silver, have also risen sharply since the start of this year.\n\nThe price of gold has increased by more than 30% this year as coronavirus cases continue to rise in America, causing dozens of states to halt or reverse their plans to reopen.\n\nThe rapid rise in cases, which has dented hopes of a swift US economic recovery, has also helped to drive up the price of silver by around a third this year.\n\nAmong the reasons for those rises is investors preparing themselves for a possible pick-up in inflation due to the impact of trillions of dollars of stimulus from governments and central banks around the world.\n\nIn Washington, Trump administration negotiators have said that they will work \"around the clock\" with Democrats as they attempt to strike a deal on more economic relief measures by the end of the week.\n\nAccording to Bank of America, governments around the world have already announced approximately $20tn worth of stimulus to combat the economic impact of the pandemic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC’s Frank Gardner has been given access to the Bank of England’s gold vaults\n\nSome investors see the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis, along with ongoing tensions between the US and China, continuing to push up the price of gold.\n\nMarket strategist Margaret Yang says she sees potential for bullion to continue rising in the coming weeks and months: \"The mid-to-long-term prospect of gold and other precious metals remains bullish against the backdrop of low interest rate environment and fiscal and monetary stimulus.\"\n\nPeter McGuire from XM.com said he sees gold reaching \"$2,200 by Christmas\" with silver, platinum and palladium also set to see strong gains.", "The BBC has defended the use of a racial slur in a news report, but accepted it caused offence.\n\nThe N-word was used in full in a report about a racially-aggravated attack in Bristol, broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel last week.\n\nThe BBC said it wanted to report the word allegedly used in the attack, and this decision was supported by the family of the victim.\n\nIt prompted 384 complaints to Ofcom and there have been calls for an apology.\n\nThe BBC said the number of complaints made directly to the corporation was not yet available, but it would be later in the week when its fortnightly complaints report was published.\n\nThe report, which aired on Wednesday 29 July, described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg.\n\nHe had been hit by a car on 22 July while walking to a bus stop from his workplace, Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone.\n\nPolice said the incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car.\n\nA fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Tuesday.\n\nIn a statement on the BBC's complaints website, the BBC said: \"We accept that this has caused offence but we would like people to understand why we took the decision we did.\"\n\nIt said the victim's family \"asked us specifically to show the photos of this man's injuries and were also determined that we should report the racist language, in full, alleged to have been spoken by the occupants of the car\".\n\n\"Notwithstanding the family's wishes, we independently considered whether the use of the word was editorially justified given the context,\" the statement said.\n\n\"The word is used on air rarely, and in this case, as with all cases, the decision to use it in full was made by a team of people including a number of senior editorial figures.\"\n\nBut some have continued to call for a public apology from the BBC.\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\nReferring to the BBC's response to the complaints, William Adoasi, CEO of Vitae London, said it was \"simply exhausting and a waste of our energy\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 William Adoasi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nInfluencHers, a group of professional British women of African/Caribbean origin, has penned an open letter to the BBC, saying it was \"time for a public apology\" due to \"flagrant and repeated use of the N-word\".\n\nThe letter referred to the news report as well as the use of the N-word in BBC documentary American History's Biggest Fibs, which first aired in 2019 but has been broadcast again recently.\n\n\"We feel distraught, insulted and under attack by the corporation's ease at using what to many descendants of slavery and colonisation, and victims of ongoing racism, is the most degrading and horrific of words,\" the letter said.\n\n\"This is a term many of us have been called during our childhood and even later in life, and we now object to being forced to hear it being used so flippantly by an institution to which we pay licence fees.\"\n\nThe documentary's presenter Lucy Worsley apologised on Twitter, saying the use of the word \"wasn't acceptable\".", "Police said the boy was struck by \"several cars\"\n\nA teenage boy has been been struck by \"several cars\" on a motorway, leaving him seriously injured.\n\nThe M5 was closed for three hours in both directions between junction 2 for Oldbury and junction 3 for Quinton.\n\nWest Midlands Police said it was unclear how the boy, who was on foot, came to be on the motorway at the time of the crash at about 11:15 BST.\n\nThe 15-year-old sustained serious injuries and was taken for treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital.\n\nBoth carriageways were closed for a number of hours\n\nA bicycle was retrieved from the scene\n\nNobody else was injured in the crash, West Midlands Ambulance Service said, and police appealed for further information.\n\nPolice officers were seen retrieving a bicycle from near the carriageway during investigations.\n\nThe road reopened at about 15:00.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Colleges have said they need more financial help\n\nFurther education providers have been \"let down\" by the Welsh Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Colleges Wales.\n\nChief executive Iestyn Davies said he was disappointed with the \"shape and time\" it had taken for colleges to receive guidance.\n\nThe Welsh Government published new guidance on Friday - less than five weeks before the new term in September.\n\nIt said it had worked \"closely\" with the sector and provided nearly £28m.\n\nThe guidance includes how to engage with the test, trace and protect programme and advice on personal protective equipment (PPE).\n\nHowever, Colleges Wales said questions remained over transport as well as vulnerable learners and staff, and urged ministers to provide prolonged financial and practical support.\n\n\"We have a wide range of individuals who come into colleges,\" said Mr Davies.\n\n\"Young people, [those] in their 30s and 40s returning to education, we provide work-based learning, apprenticeships and some incredibly personalised support to learners with complex needs.\n\n\"It's important the sector doesn't become an afterthought.\"\n\nDjainizio Brito, 17, from Grangetown in Cardiff, is facing uncertainty over his course.\n\n\"I don't know if we're even starting in September,\" said student Djainizio Brito\n\nHaving completed his GCSEs at school, he said he was excited to start a creative media production and technology course - but admitted he was still in the dark over his next step.\n\n\"I know what I want to do - I just don't know when I'm going to be able to do it, or if it's going to be online or face to face,\" he said.\n\n\"It is difficult for the college but all the little details that a person should know by now are literally unknown to any student starting in September.\n\n\"My friends who are staying in sixth form already know what they're going to do next year. I'm literally clueless. I don't know if we're even starting in September.\"\n\nHowever, the head of the largest further education organisation in Wales said colleges had been working behind the scenes to ensure students could return safely for the new term.\n\n\"The scenario planning has been happening in the background on a local basis [but] we haven't been actively communicating that with the learners until we're clear exactly how it's going to work,\" said Dafydd Evans of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.\n\n\"Dialogue with the Welsh Government has been constructive, though we would have wished to have the guidelines for September a bit sooner because we're only four weeks away.\n\n\"Whatever we put in place in September has to be agile enough to meet whatever is ahead of us over the winter months in terms of Covid.\"\n\nFurther education could play a crucial role in Wales' economic recovery, particularly for workers who have been left unemployed by the pandemic to retrain or learn new skills.\n\nThe Welsh Government is providing £23m to help colleges and students following coronavirus\n\nBut making sure students of all ages have access to digital equipment must be a priority, Mr Evans said, in case colleges are forced to close again in the winter.\n\n\"We've received some funding but that only scratches the surface,\" he said.\n\n\"A far more radical scheme needs to be put in place by the Welsh Government to ensure digital poverty doesn't exist.\"\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was providing more than £3m for digital equipment for post-16 learners as part of the additional £28m funding aimed to help soften the impact of the pandemic.\n\n\"We have worked closely with colleges in developing the latest guidance, ensuring it's as comprehensive as possible, while remaining relevant to rapid changes at a national level on key matters such as social distancing,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We have responded to specific questions from Colleges Wales and continue to work with the sector and Public Health Wales to resolve queries that may arise as colleges implement the guidance.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Championship\n\nFulham beat Brentford in the Championship play-off final to secure an immediate return to the Premier League thanks to two extra-time goals from Joe Bryan.\n\nThe left-back caught Bees goalkeeper David Raya off guard with a free-kick from 40 yards in the 105th minute of the game at Wembley, with the Spaniard expecting a cross and then unable to scamper back and save Bryan's skidding low effort.\n\nWith the Bees pouring forward in search of an equaliser, Bryan burst forward and combined with Aleksandar Mitrovic before stabbing past Raya to make the game safe with three minutes remaining.\n\nHenrik Dalsgaard pulled a goal back with a header from eight yards out in the fourth minute of added time, but it was too late for the Bees to spark a comeback.\n\nThe goals from Bryan were two rare moments of quality and quick-thinking in an otherwise cagey encounter between the two west London rivals, which finished goalless after 90 minutes.\n• None Football Daily podcast: Fulham are promoted to the Premier League\n\nScott Parker celebrated wildly at full-time having led Fulham to promotion in his first full season as manager.\n\nThe 39-year-old was unable to save them from top-flight relegation after replacing Claudio Ranieri in February 2019, but can now prepare them for a 15th campaign in the Premier League.\n\nParker was unable to call on top scorer Mitrovic, returning from injury, from the start - but the Serbia international showed composure to tee-up Bryan for the crucial second goal with a slick one-two inside the box.\n\nIvan Cavaleiro almost made it 3-0 for Fulham in the closing stages when he was denied by Raya, and Dalsgaard's header came far too late to set up a Bees comeback.\n\nBryan had only scored once this season for the Whites heading into the game, but the 26-year-old ended up being the hero as his goals secured a promotion which could be worth £135m over the next three years.\n\nParker has transformed Fulham's fortunes following their relegation last summer - as the Whites suffered 26 defeats and conceded 81 goals over the course of the 2018-19 league campaign.\n\nThey were among the favourites to go straight back up pre-season, but were unable to overhaul Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion as they stuttered at certain points of a campaign halted for three months by the coronavirus crisis.\n\nMitrovic missed both legs of their semi-final win against Cardiff through injury, and the Championship's golden boot winner was only fit enough for a place on the bench.\n\nDespite the 25-year-old's absence, Parker's side had the better chances in a low-key first 90 minutes, with Raya twice saving from Josh Onomah in the first half.\n\nHowever, midfielder Harrison Reed was fortunate to only see yellow for a crunching challenge on Christian Norgaard before the break.\n\nNeeskens Kebano sent a free-kick into the side-netting soon after the restart and Bobby Decordova-Reid stabbed an effort wide from 12 yards out.\n\nMeanwhile, Marek Rodak's only save of note came in the second half when the Slovakian tipped over a fierce effort from Brentford's Ollie Watkins.\n\nBrentford head coach Thomas Frank will be left wondering where things went wrong, as his side spurned another chance to win promotion to the top flight.\n\nBrentford needed four points from their final two games of the season against Stoke and Barnsley to go up automatically but lost both matches to finish third.\n\nHis prolific forward line of Said Benrahma, Bryan Mbeumo and Watkins had netted 59 goals between them in 2019-20, but were unable to produce clear-cut openings against a stubborn Fulham backline.\n\nThe Bees have assembled a young and attacking squad via a recruitment model largely based on analytics, but Frank will now face a battle to hang on to Watkins and Benrahma, who are likely be the subject of transfer interest from Premier League clubs.\n\nIt is Brentford's fourth play-off final defeat, and they have now failed to win promotion in nine play-off campaigns - setting a new English Football League record.\n\nTheir exile from the top flight will stretch into a 74th year as the Bees move into their new 17,500-capacity stadium at Lionel Road ahead of the start of next season.\n\nFormer England midfielder Parker said he was proud that players involved in last season's disastrous Premier League campaign had bounced back.\n\n\"We've done what we've done tonight, but there's still improvement, and that's what makes me so proud and happy,\" he added.\n\n\"For all of the good players and everything you see, what makes me so happy I see a group of players who only a year ago were struggling psychologically, didn't have a mindset or mentality.\n\n\"I've driven this team every single day and what makes me proud is I stood on the touchline tonight and seen a team that represents what I've been saying over the last 12 months.\"\n\nBrentford boss Frank was also full of praise for his side.\n\n\"First I would like to say congratulations to Fulham, Scott Parker, his coaching staff and everyone involved,\" the Dane said.\n\n\"Of course it's tough when you lose a final like this in a very tight game but I'm extremely proud of my players.\n\n\"We have gone from a mid-table club to a team who, in the league table, was the third-best team.\n\n\"We are very fine margins away from the Premier League, which is an incredible achievement from us.\"\n• None Goal! Brentford 1, Fulham 2. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard with a headed pass.\n• None Offside, Fulham. Michael Hector tries a through ball, but Ivan Cavaleiro is caught offside.\n• None Attempt saved. Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.\n• None Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.\n• None Attempt missed. Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergi Canós with a cross.\n• None Goal! Brentford 0, Fulham 2. Joe Bryan (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.\n• None Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt blocked. Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None How did simulation lead to the track?", "Early-years childcare workers are quitting jobs blighted by low pay, long hours and poor prospects, says a report from the Social Mobility Commission.\n\nThe workforce is \"increasingly unstable\", with not enough new entrants to replace those who leave, the study says.\n\nThe government says it has boosted funding to childcare providers, in order to help parents get back to work.\n\nBut the report urges a total overhaul of early-years careers.\n\nGood-quality early-years provision is key to reducing the attainment gap between children from disadvantaged families and their better-off peers, say the authors.\n\nBut this provision is at risk as committed professionals find themselves undervalued, underpaid and unable to make ends meet, they add.\n\nEarly-years workers face \"multiple barriers\" on a daily basis, says report author Dr Sara Bonetti, director of early years at the Education Policy Institute.\n\n\"We must do far more to support workers, otherwise we risk compromising the quality of provision and widening the disadvantage gap.\"\n\nThe authors studied the pay of about 290,000 workers.\n\nThe latest full official figures available, for the two years ending in March 2017, showed:\n\nAverage salaries are pushed down because of the large number of apprentices working in the sector who can be paid as little as £4.15 an hour under government rules and who often move on quickly, says Dr Bonetti.\n\nAnd self-employed workers find their working hours extended by unpaid paperwork and the requirements of Ofsted, she adds.\n\nLydia Pryor, who runs a pre-school in Aldborough, Norfolk, told the authors she had recently lost her deputy \"because she found another job that pays more, and I had nothing that could entice her to stay\".\n\n\"She's had enough of just making do and worrying about money when her car breaks down.\"\n\nLydia admits: \"You could earn more at Tesco\".\n\nIn Warrington, Cheshire, childminder Melanie Han says lockdown pushed many in the sector out of business, but as it eases, good-quality childcare will be needed more than ever.\n\n\"I think we're going to have significant behavioural problems to deal with over the coming months.\n\n\"Children have missed out on so much at a critical time in their development.\n\nMelanie Han has been a childminder for 15 years\n\nAccording to Liz Bayram, chief executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, childminder numbers are \"in freefall\".\n\n\"The sector is crying out for a coherent workforce development strategy that supports and incentivises practitioners to continuously improve their skills, gain higher qualifications and progress their careers.\"\n\nNeil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: \"Research shows that the first five years of a child's life are absolutely critical for their long-term learning and development and yet, when it comes to education policy in this country, all too often the early years sector is still seen as the poor relation of schools.\n\nHe said it was no surprise that staff, on \"unacceptably low salaries\", were opting to leave.\n\nThe report urges the government to convene an expert group to devise a new careers strategy, to include:\n\nTulip Siddiq , the shadow minister for children and early years, said years of underfunding was \"driving talented staff out of the sector and letting down the young children whose life chances are shaped by vital early education\".\n\nShe said: \"Labour has been calling for targeted support to save the thousands of nurseries and childminding business that are threatened with closure due to Covid-19 but we cannot go back to undervaluing the childcare workforce after this crisis.\n\n\"We must invest in them for the sake of the next generation.\"\n\nThe Department for Education said the government had invested £20m in better training and development for early-years staff, particularly in disadvantaged areas.\n\n\"We are supporting their career progression through better qualifications, more apprenticeship opportunities and routes to graduate level qualifications,\" it said.\n\n\"Nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are a vital support network for families and will play an integral role in this country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"That's why they have received significant financial support over the past months and will benefit from a planned £3.6bn funding in 2020-21 to local authorities for free early education and childcare places.\"\n\nThe DfE added: \"We continue to provide extra stability and reassurance to nurseries and childminders that remain open by 'block-buying' childcare places for the rest of this year at the level we would have funded before coronavirus, regardless of how many children are attending.\"\n• None Childminders are 'the unsung heroes of the pandemic'", "The Home Office is to stop using a video it put on social media accusing migrants' lawyers of being \"activists\".\n\nThe animated clip on its Twitter feed said the current asylum system was \"open to abuse\", allowing lawyers to \"delay and disrupt returns\" of people.\n\nThe Law Society said the video was \"misleading and dangerous\".\n\nHome Office permanent secretary Matthew Rycroft said the video \"should not have been used on an official government channel\" and would not be posted again.\n\nInitially, a spokesman for the department said it would not be removing the original post - viewed more than 1.6 million times - but several hours later it had been taken down.\n\nThe Home Office did not specify who created the video or approved it for publication.\n\nThe video was published by the Home Office on Wednesday evening, referencing crossings of the English Channel by asylum seekers in small boats.\n\nIt showed a graphic of planes leaving the UK, with the caption: \"We are working to remove migrants with no right to remain in the UK.\n\n\"But currently return regulations are rigid and open to abuse... allowing activist lawyers to delay and disrupt returns.\"\n\nThe Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, condemned the video, saying attacks on the integrity of the legal profession \"undermine the rule of law\".\n\nThe president of group, Simon Davis, said: \"Solicitors advise their clients on their rights under the laws created by parliament. To describe lawyers who are upholding the law as 'activist lawyers' is misleading and dangerous.\n\n\"We should be proud that we live in a country where legal rights cannot be overridden without due process, and we should be proud that we have legal professionals who serve the rule of law.\n\nThe Bar Council, which represents all barristers in England and Wales, also condemned the video, saying lawyers were \"merely doing their jobs\" and were not \"activists\".\n\nChair of the council Amanda Pinto QC said: \"The justice system provides a vital check and balance and should not be attacked for the sake of political point-scoring by the government.\n\n\"We strongly condemn the use of divisive and deceptive language that undermines the rule of law and those working to uphold it.\"\n\nA professor lodged a formal complaint with the Home Office and received a response from the department's head civil servant, Mr Rycroft.\n\nHe said: \"I agree the phrase you quote should not have been used on an official government channel.\n\n\"I have made clear to the team this post should not be used again from Home Office accounts or anywhere else by civil servants.\"\n\nThe Home Office confirmed the response, which was also shared on Twitter, was accurate and said it would not be sharing the video elsewhere.", "The number of daily UK cases of coronavirus has risen to 1,522 in the past 24 hours - the highest tally since mid-June.\n\nBut this rise needs to be seen in context.\n\nWhile any increase in cases is worrying, we are now testing more people than we did two months ago.\n\nAnd it follows that the more you look for the virus, the more you will find it.\n\nThe increase in cases since early July - when the average rate was half what it is now - cannot be accounted for alone by more testing, but it is certainly a factor.\n\nThe other thing to remember is where we have come from.\n\nAt the peak of the pandemic, we were not able to conduct mass testing, so we don't know exactly how many cases there were. But the best estimates suggest there were around 100,000 new infections every day at the end of March.\n\nIt is unrealistic to expect cases to fall to zero.\n\nWhat's important now is that we keep beating down the virus – and limit any increases.\n\nThat requires identifying hotspots and keeping a lid on them. All the indications are that the areas that have had extra restrictions imposed on them in recent weeks have seen a declining number of cases.\n\nThe national rise - certainly at this point - is not as alarming as it seems. But there can be no room for complacency.", "Travellers returning to the UK from Switzerland could have to self-isolate, if the government decides to remove the country from its quarantine exemption list.\n\nThe Czech Republic and Jamaica could also lose their exempt status, while Cuba could be added to the safe list in some parts of the UK.\n\nUK ministers are meeting later to discuss any changes.\n\nThere is also concern about a rising number of Covid cases in Gibraltar.\n\nHowever it is understood that the island has successfully lobbied to avoid being added to the quarantine measures for at least another week, says the BBC's Nick Eardley.\n\nThe requirement to quarantine for 14 days has already been applied to people coming from Switzerland to Scotland.\n\nIt follows a rise in infections in the country.\n\nThe UK considers imposing quarantine conditions when a country's rate of infection exceeds 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days.\n\nSwitzerland is currently over that threshold, with a seven-day rate of 21.2.\n\nQuarantine rules are set by each UK nation separately but restrictions imposed in England following the ministers' meeting are also likely to be adopted by Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nSwiss Tourism Federation director Barbara Gisi has said with over 1.6 million Britons travelling to the country last year, the UK is the third largest foreign market for Switzerland.\n\n\"Swiss tourism cannot afford to do without guests from abroad in the long term,\" she said.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo said cases appeared to be rising in the territory because they were doing more testing than most other places.\n\nHe said they had been \"very successful at identifying cases of the virus and exercising controls in terms of imposing self-isolation\".\n\n\"We have no-one in hospital, we have no-one in ICU, we have had no-one die from the virus.\"\n\nHe said imposing quarantine rules would be \"a huge inconvenience\" not just to tourists but also people travelling to Gibraltar for work and study.\n\nBut a decision on changing the island's status in unlikely to be made this week.\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 Department for Transport introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for some arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nIn the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", detailing countries that were exempt from the rule.\n\nSince then the governments have regularly updated that list, adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UK.\n\nLast week quarantine restrictions were lifted on those returning from Portugal, but added for travellers coming back from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and £480 in Scotland, and there are fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nHow will you be affected if Switzerland goes on the quarantine list? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The US retail giant Walmart has said it will team up with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of TikTok.\n\nWalmart told the BBC it thought a deal with the Chinese video-sharing app would help it expand its operations.\n\nTikTok has been given 90 days to sell its US arm to an American firm or face a ban in the country. Donald Trump has alleged it shares its user data with Beijing - claims it denies.\n\nEarlier on Thursday the firm's boss resigned ahead of the impending ban.\n\nConfirming that the company was pursuing a deal, a Walmart spokesperson told the BBC: \"We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators.\"\n\nMicrosoft, which confirmed at the beginning of August that it was in talks with TikTok, told the BBC it had \"nothing to share at this time\".\n\nWith Walmart, which owns UK supermarket chain Asda, it will now go up against other prospective bidders, including the US tech giant Oracle.\n\nAccording to reports, TikTok's US operations could fetch as much as $30bn (£22bn) if a deal is reached.\n\nSince its global launch at the end of 2018 Tiktok has attracted a huge following, especially amongst the under-25s.\n\nThe app lets its followers create short videos, with the help of an extensive database of songs and wide range of filters.\n\nHowever, the Trump administration has accused its owner, the Chinese internet firm Bytedance, of being a threat to US national security.\n\nIt says the data the company collects from its 800 million users - 100 million of whom are reported to be in the US - is at risk of exploitation by the Chinese government.\n\nIndia's government has also banned TikTok, along with dozens more Chinese-made apps, claiming they \"surreptitiously\" transmit users' data.\n\nBeijing has denied such claims, calling the US ban politically motivated.\n\nThe founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, has faced criticism for his decision to sell to a US company. But in a letter to his Chinese staff he said it was the only way to prevent the app from being taken down in America.\n\nIt's not the only Chinese-owned app to attract the suspicion of the US authorities - the messaging app WeChat also faces a ban.", "Parisian cyclists don't have to wear a face mask but some are taking extra precautions\n\nWearing a face mask in public has become mandatory across Paris and several surrounding areas, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in France.\n\nOn Friday the country recorded 7,379 new infections - its highest number since early May.\n\nThe number of \"red zones\" where the virus is in active circulation has risen from two to 21.\n\nAnnouncing new local curbs on Thursday, PM Jean Castex said he wanted to avoid another general lockdown.\n\nHe said the coronavirus was \"gaining ground\" across France, and that if the government did not act fast infection growth could become \"exponential\".\n\nDespite a sharp rise in cases in recent weeks, daily death tolls have remained low. Overall, more than 30,500 people have died and almost 300,000 have been infected in France.\n\nA number of European countries are seeing a surge in new cases, and Germany is also planning tighter rules.\n\nChancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday that in the coming months things would become \"even more difficult than now\", as people have been able to enjoy life outdoors over the summer.\n\nThe French prime minister said all pedestrians would have to wear face masks in public areas in the capital from 08:00 on Friday (06:00 GMT).\n\nWhile individual streets and areas of the capital already have rules on wearing face coverings, this new rule will be far more extensive, covering not only Paris but its inner ring of Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne.\n\nMask-wearing has taken over the streets of Paris by stealth over the past few months, and the blanket enforcement of face masks in and around the capital from 08:00 triggered little real outcry, except for one thing: the new rules were originally designed to apply to cyclists and runners, along with pedestrians.\n\nBy the time the regulation came into force this morning, Paris city hall had intervened, and won a reprieve, saying it was \"dangerous\" and \"counter-productive\" to force these two groups to wear masks, especially when the mayor had been encouraging people to cycle to work to relieve pressure on public transport.\n\nWhile cyclists have been given a reprieve, the rules still stand for motorcyclists and people on scooters\n\nRunners and cyclists aside, only a handful of people were still out without a mask in my neighbourhood this morning, and there seems to be a lot of support for the measure around the capital.\n\n\"It's better than being locked down,\" one woman said. Another resident said the government should have brought it in earlier, so that \"the situation wouldn't have got as bad as it is now\".\n\nAsked on Friday if smokers could take off the mask to have a cigarette, Paris Deputy Mayor Anne Souyris made clear this was not the case.\n\n\"You're not allowed to smoke on the street without a mask; you can't take it off, so you must find another way,\" she told the Cnews channel.\n\nParis is already a red zone, along with the southern area of Bouches-du-Rhône, where France's second-largest city Marseille made masks compulsory from Wednesday evening.\n\nA broad expanse of the Mediterranean coast and the Gironde area around Bordeaux are also red zones.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How not to wear a face mask\n\nMasks will also become part of normal life for French schoolchildren aged 11 and over. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended use of masks in school from the age of 12.\n\nMasks are already required in most enclosed public spaces and will be mandatory in workplaces from next week.\n\nHowever, the two biggest cities in the Netherlands have decided to scrap a pilot scheme for compulsory masks in their busiest areas on Monday.\n\nThe Amsterdam and Rotterdam authorities say they may bring back the requirement if necessary, but they believe that as the warm weather and high tourist season come to an end it will be easier to maintain social distancing of 1.5m (5ft).\n\nMasks are a key part of Germany's tougher restrictions aimed at curbing a renewed rise in cases.\n\nAlthough Germany has not seen the scale of Covid-related deaths as many other Western European countries, the federal government and 16 states have reached a deal on new measures:\n\nDuring her summer press conference on Friday, Mrs Merkel said Germans would \"have to live with this virus for longer\" and maintain vigilance, especially as the number of infections had risen in recent weeks. Another 1,571 cases and three more deaths were reported on Friday.\n\nMeanwhile, a group called \"Querdenken\" (Think outside the box) is challenging a Berlin ban on a march on Saturday against Covid-19 restrictions. The protest has already seen 22,000 people sign up.\n\nA march on 1 August attracted around 20,000 people, made up of mainly Covid-deniers and far-right activists.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nPeople on low incomes who cannot work from home will be able to claim £13 a day, up to £182, if they have to self-isolate under coronavirus restrictions, the government says. However, payments to those who test positive, those in their household and other eligible people told to self-isolate by NHS contact tracers will only apply in parts of England with high virus rates.\n\nCity centres could become \"ghost towns\" if the prime minister does not do more to encourage workers back to the office, the head of business lobby group the CBI says. Allowing staff to work from home helped keep firms afloat during lockdown, but thousands of local businesses that rely on passing trade are suffering, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn writes in the Daily Mail. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce, which makes engines for the badly-hit aviation market, has reported record losses.\n\nComplacency over the flu jab risks overwhelming the NHS, if there is a surge in Covid-19 cases this winter, vaccination specialists warn. It comes as BBC analysis of data from English local authorities found the take-up among people in vulnerable groups eligible for a free jab has declined in recent years. In Wales, health officials are reassuring the public it's safe to attend GP surgeries for jabs.\n\nA mother whose 16-year-old daughter has twice had an ankle operation postponed says the pandemic should not be used as an excuse for pushing back operations. Aisling McCrory says her daughter, Dearbhaile, is in pain every day. She remains on crutches and wears a medical boot, despite several operations on the joint she fractured six years ago. Health trusts say services have been \"significantly disrupted\" by the pandemic.\n\nA mini-boom since the property market reopened in different parts of the UK has led to properties selling much faster since the height of lockdown, research suggests. In the 90 days to mid-August, a three-bedroom home has typically sold in 24 days, 12 days quicker than the same period a year ago, property portal Zoopla said.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nHere are some tips on avoiding catching the virus indoors.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "Charities say many schools and colleges are not aware they can order free period products through a government scheme, amid concerns Covid-19 has left more pupils struggling to access and afford tampons and pads.\n\nJust under 40% of state schools and colleges have placed orders since it was launched in England in January.\n\nThe government says the opt-in scheme has operated throughout the pandemic.\n\nBut campaigners say it should be promoted more as schools return.\n\nGemma Abbott, from the Free Periods group, said \"many schools and students [are] still not aware\" of the scheme, which aims to help prevent children in colleges, primary and secondary schools missing lessons if they don't have access to products at home.\n\n\"The government also needs to take some responsibility for the fact that more than 60% of eligible schools and colleges have yet to sign up to the scheme,\" she said - adding that Free Periods has \"hardly heard anything\" from the Department for Education (DfE) since the initiative's launch.\n\n\"If DfE really is committed to ensuring that 'no young person's education is disrupted by their period', as they said back in January, then they need to make much more effort to ensure that schools and colleges know about the scheme, that they place orders for products and that they distribute those products efficiently and sensitively to students who need them.\"\n\nShe added that the government had suggested that the \"opt-in\" nature of the scheme would be reconsidered if there was insufficient uptake.\n\n\"If these stats have not improved quite drastically by October half-term, this surely needs to be considered,\" she said.\n\nInstitutions that opt in can order from a range of items online, via email or over the phone using an allocated budget for 2020.\n\nThe DfE said it expects uptake \"to return to pre-lockdown levels\" when children go back to lessons - and that some schools did continue to operate the scheme during lockdown.\n\nBenfield School in Newcastle is one of those. It stayed open for keyworker children, but staff delivered products to the homes of pupils who were eligible for free school meals.\n\nBenfield School in Newcastle asked its students for their insights on tackling period poverty\n\nHowever, assistant head teacher Sarah Wardle said with schools facing so much turmoil, tackling period poverty may not be a priority or a possibility for others. She thinks making it mandatory for schools to use the scheme - and to educate about periods more broadly - would increase uptake.\n\n\"It might be that it needs to come to that so that staff sit up and say 'we need to do something about this',\" she said, adding she expects demand to rise in September.\n\n\"Some of our students' parents might have just been earning enough in terms of them not being able to access free school meals. I think one of the issues when we come back is that those people who were just on the cusp might have lost their jobs, might not be working, and there will be a need.\"\n\nThe scheme is demand-led, so uptake is monitored and used to determine spending.\n\nStaff at Benfield School in Newcastle have raised the issue of period poverty at parents' evenings\n\nPhs Group, which supplies the products for the government's scheme and runs the online portal for orders, said it expects uptake to \"rise considerably\" in September.\n\nWarren Edmondson, managing director of phs Direct, called the scheme is a \"major achievement\" in tackling period poverty, but added: \"The onus is now on schools and colleges to claim their free products and orders must be received by the end of the autumn term.\"\n\nAmika George, who started the campaign to get free period products into schools as a teenager, said the government needs to do more to promote it, particularly as the pandemic has been a \"disaster\" for those who were already struggling to afford products.\n\n\"Household incomes have been squeezed and with so many jobs feeling fragile, children are not even asking their parents for money for pads,\" she said, adding that young people may have lost part-time jobs to buy their own.\n\nShe wants the government to contact schools and offer help if they are not ordering through the scheme.\n\nAccording to research by charity Plan International, three in 10 girls in the UK have experienced issues either affording or accessing period products during the pandemic, while one in five said their periods have been harder to manage due to the lack of available toilet roll.\n\nThe charity's Katie Morrison said that while coronavirus is one factor affecting uptake, some schools may not see period poverty as a relevant issue or priority for their pupils.\n\n\"Others may want to engage, but don't know how to go about it,\" she said.\n\nThe charity has released guidance for schools going back in September, which advises on how to deliver free product schemes and to facilitate discussions about what pupils need.\n\nThe England scheme mirrors one already rolled out in Scotland which launched last year, following a pilot scheme that gave free tampons and towels to low-income households in Aberdeen.\n\nWales introduced funding for free period products in schools from April 2019 and committed more than £3.3m in January this year to tackle period poverty and support period dignity in 2020/21.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Welsh government added that before schools and colleges were closed in March, officials directed all local authorities and further education colleges to provide students with three months' supply of products where needed.\n\nOne local authority in Northern Ireland offers free products in public places.", "Queuing to get a socially-distanced sunbathing spot on the beach. Wearing your face mask to the hotel bar. Finding out halfway through your trip that you'll have to quarantine when you get home. People are going abroad for holidays for the first time in months, but as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, is it worth the hassle?\n\nSeveral plans have fallen through for Grace Wilding so far this summer. The 19-year-old trainee teacher had been looking forward to a big family holiday in a villa in Spain, but they postponed the trip for fears her baby nephew could catch the virus.\n\nGrace and her boyfriend Alfie Archer, 18, had also booked a trip to Cape Verde, but it was cancelled due to the pandemic. The couple didn't want to lose the opportunity to soak up some sun on their first summer holiday together, and they felt that the virus posed a low risk to them as young and healthy people - so they began hunting for a last-minute deal.\n\n\"I'd say I feel safer here than home definitely. The same rules are applied but everyone actually follows them here,\" says Grace from her hotel in Playa de las Americas, Tenerife. The Liverpool Hope University student from Halton, Cheshire, says she was glad to hear flight attendants reminding people to wear face masks on the plane, and that she waited patiently in line for temperature checks at the airport in Tenerife, and happily shared her details with local contact tracers.\n\nIn Grace and Alfie's hotel, everyone wears face coverings at all times until they reach their rooms, sun loungers, or dinner tables. \"Wearing the masks in the heat can be a bit of a nuisance at times, but this is the climate we've decided to put ourselves in so we will abide by the rules like everyone else,\" she says.\n\nGrace Wilding says everyone's following coronavirus rules at her hotel in Playa de las Americas\n\nIn restaurants \"you're greeted with hand sanitiser before you sit down\", she says. And the couple has mostly steered clear of going to the beach, where officials make people queue up to get a sunbathing spot that's a safe distance from other holidaymakers.\n\nIn keeping with the theme of the summer so far, more of Grace's plans were scuppered when the UK's quarantine rules changed for Spain - including the Canary Islands - while they were away. Grace and Alfie are now having to self-isolate for 14 days after returning to the UK.\n\nGrace admits the couple wouldn't have gone to Tenerife if they had known they would have to quarantine when they came back. Alfie worries about the two weeks of income he will lose, because he is a joiner so cannot work while isolating. But Grace remains upbeat. She says the news meant they enjoyed the holiday \"probably even more\" as they made the most of their last days of relative freedom before flying home.\n\n\"I wouldn't hold back on booking another holiday,\" Grace adds. \"The world can't stop for any longer, in my opinion.\"\n\nAs Ben Osborne describes his family holiday over the phone, his voice is partly drowned out by the sound of his sons shouting and playing at their rented apartment in Lake Como, Italy. \"They're having a fantastic time,\" he laughs.\n\nThe family of five, from Hereford, have been to water parks, on day trips, and spent a lot of time at the pool they share with others in the apartment block. Ben, who works for Vodafone as a customer solutions architect, says the pandemic hasn't got in the way of their holiday at all.\n\nThey've even taken a mini-break from social distancing. Ben, 39, and his wife Nadia, 37, decided they wouldn't be too strict on their children adhering to Italy's one-metre rule during the 11-day holiday, so they have mixed with other young families staying in the complex.\n\nBen says this doesn't mean they have completely given up on social distancing and the adults are remaining wary around each other. But he says three-year-old Cooper has \"absolutely no concept of staying away from people\" and so the rules have also been relaxed for his older brothers Ashton, 10, and Carter, eight.\n\nThe Osbornes found Lake Como to be much quieter than on their previous trips\n\nHygiene rules such as mandatory swimming caps didn't stop Ashton and Carter enjoying the pool\n\nThe only time the pandemic brought the mood down was during the Osbornes' journey to their idyllic destination. The worst part was navigating the not-so-idyllic Luton Airport, which Ben describes as a \"nightmare\". He recalls only one shop was open - Boots - and that it was difficult to find any empty seats in the airport because so many were cordoned off. But the flight itself \"wasn't too bad\", he says. The family wore face coverings but did have to sit next to strangers, without any social distancing.\n\nThe Osbornes have been to Lake Como before, and are enjoying the fact there are far fewer Brits than usual. \"We quite like to go away to experience different cultures, [so] what's really nice is I've not heard any English language,\" Ben says.\n\nHe adds that it's a blessing to not have to queue for the supermarket, as we have grown used to in the UK. The only visible signs of the virus, to Ben, were people wearing face coverings in shops, and mandatory swimming caps in the pool. \"If someone had plonked us here and we didn't know about coronavirus, we wouldn't know the difference. You honestly wouldn't know that there's a pandemic.\"\n\nJulie Grinter's friends told her she was \"completely mad\" for deciding to go ahead with her three-week holiday to Portugal, after the country failed to make it on to the UK government's quarantine-free list. But Julie, 50, points out that you could catch coronavirus in the supermarket at home, let alone on a plane. \"You can't stay inside for the rest of your life so you've got to take the precautions and get on with life,\" she says.\n\nThe choice of destination might have horrified Julie's friends, but she and her partner Matthew Boulden, 52, felt extremely safe. After flying to Lisbon they went on a road trip to the Algarve and enjoyed being almost the only tourists, wherever they went. \"It's just absolutely deserted. There's just nobody there,\" says Julie, who works for a consultancy firm in the City of London.\n\nThe couple ate out regularly, and while most dining was outside to help reduce the spread of the virus, Julie points out that the Portuguese climate meant that was never a problem. Impeccable service, high hygiene standards, free drinks from grateful waiters, and chats with less-than-busy chefs all added to the couple's feeling that they'd stumbled into a luxurious private dining experience.\n\nRestaurants owners on Julie's road trip told her they were struggling with a lack of customers\n\nJulie, who says many beaches were deserted, took this photo of the popular Praia da Rainha in Cascais\n\nCrowds at Praia da Rainha in Cascais, in the pre-coronavirus world of August 2016\n\nBut Julie from Surbiton, south-west London, admits the solitude wasn't always a relief. Tourism is a major industry in Portugal and is popular with British holidaymakers, with almost three million UK visitors a year. The restaurants often lacked \"a bit of atmosphere\", she says, adding that the staff were anxious for the future, and owners were \"hacked off\" and \"obviously devastated\" that their country still has not made it on to the UK's quarantine-free lists. \"You do feel massively sorry for them because they are just desperate for business,\" she says.\n\nPortugal's border is open to British citizens, but the UK government advises against travel to most parts unless the trip is essential. On arrival to the mainland, travellers have to do a health screening, and those going to Madeira, Porto Santo or the Azores must take a coronavirus test on arrival or before travelling.\n\nCheap flights, deserted beaches and a free cocktail or two mean now that Julie is home, she's spending her 14 days of isolation persuading her previously horrified friends that Portugal is the place to be in a pandemic. \"If you can just work from home when you get back, it's ideal.\"\n\nFor Adam Welch, a self-imposed month of minimal social contact at home in Kirkham, Lancashire, is the price he's paying for a five-night getaway to Croatia.\n\nThe 18-year-old and three friends have formed a temporary household bubble at an Airbnb in Split. In order to reduce the chance of spreading the virus to one another, or to anyone else on their return to the UK, the friends agreed to minimise their social contact with anyone for 14 days before going away and 14 days after getting back. \"I just think it comes down to thinking of other people,\" Adam says.\n\nThe pandemic led to exams and celebrations being cancelled in Adam's final year of college, so the sacrifice of semi-quarantine will be worth it to \"let my hair down\" on holiday, he says. \"If someone said to me at the start of the year, 'if you go on holiday you have to isolate for 14 days afterwards in your house', I'd be like: 'no way. I can't do that, it sounds so hard'. But now it just sounds easy.\"\n\nSo far in Split, the four friends have enjoyed eating out, going out for drinks, exploring the city, and snorkelling off picture-perfect beaches. People have to wear masks in shops and on public transport in Croatia but locals aren't observing social distancing at all, Adam says. While it's weird to see, he adds, it's a nice break from the rules and regulations in place in the UK.\n\nAdam Welch says he's happy to give up Croatia's nightclubs in favour of its beaches\n\nIn the hiatus between finishing college and starting university in York in September, Adam admits he's tempted by Croatia's nightclubs, which are open albeit with some additional cleaning measures to combat the spread of the virus. But Adam says the \"lads' holiday\" will be a more muted affair than it would have been in normal times. \"At the end of the day, we're in a nice apartment, we can just get some drinks from a shop and stuff like that, and chill out with each other. We can definitely have a really good time and we don't have to go clubbing.\"\n\nEngland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have separate, albeit similar, lists of destinations that are exempt from the quarantine rule.\n\nFor some of the most popular warm weather hotspots among Brits, we've got more details of what to expect when you're there.", "Last updated on .From the section Basketball\n\nA host of US sports games were postponed for a second straight day in protest at the shooting of Jacob Blake.\n\nBlake, a black man, was shot seven times in the back by police on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin near Milwaukee.\n\nThe NBA has postponed Thursday's play-off games after Wednesday's fixtures were called off following a player walkout.\n\nNBA executive vice president Mike Bass said the league was \"hopeful to resume games either Friday or Saturday\".\n\nFor the second straight night, three MLB games were also postponed.\n\nThe NHL announced that four games scheduled for Thursday and Friday had been called off as well.\n\nThe WNBA postponed Thursday's games having done the same a day earlier.\n\nNBA held meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in their bubble in Florida.\n\nBass said a video conference call would take place later on Thursday which will include players, team governors and representatives from the league office \"to discuss next steps\".\n\nUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the NBA has become \"like a political organisation\" while senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, added that he intends to invite the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to the White House to discuss solutions to racial injustice.\n\n\"I think that it's nice that they're standing up for the issue, but I'd like to see them start moving into concrete solutions that are productive,\" he told Politico. \"And again, President Trump in this White House is willing to work with them.\"\n\nSports across the US boycotted games on Wednesday, which began with the Milwaukee Bucks choosing not to play game five of their play-off series against the Orlando Magic.\n\nBesides the three NBA and three WNBA games being called off, three MLB and five MLS fixtures were postponed on Wednesday.\n\nSeven NFL teams cancelled practice on Thursday while Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka pulled out of a WTA match in New York.\n\nShe tweeted that she would no longer play her semi-final in the Western and Southern Open in New York, saying that \"as a black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand that need immediate attention, rather than watching me play tennis\".\n\nThe US Tennis Association, ATP and WTA subsequently announced it was pausing play at the Western and Southern Open on Thursday and would resume on Friday, adding that \"tennis is collectively taking a stance against racial inequality and social injustice\".\n• None 'I was brought to tears' - Onuoha considers Real Salt Lake future after owner's comments\n• None 'We need to show we are using our voice in a positive way'\n\nFormer world number one Osaka later confirmed she would play her semi-final against Belgian 14th seed Elise Mertens on Friday, thanking the governing bodies for their support and adding in a statement: \"I was [and am] ready to concede my match to my opponent.\n\n\"However, after my announcement and lengthy consultation with the WTA and USTA, I have agreed at their request to play on Friday. They offered to postpone all matches until Friday and that in my mind brings more attention to the movement.\"\n\nThe WNBA postponed all three games scheduled for Thursday after Wednesday's three games, due to take place in the bubble in Bradenton, Florida, were also called off.\n\n\"Information regarding rescheduling of yesterday and today's games will be provided when available,\" read a WNBA statement on Thursday.\n\nThe night before, players linked arms on court, with a group wearing T-shirts that spelled out Blake's name and also seven holes in them representing how many times he was shot by police.\n\n\"We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the NBA and we continue this conversation with our brothers and sisters across all leagues and look to take collective action,\" said Atlanta Dream's Elizabeth Williams in a statement on behalf of all WNBA players.\n\n\"If you truly believe that black lives matter, then go and vote.\"\n\nLeBron James tweeted: \"We demand change. Sick of it.\" Former US President Barack Obama, a dedicated basketball fan, tweeted his support of the walkout.\n\nAfter calling off their game against the Orlando Magic, the Bucks players released a statement that said: \"Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball.\n\n\"When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other accountable.\n\n\"We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement.\n\n\"We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable.\"", "Actress and activist Jameela Jamil says the media often exaggerates the volume of criticism she receives.\n\nThe Good Place star regularly campaigns on issues of body image, race and feminism, occasionally attracting controversy on social media.\n\n\"Naturally, the thing that gets the most attention is when I experience 'the backlash,'\" she told the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival.\n\n\"So people think I'm just constantly [getting] backlash. That's not true.\n\n\"Honestly, if you even read the articles where it's like 'Jameela Jamil backlash', it's two tweets that... haven't even been sent to me, they're just about me, and they call that a backlash,\" she explained.\n\n\"I have 90% support, my inbox is full of thousands of positive messages of either support or thanks.\n\n\"So I do want women out there... to know that I'm not just batting away the patriarchy all the time, I am consistently living a rewarding and engaging and fulfilling life, in my pursuit of equality.\"\n\nMedia outlets sometimes sensationalise stories to drive clicks and advertising revenue, but Jamil suggested there could be another motive for highlighting criticism of her activism: to discourage other women from becoming too vocal.\n\n\"They want to terrify us about speaking out because, especially post-MeToo, we've seen the tremendous power of when women come together.\"\n\nHowever, she acknowledged, her comments and actions sometimes do provoke a genuinely strong reaction.\n\n\"Sometimes there is backlash and you just have to make a decision,\" she said.\n\n\"If you are going to be someone who speaks out, you have to understand you're going to rub people up the wrong way, people who are on the opposition, as well as people on your own side, because there is a weird amount of competition in activism, that I don't understand.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"And you have to protect yourself. I am someone who is incredibly lucky to have... a loving household that I live in with friends and a boyfriend, but also I have access to very good therapy.\n\n\"So if you're going to engage in this, make sure that you have built yourself a proper support system, because it is hard, but it isn't impossible and it's not as bad as they try to make it look.\"\n\nJamil, who first became famous in the UK as a presenter on T4, has gone on to become a successful radio presenter and actress, starring in the hit comedy series The Good Place.\n\nWhile she says the media exaggerates criticism of her activism, she has occasionally attracted significant criticism.\n\nEarlier this year, she was hired as a judge on the HBO's Legendary - a voguing competition celebrating the underground gay culture of ballroom, prompting complaints that she was not representative of the black LGBT community.\n\nIn response, Jamil came out as queer, adding that she had previously struggled to discuss the topic because \"it's not easy within the south Asian community to be accepted\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The Liberal Democrats are set to announce their new leader later as the contest for the top job comes to an end.\n\nThe party's acting leader, Sir Ed Davey, and one of its MPs, Layla Moran, have been competing in the leadership race since June.\n\nThe winner will be the first permanent leader since Jo Swinson, who lost her seat in the 2019 election.\n\nThe result will be announced online at 11:30 BST (10:30 GMT).\n\nThe contest has been carried out remotely due to the coronavirus, with online campaigning and virtual hustings.\n\nSir Ed has been acting leader since Ms Swinson stepped down in December, and was a cabinet minister in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.\n\nIn a BBC debate between the candidates, he said he had learnt from his experience of working with former leader Paddy Ashdown to build up the party in the 1990s.\n\nAnd he said would use the party's local government base \"as a springboard for results in the future\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ed Davey is asked about the Lib Dem party polling falling by half since he became acting party co-leader.\n\nMs Moran has been an MP since 2017 and now acts as the party's education spokeswoman.\n\nShe said her lack of experience in Parliament would be an asset \"at a time when people don't trust politicians\".\n\nThe MP also pointed to her success of overturning \"a massive majority\" in her Oxford constituency, adding: \"We did that by amassing a group of people from all sides of the political spectrum.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Layla Moran: “We need to win back the trust of the electorate, show we have learned from the mistakes of the past.”\n\nThe Lib Dems originally planned to delay the contest to succeed Ms Swinson until May 2021.\n\nBut the party brought it forward following criticism from party members.", "Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blamed a \"mutant algorithm\" for this summer's exam results fiasco.\n\n\"I am afraid your grades were almost derailed by a mutant algorithm and I know how stressful that must have been,\" he told pupils at a school.\n\nAn algorithm - a maths calculation - was initially used to determine A-level and GCSE results this year but it was scrapped after problems emerged.\n\nThe top civil servant at the Department for Education has also now been sacked.\n\nJonathan Slater was due to stand down next year, but will now leave the department by next week.\n\nMr Johnson made his comments about the algorithm during a visit to a secondary school in Coalville, Leicestershire, on Wednesday.\n\nThe National Education Union (NEU) called Mr Johnson's comments \"brazen\" and accused him of trying to \"idly shrug away a disaster that his own government created\".\n\nThe prime minister had previously defended the controversial exam results as a \"robust set of grades\". His government later made a U-turn following anger over the algorithm and decided to use predicted grades from teachers instead.\n\nSpeaking to pupils earlier, Mr Johnson empathised with the problems young people had faced with their exam grades but said he was \"very, very glad that it has finally been sorted out\".\n\nResults for this year's exams were caught up in confusion\n\nThe prime minister said education was the \"great liberator\" and the biggest risk for young people was not Covid-19 - but was \"continuing to be out of school\".\n\nMr Johnson told pupils they needed to be in school to think about ideas and questions - such as \"Is Harry Potter sexist? The answer is no, by the way.\"\n\nBut the remarks on exam problems angered the biggest teachers' union, who saw it as evading responsibility.\n\nKevin Courtney, joint leader of the NEU, said parents and teachers would be \"horrified to see the leader of this country treat his own exams fiasco like some minor passing fad\".\n\n\"It is certain to put a long-lasting dent in the government's reputation on education.\"\n\nThe exam chaos has also led to the Boris Johnson removing the most senior civil servant at the Department for Education, permanent secretary Jonathan Slater.\n\nA statement said \"the prime minister has concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership\" at the department.\n\nThe role as the department's most senior civil servant will be taken on in an interim basis by Susan Acland-Hood.\n\nIt follows the resignation of Sally Collier as head of the Ofqual exam watchdog for England.\n\nSo what does the departure of Jonathan Slater mean - and why does it matter?\n\nFor his union, the FDA - and for Labour - it is straightforwardly a sign that, when things go wrong, the buck now firmly stops with the officials and not government ministers.\n\nAngry Conservative MPs were being privately reassured that \"heads would roll\" after the exams controversy - and both a senior civil servant, and the head of Ofqual, have now departed while Gavin Williamson and his education ministers remain in post.\n\nBut something of a pattern is emerging.\n\nIn February the most senior official at the Home Office resigned - and took the government to court claiming there had been a \"vicious and orchestrated campaign\" against him.\n\nOther senior civil servants have made less of a fuss but have nonetheless left their jobs: the most senior Whitehall mandarin - Sir Mark Sedwill - recently moved; the head of the Foreign Office announced an earlier than expected departure; and it was announced last month that the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice would be leaving, too.\n\nCabinet office minister Michael Gove has talked about reforming the civil service - in a speech in June, he said government departments recruited in their own image and their assumptions were \"inescapably metropolitan\". So a strategic rethink and an increased turnover of senior Whitehall personnel are probably not entirely unrelated.\n\nBut what might worry senior civil servants more is that they might be sacrificed for short term news management, rather than as the result of a strategic master plan.\n\nAnd there is a risk this, in turn, might affect the quality of those who apply for senior civil service roles.\n\nBoth departures followed the high-profile problems caused by replacement grades for A-levels, GCSEs and vocational qualifications for exams cancelled in the pandemic.\n\nThis focused on an \"algorithm\" which was accused of producing unfair results - which after a U-turn was replaced by teachers' estimated grades.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, said: \"It is abundantly clear that things have not gone well at the Department for Education and Ofqual, culminating in the debacle over this year's GCSE and A-level grades.\n\n\"But it is pretty unsavoury that civil servants appear to be carrying the can while ministers remain unscathed.\"\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"Parents will be looking on in dismay at a government in complete chaos just a matter of days before children will return to schools.\"", "Harry Maguire's lack of apology following his trial in Greece is \"shocking\" and \"unsportsmanlike\", says one of the prosecution lawyers.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Manchester United captain was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult following his arrest on the island of Mykonos last week.\n\nHe was sentenced to 21 months, 10 days in prison, suspended for three years.\n\nUnited say the appeal means the defender's original conviction is \"nullified\" and a more senior court will now consider the case.\n\nBut lawyer Dr Ioannis Paradissis said there was still time \"to say sorry\".\n\nEngland defender Maguire was arrested along with brother Joe, 28, and family friend Christopher Sharman, 29, on Thursday after an altercation with police. Both Joe Maguire and Sharman were sentenced to 13 months in prison, also suspended for three years.\n\nAll three men denied all charges.\n• None Why Harry Maguire's Greek trial went so fast\n\nDr Paradissis, who represented two of the six Greek police officers involved in the case, told the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4: \"The appeal process in Greece is a retrial. So obviously there is still time for the three defendants to say they are sorry and then I believe that the outcome might be different.\n\n\"It would be different because under Greek law you can withdraw some accusations - non-aggravated bodily harm and the verbal assaults that were shouted at the policeman.\n\n\"I don't know if my clients would accept that but they told me they are still waiting for an apology and they haven't heard any and this is what I find quite shocking and quite unsportsmanlike, because fair play means when I've done something wrong, I apologise.\"\n\nMaguire said after Tuesday's verdict he had instructed his legal team \"with immediate effect to inform the courts we will be appealing\".\n\n\"I remain strong and confident regarding our innocence in this matter - if anything myself, family and friends are the victims,\" he added.\n\nLeading sports lawyer Dr Gregory Ioannidis has told BBC Sport it could take up to a year before any hearing and the case will likely go to the Piraeus Court of Appeal. He added it could be delayed even further if there are requests for further adjournments.\n\nDr Paradissis added: \"I'm representing some policemen that have been hit, they have injuries and the three defendants say they are not guilty but on the other side they don't explain how these injuries were made.\n\n\"We don't have the same definition of what a victim is then because how can you be a victim and the policeman that have been assaulted, hit, that were just doing their job, they went home with injuries - how can they not be a victim?\"\n\nMaguire's lawyer Alexis Anagnostakis - one of Greece's top human rights lawyers - told the court the events stemmed from Maguire's sister Daisy being injected with a substance by a group of Albanians and she immediately fainted.\n\nThe defendants called for transport and asked to be driven to a hospital, but were instead taken to a police station.\n\nThe prosecution said Maguire, his brother and friend then physically and verbally attacked police officers.\n\n\"Obviously that [Maguire's sister being injected] is irrelevant concerning the assault committed against the police officers,\" said Dr Paradissis.\n\n\"And in any case what is strange about this case about the sister is that the sister was interviewed by police and she said nothing about that to the police. This is a new line of defence that we heard recently.\"\n• None The Olympic coach who vanished before trial", "TikTok chief executive Kevin Mayer has quit after just two months in the job ahead of an impending ban by US President Donald Trump.\n\nThe Chinese-owned firm has been accused of being a threat to US national security by the Trump administration.\n\nMr Mayer joined TikTok in June after leaving his role as Disney's head of streaming services.\n\nTikTok was given 90 days to be sold to an American firm or face a ban in the US.\n\n\"In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for,\" Mr Mayer said in a letter to employees.\n\n\"Against this backdrop, and as we expect to reach a resolution very soon, it is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company,\" Mr Mayer added.\n\nBoth TikTok and Chinese messaging app WeChat face bans in the US as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing over a wide range of issues including national security concerns about Chinese tech firms.\n\n\"We appreciate that the political dynamics of the last few months have significantly changed what the scope of Kevin's role would be going forward, and fully respect his decision. We thank him for his time at the company and wish him well,\" a spokesman for TikTok said.\n\nKevin Mayer was brought into TikTok to help give the Chinese-owned app an American image.\n\nThe thinking was that the former Disney man would be able to negotiate with a tough-on-China Trump administration better than perhaps a Chinese chief executive and that would help smooth TikTok's path into one of its biggest markets - the US.\n\nInstead, the intense pressure from the Trump administration on TikTok only grew.\n\nPresident Trump claims TikTok is a national security threat because of who it is owned by, Chinese internet firm ByteDance.\n\nEarlier this month, he signed an executive order that would effectively ban TikTok's operations in the US if it wasn't sold to another company by mid September.\n\nAll of this is not what Mr Mayer signed up for when he left Walt Disney to take on the role at TikTok.\n\nAnd after just two months in the job, he is now departing.\n\nThe firm has gone to court to challenge the ban.\n\nOfficials in Washington are concerned that TikTok could pass American users' data to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has denied doing.\n\nTikTok said the Trump administration's move was motivated by politics, not national security.\n\nUS tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of TikTok.", "West Mathewson had known the lionesses since they were cubs\n\nA well-known South African conservationist has died after he was mauled by two white lions as he was taking them for a walk.\n\nThe wife of West Mathewson, who followed in a car, tried to distract the lions but it was too late.\n\nThe lionesses have since been moved to another game lodge and are expected to be released into the wild at a later stage.\n\nA lioness became aggressive towards the other and then turned her attention to the conservationist affectionately known as \"Uncle West\", reports the BBC's Nomsa Maseko from Johannesburg.\n\nHis relatives have said that Wednesday's attack could have been the result of very rough play.\n\nThe lionesses were tranquillised following the attack and have been taken to an endangered species centre.\n\nMr Mathewson is said to have rescued the lions from \"canned hunting\" - when animals are hunted in an enclosed area, or they are bred to be hunted - and they were kept in an enclosure at his lodge.\n\nThe lionesses reportedly killed a man working on a neighbouring property after they broke out of the enclosure in 2017.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n• None What are the world's deadliest animals?", "Travellers to Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic who return to the UK from 04:00 BST on Saturday will have to self-isolate for two weeks.\n\nThe UK government said the move was needed to keep UK infection rates down.\n\nPeople arriving in Scotland from Switzerland are already required to self-isolate.\n\nCuba, where there has been a drop in cases, will be added to the list of destinations people can return from without entering quarantine.\n\nThe UK considers imposing quarantine conditions when a country's rate of infection exceeds 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days.\n\nThe government said there has been a \"consistent increase\" in the weekly case rate in Switzerland over the past four weeks, with cases per 100,000 rising from 18.5 to 22 over the past week.\n\nIn Jamaica, the seven-day rate rose from 4.3 on August 20 to 20.8 on Thursday - a 382% increase, while the Czech Republic has seen weekly cases per 100,000 rise from 16.2 on 20 August to 20.2 on Thursday.\n\nMore than 1.6 million Britons travelled to Switzerland last year, the Swiss Tourism Federation said, drawn by the Alps and the mountain air.\n\nThe Czech Republic sees more than 300,000 British tourists every year, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The capital Prague is a popular destination for city breaks and stag parties.\n\nKatarina Hobbs, director of CzechTourism UK and Ireland, insists the country \"remains a safe country to travel to\", adding she hoped the British government would reconsider its decision \"very soon\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nThe Foreign Office is now advising against all but essential travel to the Czech Republic, Jamaica and Switzerland.\n\nUK tourists in those countries are being told to follow local rules and check the FCO travel advice.\n\nIn a tweet, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned British holidaymakers to \"only travel if you are content to unexpectedly 14-day quarantine on return\".\n\nPeople wishing to avoid the need to self-isolate now face a race to get back to the UK before the quarantine deadline.\n\nSimon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, told the BBC fares \"went through the roof\" within minutes of No 10's announcement, with airlines including British Airways adding extra flights to Heathrow from Prague, Geneva and Zurich priced at about \"£300 one way\".\n\nHe also wrote in the Independent, that a \"significant number\" of UK tourists with family connections to Jamaica were understood to be on the Caribbean island but warned it might be too late for them to return by Saturday's deadline if they missed Thursday's overnight flights - which go through America.\n\nHe advised travellers leaving Switzerland to avoid flying via Basel airport as its terminal and runway sat inside French territory, and, according to the DfT, would trigger the need to quarantine.\n\nLiechtenstein is now also off-limits, he added, because it is only accessible through Switzerland and Austria - which is also on the government's quarantine list.\n\nThe Czech Republic loosened its lockdown restrictions in July\n\nIn July, thousands of guests sat at a 500 metre-long (1,640ft) table on the Charles Bridge in Prague at a party held to give the coronavirus a \"symbolic farewell\".\n\nThe event's organiser said the celebration in the Czech capital was made possible by a lack of tourists in the city.\n\nIn Switzerland, a state of emergency was declared in March, with the government ordering the closure of schools, restaurants, bars and all the ski slopes.\n\nBut by June, as cases of Covid-19 started to fall across Europe and more travel was permitted, it reopened its mountain railways and cable cars.\n\nTom Brodie, who lives in the Rhone Valley in Switzerland, set up his own adventure travel business in January before coronavirus restrictions \"decimated\" his summer season and he had to refund his bookings.\n\nMr Brodie, originally from Birkenhead, Wirral, recently re-launched Alps Adventures - which gets most of its business from the UK - but now fears people will cancel their winter bookings if Switzerland remains on the quarantine list.\n\nHe says he is trying to see the \"silver linings\", including flights being cheaper in the winter, but admits it will be \"very tough\" as no-one will want to book flights now.\n\nMeanwhile, Julian Griffiths is driving back from Switzerland, where he lives, a week earlier than planned to get his daughter back to the UK for the start of the new school term.\n\nHe questioned whether he was more at risk of catching coronavirus in Switzerland than in the UK.\n\n\"I think the number of cases is based on the level of testing,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\n\"When I had a test for Covid, I just went to my local doctor's, he did the test, gave me the results 10 minutes later, and it's the same for anybody in Switzerland.\"\n\nQuarantine rules are set by each UK nation separately, but the DfT said equivalent measures were being put in place in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.\n\nWales has made one further change - adding Singapore to its list of exemptions.\n\nGibraltar remains on the UK's quarantine exemption list despite concern about a rising number of Covid cases.\n\nLast week restrictions were lifted on those returning from Portugal but added for travellers coming back from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago.\n\nIn July, travellers returning to the UK from Spain were caught out by the government's decision to advise against all but non-essential travel to the mainland and islands after a spike in cases in the country.\n\nAnd two weeks ago, visitors to France were given a few days' notice that they would face a quarantine on their return home to the UK.\n\nOn their own, the three latest countries to join the UK's quarantine list won't affect a huge number of people.\n\nBut over the past month, the government has scrapped so-called travel corridors - meaning people don't have to self-isolate - with at least 18 countries and territories, including key tourist destinations like France and Spain.\n\nMinisters say this cautious approach will prevent cases of the virus being imported.\n\nHowever, travel companies are frustrated that the UK hasn't yet followed countries like France and Germany and set-up a testing regime for passengers arriving from \"at risk\" countries, so that people who test negative can leave quarantine early.\n\nThe UK government is said to be considering a two-test regime whereby passengers would test on arrival and then go into quarantine for eight days until a second test. Two negative results would mean they would avoid the remaining six days of quarantine.\n\nFigures within the aviation sector say that approach is too cautious and would do little to kick-start foreign travel.\n\nThere has been widespread criticism of the government's weekly reviews of travel restrictions.\n\nThe editor of Which? Travel, Rory Boland, said many holidaymakers found themselves \"held to ransom\" by airlines when trying to purchase new flights to beat the quarantine deadlines.\n\nHe called for greater transparency from the government so people had the necessary information in advance to decide whether it was safe to travel.\n\n\"Struggling tour operators can offer them trips to alternative destinations, rather than facing the financial hit of yet more cancellations and refund pay-outs,\" he added.\n\nMeanwhile, airport operator the Manchester Airport Group has called for an end to the UK's \"sluggish, illogical and chaotic\" approach to quarantine.\n\nIts chief strategy officer, Tim Hawkins, said: \"These decisions aren't being made anywhere near quick enough\".\n\nThe Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (Abta) warned the travel sector would \"continue to suffer\" for as long as quarantine remains the government's \"principal strategy\" in containing the virus.\n\nA spokesperson said it was \"vital\" for the government to \"assess risk on a regionalised\" basis - allowing travel to areas in a country unaffected by a spike in cases - rather than a blanket one, in order to minimise the impact on the sector and consumer confidence.\n\nHave you been affected by the quarantine announcement? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The 45-year-old man was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's War Crimes Team\n\nA man has been arrested in London on suspicion of war crimes during the Liberian civil wars.\n\nThe 45-year-old man is accused of offences relating to the country's first and second civil wars between 1989 and 2003, the Met Police said.\n\nOfficers from the Met's War Crimes Team detained the man at about 07:20 BST on Thursday.\n\nThe force said the suspect remained in custody and officers were searching an address in south-east London.\n\nThe man has been held on suspicion of war crimes contrary to Section 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001, according to Scotland Yard.\n\nAbout 250,000 people died during the two civil wars in Liberia, from 1989-1996 and 1999-2003.\n\nThe country's former president Charles Taylor was later jailed in the UK for committing war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Trump and Mr Biden will have three live TV debates\n\nUS President Donald Trump has called for himself and Democratic challenger Joe Biden to submit to drug tests before their first debate next month.\n\nMr Trump told the Washington Examiner he had noticed a sudden improvement in Mr Biden's performance in the Democratic TV debates.\n\nThe president offered no evidence his rival might be on drugs other than to say: \"I'm pretty good at this stuff.\"\n\nMr Biden and Mr Trump will have three debates before the 3 November election.\n\nBack in 2016, Mr Trump suggested his then-Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, had been \"getting pumped up\" before their debates and challenged her to take a drug test ahead of their final live TV encounter. The Clinton camp brushed aside his challenge.\n\nOn Wednesday, the president - who is set to deliver his keynote address to the ongoing Republican party convention on Thursday - made a similar claim, arguing that Mr Biden's debating ability had improved markedly in the final debate.\n\nMr Trump said the former US vice-president \"wasn't even coherent\" during some of the 11 live TV debates he competed in against a crowded field of contenders during the Democratic primary season.\n\nBy the time of the last debate on 15 March, the field had been whittled down to just Mr Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.\n\nMr Trump told the Washington Examiner: \"I don't know how he [Mr Biden] could have been so incompetent in his debate performances and then all of a sudden be OK against Bernie.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Joe Biden earlier this month: 'Why the hell would I take a cognitive test?'\n\nHe added: \"It wasn't that he was Winston Churchill because he wasn't, but it was a normal, boring debate.\n\n\"You know, nothing amazing happened. And we are going to call for a drug test because there's no way - you can't do that.\"\n\nMr Trump said of the debates: \"Well, it is a prizefight. It's no different from the gladiators, except we have to use our brain and our mouth. And our body to stand. I want all standing - they want to sit down.\"\n\nThe three presidential debates will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29 September; in Miami, Florida, on 15 October; and Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 October.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at Joe Biden's life and political career\n\nMr Trump asked for extra debates to be scheduled with Mr Biden, but the Commission on Presidential Debates declined. He then asked for the first debate to be held earlier for the benefit of early voters, again to no avail.\n\nBoth Mr Trump, 74, and Mr Biden, 77, have each traded gibes that the other is suffering from dementia.\n\nThe Biden team is yet to respond to Mr Trump's remarks.", "French hunters go after thrushes - but other species get stuck in the glue too\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron has ordered hunters in southern France to stop the controversial practice of trapping birds on glue-covered twigs.\n\nThe suspension follows a warning to France from the European Commission that it could face legal action at EU level if the practice continued.\n\nFrance is unusual in Europe for still tolerating the glue method, used to catch thrushes and blackbirds.\n\nThe hunting method is limited to five regions around Marseille and Nice.\n\nPresident Macron's decision came when he and Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili met the head of the French hunting lobby, Willy Schraen, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday.\n\nIt is a suspension of the practice for this year, pending a legal opinion from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the issue.\n\nConservationists say the glue method is non-selective and cruel, harming not only songbirds but also other birds such as robins and tits.\n\nIn July the European Commission - which enforces EU law - gave France three months to address its concerns, warning that failure to comply with the EU's 2009 Birds Directive could mean a case at the ECJ.\n\nThe Commission warning said France \"has authorised several methods for the capture of birds, such as glue for thrushes, nets and traps for skylark and pigeons, which are not selective and are forbidden by the Directive.\n\n\"Member States may derogate from certain provisions of the Directive but only under strict conditions that are not fulfilled in this case, especially because most of the species captured are not in a good conservation status.\"\n\nThe Commission says at least 32% of the EU's bird species are currently not in a good conservation status and in France, among the 64 species that can be hunted, only 20 are in good conservation status.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Limited hunting is allowed but conservationists monitoring the migration have reported widespread illegalities\n\nYves Verilhac, representing BirdLife International in France, said: \"Some 64 species can be hunted in France, unlike the Netherlands which only allows two. The EU average is 30 species, making France the most forgiving country for hunters.\"\n\nThierry Coste of the National Federation of Hunters (FNC) told the Euractiv news website that the hunters' methods were already strictly supervised.\n\n\"Hunters capture thrushes for their birdsongs,\" he said. \"They observe strict rules, such as specific hours of day, releasing other birds and cleaning them.\"", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday evening. We'll have another update for you on Friday morning.\n\nTravellers returning to the UK from Switzerland, Czech Republic and Jamaica now face quarantine, under rules coming into effect from 04:00 BST on Saturday, due to a rise in Covid cases. Scotland had already taken Switzerland off its list last week. Meanwhile, Cuba has been added to the list of countries exempt from quarantine. Read more about the UK's quarantine rules..\n\nThe number of daily UK cases of coronavirus has risen to 1,522 in the past 24 hours - the highest tally since 12 June. This is still much lower than the 5,000 daily cases in April of people testing positive at the peak of the epidemic. However, cases have been rising across Europe and began edging up again in the UK in July. Experts suspect that a relatively small number of areas in the UK are responsible for the increase. Read more: How many confirmed cases are there in your area?\n\nManchester United footballer Paul Pogba will have to self-isolate for 14 days after testing positive for Covid-19, according to France manager Didier Deschamps. The 27-year-old will miss France's Nations League game in Sweden on Saturday 5 September and the home game against Croatia three days later.\n\nPolice in Scotland will have the power to break up house parties with more than 15 people from Friday after health officials warned such gatherings could present \"high-risk super-spreader environments\". First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the move was necessary in anticipation of more indoor gatherings as winter approaches.\n\nThe first minister said police will only take action to disperse house parties as a last resort\n\nThe next series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! will be filmed at Gwrych Castle in north Wales after it was forced to relocate from Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic, ITV has confirmed. Ant and Dec will return as hosts, and the winner will be crowned the King or Queen of the Castle - instead of the Jungle. The celebrities taking part this year have yet to be announced.\n\nThe castle near Abergele was built in the early 19th Century\n\nGet a longer coronavirus briefing from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning, by signing up here.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, David Shukman looks at five ways to avoid catching the virus indoors.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nHarry Maguire's legal team has lodged an appeal against the guilty verdict that led to him receiving a suspended jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days in Greek court, Manchester United say.\n\nIn accordance with Greek law, the appeal nullifies Maguire's conviction and there will be a full retrial in a more senior court.\n\nThe sentence, given on Tuesday, is suspended for three years.\n\nThe 27-year-old is likely to remain as United captain for the upcoming season.\n\nA Manchester United statement said: \"An appeal against yesterday's verdict was lodged this morning by Harry's legal team.\n\n\"This means that Harry has no criminal record and is once again presumed innocent until proven guilty. Accordingly, he is not subject to any international travel restrictions.\"\n\nTuesday's trial came after Maguire was arrested following an alleged altercation on the Greek island of Mykonos.\n\nThe England defender was named United's permanent captain in January after the departure of Ashley Young to Inter Milan.\n• None Maguire still has time 'to say sorry', says prosecution lawyer\n• None Harry Maguire: Why his Greek trial went so fast\n\nOn Tuesday, Maguire was named in the England squad for September's Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark.\n\nBut he was withdrawn from the squad a few hours later after he was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult following his arrest last week along with brother Joe, 28, and family friend Christopher Sharman, 29.\n\nBoth Joe Maguire and Sharman were sentenced to 13 months in prison, also suspended for three years.\n\nAll three men denied all charges.\n\nAfter the verdict of Maguire's trial, Manchester United released a statement confirming his intent to appeal, adding that he continued to \"strongly assert his innocence\", with his legal team wanting \"a full and fair hearing at a later date\".", "The castle near Abergele was built in the early 19th Century\n\nThe next series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! will be filmed at Gwrych Castle in north Wales, ITV has confirmed.\n\nThe long-running reality show has had to relocate from Australia this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nAnt and Dec will return as hosts, and the winner will be crowned the King or Queen of the Castle (instead of the Jungle).\n\nThe celebrities taking part in the 2020 series have yet to be announced.\n\nITV's director of television, Kevin Lygo, said the majority of the contestants had been booked before the relocation, raising fears they might pull out.\n\n\"We were worried they thought they were going to hot sunny bug-infested Australia, and now they are going to north Wales in the dark, but everyone is still there and excited,\" he told the Edinburgh TV festival.\n\n\"I think it will be fascinating to see and to have this reboot of a treasured brand forced upon us, I think, is a good thing.\"\n\nGwrych Castle, meaning \"Hedge Castle\" in Welsh, was built on the site of a late medieval fortress near Abergele, on the north coast of Wales, between 1812 and 1822 by Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh as a memorial to his mother's ancestors, the Lloyds of Gwrych.\n\nDuring World War Two, it was used by the government to house 200 Jewish children who had fled the Nazis in Europe; and later became a training ground for boxer Randy Turpin, ahead of his title fight with Sugar Ray Johnson.\n\nSet amongst 250 acres of gardens and grounds, it overlooks the Irish Sea and was described by Mr Lygo as \"a beautiful Walt Disney castle\" that is both \"crumbling\" and \"tough\".\n\nITV confirmed it was moving I'm A Celebrity... to the UK earlier this month, but the exact location was not confirmed until Thursday.\n\n\"Our celebrities will probably have to swap shorts for thermals,\" said ITV Studios' director of entertainment Richard Cowles, \"but they can still look forward to a basic diet of rice and beans and plenty of thrills and surprises along the way.\"\n\nAnt (left) and Dec will be hosting the 20th series from north Wales\n\nDr Mark Baker, Chair of the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust said he was \"absolutely delighted\" that ITV had chosen the historic building as a location.\n\n\"I'm A Celebrity being here will really help support Gwrych Castle and its ongoing restoration as well as giving the region a much-needed economic boost,\" he said.\n\nLord Elis-Thomas, The Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism said: \"We're extremely pleased to welcome such a large production to Wales, offering a chance to showcase a spectacular part of our country to significant audiences across the UK.\"\n\nI'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here is one of ITV's most popular shows and sees famous contestants face tough trials and challenges to win food and treats for their camp.\n\nIt has been broadcast on ITV since 2002, when Tony Blackburn was crowned the first King of the Jungle.\n\nThe 2019 launch show was ITV's most-watched programme of the year, seen by more than 13 million people.\n\nThat made it the UK's most popular reality show, with more viewers than the top-rated episodes of Strictly Come Dancing, Britain's Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off last year.\n\nGiven the show's popularity, and the decline in advertising revenues during the lockdown, Lygo, said he \"certainly didn't want a year without I'm A Celebrity\".\n\n\"I think it will be fascinating to see what audiences do - and to come up with different challenges and tasks. The team, I know, are stimulated by this and thrilled about it.\"\n\nThe 2019 series was won by former EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa. Previous winners include Kerry Katona, Joe Swash, Christopher Biggins, Stacey Solomon and Scarlett Moffatt.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Ten members of the Greater Andamanese have tested positive over the past month, a health official told the BBC.\n\nFour of them living on a remote island were found to be infected last week, and six others who lived in a city tested positive a month ago.\n\nThe Greater Andamanese are believed to have a population of just over 50, and mostly live on one of the 37 islands in the coral reef-fringed archipelago.\n\nThe eastern archipelago of Andamans and Nicobar has recorded 2,985 Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths since its first infection was detected in early June.\n\nThe first Covid-19 cases among the endangered Greater Andamanese tribe living on Strait Island near the capital Port Blair were detected last week when all its 53 members were tested for the infection, senior health official Dr Avijit Roy told the BBC.\n\nHealth and emergency workers rode the choppy sea water in boats to the island last week to test the tribe in one day.\n\n\"They were all very cooperative,\" Dr Roy said.\n\nTwo of the infected members of the tribe have been admitted to hospital, while the remaining two have been quarantined in a care centre.\n\nDr Roy said six other members of the tribe who had \"been living and working in the city for a long time\" had been found to be infected with the virus last month. All of them have recovered from the disease.\n\nMany of the tribe's members travel between Port Blair and their secluded island, and may have contracted the infection in the process, he said. A few tribe members even do petty jobs in the city.\n\nDr Roy said that making sure the pandemic does not spread among the archipelago's other indigenous tribes was now a main priority.\n\n\"We are keeping a close watch on movements and mass testing some of the tribes,\" he said.\n\nThe Andamans is home to five vulnerable tribes: the Jarawas, North Sentinelese, Great Andamanese, Onge and Shompen.\n\nThe Jarawas and the North Sentinelese haven't integrated with the mainstream population yet. The North Sentinelese are hostile to outsiders, and no-one is allowed on their island. In 2018, a US citizen John Allen Chau, was shot dead with bows and arrows as he attempted to land there.\n\nTo see the Jarawas, many tourists take a two-hour bus ride that cuts through the Jarawa reserves\n\nAccording to London-based Survival International, which works for tribal peoples' rights, the Greater Andamanese numbered more than 5,000 when the British colonised the islands in the 1850s. Suffering from the long term impact of the diseases introduced by the occupation, their numbers dwindled.\n\n\"It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19. They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people,\" Sophie Grigg, senior researcher for the group, said.\n\nIn 2010, Boa Senior, the last speaker of one of the Great Andamanese languages died at the age of about 85. The islands are often called an \"anthropologist's dream\" and are one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the world.\n\nMeanwhile, the 476-odd members of the nomadic Jarawa tribe, who live in a vast forest reserve between the south and middle Andamans, have been already moved and isolated to the farthest part of the jungle after the outbreak of the contagion, officials said.\n\nThe reason is that officials want to minimise any risk of contact between the tribe members who have little immunity and people travelling for essential and emergency work through the Andaman Trunk Road (ATR) which cuts through the forest reserve. The trunk road, built in the 1970s, is the only road connecting 400 villages from Baratang to Diglipur.\n\nAndamans is home to five \"particularly vulnerable\" tribes including the Jarawas and North Sentinelese\n\nA team of health workers and doctors is being sent to test more than 115 members of the Ongi tribe who live on one island, Dr Roy said. Members of the Shompen tribe will also be tested.\n\nEmergency and health workers sailing to the islands where the indigenous tribespeople live had to clear rapid Covid-19 tests before sailing, and were quarantined for a week on their return.\n\nDr Roy said Covid-19 cases have been detected on10 islands in the archipelago so far.\n\nThe Andamans has two hospitals, three health centres and 10 care centres for treating Covid-19 patients. They also have one of the highest testing rates in India.\n\nTribes in Brazil and Peru have been hit by Covid-19. More than 280 indigenous people have died with coronavirus across Brazil's Amazon region.", "Restaurants say they will continue to offer the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in September, funding it themselves, because it has been so successful.\n\nThe government scheme offers customers 50% off their meal, up to a maximum of £10 during August.\n\nBut chains such as Pizza Pilgrims now say they will offer the discount next month too.\n\nThe aim is to draw people nervous about coronavirus back to restaurants at a time when many are struggling.\n\nSome 84,000 restaurants, cafes and bars have signed up to the government's scheme, which runs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August.\n\nAccording to the latest Treasury figures, diners used it more than 64 million times in its first three weeks - equivalent to nearly every person in the country dining out.\n\nData shows only 27% of UK consumers feel safe eating at a restaurant\n\nCommercial landlord Grosvenor - which owns property across central London - said it would reduce rents for tenants that continue to offer diners half-price meals until the end of September.\n\nHigh end restaurants Comptoir and Roka, the Thomas Cubitt pub and Peggy Porschen café are among those to sign up.\n\n\"Eat Out to Help Out has been a powerful tool in protecting jobs and local economies UK-wide and we are working hard to help the West End and our tenants recover,\" said Amelia Bright, executive director of Grosvenor's London estate.\n\n\"Continuing it will not only support cafes, restaurants and bars that we lease space to but also help welcome back more visitors and workers to Mayfair and Belgravia.\"\n\nOthers say they will offer different discounts inspired by the scheme.\n\nSpanish City, a steak and seafood restaurant in Whitley Bay, told the BBC it would offer a 25% discount on all food and non-alcoholic drinks on Monday to Wednesdays, with no cap on spending.\n\nAbout 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\nIndustry body UK Hospitality says around a third of restaurants and bars have still not reopened despite the easing of lockdown, as people remain nervous about the spread of the virus.\n\nBoss Kate Nicholls welcomed the move by individual restaurants to extend the Eat Out scheme, saying it had been \"a huge success\".\n\n\"The hospitality sector is still fragile and faces other challenges, but prolonging the Eat Out scheme could help businesses back to stability and enable them to safeguard jobs and livelihoods,\" she said.\n\nA growing list of restaurant chains have had to announce closures in recent months including Pizza Express, Byron Burger and Frankie & Benny's-owner the Restaurant Group.\n\nSpend for the second week of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme rose 9%\n\nAnd on Wednesday, Mexican chain Wahaca said it was closing 10 of its 25 restaurants, and that it would \"try to save jobs\" wherever possible.\n\nSpanish City's operations director Rob Smith told the BBC the Eat Out scheme had boosted its sales, but he remains cautious.\n\n\"We're forecasting being down about 25-30% for the rest of the year, and we're having to catch up on the three months we lost out - it's still very nervous times for the industry.\"\n\nHere is a list of the restaurant chains which have confirmed to the BBC they will offer Eat Out to Help Out discounts in September:", "The 70-year-old father of four from Somalia was killed at the Al Noor mosque.\n\nHis son Said arrived at the mosque as the attack was underway, saw the gunman in the street and drove off.\n\n\"This is devastating. My father survived through civil war. I never thought this kind of stuff would happen to him in New Zealand,\" he told the Washington Post.", "Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to cut 3,000 jobs, or more than a third of its workforce, as part of a plan to save the business.\n\nThe jobs will mainly go at its shops, but 90 roles will also be lost at its support centre.\n\nThe chain has been hit as demand from commuters and office workers - a key market - has plunged in the pandemic.\n\nIt had already said it would permanently close 30 of its stores earlier this summer.\n\nBoss Pano Christou said he was \"gutted\" to lose so many colleagues.\n\n\"Although we're now starting to see a steady but slow recovery, the pandemic has taken away almost a decade of growth at Pret.\n\n\"We've managed to protect many jobs by making changes to the way we run our shops and the hours we ask team members to work.\n\n\"I'm hopeful we'll be able to review all these changes now that trade is improving again.\"\n\nLike other retailers, Pret was forced to close for several months during lockdown, but while restrictions have eased, its trading has remained subdued.\n\nIt 367 UK stores are now open for significantly fewer hours than they were before the pandemic, and the firm has asked staff to reduce their hours.\n\nThe chain said its weekly sales were around £5.2m in August - about the level they were in August 2010, when the business was considerably smaller.\n\nHowever, it said a recovery was \"clearly under way\", with sales having grown by 7% each week since July.\n\nThe firm had warned it would cut 1,000 jobs back in June, but that number has risen after it finalised a restructuring deal this week.\n\nIt is the latest hospitality company to announce cuts due to the impact of the pandemic.\n\nUpper Crust-owner SSP Group has said it will cut up to 5,000 jobs, as it struggles with the reduction in passenger travel at railway stations and airports.\n\nPizza Express, Byron Burger and Frankie & Benny's owner, the Restaurant Group, have also announced large-scale store closures and job cuts.\n\nAbout 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector - according to government data.\n\nIndustry body UK Hospitality says around a third of restaurants and bars have still not reopened despite the easing of lockdown, as people remain nervous about the spread of the virus.", "Josh Kaul said that the Kenosha Police Department Officer Rusten Sheskey fired his weapon at Blake, hitting him seven times in the back.", "Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom got engaged last year\n\nKaty Perry and Orlando Bloom have announced the birth of their first child - a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom.\n\nThe couple said they were \"floating with love and wonder\" after their daughter's \"safe and healthy arrival\".\n\nThe pair also shared a black-and-white picture of them holding Daisy's tiny hand.\n\nPerry revealed she was pregnant in the music video for her single Never Worn White earlier this year.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter,\" the couple said in a statement released via Unicef, a charity supporting disadvantaged children, for which both Perry and Bloom are ambassadors.\n\n\"But we know we're the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was.\n\n\"Communities around the world are still experiencing a shortage of healthcare workers and every 11 seconds a pregnant woman or newborn dies, mostly from preventable causes.\n\n\"Since Covid-19, many more newborn lives are at risk because of a greater lack of access to water, soap, vaccines and medicines that prevent diseases. As parents to a newborn, this breaks our hearts, as we empathise with struggling parents now more than ever.\"\n\nThe couple said they had set up a donation page to mark Daisy's birth, with the money going towards new mothers and their children.\n\n\"We hope your heart can bloom with generosity,\" they added.\n\nPerry revealed her pregnancy in the final frames of Never Worn White\n\nEarlier this month Perry, whose new album Smile is released on Friday, described being pregnant during a pandemic as an \"emotional rollercoaster\".\n\nThe singer announced her pregnancy in the video for Never Worn White, revealing a baby bump in the final frames of the four-minute clip.\n\nThe song's lyrics hinted that she and Bloom planned to walk down the aisle soon, after getting engaged on Valentine's Day last year.\n\nUS singer Perry, who was previously married to Russell Brand, shot to fame in 2008 with the single I Kissed A Girl, which reached number one in the UK.\n\nHer hits since then have included Roar, California Gurls, Firework and Never Really Over.\n\nBloom was previously married to Australian model Miranda Kerr, and they have a son, nine-year-old Flynn.\n\nThe British actor has starred in Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.\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. A video of the passengers being removed by officials in protective suits was posted on social media\n\nA man and his companion were escorted off a flight when he received a text saying he had tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nThe passengers had just boarded the Ryanair service to Pisa, Italy, from Stansted Airport when the message came through.\n\nAfter alerting cabin crew, the man and his travel partner were taken to an isolation area at the terminal.\n\nRyanair said both passengers were seated for only 10 minutes.\n\nThe flight on Wednesday was delayed by one hour and 20 minutes while seats and overhead cabins were disinfected.\n\nA video of the passengers being removed by officials in protective suits has been posted on social media.\n\nRyanair said the pair had complied fully with the airline's health regulations and had both worn masks at all times at Stansted Airport.\n\nThe company said there \"was little if any risk of Covid-19 transmission to other passengers or crew members\".\n\nThe passengers were taken to an isolation area within Stansted Airport\n\nA Stansted Airport spokesman said members of its fire service attended the aircraft and escorted the passenger and travel partner to an isolation area.\n\nOnce there, they were put in contact with Public Health England \"who then oversaw the passenger's onward journey\", he said.\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 payment will only be available for people who claim benefits\n\nWorkers on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to £182 if they have to self-isolate.\n\nFrom Tuesday, those who claim Universal Credit or Working Tax Credit and cannot work from home will be able to get the money - equal to £13 a day.\n\nThe benefit will be trialled in parts of north-west England first.\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the payment \"goes nowhere near far enough\", adding people need \"full pay\".\n\nEmployed or self-employed people who test positive for the virus are required to isolate for 10 days, so those eligible for the extra money will get £130.\n\nBut members of the household of someone who has tested positive, who must self-isolate for 14 days, will be entitled to up to £182, assuming they also qualify for the payment.\n\nAnyone else who is told to self-isolate by NHS contact tracers and meets the qualification criteria will also be entitled to £13 a day - about the same as statutory sick pay - for however long they must self-isolate.\n\nThe payment, announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Thursday, applies to benefit claimants who live in areas where there are high numbers of coronavirus cases.\n\nIt comes as the government said a further 12 people have died with coronavirus in the UK, taking the total number of virus-related deaths to 41,477.\n\nThere were a further 1,522 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus, as of 09:00 BST on Thursday, up from 1,048 cases a day earlier. The overall number of people to have tested positive is now 330,368.\n\nThe scheme will be trialled in Blackburn and other parts of north-west England\n\nThe England-wide scheme will begin with a trial in Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle and Oldham, where there have been tighter lockdown measures after a rise in cases.\n\nIf the payment is successful it will be \"quickly\" rolled out to other areas where there are lots of cases, the Department of Health said.\n\nAccording to data published earlier this month, nearly 5.5 million people across the UK are now claiming benefits - an 81% increase since March.\n\n\"Self-isolating if you have tested positive for Covid-19, or have come into contact with someone who has, remains vital to keeping on top of local outbreaks,\" said Mr Hancock.\n\nHe said the payments had been introduced after feedback from England's contact tracing programme, NHS Test and Trace, and would mean people \"don't lose out by doing the right thing\".\n\n\"The British public have already sacrificed a great deal to help slow the spread of the virus,\" said Mr Hancock\n\nThe health secretary told BBC Breakfast that NHS Test and Trace was now reaching \"almost 80%\" of contacts and the extra support will help \"get the last few percentages\".\n\nLatest figures for the week to 19 August suggest 72% of people who tested positive were reached by NHS Test and Trace. Those people provided details of more than 24,000 close contacts and just over 75% of those were reached.\n\nThe data also showed turnaround times for coronavirus tests has increased, with the average wait for results now more than 24 hours for those done at mobile units and testing centres. The government said the rising number of tests being done had created a backlog, which the service was working hard to catch up on.\n\nEngland's NHS Test and Trace service is now three months old - plenty of time to get established and to be judged on. So how is it doing?\n\nThe key goal was to achieve reach 80% of people who test positive and 80% of their contacts. It has consistently fallen short of that - but only just.\n\nAnother target is to ensure test results are processed quickly. The fact those waits are getting longer is concerning.\n\nThe initial design of the service also looks questionable with too much emphasis on the national contact tracing unit rather than local teams. That is now in the process of being rectified with councils establishing their own dedicated tracing teams.\n\nBut, at the end of the day, the true test of the service - and the wider government's response for that matter - is whether the virus is contained.\n\nThere have been some signs of an increase in infections in recent weeks - although part of that is likely to be down to extra testing as the more the look the more you find.\n\nAnd if you look at our near neighbours, such as France and Spain, the UK seems to be doing well. Perhaps the fairest thing to say is things could certainly be worse.\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he had been \"calling for weeks\" for the government to provide financial support for those asked to self-isolate.\n\n\"I am pleased they have at last acknowledged this issue but am sorry to say this move goes nowhere near far enough.\"\n\n\"The health secretary has already said that he couldn't live on Statutory Sick Pay at £95 a week. So how can an announcement like this work?\"\n\nHe added that it would not provide the support many workers in Greater Manchester needed to co-operate with NHS Test and Trace and called for the government to enable people \"to self-isolate on full pay\".\n\nMohammed Iqbal, Labour leader of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while financial support was welcome, £13 a day was \"a slap in the face\".\n\n\"I've spoken to people who have tested positive who I have persuaded to stay home and the kick back from them is to say... 'who is going to put food on the table for my wife and children?', and that is a question we have been pushing back to government for a few weeks now,\" he said.\n\nPeople will need to provide evidence - including, for example, proof of a positive test, a message from NHS Test and Trace and a bank statement - and the money will be provided within 48 hours, the government said.\n\nMr Hancock said the aim was to get money to people quickly - at the start of their isolation \"rather than afterwards\".\n\nThe government said checks will be undertaken to make sure people who apply are unable to work from home. The payment will not reduce any other benefits that a person may already receive.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said her government had encouraged UK ministers to put support in place - but that more detail was needed about how it would be introduced.\n\n\"It seems to me to make sense for [payments] to be administered through existing welfare or benefits systems, and obviously we are seeking to understand what the financial consequential position is for the Scottish government,\" she said.\n\nUniversal Credit payments have been increased by £20 a week for the period between April 2020 and March 2021 due to the pandemic, but Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has rejected calls from campaigners to also scrap the benefits cap for the same duration.\n\nThe benefit cap limits how much any one household can receive in benefits.\n\nWill the new payment help you? Share your thoughts 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Hurricane Laura made landfall shortly after midnight local time (05:00 GMT) near the district of Cameron, in Louisiana.\n\nLaura has strengthened rapidly from category three to category four, gaining 70% in power in just 24 hours.\n\nIt is now close to becoming a category five storm.", "Phillip Robinson, 50, Independent - “A speech is there to provoke an emotional response to a candidate and sadly I lack emotion. A lot of what was said was not the whole truth, and a lot of fear-mongering. It created a narrative. The speech was powerful. The end of the speech was brilliant. But I have not been swayed by it. If I had to vote today, I would vote for Joe Biden only because I am really tired of hearing the president say things that are not the truth or not the whole truth. I would have to vote for anyone who tells the truth.”\n\nCat Lewis, 56, Republican - “It met all my criteria I wanted in an acceptance speech. The base is going to feel really good about it – to go vote and to take five people to the polls with them. It did what it was supposed to do.\"\n\nMiriam Weinraub, 19, Democrat -“I agree this speech was for the base. My bar for his ability to stick with the script is very low, so he did well. I have a lot of problems with the lies. It was very repetitive and rambling. Here is the Republican Party, here are our beliefs and nobody else is right… I wanted to hear more, as a young voter, about being a united country, rather than right or left.”\n\nGabriel Montalvo, 21, Republican - “The speech was for the Republican base that knows they’re gonna be voting for him. He hit what I, and I'm sure others, believe are key points. He hit those points that I think many people want to hear his thoughts and opinions on, then looped back to his accomplishments. It’s very important for me, as a Hispanic American, to hear him talk about the differences between right and left.”", "Last updated on .From the section Champions League\n\nCeltic suffered their earliest Champions League exit in 15 years after falling to a shock defeat at the hands of Ferencvaros in Glasgow.\n\nIt seemed Neil Lennon's side had recovered from David Siger's early goal for the Hungarian champions when Ryan Christie's deflected strike levelled the one-legged tie.\n\nHowever, Tokmac Nguen's breakaway goal snatched victory for Ferencvaros and ensured Celtic's worst performance in the competition since Artmedia Bratislava knocked them out in 2005.\n\nThe Scottish champions now drop into the Europa League third qualifying round, the draw for which takes place on Tuesday.\n• None Celtic 'only have themselves to blame'\n\nQuestions will likely be asked of Celtic and Lennon, just as they were before kick-off when it emerged leading striker Odsonne Edouard was injured and Christie would be deployed in his place.\n\nThe manager insisted that fellow forwards Albian Ajeti and Patryk Klimala were only fit enough for the bench.\n\nNevertheless, the hosts looked to have plenty of attacking threat as James Forrest forced an early parry from goalkeeper Denes Dibusz.\n\nFerencvaros head coach Sergei Rebrov had sacrificed striker Franck Boli from their 2-0 win over Djurgardens in the previous round, but his side were not intent on sitting back and replacement Siger made an instant impact.\n\nHatem Abd Elhamed was posted missing as Nguen, who scored a double against the Swedes, broke quickly and fed midfielder Somalia to win a corner. When it reached Siger, the midfielder was allowed too much to time to pick out the far corner from 18 yards.\n\nFerencvaros' lack of match fitness began to tell as they defended ever deeper and Celtic peppered their goal with shots but they were efforts that failed to seriously trouble the visiting keeper.\n\nHalf-time allowed the Hungarians some respite, but the flow of possession continued after the break and a lovely spell of passing around the edge of the visitors' box ended with Christie's side-footed effort clipping a defender's head and soaring over goalkeeper Dibusz.\n\nDibusz turned a Ntcham volley off the underside of the crossbar and then a low Christie drive wide as Celtic turned the screw.\n\nBut then came the goal that proved their downfall. Nguen outstripped Elhamed to a long ball out of defence, outmuscled the full-back, and slipped a finish past goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas from a narrow angle.\n\nWhat did we learn?\n\nOn this evidence, Celtic rely too heavily on Edouard and paid for the French striker's absence.\n\nLennon's experiment of using Christie up front instead of Klimala or Ajeti failed to pay dividends against a side who were only playing their third fixture of the season. Christie did his bit by scoring, but too many other chances were squandered.\n\nFerencvaros have shown in recent European fixtures they are hard to beat away from home - they are now eight unbeaten - but Celtic have lost at home to a side who probably lack the quality to progress much further in the Champions League.\n\nWhat did they say?\n\nCeltic manager Neil Lennon: \"It was easier than I thought it was going to be. We didn't take our chances and we had plenty of them. The second goal is really poor, really poor decision making, and it's individual mistakes that have cost us again. It's not fine going out at this stage of the competition, because we're better than that.\"\n\nFerencvaros head coach Sergei Rebrov: \"We have beat one of the best teams we have faced in qualification last year and this year. They have quality players, but I think we deserved this. Most of the time we defended, but football is about scoring goals, not about the possession of the ball.\"\n\nCeltic are left to reflect on another bruising failure to reach the lucrative Champions League group stage and will look to pick themselves up for Sunday's game at home to Motherwell as they continue their quest to win a 10th consecutive domestic league title.\n• None Attempt missed. Dávid Miklós Sigér (Ferencvárosi TC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.\n• None Attempt blocked. Franck Boli (Ferencvárosi TC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Taylor.\n• None Attempt blocked. Albian Ajeti (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Christopher Jullien (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McGregor. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Sandwich chain Pret A Manger has confirmed that it has asked thousands of staff to work fewer hours, as part of a post-pandemic restructuring.\n\nDespite the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, trading continues to be slow as many office workers are still at home.\n\nStaff in stores have been asked to work about 20% fewer hours than before.\n\nA Pret spokeswoman said: \"Our biggest priority is to do everything we can to save jobs.\n\n\"With footfall in our shops still significantly below normal levels, we have had to review the hours team members are contracted to work each week - although of course we hope to increase these hours as trade improves.\n\n\"By making these changes we are able to save a large number of roles.\"\n\nPret is reliant on sales from commuters and office workers at lunchtime, which have been significantly impacted by the lockdown.\n\nThe firm runs 550 outlets globally, employing 13,000 staff, including 8,000 people in the UK.\n\nA majority of Pret stores are now open for significantly fewer hours than they were prior to the pandemic.\n\nTrade across the country is understood to be down by 65% since the lockdown came into force in late March. In the City of London, business has fallen by 80%.\n\nIn July, Pret announced that it would be closing 30 outlets and cutting about 1,000 jobs across its business as part of a post-pandemic restructuring.\n\nPret said 339 of its 410 UK shops have so far reopened following the easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\nConsultations are currently ongoing between the firm and the affected employees working at the 30 shops that will not reopen.\n\nPret is also in talks with landlords about reducing its rent bill. In May, it appointed advisory firms to help restructure the business, and in April it raised €100m (£90m) in emergency funding from its banks.", "Pent-up demand has led to properties taking less time to sell since the height of lockdown, according to research.\n\nIn the 90 days to mid-August, a three-bedroom home has typically sold in 24 days, property portal Zoopla said.\n\nThis is 12 days quicker than the same period a year ago. All types of property have been selling faster, its research suggested.\n\nPeople have been reconsidering what they want from a home.\n\nOne-bedroom flats are now taking the longest to sell at 34 days, although they are also selling much faster than historical norms.\n\nThe number of property sales in the UK remains low this year owing to the halt put on the housing market at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nHowever, there has been a mini-boom since the market reopened in different parts of the UK. Sales agreed on the portal were 76% higher than the five-year average, Zoopla said.\n\n\"Buyer appetite has been widely attributed to pent-up demand resulting from lockdown, but it also reflects the impact on the nation as it collectively reassesses what it wants and needs from a home,\" its report said.\n\n\"Quarantine has galvanised many homeowners and renters into reconsidering their housing requirements, resulting in demand for more space and changing work and commuting patterns.\"\n\nThat has led to greater demand for larger homes when buyers - often those without the need for a mortgage - can afford it.\n\nDemand had also been given \"extra impetus\" in London and the south-east England as a result of the temporary stamp duty holiday, according to Richard Donnell, research and insight director at Zoopla.\n\nRival property portal Rightmove recently said that landlords and owners should show off gardens in marketing photos as house-hunters who have been forced to spend so much more time at home this year increasingly put a value on space.\n\nPictures of the kitchen had previously been considered key to attracting the attention of browsers.\n\nHave you bought a house in the last three months? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Manchester United defender Harry Maguire said he feared for his life when Greek police arrested him last week as he thought he was being kidnapped.\n\nThe England international told BBC sports editor Dan Roan that plain-clothed police officers, who did not identify themselves, pulled over his group's minibus in Mykonos, threw him off the bus, hit him on his legs and told him his career was over.\n\nThe 27-year-old said he tried to run away - with one handcuff on - because he had no idea who the men were.\n\nOn Tuesday, Maguire was given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison after his trial on the Greek island of Syros.\n\nHe was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult after arrest on Mykonos.\n\nOn Wednesday, his legal team lodged an appeal against the verdict. In accordance with Greek law, the appeal nullifies Maguire's conviction and there will be a full retrial in a more senior court.\n• None Listen to the full Maguire interview on BBC Sounds\n• None Why Maguire's trial went so fast\n\nAn emotional Maguire, who broke down during the interview, said hearing the guilty verdict was \"horrible\" and that he \"couldn't quite believe it\".\n\nThe centre-back, who denies throwing any punches or trying to bribe the police, added: \"I don't feel I owe an apology to anybody.\n\n\"An apology is something when you have done something wrong.\"\n\nHe said: \"I don't wish it on anybody. Obviously the situation has made it difficult for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so I regret putting the fans and the club through this, but I did nothing wrong.\n\n\"I found myself in a situation where it could have happened to anybody and anywhere.\"\n\nAsked how badly he was hurt, Maguire said: \"They hit me a lot on the legs. It wasn't on my mind. I was in that much of a panic. Fear. Scared for my life.\"\n\nMaguire said his family are suffering more than him and that his \"conscience is clear\".\n\n\"I know what happened that night. I know the truth,\" he added.\n\n\"When I speak about it I get worked up but that's because it just makes me feel a bit angry inside. I will move on. I am mentally strong enough.\"\n\nMaguire - an £80m signing from Leicester City in 2019 - was named United's permanent captain in January after the departure of Ashley Young to Inter Milan, and he is likely to remain skipper this season.\n\n\"It is such a huge honour to be captain of Manchester United - something I am really proud of,\" he said. \"It is a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind captain.\n\n\"It is not my decision to make but the one thing I will say is how supportive the club has been from top to bottom. They have been great with me and I thank them for that.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, Maguire was withdrawn from the England squad for September's Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark.\n\nHe said: \"I love playing for my country. Physically and mentally I am ready to play. I'm disappointed but of course I understand.\"\n\nHow Maguire says the night unfolded\n• None Maguire was on holiday with his fiancee Fern, his younger sister Daisy, his brother and his brother's girlfriend, and two friends and their girlfriends.\n• None They were out for drinks in Mykonos and texted their minibus driver to pick them up to take them home.\n• None The driver was \"20 minutes late\" and Maguire said the group were tired and planning to head back to the villa.\n• None Two men approached Daisy and asked her where she was from before Fern saw \"my little sister's eyes rolling to the back of her head. She ran over, she was fainting, in an out of consciousness.\"\n• None At this point Maguire said \"everyone was shouting and were screaming\", when three Greek men dressed in plain clothes got involved.\n• None Maguire said they were not trying to \"cause an argument or a scuffle\", but \"it was just a lot of shouting, a lot of commotion. No fighting, as has been reported. No punches thrown.\"\n• None Maguire said the Greek men were just trying to calm it down but they were \"a little bit aggressive\".\n• None The minibus arrived. Maguire said they got Daisy on the bus and \"literally that was it - it wasn't what everyone's made it out to be. Don't get me wrong - there was a lot of shouting, a big panic, but no fighting or anything.\"\n• None They told the driver to take them back to the villa and planned to go to the hospital, but Daisy recovered \"pretty quickly\".\n• None The bus drove for \"5-10 minutes\" and stopped and parked up alongside this road. \"We looked outside and there were eight men surrounding the bus, all in plain clothes.\"\n• None The doors were opened and Maguire and a friend were \"thrown off the bus\".\n• None Maguire said the men did not say anything to them. It was at this point that Maguire thought they were being kidnapped.\n• None Maguire and his friend ran to the main road, from where he rang his agent to ask for help, leaving messages on a group WhatsApp.\n• None Maguire said when he turned to walk back to the bus, he and his friend had been circled by the men, who started walking towards them.\n• None Maguire said: \"We got down on our knees, put our hands in the air. And they just started hitting us. They got one of my hands in the handcuff. They were hitting my legs, saying my career's over - 'no more football; you won't play again'. \"At this point I thought there's no chance these are police. I've no idea who they are. So I tried to run away. I had one hand in the handcuff - I was moving my hand. This is where the charges have come from - this is what they are saying is resisting arrest and this is what the assault is - no punches have been thrown. I didn't believe they were the police.\"\n\nGreek police dispute this version of events and in court the prosecution said Maguire, his brother and friend then physically and verbally attacked police officers.\n• None Maguire said he was taken into the police station and was put in a cell. \"That was the time I felt a little bit of relief, as crazy as that sounds. There were other people in the cell telling me to calm down and it felt like relief because that was the first time I actually believed I was in prison.\"\n\nMore from Maguire's interview with Dan Roan\n\nIt was horrible. It was such a quick turnaround it was incredible. We got the pages for the transcript for the court on the evening before. A big document, all in Greek. I hardly had any chance to speak to my lawyer. We were confident the case would be adjourned, to give us more time to prepare and get the witnesses and the evidence that we have.\n\nFor it to all happen so quickly... we obviously didn't expect the trial to go ahead.\n\nThe court heard that you abused the police. Is that true?\n\nFrom their statement I am pretty sure they said I hurt a policeman's back and arm. I had the hand in the air, handcuffed, when I tried running away, I didn't realise they were police at the time and thought I was getting kidnapped. I don't think I hurt him. Put it this way: I didn't hurt him as much as they hurt me.\n\nThe court heard you tried to bribe the police, that you said 'do you know who I am'. Did you?\n\nNo, for sure. 'Do you know who I am?' I knew they knew who I was. Five minutes before they were beating me up saying my career is over, so I knew they knew who I was. As soon as I saw that statement... just ridiculous.\n\nThere was definitely no bribe involved. At that moment we were sat in the entrance of the prison, we were so distraught, we were crying. We still didn't believe where we were.\n\nWhat do you put it down to - their actions?\n\nA lot of things have gone through my mind but the answer is I don't know. I can't pinpoint what or why. Whether, like you say, it was jealously, stitched up, misunderstanding, I really don't know.\n\nYou have appealed. How confident are you that you will eventually clear your name?\n\nI have great faith in the Greek law. The retrial rule will give us more time to prepare, gather the evidence, allow witnesses into the court, and I am really confident the truth will be told and come out.\n\nYou are a high-profile guy. There are plenty of places you can go. Do you accept you were in a way asking for trouble being in that place that night?\n\nNo. I think it could have happened anywhere. I love Greece; I love the people there. I have been to six, seven, eight Greek islands. I go most years on my time off. Me and my family love Greece. I don't feel like I would have done anything different in terms of regret going to Mykonos. I have been before and had a great time.\n\nI think us footballers get a bit of stick for trying to stay away from everything and the public eye. It's not how I want to live my life. I've always been really open. I was away with my family in couples. If someone wanted a picture, they could have a picture or something signed. It's probably changed my mind on that.\n\nWere you worse for wear? Were you drunk? Was that a factor in all this?\n\nI'm not going to sit here and say I didn't have a drink all day. I had a few drinks. Anyone who knows me who has been out with me knows how I am after I have a few drinks. I am always aware; I always stay in control. I definitely wasn't drunk. I knew what was going off. I just found myself in a bad situation.\n\nHow much harm have you done to your reputation and do you regret that?\n\nIt's not nice seeing bad reports against yourself. No-one knew what went off that night. Either you believe it or you don't. Even after the court case still the stories coming out of the court case are so far away from the truth it is incredible. So, no, my character and personality will stay the same. I am strong mentally and I will get over this.\n\nMy conscience is clear. I know exactly what happened that night.", "Boris Johnson has hired personal trainer Harry Jameson to lose weight, after acknowledging he was \"too fat\" when he caught coronavirus.\n\nThe prime minister was admitted to hospital with the virus in April but says he has since \"been steadily building up my fitness\".\n\nMr Jameson says his training \"considers the mind as much as the body\".\n\nThe coach has also helped Love Island host Laura Whitmore train and has a regular slot on her BBC radio show.\n\nMr Johnson's time in intensive care is thought to have prompted a change in his views on tackling obesity.\n\nHe has previously criticised levies on foods high in salt, fat and sugar - and characterised his stance as \"libertarian\".\n\nIn July he said that while he was not normally one for \"nannying or bossying\", the country did need to lose weight to protect from a second spike.\n\n\"Obesity is one of the real co-morbidity factors. Losing weight, frankly, is one of the ways you can reduce your own risk from coronavirus,\" he said.\n\nAs part of a drive to tackle the problem, the government said it would ban TV junk food adverts before 21:00.\n\nOn a personal level, Mr Johnson has said he had \"wanted to lose weight for ages\" adding that he \"struggled\" to keep fat off.\n\nHe said that since leaving hospital he had lost \"at least a stone\" by going for a run with the dog.\n\nHarry Jameson has previously worked with TV presenter and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Laura Whitmore (centre)\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Fit & Fearless podcast, the prime minister's new trainer, Mr Jameson, said he seeks to help his clients \"in ways beyond pumping weights in the gym\".\n\nHe says his approach has \"always been based on a foundation of mind and body together and ultimately happiness\".\n\nHe studied sports science and psychology at Liverpool Hope University and has worked as a personal trainer for 15 years.\n\nLike the prime minister, Mr Jameson also appears to be a fan of the classics having quoted the Roman philosopher Seneca (\"as long as you live, keep learning how to live\") in a speech to the Balance Festival in 2018.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "City centres could become \"ghost towns\" if the prime minister does not do more to encourage workers to go back to the office, the head of the CBI says.\n\nDame Carolyn Fairbairn said allowing staff to work from home had helped keep firms afloat during the pandemic.\n\nBut as offices stood empty, thousands of local businesses that relied on the passing trade were suffering, she said.\n\nIt comes as a BBC study found 50 major UK employers had no plans to return all staff to the office full time.\n\nWriting in the Daily Mail, Dame Carolyn said the UK's offices were \"vital drivers\" of the economy, supporting thousands of local firms, from dry cleaners to sandwich bars.\n\n\"The costs of office closure are becoming clearer by the day. Some of our busiest city centres resemble ghost towns, missing the usual bustle of passing trade.\n\n\"This comes at a high price for local businesses, jobs and communities,\" she said.\n\nShe said getting people back into offices and workplaces should be \"as important\" as the return to school, and directly appealed to Boris Johnson to \"do more to build confidence\".\n\nThis could include using \"effective test and trace\" systems or a campaign to encourage commuters back on to public transport.\n\nIn July, the government dropped its formal advice that people should work from home if possible. At the time, Boris Johnson told people to \"start to go back to work now if you can\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHowever, an increasing number of employers say that home working - which was initially brought in as a temporary measure in lockdown - could become a more permanent state of affairs.\n\nThe law firm Linklaters said this week that all of its 5,300 staff could spend up to 50% of their time working remotely from now on.\n\nLloyds Banking Group is reviewing its office space needs and working practices after concluding that most of its 65,000 staff have worked effectively from home during the crisis.\n\nOthers including NatWest, Fujitsu, Facebook, Twitter and HSBC have also said they plan to allow much more flexible working in future.\n\nExperts say it could allow firms to cut their rent and utilities costs, while offering employees a better work-life balance.\n\nDame Carolyn acknowledged home working had worked well for many and was likely to remain \"an option\".\n\nBut she warned of \"serious downsides\" including a lack of opportunities to train young people and foster better work and productivity in certain types of business.\n\nThe impact on local businesses has also been stark. Sandwich chain Pret a Manger - which relies on a lunchtime work crowd - said in June it was shutting 30 outlets and cutting 1,000 jobs amid a slump in demand. It has also cut its staff's hours.\n\n\"It's time for the UK to bring its workplaces back to life or we will look back with regret at the jobs lost, training missed and communities harmed,\" Dame Carolyn said.\n\nSome businesses catering to office workers have stayed afloat by adapting the way they operate.\n\nRich Bool, who works for the mobile coffee franchise Cafe2U in Chippenham told the BBC's Wake Up To Money that when offices closed he had to find new ways of approaching his customers.\n\n\"Some of that has been actually going to residential streets, where our normal clients ... are at home, working, and asked me to call and deliver to them\".\n\nAccording to Mr Bool, this attracted curious neighbours, who were also working at home and needed a break from the laptop.\n\n\"We almost created the new water cooler moment on the pavement,\" he said.\n\nSam Barber, a partner at Workshop, which offers co-working spaces in the centre of Winchester, says she has seen a significant increase in enquiries from people who no longer want to commute to London.\n\nShe told Wake Up to Money she sees a role for her company in bringing people back into the city centre.\n\n\"If we know that we can get people out of their offices, their bedrooms, wherever it is they're working, and into a flexible working space a couple of days a week ...then they're going to be shopping in local shops, they're going to be going to the local coffee shops.\"", "The group recently returned home from the Greek island of Zante\n\nUp to 30 young people in Plymouth could be infected with coronavirus having returned from holiday in Greece, local health officials say.\n\nThe city's public health team said the group, aged 18 and 19, returned from the island of Zante last week and so far 11 have tested positive.\n\nMany of them had no, or \"very minor\", symptoms of the virus, they added.\n\nGreece is not currently on the list of countries with quarantine restrictions for UK travellers.\n\nPlymouth's director for public health Ruth Harrell said her team were working alongside national systems to contact and trace those thought to have been affected.\n\nSome who were not showing symptoms \"carried on as normal\" until they became aware of the risk, including going on a \"night out in Plymouth's bars and restaurants\", she added.\n\nShe said: \"While we are still below the point of triggering a lockdown, this incident just goes to show how easily life can change.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "What kind of vice-president is Mike Pence?\n\nOn the one hand, he does a lot of the typical tasks associated with modern VPs like the advising, the communications, the weekly lunch with the president and the foreign travel, says Joel Goldstein, a professor of law at St Louis University who has written books about the vice-presidency.\n\nBut on the other hand, Pence has the unique challenge of deputising for a president who is like no other. That means he often finds himself cleaning up a controversy, saying Donald Trump hasn’t said what he’s said, and rephrasing it.\n\nBut whereas all VPs end up being salespeople for the president, Pence has taken that to new levels, says Mr Goldstein. “He says President Trump is going to be the best friend the military has ever had, things like that. There are no limits on the bounds of his praise for the president.”\n\nPerhaps Pence would act differently if he was serving under one of the Bushes or another Republican president, he adds. Trump is a man who doesn’t like to be challenged.\n\n“He wants to have people sit there in a public meeting singing his praises, and Pence has been willing to do that. But when you do that, it demeans the vice-president and also demeans the office.”\n\nMike Pence: From Indiana to the White House", "The first minister said police will only take action to disperse house parties as a last resort\n\nPolice will have the power to break up house parties with more than 15 people from Friday in a bid to reduce transmission of Covid-19.\n\nHealth officials have warned such gatherings could present \"high-risk super-spreader environments\".\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the move was necessary in anticipation of a rise in indoor gatherings as winter approached.\n\nAnd she said taking action now could prevent stricter lockdown measures.\n\nThe measures were first announced last week and the new limit was confirmed on Thursday.\n\nUnder current guidance, no more than eight people from a maximum of three different households should be meeting indoors.\n\nThe new law takes account of the varying size and composition of families and sets the limit for an indoor party at 15 people if more than one household is present.\n\nDuring her daily media briefing, Ms Sturgeon said: \"We know from the reports of our test and protect teams - and also from evidence around the world - that these kinds of gatherings pose a significant transmission risk.\"\n\nShe acknowledged the colder weather would increase the likelihood of larger indoor social gatherings but said the new legislation was \"not a green light\" to ignoring the existing guidance.\n\nMs Sturgeon added: \"In recognition that we intend these new legal powers to be a last resort only and for use in the most blatant breaches of the guidance, we have decided to set a higher threshold for their use.\n\n\"Ensuing that police have the powers to disperse large house parties, where that is necessary, is another important tool in trying to keep this virus suppressed.\"\n\nShe added that it would help to reduce the potential for future clusters and outbreaks and prevent greater lockdown restrictions.\n\nAddressing young people, Ms Sturgeon stressed that the move was \"not about trying to stop people having fun\" and added: \"We're not trying to police your social lives.\"\n\nBut the first minister said the move was necessary for the \"overall health and wellbeing of the country\".\n\nChief Constable Iain Livingstone told the justice sub-committee on policing that he understood the need for a limit to be put into regulation.\n\nMr Livingstone added: \"Where there is outright refusal, where they know the police service is at the door and they're refusing to let people in and turning the music up and continuing to act in that manner, we do need to go in.\n\n\"My position was that given the threat and the gravity of the public health threat that was a proportionate and legitimate power.\n\n\"That power has been granted but it is one we will use very lightly, enforcement will be the last resort, but it is there because it is clear from what the FM and others have said is the continuation of house parties remains a real threat.\"", "Bilal, Mohammed Ebrar and Mohammed Yaseen Safi are said to have been taken from their foster home\n\nAn urgent manhunt is under way for a father who abducted his three sons from their foster home, police have said.\n\nImran Safi, 26, is said to have threatened a foster carer with a knife in Coulsdon, south London, last Thursday.\n\nHe is accused of taking Bilal, Mohammed Ebrar and Mohammed Yaseen - aged six, five and three.\n\nAn image of Mr Safi has been circulated to all ports and borders amid concerns he may attempt to take the boys abroad.\n\nAll three brothers were playing in the garden while their foster carer was inside the house on Coulsdon Road when they were taken, detectives said.\n\nThe foster carer, who told officers that Safi threatened her with a knife, did not suffer any serious physical injuries but was \"understandably distressed\".\n\nIt is understood that the boys were due to be formally adopted, a fact detectives believe could have been a motivation for the abduction.\n\nMr Safi was not thought to have access to the boys' passports.\n\nImran Safi is said to be in possession of a knife, the Met said\n\nMetropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said the boys had \"been in social care services for some while\" and their natural family had become aware they were going to be adopted.\n\nHe added that Mr Safi was not allowed to go to the foster carer's address and had \"taken the law into his own hands\" by doing so.\n\nMr Savell said it was \"an absolute priority\" to find the three children and more than 100 officers were working to locate them.\n\n\"They have been taken from a place of safety and we are growing increasingly concerned about their wellbeing, particularly as we remain in the midst of a global health crisis,\" he said.\n\n\"While we do not believe at this time there is any immediate risk to their physical safety, their location, access to accommodation, healthcare, and other provisions is entirely unknown.\"\n\n\"We are concerned about the longer-term impact of this on all three children.\n\n\"An intense investigation into how this abduction was planned and carried out is being led by detectives in south London, alongside a manhunt being led by specialist detectives within the Met.\"\n\nEight people aged between 17 and 37 have been arrested in connection with the abduction.\n\nThey were all arrested in Croydon and have been bailed to a later date, the Met said.\n\nA red Nissan Qashqai, with the registration PK13 WFO, is thought to have been involved in the abduction.\n\nPolice are appealing for any dashcam footage which shows the car believed to be linked to Imran Safi\n\nPolice are struggling with this case.\n\nThe usual tactics of CCTV, automatic number plate cameras, and tracking mobile phone usage have not worked.\n\nThe getaway car was found in the area. It is possible the father may have switched vehicles. The first thing they did was to inform airports and sea ports.\n\nNow they are worried an attempt will be made to smuggle the children abroad - a traumatic experience for such young boys.\n\nIt may already have happened.\n\nCh Supt Dave Stringer urged witnesses who knew about the children's whereabouts to come forward\n\nMr Safi is an Afghan national and has links to Pakistan but police do not yet know if he has travelled overseas.\n\nDetectives are working closely with national and international agencies to ensure any movement into foreign countries is identified.\n\nCh Supt Dave Stringer said that the incident would \"understandably send a shock\" to the local Croydon community.\n\n\"We know there are people with detailed knowledge of the whereabouts of these children, and we fully appreciate there may be very good reasons for those individuals not wanting to come forward,\" he said.\n\n\"But right now I would strongly urge them to do the right thing and assist us in locating them.\"\n\nCroydon Council declined to comment due to the \"active police investigation\".\n\nFor more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years, the industry is warning.\n\nFarmers say that the extreme weather over the last year is likely to mean wheat yields are down by up to 40%.\n\nAs a result, some millers have already increased the price of flour by 10% and they warn a no-deal Brexit could push up prices even further.\n\nAnd we're likely to see more of the same weather in future, experts say.\n\nThe UK Met Office told BBC News that the extremes of wet and hot conditions that have marked this year are likely to become more common as our climate continues to change.\n\nWheat farmers have been hit with a triple-whammy of severe weather, according to the National Farmers' Union (NFU).\n\nFirst off, unusually heavy rain in the autumn meant many farmers could not plant as much wheat as they usually would. What they did plant did not thrive in the waterlogged soil.\n\nThat was followed by the wettest February on record.\n\nStorms Ciara and Dennis battered much of the UK in the early and middle of the month, causing widespread flooding. They were followed by Storm Jorge at the end of February.\n\nThen we had the very hot and dry spring which caused droughts in many areas of the UK, making it hard for the crop to take up nutrients from the soil.\n\nA rise in the price of flour will be passed on to the bread we buy\n\nFinally, the heavy rain this August meant many farmers have had to delay harvesting their crops.\n\n\"We're looking at a 30% reduction in our good fields, in some of our poor fields it's is even more\", said Matt Culley, an arable farmer from Hampshire who is chair of the NFU's crop board.\n\nSome of his grain stores are virtually empty where normally they would be full at this time of year.\n\nHe said much of the wheat that the rain has forced him to leave in the fields will only be fit for animal feed.\n\nIt is, said Mr Culley, the worst harvest in the 37 years he's been farming, with the most dramatic variation in the weather he has ever known.\n\nA spokesperson for the Met Office explained: \"UK climate projections show a trend towards hotter and drier summers and warmer, wetter winters.\"\n\nSince 85% of the wheat used for flour is grown here in the UK, flour millers will have to make up the shortages caused by this year's dire harvest with imports.\n\nAnd, because the price of wheat has been increasing steadily since the summer, the price of flour will rise, says Alex Waugh who runs the National Association of British and Irish Millers.\n\nPaul Munsey says further rises in the price of flour are to be expected\n\nHe says wheat prices are already up by £40 a tonne - an increase of more than 20%.\n\nBecause the margins millers operate on are very tight, they will have no choice but to pass some of this increase on to consumers by raising prices.\n\n\"It's reached the point where we can't afford to keep selling flour at the price that we are,\" Paul Munsey of Wessex Mill in Oxfordshire told BBC News.\n\nHe has already increased the price of his flour by 12% and warns there may be further price rises to come.\n\nIn the event of a no-deal Brexit, wheat imports could be liable for a £79 per tonne tariff, said the National Association of British and Irish Millers. This figure is derived from the World Trade Organization (WTO) standard tariff for wheat.\n\nWheat prices are always volatile, but this would represent a further 40% hike in wheat prices which, once again, would be likely to drive up the price of flour.\n\nAnd when the price of flour rises, you can expect the price of bread to rise a little - as well as the price of biscuits, pastries and cakes.\n\nAgata Towpik runs Marcopolo Bakery in Wantage which specialises in craft bread.\n\nShe says she is - very reluctantly - considering raising her prices.\n\nIt will be only the second time she has done so since she and her husband Peter started the business a decade ago.\n\n\"Flour is our main ingredient and all the prices are increasing at the moment, so that will probably force us to put our prices up,\" she said.\n\n\"We love our customers and want as many of them as possible to be able to buy from us. But there's less money coming into the company and we've got employees and rent to pay.\"", "Engineering giant Rolls-Royce, which makes jet engines, has reported record losses after the coronavirus pandemic caused demand for air travel to slump.\n\nThe firm announced a pre-tax loss of £5.4bn for the first half of this year.\n\nChief executive Warren East told the BBC he did not expect demand to recover to late-2019 levels for five years.\n\nOn Wednesday, it confirmed the closure of factories in Nottinghamshire and Lancashire, as part of plans to cut 3,000 jobs across the UK.\n\nThe move is part of a previously announced cost-cutting exercise that will see the company slash its global workforce by a fifth, following the drastic fall in air travel because of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nRolls-Royce is in the middle of its biggest restructuring in its history, which will reduce the number of sites it has worldwide from 11 to six.\n\nWide-body engine assembly and testing, which is currently carried out at three global sites, will be consolidated at its main site in Derby.\n\nRolls-Royce employs 50,000 people around the world, about half of them in the UK.\n\nMr East told the BBC's Today programme that so far this year, 4,500 people worldwide had left the company.\n\nHe said Rolls-Royce had originally expected to deliver up to 500 jet engines this year, but would now manage only half that.\n\nRolls-Royce said it intended to sell its Spanish unit ITP Aero and other assets to raise at least £2bn.\n\nRolls-Royce makes money not from the sale of engines, but from their use. When planes stop flying - as they have done during the pandemic - its revenues slow to a trickle. It has responded with a swingeing cost-cutting programme, with 9,000 jobs going.\n\nDespite these self-help measures, Rolls-Royce still made a £1.7bn operating loss in the first half of the year. But the big hit came from changes it has been forced to make to its currency hedging programme, which it has in place to protect it against swings in the value of the US dollar.\n\nThe slump in airline flying means it can no longer expect such a large stream of US dollar revenues, so it has closed off some of its hedge trades early. The cost is £2.5bn. When you add in other restructuring costs, the total loss for the six months is £5.4bn,\n\nThe big question now is when - and how - Rolls-Royce will shore up its balance sheet by raising money. It has earmarked £2bn worth of assets for sale - including Spain's ITP Aero - but that is unlikely to be enough. The next step is expected to be a rights issue, where existing shareholders pay for more shares at a discount to the market price. That could bring in around £2bn, about half the company's current stock market value.\n\nSome analysts think Rolls-Royce will eventually need more - and that a government intervention cannot be ruled out.\n\nRolls-Royce said: \"In light of ongoing uncertainty in the civil aviation sector, we are continuing to assess additional options to strengthen our balance sheet to enable us to emerge from the pandemic well placed to capitalise on the long-term opportunities in all our markets.\"\n\nThese options could include selling off more divisions, refinancing or even tapping investors for money through a rights issue, but no decisions have been taken as yet.\n\nJulie Palmer, partner at Begbies Traynor, said Mr East had faced \"a torrid time\" at Rolls-Royce, with problems including design glitches on the Trent 1000 engine.\n\nBut she said managing the current Covid-19 crisis would be \"his biggest challenge yet\".\n\nShe added that there were now \"further issues for the business to manage\" after Rolls-Royce said earlier this month that routine inspections of another engine type, the XWB-84, had uncovered cracks in compressor blades in a \"small number\" of examples.\n\nRolls-Royce said at the time that it did not expect the issue to create \"significant customer disruption or material annual cost\".\n\nIn its statement on Thursday, Rolls-Royce added that chief financial officer Stephen Daintith had resigned, but would remain in his role for now to support an orderly transition.\n\nMr Daintith will be joining online grocery firm Ocado as its chief financial officer in November.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nManchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus, says France manager Didier Deschamps.\n\nThe 27-year-old will have to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nHe will miss France's Nations League game in Sweden on Saturday, 5 September and the home game against Croatia three days later.\n\nHowever, Pogba could be eligible for selection for United's Premier League opener against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on 19 September.\n\nHis club said: \"Everybody at United wishes Paul a speedy recovery ahead of the new season.\"\n\nPogba will be replaced in the France squad by 17-year-old Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga.\n\n\"I've completed, at the very last minute, a change in the list,\" Deschamps said on Thursday.\n\n\"Paul Pogba, who was previously on the list, unfortunately for him he carried out a test yesterday which was returned as positive this morning.\"", "Flamur Beqiri is the brother of former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Misse Beqiri\n\nA kickboxer has denied carrying out an \"organised hit\" on a man who was shot in front of his wife and child on Christmas Eve.\n\nFlamur Beqiri, 36, the brother of a former reality TV star, was killed outside the family's home in Battersea, south-west London, last year.\n\nAnis Fouad Hemissi, 23, was extradited from Denmark and is on trial at the Old Bailey.\n\nHe pleaded not guilty to murder and possession of a firearm.\n\nThe court heard Mr Hemissi, a Swedish national, flew into the UK four days before the murder.\n\nProsecutors allege the defendant came to the UK with the sole purpose of \"executing\" Mr Beqiri, before fleeing to Copenhagen.\n\nMr Hemissi was arrested at Copenhagen Airport on 20 January and returned to the UK.\n\nMr Beqiri, a Swedish national of Albanian heritage, is the brother of former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Misse Beqiri.\n\nThe father-of-one had been living in London for four or five years at the time of his death.\n\nThe trial will begin on 12 July 2021.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The EasyJet flight was from Gibraltar to Gatwick Airport\n\nA group of EasyJet passengers returning from Gibraltar are having to self-isolate for two weeks after a flight delay meant they were put up in a hotel across the border in Spain.\n\nThe flight was due to leave on Monday but was delayed overnight.\n\nEasyjet could not book enough rooms for all passengers in Gibraltar so some spent the night in Spain.\n\nThe UK's travel rules mean travellers from Gibraltar do not have to quarantine, but arrivals from Spain do.\n\nGibraltar is a British overseas territory and shares a border with Spain. Its airport lies next to the border.\n\nOne passenger who was on the flight to London's Gatwick Airport sent a message to the airline on Twitter, calling the situation \"ridiculous\".\n\nAlan Orme said: \"My option is to move from low Covid Gibraltar to high Covid Spain. I cannot afford to self-isolate. EasyJet will you pay my loss of earnings?\"\n\nGibraltar, which has a population of about 32,000, has had a total of 246 confirmed cases of coronavirus and no deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO says Spain has recorded more than 386,000 cases and 28,838 deaths.\n\nSpain was taken off the UK government's list of travel corridors last month, following a rise in cases. It meant travellers returning from there must stay at home for 14 days.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nGibraltar is a limestone outcrop on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, adjacent to Spain\n\nEasyJet said it had booked all available hotel rooms in Gibraltar as well as some near the airport just over the border in Spain.\n\nThe airline said it was aware of five rooms in Spain that were used by customers. Customers were not required to take the rooms in Spain, it added, saying many customers arranged their own accommodation.\n\nIn a statement, EasyJet said: \"As a result of low visibility weather conditions in Gibraltar, easyJet had to delay flight EZY8906 to Gatwick overnight.\n\n\"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is our highest priority and we would never operate a flight unless it is safe to do so.\n\n\"We tried to provide as many hotel rooms in Gibraltar as possible, however due to a shortage of rooms it was not possible to provide these for all customers so we offered accommodation in Spain for those who wanted it.\n\n\"Some customers found accommodation themselves in Gibraltar and easyJet will reimburse the cost to them.\"", "An 11-year-old boy has created a Lego animation about a lifeboat rescue inspired by his RNLI volunteer cousin.\n\nBecky Mack is a member of the Swanage lifeboat crew and has to drop what she's doing whenever there's an emergency at sea.\n\nChristian was with Becky when she got a call and decided to recreate the scene - adding a shark for extra drama.\n\nThe video was published online during Swanage Lifeboat Week and has been viewed more than 100,000 times.", "Fortnite's latest update has a high-profile Marvel superheroes event - but not on Apple machines\n\nPeople who play Fortnite on Apple Macs, iPhones and iPads are to be excluded from the game's latest update.\n\nIt follows the weeks-long escalating row between the two companies, which resulted in Fortnite being pulled from Apple's App Store.\n\nMac computers, which do not use the App Store, are also now affected.\n\nFortnite's updates often make sweeping changes to the game and Thursday's introduces a partnership with Marvel comics superheroes, among other things.\n\nEpic Games chief executive Tim Sweeney blamed Apple's plan to pull access to developer tools on 28 August, the day after the new season begins.\n\n\"Apple has said they will revoke all of Epic's Apple SDK [software development kit] access for game development on Friday,\" he said.\n\n\"If they do that, we won't be able to update Fortnite on Mac.\"\n\nCurrent versions of the Mac operating system try to stop users opening any apps not checked by Apple, using a process called \"notarising\".\n\nApple Mac computers - such as the iMac - also have strict rules about apps\n\nApple had attempted to revoke Epic's access to its developer tools for the entire company but was prevented by a court ruling because Epic also makes Unreal Engine, a game development tool used by lots of creators.\n\nAnd removing its compatibility could have hurt companies not involved in the dispute.\n\n\"Epic Games and Apple are at liberty to litigate against each other,\" the judge ruled.\n\n\"But their dispute should not create havoc to bystanders\n\nShe did, however, allow Apple to pull those kind of permissions for Epic's own games, such as Fortnite, saying the company had \"strategically chosen to breach its agreements with Apple\".\n\nThe row began when Epic issued an update for Fortnite that allowed players to buy the in-game currency, V Bucks, directly from Epic instead of using the Apple payment system.\n\nApple takes a 30% cut from those payments - amounting to millions of dollars from Fortnite.\n\nAnd it is the only payment system allowed on apps available through the official app store.\n\nBut Apple rejects the accusations it runs any kind of monopoly.\n\nIt says Epic deliberately violated the guidelines \"that are applied equally to every developer and designed to keep the store safe for our users\".\n\nEpic is also locked in a similar stand-off with Google, on Android phones.\n\nBut Android allows apps to be installed outside of the Google Play app store.\n\nAnd Fortnite's update is available this way.", "The Home Office has arranged a series of flights to return migrants who crossed the English Channel\n\nA plane due to remove asylum-seekers from the UK has been cancelled after legal challenges.\n\nThe Home Office said the charter flight was \"paused\" to allow time for the applications to be considered.\n\nOn Wednesday, 12 migrants were returned to France and Germany by plane.\n\nAsylum-seekers at a detention centre near Gatwick Airport are on hunger strike in protest at the proposed flights and some are reported to have tried to take their own lives.\n\nIn a Twitter post, the Home Office had earlier claimed that EU regulations that determine where an asylum claim is heard were being used by \"activist lawyers\" to delay and disrupt returns flights.\n\nSimon Davis, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, said it was \"highly misleading and dangerous\" for the Home Office to claim \"fundamentally that lawyers are not to be trusted\".\n\n\"Attacks on the integrity of the legal profession undermine the rule of law,\" he said.\n\nCharity Detention Action said 22 asylum-seekers at Brook House, near Gatwick Airport, were on hunger strike, while eight had tried to take their own lives.\n\nThe Home Office said it was \"right that we seek to remove migrants who have travelled through a safe country and have no right to remain in the UK\".\n\nAttempts to return migrants to EU countries were often \"frustrated\" by last-minute legal challenges, which it said were \"very often baseless and entirely without merit, but are given full legal consideration, leading to removal being rescheduled,\" it added.\n\nTwenty-seven people - from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - have been flown back to European countries this month. The majority had arrived in the UK on small boats.\n\nOn Thursday morning, 26 migrants from Sudan crossed the Channel in three dinghies.\n\nMore than 5,000 people have reached the UK in this way this year.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eddie Gray and his wife Lilian took out a loan from the Bank of Scotland more than 20 years ago to help fund their retirement.\n\nThe Edinburgh couple, who were then in their 60s, wanted to supplement their state pensions, and thought the shared appreciation mortgage was a tempting opportunity.\n\nThey borrowed £19,500, secured against their house in the Buckstone area of the city. The cash was interest-free and did not need to be repaid until they either both died or sold their home.\n\nBut their family have been left \"appalled and disgusted\" after discovering that the cost of repaying the loan could be more than £200,000.\n\nThe Bank of Scotland said it no longer offered this type of financial product and was happy to talk to the family about the situation.\n\nUnder the terms of the loan, the bank receives 75% of any increase in the price of the house.\n\nWhen Eddie and Lilian took out the mortgage in 1997, their semi-detached home - which they bought in 1964 - was valued at £78,000.\n\nLilian and Eddie Gray around the time when they took out the loan\n\nLilian died two years later, but retired car salesman Eddie is still living in the house.\n\nIt is now worth £320,000, which means the Bank of Scotland would be entitled to about £201,000 - the original loan, plus three quarters of the property's increased value.\n\nEddie, who is now aged 90 and has dementia, is looked after by his two children, Elaine and Kenneth.\n\nHis grandson, Christopher Croal, 32, from Penicuik in Midlothian, said the family had been \"devastated\" when they learned about the cost of the loan.\n\nHe said: \"When something happens to my grandfather we are going to lose the family home because of this horrendous situation.\n\n\"He owned his home outright, but now because of this ruthless product we have been left in this terrible nightmare.\n\n\"My mum has fond memories of growing up in this house and now it is in tatters.\"\n\nChristopher Croal said the loan meant they would lose their family home when his grandfather died or moved into a care home\n\nThousands of people took out similar loans across the UK. Legal challenges have been mounted in a bid to reduce the charges, but none of the cases has yet reached a conclusion.\n\nMr Croal said escalating legal fees had stopped his family pursuing their case.\n\nHe added: \"We have been left appalled and disgusted by this deal and couldn't believe it when we found out.\"\n\nA Bank of Scotland spokeswoman said: \"We no longer offer shared appreciation mortgages.\n\n\"We encourage customers who have taken these products and are now facing difficulty to contact us to see what options may be available to support them.\n\n\"We are very happy to talk to Mr Gray and his family to understand more about this case.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Hogan said he did not break any law but he \"should have been more rigorous\" in his adherence to the Covid guidelines\n\nEU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned after the Irish government accused him of breaching Covid-19 guidelines.\n\nMr Hogan attended a golf dinner with more than 80 people in County Galway on 19 August.\n\nHe was also criticised for not complying with quarantine rules when he arrived in Ireland from Brussels.\n\nMr Hogan said he did not break any law but he \"should have been more rigorous\" in adherence to the Covid guidelines.\n\nIn a resignation statement, the outgoing commissioner said he regretted his trip to Ireland had \"caused such concern, unease and upset\".\n\n\"I reiterate my heartfelt apology to the Irish people for the mistakes I made during my visit,\" he added.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Hogan provided details to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, about his time in Ireland leading up to his attendance at the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) Golf Society event.\n\nAfter arriving in the Republic of Ireland on 31 July, Mr Hogan said he travelled to his temporary residence in Kildare and tested negative for Covid-19 on 5 August during a hospital visit.\n\nHe had told Irish state broadcaster RTÉ he had not breached regulations and argued the test result meant he was \"not under any subsequent legal requirement to self-isolate or quarantine\".\n\nIreland's Department of Health has said a person is required to restrict their movements for 14 days if they arrive into Ireland from a country not on the green list.\n\nIt said the guidance does not state that a negative Covid-19 test shortens the 14-days requirement.\n\nThe leaders of the Republic of Ireland's governing coalition had said the commissioner had clearly breached guidelines and he should have restricted his movement for 14 days.\n\nThey said he should also have limited his movements to and from Kildare for essential travel only, and he should not have attended the golf dinner.\n\nFollowing news of the resignation, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said it was \"the correct course of action given the circumstances of the past week\".\n\n\"We all have a responsibility to support and adhere to public health guidelines and regulations,\" a joint statement continued.\n\nEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said she was grateful for Mr Hogan's \"tireless work as a trade commissioner\".\n\n\"He was a valuable and respected member of the college,\" she said. \"I wish him all the best for the future.\"\n\nMr Hogan - who would have been leading the EU's post-Brexit free trade negotiations with the UK - had been facing calls to quit in the wake of #GolfGate, as it has become known in Ireland.\n\nThe now infamous golf dinner was attended by a host of high-profile figures from Irish political life.\n\nThe controversy surrounding it has already cost the jobs of Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary and Jerry Buttimer, deputy chairman of the Irish senate.\n\nThe event took place the day after the Irish government changed its guidelines in the face of an increasing number of Covid-19 cases, with numbers allowed at indoor events cut from 50 to six, with some exceptions.\n\nJames Sweeney, from the Station House Hotel where the event was held, told RTÉ he had checked with the Irish Hotels Federation to ensure the event complied with regulations.\n\nHe said he was told it would be, if the guests were in two separate rooms, with fewer than 50 people in each.\n\nGardaí (Irish police) have said they are investigating what happened at the dinner.", "The chief civil servant at the Department for Education has been sacked following the row over A-level and GCSE results in England.\n\nJonathan Slater was due to stand down next year, but will now leave the department by next week.\n\nA government statement said Boris Johnson \"concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership\".\n\nBut the civil service union accused No 10 of \"discarding\" its members to \"keep scrutiny from the government's door\".\n\nMr Slater is the fifth permanent secretary to leave his post in six months.\n\nThe news comes a day after the head of exam regulator Ofqual, Sally Collier, also resigned from her role.\n\nThousands of A-level students saw their results downgraded earlier this month due to an algorithm designed to moderate them.\n\nIt led to a huge backlash and a u-turn by government ahead of the publication of GCSE results, reverting the grades back to those awarded by teachers.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson faced calls to resign, but No 10 said it had full confidence in him.\n\nMr Slater has been the permanent secretary at the DfE for four years and was due to step down in Spring 2021.\n\nHe will now be replaced by Susan Acland-Hood, who was brought into the department on a temporary contract last week to lead on its exam response.\n\nCabinet Secretary Sir Mark Sedwill thanked Mr Slater for his 35 years as a public servant and the government said a permanent replacement would be confirmed in the coming weeks.\n\nMr Williamson also thanked Mr Slater for his \"commitment to public service\", adding: \"Like the prime minister, I appreciate the hard work of officials across government, particularly during this unprecedented time.\"\n\nThe education secretary said he and his new permanent secretary's \"immediate focus remains on making sure every child returns to the classroom full-time at the start of term\".\n\nThe general secretary of the FDA union, Dave Penman, criticised the decision to sack Mr Slater.\n\nHe said: \"If it wasn't clear before, then it certainly is now - this administration will throw civil service leaders under bus without a moment's hesitation to shield ministers from any kind of accountability.\"\n\nHe accused the government of \"scapegoating\" civil servants and claimed trust between ministers and civil servants was \"at an all-time low\".\n\nThe Labour Party also condemned the move, saying civil servants had \"time and time again taken the fall for the incompetence and failures of ministers\".\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said: \"Parents will be looking on in dismay at a government in complete chaos just a matter of days before children will return to schools.\n\n\"Leadership requires a sense of responsibility and a willingness to be held accountable, qualities this prime minister and his ministers utterly lack.\"\n\nFormer head of the Home Civil Service, Sir Bob Kerslake, who has worked as a Labour advisor, called the sacking \"a disgrace\", telling Times Radio that senior civil servants were \"carrying the can for the failure of ministers\".\n\nSo, what does the departure of Jonathan Slater mean - and why does it matter?\n\nFor his union, the FDA - and for Labour - it is straightforwardly a sign that, when things go wrong, the buck now firmly stops with the officials and not government ministers.\n\nAngry Conservative MPs were being privately reassured that \"heads would roll\" after the exams controversy.\n\nAnd now, both a senior civil servant and the head of Ofqual have now departed, while Gavin Williamson and his education ministers remain in post.\n\nBut something of a pattern is now emerging.\n\nIn February, the most senior official at the Home Office resigned - and took the government to court, claiming there had been a \"vicious and orchestrated campaign\" against him.\n\nOther senior civil servants have made less of a fuss, but have nonetheless left their jobs.\n\nThe most senior Whitehall mandarin - Sir Mark Sedwill - recently moved, the head of the Foreign Office announced an earlier than expected departure, and it was confirmed last month that the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice would be leaving too.\n\nSo, not-so-permanent secretaries seems to be a feature of this administration.\n\nCabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has talked about reforming the civil service. In a speech in June, he said government departments recruited in their own image and their assumptions were \"inescapably metropolitan\".\n\nSo a strategic rethink and an increased turnover of senior Whitehall personnel are probably not entirely unrelated.\n\nBut what might worry senior civil servants more is they might be sacrificed for short-term news management, rather than as the result of any strategic master plan.\n\nAnd there is a risk that this, in turn, might affect the quality of those who apply for senior civil service roles in the future.", "Schools are getting measures in place for a safe reopening\n\nPublic confidence in the full reopening of schools in September seems to be growing, according to an opinion poll.\n\nA YouGov survey shows support for the full-time reopening of schools in England and Wales has risen from 57% to 65% over the past three weeks.\n\nMillions of pupils will begin returning to school from next week.\n\nBut the opinion poll also shows 19% of adults opposed to reopening and 16% who don't know.\n\nSchools have been preparing for the safe return of pupils, with children to be kept apart in \"bubbles\", alongside hand sanitisers, one-way systems, staggered start and finish times and reconfigured timetables.\n\nBut there have been questions about whether parents have been convinced by the safety measures.\n\nThe YouGov survey, based on almost 3,300 people in England, Wales and Scotland, suggests a shift in attitudes towards backing the full-time return to school, after the long disruption of the lockdown.\n\nIn a previous survey on 4 August, the pollsters had found more scepticism about reopening schools, with 25% opposed and 18% who don't know.\n\nThe follow-up survey, from 26 August, shows 19% opposed and 16% who don't know.\n\nHead teachers' leader Geoff Barton says this matches what schools are now saying, with the expectation \"that the vast majority of pupils will attend from the beginning of term\".\n\nBut he says there will still be some parents \"who will be anxious and it will take time to build confidence\".\n\nChris Curtis, political research manager at the polling firm, says the public seems to back the idea that reopening schools should be the \"top priority\".\n\nBut he highlights that growing support for opening schools is alongside an increasingly negative view of how the government is handling education.\n\nBoris Johnson has been urging a full return to school\n\n\"The proportion of Britons who think schools should fully reopen after the summer holidays has increased to 65%, while at the same time the level of Brits who think the government is handling the issue of education badly is steadily increasing - up 15 percentage points since last week,\" said Mr Curtis.\n\nThe latest polling suggests more support for sending pupils back to school - but this is a survey of the general adult population, not just parents, and there are some underlying differences.\n\nThere is below-average support for going back to school among the less affluent and younger.\n\nThe strongest support for reopening schools is among those who are older, in higher-income brackets and in the south of England.\n\nThe government has been pushing a strong message about the need for pupils to go back after so much time out of school - and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is a \"moral duty\".\n\nBut tracking polls for YouGov show an increasingly negative view of the political handling of education among the public in England, Wales and Scotland, with support collapsing through the course of the lockdown.\n\nAt the end of March, there was a positive view of how education was being handled: 46% thought it was being handled \"well\", compared with 35% who thought it was being handled \"badly\".\n\nBut dissatisfaction has risen sharply over the summer, through the months when pupils have been taught at home and during the problems with exam results.\n\nThe most recent figures, for last week, showed 61% thought education was being handled badly, compared with 27% who thought it was being handled well.", "The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.\n\nUsing a new method of calculating the destruction, the scientists say the increase in frequency is \"unequivocal\".\n\nPrevious attempts to isolate the impact of climate change on hurricanes have often came up with conflicting results.\n\nBut the new study says the increase in damage caused by these big cyclones is linked by global warming.\n\nHurricanes or tropical cyclones are one of the most destructive natural disasters. The damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was estimated to be $125bn, roughly 1% of US GDP.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tomasz Schafernaker takes a look at the formation of Cape Verde-type hurricanes and where their energy comes from.\n\nOne of the big questions that scientists have wrestled with is how to compare storm events from different eras. Is the increase in financial damages recorded over the last century simply down to the fact there are now more people living in the paths of hurricanes, who are generally wealthier?\n\nHurricane Irma caused extensive damage in Florida, but also in Antigua and Barbuda\n\nPrevious research has concluded that the rise in damages was related to wealth, and not to any statistically significant change in frequency.\n\nHowever this new paper challenges that view.\n\nInstead of looking at economic damage, the authors looked at the amount of land that was totally destroyed by more than 240 storms between 1900 and 2018, based on insurance industry databases.\n\nAs an example, the researchers examined Hurricane Irma that hit Florida in 2017.\n\nAround 1.1 million people were living inside the 10,000 sq km closest to the storm's landfall.\n\nHurricane Dorian sparked an emergency in Florida in September\n\nWith the wealth per capita estimated to be $194,000, the scientists concluded that the overall wealth in this 10,000 sq km region was $215bn.\n\nAs the storm caused $50bn worth of damage, this was 23% of the wealth in the region. Taking 23% of the 10,000 sq km gave an area of total destruction of 2,300 sq km.\n\nBy working out similar figures for events across the last century, the researchers were able to make what they say are more realistic comparisons in terms of damage over the decades.\n\nHurricanes are one of the most destructive weather events on the planet\n\nThe authors found that the frequency of the most damaging hurricanes had increased by a rate of 330% per century.\n\nAnd they believe that is mainly due to rising temperatures.\n\n\"Our data reveal an emergent positive trend in damage which we attribute to a detectable change in extreme storms due to global warming,\" they write.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe scientists involved believe their new method is solid and gives a more accurate picture of what is happening with the worst storms.\n\n\"The new method of looking at the frequencies is really robust,\" said Aslak Grinsted, from the University of Copenhagen, who carried out the study.\n\n\"The increase in frequency is not only in my own dataset but is also present in other datasets, so it is extremely robust, and I think that will help it become more accepted.\"\n\nThe study has been published in the journal PNAS.", "Nicole Thea's partner Global Boga has spoken out about her death for the first time.\n\nIn a video posted on her YouTube channel, the 20-year-old speaks about life since the social media star passed away.\n\n\"Nobody understands what I'm going through and nobody ever will. Nobody ever can,\" he says.\n\nBoga struggles to speak and is emotional throughout the 12 minute video titled \"What's Happening\".\n\nNicole and her baby Reign died in July. The cause of death is unknown.\n\nSpeaking through his tears, Boga says: \"Our son was born, our son came... then I don't know what happened and then Reign went with mummy.\"\n\nHe describes Nicole as \"the happiest person on earth\".\n\nThe musician, part of the group Ghana Boyz, praised Nicole's fans for the love they have shown him since her death.\n\nBoga has receieved lots of support since posting the video\n\n\"I know you guys loved Nicole. You loved her so much. You made us feel so special, she'd want the love to continue.\"\n\nThe artist said Nicole was the person who believed in him before he started making music.\n\n\"Everything's going to be for her. Nothing's for me.\"\n\nHe says he will keep posting music on Nicole's YouTube channel to keep her \"legacy alive\".\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 nicoletheatv 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\nNicole gained popularity through her dancing videos and eventually got to dance with global afrobeats superstars like Tiwa Savage.\n\nThrough hair and make-up vlogs, and content about her relationship with Boga and their pregnancy, she grew her YouTube and Instagram to hundreds of thousands of supporters.\n\nShortly before her death, Boga had posted a video of him dancing next to a pram - writing he couldn't wait to take his son to the park and to a playground.\n\nThe couple announced the pregnancy in April, writing \"God gave us the biggest blessing yet\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by sativa This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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End of twitter post 3 by Farida Said\n\nReferring to his wife and son, he ends the video saying \"I'm just going to make them proud\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton\n\nThe home secretary has been asked to consider a \"virtual trial\" for Harry Dunn death suspect Anne Sacoolas.\n\nThe American was charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a crash in August last year which resulted in the 19-year-old's death.\n\nThe 42-year-old claimed diplomatic immunity following the collision outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire.\n\nShe was able to return to her home country, sparking controversy.\n\nThe Dunn family's constituency MP Andrea Leadsom has written to ministers, including Priti Patel, \"asking that they seek a virtual trial of Ms Sacoolas\".\n\nThe MP said: \"A traumatised family are still waiting for a trial that will give them closure.\"\n\nMs Leadsom said a virtual trial would allow the US government to \"avoid giving the waiver of diplomatic immunity\" and should any custodial sentence be handed down it \"could likewise be undertaken in the United States\".\n\n\"Harry's family are not vengeful - but like every citizen they believe in right and wrong,\" Ms Leadsom added.\n\nAnne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after a crash involving her car and Mr Dunn's motorbike outside RAF Croughton\n\nShe also wrote to the Solicitor General, the foreign secretary, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Lord Chancellor to put forward the idea.\n\nMr Dunn's family said their \"final goodbye\" to their son last month as they scattered his ashes in his favourite place - Portland Bill, near Weymouth in Dorset.\n\nReacting to the letters, Mr Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles, said: \"For me and my family, it is all about doing the right thing and ensuring justice is done.\"\n\nThe Home Office said it was a matter for the Attorney General's Office which confirmed a letter had been received but declined to comment further.\n\nA Home Office extradition request was refused by US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in January.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe holding company of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper has seen its stock rise fourfold, a day after the arrest of its owner Jimmy Lai.\n\nMr Lai was arrested on Monday under a controversial security law imposed by Beijing, but has now been bailed.\n\nThe pro-democracy tycoon was among 10 people detained on charges including colluding with foreign forces.\n\nBut Hong Kongers have rallied behind the newspaper, buying stocks in the company.\n\nThe stock closed on Tuesday at HK$1.10, up from its close of HK$0.255 just 24 hours before.\n\nThe paper, which offers a rare, unvarnished take on Hong Kong and China's leadership, said more than 500,000 copies were printed, five times the usual number.\n\nIn extraordinary scenes streamed by the paper on Monday, a handcuffed Mr Lai was led through his newsroom as nearly 200 police officers raided the building.\n\nThe move sparked global condemnation of the escalating crackdown on dissent.\n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China had \"eviscerated Hong Kong’s freedoms\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the newspaper's front page showed an image of Mr Lai in handcuffs with the headline: \"Apple Daily must fight on.\"\n\nHe was released on bail early on Wednesday local time and greeted by a crowd of cheering supporters.\n\nIn some parts of the city Hong Kongers were seen queuing for a copy as early as 02:30 as vendors reported selling out of the popular tabloid founded by Mr Lai.\n\n\"(I bought these) to hand them out to others, I'm afraid a lot of people can`t get their copies,\" a woman, who only gave her name as Chan, told the BBC while buying 16 copies.\n\nOnline subscriptions are also reportedly up 20,000 this week.\n\nSupporters of the paper bought copies in bulk in the early hours\n\nShares of holding company Next Digital, which had initially dropped on Monday, almost reached a 12-year high on Tuesday.\n\nThis came as activists called for supporters to buy the stock.\n\nHowever, there are concerns that investors with ties to the mainland could also be buying up shares.\n\nLouise Wong, a senior executive at Next Digital, told the Nikkei Asian Review that \"if someone could get over 5% of the holdings, he or she could ask for a seat on the board\".\n\nMr Lai, who is viewed as a hero by many in Hong Kong for his direct criticism of Beijing’s top leadership, is the highest-profile detainee under use of the new legislation so far.\n\nBut on the mainland, he has long been labelled a traitor.\n\nHours after his arrest, prominent youth activist Agnes Chow and Wilson Li, a freelance journalist, were also arrested under the same law.\n\nMs Chow was released on bail late on Tuesday. She told reporters: \"It's very obvious that the regime is using the national security law to suppress political dissidents.\"\n\nThe arrests renewed criticism from Washington, London and the United Nations of attacks on the city’s freedoms.\n\n\"I’m deeply troubled by reports of the arrest of @JimmyLaiApple under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law,\" tweeted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\n“Further proof that the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] has eviscerated Hong Kong’s freedoms and eroded the rights of its people,” he wrote.\n\nSimilar sentiments were expressed in Britain, which has already said it will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and offer a pathway to citizenship for many of the city's residents, in the light of the new law.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"This is further evidence that the national security law is being used as a pretext to silence opposition,\" a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Reuters. \"The Hong Kong authorities must uphold the rights and freedoms of its people.\"\n\nThe controversial security law introduced to Hong Kong in June had already prompted some of the city’s highest-profile activists to flee overseas in anticipation of a broader clampdown on the city’s freedoms.\n\nPro-democracy protests flared in Hong Kong last year over plans to allow extradition from the territory to mainland China. While this proposal was eventually withdrawn, the demonstrations carried on, to reflect widespread demands for democratic reforms.", "More than 100 people were arrested for looting, battery against police and other charges. Crowds gathered following reports of a police shooting involving a 20-year-old man.", "One woman whose face was torn apart by the Beirut explosion, says free plastic surgery will help her forget the day.\n\nRomy Zahour Lauret, 30, was driving near the port with her husband when the blast hit.\n\nDr Joe Baroud, a plastic surgeon in Beirut, has been offering free surgery to victims like Romy.", "Tiger King star Carole Baskin is facing a lawsuit from the family of her former husband Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997 and is presumed dead.\n\nLewis's family are also offering a $100,000 (£76,300) reward for information about what happened to him.\n\nA lawyer for the family has filed the lawsuit in an attempt to force Baskin to give evidence on the record.\n\nLewis disappeared a day before a scheduled trip to Costa Rica, and was declared legally dead in 2002.\n\nLewis and Baskin started an animal sanctuary together in Tampa, Florida, which later became Big Cat Rescue Corporation. They were married at the time of his disappearance, but he had filed for a restraining order against her two months earlier.\n\nTheories about what happened to him formed part of the hit Netflix series, including suggestions that Baskin, who received most of his $6m (£4.5m) estate, was responsible for his disappearance.\n\nShe has vehemently denied having anything to do with it. \"The unsavoury lies are better for getting viewers,\" she has said.\n\nBaskin told investigators of reported sightings in Costa Rica, and said he had been involved with local gangsters there. No-one has ever been arrested over his disappearance.\n\nSpeaking at a press conference on Monday, Lewis's youngest daughter Gale Rathbone referred to the renewed interest in the case brought on by the series.\n\n\"Amazingly, our little family tragedy has become your tragedy,\" she said. \"Our search for closure and truth has become your mission also.\n\n\"We all know by now that [Lewis] was not a perfect man. But do only the perfect among us deserve justice?\"\n\nBaskin told The Associated Press: \"It's been my policy not to discuss pending litigation until it's been resolved.\n\n\"I had told some news outlets that I thought the press conference on 10 Aug was just a publicity stunt, but at that time was not aware there would be pending litigation.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Olivia Biggart got A grades in her prelims but her final results did not reflect what teachers recommended\n\nA Motherwell student whose dream of becoming a doctor was shattered by downgraded Higher results, is \"over the moon\" she will now get her five As.\n\nOlivia Biggart believed she was downgraded because her school is in a deprived area.\n\nThe 16-year-old told BBC Scotland she cheered at John Swinney's announcement that candidates' estimated grades would replace those awarded last week.\n\nShe will now be able to apply for medical school in October.\n\n\"I am over the moon because finally there is justice and I can pursue my career,\" she said.\n\n\"I am happy with what he said - and glad he apologised to us.\"\n\nShe added: \"The only thing I didn't like is that students who were over-graded will keep their results but that will all even out over time. But overall I am happy.\"\n\n\"I don't think he had many options. They couldn't reassess every single candidate's results.\n\n\"My dream to become a doctor is still alive.\"\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney said pupils had shown \"tremendous resilience\" and apologised for the failed grading system\n\nThe government U-turn follows an outcry from pupils after moderation by the SQA led to 125,000 estimated results being downgraded.\n\nAll results that were downgraded will now be withdrawn and replaced by the original estimates made by teachers.\n\nThe move affects about 75,000 pupils across Scotland.\n\nOlivia achieved five As in her Higher prelims and was predicted by her teachers to be awarded the same. But despite having spent the summer studying for the University Clinical Aptitude Test (Ucat), she was awarded two As and three Bs.\n\nWithout five As, she would have been unable to apply to medical school and would have to choose a completely different path.\n\nShe is now looking forward to getting her head down and working towards entry exams.\n\nDavid Biggart believes his daughter would have been awarded different grades if her school was in an affluent area\n\nDespite it being what she described as \"the most stressful week of her life\" she still attended her medic preparation course on Friday.\n\nShe said: \"So many people on the course were in exactly the same position as me and now they will all be able to continue.\"\n\nJohn Swinney said in his speech that the Scottish government \"did not get it right\" and he apologised to the pupils involved.\n\nHe said he had noted the anger and frustration as well as the impressive arguments made by young people like Olivia.\n\nOlivia's father David Biggart said: \"I think he has listened. I felt sorry for him because it takes a lot to stand up in parliament, in front of the kids he has let down, and say he got it wrong.\n\n\"It was quite humiliating. But show me a man that has never made a mistake and I will show you a man that's never worked.\n\n\"He is human and I take my hat off to him for saying he was wrong.\n\n\"Everyone makes mistakes and I hope everyone learns from this.", "Julie Morris explains what it is like to be job hunting in your late fifties, during the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nIn general unemployed people over the age of 50 are twice as likely to be out of work for 12 months or longer, compared to those younger than 50.\n\nDuring the pandemic, women aged over 50 have been hit hardest, with nearly 100,000 leaving the workforce entirely, according to the Rest Less recruitment company.\n\nProduced by Sarah Corker, filmed by Tim Nicholson, edited by Dougal Shaw", "Sometimes the obvious pick is obvious for a reason.\n\nKamala Harris was the front-runner to be Joe Biden's running mate pretty much since the moment the presumptive Democratic nominee announced in March that he would pick a woman to be on his ticket.\n\nShe was a safe pick and a practical one. She's also now in the position to be the heir apparent for the Democratic Party - whether it's in four years because Biden loses in November or doesn't run for re-election or eight years if Biden serves two full terms.\n\nThat could be why it seemed that there were so many attempts to knock Harris down a peg, or advance alternative candidates over the past month.\n\nThis was, in effect, the first fight of the next presidential nomination contest, and Harris - whose ambitions are clear - now has a step on the competition.\n\nBut determining future Democratic nominees is a battle for another day. The pressing concern for the party at the moment is how Harris might help Biden win the White House. Here are some strengths she brings to the ticket and, perhaps, some concerns Democrats may have.\n\nTo put it bluntly, today's Democratic Party doesn't look like Joe Biden. It's young and it's ethnically diverse. It was increasingly obvious that the presumptive nominee needed to find someone younger and, well, less white to have a ticket that reflects the people who will vote for it.\n\nHarris, whose father was Jamaican and mother came from India, fills this particular need. She becomes both the first black woman and the first Asian to run on a major party presidential ticket. And although at 55 years old she's not exactly young, when compared to 77-year-old Joe Biden, she's downright spry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Tuesday afternoon, before she was announced as Biden's pick, Harris tweeted about the need for diversity in the leadership of the party.\n\n\"Black women and women of color have long been underrepresented in elected office and in November we have an opportunity to change that,\" she wrote.\n\nIt turns out Harris could be directly responsible for some of that change.\n\nOne of the traditional roles of a vice-presidential running mate is to get down and dirty with the opposition. While the person at the top of the ticket takes the rhetorical high road, the number-two cracks out the brass knuckles for the opposition.\n\nIn 2008, Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, more than lived up to her nickname, Sarah the Barracuda, for instance.\n\nIf this is a duty that falls on Harris, history suggests she will be up to the task. Biden certainly recalls that it was Harris who went after him with gusto during the first Democratic primary debate in July 2019, criticising his opposition to bussing to end segregation in public schools.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harris and Biden clash over his race record\n\nHarris has also proven to be a very determined and aggressive interrogator during her time in the US Senate. Donald Trump clearly remembers this, as he remarked on Tuesday evening that he thought Harris was \"extraordinarily nasty\" to his second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.\n\nTrump may not like it, but nasty may be exactly what Biden is looking for this autumn.\n\nOne thing politicians who have run for national office have said time and time again is that it's impossible to understand the intense pressure such campaigns create until one has actually been in one.\n\nAlthough Harris's 2020 presidential bid was unsuccessful, and she dropped out before most of her competitors, she still knows what it's like to be under such scrutiny. When she launched her campaign before tens of thousands of supporters in January 2019, she was treated like a top-tier presidential contender. For a time in July, after her strong first debate performance, she rose towards the top of some primary polls.\n\nHarris has been through the fire, at least for a time, and knows what it feels like. If there were serious, dinosaur-sized skeletons in her closet, they would have come out by now. Given that she's already sought the presidency, its not impossible for many Americans to imagine her as president someday.\n\nThe California senator may not have been the most dynamic candidate on the campaign trail in 2019, and she was certainly not nearly the most successful one, but at this point she's a known quantity. And for Biden, who is currently up in the polls, the fewer surprises the rest of the campaign the better.\n\nMore than almost any of the other contenders for the vice-presidential spot, Harris comes from a law-enforcement background. Given the recent demonstrations over police brutality and allegations of institutional racism in law enforcement, Harris's resume may give some progressives within the Democratic Party pause.\n\nIt certainly did during Harris's presidential campaign, when \"Harris is a cop\" was a derisive accusation thrown at the California senator on more than one occasion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoth as San Francisco district attorney and as California's attorney general, Harris has sided with police over suspects - even in cases where those suspects may have been wrongfully convicted. Although she's expressed personal opposition to the death penalty, she's supported its use while she's been in office.\n\nBeing a hard-nosed crime-fighter may be an attractive attribute among independent and conservative-leaning voters in the general election, but if that support comes at the cost of enthusiasm for the Biden-Harris ticket on the left, then it may not be a net positive.\n\nSince the death of George Floyd, Harris has been outspoken in advocating law-enforcement reform, winning praise from some progressives. But it's safe to say they still harbour some doubts.\n\nAbove, Harris having run a presidential campaign was noted as a mark in her favour. There's a flip side to that, however. Her campaign, while it started with a bang and had its moments, also had some serious flaws - and some of those flaws related to the candidate herself.\n\nAlthough Harris has a pretty moderate record as a senator and state attorney general, she tried to tack to the left during her presidential campaign. She came out in favour of free college education, the Green New Deal environmental programme and universal healthcare, for instance, but never sounded all that convincing about it.\n\nMr Biden tells Ms Harris she will be his running mate on Tuesday\n\nShe particularly got tripped up on the question of whether private insurance should be banned - which, while fine with progressives, gives many moderate heartburn.\n\n\"Let's eliminate all of that,\" she said rather glibly during one interview. \"Let's move on.\"\n\nIn this day and age, the death knell for politicians is to seem too political - to be perceived as willing to shift values and beliefs based on what the voters want.\n\nSincerity, or at least the appearance of it, is a virtue voters prize - and part of the reason why Donald Trump became president. While his supporters didn't always agree with him, they felt like he speaks his mind.\n\nHarris's move from moderate, then to the left and now back, perhaps, to the Biden middle could leave some voters wondering where her core values lie - or if she has any core values at all.", "The number of people out of work in Wales has fallen slightly, according to new figures, but nearly a third of the Welsh workforce is now on furlough.\n\nThere are now 41,000 across Wales unemployed, suggests the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nIt is an unemployment rate of 2.7% compared to the UK-wide rate of 3.9% for the period of March to May.\n\nHowever, figures from the ONS also show 378,000 people are on the UK's furlough job retention scheme.\n\nThe Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in Gwynedd has the second highest furlough take-up in the UK at 40%.\n\nThe latest unemployment figures for March to May show a fall in the overall rate of 1%.\n\nHowever, the latest figures do not reflect recent announcements on large job losses announced at Airbus in Flintshire, BA and GE Aviation in south Wales, and at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport.\n\nFlintshire mother-of-three Stephanie Barnett found herself caught between an employment rock-and-a-hard-place when lockdown hit.\n\nShe had decided to switch careers, from working in the home care sector to becoming a teaching assistant.\n\nShe officially finished with her care firm on 23 March and was due to take up a school post in Connah's Quay on Deeside the next day.\n\nOf course, lockdown was then imposed and it meant Stephanie was no longer employed as a carer and not eligible for furlough.\n\nBut she could not take up her school job either.\n\nStephanie Barnett has been left stressed by being out of work\n\nInstead, as a single mother, she was left living off working tax credit payments, and then had to claim Universal Credit.\n\n\"It was stressful - it was worrying,\" she admitted.\n\n\"It was down to me to pay the rent, pay the bills, buy the shopping for the children.\n\n\"It was tight for a few months and I struggled to get by.\n\n\"But with having three kids, you've just got to try and get by with things and deal with it how you can.\"\n\nWith schools only back for a few days before the summer holidays, Stephanie has still not been able to take up her new classroom job.\n\n\"It's just a waiting game until September and I can get back to work.\"\n\nAcross the rest of the UK, Scotland also saw a drop in unemployment, while England and Northern Ireland saw small increases.\n\nOverall, the number of workers on UK payrolls has fallen by 649,000 between March and June, official figures indicate.\n\nThe number of people claiming work-related benefits - including the unemployed - was 2.6 million.\n\nHowever, one think tank has warned it believes the way the UK reports unemployment may not reflect the \"true scale of joblessness\".\n\nThe Resolution Foundation argues that the 23% drop in average hours worked between early March and late April is a better indicator of unemployment.\n\nThe damage to the economy from coronavirus is happening in real time while the official statistics tell us what was happening six weeks ago.\n\nThey're of limited use in such a fast moving environment.\n\nThere is a lot of data around though.\n\nA higher proportion of Welsh businesses have furloughed staff compared to other parts of the UK.\n\nSmall and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are a major driver of the Welsh economy responsible for 62% of jobs.\n\nAs an example, the tourism sector employs around 120,000 people in Wales and has largely been closed down due to coronavirus.\n\nParts of Wales where tourism is the dominant industry have shown high rates of businesses furloughing staff.\n\nWhen furlough comes to end it's expected that many more jobs will be lost but it will take months for that to be reflected in the official figures.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The lease for City Hall was agreed in 2001\n\nSadiq Khan has been accused of \"misleading\" voters by exaggerating potential savings from moving London's government out of City Hall.\n\nConservative Party analysis claimed a proposed move to The Crystal building in Newham would save £5.6m a year.\n\nThe Mayor of London promised moving out of City Hall, near Tower Bridge, would save £11.1m a year in rent and charges.\n\nThe mayor's office said the figure was calculated by professionally-qualified finance officers.\n\nA spokesperson for the Mayor of London said: \"The proposed move to the Crystal Building will save the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group £55m over five years.\n\n\"The move is only necessary because the government is not adequately funding local and regional government in London for the cost of tackling Covid-19.\"\n\nThe Crystal was opened in 2012, having been commissioned by Siemens as an exemplar of sustainable design\n\nNorman Foster-designed City Hall has been the official home of the GLA since it opened in 2002.\n\nUnder the plans the mayor's office and London Assembly would move to the GLA-owned The Crystal in the Royal Docks, which was commissioned to be one of the most environmentally sustainable offices in the world.\n\nThe move would also see the GLA use office space at Palestra House at Blackfriars, currently used by Transport for London.\n\nA formal six-week consultation on the move ended on 5 August.\n\nThe Conservatives said Mr Khan failed to include potential lost income from leasing The Crystal and Palestra to private renters in his announcement.\n\nIf the GLA was to stay put, letting these spaces could generate £4.7m a year, according to the analysis.\n\nThe Conservatives said Mr Khan also failed to include the £280,000 a year generated by public events held at City Hall and the Crystal under the current set-up.\n\nThis would halve total savings over five years from £55m to £27.76m, the party said.\n\nBut the mayor's office said \"significantly lower running costs\" at the new sites would be expected \"to offset any hypothetical loss of income from renting out The Crystal\".\n\nSusan Hall called on the Mayor of London to \"come up with an honest assessment of the cost of moving City Hall\"\n\nSusan Hall, Conservative leader on the London Assembly, said: \"The mayor is misleading Londoners.\n\n\"We've calculated that the real savings figure could be less than £6m a year, which pales in comparison to the millions of pounds Mr Khan wastes each year.\n\n\"This is yet another example of the mayor putting PR before policy.\n\n\"I urge the mayor to go back to the drawing board and come up with an honest assessment of the cost of moving City Hall.\"\n\nThe lease for City Hall was agreed with a private landlord, the Kuwaiti-owned St Martins Property Group, in 2001 and is due to run for 25 years.\n\nBut the agreement allows for a break in the contract after 20 years - in December 2021 - which will be the only chance the GLA has to leave early.\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 President Trump being rushed out of news conference\n\nUS President Donald Trump was escorted out of a news conference after Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who claimed to be armed outside the White House.\n\nThe Secret Service said the incident happened one block from the compound, when an officer fired on the suspect who had run \"aggressively\" towards him.\n\nAn agent then walked on stage as Mr Trump was speaking and led him away.\n\nThe president returned minutes later to say the situation was under control.\n\nThe US Secret Service said the incident happened on Monday on the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave - outside the White House perimeter.\n\nIt said a 51-year-old man, who has not been identified, approached the officer, told him he had weapons and assumed a \"shooter's stance\", whereupon the officer shot him in the torso.\n\nThe Secret Service did not say whether the man was armed. It added that \"both the officer and the suspect were then taken to hospital\", and that \"at no time during this incident was the White House complex breached\".\n\nAfter Mr Trump and his staff left, doors to the briefing room were locked with the journalists inside.\n\nWhen the president returned nine minutes later, he said: \"Law enforcement shot someone, it seems to be the suspect.\"\n\nHe said he did not know if the person harboured any ill intentions towards him.\n\n\"It might not have had anything to do with me,\" the president said.\n\nAn agent walked on stage and whispered into President Trump's ear during the briefing\n\nA journalist asked Mr Trump if he was rattled by the events. He replied: \"Do I seem rattled?\"\n\nThe president added: \"It's unfortunate that this is the world, but the world's always been a dangerous place. It's not something that's unique.\"\n\nThe District of Columbia fire department said a man suffered serious or possibly critical injuries, according to the Associated Press.\n\nThe news agency also reported that authorities were looking into whether the individual has a background of mental illness.", "Unemployment in Wales has hit a record low of 3%, official figures suggest.\n\nThe rate has fallen more in the country in the past three months than in any other nation or region of the UK, where overall unemployment stands at 3.8%.\n\nBetween September and November, there were 46,000 people in Wales available for work but not working, 18,000 fewer than the previous quarter.\n\nCompared with last year there was a fall in both the number of people counted as employed and unemployed.\n\nThis was because the rate of \"economic inactivity\" has risen - these are working age people who are not available for work because they are on long-term sick, have taken early retirement, or are full-time carers or students.\n\nOn the same period last year, the unemployment rate fell from 4.1%, the employment rate was down from 75.8% to 74.9%, and the rate of economic inactivity was up from 20.8% to 22.7%, although this remains at a relatively low level.\n\nIn the north-east of England, a region which was often compared with Wales in the past because of similarities in its economy, unemployment for September to November stood at 6.2%, employment at 71.4% and economic inactivity at 24%.\n\nWelsh Secretary Simon Hart called it a \"thoroughly strong set of statistics\" for Wales.\n\n\"Thousands of people have found work over the previous quarter and unemployment in Wales is below the UK average,\" he said.\n\n\"This is testament to the hard work both governments are contributing to stimulating our economy.\"\n\nWales' Economy Minister, Ken Skates, said the country could be \"proud\" of record low unemployment.\n\nHe said the Welsh Government would continue \"standing up for people in every part of Wales and taking the proactive approach that our economy needs in order to prosper and grow\".", "High-definition cameras \"map\" faces in a crowd and compare them to existing images\n\nLegislators in San Francisco have voted to ban the use of facial recognition, the first US city to do so.\n\nThe emerging technology will not be allowed to be used by local agencies, such as the city’s transport authority, or law enforcement.\n\nAdditionally, any plans to buy any kind of new surveillance technology must now be approved by city administrators.\n\nOpponents of the measure said it will put people’s safety at risk and hinder efforts to fight crime.\n\nThose in favour of the move said the technology as it exists today is unreliable, and represented an unnecessary infringement on people’s privacy and liberty.\n\nIn particular, opponents argued the systems are error prone, particularly when dealing with women or people with darker skin.\n\n\"With this vote, San Francisco has declared that face surveillance technology is incompatible with a healthy democracy and that residents deserve a voice in decisions about high-tech surveillance,\" said Matt Cagle from the American Civil Liberties Union in Northern California.\n\n\"We applaud the city for listening to the community, and leading the way forward with this crucial legislation. Other cities should take note and set up similar safeguards to protect people's safety and civil rights.\"\n\nThe vote was passed by San Francisco’s supervisors 8-1, with two absentees. The measure is expected to be officially passed into city law after a second vote next week.\n\nThe move angered campaigners who said the tech would help fight crime\n\n\"Instead of an outright ban, we believe a moratorium would have been more appropriate,\" said Joel Engardio, vice-president of Stop Crime SF.\n\n\"We agree there are problems with facial recognition ID technology and it should not be used today. But the technology will improve and it could be a useful tool for public safety when used responsibly. We should keep the door open for that possibility.\"\n\nThe new rules will not apply to security measures at San Francisco’s airport or sea port, as they are run by federal, not local, agencies.\n\nSome campaigners unsuccessfully urged for the measures not to apply to local police. While San Francisco’s officers do not currently use facial recognition technology, a number of other police forces across the US do.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDo you have more information about this or any other technology story? You can reach Dave directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370", "People criticised the gathering at Greatstone beach on social media\n\nOrganisers of a beach party that ended in violence and left waste strewn across a Kent beach have pledged £750 towards a litter-picking charity.\n\nA row has continued on social media about events at the Greatstone beach \"cookout\" on Sunday.\n\nFour police officers were injured and a man was arrested after the party.\n\nEric Brown, from Litter Picking Watch Romney Marsh, said organisers had contacted the group and he urged people to \"move on\".\n\nOn Twitter, a video has been posted of what has been described as \"road rage madness\" showing a car reversing and a police officer ending up on the ground.\n\nSome have hit out at the lack of social distancing, the rubbish on the beach, and questioned claims by the organiser the event was for under-privileged youth from London.\n\nOthers have pointed to the public apology given by Wayne Williams, director of Flavour Boss restaurant in Croydon, who organised the event.\n\nOrganiser Wayne Williams claimed many more people turned up to the party than were expected\n\nMr Brown wrote on Facebook: \"A member of our group has been in contact with the organisers of yesterday's beach party.\n\n\"Firstly they would like to say that this wasn't what they intended to happen or planned and would like to apologise to everyone who was affected by what went on.\n\n\"They have promised a very generous donation of £750 to our charitable group 'Litter Picking Watch Romney Marsh' to help fund this and any further organised litter picks the group may have.\"\n\nHe said the event had left local people feeling intimidated and threatened, but he added: \"Nobody's perfect, mistakes were made, good intentions and all that.\"\n\nMr Brown wrote that the restaurant, a family business, had received threats against them and had apologised profusely.\n\nHe thanked everyone who took part in the beach cleanup and said: \"We need to bury the hatchet and move on.\"\n\nSusan Pilcher posted on Twitter that a lively afternoon turned into an \"ugly evening\"\n\nKent Police said it was continuing to investigate the disturbance.\n\nOne officer was injured in a collision with a car, and the other three were hurt during an arrest, when it is alleged that bottles were thrown, a police spokeswoman said.\n\nAll four were treated at the scene by paramedics.\n\nThe 29-year-old London man who was arrested received hospital treatment for an eye injury and remains in custody, she added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who lost his job at the beginning of the pandemic has said it is harder for older people to find work.\n\nMyke Jones, from Cwmbran, was working in IT project management. He is now trying to apply for new jobs at the age of 58.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"It's a big competition, I've noticed a huge difference in the past couple of months in the fact that jobs are few and far between.\n\n“You're looking at 200-plus people applying for those jobs.\n\n\"I've spent ages on my CV trying to make it look flashy and say the right things, but the video interview comes along and the moment they see you, you can tell they see straight away 'you're quite old' and they tend to shy away.\n\n\"I struggle to pay our bills, we've got mortgages to pay, I can't see my pension covering it all so I'm going to be working for a long time yet. I can see a lot of travelling and staying away from home.\"\n\nMr Jones has also been recovering from cancer during lockdown.\n\n\"We live in a flat, we haven't got a garden, I need to be a bit more careful so I don't go out as much as most people and that worry I've got about cancer returning just adds to the mix of 'I'm struggling to find a job, how will I pay the bills next month'.\"\n\nIt comes as the latest unemployment figures suggest the full force of lockdown has not yet hit jobs in Wales to a significant extent.", "Retail sales rose again in July, but shops are still trying to make up lost ground, industry body figures suggest.\n\nThey show the number of visits to High Streets is still down significantly as people shop online instead.\n\nThe British Retail Consortium (BRC) said some retailers continue to struggle due to the coronavirus crisis, and it made a fresh call for government help with rents.\n\nThe housing ministry said landlords and tenants should \"find solutions that work for both parties\".\n\nRetail sales rose for the second consecutive month in July, the BRC said, up 3.2% compared with the same month last year. But the picture for retailers was mixed.\n\nFood sales continued to be strong, while furniture and homeware sales also did well as people \"increasingly invest in their time at home\", the BRC-KPMG retail sales report found.\n\nOnline shopping remained \"prominent\" in July, accounting for 40% of sales, said Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG. Computer sales also continued to soar as people who could worked from home, he said.\n\nFood and alcohol sales slowed but drink sales still made a significant contribution to supermarket growth, Susan Barratt, the chief executive of grocery research organisation IGD said.\n\nAnd while local coronavirus lockdowns in the north of England had taken a toll on consumer confidence in the region, morale was higher in Scotland, she said.\n\nBut many British shops, particularly in fashion, jewellery and beauty, are \"still struggling to survive,\" BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said.\n\n\"While the rise in retail sales is a step in the right direction, the industry is still trying to catch up lost ground, with most shops having suffered months of closures.\n\n\"The fragile economic situation continues to bear down on consumer confidence, with some retailers hanging by only a thread in the face of rising costs and lower sales,\" she added.\n\nShoppers queued outside Primark when it reopened on 15 June\n\nKPMG's Mr Martin said that while the return to school in September traditionally drove higher sales volumes, the unwinding of the government's furlough scheme could make consumers less willing to spend.\n\nAnd new data from credit card company Visa suggests that consumer confidence has been further knocked by difficulties getting a refund.\n\nIt shows that more than one in 10 people who have requested a return for items and services bought during the coronavirus lockdown are yet to get their money back.\n\nMeanwhile, more than a third say they are avoiding making a big purchase over fears their money would not be returned if they needed a refund.\n\nOne major concern for many shops was footfall continuing to be down, \"with many people still reluctant to go out, and fewer impulse purchases\", Ms Dickinson said.\n\nSeparate figures from market intelligence firm Springboard suggested a 40% drop in footfall in the month, which was still an improvement from June, and the best month since February.\n\nOnline spending is unlikely to decline, while a lack of tourism, more people working from home, and rising unemployment were all factors keeping people away from shops, it said.\n\nBut there was one bright spot for High Streets. Springboard figures for the beginning of August suggest footfall rising during the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which lets restaurant diners get up to 50% off their food and soft drink bills Monday to Wednesday.\n\nHowever, according to the Centre for Retail Research, more than 22,000 UK restaurant jobs have been cut so far in 2020 and nearly 1,500 restaurants and outlets closed.\n\nOn Tuesday the BRC repeated a call for a government grant to help pay rents, saying retailers were \"struggling\".\n\n\"Next quarter rent day could see many otherwise viable businesses fall into insolvency, costing stores, jobs and economic growth,\" Ms Dickinson said.\n\nOn Monday the BRC and a number of industry bodies, including UKHospitality, which represents restaurants and pubs, called for a so-called \"Property Bounceback Grant\".\n\nThe groups, including landlords, called for the government to pay 50% of retail, hospitality and leisure rents for six months, at a cost of £1.75bn to the Exchequer.\n\nThe industry bodies claimed that this would generate tax revenue from economic activity of almost £7bn, and save 375,000 jobs.\n\nIn a joint statement, they said landlords have been \"walking a tightrope to support their customers and protect the pensions and savings of millions of people invested in commercial property across the country\".\n\nThe Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government said that government support was already available for landlords, and that there was a moratorium on landlords being able to evict commercial tenants for non-payment of rent until 30 September.\n\nThere were also temporary measures to protect businesses from \"aggressive\" rent recovery, it added.\n\n\"We recognise the huge challenges being faced by commercial tenants and landlords during this period, which is why we're working closely with them to ensure they are supported and would urge both landlords and tenants to follow the example of others and find solutions that work for both parties,\" the housing ministry said.\n\n\"The government has taken unprecedented action to protect jobs and livelihoods, with a package of around £160bn of support, including loans, rates relief and grants for businesses to support them through the pandemic.\"", "Universities in England are being told to keep places open for students if they appeal against A-level results.\n\nAmid uncertainty about replacement exam grades, Universities Minister Michelle Donelan has urged university heads to be as \"flexible as possible\".\n\nIt means if students miss the required grades but successfully appeal, they could still start next term.\n\n\"Nobody should have to put their future on hold because of the virus,\" said Ms Donelan.\n\nWith A-levels cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, students will receive estimated results on Thursday, which will be used to decide university places.\n\nBut if students get disappointing results that they think are unfair, universities are being told to leave the door open for places until appeals have been considered by exam boards.\n\nAppeals, which have to be submitted through schools, should be completed by 7 September, allowing students who get improved grades to take up places this autumn.\n\nThe biggest factors determining the replacement exam grades will be how students are ranked in ability and the previous exam results of their school or college.\n\nProtests in Scotland criticised how estimated results were pegged to schools' previous results\n\nAs the row over Scottish exam results has shown, this can mean that high-achieving youngsters in schools with poor results can be marked down.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon apologised on Monday after accepting her government \"did not get it right\" over exam results.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney will set out the Scottish government's plan to fix the issue later.\n\nMs Donelan said she recognised the need for universities to be fair towards \"students who are highly talented in schools or colleges that have not in the past had strong results\".\n\nShe said the \"vast majority of grades\" were expected to be accurate, but added it was \"essential\" to have the appeals \"safety net\" for \"young people who may otherwise be held back from moving on to their chosen route\".\n\nCalling on universities to show \"flexibility\" in admissions decisions, she called on them to hold the places of students whose \"grade may change as the result of an appeal\".\n\nBut despite these concerns - and the change of heart in Scotland - there are no signs of any change in using a similar approach to moderating results in England.\n\nThis is still expected to be a good year for applicants, with an expected reduction in overseas students meaning that universities will have more places to fill.\n\nA-level results are going to be higher this year - but not by as much as teachers' predicted\n\nThe exam regulator Ofqual has already said there will be a more lenient approach to grades this year, with a two-percentage-points increase expected in top grades at A-level.\n\nBut results will not be as generous as teachers' predictions, which would have pushed up results by 12 percentage points - with these predictions able to be shared with pupils after the results are published.\n\nThe results to be issued this week are designed to maintain continuity with previous years, but there have been concerns about whether individual students could be treated unfairly.\n\nA survey of 500 A-level students in England, carried out by the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, suggested almost twice as many students would have preferred to have taken their exams, rather than rely on estimated grades.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson defended the system for calculating grades this year as \"fundamentally a fair one\".\n\n\"We know that, without exams, even the best system is not perfect,\" he said.\n\n\"That is why I welcome the fact that Ofqual has introduced a robust appeal system, so every single student can be treated fairly - and today we are asking universities to do their part to ensure every young person can progress to the destination they deserve.\"\n\nBut Larissa Kennedy, president of the National Union of Students, said there was \"absolutely no merit\" in looking at schools' prior overall performance to judge students' results this year, criticising it as \"baking inequality into the system\".\n\nShe told BBC Newsnight: \"They're just trying to fit students' attainment against a prior year, which means you're just assuming and reproducing the fact that students from low socio-economic backgrounds are - as this system would say - due to get lower grades.\"\n\nShe described the algorithm being used to determine grades as a \"lazy move\", leading to \"individuals being let down by an unjust system\", which she said was \"completely wrong\".", "The education secretary visited a school in Rutherglen on results day\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney has said he has \"heard the anger of students\" over school qualifications.\n\nMr Swinney, who faces a no-confidence vote in the Scottish parliament, said he would make a statement on Tuesday.\n\nIn it, he will set out how he intends to address the concerns of students and their parents.\n\nWith no exams because of coronavirus, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) downgraded many of the assessments made by teachers.\n\nThe SQA was accused of disproportionately affecting the results of pupils from schools which have previously presented fewer successful pupils for exams.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the statement, scheduled for the week schools resume after lockdown, Mr Swinney said: \"I have heard the anger of students who feel their hard work has been taken away from them and I am determined to address it.\n\n\"These are unprecedented times and as we have said throughout this pandemic, we will not get everything right first time. Every student deserves a grade that reflects the work they have done, and that is what I want to achieve.\"\n\nThe education secretary said he had been \"engaged in detailed discussions over the way forward\", promising to act quickly to give certainty to young people.\n\nHe added: \"I will set out on Tuesday how we intend to achieve that.\"\n\nPupils and parents took part in demonstrations after the results were announced\n\nWhen the Scottish parliament resumes this week, Scottish Labour will table a motion of no-confidence in Mr Swinney, which the Conservatives will support. The Scottish Greens have indicated they would consider backing the motion.\n\nLabour education spokesman Iain Gray said Mr Swinney \"needs to go\".\n\n\"It's taken John Swinney five days to even admit this fiasco is his responsibility,\" he said.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross also called on the first minister to remove Mr Swinney.\n\nAnd Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: \"An admission of error is step one in resolving this major issue but the detailed solution is what matters.\"\n\nIn a Sunday Times article, former SNP minister Alex Neil said the Scottish government \"must reverse the decisions it made about examination results that saw the poorest children in many of the most deprived areas downgraded on the altar of a manufactured algorithm prepared in secret\".\n\nSchools in Scotland are to resume this week for the first time since March.\n\nAll pupils will be provided with full-time education. Education authorities have been preparing procedures and modifying the layout of school buildings to minimise the risk of Covid-19 transmission.\n\nAre your or your child's grades being reviewed by SQA? Please 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.", "Ed Bridges has had his image captured twice by AFR technology, which he said breached his human rights\n\nWhat leads a man to take a police force to the High Court?\n\nFather-of-two Ed Bridges decided to contact civil rights group Liberty after twice being caught on camera by South Wales Police's automatic facial recognition (AFR) van.\n\n\"I didn't wake up one morning and think, you know what I really want to take my local police force to court,\" he said.\n\n\"It wasn't the case that I had planned to get particularly involved in, but it developed organically.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the Court of Appeal ruled the use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology by South Wales Police was unlawful.\n\nMr Bridges, a former Liberal Democrat councillor for Gabalfa in Cardiff says his image was first captured while he was on his lunch break in Cardiff city centre in 2017.\n\nBut it was after it happened for a second time, a few months later while he was on a peaceful protest at an arms' fayre at Cardiff International Arena, that he decided to take action.\n\n\"On that occasion the facial recognition van was parked across the street from us,\" he said.\n\nMr Bridges is a former Liberal Democrat councillor for Gabalfa in Cardiff\n\n\"We felt it was done to try and deter us from using our rights to peaceful protest.\n\n\"I take the view that in this country we have policing by consent and the police should be supporting our right to free protest, rather than trying to intimidate protesters.\n\n\"And so it was at that point that I got in touch with Liberty.\"\n\nThe technology does not capture and store the images of those who are not on a watchlist - something Mr Bridges, who works in public affairs, feels the force had not communicated effectively to the public.\n\n\"I certainly think South Wales Police might have made life a lot easier for themselves if they had done a proper public consultation,\" he said.\n\n\"I would rather not have to bring this case. But we brought it because there was no other route for us to challenge the way that this technology is being used,\" he said.\n\n\"As a law abiding member of the public who just wants to have their privacy respected, I feel that this is oppressive mass surveillance being deployed on our streets.\"\n\nThe 37-year-old, who crowd funded towards the costs of the legal action, said he wanted the UK government to act to ensure \"discriminatory technology like this is banned for good\".\n\n\"We have policing by consent in this country,\" he said.\n\nPolice demonstrated the technology when it was first introduced\n\n\"The police need to have the support of the public in what they do and my concern is that by using a technology that is discriminatory and not being used in accordance with the law, that actually the police then lose the support of the public. And that's not in anyone's interest.\"\n\nHe is sympathetic to the task facing UK police forces: \"Our argument has always been that we recognise the police are doing a difficult job with dwindling resources, but there is a balance to be struck between their need to fight crime and the public's need to feel reassured, and that their rights are being respected.\n\n\"The court of appeal was really clear that that balance has not been struck properly at the moment.\"\n\nBut could he ever have imagined that a decision made at a protest would lead to a landmark ruling?\n\n\"I'm not sure at the start I realised just how significant that the case was going to be,\" he said.\n\n\"But what matters, really, is that the point of legal principle that we helped to demonstrate.\n\n\"I'm very pleased to have brought it and to have made a small mark on our legal history, but it's the legacy of the case that I hope will matter.\"", "The couple have still not recovered their £1,742\n\nDavid Hanson had to cancel a dream trip to New Zealand because of Covid-19 - but five months on he's still waiting for a refund.\n\nThe Manchester man was due to fly in March with girlfriend Jemima Rodwell, but the flight with Emirates was cancelled with three days' notice when the Foreign Office advised against travel.\n\n\"I'm extremely frustrated, really angry just how they can get away with it in terms of being so long,\" he said. The airline, agency he used to book the flight, and his insurer have been little help, he said.\n\nAnd he's not alone in struggling to get money back months after cancelled plans.\n\nA new report by consumer group Which? says airlines are still taking too long to refund passengers.\n\nIt comes after the airline regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, said last month that it was \"not satisfied\" that Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair or Tui were processing refunds quickly enough.\n\nWhich? says that despite the intervention from the CAA, refunds are still too slow and airlines are \"falling short\" of promises made to the regulator.\n\nDavid and Jemima had booked their trip because she was maid of honour at her best friend's wedding.\n\n\"We had a full trip planned with the campervan, and then we were going to end up in Queensland for the wedding,\" he told the BBC. \"We had spent months planning, it was going to be a real dream trip.\n\n\"However, nearly five months later we are still yet to receive a refund on our flights totalling £1,742, which is a lot of money for us.\"\n\nHe said the couple had spent \"months and months\" chasing the booking agency, airline and their insurer but they \"seem to have got nowhere.\n\n\"You end up just feel really powerless.\"\n\nThe BBC has approached Emirates for comment.\n\nThe CAA's report last month said Ryanair was taking 10 weeks or even longer to process refunds and asked the airline to reduce that time. But Which? says that, despite promises, the airline is still taking months to process some refunds.\n\nPupil support worker Kirsty Ness from Edinburgh was due to fly to Gdansk in Poland with her boyfriend in early April, just after schools broke up for Easter in Scotland.\n\nBut Ryanair cancelled their flight because of the pandemic. Despite asking for a cash refund, Ms Ness says she was initially sent a voucher to rebook.\n\nAfter five phone calls and dozens of emails, Ms Ness says she finally received her money this week.\n\n\"As a low-paid key worker £126 is a lot of money not to have for five months,\" she told the BBC.\n\nRyanair said it had issued more than £670m in refunds and had cleared over 90% of its claims backlog.\n\nVirgin Atlantic, meanwhile, made customers wait up to 120 days for a refund, the CAA said in its July report. It was the only airline threatened with action by the regulator, which reviewed the refund waiting times of 18 major airlines.\n\nBut Which? said it had heard from two passengers who had been waiting for 130 days for a refund for flights cancelled in March. It said it had also heard from a Tui customer who had still not received a refund for travel cancelled in April.\n\nTui said it now issued refunds automatically and normally processed cash refunds within two weeks. Virgin said it was \"very sorry\" that a \"small number\" of customers had to wait more than 120 days for a refund.\n\n\"Time after time, Which? has exposed airlines breaking the law on refunds for cancelled flights due to the pandemic and treating their passengers unfairly, and we're concerned that they now feel empowered to do as they please without fear of punishment,\" said Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel.\n\n\"Passengers must be able to rely on a regulator that has effective powers to protect their rights - especially at a time of unprecedented turmoil,\" he said.\n\nWhich? has called for the CAA to be given new powers to take action against airlines that are slow to refund passengers.\n\n\"The government needs to step up and ensure the CAA has the tools it needs to hold airlines to account, or risk consumer trust in the travel industry being damaged beyond repair,\" Mr Boland said.\n\nIn a statement, a CAA spokesman said: \"While our initial review has concluded, we have been clear that we will continue to monitor performance closely and should any airline fall short of the commitments they have made to us, we will take further action as required.\"\n\nThe report from Which? comes as rail companies have called on the government to tax some flights more heavily.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents rail operators, says train companies should pay less tax on the electricity they use to power trains to encourage greener travel.\n\nThe cost, they say, could be covered by airlines paying more tax on flights, possibly on routes which could be made by rail instead.\n\nBut the demand has not gone down well with airlines, which say that the railways are heavily subsidised by the government.", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish Premiership\n\nCeltic and Aberdeen have had their next two Scottish Premiership matches postponed after their players broke lockdown rules.\n\nScotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded the cancellation after Celtic defender Boli Bolingoli flew to Spain, failed to quarantine, then played in a match.\n\nMs Sturgeon said this was a \"flagrant breach\" of the guidelines, while Celtic manager Neil Lennon described himself as \"livid\" after the \"incredibly selfish\" player had gone \"rogue\".\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed Bolingoli had been issued with a fixed penalty notice for breaching quarantine regulations.\n\nThe previous weekend, eight Aberdeen players broke lockdown regulations by visiting a bar together.\n• None 'I am livid, it was a total betrayal of trust'\n• None Podcast: 'One more incident and the game is over'\n\nFollowing the first minister's intervention, it has been confirmed that Celtic's trip to St Mirren and Aberdeen's meeting with Hamilton Academical on Wednesday are both off. So, too, is the game between Celtic and Aberdeen on Saturday.\n\nThat comes after Aberdeen's game at St Johnstone last weekend was postponed following Scottish government intervention.\n\nAt her daily briefing earlier on Tuesday, Ms Sturgeon said that \"as a minimum, you should not be expecting to see Aberdeen or Celtic play in the coming week.\"\n\nShe added: \"Consider today the yellow card. The next time it will be the red card because you will leave us with absolutely no choice.\"\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 5 live later in the day, national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch said halting Scottish football had been \"considered\" but that the postponements were a \"proportionate response\".\n\n\"I'm a fan, I don't want to [close down football], but it is available to us and we have to be prepared to use it,\" he said.\n\n\"We have shut high streets, we've shut schools. You have to be able to go backwards if you've gone forwards.\"\n\n'It's just not acceptable'\n\nMs Sturgeon said news of Bolingoli's breach came through on Monday while Prof Leitch was meeting with the managers and captains of Scotland's top-flight clubs to reinforce the importance of the guidance.\n\n\"This is just not acceptable,\" she added. \"Every day I stand here and ask members of the public to make huge sacrifices on how they live their lives. The vast majority are doing that and it's not easy.\n\n\"We can't have privileged football players just deciding they are not going to bother. This can't go on.\"\n\nThe first minister said she did not want rule-abiding clubs and players, as well as fans, to be punished for the individual breaches.\n\nBut she indicated \"very clear penalties\" will be in place for players and clubs when rules are breached.\n\nProf Leitch said Bolingoli had travelled to a \"high-risk country\" then appeared as a substitute in Sunday's draw at Kilmarnock, which \"put both his team and the opposing team at risk\".\n\nThe Belgian defender said he was \"guilty of an error of judgement\" and apologised, as did Celtic, who said his actions were \"beyond explanation\".\n\nAll players and backroom staff have since been tested twice and returned negative results.\n\nUefa has confirmed that, as it stands, Celtic's Champions League first qualifying round match with KR next Tuesday in Glasgow is scheduled to take place as planned.\n\nEight Aberdeen players apologised on Saturday for visiting a bar at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nTwo of the players later tested positive for the virus, while six are currently self-isolating.\n\nIn announcing the postponements, Scottish football's Joint Response Group (JRG) said it had \"offered to work on a range of measures\" to try to avert future breaches.\n\nChair Rod Petrie said it was \"deeply regrettable\" that games have had to be called off, but that it was \"unavoidable and incontestable\".\n\nHe said the group was \"astounded to learn of the recklessness\" shown by Bolingoli, in the wake of the \"similar disregard\" shown by the eight Aberdeen players.\n\n\"Clubs and players are in no doubt that there is now no more margin for error and no more scope for further breaches,\" he added.\n\nThe JRG also confirm that the two Aberdeen positives were the only ones among 1414 tests carried out last week among the 12 Scottish Premiership clubs, plus Hearts and Glasgow City.", "Melting permafrost in Alaska and other northern regions could unleash large amounts of warming gases from peatlands\n\nThe world's peatlands will become a large source of greenhouse gases as temperatures rise this century, say scientists.\n\nRight now, huge amounts of carbon are stored in boggy, often frozen regions stretching across northern parts of the world.\n\nBut much of the permanently frozen land will thaw this century, say experts.\n\nThis will release warming gases at a rate that could be 30-50% greater than previous estimates.\n\nStretching across vast regions of the northern half of the world, peatlands play an important role in the global climate system.\n\nOver thousands of years, they have accumulated large amounts of carbon and nitrogen, which has helped keep the Earth cool.\n\nThe eroding edge of a permafrost peat plateau in the western Russian Arctic\n\nScientists, though, are keenly aware that peatlands - including the nearly half that are permanently frozen - are very vulnerable to rising temperatures.\n\nBut, until now, a lack of accurate maps has made it difficult to fully estimate the impact of climate on peat.\n\nUsing data compiled from more than 7,000 field observations, the authors of this new study were able to generate the most accurate maps to date of the peatlands, their depth and the amount of warming gases they contain.\n\nThey show that the boggy terrain covers 3.7 million sq kilometres (1.42 million sq miles).\n\nThe researchers say the northern peatlands store around 415 gigatonnes of carbon. That's roughly equivalent to 46 years of current global CO2 emissions.\n\nIn their study, the authors projected that the peatlands would become a major source of CO2 as the world warms up.\n\nOne key question is when this will happen.\n\n\"Unfortunately, we cannot put exact times to these numbers so far, the models are not that advanced yet,\" said lead author Gustaf Hugelius from Stockholm University, Sweden.\n\n\"But my best estimate is that this shift will occur in the second half of this century.\"\n\nSo what would be the likely impact of this thawing?\n\nThe report authors say that their new estimate of the carbon emitted through thawing, and from losses of peat into rivers and streams, is 30-50% greater than in previous projections of carbon losses from permafrost thawing.\n\nAn aerial view of peatland in Siberia\n\nIf this new peatland estimate is included with all the estimates for permafrost melting, it is projected to equal the annual emissions of the EU and UK by 2100.\n\n\"The only way to limit the permafrost carbon feedback is to reduce global warming,\" said Dr Hugelius.\n\n\"Because the Arctic warms twice as fast as the rest of the globe, the higher warming pathways that we are on now are devastating for the permanently frozen parts of the globe.\"\n\nWhile the future for peatlands frozen or otherwise, in a warmer world is undeniably difficult. it is not without hope.\n\nExperts say that with the right investment to protect and restore non-frozen peatlands, the bogs can continue to soak up and store large amounts of CO2.\n\nSimilarly, as frozen peat thaws out it starts to become capable of growing plants and storing warming gases.\n\nWhile the new study says it might take a couple of centuries for peatlands to start absorbing large amounts of CO2, others believe it might happen much sooner.,\n\n\"If the climate warms and the conditions are better for the vegetation, vegetation can respond in a matter of decades,\" said Clifton Bain, who is the director of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme.\n\n\"We've seen in the UK when you destroy a peatland and rip away the surface vegetation and drain it, if you re-wet it and there's a source of sphagnum moss there, they will re grow within a matter of decades. So, it is possible in the right conditions for the bulk vegetation to recover very quickly.\"\n\nThe study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.", "Scotland's schools have been given the go-ahead to reopen from 11 August. Some councils have opted for a phased return but all pupils are expected to be back in class full time by 18 August. So, how are Scotland's 32 councils making this happen? BBC Scotland contacted them to ask what their plans were.\n\nAberdeen City Council - Some pupils will return for \"orientation days\" on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August prior to schools being fully reopen from Tuesday August 18 at the latest. Staff will be in from Monday 10 August.\n\nAberdeenshire Council - Children will return from Wednesday 12 August. Some schools will have a phased return, but all pupils should be back full time from Monday 17 August. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 August will be staff in-service days.\n\nAngus Council - All children to return to school full time on Monday 17 August. The first week of term will be used to adjust and test out new routines. Schools will contact parents directly with arrangements for Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August. Tuesday 11 August is an in-service day.\n\nArgyll and Bute Council - All pupils will return on Wednesday 12 August. 11 August will be an in-service day for staff.\n\nClackmannanshire Council - Pupils will be back from 12 August on a phased basis. In the first few days of the new term, the priority will be to settle S1 pupils into their new secondary school, and getting senior phase pupils started on course work. All Primary School pupils will be back full time, although there may be some exceptions if children need extra time and support to settle back in to full-time schooling.\n\nDumfries and Galloway Council - Pupils are expected to return on 12 August but the local authority said it was working with unions and health bodies to finalise arrangements.\n\nDundee City Council - Dundee schools will reopen to pupils on a phased basis from Wednesday 12 August. Full-time lessons begin from Monday 17 August. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 will be in-service days for staff.\n\nEast Ayrshire Council - Schools will open from Wednesday 12 August with a \"soft start\". The focus will be on supporting transition pupils who are due to start P1 and S1. All pupils will return full time on Monday 17 August.\n\nEast Dunbartonshire Council - All pupils will return to school on Wednesday 12 August but there will be some phasing over the first week with some year groups attending for shorter periods each day. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 will be in-service days for staff.\n\nEast Lothian Council - Children will begin returning to school on Wednesday 12 August. The nursery session will resume from Monday 17 August. Staff will return to school on Monday 10 August.\n\nEast Renfrewshire Council - All children return on Wednesday 12 August and staff will return on Monday 10 August for in-service days.\n\nEdinburgh City Council - A phased return will begin on Wednesday 12 August, with all pupils back full-time from Monday 17 August. There are in-service days on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11.\n\nFalkirk Council - Phased return for pupils from Wednesday 12 August, with full-time attendance by 17 August. In-service days on Monday 10 August and Tuesday 11 August.\n\nFife Council - Nursery, primary-aged children and special schools will return on Wednesday 12 August. Secondary school pupils will have a staggered return between Wednesday 12 and Friday 14 August. There will be a full return from Monday 17 August.\n\nGlasgow City Council - Schools to open full time from Wednesday 12 August. Schools will have soft and staggered starts over the first three days with different year groups in. Arrangements will be communicated directly with families on their plans.\n\nHighland Council - A phased return of pupils starts on Wednesday 12 August with staff returning for an in-service day on Tuesday 11 August. All schools are to be fully open by 18 August.\n\nInverclyde Council - P1 and S1 pupils and any children with additional support needs will return on Wednesday 12 August. The rest of the pupils will return over the next two days in a phased return. Schools will be open to all pupils from Monday 17 August.\n\nMidlothian Council - Primary schools will return on Wednesday 12 August. Secondary schools will have returned full time by Tuesday 18 August at the very latest. Staff go back on Monday 10 August.\n\nMoray Council - All pupils will return on Wednesday 12 August. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 August are in-service days.\n\nNorth Ayrshire Council - Pupils will begin returning to school from 12 August. All pupils will be back in school full time by Friday 14 August.\n\nNorth Lanarkshire Council - Schools will return from Wednesday 12 August with phasing for different year groups until Friday 14 August to allow pupils to familiarise themselves with new routines. All P1s and S1s will attend from 12 August. Tuesday 11 August will be an in-service day.\n\nOrkney Islands Council - A phased return will begin on Wednesday 12 August, with all pupils in school on Monday 17 August.\n\nPerth and Kinross Council - A phased return will begin on Wednesday 12 August with all pupils back full time from Monday 17 August. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 August are in-service days.\n\nRenfrewshire Council - Pupils will start to return to school and nursery from Wednesday 12 August. Teachers and support staff will return from Monday 10 August. Full details have been issued to parents.\n\nScottish Borders Council - All young people will return on Tuesday 11 August following an in-service day on Monday 10 August. Separate arrangements are in place for Jedburgh Grammar Campus, as is normal with the opening of any new school, with these details being provided directly to parents.\n\nShetland Islands Council - Phased return of children into schools between Tuesday 11 August and Friday 14 August. Full details will be issued to parents on Friday 31 July.\n\nSouth Ayrshire Council - Pupils return Wednesday 12 August but the first week, up to and including Friday 14 August, this will be a soft start. All pupils will be back full time from Monday 17 August. Staff will return on Tuesday 11 August for an in-service day.\n\nSouth Lanarkshire Council - Pupils will return on a phased basis between Wednesday 12 and Friday 14 August (schools will let parents know which days children should attend between Wednesday and Friday). All children will be in full time from Monday 17 August. Tuesday 11 August is an in-service day.\n\nStirling Council - Schools to reopen for pupils on a phased basis from Wednesday 12 August, with all pupils in school on Monday 17 August. Nurseries will open on the same date. Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 August are in-service days.\n\nWest Dunbartonshire Council - Phased return to begin Wednesday 12 August. All children will be in full time by Monday 17 August. Tuesday 11 August will be an in-service day.\n\nWest Lothian Council - Phased return from Wednesday 12 August, with all pupils in Friday 14 August onwards. Schools may stagger daily start and finish times to reduce congestion at the school gates, and individual schools will be in touch to confirm local arrangements for this and other services such as breakfast clubs. Tuesday 11 August will be in-service day.\n\nWestern Isles Council - Pupils will begin returning on Wednesday 12 August. There may be a phased return at some schools, but all pupils will be able to attend from Monday 17 August onwards. Tuesday 11 August is an in-service day.", "Steve Easterbrook, pictured with company mascot Ronald McDonald, the month he became head of McDonald's in 2015\n\nMcDonald's has taken new legal action against former chief executive Steve Easterbrook, accusing him of lying about sexual relationships with staff.\n\nThe company fired Mr Easterbrook last year after finding he had a consensual relationship with an employee.\n\nBut the firm says further investigation found the British executive had three additional relationships with staff, about which he lied to the board.\n\nMcDonald's is suing to recover his pay-off, reportedly worth $40m (£35m).\n\nThe fast food giant prohibits \"any kind of intimate relationship between employees in a direct or indirect reporting relationship\".\n\nAt the time of Mr Easterbrook's removal in November, McDonald's said it had evidence of only of a non-physical, consensual relationship, consisting of intimate text messages and video calls.\n\nIt agreed to terminate Mr Easterbrook's contract \"without cause\", fearing a protracted legal battle, according to the firm's legal filing.\n\nBut after receiving a tip from an employee in July, the fast food giant started a second investigation, which uncovered \"undisputable evidence\" of three other sexual relationships.\n\nIt says investigators found nude photographs sent from Mr Easterbrook's company email account as well as messages showing that he approved a grant of company shares worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of the employees \"shortly after their first sexual encounter\".\n\nMcDonald's said that had it been aware of this information, it would not have approved his multi-million dollar pay-off.\n\nMcDonald's said it did not initially find the photos and messages because Mr Easterbrook had deleted them from his phone. The second investigation also searched company servers.\n\nIt said Mr Easterbrook violated his duty to the company by lying when asked about his behaviour in an effort to secure a bigger severance package, committing fraud.\n\nMr Easterbrook, who is divorced, could not immediately be reached for comment. At the time of his dismissal, he acknowledged a relationship in an email to staff, calling it a \"mistake\".\n\n\"Given the values of the company, I agree with the board that it is time for me to move on,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Easterbrook, a UK citizen who grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire, led McDonald's from March 2015 to November 2019, after previously leading its UK operations.\n\nHe was widely credited with revitalising the firm's menus, remodelling stores and using better ingredients. The value of its shares more than doubled during his tenure in the US.\n\nLast year, he received more than $17m in total compensation.\n\nThe size of Mr Easterbrook's severance package had drawn earlier pushback, including from a shareholder advisory group.\n\nThe firm has also faced accusations that it has not taken sexual harassment seriously.\n\nA global coalition of labour unions filed a similar complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in May.\n\nAt the time, one of the organisers, Sue Longley, general secretary of the International Union of Foodworkers, said the firm had a \"culture rotten from the top\".", "US Senator Kamala Harris - chosen by Joe Biden as his Democratic vice-presidential candidate - is known as a prominent black politician. But she has also embraced her Indian roots.\n\n\"My name is pronounced \"comma-la\", like the punctuation mark,\" Kamala Harris writes in her 2018 autobiography, The Truths We Hold.\n\nThe California senator, daughter of an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father, then explains the meaning of her Indian name.\n\n\"It means 'lotus flower', which is a symbol of significance in Indian culture. A lotus grows underwater, its flowers rising above the surface while the roots are planted firmly in the river bottom.\"\n\nEarly in life, young Kamala and her sister Maya grew up in a house filled with music by black American artists. Her mother would sing along to Aretha Franklin's early gospel, and her jazz-loving father, who taught economics at Stanford University, would play Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane on the turntable.\n\nShyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris separated when Ms Harris was five. Raised primarily by her Hindu single mother, a cancer researcher and a civil rights activist, Kamala, Maya and Shyamala were known as \"Shyamala and the girls\".\n\nHer mother made sure her two daughters were aware of their background.\n\nSenator Kamala Harris and her sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris, are close\n\n\"My mother understood very well she was raising two black daughters. She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident black women,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Harris grew up embracing her Indian culture, but living a proudly African-American life,\" wrote the Washington Post last year.\n\nWhen she ran for a senate seat in 2015, the Economist magazine described her as the \"daughter of an Indian cancer researcher and a Jamaican economics professor, she is the first woman, first African-American and first Asian attorney general of California\".\n\nThe 55-year-old senator says she has not grappled with her identity and describes herself simply as \"an American\".\n\nIn many ways, say people who know her, Ms Harris straddles both communities effortlessly.\n\nIn a video with Indian-American comedian and actress Mindy Kaling, posted to the senator's Youtube page during Ms Harris's presidential run, the two cook Indian food together and chat about their shared south Indian background.\n\nKaling says that while not everyone knows about that half of Ms Harris's heritage, other Indian-Americans she meets often bring up the fact.\n\n\"It's like our thing we're so excited about, to have you running for president,\" says Kaling.\n\nKaling asks Ms Harris whether she was raised eating south Indian food.\n\nMs Harris reels off names of Indian dishes made at home: \"Lots of rice and yogurt, potato curry, dal, lots of dal, idli\".\n\nShe also says when she visited her mother's home in India, her grandfather would cheekily ask for French toast - made with eggs - when her vegetarian grandmother was out (in India, eggs are considered non-vegetarian).\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\nIn her book, she writes about making Indian biryani - and spaghetti Bolognese - at home.\n\n(On Tuesday, Kaling called Ms Harris's vice-presidential candidacy an \"exciting day...especially for my Black and Indian sisters\").\n\nWhen Ms Harris got married to Douglas Emhoff, a lawyer, in 2014, \"in keeping with [our] respective Indian and Jewish heritage\", she put a flower garland around her new husband's neck and he stomped on a glass.\n\nMs Harris's public image has been more tied to her identity as an African-American politician, especially recently during the current conversation around race and the Black Lives Matter movement in the US.\n\nBut Indian-Americans also view her as one of their own, her candidacy suggesting a potential wider recognition of the Indian and South Asian communities in the country.\n\nIt is clear that her late mother was a big inspiration for Ms Harris. Gopalan was born in the southern Indian city of Chennai, the oldest of four children.\n\nShe graduated from the University of Delhi at the age of 19, and applied to a graduate programme at Berkeley, \"a university she'd never seen, in a country she'd never visited\".\n\nShe left India in 1958 to pursue a doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology, and later became a breast cancer researcher.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's hard to me to imagine how difficult it must have been for her parents to let her go. Commercial jet travel was only just starting to spread globally. It wouldn't be a simple matter to stay in touch. Yet, when my mother asked permission to move to California, my grandparents didn't stay in the way,\" Ms Harris said.\n\nMs Harris writes that her mother was expected to return home after completing her education, and to agree to an arranged marriage.\n\n\"But fate had other plans.\"\n\nShe met Kamala Harris's father and fell in love at Berkeley while participating in the civil rights movement.\n\n\"Her marriage - and her decision to stay in the US - were the ultimate acts of self-determination and love,\" Ms Harris writes.\n\nGopalan picked up her doctorate degree at age 25 in 1964, the same year Ms Harris was born.\n\nMs Harris writes her mother kept working right up to the moment of delivery of both her daughters - \"in the first case her water broke when she was at the lab; and the other while she was making apple strudel\".\n\nBack in India, Gopalan had been raised in a household of \"political activism and civic leadership\".\n\nHer grandmother never attended high school, but was a community organiser taking in victims of domestic violence and educating women about contraception. Her grandfather, PV Gopalan, was a senior diplomat in the Indian government who lived in Zambia after it gained independence, and he helped settle refugees.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn her book, she doesn't say too much about her trips to India.\n\nBut she writes she is close to her mother's brother and two sisters, with whom she kept in touch through long distance calls and letters and periodic trips. Ms Harris's mother died in 2009, at age 70.\n\nUS Democratic Party activists like Shekar Narasimhan say her candidacy would be \"seismic\" for the Indian-American community. \"She's a woman, she biracial, she will help win the election for Biden, she appeals to various communities and she's really smart.\"\n\n\"Why should Indian-Americans not be proud of her? It's a signal that we are coming of age.\"", "Alex Turner formed Arctic Monkeys in Sheffield with the band going on to become hugely successful\n\nTop indie band Arctic Monkeys are raising money for venues that are struggling due to coronavirus.\n\nFrontman Alex Turner is raffling off a guitar to help the Leadmill, in his home city of Sheffield, and other similar independent music venues.\n\nHe played the black Fender Stratocaster during many of the band's early shows including those at the Leadmill.\n\nLive music has been hard hit by the pandemic with gigs unable to go ahead.\n\nThe online raffle page says: \"The impact of Covid-19 has been devastating for all music venues and particularly those independent venues who have provided a stage for countless artists at the very start of their careers.\"\n\nArctic Monkeys are now one of the UK's biggest acts and have headlined festivals around the world\n\nArctic Monkeys formed in Sheffield in the early noughties and went on to release breakout single, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor in 2005.\n\nA tour of the UK followed with the band playing many independent venues before graduating to larger shows the following year.\n\nIn the summer of 2006, they played the main stage at Reading Festival with the Fender Stratocaster making an appearance.\n\nAnyone who enters the raffle, will be able to watch an exclusive stream of the band's set on Wednesday 26 August - 14 years to the day of the original performance.\n\nFans over age 18 can enter via the band's page on Crowdfunder, with all funds raised going to The Music Venue Trust.\n\nThe Leadmill opened in 1980 and has hosted legendary artists such as Pulp, Oasis and the Stone Roses.\n\nHowever, since closing its doors in March it has had to reschedule or cancel more than 120 events.\n\nDuring the lockdown the venue auctioned off memorabilia to raise money to keep going.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man sexually abused as a schoolboy has been awarded more than £1m from his teacher's employer.\n\nHaringey Council's insurers argued unsuccessfully the assaults by Andrew Adams had caused no long-term trauma.\n\nDespite pleading guilty to criminal charges, Adams argued in a civil case 13-year-old \"James\" had groomed him.\n\nHaringey said it had \"strongly condemned\" Adams's actions, adding the appeal had been brought by its insurers to determine the level of damages.\n\nScared and confused, he confided in his teacher at Highgate Wood School, in north London.\n\nAdams told him the rape proved he was gay, everyone would hate him but he would be his friend.\n\nAnd he proceeded to groom and then sexually abuse James for years.\n\nSpeaking exclusively to BBC News, in his first interview since the ruling in February, James, who asked not to use his real name, said: \"Adams assaulted me in the school changing rooms, the gym and outside of term time in the school's VW van.\n\n\"He was admired, no-one questioned him.\"\n\nAfter school, Adams would take him to the home he shared with his mother and rape him while she was in the house.\n\nAfterwards, Adams would make himself a sandwich and eat it while James watched him, hungry.\n\nAdams also took James to Hampstead Heath and public lavatories and made him watch men having sex.\n\n\"His thing was assaulting you in public places and getting away with it,\" James said.\n\n\"He sexually assaulted me in Regent's Park mosque.\n\n\"And I'm sure it was just for titillation, to get away with it.\"\n\nJames believes other staff at the school suspected Adams - but no-one investigated.\n\nThe teenager became distant from his friends and family.\n\nAnd the abuse and sexual activity continued until he was 21.\n\nHe felt utterly alone with his secret.\n\nAnd, even though he was successful in the IT industry, James had two breakdowns.\n\nMeanwhile, Adams thrived, becoming deputy head of Highgate Wood and even having a wing of the school named after him.\n\nEventually, when talking to a psychiatrist, James disclosed the abuse.\n\nHe then went to the police.\n\nAnd in 2014, Adams pleaded guilty to charges of assault and buggery against James.\n\nHe was sentenced to 12 years in prison, later reduced to eight years on appeal.\n\nBy this point, James was so mentally damaged by the legacy of what had happened he could no longer work.\n\nBut in court Adams said it was James who had groomed him.\n\nAnd James had to spend two days in the witness box.\n\n\"The idea that I, as a 13-year-old pre-pubescent boy, could somehow instigate or groom a 35-year-old teacher - I was shocked,\" he said.\n\nJames was shocked at the claim a 13-year-old could have groomed a teacher\n\n\"All I could do was deny it.\"\n\nHaringey had sought to have James's claim dismissed in its entirety on the basis it was time barred.\n\nThe council's insurers argued Haringey was not responsible for Adams's acts after James had:\n\nAnd the assaults could not have caused any long-term trauma because they had not been violent.\n\nBut the Court of Appeal rejected all the arguments raised on behalf of the local authority.\n\nJames was shocked at the council's attitude.\n\n\"It felt like I was under attack,\" he said.\n\n\"I felt tremendously let down by Haringey.\n\nJames feels let down by Haringey Council\n\n\"I thought they were dishonest in pretending to the public that they actually care, because when they are confronted with someone who has suffered from abuse from one of their staff, and the long-term consequences of that, they want to say it's nothing to do with them.\"\n\nHis solicitor, David McClenaghan, from the firm Bolt Burdon Kemp, told BBC News: \"James can be incredibly proud of himself.\n\n\"The Court of Appeal has roundly accepted his case that it was impossible for him to consent to sexual activity with his teacher, given the background of manipulation and grooming that he was subjected to.\n\n\"So other victims and survivors of child abuse are unlikely to face these kinds of arguments from defendants like Haringey or people like Andrew Adams.\"\n\nA Haringey Council official said: \"Our sincere sympathies remain with the victim following these incidents at Highgate Wood School back in the 1980s.\n\n\"We have previously strongly condemned the actions of Andrew Adams.\n\n\"And that position has not changed.\n\n\"To be clear, Andrew Adams was jailed in 2014 for admitted criminal acts.\n\n\"This civil case was an appeal brought by our insurers, not the council, in order to decide the level of damages to be awarded.\"", "Jack Leslie was picked to play for England in 1925, but dropped soon after\n\nCrowdfunders have raised £100,000 to erect a statue of a footballer who was dropped from the England team when selectors discovered he was black.\n\nJack Leslie would have been the first black person to play for the nation having been selected in 1925.\n\nA campaign for his statue outside Plymouth Argyle's Home Park stadium has attracted donations from nearly 2,000 people since July.\n\nCampaign co-founder Greg Foxsmith said he was \"delighted\" by the news.\n\nLeslie joined Argyle in 1921 and stayed there for 14 years, making 401 appearances and scoring 137 goals.\n\nClub chairman Simon Hallett said: \"Jack was not just a great footballer. He has become a symbol of the injustices in our game and in our society.\n\n\"I hope that when we have his statue up it will become an enduring symbol of the progress we can make in fighting the evil of racism.\"\n\nJack Leslie played for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920s\n\nLeslie's granddaughter Lyn Davies said: \"I nearly fell over when I realised we had gone over the £100,000. It's just amazing, I'm stunned.\"\n\nLesley Hiscott, another granddaughter, said she was \"over the moon\" and \"ecstatic\".\n\nFormer Argyle player Ronnie Mauge described the campaign as \"phenomenal\" and said he was \"so proud of the Plymouth people and the club\".\n\n\"He [Leslie] laid the foundation for someone like me to go to Plymouth,\" Trinidad and Tobago international Mauge added.\n\nThe statue will stand outside Home Park\n\nArgyle supporter and comedian Josh Widdicombe said the campaign had \"shined a light\" on racism in football.\n\nMr Foxsmith said: \"We want to use the Jack Leslie story to highlight those issues, to challenge prejudice, to challenge discrimination, and to show in 2020 we can be better than we were in 1925.\"\n\nFundraising for the statue will continue, with proposals for its design considered by Leslie's family and fans.", "Racist murder victim Stephen Lawrence's mother has vowed she will never give up on her son despite the Met Police declaring investigations \"inactive\".\n\nDetectives have said all \"identified lines of inquiry have been completed\" into the 1993 killing.\n\nBut Baroness Doreen Lawrence said: \"Whilst the Metropolitan Police have given up, I never will.\n\n\"I am truly disappointed that those others who were equally responsible... may not be brought to justice.\"\n\nStephen, 18, was killed in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.\n\nGary Dobson and David Norris were convicted of his murder in 2012.\n\nMet Commissioner Cressida Dick said Mr Lawrence's family had been told about the latest operational developments.\n\nDuwayne Brooks, who was with Mr Lawrence on the night he was murdered, has also been told about the Met's decision, the force said.\n\nMs Dick said she was sad that the Met had been \"unable to secure any further convictions for Stephen, his family and friends\".\n\nShe added: \"The investigation has now moved to an 'inactive' phase, but I have given Stephen's family the assurance that we will continue to deal with any new information that comes to light.\"\n\nReacting to the announcement, Stephen's father, Neville, said he was disappointed but not surprised that it had been shelved by police.\n\nHe said that he \"will always live with the hope that someone might come forward with evidence which will allow us to achieve full justice for Stephen\".\n\nStephen's mother, Doreen, entered the House of Lords in 2013 after being made a peer by Labour\n\nBaroness Lawrence said: \"I am truly disappointed that those others who were equally responsible for my son's racist killing may not be brought to justice.\n\n\"It is never too late to give a mother justice for the murder of her son. Whilst the Metropolitan Police have given up, I never will.\"\n\nShe thanked senior investigating officer Clive Driscoll, who secured the convictions of Dobson and Norris after she had campaigned for nearly 20 years.\n\n\"Having Clive Driscoll on Stephen's case made all the difference to me and had he had the opportunity of continuing to investigate the murder there may have been more convictions,\" she said.\n\nThe latest phase of the investigation into Stephen's murder began in January 2014, with Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere taking over as the lead officer.\n\nSince then more than 240 new witness statements have been taken.\n\nGary Dobson (left) and David Norris were convicted of murder in 2012\n\nAnother development in the case came from a woman's DNA profile obtained from a bag strap discarded at the scene of the murder.\n\nDespite a significant appeal for information and other investigations, that woman has not been identified.\n\nOfficers also sought to identify a man who had been near the murder scene wearing a jacket with a distinctive V-shaped emblem.\n\nPolice appealed for a man in a distinctive jacket, seen in an off-licence near to the murder scene, to come forward\n\nA third line of inquiry had been to track down a man who had called the BBC's Crimewatch in 2013 to say he had information about the attack.\n\n\"The appeal generated more than 40 lines of enquiry for the investigation team to work through,\" the Met said.\n\n\"Despite exhaustive efforts, officers were unable to trace the individuals.\"\n\nInitial attempts to catch Mr Lawrence's killers were found to have been hampered by incompetence and institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police.\n\nNo arrests were made for two weeks after his death, despite five suspects being named by anonymous informants.\n\nA bag strap was left on the road near to where Stephen Lawrence was attacked\n\nDobson and Norris were among a group of up to six men accused of attacking Mr Lawrence and Mr Brooks. Critics of the case say others evaded justice.\n\nThe Macpherson Report into the investigation into Mr Lawrence's death found that there had been \"institutional racism\" in the police.", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has admitted her government \"did not get it right\" with the system used to produce grades for Scottish school pupils. Education Secretary John Swinney will announce his plans to tackle the problem on Tuesday - but what are his options, and will they save him from a no-confidence vote at Holyrood?\n\nWith Scotland's exam diet cancelled for the first time in history due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Qualifications Authority scrambled to come up with a new system to calculate results.\n\nThe plan was for grades to be based on teachers' estimates for each of their individual pupils, based on everything they had done during the school year.\n\nTeachers were also asked to rank their students, and the results were then fed through a national \"moderation\" system.\n\nThis system, which had been created to address fears that the results would not be \"credible\", ultimately saw about 125,000 of those grades lowered.\n\nThe estimates put forward by teachers turned out to be far higher than the pass rates for previous years, and the moderation system sought to bring them back closer in line with previous terms.\n\nThe lowered grades sparked an outcry from students - which was intensified by the belief that many were penalised due to how their school had performed in the past. The pass rate of pupils sitting Highers in the most deprived areas was reduced by double the rate of those from the most affluent backgrounds.\n\nThe government initially attempted to defend the system, but has now accepted that it \"did not get it right\" and will make changes.\n\nThe original plan may have been to tough it out and wait for the free appeals process, but that option has now fallen by the wayside.\n\nConcerns had been growing about the volume of appeals which could be submitted, and how long they could take to process.\n\nSchools have plenty on their plates trying to reopen safely in the middle of a pandemic without having to gather evidence for tens of thousands of appeals.\n\nMs Sturgeon has now said that they will not expect every student to appeal, and that \"the onus will be on government to fix this\".\n\nThis suggests a fairly radical departure from the current system is on the cards - but what could it be?\n\nThere have been calls to use the original teacher assessments of grades without SQA moderation\n\nScottish Labour, who are pushing for a vote of no confidence in the education secretary, say the grades originally drawn up by teachers should be used for pupils who were downgraded.\n\nHowever, these grades, taken overall, would represent a significant improvement on previous years - including a jump of 20 percentage points in the pass rate for pupils from the most deprived areas.\n\nMs Sturgeon has previously said such a leap would not be \"credible\" and would \"run the risk of undermining the integrity of the whole system\".\n\nHowever, the first minister conspicuously did not rule out such a move in her latest briefing. She said it would be a \"bigger problem\" for pupils to conclude that the system is stacked against them.\n\nShe has also pledged not to reduce the grades of any student who ended up with a better result than suggested by their teacher.\n\nThis is a tricky bind for the government. It doesn't want to disappoint pupils or their parents, and it doesn't want to throw teachers under the bus - even if some might have been somewhat optimistic in the grades they had predicted.\n\nBut ministers also won't want to make a rod for their own back in future years. If the pass rate for 2020 is exceptionally high, how can the class of 2021 hope to live up to it?\n\nNicola Sturgeon has suggested that pupils losing out would be a \"bigger problem\" than an extremely high pass rate\n\nThis idea, initially championed by the Scottish Greens and backed as an option by the Conservatives, would see the grades pupils achieved in their prelims (or mocks) as a \"baseline\".\n\nThis could be an attractive idea, as they are a readily available concrete example of how a pupil performs under exam conditions. It is also very easy to point to any disparity between the grades where pupils have been marked down by the system.\n\nHowever, many will also contend that results can change radically in the months between the prelim and the final exam. What if a poor score in the practice exam was the kick in the behind a student needed to knuckle down for the real thing?\n\nTreating them as a \"baseline\" would mean some pupils with exceptional coursework, or who had impressed their teacher in class, could still outperform a poor prelim result - but making individual adjustments on this level could prove just as labour-intensive as wading through thousands of appeals.\n\nThe Scottish Tories have suggested letting students who are unhappy with their grades sit an exam, if they do not want to accept their prelim result or the final one.\n\nAlthough presumably this would see a limited number of pupils sit exams, it would still face the same practical problem the original diet did - coronavirus.\n\nIn any case, Ms Sturgeon's statement that it is down to ministers to sort the results out, not students, suggests there is little chance of teenagers who thought their school days were over being herded back into an exam hall.\n\nWhile a short-term fix will be needed to head off the immediate storm, Mr Swinney might also take a longer view about the exam system as a whole.\n\nMs Sturgeon has mused about what the best way of \"assessing the performance of young people\" might be. Is it the result of a one-off exam, or the assessment of a teacher who monitors the pupil across a whole year?\n\nThe government does love a working group, and it would be easy to imagine some educational bigwig being tasked with drawing up a detailed report for ministers to consider ahead of May's Holyrood election.\n\nThis could sit nicely alongside the OECD review of the senior phase of education, which is due to report back next summer.\n\nThe difficulty again would be the implementation - how could a major reform to how pupils are assessed be phased in while maintaining a level playing field in the qualifications of past and future pupils?\n\nWill Mr Swinney face a vote of no confidence at Holyrood?\n\nTo start with, even losing a confidence vote at Holyrood technically would not doom the education secretary. Unlike the government as a whole, there is no statutory requirement for a minister to go after losing such a vote - although in reality the pressure on them would be immense.\n\nMs Sturgeon has absolved the SQA of any blame, making it very clear that the buck stops with ministers.\n\nHaving come up with the idea, Scottish Labour are likely to push for a vote against Mr Swinney regardless of what he comes up with. The same is probably true of the Scottish Conservatives.\n\nSo his fate will ultimately lie in the hands of the Greens and the Lib Dems, who are both waiting to hear the detail of the statement.\n\nMs Sturgeon insists this is \"not party political\", and that she would look to do right by students regardless of any looming rebellion at Holyrood.\n\nHowever, it is inescapable that she is a first minister facing an election in May, and who pegged education and boosting pupils from more deprived backgrounds as her number one priority for the current term of parliament.\n\nIf her government is seen to have dropped the ball on that very issue, months before voters go to the polls, it could be a lot more than the fate of Mr Swinney on the line.", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nOlympic medallist Nile Wilson has criticised a \"culture of abuse\" in British gymnastics, saying athletes are \"treated like pieces of meat\".\n\nThe 24 year-old, who won bronze at Rio 2016, is the highest-profile male gymnast to speak out after the sport was hit by allegations of mistreatment.\n\nWilson told BBC Sport he was \"scared\" that publicly voicing concerns could cost him selection for the Tokyo Games.\n\nHe said he had been left \"heartbroken\" by the outcome of a complaint he lodged with his home base of Leeds Gymnastics Club earlier this year that he felt was \"brushed under the carpet\".\n\nThe complaint did not relate to his training or coaching staff, instead centring on an altercation with a senior member of staff at a club social event.\n\nFollowing an internal club investigation, Wilson's grievance was dismissed, a decision then upheld after a review by British Gymnastics.\n\n\"I just felt like I wasn't being heard. And I was wronged,\" said Wilson, who called the process \"unprofessional\".\n\nAt times struggling to contain his emotions, Wilson said: \"I believe there's a massive element of control.\n\n\"We're made to feel fear, or scared of speaking out, voicing our concerns, because they have us, our livelihoods, in their hands.\n\n\"If I voice my concern, I may affect my selection for Olympic Games.\n\n\"So, we stay quiet, we do what we're told.\n\n\"And in wrapping that up, I feel like that's the culture, that's how I've experienced it the last two decades.\"\n\nIn a statement Leeds Gymnastics Club said it disputed Wilson's version of events and the allegations referred to were \"professionally and robustly investigated in line with the club's policy and advice\".\n\nThe club added: \"At the time all parties placed on record their confidence in the meticulous investigation and evidence gathering process, the outcomes of which were independently verified.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics said the club had dealt with the matter appropriately and that it stood by the review of the complaint.\n\nWilson is one of British gymnastics' biggest stars.\n\nFour years ago he made history, becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic medal on the horizontal bar in Rio. In 2018 he claimed three golds at the Commonwealth Games, and despite recovering from neck surgery, is one of Team GB's brightest medal hopefuls for Tokyo 2020.\n\nBut Wilson says he now wants to speak out about his experiences in the sport.\n\nThis summer's release of the 'Athlete A' documentary detailing the cover-up of sexual abuse within the USA Gymnastics team has been a catalyst for allegations of mistreatment across the sport, including in the UK.\n\nWilson says it has made a deep impression on him, highlighting what he believes is a culture in which gymnasts are \"pushed through physical pain\" in the pursuit of medals.\n\n\"It's been an incredibly emotional couple of weeks for myself,\" he says, speaking at his gym in Rotherham.\n\n\"Watching that film really hit home, and I've spoken to a lot of athletes, my friends, my team-mates, and there were lots of tears shed.\n\n\"I absolutely don't want to put myself in the box of a [jailed former US team doctor] Larry Nasser case - it's just absolutely disgusting.\n\n\"But we wanted to win medals. The governing body, the coaches, wanted to win Olympic medals.\n\n\"This culture of 'win at all costs'… I feel for many years emotional manipulation and being pushed through physical pain was certainly something I experienced.\n\n\"I think it was coaching methodology where we felt what it feels like to live in fear - you perform or there's a consequence.\n\n\"And I think that affects you emotionally more than anything.\n\n\"In fear of even being able to speak about something that hurts, or voice your concerns.\"\n\nWilson - who maintains excellent relations with his long-term coach Dave Murray - added: \"I have empathy for the system, because you're a coach wanting success and an athlete wanting success - the culture was already there, that's how it worked.\n\n\"And the parents and everyone, we were just like, 'this is gymnastics, this is normal'.\n\n\"And looking back, it made us into the athletes that we are today.\n\n\"I've been blessed to have had some incredible coaches.\n\n\"But it was certainly apparent that culture existed and still exists today, which I definitely want to change.\n\n\"I would certainly say that I was abused. Without a doubt.\n\n\"I would absolutely describe it as a culture of abuse.\n\n\"And I've lived and breathed it for 20 years.\"\n\nIn a statement, British Gymnastics said: \"Any mistreatment of gymnasts is inexcusable at any level. It is vital that concerns are made public whether through the media or our processes.\n\n\"To date, we have not had any complaint from Nile in regard to his gymnastics career and would encourage him, and any gymnast who feels they have been mistreated, to report it either to our Integrity Unit, or by calling the BAC/NSPCC Helpline on 0800 056 0566.\"\n\nLast month British Gymnastics announced an independent review would be launched to look into allegations of widespread mistreatment in the sport. But concerns have been raised about the time taken to look into complaints in the past.\n\nThe governing body defended its processes after Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler criticised it for a lack of urgency with an investigation into her claims of bullying and abuse.\n\nAnd Wilson has revealed his unhappiness about the way the complaint he made earlier this year was handled.\n\nThe incident - an altercation at a social event, he says - \"involved someone in authority\" at Leeds Gymnastics Club. It did not relate to his training or coaching staff.\n\n\"But it was strong enough, and affected me emotionally [enough] to voice a concern,\" he said.\n\n\"When we start the process, that's where I felt something isn't right.\n\n\"I felt I wasn't being heard - like I was the problem.\"\n\nWilson's case was rejected following an internal club hearing, a decision then upheld by a British Gymnastics review. Wilson says the governing body warned him to keep the case confidential.\n\n\"I felt I was then threatened about voicing my concerns publicly,\" he said.\n\n\"So I left the club I've been at for 20 years - and I don't feel like I can go back until this is once again looked at.\n\n\"The governing body and the club - they didn't care.\n\n\"The amount of pressure and stress it caused... it was just a really tough time. I just felt absolutely heartbroken.\"\n\nWilson - who is now training at his own gym in Rotherham, and who has spoken previously about his struggles with mental health - said the episode had left him feeling \"completely worthless\".\n\nHe said going public with the way he feels \"has been one of the hardest decisions I've made\".\n\nHe added: \"My incident highlights that there's still a challenge in the culture of gymnastics.\n\n\"And it starts at the top of the governing body. Hopefully my words and my story can help continue to drive the change.\"\n\nIn a statement Leeds Gymnastics club said they were \"very disappointed and extremely concerned that Nile now feels this way\".\n\nThe club added: \"The allegations referred to were professionally and robustly investigated in line with the club's policy and advice.\n\n\"At the time all parties placed on record their confidence in the meticulous investigation and evidence gathering process, the outcomes of which were independently verified.\n\n\"We would be pleased to co-operate with Sport England to arrange a further review of the papers pertaining to this very serious allegation.\"\n\nIn a statement British Gymnastics said: \"We do not accept this at all.\n\n\"We advised that this was a club grievance matter and we also voluntarily reviewed the complaint ourselves, including viewing CCTV footage of the incident.\n\n\"We concluded the club had dealt with the matter appropriately. We are confident that we reviewed this matter fully and professionally and would be happy to provide all correspondence, witness statements and CCTV footage of the incident in question to the Independent Review.\"\n\nWilson said he feared that speaking publicly for the first time about the way he felt could jeopardise his selection for the Tokyo Olympics.\n\n\"The medals provide the funding [for] the sport to be where it is today,\" he said.\n\n\"So we stay quiet, we do what we're told. We're the ones that win those medals - and yet the gymnasts are still treated like pieces of meat and paid the least.\n\n\"I'm scared talking to you may affect [selection].\n\n\"That's one big change I want to see, [so] we feel like we can voice our opinions and not bottle them in and do what we're told, because we fear that we may not be selected.\n\n\"We're human beings. We are not pieces of meat and I want to continue to drive the change in the culture.\n\n\"It's about fun, having a smile on your face, wanting to work hard, being excited to achieve, not scared that there's going to be a consequence if you don't.\"", "The significance of the Scottish government’s decision cannot be overestimated.\n\nBy simply accepting all teacher estimates, pass rates for National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers are now dramatically higher than normal. This year’s Higher pass rate of 89.2% is 14.4 percentage points up on last year.\n\nThe risk of this is that the pass rates this year are so much higher than normal that they would seem to some to be simply implausible.\n\nOne important aim of the validation process was to try to ensure that qualifications obtained this year would stand the test of time and stand up to proper scrutiny.\n\nAgainst this, there is the argument that this year is so difficult and exceptional for young people and the education system that allowances have to be made.\n\nBut ultimately this was as much about politics as it was about education.\n\nThe SNP sees itself as a progressive centre-left party committed to improving the attainment of young people from disadvantaged areas.\n\nThese are the young people for whom education is about a route out of poverty towards a better life – not simply a way of fulfilling ambitions or finding a dream job.\n\nFor the party to appear to be defending a system which had disproportionately marked down those youngsters, risked alienating many of their natural supporters.", "Welsh ministers have been sceptical about the overall value of face coverings\n\nFace coverings will be made mandatory in more settings if coronavirus \"starts to spread\", the Welsh first minister has said.\n\nIn Wales they are only compulsory on public transport. People are advised to wear them in public places when they cannot social distance.\n\nIn England and Scotland they are mandatory in shops.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford made the comments during a live Facebook question and answer session.\n\n\"We will make them mandatory in other places if coronavirus starts to spread in Wales again,\" he said.\n\n\"But at the moment coronavirus is so effectively suppressed that we don't think it is proportionate, that it is fair, to say to somebody 'you can't go into a shop unless you're wearing one'.\n\n\"There are lots of people who aren't comfortable wearing face coverings.\n\n\"People with breathing difficulties for example, or if you rely on seeing somebody else, if you're lip reading, it's difficult if someone else is wearing a face covering.\n\n\"But I want to be clear with everybody that if the virus begins to circulate again in Wales and we think it is right to make them mandatory in shops or other settings we won't hesitate to do so.\"\n\nMr Drakeford and his government have long been sceptical about the overall value of face coverings, concerned that wearing them may encourage people to take risks with social distancing and hygiene measures.\n\nChief Medical Officer Frank Atherton said in July that the evidence for making them mandatory was \"quite weak\".\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru have called for them to be made compulsory in shops.", "Apple chief executive Tim Cook has moved into the billionaire club as the tech firm's share price continues to soar.\n\nApple's market value has been on the rise following strong results and the upbeat outlook for tech giants.\n\nMr Cook owns 847,969 shares directly and took home more than $125m (£96m) last year as part of his pay package.\n\nLast week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg saw his personal wealth hit $100bn (£76bn).\n\nTechnology companies including Apple, Facebook and Amazon have seen their profits grow during the coronavirus pandemic as more people went online.\n\nSilicon-Valley based Apple is now closing in on the milestone of being the first company to be valued at $2tn. Two years ago it become the first company to be valued at $1tn.\n\nMr Cook took over from Apple founder Steve Jobs nine years ago. His billionaire status is based on the shares he owns and the compensation he has been paid at Apple, and calculated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\n\nIn 2015, he said he planned to give most of his fortune away and has already donated million of dollars worth of Apple shares.\n\nFacebook's Zuckerberg has made a similar pledge to give away the majority of his shares.\n\nMr Zuckerberg, along with Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk, accrued their wealth from the huge stakes in the companies they founded.\n\nIn comparison, Mr Cook's stake in Apple is minuscule at about 0.02%.\n\nBased on US federal and state taxes for California, Mr Cook would face a tax rate of just over 50%, as a top-bracket earner.\n\nWhile Apple has not revealed any new products as groundbreaking as its iPhone, the company has still thrived since Mr Cook took over the reins.\n\nHe has overseen the development of devices such as the iPhone X and Apple Watch, along with new services like Apple Music.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: 'Consider this the yellow card'\n\nNicola Sturgeon has issued a warning to Scottish football as Celtic and Aberdeen matches were called off after their players broke lockdown rules.\n\nThe first minister had said the two clubs should not play this week.\n\nShe said she did not want rule-abiding clubs and players, or fans, to be punished for the individual breaches.\n\nBut she warned: \"Consider today the yellow card. The next time it will be the red card because you will leave us with absolutely no choice.\"\n\nCeltic defender Boli Bolingoli flew to Spain without the club's knowledge, failed to quarantine, then played in Sunday's match against Kilmarnock.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed Bolingoli had been issued with a fixed penalty notice for breaching quarantine regulations.\n\nThe previous weekend eight Aberdeen players broke lockdown regulations by visiting a bar together.\n\nMs Sturgeon said news of Bolingoli's \"flagrant breach\" of the guidelines came through while the national clinical director, Professor Jason Leitch, was holding a meeting with the managers and captains of Scotland's top flight clubs to reinforce the importance of the guidance.\n\nShe said: \"This is just not acceptable.\n\n\"Every day I stand here and ask members of the public to make huge sacrifices on how they live their lives. The vast majority are doing that and it's not easy.\n\n\"We can't have privileged football players just deciding that they are not going to bother. This can't go on.\"\n\nThe SPFL later agreed to the call-offs and announced an \"urgent package of measures\" to prevent a repeat.\n\nThese include plans to punish players who break the rules, an \"immediate\" player education programme and an agreement to take part in promotional activity for the Scottish government's FACT campaign.\n\nSport Minister Joe FitzPatrick said: \"This latest example indicates that the current arrangements are not working as intended, and so clearly additional steps now need to be taken to ensure that the necessity of strict compliance with the rules is fully and properly understood.\"\n\nIn the meantime, Celtic and Aberdeen can train as usual but friendly matches will not be allowed.\n\nBoli Bolingoli said he was \"guilty of an error of judgement\"\n\nCeltic manager Neil Lennon said it would be \"very difficult\" for Bolingoli to be accepted back into the dressing room.\n\nHe added: \"I am livid, it was a total betrayal of trust.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon earlier indicated \"very clear penalties\" will be in place for players and clubs when the rules are breached.\n\nThe first minister said footballers are \"talented, skilled, hard-working professionals\" and \"well-rewarded\" role models.\n\nBut she added: \"I don't think it is too much to ask them to live up to that, and that is all we are asking.\"\n\nProf Leitch said footballers who flout the regulations pose a risk to public health and endanger the return of all elite sport.\n\nHe said Bolingoli had travelled to a \"high risk country\" then went to work and \"put both his team and the opposing team at risk of catching coronavirus.\n\n\"There has to be an implication of that in public health terms for those he was in contact with and their contact with others.\"\n\nBolingoli played in Sunday's match against Kilmarnock even though he should have been self-isolating.\n\nThe defender said he was \"guilty of an error of judgement\" and apologised.\n\nCeltic apologised and said his actions were \"beyond explanation\". All players and backroom staff have since been tested twice and returned negative results.\n\nEight Aberdeen players have apologised for visiting a bar at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak in the city.\n\nTwo of the players later tested positive for the virus, while six are currently self-isolating.\n\nA total of 165 positive cases of coronavirus are now linked to the outbreak in Aberdeen.\n\nDr Emmanuel Okpo, consultant in Public Health Medicine, said a lack of physical distancing had been \"the significant factor in the spread of these cases\".\n\nHe said it was now likely that all licensed premises in the city had been affected.\n\n\"This is because physical distancing - or the lack of it - has come up repeatedly in our investigation,\" he said.\n\n\"I would stress again that we must all take personal responsibility for physical distancing.\"", "Bangladesh says its situation is under control - but is it?\n\nBangladesh says it will stop providing daily updates on coronavirus infections and deaths in the country from 12 August. Health Minister Zahid Maleque says this is because “we believe the infection rate is decreasing and the situation is getting under control.” In its latest weekly report, the World Health Organization (WHO) says new cases in the country have dropped by 2.5% from the previous week. But the headline figure masks a more complicated reality - reported cases are fluctuating widely, with daily tallies ranging between 900 and 3,000 since the start of August, according to WHO data. This may well be to do with the amount of testing being carried out, which has also fluctuated widely – from around 12,000 a day in July, then down to less than 4,000 in early August and back up to 12,000 again. The authorities attributed the drop in testing to severe flooding in July as well as what they say is the unwillingness of people to get tested due to a lack of trust in medical facilities. And Bangladesh still has a high rate of positive tests - at the end of last week it was nearly a quarter of all tests which suggests that only a small proportion of the true number of infections is being picked up.", "Struggling department store group Debenhams says it will cut 2,500 more jobs as it struggles to survive the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThis is on top of the 4,000 announced since May, meaning the retailer will have cut a third of its workforce.\n\nThe cuts will be mainly across its UK stores and distribution centre, but it said no new shops were slated to shut.\n\nShop workers' union Usdaw reacted angrily to the news, saying legal procedures had not been followed.\n\nBy law, mass redundancies have to be subject to a consultation period. Usdaw said it was preparing a legal challenge on behalf of members affected.\n\n\"We have been contacted by members who say they are being made redundant by conference call, with no meaningful consultation or proper notice period, as required by law,\" said union national officer Dave Gill.\n\n\"That is an appalling way to treat staff.\"\n\nDebenhams, which is currently in administration, declined to comment but its administrators, FRP, said consultation had not been possible as the retailer was insolvent and had \"limited\" options.\n\nA spokesman said: \"Those affected by redundancy will take no particular comfort from this, but the steps taken are in response to an unpredictable and challenging trading environment and aim to ensure the future viability of the business, while also meeting wider statutory obligations.\"\n\nIn April, Debenhams fell into administration for the second time in a year as coronavirus heaped pressure on the business.\n\nThe firm said the current trading environment for retailers was still \"a long way from returning to normal\".\n\nHow have you been affected by job losses at Debenhams? Tell us about your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nEarlier this year, it said 20 of its stores would remain permanently closed because of the impact of the pandemic.\n\nDebenhams said on Tuesday: \"Such difficult decisions are being taken by many retailers right now, and we will continue to take all necessary steps to give Debenhams every chance of a viable future.\n\n\"We have to ensure our store costs are aligned with realistic expectations,\" it added.\n\nThe chain said that people affected had been informed and thanked them for their \"service and commitment\".\n\n\"We have successfully reopened 124 stores post-lockdown, and these are currently trading ahead of management expectations,\" it said.\n\nDebenhams could remain in administration for the rest of this year, as lenders wait to see how it performs post-lockdown and in the crucial Christmas trading period.\n\nLike many of its competitors, the retailer was already ailing before the pandemic forced it to suspend trading at its department stores.\n\nThe news of the latest job cuts came after the British Retail Consortium said the number of visits to High Streets was still down significantly as people shopped online instead.\n\nThe BRC said some retailers were continuing to struggle because of the coronavirus crisis. It made a fresh call for government help with rents.\n\nOther High Street names have also announced job losses as they fight to stay afloat.\n\nLast week, WH Smith said it was cutting 1,500 jobs - 11% of its workforce - after the lockdown caused sales to plummet.\n\nDW Sports, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Boots and Selfridges are among other big names to announce redundancies.\n\nIt's less than two weeks into August and at least another 10,000 jobs have been lost as the furlough scheme starts to wind down.\n\nHere, courtesy of the Press Association news agency, is a list of some major employers that have announced that jobs will go, or are at risk, since the start of the pandemic.\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "Not a vanilla response: A source defended Priti Patel and hit out at the firm\n\nA source close to Home Secretary Priti Patel has branded Ben and Jerry's ice cream \"overpriced junk food\" after the company criticised her stance on cross-channel migrant crossings.\n\nIn a series of tweets, the firm urged her and others to show more \"humanity\", adding that \"people cannot be illegal\".\n\nThe government earlier said the UK must consider changing asylum laws to deter migrants from crossing the Channel.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have made the journey successfully this year.\n\nOn Saturday, the Home Office asked defence chiefs to help make crossings of the dangerous route in small boats \"unviable\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the official Ben and Jerry's UK Twitter account posted several tweets tagging the home secretary, which began: \"Hey @PritiPatel, we think the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture.\"\n\nIt added: \"People wouldn't make dangerous journeys if they had any other choice.\"\n\nThe account also tweeted: \"People cannot be illegal.\"\n\nIt's not long ago that corporate statements on anything even tangentially political were anodyne to the point of being crashingly boring. And that's if they said anything at all.\n\nWell, things have changed. Brands, big and small, feel increasingly confident about getting stuck in on social media.\n\nThe risks are obvious: in a space that revels in the pithy, binary and divisive, to proclaim is to pick a side - and so potentially irritate a sizeable chunk of your customers.\n\nTo stand up for something you believe in, sure - but also to act as a brand multiplier, to get people talking about you and your stuff.\n\nTo catch the public mood, or at least a majority of it.\n\nThe curious thing with this intervention, directly targeting the home secretary, is that Priti Patel has said very little publicly about what's been happening.\n\nBut a Home Office source replied: \"Priti is working day and night to bring an end to these small boat crossings, which are facilitated by international criminal gangs and are rightly of serious concern to the British people.\n\n\"If that means upsetting the social media team for a brand of overpriced junk food, then so be it.\"\n\nAnd Foreign Office minister James Cleverly tweeted: \"Can I have a large scoop of statistically inaccurate virtue signalling with my grossly overpriced ice cream, please?\"\n\nBen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield set up the company in 1978\n\nBen and Jerry's - founded in 1978 by best friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield - was purchased by the multinational company Unilever in 2000 for around $326m (£246m).\n\nLast week it announced it was extending a halt to paid advertising on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram until the end of this year, accusing the social media giants of doing too little to remove hateful content misinformation.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was currently \"very, very difficult\" to legally return people who arrive in the UK from France using small boats.", "The crossing where the beacon was hit has been blocked off\n\nThe UK's first Dutch-style roundabout has had to close for three nights after it was damaged by a hit-and-run driver.\n\nThe £2.3m roundabout on Fendon Road, Cambridge, which gives priority to cyclists and pedestrians, was damaged the day before it officially opened on 31 July.\n\nCambridgeshire County Council said a driver hit a zebra crossing beacon and repairs began on Monday night.\n\nIt is expected to fully reopen on Thursday.\n\nWork on the roundabout at the junction of Queen Edith's Way, one of the main routes to Addenbrooke's Hospital, began in September.\n\nThe Dutch-style design gives priority to cyclists and pedestrians with an inner ring for cars and an outer one for cyclists.\n\nThe evening before it officially opened, while it was operating on temporary traffic lights, a car driver \"collided with a Belisha beacon column, causing it to lean slightly - the driver failed to stop at the scene\", a council spokesman said.\n\nHe added: \"There have been no accidents at the new roundabout since it opened on July 31.\"\n\nThe roundabout will be closed between 20:00 BST and 06:00 BST with diversions signposted.\n\nThe Dutch-style roundabout has narrow lanes and priority cycle lanes and pedestrian crossings\n\nThe design is prolific in The Netherlands, which is renowned for its investment in cycling infrastructure.\n\nThe idea is to \"influence slower approach and departure speeds\".\n\nThere are zebra crossings for pedestrians on each of the four roundabout arms.\n\nCyclists have their own outer-ring cycle path in contrasting red to give them equal priority with pedestrians.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The NHS test and trace system in England is cutting 6,000 staff by the end of August, the government has announced.\n\nThe remaining contact tracers will work alongside local public health teams to reach more infected people and their contacts in communities.\n\nIt comes after criticism that the national system was not tapping into local knowledge.\n\nThe approach has been used in virus hotspots like Blackburn and Luton.\n\nAnd it's now being offered to all councils that are responsible for public health in their area.\n\nTest and trace is staffed by NHS clinicians and people who were trained to become contact tracers during the pandemic.\n\nNHS staff who offer advice to people who have tested positive for coronavirus will not be laid off.\n\nBut the national service will shrink from 18,000 contact tracers to 12,000 with the remaining non-NHS call handlers redeployed as part of dedicated local test and trace teams, the Department of Health says.\n\nThis means local areas will have \"ring-fenced teams\" from the national test and trace service.\n\nAnother 200 walk-in testing centres will also open by October.\n\nAs part of NHS Test and Trace, public health teams dealing with outbreaks in factories or care homes have consistently reached more than 90% of the contacts on their lists.\n\nOutside of those very localised outbreaks, it is call centres who trace contacts.\n\nBut they don't reach as many contacts - their success rate for reaching contacts who don't live together peaked at just over 70% in the middle of July, but has fallen since then.\n\nIn May, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that an \"army\" of contact tracers would be recruited for the NHS Test and Trace service.\n\nEarly on, there were reports that new recruits were sitting idle - with one telling the BBC that she spent her time watching Netflix.\n\nThousands are now being stood down in England with more of their work conducted by local staff with knowledge of their area. The Department of Health has said that this is to provide a \"more tailored approach\".\n\nBut critics will see it as the latest example of the government departing from its centralised approach to tackling the outbreak. In June the government had to postpone its idea of using a national app to identify potentially infected people - because it didn't work.\n\nNow, the top-down, high-tech strategy for contact tracing is making way for what seasoned local public health officials describe as old-fashioned \"shoe leather epidemiology\".\n\nThis relies on people with local knowledge collecting information by going door-to-door on foot.\n\nDido Harding, the head of NHS Test and Trace, said: \"We have always been clear that NHS Test and Trace must be local by default and that we do not operate alone - we work with and through partners across the country.\n\n\"As we learn more about the spread of the disease, we are able to move to our planned next step and become even more effective in tackling the virus.\n\n\"After successful trials in a small number of local areas, I am very pleased to announce that we are now offering this integrated localised approach to all local authorities to ensure we can reach more people in their communities and stop the spread of Covid-19,\" she said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facial recognition: 'Law has not caught up with technology'\n\nThe first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance has begun in Cardiff today.\n\nEd Bridges, whose image was taken while he was shopping, says weak regulation means AFR breaches human rights.\n\nThe civil rights group Liberty says current use of the tool is equivalent to the unregulated taking of DNA or fingerprints without consent.\n\nSouth Wales Police defends the tool but has not commented on the case.\n\nIn December 2017, Mr Bridges was having a perfectly normal day.\n\n\"I popped out of the office to do a bit of Christmas shopping and on the main pedestrian shopping street in Cardiff, there was a police van,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"By the time I was close enough to see the words 'automatic facial recognition' on the van, I had already had my data captured by it.\n\n\"That struck me as quite a fundamental invasion of my privacy.\"\n\nThe case could provide crucial guidance on the lawful use of facial technology.\n\nIt is a far more powerful policing tool than traditional CCTV - as the cameras take a biometric map, creating a numerical code of the faces of each person who passes the camera.\n\nThese biometric maps are uniquely identifiable to the individual.\n\n\"It is just like taking people's DNA or fingerprints, without their knowledge or their consent,\" said Megan Goulding, a lawyer from the civil liberties group Liberty which is supporting Mr Bridges.\n\nHowever, unlike DNA or fingerprints, there is no specific regulation governing how police use facial recognition or manage the data gathered.\n\nLiberty argues that even if there were regulations, facial recognition breaches human rights and should not be used.\n\nSouth Wales Police is the biggest user of facial recognition technology\n\nThe tool allows the facial images of vast numbers of people to be scanned in public places such as streets, shopping centres, football crowds and music events.\n\nThe captured images are then compared with images on police \"watch lists\" to see if they match.\n\n\"If there are hundreds of people walking the streets who should be in prison because there are outstanding warrants for their arrest, or dangerous criminals bent on harming others in public places, the proper use of AFR has a vital policing role,\" said Chris Phillips, former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.\n\n\"The police need guidance to ensure this vital anti-crime tool is used lawfully.\"\n\nFacial recognition's usefulness for spotting, for example, terrorist suspects and preventing atrocities is clear but Liberty says the technology is being used for much more mundane policing, such as catching pickpockets.\n\nMr Bridges had his image captured by facial recognition for a second time at a peaceful protest against the arms trade.\n\nHis legal challenge argues the use of the tool breached his human right to privacy as well as data protection and equality laws.\n\nThree UK police forces have used facial recognition in public spaces since June 2015:\n\nLiberty believes South Wales Police has used facial recognition the most of the three forces, at about 50 deployments, including during the policing of the Champions League final in Cardiff in June 2017, where it emerged that, of the 2,470 potential matches made, 92% (2,297) were wrong.\n\nSouth Wales Police has gone to considerable lengths to explain its use of facial recognition and last year described it as \"lawful and proportionate\".\n\nWhen the technology was tested recently in London, one man was fined for a public order offence.\n\nBBC News also reported that at least three chances to assess how well the systems dealt with ethnicity had been missed by police over five years.\n\nCivil liberties groups say studies have shown facial recognition discriminates against women and those from ethnic minorities, because it disproportionately misidentifies those people.\n\n\"If you are a woman or from an ethnic minority and you walk past the camera, you are more likely to be identified as someone on a watch list, even if you are not,\" said Ms Goulding.\n\n\"That means you are more likely to be stopped and interrogated by the police.\n\n\"This is another tool by which social bias will be entrenched and communities who are already over-policed simply get over-policed further.\"\n\nLiberty says the risk of false-positive matches of women and ethnic minorities has the potential to change the nature of public spaces.\n\nLast week San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of the technology, following fears about its reliability and infringement of people's liberty and privacy.\n\nThe information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner have both become involved in Mr Bridges's case, as has the Home Office, indicating the high level of interest and concern about the parameters within which facial recognition can lawfully operate.\n\nThe case is expected to last three days, with judgment reserved to a later time.", "The South Wales force demonstrated the technology after the case with a member of staff standing in\n\nJudges have ruled against a shopper who brought a legal challenge against police use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology.\n\nThe court refused the judicial review on all grounds, finding South Wales Police had followed the rules and their use of AFR was justified.\n\nThe High Court said this was the first time any court in the world had considered the use of the technology.\n\nCivil rights group Liberty said its client would appeal against the ruling.\n\nIt had argued it was akin to the unregulated taking of DNA or fingerprints without consent, and it is campaigning for an outright ban of the practice.\n\nEd Bridges has had his image captured twice by AFR technology\n\nThe judicial review was held in May after Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, claimed his human rights were breached when he was photographed while Christmas shopping.\n\nHis legal challenge argued the use of the tool breached his right to privacy as well as data protection and equality laws.\n\nLiberty lawyer Megan Goulding said: \"This disappointing judgment does not reflect the very serious threat that facial recognition poses to our rights and freedoms.\n\n\"Facial recognition is a highly intrusive surveillance technology that allows the police to monitor and track us all.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police are considered the national lead force on its use\n\nMr Bridges said he had his image captured by the technology a second time at a peaceful protest against the arms trade.\n\nOn Wednesday he added: \"South Wales Police has been using facial recognition indiscriminately against thousands of innocent people, without our knowledge or consent.\n\n\"This sinister technology undermines our privacy and I will continue to fight against its unlawful use to ensure our rights are protected and we are free from disproportionate government surveillance.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Information Commissioner, which had argued during the judicial review the legal framework for police use of AFR was not sufficient, said they would be reviewing the judgment carefully.\n\nThey welcomed the finding that the police use of the technology involved processing sensitive personal data.\n\n\"Our investigation into the first police pilots of this technology has recently finished. We will now consider the court's findings in finalising our recommendations and guidance to police forces about how to plan, authorise and deploy any future [facial recognition] systems.\n\n\"In the meantime, any police forces or private organisations using these systems should be aware that existing data protection law and guidance still apply.\"\n\nThere are worries the technology is more likely to return false matches for women and people from ethnic minorities\n\nAutomated facial recognition technology maps faces in a crowd by measuring the distance between features, then compares results with a \"watch list\" of images - which can include suspects, missing people and persons of interest.\n\nConcerns have been raised the technology is intrusive and more likely to return false positives for women and people from ethnic minorities.\n\nSouth Wales Police, Metropolitan Police and Leicestershire Police have used facial recognition in public spaces since June 2015.\n\nSouth Wales Chief Constable Matt Jukes said the decision was welcome but not the end of the \"wider debate\".\n\n\"I recognise that the use of AI and face-matching technologies around the world is of great interest and, at times, concern.\n\n\"So, I'm pleased that the court has recognised the responsibility that South Wales Police has shown in our programme. With the benefit of this judgment, we will continue to explore how to ensure the ongoing fairness and transparency of our approach.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael said his priority had been to ensure the police \"make best use of technology to keep the public safe while also working within the law and protecting civil liberties.\"\n\nThe Home Office welcomed the judgment confirming there was a \"clear and sufficient legal framework\" for the use of AFR.\n\nMr Justice Swift and Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, who gave their decision on Wednesday, had previously described it as \"an important case that makes novel and potentially far-reaching\" conclusions.\n• None San Francisco bans facial recognition in US first", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Ed Bridges has had his image captured twice by AFR technology, which he said breached his human rights\n\nThe use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology by South Wales Police is unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.\n\nIt follows a legal challenge brought by civil rights group Liberty and Ed Bridges, 37, from Cardiff.\n\nBut the court also found its use was proportionate interference with human rights as the benefits outweighed the impact on Mr Bridges.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it would not be appealing the findings.\n\nMr Bridges had said being identified by AFR caused him distress.\n\nThe South Wales force has previously demonstrated the technology with a member of staff standing in\n\nThe court upheld three of the five points raised in the appeal.\n\nIt said there was no clear guidance on where AFR Locate could be used and who could be put on a watchlist, a data protection impact assessment was deficient and the force did not take reasonable steps to find out if the software had a racial or gender bias.\n\nThe appeal followed the dismissal of Mr Bridges' case at London's High Court in September by two senior judges, who had concluded use of the technology was not unlawful.\n\nResponding to Tuesday's ruling, South Wales Police Chief Constable Matt Jukes said: \"The test of our ground-breaking use of this technology by the courts has been a welcome and important step in its development. I am confident this is a judgment that we can work with.\"\n\nMr Bridges said: \"I'm delighted that the court has agreed that facial recognition clearly threatens our rights.\n\n\"This technology is an intrusive and discriminatory mass surveillance tool.\n\n\"For three years now, South Wales Police has been using it against hundreds of thousands of us, without our consent and often without our knowledge.\n\n\"We should all be able to use our public spaces without being subjected to oppressive surveillance.\"\n\nMr Bridges' face was scanned while he was Christmas shopping in Cardiff in 2017 and at a peaceful anti-arms protest outside the city's Motorpoint Arena in 2018.\n\nHe had argued it breached his human rights when his biometric data was analysed without his knowledge or consent.\n\nLiberty lawyer Megan Goulding described the judgment as a \"major victory in the fight against discriminatory and oppressive facial recognition\".\n\nShe added: \"It is time for the government to recognise the serious dangers of this intrusive technology. Facial recognition is a threat to our freedom - it has no place on our streets.\"\n\nThe technology maps faces in a crowd by measuring the distance between features, then compares results with a \"watch list\" of images - which can include suspects, missing people and persons of interest.\n\nSouth Wales Police has been trialling this form of AFR since 2017, predominantly at big sporting fixtures, concerts and other large events across the force area.\n\nThe force had confirmed Mr Bridges was not a person of interest and had never been on a watch list.\n\nResponding to the ruling, the force said its use of the technology had resulted in 61 people being arrested for offences including robbery and violence, theft and court warrants.\n\nIt said it remained \"completely committed to its careful development and deployment\" and was \"proud of the fact there has never been an unlawful arrest as a result of using the technology in south Wales\".\n\nDuring the remote hearing last month, Liberty's barrister Dan Squires QC argued that if everyone was stopped and asked for their personal data on the way into a stadium, people would feel uncomfortable.\n\n\"If they were to do this with fingerprints, it would be unlawful, but by doing this with AFR there are no legal constraints,\" he said, as there are clear laws and guidance on taking fingerprints.\n\nMr Squires said it was the potential use of the power, not its actual use to date, that was the issue.\n\n\"It's not enough that it has been done in a proportionate manner so far,\" he said.\n\nHe argued there were insufficient safeguards within the current laws to protect people from an arbitrary use of the technology, or to ensure its use is proportional.\n\nThe impact of the ruling will extend to other police forces. But what it has not done is create an insurmountable barrier to them using live facial recognition in the future.\n\nIn fact, the judges state that the benefits of the tech are \"potentially great\" and the intrusion into innocent people's privacy \"minor\".\n\nBut their determination expresses a need for more care. Police forces - including London's Met, which has trialled a similar system - need clearer guidance.\n\nSpecifically, the ruling indicates officers will have to clearly document who they are looking for and what evidence they have that those targets are likely to be in the monitored area.\n\nThey will also need to check that the software doesn't exhibit racial or sexual bias as to who it flags.\n\nTony Porter - England and Wales' Surveillance Camera Commissioner - has said he hopes the Home Office will take this opportunity to update a \"woefully\" out-of-date code of practice used to regulate facial recognition and other surveillance efforts.\n\nThat echoes a call by the House of Commons' Science and Technology committee last year, which called for all use of automatic facial recognition to be suspended until relevant regulations had been put in place.\n\nElsewhere, a committee of MSPs have made it clear they think it would be premature for the police in Scotland to use the tech in its current state, and Northern Ireland has long-standing plans to create its own Biometrics Commissioner, who might eventually examine the issue.", "The alarm was raised at Cemaes Bay just before 15:00 on Tuesday\n\nAn 85-year-old woman has been pulled from the sea off Anglesey.\n\nCoastguards, a rescue helicopter and ambulance crews were all involved in the operation at Cemaes Bay on the north of the island.\n\nThey were scrambled to the scene after a 999 call was made to Holyhead coastguard at about 14:45 BST.\n\nThe woman was alone when she was found in the water and later taken to hospital in Bangor. Her condition is currently not known.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson says the UK should work with France over channel crossings.\n\nThe UK needs to consider changes to asylum laws to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe prime minister said it was currently \"very, very difficult\" to legally return people who arrive in the UK from France using small boats.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have successfully crossed the English Channel this way so far this year.\n\nImmigration Minister Chris Philp is in Paris for talks with French officials.\n\nHe has been accompanied by the UK's newly appointed Clandestine Channel Threat Commander Dan O'Mahoney, to discuss how to reduce the number of migrant crossings.\n\nThe UK government has said it wants to work with the French authorities to make the route \"unviable\".\n\nSpeaking ahead of the meeting, the UK's former national security adviser Lord Ricketts said the UK may need to pay for increased enforcement along the French coast.\n\n\"The French do have 300km of coastline facing the UK which is quite hard to police and I think a lot of the money they are asking for is to reinforce mobile patrols up and down those beaches to stop people even getting into these boats,\" he said.\n\nOn Monday, Mr Johnson pledged to work with the French authorities to discourage people from making the \"dangerous\" journey across the channel.\n\nBut he added the UK also needed to look at \"the panoply of laws that an illegal immigrant has at his or her disposal that allow them to stay here\".\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said on Monday it had sent an RAF Atlas transport aircraft to help Border Force spot small boats trying to cross the Channel.\n\nThe Home Office had asked defence chiefs for help to deal with migrants making the crossing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The men and women on the boat told the BBC's Simon Jones they were from Syria\n\nSince Thursday, more than 600 people have been intercepted on the route.\n\nDowning Street said Border Force was looking at a \"range of options,\" including new measures, to stop boats entering British waters.\n\nThe UK is currently following EU asylum law during its 11-month post-Brexit transition period following its departure from the bloc in January.\n\nThis includes the so-called Dublin regulation, which states that a person's asylum claim can be transferred to the first member state they entered.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said the UK wanted to replace the \"inflexible and rigid\" regulation with a new agreement on returns after December.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team on Saturday\n\nHe added that the current Dublin rules, which put a time limit on transfers, could be \"abused by both migrants and their lawyers to frustrate the returns of those who have no right to be here\".\n\nIn a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday, 23 Tory MPs and two peers said the UK should refuse to sign up to a \"similar agreement\" to Dublin after December.\n\nThe group said ministers should do \"whatever it takes\" to deal with the problem, saying many of their constituents were angry that migrants had been put up in \"expensive hotels\" and given \"immediate access\" to financial support.\n\nMs Patel went out on a police boat patrol during her visit to Dover on Monday.\n\nDover MP Nathalie Elphicke, who was not one of the signatories, said Tuesday's talks were welcome but engagement at a higher level was needed to enable boats to be safely turned around and returned to France.\n\n\"There is no reason we can't come to an agreement with France on returns,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. \"It's really important we work with the French on this issue as it's a joint issue.\"\n\nMs Patel, who met her opposite number Gérald Darmanin last month, has said the UK is committed to \"shutting down\" the route and dismantling the criminal gangs facilitating the illegal crossings.\n\nSpeaking during a visit to Dover on Monday, she said the current situation was \"totally unacceptable\" and the UK and France need to work together to address what was a \"shared challenge\".\n\nThe French government says it has deployed extra resources to detect and intercept boats before they set out, leading to a ten-fold increase in the number of crossings being prevented.\n\nIntelligence co-operation with the UK has been stepped up while plans to strengthen control of the main crossing points are being finalised, the country's interior ministry added.\n\nSince the demolition of the infamous 'Jungle' nearly four years ago, French authorities have been successful in stopping other large-scale camps from forming.\n\nBut migrants do still arrive in Calais; they are just more scattered.\n\nGreater security measures - including a wall built along the motorway with UK funding - have made it more difficult for migrants to stow away on lorries.\n\nBut that's led the people smugglers to increasingly turn to using the equally risky method of small boats.\n\nThe UK and France have worked closely on this for close to two decades.\n\nThe Treaty of Le Touquet which effectively 'moved' the UK border to Calais (and the French border to Dover) to allow checks to happen before crossings, was signed in 2003.\n\nBut they can't change geography.\n\nCalais remains a magnet because it is only 20 miles from the UK - on a clear day in Dover, you can see the headlights of French traffic on the other side of the sea.\n\nNo amount of planes, walls or Navy deployments can alter that.\n\nQuite apart from the humanitarian issue here, there is added political pressure for the UK government.\n\nDavid Cameron was pretty roundly criticised for suggesting in 2016 that Brexit would mean the French would pull out of bilateral agreements and we'd see \"Jungles\" popping up on the South coast of England.\n\nThere's certainly no indication of that, but there's no doubt that the images of dinghies landing on Kent's beaches will be a difficult one for a government that has set huge store by its promise to 'take back control' of immigration.", "Restrictions had been lifted in New Zealand after the country declared it had eliminated the virus\n\nNew Zealand has put its largest city back into lockdown after recording four new Covid-19 cases, ending a 102-day streak without a local infection.\n\nA three-day lockdown was swiftly imposed in Auckland after the cases were confirmed.\n\nThe four new cases are all members of a single family. None had travelled recently.\n\nThe restrictions will come into effect on Wednesday, as authorities scramble to trace contacts of the family.\n\nAuckland residents will be asked to stay at home, large gatherings will be banned, non-essential businesses will be shut, and some social-distancing restrictions will be reintroduced in the rest of the country.\n\nThe country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also on Wednesday deferred the dissolution of parliament, following the latest Covid-19 cases.\n\nNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the dissolution of parliament\n\nThe dissolution of parliament, which is required to make way for a general election, has now been deferred until Monday.\n\nMs Ardern said no decision had yet been made on postponing the election - originally scheduled for 19 September.\n\n\"We have some time to work through that,\" she said, according to a TVNZ report.\n\nNew Zealand has fared better than other countries, recording 1,220 confirmed cases and 22 deaths since the virus arrived in late February.\n\nBefore Tuesday, New Zealand had gone 102 days without recording a locally transmitted case of Covid-19, one of the few countries to reach such a milestone.\n\nAll 22 active cases of the virus before Tuesday's announcement were among returning travellers quarantined in isolation facilities.\n\nPraised internationally for its handling of the pandemic, the country's government had lifted almost all of its lockdown restrictions, first imposed in March.\n\nAn early lockdown, tough border restrictions, effective health messaging and an aggressive test-and-trace programme have all been credited with virtually eliminating the virus in the country.\n\nBut as infections continue to rise across the world, surpassing 20 million globally on Tuesday, New Zealand officials have warned against complacency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Epidemiologist Prof Michael Baker: \"New Zealand will get rid of the virus again\"\n\nAnnouncing the lockdown, Ms Ardern said it was necessary to go hard and go early to stamp out the virus.\n\nAuckland - a city of around 1.6 million people - would move to level three restrictions from 12:00 local time (01:00 BST) on Wednesday as a \"precautionary approach\", she said.\n\nThe prime minister said the rest of the country would move to level two of New Zealand's 4-tier alert system of measures against Covid-19.\n\n\"This is something we have prepared for,\" Ms Ardern said at a news conference.\n\n\"We have had 102 days and it was easy to feel New Zealand was out of the woods. No country has gone as far as we did without having a resurgence. And because we were the only ones, we had to plan. And we have planned,\" she said.\n\nDirector-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said at least three days of lockdown were needed in Auckland to trace the source of the new cases.\n\n\"We're expecting to see other cases,\" Dr Bloomfield said. \"We want to find those other cases as soon as possible and identify or isolate any contacts.\"\n\nShoppers were seen queuing at supermarkets after the lockdown was announced\n\nMichael Baker, professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, told BBC's Newsnight programme that even with the most successful strategies in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak \"one thing you have to plan for is setbacks\".\n\n\"I think New Zealand will succeed and get rid of the virus,\" he added.\n\nIn anticipation of a pre-lockdown rush to supermarkets, Ms Ardern and the mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, called for calm, saying there was no need to panic-buy.\n\nDespite their pleas, large crowds of shoppers were seen queuing at supermarkets on Tuesday night, as they attempted to stock up before lockdown.\n\nOne video posted to social media shows customers streaming through the door of a supermarket as a security guard tries to prevent them from entering.\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 World Health Organization (WHO) had hailed New Zealand as an example to others for having \"successfully eliminated community transmission\".\n\nBut other countries have had early success in suppressing the virus, only to see infections rise again after lifting lockdown restrictions that damaged the economy.\n\nVietnam went 99 days with no community transmission until July, when a 57-year-old man in Da Nang tested positive for the virus.\n\nBy the end of July, Da Nang was the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, leading to the country's first coronavirus death since the pandemic began.\n\nAustralia, too, has seen a resurgence of Covid-19 in some states, including New South Wales and Victoria, where a strict lockdown has been imposed.", "Tourists take pictures in front of the final Blockbuster store\n\nFor millions, Saturday night in the 1990s and 2000s meant browsing your local Blockbuster for a film, taking it home and kicking back on the sofa.\n\nThen streaming happened, and movie-lovers could access the latest releases with the click of a button.\n\nBlockbuster filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2010. Today, there is just one store left on the planet, in Oregon.\n\nBut now, locals will have a chance for one last Blockbuster sleepover inside the world's final store.\n\nFilm fanatics from Deschutes County, Oregon, looking for a night of nostalgia will have the chance to be given the keys to the store for a night from 18 to 20 September.\n\nThe store - which will have three quarantine pods to ensure a socially distanced movie night - will be kitted out with a pull-out couch, bean-bags and pillows for visitors to cosy up with \"new releases\" from the '90s.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Airbnb This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 will also be a boombox and retro video games for visitors to play into the night.\n\nAnd the price? About the same cost of a rented '90s VHS, at $4 (£3).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Blockbuster memories: \"Every Friday my parents would let us pick a video\"", "Mr Wright claimed to be part of a group of disgruntled dairy farmers who had been underpaid by Tesco, the Old Bailey heard\n\nTwo mothers came close to feeding their babies food laced with metal fragments after a sheep farmer tried to blackmail Tesco, a court heard.\n\nThey found the metal in the jars of Heinz food, after Nigel Wright allegedly contaminated them in a £1.4m bitcoin plot, the Old Bailey was told.\n\nMr Wright, 45 and of Lincolnshire, claimed he was a dairy farmer underpaid by Tesco, the jury heard.\n\nHe denies two counts of contaminating goods and three counts of blackmail.\n\nMr Wright, from Market Rasen, told Tesco he would reveal which stores he had planted the contaminated jars in, between May 2018 and February 2020, if they paid him in bitcoin, prosecutors said.\n\nHe claimed to be one of a number of dairy farmers calling themselves \"Guy Brush and the Dairy Pirates\" who believed they had been underpaid, they said.\n\nThe court heard Morven Smith was feeding her 10-month-old son a jar of Heinz sweet and sour chicken baby food in December 2019 when she noticed the shards of a craft knife blade.\n\nTesco then issued a national recall of all jars of the product, prompting Harpeet Kaur Singh to say she too had discovered fragments of metal when she was feeding her nine-month-old daughter.\n\nProsecutor Julian Christopher QC told the jury: \"The defendant hoped to make himself rich by means of blackmail.\"\n\nThe two customers had found the slivers of metal in November and December 2019, in Rochdale and Lockerbie.\n\nThere is no evidence any other products were actually contaminated, the court was told.\n\nMr Wright also claimed salmonella and chemicals had been injected into cans and threatened to continue poisoning Tesco products if payment was not made, Mr Christopher said.\n\nIn a separate charge of blackmail he is accused of demanding £150,000 worth of bitcoin from a driver with whom he had had a road rage altercation.\n\nA draft of messages sent to Tesco was found on his laptop along with photos of food tins, jars of baby food and slivers of metal, the court heard.\n\nMr Wright admits various elements of the campaign but claims he was forced to do so by travellers who had demanded he give them £1m and he was acting in fear of his life.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "High winds and torrential rain on the New South Wales south coast in Australia have resulted in a spectacular sight - waterfalls in the Royal National Park being blown in reverse.", "Protests have changed exam grades in Scotland - now students want the same for the rest of the UK\n\nStudents are calling for exam results across the UK to follow Scotland in ditching the moderation process that has lowered grades.\n\nThe National Union of Students wants teachers' predicted grades to be used.\n\nA-level results are being published on Thursday - linked to how schools performed in previous years, in a way rejected as unfair in Scotland.\n\nEngland's exam watchdog said using teachers' predictions would mean inflated numbers of top grades.\n\nEngland's Department for Education has so far rejected changes to how replacement grades are calculated for exams cancelled by the pandemic.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has defended the system as \"fundamentally a fair one\".\n\nBut NUS president Larissa Kennedy said switching to teachers' predicted grades and removing the moderation that pushed down grades in 125,000 exam entries in Scotland, was the \"least worst option available\".\n\nThe row in Scotland, which has ended in a government u-turn, was over the fairness of linking estimated grades to the performance of a school in previous years.\n\nIt drew accusations that high-achieving pupils in low-performing schools would lose out - and that this would particularly discriminate against young people in deprived areas.\n\nBut this is similar to the approach being used in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for A-level results being published this week.\n\nThe NUS says that it will be unfair if \"thousands of students do not receive the grades they deserve because of where they live\".\n\nMary Bousted, co-leader of the National Education Union said the decision in Scotland created \"huge problems\" for the government in England.\n\nShe said it meant their students applying for UK university places with results based on \"completely different criteria and wildly different pass rates\".\n\n\"This will only increase the worries that students in England have about the fairness of the grades they will receive on Thursday,\" said Dr Bousted.\n\nEngland's exam watchdog Ofqual has warned that using teachers' predictions would push up grades to an extent that it would make it unfair for those with A-levels from previous years.\n\nThe watchdog says that using teachers' predictions the proportion getting top grades would have risen by over 12 percentage points, so that about 38% of entries would have got A* or A grades, much higher than any previous year.\n\nInstead the watchdog has used a system of moderation with the biggest factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous results in a school.\n\nThis gives limited influence to teachers' predictions and there is no direct link to how an individual pupil did in previous exams, such as their GCSE results.\n\nBut if pupils miss out on a university place, but a school then appeals against the result, universities have been told to keep the place open until the appeal has been completed.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon says 'sorry' for Scottish exam results\n\nNicola Sturgeon has apologised after accepting her government \"did not get it right\" over Scottish exam results.\n\nWith no exams sat this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) ran a system based on teacher assessments.\n\nHowever, officials then applied a moderation technique which led to about 125,000 estimates being downgraded.\n\nThe first minister said this approach was too focused on the \"overall system\" and not enough on individual pupils.\n\nEducation Secretary John Swinney will set out the government's plan to fix the issue on Tuesday, with Ms Sturgeon saying the onus would not be on students to submit appeals.\n\nOpposition parties are pushing for a vote of no confidence in the education secretary, but Ms Sturgeon said she had faith in Mr Swinney and that the row was \"not party political\".\n\nA-level results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due out on Thursday.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said he understood the \"anxiety\" over grades, and that \"we will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils is properly reflected\".\n\nExams across the UK were cancelled this year due to the pandemic, leading to the use of systems based on teacher assessments.\n\nIn Scotland this was moderated at a national level by the SQA, a process which led to thousands of pupils complaining that they had received lower grades than originally estimated.\n\nThere was particular criticism after Higher pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2%, in comparison with 6.9% for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds.\n\nPupils and parents took part in demonstrations last week\n\nThe Scottish children's commissioner's office said pupils from more deprived areas had been downgraded based on the historic performance of their school rather than their performance.\n\nMs Sturgeon said young people in more deprived areas might be concluding that \"the system is stacked against them\", and that she was \"not prepared to have that outcome\".\n\nMr Swinney had signalled a u-turn on Sunday, saying he had \"heard the anger of students\" over the row.\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said steps would be taken to \"address concerns\" and \"ensure that every young person gets a grade that recognises the work they have done\".\n\nShe said ministers had taken \"decisions we thought were the right ones\" in unprecedented circumstances, but after \"a lot of soul searching\" had now accepted they were not right.\n\nShe said: \"Our concern, which was to make sure the grades young people got were as valid as in any other year, perhaps led us to think too much about the overall system and not enough about the individual pupil.\n\n\"That has meant too many students feel they have lost out on grades they should have had, and that that has happened not as a result of anything they have done but a statistical model or algorithm.\n\n\"Despite our best intentions I do acknowledge that we did not get this right and I am sorry for that.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said her government would not \"dig our heels in and defend a position that in our hearts we know we didn't get right\".\n\nMr Swinney will set out plans for how to address the issue at Holyrood on Tuesday, but the first minister said \"we will not expect every student who has been downgraded to appeal\".\n\nShe added: \"This is not the fault of students, and it should not be on students to fix it - that's on us, and we will set out tomorrow how we intend to do that.\"\n\nThe education secretary could also face a no-confidence vote tabled by Labour in the Scottish Parliament when it returns from recess this week.\n\nMr Swinney said he had \"heard the anger of students\"\n\nThe Conservatives say they will support the motion and the Scottish Greens have indicated they would consider backing it if no changes are made.\n\nScottish Labour's education spokesman Iain Gray told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the \"simplest and fairest\" way would be to return grades to what teachers originally projected, saying that \"anything else would fall short\".\n\nThe Tories, meanwhile, have called for pupils to either be given a grade based on their prelim score or to be allowed to sit an exam in the autumn.\n\nMs Sturgeon said she had confidence in Mr Swinney, noting that governments in other parts of the UK were taking \"broadly the same approach\" to exam results \"in difficult circumstances\".", "Crews will continue to tackle hot spots for the next couple of days\n\nQueen guitarist Brian May has thanked firefighters for saving his home and music studio from \"going up in flames\" during a wildfire.\n\nCrews have battled the blaze on the national nature reserve at Chobham Common in Surrey since Friday.\n\nMay posted on Instagram to say the land was \"still smouldering less than a mile from my own house and studio, and the fond relics of my entire life\".\n\nSurrey County Council said the situation has been stabilised.\n\nOn Friday a huge plume of smoke was seen rising from the common and multiple crews from Surrey Fire and Rescue were sent out to tackle the blaze, which is estimated to have burned around 85 hectares.\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\nIn an Instagram post, May said: \"I never imagined it could happen here in leafy, and normally damp, Surrey, England.\n\n\"We supported the fight against the immense fires in Australia, and watched sadly as fires ravaged California, but to see this happen in my own home county has been shocking and traumatic.\"\n\n\"Today we were able to begin to thank the amazing firefighters who risked their lives to contain this huge and treacherous wild furnace on the heath land of Sunningdale Golf Course - which actually adjoins my property.\n\n\"Yesterday, I was rescuing as many precious things from my house as was practicable, under threat of the whole thing going up in flames, but praying that the horror would not happen. Today my prayers were answered.\"\n\nSurrey Wildlife Trust said the heathland will take years to recover from the wildfire\n\nSurrey Wildlife Trust said the fire began on Sunningdale golf course and spread to the common due to strong winds.\n\nIt said the heathland, home to specialist reptiles, protected ground nesting birds and thousands of species of insects, was \"rarer than tropical rainforest\".\n\nJames Adler, director of biodiversity at the trust, said: \"All Surrey heathland sites are highly vulnerable to heath fires at present.\n\n\"We are concerned that climate change is leading to an increase in frequency... When these habitats are destroyed by wildfire, it may take many years before the area becomes suitable for them again.\"\n\nThe fire also spread to Wentworth Golf Club.\n\nThomas Smith, Assistant Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics, estimated the wildfire to have burned around 85 hectares according to satellite imagery collected on Sunday.\n\nThe cause of the fire is not yet known, but Surrey County Council has urged people not to light bonfires or use disposable BBQs in the countryside.\n\nPeople have been asked to continue avoiding the area.\n\nThe council said that while it was still a \"significant\" incident, the situation had been stabilised and resources reduced.\n\nThe fire service will remain at the scene for the rest of the week in case the fire develops again.\n\nSurrey Search and Rescue sent a drone up to monitor the fire\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.", "The 2,000-tonne machines will make a tunnel under the Chilterns starting in 2021\n\nTwo tunnelling machines bought to help build HS2 have been unveiled by the firm behind the high-speed rail line.\n\nThe excavators will bore a 10 mile (16km) tunnel through part of the Chilterns, from a site near the M25 to near South Heath in Buckinghamshire,\n\nHS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston said the machines would \"be a defining moment in the history of HS2\".\n\nBut campaigners said HS2 was \"decimating countryside and creating a huge financial burden\".\n\nThe two 2,000-tonne machines, built at a factory in Germany, will dig as deep as 80m (262ft) below ground.\n\nThey have been named Cecilia and Florence, after Buckinghamshire-born astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Florence Nightingale, following a public vote from a shortlist of suggestions made by local schoolchildren.\n\nThe site near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, next to the M25, where the tunnel will start has been cleared\n\nThe plans for HS2 were first outlined more than a decade ago. The initial stage, due to be completed between 2028-31, will connect London and the West Midlands, while the second section will extend into the East Midlands and north of England.\n\nHS2 minister Andrew Stephenson said: \"HS2 will provide better, more reliable connections that truly level up our country, boosting economic growth and sharing opportunities.\"\n\nFlorence will be launched in early 2021, with Cecilia beginning the other half of the tunnel about a month later.\n\nBoth machines are 170m (558ft) long and have been designed for the chalk and flint under the Chilterns.\n\nThey will run almost non-stop and are expected to take about three years to excavate the tunnel, which will be lined with concrete.\n\nIn May, a report by MPs found the project was \"badly off course\" and accused HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport of lacking transparency and undermining public confidence.\n\nCampaigners against HS2 staged a week-long protest along the line's route in June, saying funds for the project should be used for the country's economic recovery following the coronavirus lockdown instead.\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "The seabed around Anglesey's South Stack could become a world-leading tidal energy site\n\nPlans for a massive tidal energy project off the Welsh coast could have a devastating impact on seabird populations, RSPB Cymru has warned.\n\nThe charity says it has \"grave concerns\" about a planning application for the Morlais scheme off Anglesey.\n\nIt claims an assessment by the scheme's backers shows 60% of guillemots and 97% of razorbills could be lost from cliffs at South Stack, near Holyhead.\n\nBut developers Menter Môn said that was a \"worse case scenario\" only.\n\nThe not-for-profit social enterprise said there was no evidence worldwide suggesting wildlife would be damaged by such tidal flow energy schemes.\n\nThe Morlais project would see a development on 35 sq km (13 sq miles) of seabed, generating up to 240MW of electricity from the power of the tides in the Irish Sea.\n\nIt would make it one of the largest tidal stream energy sites in the world.\n\nUp to 5,000 guillemots can descend on to South Stack's sea cliffs in the spring\n\nBut the RSPB said it feared \"political and economic pressures to complete the application are pushing this development to take unmanageable risks with our fragile marine environment\".\n\n\"If this project is serious about being a test bed for new marine energy generation technologies in an environmentally sensitive way, it must proceed in a step-wise manner, learning from each stage,\" insisted RSPB Cymru director Katie-jo Luxton.\n\n\"However, our faith in this approach is jeopardised by Menter Môn seeking blanket, large scale consents.\n\n\"We are calling for the large 240MW scale proposal to be withdrawn and be replaced by a smaller scale initial 'pilot' project.\"\n\nThe charity has a large presence in the area, with its South Stack nature reserve attracting about 250,000 visitors a year.\n\nBetween March and July, the sea cliffs are home to the nesting populations of razorbills, which spend most of their life at sea.\n\nThe reserve is also a prime location to spot puffins in the wild.\n\nMenter Môn told BBC Wales it always intended to take a step-by-step approach to the project, with only a small number of underwater turbines initially installed, while the affect on wildlife can be assessed.\n\nThe enterprise has also estimated it could create about 160 jobs.\n\nThe cliffs become home to about 1,400 razorbills every year\n\nGerallt Llewelyn Jones, one of the directors responsible for the scheme, added: \"This would have a huge economic impact but nobody wants economic impact which damages wildlife.\n\n\"That's not what we're about.\"\n\nIt is expected a public inquiry on the application for the Morlais scheme will be held later this year.\n\nA Welsh Government official said the process for developments such as this \"provide strong environmental protections\" with monitoring if consent is granted.\n\n\"The regulator is able to place legally-binding requirements on developers to ensure projects begin small in initial stages and are scaled up step-by-step, subject to the outcome of project-specific monitoring,\" said a spokesman.\n\n\"In this way, the process can ensure there are not significant impacts on wildlife populations and that the integrity of Marine Protected Areas are not compromised.\"\n\nA final decision on whether the scheme can go ahead is expected to be made in 2021.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The meme used the dramatic scene from the film Downfall\n\nA BP refinery worker in Australia who was sacked for parodying the company via a well-known Hitler meme has been awarded a $200,000 (£109,000) payout.\n\nScott Tracey used the popular meme, from 2004 film Downfall, to portray scenes from company wage negotiations, posting it on a closed Facebook group.\n\nHe was sacked by the company. However, after a two-year legal battle, he won an unfair dismissal case and returned to work.\n\nThe meme uses a dramatic scene in Downfall - in which Hitler angrily confronts his generals in his bunker - and replaces the subtitles with alternative dialogue as a joke.\n\nBP had said it was \"highly offensive and inappropriate\" and dismissed Mr Tracey. The refinery worker first took his case to a tribunal, arguing unfair dismissal, but lost.\n\nMr Tracey then appealed, insisting he had not intended to offend anyone and that the video was meant to be humorous. He added that it did not identify BP or anyone specifically.\n\nThe federal court ruled it was unreasonable to say the meme had likened BP managers to Nazis and Mr Tracey was allowed to return to work.\n\nOn Monday, he was awarded $177,325 in wages and lost bonuses, minus tax, and also $24,070 in superannuation or pension payments.\n\nBP had argued that Mr Tracey should be paid $150,000, less than what he would have earned if he had not been dismissed.\n\nThe company wanted money to be deducted because the video was shared among colleagues, which BP said was misconduct, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.\n\nBP also said more money should be deducted as Mr Tracey could have found work during the trial.\n\nThe Fair Work Commission said there was no evidence to argue that Mr Tracey had not searched for employment.\n\nBrad Gandy, secretary at Australian Workers Union, said that Mr Tracey had been through \"unnecessary drama\".\n\n\"To dig in and drag an honest worker through nearly two years of stress and uncertainty, all because a few stuffed shirts didn't get a joke, is poor corporate behaviour,\" Mr Gandy told the Sydney Morning Herald.", "Dwayne Johnson - commonly known by his wrestling name \"the Rock\" - earned $87.5m in a year\n\nDwayne \"the Rock\" Johnson has been named the highest-paid male actor for a second year in a row, according to wealth magazine Forbes.\n\nThe former wrestler reportedly earned $87.5m (£67m) between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020, including $23.5m for the Netflix thriller Red Notice.\n\nHe also made money from his fitness clothing line, Project Rock.\n\nThe 10 top earners combined made $545.5m this year - more than a quarter of that from Netflix, Forbes said.\n\nJohnson's Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds was the second-highest paid actor, with earnings of $71.5m. Among his movie deals were $20m, also for Red Notice, and $20m for Six Underground, another Netflix film.\n\nThird on the list was actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who earned $58m, while Ben Affleck came in fourth and Vin Diesel fifth.\n\nAkshay Kumar was the only Bollywood actor in the top ten\n\nIndian actor Akshay Kumar was the only Bollywood star in the top 10. He came in sixth place with earnings of $48.5m, which Forbes said mostly came from product endorsement deals.\n\nAlso on the list were Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, actors Will Smith and Adam Sandler, and veteran movie star Jackie Chan.\n\nThe highest-paid actresses for the same period are released as a separate list, and are yet to be announced.\n\nLast year, Scarlett Johansson topped that list with an income of $56m - less than that year's seventh-placed actor.", "Diners used the \"eat out to help out\" scheme more than 10.5 million times in its first week, the Treasury has said.\n\nUnder the scheme, which is intended to boost the struggling hospitality sector, the government pays for 50% of a meal eaten at a cafe, restaurant or pub on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.\n\nThe discount, which is due to run through August, is capped at £10.\n\nTreasury estimates put the average claim at close to £5, making the cost of the policy around £50m so far.\n\nHMRC said that, as of 9 August, it had received 10,540,394 claims under the scheme.\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak described the figures as \"amazing\", adding those using the scheme were helping support the hospitality sector.\n\nThe government has set aside £500m to fund the policy.\n\nAnd it has already led to an increase in the number of people visiting High Streets across the country, according to Springboard, which measures footfall figures.\n\nIt said the number of people in retail destinations after 18:00 BST last Monday, the first day of the scheme, was 19% higher than the week before. Meanwhile lunchtime visits were up 10%.\n\nHowever, visits to High Streets are still down significantly compared to the same time last year.\n\nThe Treasury said that 83,068 restaurants had signed up to the scheme.\n\nThey include fast-fast food chains like McDonald's and KFC as well as lots of local, independent pubs, restaurants and cafes.\n\nGovernment figures show that 80% of hospitality firms stopped trading in April and that 1.4 million workers were furloughed - the highest proportions of any sector.\n\n\"Britons are eating out to help out in big numbers,\" said Mr Sunak.\n\n\"And they aren't just getting a great deal - they're supporting the almost 2 million people employed in this sector,\" he said.\n\nThe discount is only on food and soft drinks eaten on the premises, so it does not apply to takeaways.\n\nThere is no limit on how many times the discount can be used in August, or for how many people, including children.", "A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and Japan may have met an unlikely obstacle - stilton cheese.\n\nOn Friday, the two sides said they hoped to agree the details of a post-Brexit trade agreement by the end of the month.\n\nThe Department for International Trade said talks are ongoing.\n\nBut progress has reportedly been blown off course after International Trade Secretary Liz Truss requested better terms for British blue cheeses.\n\nThe Financial Times, which first reported that talks had hit a snag, said Ms Truss may be looking for a symbolic victory, as sales of blue cheese to Japan from the UK were only £102,000 last year.\n\nA better deal for the products may mean her department could claim a slightly more favourable deal than the one the EU secured with Japan last year, when the two sides secured a cut of €1bn of tariffs on food.\n\nDairy and other food products are among the EU's biggest exports to Japan.\n\nMs Truss is a long-term fan of UK produce. In 2014, when she was environment secretary she told the Conservative Party conference it was a \"disgrace\" that \"we import two-thirds of our apples, nine-tenths of our pears, and two-thirds of our cheese\".\n\nThe Department for International Trade declined to say more about the report, other than that talks are ongoing and point to Ms Truss's comments from Friday, when she said a consensus had been reached between the UK and Japan and said a deal was expected by the end of the month.\n\n\"Negotiations have been positive and productive, and we have reached consensus on the major elements of a deal - including ambitious provisions in areas like digital, data and financial services that go significantly beyond the EU-Japan deal,\" she said in a statement at the time.\n\n\"Our shared aim is to reach a formal agreement in principle by the end of August.\"", "Obama and Biden pictured in 2005, when both men were still US senators Image caption: Obama and Biden pictured in 2005, when both men were still US senators\n\n\"Choosing a vice-president is the first important decision a president makes,\" says former President Barack Obama in a statement.\n\n\"Joe Biden nailed this decision. By choosing Senator Kamala Harris as America’s next vice-president, he’s underscored his own judgment and character,\" he says.\n\nTo remind you, Obama picked Biden to be his running mate in 2008 and Biden served under him for eight years as vice-president.\n\n\"I’ve known Senator Harris for a long time. She is more than prepared for the job,\" Obama continues.\n\n\"She’s spent her career defending our constitution and fighting for folks who need a fair shake. Her own life story is one that I and so many others can see ourselves in: a story that says that no matter where you come from, what you look like, how you worship, or who you love, there’s a place for you here.\"\n\nHe concludes: \"This is a good day for our country. Now let’s go win this thing.\"", "A CGI image has been created of an impression of the final moments of the Vectaerovenator inopinatus\n\nA new species of dinosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Wight.\n\nPalaeontologists at the University of Southampton believe four bones found at Shanklin last year belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur.\n\nIt lived in the Cretaceous period, 115 million years ago, and is estimated to have been up to 4m (13ft) long.\n\nIt has been named Vectaerovenator inopinatus and belongs to the group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex and modern-day birds.\n\nThe name refers to the large air spaces found in some of the bones - from the neck, back and tail of the creature - which is one of the traits that helped the scientists identify its theropod origins.\n\nThese air sacs, also seen in modern birds, were extensions of the lung, and it is likely they \"helped fuel an efficient breathing system while also making the skeleton lighter\", the University of Southampton said.\n\nThe dinosaur fossils were discovered on the beach at Shanklin\n\nThe fossils were found in three separate discoveries in 2019 and handed in to the nearby Dinosaur Isle Museum at Sandown, where they are being displayed.\n\nRobin Ward, a regular fossil hunter from Stratford-upon-Avon, was visiting the Isle of Wight with his family when they made their discovery.\n\n\"The joy of finding the bones we discovered was absolutely fantastic,\" he said.\n\nJames Lockyer, from Spalding, Lincolnshire, was also visiting the island when he found another of the bones.\n\nThe four bones were found in three separate discoveries in 2019\n\n\"It looked different from marine reptile vertebrae I have come across in the past,\" he said.\n\n\"I was searching a spot at Shanklin and had been told, and read, that I wouldn't find much there.\n\n\"However, I always make sure I search the areas others do not, and on this occasion it paid off.\"\n\nPaul Farrell, from Ryde, added: \"I was walking along the beach, kicking stones and came across what looked like a bone from a dinosaur.\n\n\"I was really shocked to find out it could be a new species.\"\n\nChris Barker, who led the University of Southampton study, said: \"We were struck by just how hollow this animal was - it's riddled with air spaces.\n\n\"Parts of its skeleton must have been rather delicate.\n\n\"The record of theropod dinosaurs from the 'mid' Cretaceous period in Europe isn't that great, so it's been really exciting to be able to increase our understanding of the diversity of dinosaur species from this time.\n\n\"You don't usually find dinosaurs in the deposits at Shanklin as they were laid down in a marine habitat. You're much more likely to find fossil oysters or drift wood, so this is a rare find indeed.\"\n\nIt is likely that the Vectaerovenator lived in an area just north of where its remains were found, with the carcass having washed out into the shallow sea nearby.\n\nThe university findings are due to be published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology and co-authored by those who discovered the fossils.\n\nThis silhouette of a theropod indicates where the bones were from\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Celtic have apologised for a player's breach of coronavirus rules and described it as \"beyond explanation\".\n\nBoli Bolingoli admitted he played in Sunday's match against Kilmarnock despite having recently returned from Spain without quarantining.\n\nThe defender said he was \"guilty of an error of judgement\" and apologised.\n\nThe club later confirmed all players and backroom staff have since been tested twice and returned negative results.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed Bolingoli had been issued with a fixed penalty notice for breaching quarantine regulations.\n\nScottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the player's actions were \"utterly unacceptable.\"\n\nThe breach comes after eight Aberdeen players apologised for visiting a bar at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak.\n\nTwo of the players later tested positive for the virus, while six are currently self-isolating.\n\nCeltic said it \"unreservedly condemns and apologises\" for the behaviour of Bolingoli, who travelled to Spain without informing the club and then failed to observe quarantine restrictions.\"\n\nA club statement added: \"It is difficult to imagine a more irresponsible action in current circumstances and we find it beyond explanation.\n\n\"The club will take immediate action through our own disciplinary procedures.\"\n\nThe Scottish champions said they have been in touch with every SPFL club and all relevant authorities to apologise \"for the fact that one of our employees has created so much additional difficulty through his actions.\"\n\nIn an earlier statement, Bolingoli, 25, said he wanted to apologise to his manager, team mates, supporters, \"and so many others for letting them down so badly\".\n\nHe added: \"I am guilty of a major error of judgement. I know what I did was wrong and I know that I must now deal with the consequences.\"\n\nMr Yousaf said the player's actions could have major consequences for top flight football, which only resumed in Scotland on 1 August.\n\nHe tweeted: \"Utterly unacceptable from Bolingoli. With a number of incidents, Scot Govt left with little choice but to consider whether pause is now needed in resumption of the game.\n\n\"Operational matter for Border Force & Police Scot, I support whatever enforcement action they deem necessary.\"\n\nThe Scottish government said it was in discussion with the club and football governing bodies to establish the facts.\n\n\"If confirmed as another serious incident within Scottish football, where protocols have been breached at the risk of wider public health, then the Scottish government will have little choice but to consider whether a pause is now needed in the resumption of the game in Scotland,\" they added.", "Boris Johnson has pledged to ban so-called ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’. But organisations promoting the idea that sexuality can be changed argue their practices are ethical.\n\nWhile at university, Gareth underwent therapy from a variety of groups over four years. Among those was Core Issues Trust, which says it helps people who have unwanted same-sex attractions.", "Thousands of British holidaymakers have made a last-minute dash to get home before a 14-day quarantine requirement came into force for people arriving from France.\n\nThe isolation measure also applies to the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba, amid concerns about a rising numbers of Covid cases.\n\nEurotunnel trains sold out and air fares were up to six times more than normal, but ferries increased capacity.\n\nThe Netherlands advised against all but essential travel to the UK once the restrictions came into force on Saturday, but said it would not introduce reciprocal measures.\n\nThe countries were targeted for quarantine restrictions because their infections rates exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nThere were reported to be about 160,000 British holidaymakers in France when the changes were announced, and the deadline left many travellers in a frantic rush for plane, train or ferry tickets costing hundreds of pounds.\n\nKim Wells and his family were on one of the last ferries to arrive in the UK before the quarantine measures began - getting in to Newhaven from Dieppe in northern France with eight minutes to spare.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had a \"pretty fraught 40 minutes\" online after hearing of the restrictions through a BBC News alert.\n\n\"I ended up booking a ferry on a pretty unfashionable route... it was impossible to get back on Eurotunnel, which was the way we went to France originally,\" he said.\n\nMr Wells is a teacher and his wife is a local government worker. They felt they should cut their holiday short to avoid having to quarantine as they are key workers.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. British holidaymaker at Calais: \"We cancelled our holiday to come home\"\n\nMr Wells said he was frustrated by the short notice the government had given for the rule change, adding: \"I completely understand the decision, but I think 30 hours' notice and announcing it at 11 o'clock in the evening French time... was pretty unrealistic.\n\n\"I don't really understand why they can't be a little bit more clear with the public about what the tipping point is, when we might perhaps be approaching the need to quarantine. Why not 48 or even 72 [hours] just to allow those who need to or want to get home, get home without rushing dangerously.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC journalist made a video diary as her family had to cut short their holiday\n\nKate Mooney and her family arrived back at their home in Cornwall at about 01:00 BST after ending their holiday to France a week early.\n\n\"Our immediate response was 'let's just stay and finish our holiday', and then we started to really consider what quarantine meant,\" she told BBC Breakfast.\n\n\"There would be no way we could leave the house... that's when we decided we would come back.\"\n\nKate Mooney and her family cut their holiday short by a week\n\nTom Duffell, who runs a small business and ended his family holiday in Nice four days early, told the BBC that social distancing had \"gone out of the window\" in the scramble for transport, with \"huge queues\" at the airport.\n\nEurotunnel, which increased its capacity, said 12,000 people had tried to book tickets for its Channel Tunnel trains in the hour after the new rules were announced - at about 22:00 BST on Thursday - compared with just hundreds normally.\n\nIt carried more than 30,000 passengers in the run-up to the deadline. Additional staff were sent to the terminals to allow 11,600 vehicles to quickly load its shuttles throughout Friday.\n\nP&O Ferries and DFDS Ferries also added an extra four departures.\n\nMusicians from Dunedin Consort hired a fishing boat to return to the UK\n\nMeanwhile, a group of musicians from Scotland found a creative way to beat the deadline with just 10 minutes to spare - by chartering a fishing boat to get them back to the UK.\n\nAfter a five-hour Channel crossing, eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived at Hayling Island in Hampshire at 03:50.\n\nThey made the last-minute dash after a performance in Lessay Abbey, Normandy, on Friday night.\n\nSome were unable to get back home in time. One passenger arriving at Gatwick soon after the deadline had passed told BBC Radio 4: \"It's ridiculous. They're leaving us high and dry. We tried to change our flights... impossible.\n\n\"Me and the kids have been to Cornwall and the Lake District this summer and I don't think that felt any more at risk than where we've been - in a fairly rural part of France.\"\n\nAnother said: \"It's a shame to have missed it by such a narrow margin but that's life really, so we've just got to get on with it.\"\n\nOne woman is wondering whether her unusual journey from France to Britain later today will fall foul of the travel rules.\n\nAustralian Chloe McCardel, 35, is aiming to complete her 35th endurance swim across the Channel. If she's successful, she will beat the current men's record for the most Channel crossings, held by British athlete Kevin Murphy.\n\nShe is due to leave Dover at 20:00 BST and aims to make the 21-mile crossing to Calais in about 10 hours, before heading back to her support boat for the return journey.\n\nSince she will only stand on French soil for a matter of minutes, McCardel hopes it won't be necessary to spend 14 days in self-isolation on her return.\n\n\"We don't go anywhere near the border officials or passport control, so I'm hoping technically the quarantine thing won't apply,\" she said.\n\n\"I've got a little celebration planned in England with the support crew, the team, the volunteers who have been so supportive throughout this. So I am hoping the government allow us to do that without having to quarantine.\"\n\nGloria Guevara, president of the World Travel and Tourism Council, said the UK was lagging behind other countries that had \"shunned quarantines\" in favour of \"comprehensive\" testing programmes for everyone departing and arriving back into their respective countries.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said that while Labour supported \"evidence-based measures\" at the border, it was \"vital\" that No 10 had a \"joined-up strategy\" and \"urgently\" put in place a specific deal to support the heavily impacted travel sector.\n\nHe added: \"That the government has still not put in place an effective track, trace and isolate system has made matters far worse and made it more likely that we are reliant on the blunt tool of 14-day quarantine.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nThe Foreign Office is now warning against all but essential travel to France.\n\nAccording to data company Statista, Britons paid 10.35 million visits to France last year, putting it second behind Spain - with 18.12 million - in terms of popularity.\n\nA list of more than 50 so-called travel corridors - allowing movement between the UK and other countries without the need to self-isolate on return - was published at the start of last month and later expanded.\n\nBut quarantine measures were later re-imposed on several countries, including Spain on 25 July.\n\nOn Friday, France reported 2,846 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - the highest number since lockdown restrictions were eased. The seven-day average increased to 2,041, marking the first time it has surpassed 2,000 since 20 April, a 66% week-on-week rise.\n\nFor the Netherlands, it was up 52%. And the increase for Malta was 105%, while it was 273% for Turks and Caicos and 1,106% for Aruba.\n\nHave you been affected by the recent quarantine changes? 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.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City's Champions League ambitions are in ruins once more after Lyon shocked Pep Guardiola's side in the quarter-final in Lisbon.\n\nCity started as firm favourites but came out second best against a fiercely determined Lyon in a game that swung on controversy and uncharacteristic errors in the closing stages.\n\nLyon went ahead in the 24th minute with Maxwel Cornet's smart finish but City, lifeless as Guardiola chose to play a three-man central defence, looked to have been revived by Kevin de Bruyne's precise strike from Raheem Sterling's pass after 69 minutes.\n\nFormer Celtic striker Moussa Dembele, on as a substitute, restored Lyon's lead in contentious circumstances 11 minutes from time, the video assistant referee ignoring what appeared to be an obvious foul by the goalscorer before he ran on to beat Ederson.\n\nCity pressed for the equaliser but Sterling was guilty of an atrocious miss, somehow sending his finish over the top of an open goal from Gabriel Jesus' pass.\n\nIt proved to be hugely expensive as seconds later Lyon set up a semi-final meeting with Bayern Munich when Dembele scored his second after Ederson fumbled a shot from Houssem Aouar's routine shot.\n• None Analysis: How Guardiola messed up his big Champions League chance\n\nGuardiola has rightly been showered in plaudits for the wonderful football and success he has brought to Manchester City - but his biggest target remains elusive and this was a miserable night for the manager.\n\nGuardiola, who has been accused of over-thinking his approach in the Champions League before, adopted a three-man central defensive system and chose to leave many of City's creators and manipulators on the bench.\n\nLyon deserved respect after eliminating Juventus but this was a ploy that took it too far and resulted in a stuttering City lacking urgency and creativity.\n\nHe eventually introduced Riyad Mahrez after the break to some effect but Lyon were offered hope and encouragement by Guardiola's approach and showed magnificent grit and resilience to secure the win.\n\nCity will rightly claim an injustice over the VAR decision that did not penalise what appeared to be a foul on Aymeric Laporte by Dembele but the team defending for the second goal was horrific, with every City player bar keeper Ederson in the Lyon half when the goal was created when the game was finely balanced at 1-1.\n\nCity and Guardiola have suffered Champions League disappointment before but this may hurt more than any other - and make no mistake, the much-feted Catalan must take his full share of responsibility for a flawed game plan.\n\nLyon's celebrations were wild at the final whistle - and who can blame them after a magnificent victory against many experts' favourites after previously knocking out Juventus despite another stellar contribution from Cristiano Ronaldo?\n\nThe French side dug deep, rode their luck at the right times, especially with Sterling's ghastly miss, and when offered the opportunity put City away.\n\nDembele showed the poacher's instinct that made him so highly prized at Celtic and has made him a success in France to score the two goals that saw off City.\n\nBayern Munich will be hot favourites after their astonishing 8-2 demolition of Barcelona but this revamped knockout format has already produced its share of surprises and Lyon have shown they must not be written off.\n\n'We're not getting carried away' - reaction\n\nGoalscorer Moussa Dembele speaking to RMC Sport: \"We are still in it, which means we have a great team.\n\n\"We are taking it game by game, not getting carried away. We will try to be ready for Bayern.\"\n• None Lyon's Rudi Garcia is the first French manager to guide a French team to the Champions League semi-finals since 2009-10 (Claude Puel with Lyon).\n• None Since progressing from his first seven Champions League quarter-finals as a manager with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola has been eliminated in each of his three with City.\n• None The Champions League semi-finals will see two French teams (PSG, Lyon) and two German teams (RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich). It is the first time since 2012-13 that there are just two different nations at the semi-final stage.\n• None City's Kevin de Bruyne has been directly involved in more goals in 2019-20 than any other Premier League player (38 - 16 goals, 22 assists).\n• None Lyon's Maxwel Cornet and Moussa Dembele have scored four Champions League goals against City, a joint high with Lionel Messi.\n• None Raheem Sterling made his 50th Champions League appearance tonight, aged 25 years and 251 days. The only Englishman to reach this milestone at a younger age was Wayne Rooney in 2010 (24 years, 115 days).\n• None Sterling provided his 11th assist for Manchester City in the Champions League - the joint-most for the club alongside De Bruyne.\n• None Fernandinho made his 58th appearance in the Champions League for Man City - the most of any City player in the competition.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.\n• None Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 1, Lyon 3. Moussa Dembele (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.\n• None Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Nine fangtastic facts on their history\n• None Has it changed the way we eat?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bradley Desmier was predicted a B, C and a merit but got a D, E and a pass\n\nPupils can appeal A-level grades if they are lower than what was predicted by teachers following an outcry over results.\n\nPupils had accused the Welsh Government of \"abandoning them\" after 42% of grades were lowered by the exams watchdog.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has confirmed appeals will be allowed if \"there is evidence\" pupils should have received higher grades.\n\nShe said it gave \"clarity\" to students.\n\nMs Williams said the broadening of appeals by Qualifications Wales, meant students could now appeal if there was \"evidence of internal assessments that has been judged by the school or college to be at a higher grade than the grade they have been awarded\".\n\nThe Welsh Government had faced backlash from students, teachers, education bodies, and some of its own backbenchers, following the publication of A-level results on Thursday.\n\nDue to the coronavirus pandemic, exams were cancelled this year, with students' final grades based on teachers' estimations.\n\nBut the exam watchdog, Qualifications Wales, lowered more than 40% of grades in a standardisation process after finding some teachers had been \"too generous\".\n\nThe detail of the results also showed more pupils on free school meals saw their A-levels downgraded - 48.1% - compared to 45.3% for pupils not eligible.\n\nOn Wednesday, hours before students found out their results, the education minister guaranteed that no-one would get a lower grade in their A-level than they achieved in their AS result.\n\nMs Williams had said she had to act to stop Welsh students being \"disadvantaged\" following changes to results in England, and Scotland.\n\nBut with the last-minute intervention coming after results had already been sent to schools and colleges, there are concerns that universities may judge applications on the grades already issued, before that revision takes effect.\n\nSome students have spoken of getting results up to two grades lower than predicted, and being rejected by universities after not meeting required grades.\n\nThe latest guidance from Qualifications Wales now states:\n\nThe watchdog said: \"We have worked closely with WJEC [exam board] and considered the changes being introduced in England to find the best way forward for Welsh learners.\n\nAs a result, it said, it was extending the grounds for appeal for this summer's GCSE, AS and A levels, and the Welsh Bacc qualifications.\n\nThis does not go as far as saying pupils who are unhappy will get the grade estimated for them by teachers.\n\nBut it does allow appeals to be based on some of the evidence used by schools and colleges to decide those grades.\n\nThe big difference is that before this change, appeals could only be pursued on administrative grounds - for example, concerns that the exam board had used the wrong data.\n\nThere'll be more information in the next couple of days but there are some immediate questions about the practicalities of it all.\n\nIn view of the uproar since grades were published, it is inevitable there will be a huge number of appeals now the criteria has been opened up.\n\nBut how quickly can those be dealt with, when in many cases places at university depend on the result.\n\nSome will still argue that it would be more straightforward and fairer to issue the original grades submitted by teachers, as happened in Scotland.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Welsh Government's, WJEC and Qualifications Wales handling of the exam results process is set to be examined by a Senedd committee next week.\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader Adam Price has urged the Welsh Government to ensure pupils in Wales are awarded lower grades received their predicted results instead.\n\n\"I would rather trust in teachers than an algorithm when it comes to a fair assessment of how a pupil would perform in an exam,\" he said.\n\nReacting to the development he tweeted: \"Instead of adding yet more complexity and uncertainty, Welsh Govt should simply admit the failure and accept the teacher assessed grades.\"\n\nConservative MS Darren Millar earlier had called the situation \"a mess\" and urged a review.\n\n\"There have been A-grades downgraded to D's and B's to U's without any explanation or justification as to why these decisions have been made, and without regard to evidence provided by teachers on the progress of their students.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said while she was pleased the Welsh Government had changed the appeals process, there needed to be guarantees the system would \"not collapse under the demand\".\n\n\"If that guarantee can't be given then today's announcement may still not allay concerns. I look forward to those guarantees being given swiftly and with confidence or this will not be going away,\" she said.\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.", "Coronavirus cases across England appear to be levelling off, despite flare-ups in local hotspots, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nAn estimated 1 in 1,900, or 28,300 people in England currently have the virus.\n\nThe ONS said evidence of a \"small increase\" in people testing positive in July has now stabilised.\n\nIt has been regularly testing people in private households since April.\n\nThe ONS survey provides a consistent picture of what's been happening, because it regularly tests a large group of people - whether they have symptoms or not.\n\nThat means any changes are down to fewer or more infections, not just because more testing is taking place.\n\nIn areas where there have been spikes, more testing takes place.\n\nLooking at the government's figures, this can make it look like cases are rising, when in fact more are simply being uncovered.\n\nOn the other hand, the relatively small number of people involved in the survey means the conclusions are based on 58 positive tests out of 122,000 swabs in the past six weeks.\n\nBut the ONS takes this uncertainty into account and even, with a margin of error, believes cases are levelling off.\n\nPublic Health England, which does look at confirmed cases along with other measures, said the majority of indicators suggested \"Covid-19 activity remained stable at a national level\".\n\nBut there was a rise in cases being identified and general \"increases in activity\" in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands.\n\nThe area with the most cases per 100,000 people was Pendle, followed by Oldham, Blackburn and Bradford. But in Blackburn, cases are now falling - as they are in Leicester and Calderdale, the next most affected areas.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average - figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to 13 August; figures for England last updated 12 August.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nThe government's Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) believes the virus's reproduction or R number is at or below one, indicating the virus is stable or slightly falling.\n\nThe Covid Symptom Study app run by company ZOE and researchers at King's College London shows a similar picture.\n\nIt estimates 22,702 people currently have symptomatic Covid in the UK.\n\nSymptom study figures, which are slightly more up to date than ONS figures, also show a rise in cases in July which then tailed off and have since fallen.\n\nThe government's figures on \"confirmed cases\" - which just look at positive tests, but don't adjust for more tests being done - look like cases are rising.\n\nBut there hasn't, yet, been a corresponding rise in hospitalisations or deaths.", "The robot boat was controlled via satellite from SEA-KIT's HQ in Tollesbury in Essex\n\nA UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations.\n\nThe 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer has completed a 22-day-long mission to map an area of seafloor in the Atlantic.\n\nSEA-KIT International, which developed the craft, \"skippered\" the entire outing via satellite from its base in Tollesbury in eastern England.\n\nThe mission was part-funded by the European Space Agency.\n\nRobot boats promise a dramatic change in the way we work at sea.\n\nAlready, many of the big survey companies that run traditional crewed vessels have started to invest heavily in the new, remotely operated technologies. Freight companies are also acknowledging the cost advantages that will come from running robot ships.\n\nBut \"over-the-horizon\" control has to show it's practical and safe if it's to gain wide acceptance. Hence, the demonstration from Maxlimer.\n\nThe boat mapped a section of seafloor on the edge of the continental shelf\n\nThe USV was despatched from Plymouth in late July and sent to a location some 460km (280 miles) to the south-west.\n\nWith a multi-beam echo-sounder attached to its hull, the boat mapped more than 1,000sq km of continental shelf area, down to about a kilometre in depth.\n\nThis was a segment of seafloor that had essentially no modern data registered with the UK Hydrographic Office.\n\nSEA-KIT had wanted to send the USV across the Atlantic to America for the demonstration, but the Covid-19 crisis made this impossible to organise.\n\n\"The project's overall aim was to demonstrate the capabilities of current technologies to survey unexplored or inadequately surveyed ocean frontiers and despite the planning challenges we faced due to Covid-19, I feel that we have done that. We have proven the true over-the-horizon capability of our USV design and the team are exhausted but elated,\" the company's director of technology, Peter Walker, said.\n\nThe USV Maxlimer was originally developed for - and won - the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.\n\nThis was a competition to find the next-generation technologies that could be used to map the global ocean floor. Four-fifths of the sea bottom have yet to be surveyed to an acceptable resolution. Robotic solutions will be essential if we're to have any chance of closing the knowledge gap.\n\nArtwork: The Netherlands-headquartered multinational Fugro has ordered a fleet of USVs from SEA-KIT\n\nMaxlimer makes use of a communications and control system known as Global Situational Awareness via Internet.\n\nThis allows an operator to remotely access CCTV footage, thermal imaging and radar through the vessel, as well as listen live to the USV's surroundings and even communicate with others in the vicinity.\n\nMaxlimer links to three independent satellite systems to stay in contact with the control room in Tollesbury.\n\nThe robot boat moves slowly, at up to 4 knots (7km/h; 5mph), but its hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system is highly efficient.\n\nSEA-KIT CEO and designer, Ben Simpson, told BBC News: \"We had a sweepstake on how much fuel would be left in the tank. We thought there was going to be 300-400 litres. It turned out there was 1,300 litres.\" In other words, Maxlimer returned to Plymouth with its fuel tank still around a third full.\n\nAs well as the European Space Agency, partners on the project included Global Marine Group, Map the Gaps, Teledyne CARIS, Woods Hole Group and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 initiative.\n\nAnother partner was Fugro, one of the world's biggest marine geotechnical companies. The multinational recently announced a contract with SEA-KIT to purchase a fleet of USVs to use in survey work in the oil, gas and offshore wind sectors.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan recovered from the brink of defeat to beat Mark Selby 17-16 and set up a World Championship final against Kyren Wilson.\n\nO'Sullivan, beaten by Selby in the 2014 final, was 16-14 behind but won two quick-fire frames and a nervy decider to reach his seventh Sheffield final.\n\nThe best-of-35 final against fellow Englishman Wilson, which will be played on Saturday and Sunday, will see fans return to the Crucible Theatre after the government announced the resumption of pilot events with spectators.\n\nWorld number eight Wilson earlier progressed into his maiden final following a remarkable final-frame decider against Scotland's Anthony McGill.\n\nSeven-time world champion Stephen Hendry said on BBC Two: \"You just can't believe how both semi-finals have finished today, the tension has been incredible.\"\n\nO'Sullivan told BBC Two: \"For three days I've just been looking for a cue action where I can hit the ball half straight.\n\n\"I'm watching him [Selby] cue up and he's got the perfect set-up and the perfect start by trying to make the score look respectable, but some of my play wasn't great.\n\n\"If I can find the cue action then I will enjoy the final. Cue action first and everything else is a bonus.\"\n\nO'Sullivan will be going for his sixth world title to draw level alongside Steve Davis' haul and just one behind legendary Scot Hendry.\n\nVictory will also make him the most successful snooker player of all time with 37th ranking titles, one clear of Hendry.\n\nTwo-time ranking event winner Wilson, meanwhile, will be appearing in his second Triple Crown event final having lost in the 2018 Masters to Mark Allen.\n\nThe last day of the semi-finals produced two thrilling matches.\n\nFive-time champion O'Sullivan led 5-3 but Selby fought back to lead 9-7 and could have extended his advantage to 14-9, but O'Sullivan responded by ending the second session trailing 13-11.\n\nHe started the final session with 114 and took the next to level the contest with his fourth frame in a row.\n\nSelby stopped the rot by pinching the next with a counter-attack break of 56 and a further 63 took him two frames from victory.\n\nO'Sullivan, who has won a record 19 Triple Crown titles, took the next but some rash shots allowed Selby to extend his lead to 16-14.\n\nSelby said afterwards: \"I felt like it was a little bit disrespectful the way he played, every time I got him in a snooker he just went down and hit the ball at 100mph and it could have gone anywhere.\n\n\"Whether he was just in that frame of mind but felt it was a little disrespectful for me at the table.\"\n\n'The Rocket' decided to go all-out attacking and made a quick-fire 138 total clearance to reduce his arrears and forced a final-frame decider with a break of 71.\n\nThe conclusion of the first semi-final earlier in the day was thrilling and this turned out to be the same - O'Sullivan made 64 in the 33rd frame but missed the final red he needed and Selby struck 34.\n\nAfter a bout of tactical play on the red, O'Sullivan forced the error and cleared the colours to claim his first victory over Selby in Sheffield.\n\nResponding to Selby's comments, O'Sullivan said: \"You want to hit it as hard as you can and hopefully get a fluke otherwise I could give 40 points away.\n\n\"Don't blame me, blame the miss rule. If I was as good as Mark Selby at getting out of snookers, I could maybe get the balls safe. I haven't got a clue.\n\n\"He is just feeling a little bit sore I suppose, he has just lost a semi-final of the World Championship. I understand that.\"\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Students have challenged the fairness of estimated grades\n\nExams regulator Ofqual has explained what constitutes a \"valid\" mock exam for the purpose of students appealing against A-level results in England.\n\nThousands of grades were marked down after a moderation process used in place of this summer's exams.\n\nThe regulator says the system had led to many students feeling disappointed and \"results which need to be queried\".\n\nOfqual now says where a written mock exam was not taken it will consider other teacher assessments instead.\n\nNeither A-level nor GCSE students were able to sit public exams this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThursday's A-level results saw almost 40% of all grades marked down from teachers' predictions.\n\nOfqual confirmed appeals using mock results could begin from Monday and would apply for GCSE, AS and A-level students as well as those taking Extended Project Qualifications and Advanced Extension Award in maths.\n\nThe government had already announced any school could query a final grade if it was a lower that a student's mock exam.\n\nBut with schools shutting down in March, there was a lack of clarity over what constituted a mock exam with some students complaining they did not get a chance to sit one.\n\nOfqual says it will allow a \"non-exam assessment mark\" as the grounds for an appeal.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, criticised the process, branding it \"surreal and bureaucratic\".\n\nHe said: \"This is clearly a face-saving exercise by a government which has said that it won't do a U-turn on its pledge that moderated grades will stand, come what may.\n\n\"Instead, it is attempting to remedy the grading fiasco through an appeals process so surreal and bureaucratic that it would be better off at this point doing that U-turn and allowing original teacher-assessed grades, where they are higher, to replace moderated grades.\"\n\nHe added: \"We don't blame Ofqual for the bizarre nature of the appeals criteria. The regulator has been given a hospital pass by a Government that is in disarray. It is time for ministers to stop the chaos and fall back on teacher-assessed grades rather than prolong this nightmare.\"\n\nThere has been widespread concern about the fairness of the \"calculated\" results\n\nOfqual explained in a statement: \"This route of appeal is open to any student whose mock grade is higher than their calculated grade. We want to make sure this opportunity is available to a wide range of students, including those who had not taken a written mock exam before schools and colleges closed.\"\n\nIt explained the criteria under which it would accept a \"valid mock assessment\".\n\nThese stipulated that work had to be:\n\nOfqual added that student papers did not need to have been retained.\n\nLabour complained that under the Ofqual criteria, some students would not be able to use their mock results as the basis for an appeal if the assessment did not meet the criteria.\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green said the government appeared to be back-tracking on its \"triple lock\" promise that students could use the highest result out of their calculated grade, their mock grade or actually sitting the exam in the autumn.\n\n\"[Education secretary] Gavin Williamson promised to give students a triple lock, but instead he left many devastated by unfair exam results, and now his commitment to give them another chance is rapidly unravelling,\" she said.\n\n\"Having promised that students will be able to use a valid mock result, the reality is that many will not receive these grades even if they represent a student's best result.\n\n\"The latest chaos is the inevitable consequence of this Government's shambolic approach to exams, which saw solutions dreamt up on the back of a cigarette packet and announced barely a day before young people received their results.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On 15 August it will be 75 years since Victory over Japan (VJ) Day in 1945, which marked the end of World War Two.\n\nA crowd in New York celebrates the surrender of Japan\n\nAfter the surrender of Japan on 14 August 1945, two days of national holiday were announced for celebrations in the UK, the US and Australia.\n\nMillions of people from the Allied countries took part in parades and street parties.\n\nChildren in Oak Ridge, in the US state of Tennessee, hold newspapers declaring the end of the war\n\nGermany had surrendered on 7 May 1945, followed by Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May, but World War Two still continued in the Asia-Pacific region.\n\nBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill said then: \"We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead.\"\n\nAn estimated 71,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth were killed in the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity.\n\nJapan treated prisoners of war very badly, including American and British soldiers who had surrendered.\n\nA scaled-down version of the Statue of Liberty is seen as part of VJ Day celebrations in Great White Way, New York City\n\nFollowing the end of the fighting in Europe, the Allies told Japan to surrender by 28 July 1945, but the deadline passed without them doing so.\n\nIt wasn't until the US had dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on 6 and 9 August, that Japan surrendered and ended the war.\n\nSoldiers join celebrations in Newark, New Jersey, US\n\nThe recorded death tolls of the atomic bombings are estimates, but it is thought that about 140,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000 population were killed in the blast, and at least 74,000 people died in Nagasaki.\n\nPeople crowd the streets to celebrate in New York City\n\nAfter days of rumours, US President Harry S Truman broke the news of Japan's surrender at a press conference on 14 August.\n\nA couple kiss as they celebrate VJ Day in Kansas City, Missouri, US\n\nIn an address to a crowd that had gathered outside the White House, President Truman said: \"This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor. This is the day when fascism finally dies, as we always knew it would.\"\n\nUS soldiers celebrate at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, US\n\nBritish Prime Minister Clement Atlee said: \"The last of our enemies is laid low.\"\n\nHe expressed gratitude to Britain's allies, the Dominions of Australia and New Zealand, India, Burma, all countries occupied by Japan, and the USSR.\n\nHe added that special thanks went to the US \"without whose prodigious efforts the war in the East would still have many years to run\".\n\nThe following day, Japan's Emperor Hirohito was heard on the radio for the first time ever in a broadcast in which he blamed the use of \"a new and most cruel bomb\" for Japan's unconditional surrender.\n\nHe added: \"Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in the ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but would lead also to the total extinction of human civilisation.\"\n\nWomen in Ohio, US, celebrate as they hold The Cleveland Press newspaper\n\nIn London, the Royal Family greeted cheering crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.\n\nThousands watched King George VI and the Queen driven down the Mall in an open carriage.\n\nPrincess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret later mingled with the crowds outside the palace.\n\nThe Royal Family wave on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VJ Day: (left to right) Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Margaret\n\nThat evening, the King addressed the nation and the Empire in a broadcast from his study at Buckingham Palace.\n\nHe said: \"Our hearts are full to overflowing, as are your own.\n\n\"Yet there is not one of us who has experienced this terrible war who does not realise that we shall feel its inevitable consequences long after we have all forgotten our rejoicings today.\"\n\nThe official surrender documents were signed by Japan on 2 September aboard the USS Missouri battleship in Tokyo Bay.\n\nAn American soldier with lipstick on his face\n\nVE Day and VJ Day marked victory for the Allies, but the lives of millions who had lost loved ones had been changed forever.", "The Prince of Wales has led the UK's commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day.\n\nHe attended a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, alongside the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.\n\nFive-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was pegged back but leads Kyren Wilson 10-7 after a fascinating first day of the World Championship final.\n\nO'Sullivan was gifted opportunities as he opened up an 8-2 lead but a rejuvenated Wilson responded by taking five of the next seven frames.\n\nSnooker's showpiece saw the return of crowds in sport, with around 300 fans in attendance at the Crucible Theatre.\n\nThe best-of-35 final resumes on Sunday at 13:30 BST, live across the BBC.\n\nThe fourth and final session will begin at 19:30, with the winner collecting the trophy and £500,000 in prize money.\n\nBoth players came through epic, final-frame deciders on Friday in Sheffield, with O'Sullivan appearing in his first final since 2014, while Wilson is in his maiden world final.\n\nSpectators had attended the first day of the tournament on 31 July but were barred thereafter because of changes in government guidelines, though this changed again in time for the final.\n• None Relive the first day of the World Championship final\n\nBoth players emerged through dramatic final-frame deciders in the semi-finals and O'Sullivan, who seemed to struggle with his cue action throughout, made breaks of 56, 60, 75 and 106 to go 5-2 in front.\n\nWorld number eight Wilson was struck by nerves in the opening exchanges, failing to settle, and the signs started to look ominous when his opponent took a tense eighth frame on the black for a sizeable, four-frame advantage.\n\nWilson started the session with 53 but broke down, as O'Sullivan forced an error in a tactical exchange to extend his lead, as well as making 51 for five in a row.\n\nBut then came 'The Warrior' Wilson's revival, fighting back to punish an O'Sullivan - whose long potting was all over the place - with 92, 50 and 58 en route to reducing his arrears to two frames at 8-6.\n\nHe was in again in the 15th frame but inadvertently knocked in the red when potting the blue, ensuring O'Sullivan guaranteed himself an overnight lead.\n\nAnd although Wilson made a century on the penultimate frame of the day, missing the last red in the 17th frame proved costly as O'Sullivan cleared up for a three-frame overnight buffer.\n\nKyren will sleep the easier of the two players, Ronnie will be worried and will be on the practice table in the morning to get his cue action back.\n\nThe picture of Ronnie walking off at the end, wiping his brow, shows you he has been through the mill today. It is all very well thinking it comes easy to Ronnie O'Sullivan, but sometimes he has to sit and suffer when he goes off the boil and Kyren has his tail up.\n\nAn interesting set-up now but he has to come back on Sunday and generate some more action.\n\nIt is set up lovely, for all those who thought this was going to be one-way traffic, they have another think coming.\n\nKyren Wilson won the second session but it was almost undone by that missed red, which you would not expect him to miss. What a turning point this may prove to be in the whole match.\n\nThat could have been 9-8 but he has thrown the frame to Ronnie, who duly held his nerve and bottle. He will be over the moon to be 10-7 up.\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Hannah Witheridge and David Miller's bodies were found on a beach in Koh Tao in September 2014\n\nTwo men given the death penalty for killing two British backpackers in Thailand have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.\n\nThe bodies of David Miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, were found on a beach on the Thai island of Koh Tao in 2014.\n\nBurmese nationals Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were convicted in a Thai court and sentenced to death in December 2015.\n\nLin and Phyo will serve life sentences instead following a royal decree.\n\nMs Witheridge, a University of Essex student from Hemsby in Norfolk, and Mr Miller, a civil and structural engineering graduate, from Jersey, were bludgeoned to death.\n\nZaw Lin and Wai Phyo were convicted of the murders in a Thai court and sentenced to death\n\nLin and Phyo (also known as Win Zaw Htun) were sentenced to death for the murder of Mr Miller and the murder and rape of Ms Witheridge.\n\nThe two men were convicted and sentenced in 2015 and the verdict was upheld by an appeals court in 2017 and the Supreme Court in August 2019.\n\nThe convictions were mired in controversy, with supporters of the two men arguing they had been framed because their initial confessions were made under duress.\n\nA royal decree said the sentences had been reviewed to commemorate King Vajiralongkorn's birthday on 28 July and to \"illustrate the king's clemency\".\n\nIt is unclear how many prisoners were eligible for any pardons or reduction of sentences under the different criteria listed in the decree.\n\nCorrection: An earlier headline on this story referred to the killers being \"pardoned\". This was later changed to clarify that their death sentences had been commuted to life imprisonment.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. British holidaymaker at Calais: \"We cancelled our holiday to come home\"\n\nThousands of holidaymakers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid quarantine measures imposed on France, which came into force on Saturday.\n\nThe 14-day isolation requirement from 04:00 BST also applied to people arriving from the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba.\n\nEurotunnel trains sold out on Friday and air travellers faced steep prices, but some ferries increased capacity.\n\nFrance warned it would take \"reciprocal measures\".\n\nThe Netherlands warned against all but essential travel to the UK once the restrictions came into force on Saturday, but it said it will not introduce reciprocal measures.\n\nThe countries were targeted for quarantine restrictions because their infections rates exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.\n\nHe told BBC Breakfast on Friday that there were about 160,000 British holidaymakers in France, and said \"the last thing we want to do is to have people returning and bringing the infection with them\".\n\nThe deadline left many travellers in a frantic rush for plane, train or ferry tickets costing hundreds of pounds.\n\nEurostar passengers arriving at St Pancras on Friday evening, having beaten the quarantine deadline\n\nTom Duffell, who runs a small business, cut short his holiday to Nice - with his wife and two children - by four days and booked a last minute flight home.\n\n\"We were enjoying a nice cocktail last night and suddenly a news flash pops in and a scramble to book flights,\" he said on Friday.\n\n\"We've had to spend about £800 because we can't afford to take another two weeks off work.\"\n\nHe added that social distancing had \"gone out of the window\" in the scramble for transport, with \"huge queues\" at the airport.\n\nStephanie Thiagharajah, who returned to Kent from France, criticised the \"manic\" way the quarantine had been imposed and said the \"risky\" move had created \"a huge amount of people coming at the same time\".\n\nSome ferry companies added extra services amid the rush to return to the UK\n\nEurotunnel said 12,000 people tried to book tickets for its Channel Tunnel trains in the hour after the new rules were announced at about 22:00 BST on Thursday - compared with just hundreds normally.\n\nIt increased its capacity on Friday but trains sold out, and the company warned people not to travel to its terminal without a confirmed booking.\n\nThe shuttle service was running between 90 minutes and two hours late from Calais by Friday evening.\n\nEurotunnel spokesman John Keefe told the BBC traffic at the terminal in Calais was running smoothly all day.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC journalist made a video diary as her family had to cut short their holiday\n\n\"There were no huge queues. Many people seem to have decided to stay in France,\" he said.\n\nPrices of some flights to the UK from Paris were more than £450, compared to £66 on Saturday. Many direct flights from the south of France were sold out.\n\nThe cheapest Eurostar tickets were £210, compared with £165 on Saturday. One couple, Stuart and Anna Buntine, spent nearly £1,000 to make it back to the Midlands via Eurostar from Burgundy, central France.\n\nP&O Ferries told the BBC it had increased its capacity on its Spirit class ships.\n\nAnd DFDS Ferries said it had added an extra four departures from Calais to help Britons return in time.\n\nThere is no visible sense of panic inside Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, as the final call before quarantine approaches.\n\nPassengers bobbed up the escalators towards the check-in desks no faster than usual, I saw no queues or people pleading to be sold an empty seat.\n\nConor Wells and his friends had saved up and treated themselves to a post-lockdown break\n\nConor Wells and his friends said they were conscious of the rising infection rates in Amsterdam before they set off but as they were only staying for a couple of nights, they thought they'd make it back before anything changed.\n\n\"We didn't think they'd give us a day's notice to get out. It came in so fast...\" Martin Walter shakes his head as he scans the departures board.\n\nHeading home 24 hours early has cost them more than an entire holiday. They couldn't afford to stay on and skip fourteen days of work upon return.\n\n\"At least we got a seat,\" Eva Povey rolls her eyes. \"It's a lose-lose situation...\"\n\nScott and Tracy Cuthbert have been on holiday in France with their daughter Milly\n\nScott and Tracy Cuthbert, from Oxfordshire, said cutting their holiday in France short by six days was an \"easy decision to make\" because they need to work.\n\nThe couple and their daughter Milly, 16, began \"frantically packing\" after they heard news of the rule changes.\n\nThe family booked themselves onto a ferry for Friday afternoon, only to realise they wouldn't make it to the port in time - so booked another ferry, due to leave Calais at 20:30 BST.\n\n\"We're driving up now and the sat nav says we'll have about an hour's leeway,\" Scott said from the car.\n\nOn Friday, France reported 2,846 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - the highest number since lockdown restrictions were eased.\n\nThe seven-day average increased to 2,041, marking the first time it has surpassed 2,000 since 20 April.\n\nClement Beaune, France's secretary of state for European affairs, tweeted that the UK's decision was a matter of \"regret\" for the French, but that he was hoping for a \"return to normal as soon as possible\".\n\nThe travel industry, already damaged by the pandemic, also criticised the move.\n\nGloria Guevara, president of the World Travel and Tourism Council, said the UK was lagging behind other countries that had \"shunned quarantines\" in favour of \"comprehensive\" testing programmes for everyone departing and arriving back into their respective countries.\n\nThe UK's ambassador to France, Lord Llewellyn, acknowledged that the new quarantine rule would be \"unwelcome news\" for Britons in the country, but stressed that people could continue with their holidays as long as they follow safety precautions and self-isolate on their return.\n\nShadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said while the Labour Party supports \"evidence based measures\" at the border, it was \"vital\" that No 10 had a \"joined-up strategy\" and \"urgently\" puts in place a specific deal to support the heavily impacted travel sector.\n\nHe added: \"That the government has still not put in place an effective track, trace and isolate system has made matters far worse and made it more likely that we are reliant on the blunt tool of 14-day quarantine.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nAccording to the data company Statista, people from the UK paid 10.35 million visits to France last year, putting it second behind Spain - with 18.12 million - in terms of popularity.\n\nThe Foreign Office is now warning against all but essential travel to France. The quarantine measure was imposed for Spain on 25 July.\n\nA list of more than 50 so-called travel corridors - allowing movement between the UK and the other countries without the need to self-isolate on return - was published at the start of last month and later expanded.\n\nBut the ending of some of the exemptions on the list follows a \"significant change\" in the risk of contracting Covid-19, the Department for Transport said.\n\nIt added that there had been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per 100,000 people in France since last Friday.\n\nFor the Netherlands, it was up 52%. And the increase for Malta was 105%, while it was 273% for Turks and Caicos and 1,106% for Aruba.\n\nAhead of a government meeting on the new measures, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be \"absolutely ruthless\" in deciding on rules for holidaymakers from abroad.\n\n\"We can't be remotely complacent about our own situation,\" he added.\n\nAccording to the Home Office, a total of nine fines have been introduced at the border since quarantine restrictions were introduced on 8 June.\n\nUnder the rules, people who do not self-isolate can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and £480 in Scotland. There are fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced that maximum fines for people in England who repeatedly refuse to wear a face covering could double to £3,200, while organisers of illegal raves could face a £10,000 penalty.\n\nBut from Sunday, indoor theatre, music and performance venues will be able to reopen with socially distanced audiences.\n\nCasinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and soft play centres will also be allowed to resume, as will \"close-contact\" beauty services such as facials, eyebrow threading and eyelash treatments.\n\nHave you been affected by the recent quarantine changes? 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.", "An investment syndicate and a former councillor hope to reopen Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange as a hotel after the company which owned it collapsed.\n\nThe stakeholders want to get the business up and running again after Signature Living Coal Exchange was put into liquidation, owing about £25m.\n\nThe Grade II*-listed building reopened as the Exchange Hotel in 2017 after a £40m renovation.\n\nHeritage campaigners said they were \"sceptical\" about the plans.\n\nBuilt in 1883, the Coal Exchange was once where the world price of coal was set and where it is claimed the first £1m cheque was signed.\n\nFormer Cardiff councillor Ashley Govier, who runs a hotel services company which supplied staff to the Exchange, has applied to renew its alcohol and live events licence.\n\nThe new application was submitted by Eden Grove Properties Limited, another of Mr Govier's companies.\n\nMr Govier said he was paying salaries of 61 hotel staff and hoped to secure their jobs.\n\n\"We stepped in to keep the staff pool on while we try to get the hotel open again. Our intention is to save as many staff as possible,\" he said.\n\nMr Govier is working with Coal Exchange Hotel LLP, a syndicate of about 30 investors who hold a 999-year ground lease on most of the communal areas of the Coal Exchange and about 60 bedrooms.\n\nThe remaining bedrooms at the hotel are leased by individual investors, who were promised quarterly dividends as a return on their investments.\n\nThe trading floor of the Coal Exchange at its peak\n\nPhilip Ingman, who manages the syndicate, said it had invested more than £15m to fund the first phase of converting the building into a hotel.\n\n\"Our investors' aim is of course to get the works finished and prepare the hotel to open again,\" he said.\n\nAnother stakeholder is businessman Derek Watts, whose company Albendan Ltd is one of the largest creditors of the collapsed company, with a debt of about £10m.\n\nCardiff Council said the consultation period for Eden Grove Properties Ltd's application ends on 28 August.\n\nMuch of the building remains covered in scaffolding and it will cost an estimated £8m to complete the renovation.\n\nNerys Lloyd-Pierce of Cardiff Civic Society said: \"Our fear is that the Coal Exchange will become the victim of 'facadism', where the heart and soul of the building will be lost.\"\n\nNick Russell of Save the Coal Exchange said the attempts to reopen the hotel were \"encouraging\", but that concerns remained for its longer-term future.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Like almost 40% of student grades in England, Nina Bunting-Mitcham's A-level results were lower than her teachers predicted.\n\nShe called into BBC's Any Questions, and told schools minister Nick Gibb that he had ruined her life.\n\nLater on, she told BBC News that she felt disadvantaged schools were impacted disproportionately by the new system.\n\nThe government has said they will cover the cost of appeals and resits for schools.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich sent out an emphatic and ominous message to their Champions League rivals with an absolute demolition of fellow European heavyweights Barcelona in a gloriously chaotic and utterly one-sided quarter-final tie in Lisbon.\n\nThe high-pressing, energetic and ruthless German champions were on a different level to their Spanish rivals, as they have been for pretty much every opponent they have faced in Europe this season and in every competition since football restarted in June.\n\nThey scored four times in the first half, added another quartet in the second, and could easily have netted more against a shell-shocked and shambolic Barca side whose defensive errors were too numerous to recount and who now have a new and embarrassing record defeat in European competition to their name.\n\nBayern were not entirely infallible, though, with Barca's forward players - inevitably led by Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez - regularly finding space in behind to cause problems and test Manuel Neuer.\n\nIn a dizzyingly madcap opening 10 minutes, Thomas Muller fired Bayern ahead following a one-two with Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba wildly sliced a Jordi Alba cross into his own net to restore parity, before Suarez was denied by Neuer and Messi hit the post with a curling cross through a packed box.\n\nThe following 22 minutes took the game away from Barca, with Ivan Perisic smashing in a deflected second for Bayern before Serge Gnabry finished off a delightful ball over the top from Leon Goretzka, and Muller poked in his second at the near post.\n\nA neat turn and finish from Suarez after the break gave the Spanish side hope, but this was snuffed out by arguably the pick of the goals - a Joshua Kimmich side-foot finish following some stunning skill and speed and excellent delivery from Alphonso Davies.\n\nRobert Lewandowski headed his 14th Champions League goal in just eight games before salt was poured into Barca's deep wounds as Philippe Coutinho - on loan from the Spanish side - netted a seventh and eighth via close-range finishes after coming off the bench.\n\nBayern are by far the most decorated side left in the competition, having won the European Cup/Champions League on five occasions, most recently in 2013 and look comfortably the strongest left in this season's tournament.\n\nThey will now face French side Lyon, who defeated Manchester City 3-1.\n• None 'We have hit rock bottom' - Pique demands changes at 'humiliated' Barca\n• None It was good against Brazil, but against Barca we were brutal - Muller\n• None 'A club rotten to the core' - what next for Barcelona?\n• None Barcelona v Bayern Munich - how you rated the players\n\nThere is always a danger that knock-out games between two of Europe's most decorated sides become a cagey tactical grapple as opposed to the haymaker-throwing thrill-fest promised by the hype.\n\nNot Barca v Bayern, though. This is a match-up that delivers, even in an empty, neutral stadium.\n\nFour knock-out ties since 2009 have now yielded 36 goals at an average of five goals per game.\n\nThis includes the Arjen Robben and Muller-inspired 7-0 aggregate win for Bayern in the semi-finals in 2013 and a Messi and Neymar masterclass in the last four two years later as Barca floored the Germans.\n\nBut this game tops the lot and will last long in the memory as a showcase of two sides now operating in different stratospheres.\n\nBayern's brilliance and risky high line, Barcelona's crippling frailty but still potent attack - it all ensured that a goalscoring chance was never far away and the ball in the net a high possibility from each.\n\nSuch has been the quality of these sides in the three previous knock-out ties, the winner of each went on to lift the trophy, and you would not put it past Bayern continuing that trend.\n\nThey have ripped through the competition, scoring 39 goals and conceding just eight in the process of winning all 10 of their matches. The eight they scored on Friday is the most a side has scored in a European Cup tie since Real Madrid beat FC Wacker Innsbruck 9-1 in a last-16 tie in 1990-91.\n\nThis is on top of the nine they won post-lockdown to claim an eighth straight Bundesliga title and the two that gave them the German Cup.\n\nThe hiring of Hansi Flick - initially on an interim basis but now permanently - now looks like a masterstroke by the Bayern hierarchy.\n\nIn a short space of time he has built a Bayern side that is every bit the match of their impressive predecessors, constructed around a positivity that makes Jerome Boateng and Alaba playmakers from the back, Davies and Kimmich as much wingers as full-backs and Lewandowski, Muller et al a seamless attacking unit unmatched on the continent.\n\nLyon will have a monumental task on their hands next Wednesday.\n\nGame over for this Barca side\n\nBarcelona's dismantling on the pitch in Lisbon will surely now proceed major restructuring work off it before next season.\n\nThis was not just a defeat, it was a humiliation. A first defeat by a six-goal margin since a 6-0 loss to Espanyol in 1951. Their first concession of eight in a match since an 8-0 defeat to Sevilla in 1946.\n\nThe average age of their starting XI on Friday was 29 years and 329 days, the oldest they have ever named for a Champions League tie.\n\nOnly Messi and goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen have regularly performed to the level expected of a Barca player this campaign and question marks now hang over most of their team-mates.\n\nOne man whose time is now surely up is manager Quique Setien, who has overseen the club relinquishing the La Liga title to fierce rivals Real Madrid and now a European defeat like no other.\n\nHis starting XI was conservative, with the attack-minded Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele (both nine-figure signings) and Ivan Rakitic left on the bench, and one that practically screamed its reliance on some magic from Messi or Suarez.\n\nBut such a brilliant duo can only bail their boss out so many times.\n\nBefore the game, Arturo Vidal, who started in midfield, proclaimed his former side Bayern were facing \"the best team in the world\".\n\nHe is now not just eating those ill-chosen words but choking on them.\n\nBayern second only to Real Madrid for semi-finals\n• None Bayern Munich have reached their 12th Champions League semi-final - only Real Madrid have done so more often (13).\n• None Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score in eight or more consecutive Champions League matches since Cristiano Ronaldo in April 2018 (11 games).\n• None Barcelona have been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for a fourth time in the past five seasons.\n• None Bayern Munich have won their last 19 matches in all competitions, a record run in German top-flight football in all competitions.\n• None Bayern manager Hans-Dieter Flick became only the third manager in Champions League history to win his first six matches in charge, after Fabio Capello in 1992-93 and Luis Fernandez in 1994-95.\n• None Barcelona have lost six Champions League matches against Bayern Munich - two more than against any other side.\n• None Offside, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.\n• None Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 8. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Hernández with a headed pass.\n• None Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 7. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.\n• None Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Goal! Barcelona 2, FC Bayern München 6. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.\n• None Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Tracks to help you wind down today", "Parents are being urged to make sure their children are up-to-date with all their routine vaccinations.\n\nThe Local Government Association said high vaccine uptake could prevent infections and stop pressure being piled on the NHS.\n\nThe childhood vaccination programme is continuing as normal while jabs given in school are being rescheduled.\n\nVaccines protect children against serious diseases including measles, meningitis and whooping cough.\n\nThe LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, said it was expecting an influx of children needing vaccinations when schools return in September.\n\nIt called for the government to set out a plan to ensure children get the vaccinations they need and to provide funding to allow GPs, clinics and schools to cope with demand.\n\nResearch by Public Health England found that during the first three weeks of lockdown, there was a 20% drop in the number of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccines given to young children. Numbers then rose again in late April.\n\nThere was little impact on uptake of other vaccines, and further analysis by PHE suggests children were vaccinated at normal levels in May and June.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at PHE, said it was \"vital\" that parents knew that routine vaccinations were still available and made sure their children attended appointments.\n\nShe said this was particularly the case for diseases such as measles, where high vaccination rates were needed to prevent outbreaks.\n\nThe LGA said a \"national effort\" to vaccinate children and young people was required to relieve pressure on the health service and avoid preventable diseases.\n\nJudith Blake, chairwoman of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, said: \"Vaccines are an absolutely essential part of our children's health and wellbeing, so if you or any member of your household are not displaying symptoms of coronavirus and are not self-isolating, vaccinations should happen as normal.\n\n\"Local services are working hard to ensure that people including babies, children and pregnant women still receive their routine vaccinations - they provide essential protection against potentially life-threatening diseases.\"\n• None NHS urges parents to keep up child vaccinations", "Emperor Naruhito spoke at a memorial event in Tokyo on Saturday\n\nJapan's Emperor Naruhito has expressed \"deep remorse\" over his country's actions during World War Two, on the 75th anniversary of its surrender.\n\n\"I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated,\" he said at a ceremony on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to \"never repeat the tragedy\".\n\nThe PM marked the occasion by sending an offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, but did not visit in person.\n\nHowever, four ministers did visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in a move that is likely to anger China and South Korea.\n\nIt is the first time in four years such senior politicians have attended the shrine, which pays homage to a number of senior figures convicted of war crimes as well as the country's war dead.\n\n\"I paid respects... to the souls of those who nobly sacrificed themselves during the war,\" Education Minister Koichi Hagiuda explained to reporters.\n\nSocial distancing measures were in place at the Yasukuni Shrine because of the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nEmperor Naruhito delivered a short speech at a memorial service in Tokyo, which was scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic. About 500 people were in attendance compared to more than 6,000 last year and face masks were compulsory.\n\n\"Looking back on the long period of post-war peace, reflecting on our past and bearing in mind the feelings of deep remorse, I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never again be repeated,\" he said at the event.\n\nNaruhito, 60, began his reign in May last year after his father, Emperor Akihito, became the first monarch to abdicate the throne in more than 200 years.\n\nThe memorial event on Saturday was scaled back because of coronavirus\n\nSouth Korea's President Moon Jae-in did not mention the controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine in remarks made on Saturday.\n\nPresident Moon instead used the occasion - known as Liberation Day in South Korea - to say his government was prepared to sit down for face to face talks over historical disputes at any time.\n\nSeoul and Tokyo are divided over compensation demands for Koreans forced to work under the Japanese occupation, which began in 1910 and ended in 1945.\n\nTokyo's Yasukuni Shrine is home to the spirits of Japan's 2.5 million war dead.\n\nThis morning, despite 36 degree heat and Covid-19, thousands of ordinary people lined up to pay their respects.\n\nBut the Yasukuni Shrine also honours 14 of Japan's wartime leaders, men who were later convicted as class A war criminals.\n\nAny visit to the shrine by a senior Japanese politician is considered highly offensive in Korea and China.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Shinzo Abe's visit will make relations with China worse, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes\n\nFor that reason, Japan's emperor never visits the shrine, and today's official commemorations are being held elsewhere.\n\nBut four senior members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet did go to Yasukuni this morning, and Mr Abe himself sent a ritual offering.\n\nThat will reinforce the view in Beijing and Seoul that 75 years after the war ended, Japan's ruling elite is still less than sincere in its remorse for this country's wartime aggression.\n\nJapan entered World War Two in September 1940. It drew the US into the war at the end of 1941, after attacking its naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.\n\nBy the end of the war more than 100,000 Americans and 71,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war, had died in the Pacific. Millions more died during the Japanese occupation of China and South Korea.\n\nVictory in Europe (VE) Day took place on 8 May 1945 following Germany's surrender, but the war continued in the Asia-Pacific region for months.\n\nFollowing the end of the fighting in Europe, the Allies told Japan to surrender on 26 July 1945, but the deadline passed without them doing this.\n\nThe war was brought to an end shortly after the US dropped nuclear bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945.\n\nOn 15 August, Japanese Emperor Hirohito was heard on the radio for the first time and announced an end to the fighting. The country's official surrender was signed on 2 September that same year.", "Newlyweds will be able to celebrate their nuptials with a wedding reception in the form of a sit down meal for up to 30 guests\n\nMore beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor performances will be able to resume in England from Saturday, as lockdown rules are eased.\n\nBowling alleys, casinos and soft play centres will also be able to reopen, PM Boris Johnson has announced.\n\nIt comes as the government introduces bigger fines for failing to wear a mask in places where it is compulsory.\n\nMeanwhile, quarantine measures have been imposed on more countries, including France and the Netherlands.\n\nThe easing of lockdown rules is now due to come into force on Saturday, after being postponed from 1 August due to concerns about a slight increase in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England.\n\nLast week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed this may be levelling off.\n\nHowever, the latest government figures released on Friday showed the number of daily positive tests in the UK was the highest it has been since 14 June.\n\nIn the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST, there were a further 1,441 confirmed cases, taking the total number to 316,367.\n\nUnder the latest changes:\n\nThe new guidance will not apply in areas where local lockdown measures are in place, the government said.\n\nLocal lockdown rules vary from place to place, but since July measures have been introduced in Leicester, Preston, East Lancashire, parts of West Yorkshire. Greater Manchester, and Aberdeen.\n\nThe Department of Health said restrictions on household gatherings in parts of the North West, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester will continue.\n\nThe latest data does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area and shows a continued rise in cases in Oldham and Pendle, while numbers remain high in Blackburn with Darwen, the department said.\n\nThe measures will be reviewed again next week.\n\nSoft play centres are among the venues able to reopen from 15 August\n\nDevolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have the power to set their own timings for the easing of restrictions.\n\nThe prime minister said that plans to open up more of the economy this weekend \"will allow more people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed\".\n\nBut Mr Johnson reiterated a warning that the government \"will not hesitate to put on the brakes if required, or to continue to implement local measures to help to control the spread of the virus\".\n\nNew guidance will also mean that staff offering \"close contact\" services, including hairdressers, will now have to wear a face mask as well as a clear visor.\n\nThe government said the move, which follows new evidence from the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage) is aimed at protecting customers and staff from respiratory droplets caused by sneezing, coughing, or speaking.\n\nIt also applies to businesses that operate remotely, such as massage therapists working in people's homes, and those learning in vocational training environments.\n\nNightclubs and discos are among the venues that remain closed in law.\n\nOn Thursday, France reported 2,524 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest daily increase since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nUnder current guidance, people who refuse to wear a face covering where it is required face a £100 fine, which can be reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.\n\nThe new enforcement measures will see that penalty repeatedly doubled for subsequent offences, up to a maximum of £3,200.\n\n\"Most people in this country are following the rules and doing their bit to control the virus, but we must remain focused and we cannot be complacent,\" Mr Johnson said.\n\n\"That is why we are strengthening the enforcement powers available to use against those who repeatedly flout the rules.\"\n\nJust as cases of Covid-19 rose in the spring, peaked and fell, so has the use by police of fines to enforce social distancing restrictions.\n\nThis means that instead, officers have increasingly preferred to \"engage, explain and encourage\" in the police jargon.\n\nIt is difficult and sometimes risky work. \"Encouraging\" large groups of young people to leave illegal parties has led to violence. Senior officers say they are prepared to prosecute the organisers.\n\nHowever, in general, police believe they have got people to follow the rules hundreds of thousands of times without handing out fines.\n\nThe question is whether local breakouts of the virus, and the risk of a \"second wave\" will increase the pressure for a tougher approach.\n\nAs countries are added to the list of those from which returning travellers have to quarantine, there could also be questions about whether there is a realistic risk of catching people who refuse to do so.\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nTransport for London and British Transport Police have already made 91,501 interventions based on present face coverings guidance, the government said - preventing 4,397 from boarding, asking 3,030 to leave the network and issuing 341 penalty notices.\n\nThere will also be a clampdown on illegal gatherings of more than 30 people, which could see those responsible hit with spot fines of up to £10,000.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Face coverings are mandatory in England in all shops\n\nAccording to the government, forces across England and Wales have already stepped up patrols to prevent illegal gatherings in areas of concern, such as Leicester and Greater Manchester, where it said deployments have sometimes been larger than on New Year's Eve.\n\nLast weekend, West Midlands Police shut down 125 parties and raves - and closed a pub - taking action to stop illegal gatherings and anti-social behaviour across the region.\n\nFurther detail on the new enforcement measures is to be set out in the coming week.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said she would not allow progress against the virus to be undermined by \"a small minority of senseless individuals\".\n\n\"These measures send a clear message - if you don't cooperate with the police and if you put our health at risk, action will follow.\"\n\nAre you getting married this weekend? Or are you preparing to reopen or go back to work? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "The photos of Anne were taken in February, before the coronavirus lockdown\n\nPrincess Anne has been promoted by the Army and Royal Air Force to mark her 70th birthday.\n\nThe Princess Royal - the Queen's second child - will take up the role of general and air chief marshal, bringing her ranks in line with her rank in the Royal Navy.\n\nIt is a tradition that senior royals are treated as military members and receive promotions as they get older.\n\nEarlier this year, Prince Andrew was due to be promoted but it was deferred.\n\nPrincess Anne turns 70 on Saturday and her birthday is being marked with the release of three official photographs taken at her home in Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire.\n\nThe pictures were taken in late February by John Swannell, who has also photographed other senior royals as well as Tony Blair, Sir Michael Caine and Sir Elton John.\n\nThe photos were taken at her home, which has 730 acres of land and a lake\n\nSpeaking earlier this week, Anne's son-in-law Mike Tindall said plans to mark the day have been \"scaled back\" because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"We did have plans - it would've been up in Scotland - but obviously with Covid and Aberdeen being locked down a bit, I think everything's been scaled back a little bit,\" said the former England rugby star, who is married to Anne's daughter Zara, on The One Show.\n\n\"It's a shame. I'm sure we'll do something as a family to celebrate her 70 amazing years, she's just an incredible woman in terms of how much work she can get through in the year.\n\n\"We will be doing something, as yet I don't know whether she knows - so my lips are sealed.\"\n\nIn one of the new photos, Anne wears a gold ribbon knot brooch set with 12 diamonds\n\nSpeaking about her military promotion, which has been approved by the Queen, the Ministry of Defence said Anne had been \"hugely supportive\" of the armed forces.\n\n\"This promotion on her 70th birthday recognises her invaluable contribution and commitment to the military.\"\n\nAnne's birthday has also been marked by a TV documentary, which was over a year in the making, and she also guest-edited an issue of Country Life magazine.\n\nShe commented in the magazine about her love of nature and the need to avoid waste and conserve energy to protect the environment.\n\nIn the ITV documentary, she spoke about social media, suggesting it is adding to the pressures faced by younger royals.\n\nPrincess Anne has been promoted by the Army and Royal Air Force to mark her 70th birthday\n\nAnne Elizabeth Alice Louise was born in 1950, the second child to the Queen and Prince Philip and their only daughter. She is 14th in line to the throne.\n\nShe is a horse-riding enthusiast who competed in the British equestrian team in the 1976 Olympics and and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971.\n\nAnne was involved in bringing the 2012 Olympic Games to London\n\nIn 1973, she married her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and they went on to have two children, Peter and Zara. Anne decided her children would not have royal titles.\n\nThe couple survived a kidnapping attempt in 1974, as they were returning to Buckingham Palace in a chauffeur-driven limousine.\n\nAnne chatting to bodyguard James Beaton after he was injured in the attempt to kidnap her in 1974\n\nHer first marriage ended in divorce after 19 years and she married her second husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, in 1992.\n\nIn 1990, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as president of the charity Save The Children.\n\nIn 2002, Anne became the first senior member of the royal family to be convicted of a criminal offence. She pleaded guilty to a charge under the Dangerous Dogs Act after her pet Dotty bit two children in Windsor Great Park.\n\nShe lives in the 18th-century country house Gatcombe Park, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, which was a present from the Queen. It has 730 acres of land, large stables and a trout lake.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nIndia legend and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni says he has retired.\n\nDhoni, 39, led India to the 2007 World Twenty20 title, the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy.\n\n\"Thanks a lot for your love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as retired,\" he wrote on Instagram.\n\nDhoni, who made his India debut in 2004, scored 10,773 one-day international runs - the 11th highest tally in history - in 350 games. He also played 90 Tests and 98 T20s.\n\nDhoni did not specify whether he has retired from all cricket, although Indian media have reported he will play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) later this year.\n\nThe wicketkeeper scored 4,876 Test runs and guided India to the top of the International Cricket Council rankings before retiring from the longest form of the game in 2014.\n\nAppointed India captain in 2007, Dhoni stepped down as limited-overs skipper in 2017 having won two Asia Cups in addition to the three global titles, but returned to lead the team for his 200th ODI as captain a year later.\n\nHe captained India in a record 322 international matches - 200 in ODIs, 60 in Tests and 72 in T20 - and his 110 ODI wins in charge is second only to Australia's Ricky Ponting's 165.\n\nShortly after Dhoni's announcement, India batsman Suresh Raina also retired from international cricket.\n\nLeft-hander Raina, a part of the 2011 World Cup-winning side, scored 5,615 runs at an average of 35.31 in 226 ODIs. He played 18 Tests and 78 T20s.\n\nFormer team-mates, opponents and commentators paid tribute to Dhoni, who also won the IPL three times with Chennai Super Kings.\n\nIndia captain Virat Kohli: \"Every cricketer has to end his journey one day, but still when someone you've gotten to know so closely announces that decision, you feel the emotion much more.\n\n\"What you've done for the country will always remain in everyone's heart, but the mutual respect and warmth I've received from you will always stay in mine. The world has seen achievements, I've seen the person. Thanks for everything skip. I tip my hat to you.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan: \"The 2011 World Cup win was Tendulkar's farewell but masterminded by MS Dhoni. What an incredible international career. You could argue the greatest ever white ball captain & finisher. Cheers for all the memories MS.\"\n\nEngland wicketkeeper Jos Buttler: \"A hero of mine and so many millions more all around the world. Congratulations on a quite incredible international career MS Dhoni! An honour to have played against you.\"\n\nIndia head coach Ravi Shastri: \"Massive boots to fill. It's been a privilege and honour to be part of the dressing room and seeing you as a thoroughbred professional at work. Salute one of India's greatest cricketers. Second to none. Enjoy. God Bless MS DHONI.\"\n\nIndia spinner Ravichandran Ashwin: \"The legend retires in his own style as always. You have given it all for the country. The Champions Trophy triumph, 2011 World Cup and the glorious Chennai triumphs will always be etched in my memory.\"\n\nIndia all-rounder Hardik Pandya: \"There's only one MS Dhoni. Thank you my friend and elder brother for being the biggest inspiration in my career. Will miss playing with you in the blue jersey but am sure you will always be there for me and will keep guiding me.\"\n\nIndia pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah: \"You've been a friend and a guide on the field and off it. I've learnt so many valuable lessons by simply watching you and I am glad I got to be a part of your professional journey. Congratulations on an illustrious career, Mahi Bhai, thank you for the memories.\"\n\nIndia's all-time leading wicket-taker Anil Kumble: \"Congratulations on a great international career. It was an honour to play alongside you. Your calm demeanour and the laurels you brought as skipper will forever be remembered and cherished. Wishing you the very best.\"\n\nFormer Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi: \"One of the true legends of Indian cricket and one of the greatest captains.\"\n\nEx-England batsman Kevin Pietersen: \"Welcome to the retirement club, MSD! What a magical career!\"\n\nDhoni was one of the most colourful and charismatic cricketers of his generation, revered by his fans to an intensity matching Sachin Tendulkar and the Bollywood superstars.\n\nHis wicketkeeping was not aesthetic, but efficient, while his aggressive batting will forever link him to limited-overs cricket.\n\nHis big hitting and improvisation was responsible for turning many a match on its head.\n\nThe most famous, and the innings of his I will never forget, was the World Cup final in Mumbai in 2011, which Sri Lanka appeared destined to win through a beautifully crafted century by Mahela Jayawardene.\n\nDhoni's unbeaten 91 came from 79 balls and, typically, he finished the match with a straight six that flew into the Wankhede pavilion.\n\nDhoni did not create the helicopter shot, but he perfected it with no-one else coming close to the furious flourish that completed his stroke, while among his many successes as captain, India's whitewash of Australia in 2012-13 will rank as one of his most memorable. Dhoni set the tone with 224 in the first Test.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A service of remembrance was held at the National Memorial Arboretum\n\nThe Royal Family has led the UK's commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.\n\nThe Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, as part of a service of remembrance.\n\nLater, in a TV address, his elder son Prince William urged the public \"to learn the lessons of the past\".\n\nAnd a message from the Queen thanked those \"who fought so valiantly\".\n\nShe said: \"Those of us who remember the conclusion of the Far East campaign, whether on active service overseas, or waiting for news at home, will never forget the jubilant scenes and overwhelming sense of relief.\"\n\nThe Prince of Wales attended the event at the arboretum with the Duchess of Cornwall.\n\nHe laid a wreath at the Kwai Railway Memorial, as a small number of veterans and their relatives sat on benches dotted around the garden, to maintain social distancing.\n\nA Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast also commemorated those who fought.\n\nIn a speech, Prince Charles said the veterans' service \"will echo through the ages.\"\n\nHe referred to the description of them as the Forgotten Army, noting how many soldiers, nurses and other personnel felt aggrieved at the way some of the public associated the end of World War Two with the victory in Europe in May 1945.\n\n\"Let us affirm, they and serving veterans are not forgotten, rather you are respected, thanked and cherished with all our hearts and for all time,\" he said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, who also attended and read the poem The Exhortation before the silence, thanked those who had fought for restoring \"peace and prosperity\".\n\nBoris Johnson laid a wreath and read the war poem Exhortation - saying \"they shall grow not old\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince William: \"Your bravery, and the sacrifices you made, will never be forgotten\"\n\nIn a pre-recorded speech for BBC One's VJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute - broadcast on Saturday evening - the Duke of Cambridge spoke of how King George VI addressed the nation on August 15 1945 as \"the most catastrophic conflict in mankind's history came to an end\".\n\n\"It is hard for us to imagine what Victory over Japan Day must have felt like at the time; a mix of happiness, jubilation, and sheer relief, together with a deep sadness and overwhelming sense of loss for those who would never return home.\n\n\"Today we remember those who endured terrible suffering and honour all those who lost their lives.\"\n\nHe cautioned: \"As we look back, we must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated.\n\n\"We owe that to our veterans, to their families, and to the generations who will come after us.\n\nHe went on to thank those veterans, among them his own grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, who \"remembers vividly his role in collecting released prisoners of war\", said Prince William.\n\nPrince Philip was a young Royal Navy officer aboard a warship in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered.\n\nAs part of the commemorations, he appeared in a photo montage of veterans which featured on large screens in locations across the country throughout the day. In the montage each veteran was pictured with an image of themselves from their time in service.\n\nIt marked a rare appearance for Prince Philip, 99, who has only been seen a handful of times in public since retiring in 2017 - most recently for a military event at Windsor Castle.\n\nEarlier in the morning, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was joined by military chiefs as he placed a wreath at the Cenotaph in London.\n\nThe defence secretary also met some of the famous Chelsea Pensioners during his visit to their iconic home, the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as part of events to mark the 75th anniversary.\n\nBut the Red Arrows - who were due to carry out a flypast over the capital cities of all four nations of the UK - were forced to cancel flights over Edinburgh, Cardiff and London, where they were to fly directly over the Royal Hospital Chelsea, due to poor weather conditions.\n\nThey were, at least, able to fly over Belfast, and pilots met three veterans during a stop at Prestwick, near Glasgow.\n\nThe Red Arrows flew over the Titanic slipway and the Titanic Museum in Belfast\n\nVJ Day - or Victory over Japan Day - on 15 August 1945 ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps.\n\nIt is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.\n\nThe fighting in Europe had ended in May 1945, but many Allied servicemen were still fighting against Japan in east Asia.\n\nJapan rejected an ultimatum for peace, and the US believed that dropping a nuclear bomb would force them to surrender. The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan on 6 and 9 August, killing an estimated 214,000 people, and within two weeks Japan surrendered.\n\nTo mark the 75th anniversary, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, but did not attend in person.\n\nHowever, two of his ministers did visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in which 14 leaders who were later convicted by the Allies as war criminals are commemorated.\n\nThe National Memorial Arboretum seems to lend itself perfectly to the concept of a socially distanced commemorative service.\n\nVeterans of the Burma campaign, their families, and other guests sat on chairs spaced out on the grass between the trees.\n\nThe proceedings focused on the multinational and multicultural make up of the Allied forces that fought the Japanese.\n\nGurkhas, alongside Sikhs, sat next to troops from Welsh and Scottish regiments, representing the 40 nations involved in the Far East.\n\nAfter sitar music, readings from British Asian actors, and speeches from descendants of those who fought, the roar of aircraft engines could be heard overhead. A Lancaster, Hurricane and three Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial flew over in formation and in tribute.\n\nThen those who could stand, were invited to do so for a two-minute silence.\n\nThe Prince of Wales then laid a wreath at the Burma Railway Memorial.\n\nFlowers had been placed between the sleepers and track that make up the memorial. It was known as the \"Death Railway\" and 16,000 prisoners of war died during its construction.\n\nIt makes an incongruous, yet incredibly poignant sight among the granite and brass of the other memorials.\n\nBoris Johnson earlier joined other world leaders including US President Donald Trump in recording a video message to thank veterans.\n\nIn the video, each leader says in turn: \"To all who served, we thank you.\"\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace (far right) laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in London on Saturday morning\n\nMr Johnson added: \"On this 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we pay tribute to the heroes deployed thousands of miles away in the mountains, islands and rainforests of Asia.\n\n\"Unable to celebrate the victory in Europe, and among the last to return home, today we recognise the bravery and ingenuity of those who, in the face of adversity, restored peace and prosperity to the world.\n\n\"Their immeasurable sacrifice changed the course of history and, at today's commemorations, we take the opportunity to say what should be said every day - thank you.\"\n\nIn a letter specifically addressed to Far East veterans, Mr Johnson said: \"You were the last to come home but your achievements are written in the lights of the glittering capitals of the dynamic region we see today.\"\n\n\"All of us who were born after you have benefitted from your courage in adversity. On this anniversary, and every day hereafter, you will be remembered,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer also recorded a message, paying tribute \"to the wartime generation, who through the horrors of conflict showed us the spirit and determination that we need to always remember and always be grateful for\".\n\n\"It's important that as we face the challenges of today, we take inspiration from that generation,\" he said.\n\nAt the 70th anniversary of VJ Day there was a parade in London\n\nMeanwhile Capt Sir Tom Moore, who served in the Burma campaign has encouraged the public to join in the commemorations, describing VJ Day as \"the most special day\".\n\n\"It was VJ Day when the pain of war could finally start to fall away as peace was declared on all fronts,\" said Sir Tom - who raised millions of pounds for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden during lockdown.\n\n\"I respectfully ask Britain to stop whatever it is doing and take some time to remember.\n\n\"We must all take the time to stop, think and be thankful that were it not for the ultimate sacrifices made all those years ago by such a brave band of men and women, we would not be enjoying the freedoms we have today, even in these current difficult times.\"\n\nThe service at the National Memorial Arboretum was broadcast on BBC One between 09:30 and 11:30 BST and is available on Iplayer.\n\nVJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute is broadcast from 20:30 BST.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nina Bunting-Mitcham: \"My first thought was, my life is completely over\"\n\nA student rejected by her chosen university after her A-levels were downgraded has told schools minister Nick Gibb, \"you've ruined my life\".\n\nNina Bunting-Mitcham, speaking on the BBC's Any Questions, said her marks were three grades lower than predicted.\n\nAnd talking to the BBC on Saturday, she said that getting three Ds had made her feel like life \"was completely over\".\n\nThe government says it will cover the cost of appeals after 280,000 grades in England were downgraded.\n\nWith school exams cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year's grades in England were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades, prompting anger and distress among schools, colleges and students.\n\nNina told the BBC her teachers were \"utterly shocked\" on learning her predicted results of ABB - in biology, chemistry and psychology - had plummeted.\n\nThe pupil at New College, Stamford, confronted Nick Gibb on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday.\n\n\"It's got to be a mistake, I have never been a D-grade student,\" she told him.\n\n\"I feel my life has been completely ruined, I can't get into any universities with such grades or progress further in my life.\"\n\n\"You have ruined my life.\"\n\nResponding to Nina, Mr Gibb said it was \"rare\" for students to be downgraded three grades, adding it \"should not have happened\".\n\n\"It won't ruin your life, it will be sorted, I can assure you.\"\n\nHe admitted to \"imperfections somewhere in the system\" and said challenged grades would be addressed \"swiftly\", by 7 September at the latest.\n\nMinisters are expected to set up a taskforce, led by Mr Gibb, to oversee the appeals process.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on Saturday, Nina said she felt \"encouraged\" by the minister's words, but believed his statement contradicted previous assurances by the government that the grading system was \"robust\".\n\nShe said she had begun the appeals process, but it was still not clear whether revised grades would be based on mock exams or teachers' predictions - and the Royal Veterinary College would only keep her place open until 31 August.\n\n\"They [the government] need to believe in the teachers,\" she said. \"The teachers are professionals. They see students every day, they talk to them, they know them personally... They are the best people to predict the grades.\"\n\nThe Department of Education said it had introduced a \"triple lock system\", meaning those pupils \"unhappy with their calculated grades can appeal on the basis of a valid mock result\" or sit an exam in the autumn.\n\nThe government also said it would reimburse the cost of an appeal - which can reach £150 - to ensure that head teachers were not deterred from taking on harder to prove cases.\n\nHowever, one head teacher told BBC Breakfast it was a \"token gesture\", adding that appeals were already free if they were successful.\n\nMeanwhile, Oxford's Worcester College said it would honour all offers it had made to UK students, irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nAdmissions tutor Prof Laura Ashe said it was \"the morally right thing to do\".\n\nBecause students had not taken any exams, \"we took the view there wasn't going to be any new information that could justify rejecting someone to whom we'd made an offer\", she said.\n\nShe said the algorithm used to adjust grades \"literally copied the inequalities that are currently existing in our education system\", with a quarter of the college's state school applicants being downgraded, but only 10% of private school candidates.\n\nOfqual adjusted the results to make the spread of grades look right at a national level, she said, but \"they can't possibly tell us that they've given the right grades to the right people\".\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he was \"fully prepared to take legal action\", arguing that Ofqual's grading system was \"straightforwardly discriminatory\" against working class and ethnic minority students who are more likely to attend large, urban sixth form colleges.\n\n\"It discriminates against young people on the basis of the institution that they went to, rather than their ability.\"\n\n\"I cannot stand by and see thousands of lives ruined across Greater Manchester,\" he told BBC Breakfast, calling the process \"fundamentally unfair\".\n\nHe accused the government of being \"out of touch\" and called the grading system \"the single biggest act of levelling down that this country has ever seen\".\n\nThere have been calls to move away from the system and use teachers' predictions - following a U-turn by the government in Scotland, where downgraded results have been replaced by the original teacher estimates.\n\nBut England's exam watchdog, Ofqual, has warned that using teachers' predictions would have artificially inflated results - and would have seen about 38% of entries getting A*s and As in England.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed there will be \"no U-turn\" while insisting his \"absolute priority is fairness\".\n\nRobert Halfon, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Committee, joined opposition parties in expressing concern over what Labour termed an \"exams fiasco\".\n\nHe called on Ofqual to publish details of the algorithm it used to make its calculations, adding: \"If the model has penalised disadvantaged groups, this is very serious.\"", "Rescuers are searching for two teenagers who were last seen in the sea near Lytham St Annes in Lancashire.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI and police were called to reports of three youths in difficulty in the water near St Annes Pier just before 19:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA boy aged 15 managed to swim ashore and has received treatment for suspected hypothermia.\n\nBut a 16-year-old boy and a man aged 18, both thought to be from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, are still missing.\n\nLancashire police said in a tweet: \"HM Coastguard and the RNLI are leading the search to find them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The car was removed from the scene after the collision\n\nA driver has been injured after a train collided with a car in Renfrewshire.\n\nThe white Hyundai appears to have broken through large metal barriers, coming to rest on the tracks before it was hit by the train at about 06:15.\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent nine fire engines to the scene in Janefield Avenue and crews removed the man from the vehicle.\n\nParamedics took the man to hospital and nine train passengers were escorted to safety by firefighters.\n\nA Police Scotland spokeswoman said: \"Emergency services are in attendance and there does not appear to be any life threatening injuries.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police said the vehicle had been recovered and the incident is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nRail services between Glasgow Central and Ayr, Largs and Ardrossan Harbour were affected but the line later reopened.", "Businesses such as bowling alleys, soft play centres and casinos can now reopen in England as lockdown rules ease.\n\nMore beauty treatments, small wedding receptions and live indoor performances can also resume.\n\nThe further lifting of restrictions comes as the government introduces bigger fines for failing to wear a mask in places where it is compulsory.\n\nMeanwhile, thousands of holidaymakers have rushed to get back to the UK to beat French quarantine rules.\n\nStephen Burns, chief executive of Hollywood Bowl, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his venues were reopening today at 50% capacity, with customers no longer sharing the ball return between bowling lanes.\n\nHand sanitiser and disposable gloves are provided, staff wear masks and are protected by screens, while customers are required to wear masks when they are not eating or drinking.\n\nMr Burns said he did not know how customers would react to the changes. \"I suppose all you can go on is what you've seen elsewhere - I don't think it's putting people off shopping particularly,\" he said.\n\n\"We're all just trying to get used to what is now the new normal.\"\n\nThe easing of lockdown rules was postponed from 1 August due to concerns about a slight increase in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England.\n\nLast week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed this may be levelling off.\n\nHowever, the latest government figures released on Friday showed the number of daily positive tests in the UK was the highest it has been since 14 June.\n\nIn the 24-hour period up to 09:00 BST on Friday, there were a further 1,441 confirmed cases, taking the total number to 316,367.\n\nSoft play centres are among the venues able to reopen from 15 August\n\nUnder the latest changes:\n\nThe prime minister said that plans to open up more of the economy this weekend \"will allow more people to return to work and the public to get back to more of the things they have missed\".\n\nBut Boris Johnson reiterated a warning that the government \"will not hesitate to put on the brakes if required, or to continue to implement local measures to help to control the spread of the virus\".\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nUnder current guidance, people who refuse to wear a face covering where it is required face a £100 fine, which can be reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days.\n\nThe new enforcement measures will see that penalty repeatedly doubled for subsequent offences, up to a maximum of £3,200.\n\nThe latest easing of restrictions will not apply in areas where local lockdown measures are in place, the government said.\n\nLocal lockdown rules vary from place to place, but since July measures have been introduced in Leicester, Preston, East Lancashire, parts of West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Aberdeen.\n\nThe Department of Health said restrictions on household gatherings in parts of north west England, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester will continue.\n\nDevolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have the power to set their own timings for the easing of restrictions.\n\nAre you getting married this weekend? Or are you preparing to reopen or go back to work? Share your stories by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "Accusations of unfairness over this year's A-level results in England have focused on an \"algorithm\" for deciding results of exams cancelled by the pandemic.\n\nThis makes it sound Machiavellian and complicated, when perhaps its problems are really being too simplistic.\n\nThere have been two key pieces of information used to produce estimated grades: how students have been ranked in ability and how well their school or college has performed in exams in recent years.\n\nSo the results were produced by combining the ranking of pupils with the share of grades expected in their school. There were other minor adjustments, but those were the shaping factors.\n\nIt meant that at a national level there would be continuity - with this year's estimated results effectively mirroring the positions of recent years.\n\nBut it locks in all the advantages and disadvantages - and means that the talented outlier, such as the bright child in the low-achieving school, or the school that is rapidly improving, could be delivered an injustice.\n\nThe independent schools and the high-achieving state schools with strongest track records of exams were always going to collect the winners' medals, because it was an action replay of the last few years' races.\n\nAnd those in struggling schools were going to see their potential grades capped once again by the underachievement of previous years.\n\nIn Scotland the accusations of unfairness prompted a switch to using teachers' predicted grades.\n\nThese predictions were collected in England too - but were discounted as being the deciding factor, because they were so generous that it would have meant a huge increase in top grades, up to 38%.\n\nStudents have challenged the fairness of estimated grades\n\nThere were also doubts about the consistency and fairness of predictions and whether the cautious and realistic could have lost out to the ambitiously optimistic.\n\nAs a consequence, while teachers might have decided the ranking order of pupils, their predictions have mostly been sidelined.\n\nAnd the \"downgrading\" of almost 40% of results has reflected the lowering of teachers' predictions back to the levels that previous history suggests would have been achieved.\n\nThere have been calls to use teachers' predicted grades instead\n\nIf these predictions had not been gathered there would not have been any \"downgrading\" - and perhaps the stories would have been about the overall results being the highest ever - with more top grades than in almost 70 years of A-levels.\n\nInstead there has been uncertainty and distrust.\n\nWhat has troubled and angered schools has been that while the averages have been protected, individuals could be losing out.\n\nThey say the lowering of grades seems sometimes inconsistent and unfair and they are frustrated at the inability to refine what has seemed a clumsy process.\n\nFor instance, there was no direct connection between an individual's prior achievement and their predicted grade.\n\nSo if someone got all top grades at GCSE and then moved to a low-performing school for A-level, they might find themselves locked out of getting the grades they might have got if they'd gone to a different high-achieving school.\n\nSchools working hard to make rapid improvements in tough circumstances feel themselves boxed in and that their young people have missed out on opportunities in university.\n\nThe problems of social mobility and regional inequalities are not hard to see.\n\nBut it's going to be harder to unpick what has happened.\n\nThe appeals system could be swamped by angry schools and their pupils wanting to challenge results. Will there be whole-school changes to grades which were decided at a whole-school level?\n\nNo one knows yet how appeals over mock exams might work. It was such a last-minute addition that it was announced before the regulator could decide any rules for it.\n\nThe \"algorithm\" also suggests the sense of powerlessness felt by those students disappointed by their results.\n\nIt was a \"computer says 'no'\" way of missing out. Now ministers and exam regulators will have to find a human way back.", "Hashtags about the restaurant have been viewed more than 300 million times on Weibo\n\nA restaurant in central China has apologised for encouraging diners to weigh themselves and then order food accordingly.\n\nThe policy was introduced after a national campaign against food waste was launched.\n\nThe beef restaurant in the city of Changsha placed two large scales at its entrance this week.\n\nIt then asked diners to enter their measurements into an app that would then suggest menu items accordingly.\n\nSigns reading \"be thrifty and diligent, promote empty plates\" and \"operation empty plate\" were pinned up.\n\nHashtags about the restaurant have been viewed more than 300 million times on the social platform Weibo.\n\nThe restaurant said it was \"deeply sorry\" for its interpretation of the national \"Clean Plate Campaign\".\n\n\"Our original intentions were to advocate stopping waste and ordering food in a healthy way. We never forced customers to weigh themselves,\" it said in an apology posted online.\n\nPresident Xi Jinping ignited the campaign this week, calling the levels of national food wastage \"shocking and distressing\".\n\nFollowing Mr Xi's message, the Wuhan Catering Industry Association urged restaurants in the city to limit the number of dishes served to diners - implementing a system where groups have to order one dish fewer than the number of diners.\n\nState TV also criticised livestreamers who filmed themselves eating large amounts of food.", "Chloe McCardel, pictured on an earlier endurance swim, is hoping to break a record with her 35th Channel crossing Image caption: Chloe McCardel, pictured on an earlier endurance swim, is hoping to break a record with her 35th Channel crossing\n\nIn the early hours of this morning, Britons were rushing back from France to avoid newly imposed UK quarantine restrictions. Now one woman is left wondering if her unusual journey later today will fall foul of the travel rules.\n\nAustralian Chloe McCardel, 35, is aiming to complete her 35th endurance swim across the Channel. If she's successful, she will beat the current men's record for the most Channel crossings, held by British athlete Kevin Murphy.\n\nShe is due to leave Dover at 20:00 BST today and aims to make the 21-mile crossing to Calais in about ten hours, before heading back to her support boat for the return journey.\n\nSince she will only stand on French soil for a matter of minutes, McCardel hopes it won't be necessary to spend 14 days in self-isolation on her return.\n\n“We don’t go anywhere near the border officials or passport control, so I’m hoping technically the quarantine thing won’t apply,\" she said.\n\n“I’ve got a little celebration planned in England with the support crew, the team, the volunteers who have been so supportive throughout this. So I am hoping the government allow us to do that without having to quarantine.”", "A swimmer has broken the men's record for the number of cross-Channel crossings - and been assured her fears of falling foul of the UK-France quarantine rules are unfounded.\n\nAustralian Chloe McCardel took 10 hours and 40 minutes to complete her 35th Channel crossing, after setting off from Kent on Saturday evening.\n\nShe was worried arriving in Calais would require her to self-isolate.\n\nBut she said UK and French coastguards have given her the all-clear.\n\n\"I would like to have a little celebration this evening in England. I'm extremely lucky to be surrounded by so much love and support, from my English host to my support boat captains and crew, and I'm excited to celebrate this achievement together with them.\"\n\nThe 35-year-old started her 21-mile swim from Abbot's Cliff beach near Folkestone at 20:00 BST on Saturday, and arrived in France just before 07:00.\n\nShe intended to spend only a few moments on the French shore before swimming back out to her support boat for the return journey.\n\n\"We don't go anywhere near the border officials or passport control, so I'm hoping technically the quarantine thing won't apply,\" she had said ahead of the swim.\n\nMs McCardel is now second on the list of the most Channel swims, passing the men's record of 34 held by Briton Kevin Murphy.\n\nEqualling the women's record will be a greater task, however - Alison Streeter, the \"Queen of the English Channel\", has swum the distance 43 times.\n\nThe Department of Transport had advised Ms McCardel to seek legal advice ahead of the swim.\n\nShe said she has been advised by the Channel Swimming Association that her swim could go ahead.\n\n\"They said Channel swims are allowed as long as you observe social distancing when you land and don't stay on the shore for more than 10 minutes, which is standard practice for us,\" Ms McCardel told the BBC shortly before embarking on the swim.\n\nShe said there was little risk of coming into contact with someone in France because her swims usually end in an area of boulders near Cap Gris-Nez.\n\n\"I usually finish where there are large boulders and it's inaccessible to people on land because you can't walk through the boulders. There's no sand,\" she said.\n\nMs McCardel already negotiated special dispensation from the Australian government to travel to the UK for her record attempt.\n\nIn recent weeks she has completed three Channel crossings, taking her level with British swimmer Mr Murphy, on 34 crossings.\n\nShe told the Daily Telegraph that she hopes that her latest feat can help to raise awareness about domestic violence, revealing that she is a survivor who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nSpeaking after completing her feat, Ms McCardel said: \"It's a very momentous occasion and I'm very proud to be able to represent Australia.\n\n\"I've also been thinking a lot about the people in lockdown, particularly women facing domestic violence, and I'm proud to be able to be a voice for those who don't have one.\"\n\nMs McCardel holds multiple records for endurance swimming, including the longest ratified unassisted ocean swim in 2014, when she covered 77.3 miles (124.4km) in 41.5 hours in the waters around the Bahamas.\n\nIn 2017, she became the first person to attempt a quadruple non-stop crossing of the English Channel, but she was not successful in completing the 84-mile journey.\n\nThe feat was finally achieved by Sarah Thomas, from the United States, last year - one year after she was treated for breast cancer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musicians from Dunedin Consort hired a fishing boat to return to the UK\n\nA group of musicians beat the France quarantine rules with just 10 minutes to spare - after chartering a fishing boat to get them back to the UK.\n\nAfter a five hour Channel crossing, eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived at Hayling Island in Hampshire at 03:50.\n\nThey made the last-minute dash after a performance in Lessay Abbey, Normandy, on Friday night.\n\nIt was the first concert by the baroque ensemble since lockdown began in March.\n\nThey were among thousands of British people who were trying to get home before the 14-day quarantine requirement came into force at 04:00.\n\nJo Buckley, the Dunedin Consort's chief executive, told BBC Scotland they knew quarantine was a risk as they travelled to France on Wednesday.\n\nBut after four months in lockdown, the musicians were desperate to play together again.\n\nAnd if they had withdrawn from the concert on the basis of speculation about new restrictions, the organisation would have lost \"many thousands of pounds\", she added.\n\n\"This is the impossibility of planning concerts amidst all the changing rules and regulations,\" Ms Buckley said.\n\nThe Dunedin Consort performed at the Lessay Abbey before embarking on their marathon trip home\n\nWhen the quarantine rules were announced late on Thursday night, the group spent hours online trying to find ways to get home before the deadline.\n\nAs self-employed musicians who have been hit hard economically during lockdown, they needed to return home to work.\n\nAmongst other things, they are lined up to work with the online Edinburgh Festival next week.\n\n\"We looked into ferries, the Eurotunnel, flights, even chartering a private jet — you name it, we tried it, but we couldn't find any way of doing the concert and getting home before the quarantine curfew,\" she said.\n\nEventually - on Friday morning - they tracked down a firm which hired out a boat for fishing trips from Hayling Island.\n\nOnce they finished the concert at 22:30 local time (21:30 BST), eight of the 13-strong group boarded a coach to Cherbourg where they met the Valkyrie boat.\n\nMusicians from Dunedin Consort hired a fishing boat to return to the UK\n\nThey left the French port shortly before midnight and arrived in the UK about five hours later.\n\n\"It was lovely,\" Ms Buckley said. \"The boat was very comfortable. We were all able to have a little sleep inside even though we were all quite excited when we got on board.\n\n\"It was a calm night so it was a very easy crossing.\"\n\nWith just minutes to spare until the new restrictions came into force, they arrived in Hampshire.\n\nThey were taken to London Euston by minibus and from there the musicians were able to make the final leg of the marathon journey home.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill has spoken about how music has helped her recover from a major brain haemorrhage.\n\nThe 39-year-old Radio 3 host underwent emergency brain surgery after she collapsed in New York in January.\n\nMonths later, she says music has played a key role, as she re-learns how to speak and walk.\n\n\"Sometimes it is the thing that gives me solace,\" she says. \"And sometimes it's the thing that helps me to get up, and fight, and to live.\"\n\n\"It is the ultimate motivation,\" Clemmie - as she is known by her friends and colleagues - told friend and journalist Sophie Elmhirst.\n\nThe presenter, who is behind Radio 3's award-winning Classical Fix programme, as well as a regular face on the BBC's Proms coverage, is currently living in New York where she is creative director at WQXR, the New York public radio classical music station.\n\nAt the start of the year, she suffered a massive brain haemorrhage caused by a previously undiagnosed condition: an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an uncommon and abnormal cluster of blood vessels meshing the arteries and veins in her brain.\n\nIt could have been fatal.\n\nAs it is, doctors removed half of her skull during emergency surgery at Mount Sinai West hospital in Manhattan, and she was unconscious for 17 days. No one was certain how much of her brain would recover.\n\nThroughout those early days, music played on a speaker by her hospital bed - the playlist compiled by her loved ones.\n\nBefore she showed any sign of consciousness, British opera singer Andrew Staples - a close friend who was performing in New York when the presenter collapsed - recalls her left foot tapping along to some Brahms.\n\n\"I remember it struck me as a non-typical piece to inspire toe-tapping,\" Staples recalls.\n\nA week or so later, just as doctors were removing the tubes that had initially aided her breathing, one of Burton-Hill's favourite pieces of music, Richard Strauss's Morgen, happened to play through the speaker.\n\n\"With her good hand she grabbed my wrist as I leant over her shaven head, and I sang the words to her,\" says Staples. \"We both cried a lot. I wasn't worried from then on about whether she was 'in there' anymore.\"\n\nWhile she can't remember that moment, Burton-Hill recalls how she seemed to make a choice of whether to give up or to live just as she was regaining consciousness.\n\n\"It was literally: I can do this, I'm going to get through this,\" she says now. \"Music is the opposite of despair. It was going to be worth the fight.\"\n\nAs her recovery stepped up, friend and renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti came to visit and together they play Bach, with Burton-Hill - herself a violin soloist - playing the left hand on the violin and Benedetti bowing. Astonishingly, the broadcaster still recalled all the notes.\n\n\"It's a clichéd idea that music is beyond language,\" she says, \"but from what I've experienced in my own brain, I truly know that now.\"\n\nGradually, language and movement have begun to return despite the obstacles to recovery thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"I really believe music is a part of my recovery because it uses both sides of the brain,\" says Burton-Hill.\n\n\"It's as though it trains your brain to be ambidextrous.\"\n• None BBC Four - Secret Knowledge, Stradivarius and Me", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Hundreds of workers at the factory have now been tested\n\nThe number of positive Covid-19 cases linked to a food processing plant in Coupar Angus has now reached 110.\n\nA total of 96 employees at the 2 Sisters factory have tested positive, plus 14 of their contacts. That is up from 20 on Saturday.\n\nIndoor visits to care homes, due to be reinstated across Scotland on Monday, can no longer go ahead in the area.\n\nThe plant was closed last Monday for two weeks and more than 800 staff have now been tested.\n\nWorkers and those sharing a household with them, including children, must self-isolate until 31 August.\n\nNHS Tayside said indoor visiting for end-of-life care or to support a resident's wellbeing at times of distress could continue, as long as all infection prevention and control measures were in place, including appropriate use of PPE.\n\nAt least two of the contacts who tested positive have links to other food processing plants in Tayside.\n\nDr Emma Fletcher, associate director of public health for NHS Tayside, said: \"The increase in positive cases linked to the factory again today is in line with what we expected and we continue to undertake detailed contact tracing of all cases to ensure everyone fully understands what action they must take.\n\n\"Over the last week in Tayside as a whole, more than 2,500 tests have been taken at the testing sites across the area, including the two dedicated facilities in Coupar Angus and Dundee brought in specifically to support testing of 2 Sisters factory workers.\n\n\"Hundreds of workers have attended for testing and given the volume of testing which has now been completed, we expect positive cases to continue to rise in the coming days as tests are processed and we receive the results.\"\n\nAll workers and their household contacts, including children, should self-isolate until 31 August, even if they have a negative result.\n\nOfficial figures at the weekend showed that NHS Tayside, which covers the Coupar Angus area, saw the biggest 24-hour increase in positive cases.\n\nAs of 14:00 on Saturday, the figure stood at 78 wile the total number of positive cases across Scotland rose by 123.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The man was found with a stab wound at the side of Bristol Road\n\nA further three people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man found \"slumped\" with a stab wound at the side of a busy road.\n\nThe injured man was discovered beside Bristol Road in Birmingham on Saturday and taken to hospital where he died at about 18:15 BST.\n\nThree men aged 22, 30 and 40 were arrested at separate addresses in Nottinghamshire on Sunday, police said.\n\nA woman, 28, and a 15-year-old girl were arrested at the scene on Saturday.\n\nThey are also suspected of murdering the man who is yet to be formally identified, police say.\n\nHe was attacked just before 17:00 BST and found near the junction with Mill Pool Way in the Bournbrook area.\n\nAccording to the West Midlands force he was \"slumped\" with a chest wound.\n\nPolice have appealed for anyone who was near Mill Pool Way at the time to contact them\n\nThe woman and girl remain in police custody.\n\nThe men are being transported to the West Midlands for questioning.\n\nDet Insp Stu Mobberley said detectives had made \"rapid progress overnight having worked with colleagues at Nottinghamshire Police to arrest three men\" and were actively seeking \"at least one other person\".\n\nBristol Road, which was closed on Saturday for investigations, has re-opened.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None Woman and girl arrested after man stabbed to death\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Llainfadyn cottage was built in 1762 in Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, and rebuilt at a museum in 1962\n\nIf you think getting on the property ladder today is tough, spare a thought for early modern Welsh rural labourers.\n\nThe custom of tŷ unnos, which translates into English as house in one night, was a commonly-held folklore across Wales between the 17th and 19th centuries.\n\nIt held that, if a squatter could build a house on common land between dusk and dawn, then the occupier could lay claim to the legal freehold of the property.\n\nOne academic believes that, in a time when rising house prices in rural Wales are \"causing difficulties\" for young people hoping to remain in their home villages, there's \"renewed interest in values like tŷ unnos\".\n\nSmoke had to be issuing from the chimney before sun-up and some regional variations, in particular in Denbighshire, maintained the builder could also claim all the land within the distance they could hurl an axe from each of the four corners of the house.\n\nAlthough the tradition is widely acknowledged, Dafydd Wiliam, principal curator of historic buildings at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, said finding examples of genuine tai unnos (the plural of tŷ unnos) is virtually impossible.\n\n\"As they had to be built overnight, tŷ unnos cottages were by necessity simple structures built from wattle and daub or turf, and capped with a rudimentary thatched roof.\n\n\"They needed to last no more than a year while the family could construct a more permanent dwelling, but once a claim to the land had been established overnight, the tai unnos which came in the following months were sturdier, built from stone and slate, and often had a small mezzanine floor or 'crog loft' as a sleeping space.\n\n\"So while there are cottages you could say are part of the tŷ unnos tradition, there are no surviving original examples.\"\n\nAmong St Fagans' collection is Llainfadyn cottage, an early example of a more permanent tŷ unnos, built in 1762 in Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, and rebuilt at the Museum in 1962.\n\nThe last known tŷ unnos was built in 1882 in Flintshire by four brothers from Lancashire - an adventure which was fictionalised in Oliver Onions' 1914 novel Mushroom Town\n\nTŷ Hyll, (The Ugly House) in Snowdonia is an example of a tŷ unnos\n\nTŷ Hyll, (The Ugly House) in Snowdonia is sometimes described as an example of a tŷ unnos cottage, but was likely built in the 19th Century as a romanticised version of the tradition.\n\nTŷ unnos has no basis in either English common law - to which Wales has been subject since 1536 - or medieval Welsh laws, such as those set out by Welsh prince Hywel Dda.\n\nNevertheless there are equivalent customs in Ireland, Italy, France and Turkey.\n\n\"Between the 17th and 19th centuries the enclosure of land into large, privately-owned farms and the eviction of those who lived and earned their living from that land, pushed the rural poor to the margins. A theme common to many regions of the world.\n\n\"As a folkloric tradition, there were no hard and fast rules and people may have believed different things in different areas. In some areas people believed that throwing an axe from the threshold of the finished cottage would mark the extent of the small holding that went with it,\" Mr Wiliam said.\n\n\"However, as an axe would have been a valuable tool to an impoverished family, no-one would risk blunting it by actually hurling it.\"\n\nDr Juliette Wood, Cardiff University's Welsh Folklore expert, agrees, describing tŷ unnos as \"analogous to the Rebecca Riots\".\n\nShe argues that it follows in a broader Welsh tradition of recalling and adapting ancient folklore to meet the needs of the time.\n\n\"Long before the 17th Century, there are Welsh legends of wagers between land owners and peasants, over what could be achieved in a night, and most follow a theme of the plucky underdog outwitting their greedy overlords.\n\n\"One surrounds a lord agreeing to grant the amount of land which could be encircled by a single ox hide, so the tenant cuts the hide extremely thinly and encompasses the whole farm, whereas another involves an entire village coming together to win a bet of how much land they could plough overnight.\"\n\nThe date Llaindfadyn cottage was completed is carved on the right hand side of its fireplace lintel\n\nShe added that even the \"smoke from the chimney\" motif echoes the legend of St David and the smoke which is said to have risen from his first monastic foundation, which became Ty Dewi, the cathedral of St David.\n\nTŷ unnos waned in popularity after the industrial revolution, when thousands of rural labourers migrated to Swansea, Cardiff and the valleys to work in coal and metal.\n\nHowever, Dr Wood believes the sentiment behind it has never entirely left us and is again becoming increasingly relevant in the 21st Century.\n\n\"There is a homelessness charity in Wrexham called Tŷ Unnos, and in 2009 Coed Cymru built a tŷ unnos for the Smithsonian Folklore Festival in Washington DC.\n\n\"In a time when rising house prices in rural Wales are again causing difficulties for young people to remain in the villages where they were born, there's renewed interest in values like tŷ unnos.\"", "France is in a \"risky situation\" as coronavirus cases rise again, the country's health minister has said.\n\nIn an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, Olivier Véran said the higher numbers were not only due to increased testing.\n\nThe outbreak in France \"never stopped\", he said, adding: \"It was only controlled during the lockdown and the progressive easing of lockdown measures.\"\n\n\"It's not a French exception, it's the European dynamic,\" he told the newspaper.\n\nHe went on to explain that the virus is spreading four times more among those under the age of 40 as the over 65s, but warned that this situation could change if younger people spread the virus to elderly and more vulnerable people.\n\nOn Saturday, 3,602 new daily cases were reported in France following two days with more than 4,000 new infections. The country has reported more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic began.", "More staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there is a spike in cases is needed for schools to reopen safely, the UK's largest teaching union has said.\n\nThe National Education Union (NEU) accused the government of letting down pupils, teachers and parents by failing to have a \"plan B\" if infections rise.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have insisted it is safe to return.\n\nThe education secretary said ministers were doing \"everything we can\" to help.\n\nMillions of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to return to school in the coming days and weeks. In Scotland, schools have already reopened.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Times, Gavin Williamson said he wanted to reassure every parent and pupil that schools were \"ready for them\", and the autumn return to schools was \"more important than ever\" this year.\n\nMeanwhile, a further six deaths have been announced in the UK, bringing the total number of people to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus to 41,429.\n\nOn Saturday, the UK's chief medical adviser warned that children were more likely to be harmed by not returning to the classroom in September than if they catch coronavirus.\n\nProf Chris Whitty said \"the chances of children dying from Covid-19 are incredibly small\" - but missing lessons \"damages children in the long run\".\n\nKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the NEU, which represents more than 450,000 members, said the union agreed about the benefits of pupils returning to full-time education, but ministers needed to provide more information on what to do in the event of an outbreak.\n\n\"Government advice needs to cover the possible self-isolation of bubbles and, in extremis, moving to rotas or to more limited opening. It needs to cover advice to heads about the protections needed for staff in high-risk categories if infection rates rise.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prof Chris Whitty: \"The chances of children dying from Covid are incredibly small\"\n\nExtra staff should be employed and additional teaching space provided so education can continue \"in a Covid-secure manner\" if infections rise, Mr Courtney said.\n\nHe added: \"This should include employment of student teachers who have finished their courses and not yet found jobs, as well as mobilisation of supply staff.\"\n\nIn a joint statement, the nations' four chief medical officers said: \"The current global pandemic means that there are no risk-free options, but it is important that parents and teachers understand the balance of risks to achieve the best course of action for their children.\"\n\nThe statement said evidence suggested schools were \"probably not a common route of transmission\".\n\nThe NASUWT teachers' union said the \"critical importance\" of social distancing and hygiene had been reinforced by the chief medical officers' statement.\n\nOf the more than one million children who attended pre-school and primary schools in England in June, 70 children and 128 staff were infected in outbreaks of the virus, according to a Public Health England study published on Sunday.\n\nIt is expected that pupils in Northern Ireland going into years seven, 12 and 14 will return to school full-time on Monday, with the rest going back from 31 August. In England and Wales, pupils will return to school from 1 September.\n\nPaul Jackson, headteacher at Manorfield Primary School, Tower Hamlets, east London, told the BBC that it would have been useful to have clearer guidance from the government for school leaders and additional funding to help to pay for extra cleaning and other resources.\n\n\"The guidance is issued for all schools. So whether you are a very small school, with maybe just 70 pupils or whether you are a large school like us with 750 pupils, the guidance issued is exactly the same,\" he said.\n\nMr Jackson said it was \"almost inevitable\" that there would be a rise in cases when schools reopened, but it was important that children return to the classroom.\n\nProf Whitty, who is also England's chief medical officer, said \"many more [children] were likely to be harmed by not going than harmed by going\" to school.\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics' latest data on ages, there were 10 deaths recorded as \"due to Covid-19\" among those aged 19 and under in England and Wales between March and June - and 46,725 deaths among those aged 20 and over.\n\nA Department for Education spokesperson said: \"We welcome the report from Public Health England, which makes clear that coronavirus infections in schools are extremely rare, as part of the growing evidence base which indicates schools do not appear to be a primary driver of infections in the community.\"\n\nAre you returning to school or college? Is your child or grandchild? Share your views and 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThird Test, Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day three of five)\n\nEngland forced Pakistan to follow on on day three of the final Test at the Ageas Bowl despite a defiant century by visiting captain Azhar Ali.\n\nAzhar's controlled 141 not out dragged his side from 75-5 and the point of implosion in reply to England 583-8 declared.\n\nHe shared a sixth-wicket partnership of 138 with wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, who battled to 53.\n\nAfter Rizwan was removed by Chris Woakes, England could have run through the tail had it not been for an incredible passage of play that saw three catches dropped in the space of 10 James Anderson deliveries.\n\nAnderson eventually had last man Naseem Shah caught at third slip to complete figures of 5-56 and move to 598 Test wickets.\n\nWith Pakistan 273 all out, 310 behind, they were given half an hour to bat again in the evening gloom, and Azhar promoted himself to open.\n\nHowever, just as the players returned for the start of the Pakistan second innings, the umpires decided the light was not good enough to resume.\n\nWith rain forecast for Tuesday, there may be added pressure on England to wrap up victory on day four in order to seal a 2-0 series win.\n• None Vote for England's Test player of the summer\n\nWith such a massive total on the board and Anderson charging towards 600 Test wickets, England seemed primed for a rush towards victory in a rain-interrupted morning session.\n\nHowever, it is to the credit of Azhar and Rizwan that Pakistan dug in and made the home side work hard.\n\nOn a slow, flat pitch, England had to cycle through their options, particularly when the ball got soft.\n\nJofra Archer bowled as quickly as he has since last summer's Ashes and Dom Bess found turn, but there was a period in the afternoon when batting was comfortable.\n\nIt was at that time that England could have used the inspiration of a crowd, or the magic of the absent Ben Stokes.\n\nStill, they were only ever one breakthrough away from Pakistan's long tail, and it was their poor catching that delayed the inevitable.\n\nAzhar has struggled with the bat since being appointed captain at the end of last year, part of a wider lean run that had seen him pass 40 only once in his previous 18 innings.\n\nThis, though, was a determined return to form, produced when Pakistan were in huge trouble and celebrated joyfully by his team-mates.\n\nCircumspect at first, he gradually found fluency. Azhar scored only 29 runs from his first 112 balls, then 74 from his next 93. He was strong square on the wicket on both sides.\n\nThe combative Rizwan, who took a nasty blow to the helmet from Archer, provided doughty support in the largest partnership made against England this summer.\n\nHowever, when Rizwan tickled Woakes down the leg side to be caught by diving wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, the lower order was exposed to the second new ball.\n\nEven then, Azhar managed to drag 60 more runs out of the last four wickets, with the skipper benefitting from two of England's drops and remaining unbeaten.\n\nWith Pakistan resuming on 24-3 and Asad Shafiq tentatively poking Anderson's sixth ball of the day to Joe Root at first slip, it seemed set to be a straightforward day for England, especially after Bess' ripping off-break took the edge of Fawad Alam.\n\nThat was the first of three excellent catches by Buttler, whose keeping had previously been under fire, the best of which was a flying grab down the leg side to hold Shaheen Afridi off Stuart Broad.\n\nSkipper Root also held two smart catches, with England doing a professional job before things fell apart in the fading light late on.\n\nFirst Azhar was missed by Rory Burns at second slip, then, two balls later, fourth slip Zak Crawley put down a straightforward chance to reprieve Mohammad Abbas.\n\nIn Anderson's next over, a comical passage of play saw Broad put down the simplest catch off Azhar at mid-on, only to angrily hurl the ball at the striker's end, hit the stumps direct and run out the dawdling Abbas.\n\nWhen the innings was finally wrapped up, there would still have been time for Anderson to attempt to reach his next milestone, only for the bizarre sight of the players being sent back to the dressing rooms before they could get to the middle.\n\nby Michael Vaughan, former England captain on the Test Match Special podcast\n\nPakistan, when they lost the early wicket this morning, many of us thought they would fall in a heap, but then Azhar Ali came out.\n\nHe played some glorious shots, and in Mohammad Rizwan they have found a fighter, a character. That partnership was special.\n\nI just hope James Anderson can grab a couple tomorrow and go home with some positivity of thought in his mind.", "Sharon White became chair of John Lewis in February\n\nJohn Lewis is planning to replace its famous promise to match rivals' prices as its new boss plans radical changes to the business.\n\n\"Never knowingly undersold\" has become harder to defend as competition from online retailers has become ever tougher.\n\nGroup chair Sharon White told the Sunday Times she expected the price pledge to go.\n\nThe slogan has been in place since 1925.\n\n\"The proposition is important because it signifies being fair to society. We're reviewing it to improve it,\" Ms White told the Sunday Times.\n\nThe department store chain has already announced the closure of eight stores including its flagship Birmingham site which only opened five years ago as it struggles to adapt to the challenges arising from the pandemic.\n\nThis year between 60% and 70% of John Lewis's sales are expected to be online, compared to 40% last year.\n\nEven before Covid-19 hit, the chain, which is run as a partnership, had warned it might not pay the usual staff dividend as competition ate into profits.\n\nMs White told the Sunday Times the chain needed \"more inspiration, surprise, fun\" and that it would compete by \"curating\" items in store better. John Lewis would focus less on women's fashion and get rid of travel and spa services. Instead it would offer more financial, home and garden products, she said.\n\nMs White said she wanted to reaffirm John Lewis's reputation as a socially responsible retailer and \"shout more\" about its values.\n\nFor nearly a century John Lewis has promised to refund the difference in price, to any shopper who could find an item cheaper elsewhere within 28 days.\n\nHowever, the commitment has never applied to sales from internet-only retailers, which have lower costs and often undercut the High Street on price.\n\nJohn Lewis indicated earlier this year it was reviewing the promise. It said \"fair value\" would still be central to its ethos but \"in a more modernised form\"; it hopes to have a new slogan in place by October.\n\n\"Never knowingly undersold is from another era,\" said Catherine Shuttleworth, founder of retail marketing agency Savvy.\n\n\"She's got to correct the course on that. They'll be out of business if they do that in a world where Amazon change their prices every minute.\"\n\nThe business is also facing challenges in its Waitrose grocery arm. Next month its long-standing link with delivery service Ocado comes to an end at a time when customers are queuing to sign up for online shopping.\n\nThe scale of the overall challenge should not be underestimated, said Ms Shuttleworth.\n\n\"It's the biggest crisis in the history of the partnership... There's got to be some significant changes to make sure it survives for the future.\"", "Fredie Blom - seen here on his 116th birthday - said there was no special secret to his longevity\n\nA South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116.\n\nFredie Blom's identity documents showed he was born in Eastern Cape province in May 1904, although that was never verified by Guinness World Records.\n\nWhen he was a teenager, his entire family was wiped out by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He went on to survive two world wars and apartheid.\n\nMr Blom told the BBC in 2018 that there was no special secret to his longevity.\n\n\"There's only one thing - it's the man above [God]. He's got all the power. I have nothing. I can drop over any time but He holds me,\" he said.\n\nMr Blom spent most of his life as a labourer - first on a farm and then in the construction industry - and only retired when he was in his 80s.\n\nFredie Blom's identity documents list his date of birth as 8 May 1904\n\nAlthough he gave up drinking many years ago, he was a regular smoker.\n\nHowever, a coronavirus-related lockdown imposed by the South African government reportedly meant he was unable to buy tobacco to roll his own cigarettes on his 116th birthday.\n\nMr Blom's family said he died of natural causes in Cape Town on Saturday.\n\n\"Two weeks ago oupa [grandfather] was still chopping wood,\" family spokesman Andre Naidoo told AFP news agency. \"He was a strong man, full of pride.\"\n\nBut within days Mr Blom shrank \"from a big man to a small person\", he added.\n\nMr Naidoo said the family did not believe his death was related to Covid-19.", "Thousands of people attended an illegal rave in Greater Manchester in June\n\nPolice in England will be able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings of more than 30 people such as raves up to £10,000 from Friday, ministers say.\n\nThose who attend gatherings and those who do not wear face coverings where it is mandatory can be given a £100 fine, doubling on each offence up to £3,200.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can set their own enforcement rules.\n\nThe government first unveiled plans for tougher penalties for those breaking coronavirus rules earlier this month.\n\nDetails of the stricter rules come after extra restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19 were introduced in north-west England.\n\nOvernight, police in Birmingham disrupted more than 70 unlicensed social gatherings including house and street parties, one of which featured marquees and a DJ.\n\nIn Huddersfield, officers broke up an illegal rave involving about 300 people.\n\nTwo police vehicles were damaged and four people arrested after officers broke up a party breaking lockdown rules in Greater Manchester, where restrictions between households continue.\n\nAbout 50 people were at the gathering at a house, which had a gazebo set up with loud speakers, music equipment and party lights, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nAnd in Blackburn, Lancashire, where extra restrictions are also in force, more than 150 people gathered for a rave at a reservoir.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rave culture in the UK has given us superstar artists and DJs like The Prodigy and Carl Cox\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said: \"These gatherings are dangerous and those who organise them show a blatant disregard for the safety of others.\"\n\nShe added: \"We will continue to crack down on the small minority who think they are above the law.\"\n\nThe tougher rules have been welcomed by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).\n\nCommander Ade Adelekan, NPCC lead for unlicensed music events, said those who organised such gatherings \"irresponsibly put people's health and safety at risk\".\n\nHe added: \"To the organisers of this sort of activity, I strongly advise that you seriously consider the risks you're creating for everyone in attendance and the wider community. There is a risk of prosecution for those who organise these events and equipment will be seized.\"\n\nInsp Andy Berry, chairman of the Devon and Cornwall Police Federation said \"definitive powers\" to help \"control these large gatherings\" were helpful, as his colleagues have been seeing an \"incredible surge in demand\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC Breakfast, he said: \"We are a police force, we should be there primarily to deal with crime... what we don't want to do is break up children's birthday parties.\n\n\"We are seeing an unprecedented amount of calls coming in where neighbours are reporting these breaches and these demands are really bringing my colleagues and members to fatigue and breaking point,\" Mr Berry said.\n\nThe tougher penalties will also see those who flout rules around face coverings issued a larger fine - starting at £100 and doubling up to £3,200 for each repeat offence.\n\nIn England, face coverings are mandatory in many indoor settings, including public transport, shops and museums, with some exemptions for children or on medical grounds.\n\nIt comes after a further 18 deaths were recorded in the UK on Saturday, bringing the total number of people to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus to 41,423.\n\nAs of 21 August, the UK recorded 21.2 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people over the last fortnight, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.\n\nSir Mark Walport, a member of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), warned on Saturday that coronavirus would be present \"forever in some form or another\".\n\nHis comments come after the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he hoped the pandemic would be over within two years.", "The crush happened as people were trying to exit the nightclub\n\nAt least 13 people died in a crush in Peru after trying to escape police who raided a nightclub violating coronavirus restrictions, police say.\n\nThe crush happened as revellers tried to leave the Thomas Restobar Club in Lima's Los Olivos district. Some eyewitnesses said tear gas was used.\n\nPresident Martín Vizcarra said 15 of 23 revellers arrested had tested positive for the coronavirus.\n\nPeru has been among the Latin American countries hardest hit by Covid-19.\n\nIt has recorded more than 576,000 cases of coronavirus cases and more than 27,000 fatalities.\n\nA night-time curfew has been in place since March, and a ban on large gatherings was reimposed earlier this month.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Perú News 🇵🇪 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPeru's interior minister said around 120 people had attended the illegal birthday gathering on Saturday. After police raided the club, the partygoers \"tried to escape through the single exit, trampling each other and getting trapped in the stairway\". Eleven men and two women aged in their 20s and 30s died.\n\nPeople grieved outside the nightclub in Lima\n\nThe ministry says police \"did not use any type of weapon or tear gas\" during the operation but this was disputed by at least one local resident who told RPP radio: \"It appears that police entered and threw tear gas canisters at them, and boxed them in.\"\n\nThe club's owners, a married couple, were among those detained. Six people were injured, including three police officers.\n\nPresident Vizcarra said such large gatherings were common and were posing a serious threat to public health.\n\n\"I have sorrow and I have sadness for the people and relatives of the people who have died, but I also have anger and indignation for those who were irresponsible by organising this,\" he said, adding: \"Please reflect, let's not lose more lives due to negligence.\"\n\nHe said all 60 police officers involved in the raid would be tested for Covid-19.\n\nPeru imposed one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of coronavirus - but has still seen cases rise rapidly.\n• None Why has Peru been so badly hit by Covid?", "The baby gorilla arrived in the early hours of Wednesday\n\nA baby gorilla has been born at Bristol Zoo.\n\nKeepers arrived to find the new arrival nestling in the arms of its mother.\n\nPhotographs taken just hours after the birth on Wednesday show Kala - a nine-year-old western lowland gorilla - cradling the newborn. Staff said both were \"doing well\".\n\nThe zoo said Kala gave birth naturally with the baby's father, Jock, nearby. Her first baby died last year a week after it was born.\n\nMother and child are both said to be doing well\n\nLynsey Bugg, the zoo's curator of mammals, said: \"We knew we were having a baby gorilla due and we've been on baby watch for a little while.\n\n\"On Tuesday Kala looked nice and comfortable and not causing us any concerns or worries.\n\n\"I came in [on Wednesday] morning to find a brand new baby in the house. It was lovely.\"\n\nLynsey Bugg said Kala was \"a very attentive mother\"\n\nShe said staff had been \"on tenterhooks\" following the death of Kala's first baby last September, a week after she underwent an emergency caesarean.\n\n\"It is so lovely that she was able to give birth naturally and baby and mum are really well.\n\n\"She's a very attentive mother and very nurturing and you see lots of suckling from the baby, and the baby looks really strong and a good size.\"\n\nIt will be a while before the zoo knows if the baby is male or female, Ms Bugg said.\n\n\"They are not all that easy to sex and we want to have a few looks before we are certain.\"\n\nThe new gorilla joins a troop of six at the zoo, which are part of a breeding programme.\n\nThe western lowland gorilla is classed as critically endangered, with some estimates putting the number left in the wild at about 100,000.\n\nThe sex of the baby is not yet known\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Masked Singer, a hit show in the US (pictured), launched in Australia last year\n\nProduction of the Australian version of hit reality TV show The Masked Singer has been suspended after several crew members tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nThe entire production team, including the masked celebrity singers, the host and the judges, are now in self-isolation, the show announced.\n\nThe show is filmed in Melbourne which has been at the centre of a spike in coronavirus infections.\n\nResidents across the state of Victoria are subject to strict lockdown rules.\n\nThese include a night-time curfew, the closure of restaurants and gyms, only one hour of outdoor exercise a day, no travel further than 5km (three miles) from home, and only one person per household allowed to shop for essentials at a time.\n\nThe production of The Masked Singer had been allowed to continue despite the restrictions because news and media outlets are considered essential services.\n\nThe show announced its immediate suspension in a tweet on Sunday, saying \"the health and safety of the community, and our staff and production partners is our number one priority\".\n\nThe production team put into isolation include the show's host Osher Gunsberg and judges including singer Dannii Minogue and comedian Dave Hughes. They are \"being monitored closely and are in constant contact with medical authorities\", the show 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 The Masked Singer 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. End of twitter post by The Masked Singer Australia\n\nVictoria's health department said investigations had \"determined that the site should close\" and that it was working to ensure that \"all appropriate public health actions are taken including cleaning and contact tracing\".\n\nThe reality TV show began in South Korea before being franchised in other Asian countries and later the US, UK and Australia. It features celebrities who sing in elaborate costumes and whose identities are not revealed until they are voted off.\n\nFormer tennis star Mark Philippoussis was the first contestant to be eliminated from the latest Australian season on Tuesday.\n\nHe said the on-set health and safety measures had been \"intense\" but necessary. \"Everyone was always wearing a face mask and there was hand sanitiser everywhere,\" he was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying.", "Floral tributes to Nicola were placed at the scene\n\nA 15-year-old girl who died after an incident in a river in Cardiff has been named by police.\n\nNicola Williams died at Rhymney River, near Ball Lane, Llanrumney, on Friday.\n\nSouth Wales Police was called to the scene at 17:20 BST, along with fire crews and the ambulance service, as well as a police helicopter.\n\nShe was found at about 18:40 and died despite the efforts of emergency crews, South Wales Police said. Her death is not being treated as suspicious.\n\nNicola, from the Trowbridge area of Cardiff, went to St Illtyd's Catholic High School in the Rumney area of the city.\n\n\"A child taken from their family is the worst pain anyone can suffer,\" said Llanrumney councillor Keith Jones.\n\n\"And the community will try to help support them through this incredibly difficult time. The community is still coming to terms with how a 15-year-old girl has lost her life.\"\n\nDivers attempt to rescue Ms Williams from the Rhymney River\n\nFloral tributes have been left for Nicola at the scene where she died\n\nOne resident said the community was still \"in shock\" after Nicola's death.\n\n\"One minute it is a normal day then we have tragedy right on our doorstep,\" said Lee Cornock.\n\n\"It's heartbreaking. My heart goes out to all Nicola's family and friends, the community is in shock.\"\n\nOne tribute described Nicola as a \"princess\"", "People can now form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with up to four households\n\nPeople in Wales are now able to welcome more family and friends into their homes as coronavirus lockdown rules continue to be relaxed.\n\nFrom Saturday, people can form an \"exclusive extended arrangement\" with up to four households - double the previous amount allowed.\n\nSome are pleased, but others are wary of opening their doors to others.\n\nSheep farmer Llyr Jones said he was looking forward to seeing his mother and neighbours again.\n\nMr Jones, 41, who lives in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Conwy county, with his wife and two children, added: \"The worst thing that we have found during the height of the pandemic was childcare.\n\n\"My wife's a vet and I'm a farmer, and we are having to take our children to work.\n\n\"That brings huge problems but we have to carry on because we are both key workers, but maybe having my mother to come home to look after the children will help.\"\n\nLlyr Jones is looking forward to being able to welcome his mum and neighbours inside\n\nPeople have been employed on his farm since lockdown began - while they tried to maintain social distancing, it was not always easy.\n\n\"It's impossible to keep to two-metre distances,\" he said.\n\n\"We have two young children who are in nursery, so they are mixing, they are not social distancing.\"\n\nLee Dirkzwager remains unsure about opening the doors of her home to others\n\nLee Dirkzwager, from Gabalfa, Cardiff, has been shielding.\n\nThe 73-year-old has a number of underlying conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.\n\nThe mother-of-three and grandmother-of-three went out on Sunday but was \"quite nervous\" about doing so.\n\n\"I didn't enjoy it and came back to what I now call the norm, which is isolation,\" she said.\n\n\"I think it is going to take a long time to adjust to get back into the flow of pre-March this year.\n\n\"And, being honest, I am worried about opening up and having to meet even family.\"\n\nThe retired office worker admitted she would \"love\" to see them, but feared the pandemic would return.\n\n\"Are we going to be ill next time around?\" she said.\n\nShe did not enjoy her trip out because there were \"so many people\", many unmasked.\n\n\"It was totally alien,\" she said. \"I suppose I've become institutionalised being on my own.\"\n\nThe rules on meeting people indoors were expected to be relaxed last weekend but were postponed.\n\nEvents co-ordinator Amy Nation, said there was an \"exciting day\" ahead at The Bear Hotel in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, where a wedding was due to be held.\n\nShe said there had been big changes to comply with social distancing rules, so seating has been spaced out.\n\nBut she said the main difference would be that a large evening party \"can't currently go head\".\n\nA meal following a wedding and civil partnership is allowed for up to 30 people indoors if social distancing can be maintained.\n\n\"We have had to adapt,\" she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.\n\nBut Deeside wedding photographer Rich Miller said the industry had been hit hard by cancellations due to the pandemic and he was not yet sure if more weddings would go ahead later in the year.\n\n\"Nobody know what way to turn,\" he said. \"We are all holding on towards the end of the year.\"\n\nOn Friday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said trials of outdoor sports and arts events would be allowed later this month\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford said at the time it was important not to jeopardise progress.\n\nMr Drakeford said the next easing of lockdown measures, in three weeks' time, would include relaxing rules to allow cleaners and tutors to work in people's homes.\n\nIt would also allow small groups to meet indoors for classes and clubs, such as book clubs and weight loss groups.", "\"Why would you join a force of people you are taught to inherently mistrust?\"\n\nLeena Farhat says she's been stopped by officers in Wales three times in four years - and \"never for a valid reason\".\n\nShe believes cultural problems need to be overcome to encourage more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to join the police.\n\nOf 6,999 officers serving in Wales, 128 (1.82%) identify as BAME or mixed race, the latest Office for National Statistics figures show.\n\nThis is below the national proportion for the population which identifies as BAME - 5.9% - although it varies across the country, from 19.8% in Cardiff to 1.7% in Wrexham.\n\n\"In schools, from a young age, people are taught 'if something isn't right, talk to the police', but a BAME child's parents will say not to trust them,\" Ms Farhat, a diversity officer for the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said.\n\n\"It's a cultural divide you see in how many are signing up (for the police).\"\n\nThe figures show there were just two new joiners from BAME backgrounds to three of Wales' four forces in 2019-20, and seven new joiners at South Wales Police.\n\nMs Farhat wants the four Welsh forces to do more to build cultural trust\n\nAt the country's biggest force, South Wales Police, 0.19% (six officers) identify as black, 2.6% as BAME and 96.6% as white, while North Wales Police has just two female officers who identify as BAME.\n\nThe figures also show only four female officers from these backgrounds are currently ranked higher than a constable in Wales.\n\nOriginally from Switzerland, with a father of Arabian descent and mother who is Mauritian, Ms Farhat moved to Aberystwyth to study four years ago.\n\n\"I've been stopped three times since I've been in Wales, at random points, and never for a valid reason,\" she said.\n\n\"People develop a mistrust for the police, think they're out to sabotage them and don't care about people who look like them.\"\n\nMs Farhat said she has been stopped three times since moving to Aberystwyth in 2016\n\nThe most recent incident came came in December 2019, after Ms Farhat had been to the S4C studios in Carmarthen for General Election night.\n\nShe left at 06:00 to get a bus back to Aberystwyth.\n\n\"I had a big jacket on and headphones, and a couple of officers came to ask about a burglary,\" said Ms Farhat.\n\n\"They looked through my bag and I was asked to go to Carmarthen station. When I said no, they told me to report to Aberystwyth station.\n\n\"It was the wrong place, wrong time, but there was another woman not far behind and they didn't stop her.\"\n\nBlack people are nine times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people, according to UK government figures\n\nIt is incidents like this which she believes many white people are unaware of, but which people of colour face on a daily basis, which destroys trust and stops more signing up.\n\nShe thinks the implications of \"cultural mistrust\" are far-reaching, from people not reporting racism for fear of not being taken seriously, while Ms Farhat has had friends in \"dangerous situations\" who have been reluctant to call 999.\n\nDomestic abuse victims can be less comfortable speaking to someone from a different background, she added.\n\nWhile policing is not devolved to Wales, the issue could be debated in the Senedd\n\nWhile policing is not devolved in Wales, Ms Farhat believes cultural views must change and called for a debate in the Senedd.\n\nEqualities commissioner Joyce Watson said the issue should be highlighted, adding: \"I would prefer to see this being discussed with some depth of meaning not just political statements, but examining the reason and gaining improvement.\"\n\nA spokesman for South Wales Police, which has six officers who are black and 78 who identify as BAME, said: \"We recognise and value individuals' unique differences, and we want South Wales Police to continue to develop as an organisation which represents and reflects our communities.\n\n\"Whilst we have made progress during this time, we accept that we still have work to do, but we are moving in the right direction.\"\n\nThe ONS figures are from March but forces have been continuing moves to recruit more people from BAME backgrounds since then\n\nThe force also has a dedicated team to encourage applications from under-represented groups, with seven new joiners from BAME backgrounds in 2019-20.\n\nGwent Police said it currently has 50 staff members who identify as BAME - 29 officers, 10 police staff, six community support officers and five special constables.\n\n\"We have recently taken the opportunity to further engage with those in the organisation who identify as black, Asian and minority ethnic to explore with them what further support and opportunities we could offer to help them progress in their policing career,\" Chief Constable Pam Kelly said.\n\nVirtual discussions have also taken place with representatives of different communities about strengthening relationships and providing a better service.\n\nIn North Wales Police, 17 officers (1.06%) are from BAME backgrounds, with two of these being female - three have been recruited since the ONS figures were compiled.\n\nHead of diversity Greg George said: \"We recognise that, although the diversity of our staff is improving, we are not fully representative yet and we are striving to address this imbalance through positive action support.\"\n\nDyfed-Powys Police did not respond to a request for a comment.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nDillian Whyte's hopes of a world-title shot were wrecked as Alexander Povetkin twice rose from the canvas to land a stunning knockout win.\n\nThe Russian had been out-boxed for three rounds and was down twice in the fourth as Whyte mixed poise with power.\n\nBut just as Whyte appeared to be closing in on a shot at the WBC world heavyweight title, Povetkin produced a devastating left uppercut in the fifth.\n\nWhyte, who needed treatment, will get a rematch according to Eddie Hearn.\n\nThe London fighter, 32, left without speaking to the media but was picked up by Matchroom Boxing's Twitter channel asking promoter Hearn whether a rematch was possible this year.\n\n\"It's one of those things, it just landed. I was bossing it. It is what it is. A rematch, let's go,\" he was heard to say.\n\n\"I can't quite believe it,\" said Hearn. \"When the punch landed I felt like I was in some dream. The fight was over virtually. Dillian was measuring Povetkin up, then two heavy knockdowns.\n\n\"I and others thought it was over. This is the drama of heavyweight boxing - one punch can change everything.\n\n\"He has to do a job in a rematch.\"\n\nPovetkin, who has only lost to Wladimir Klitschko and IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a 39-fight and 15-year-long career, simply found \"the best punch he has ever thrown\" according to BBC Radio 5 Live's Steve Bunce.\n\nWith no fans in the garden of Matchroom Boxing's headquarters, the jubilant celebrations of Povetkin's team were all there was to hear as Whyte lay, almost motionless, on his back.\n\nThe British heavyweight had been just about punch perfect for 12 minutes. Shots to the body left red marks on 40-year-old Povetkin, while jabs to the Russian's face looked to be discouraging the underdog.\n\nTwo hard right hands and a short left hook combined sweetly to floor Povetkin in the fourth and, before the bell, Whyte drove home a left uppercut when backed to the ropes to send his rival down again.\n\nBut moments later the tables turned and Povetkin dipped to his left and thrust an uppercut of his own on to Whyte's chin.\n\nPovetkin had been written off as past it by some, while others point to two drug bans as evidence he should not be in the sport. The devastating nature of his finish will only serve to underline the threat he continues to carry, however.\n\nSince his only previous defeat, by Joshua in 2015, Whyte - who also served a drugs ban in 2012 - has put solid names on his record.\n\nHis refusal to simply sit and wait for his world title chance endeared him as a risk taker to fans and undoubtedly improved him as an athlete and fighter.\n\nBut one punch ultimately proved why this is a risky strategy and he must now get back to work if he is to revive his hopes of a first world-title shot.\n\n'One roll too many' - reaction\n\nFormer world middleweight champion Andy Lee on BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I am in shock. That is a sensational upset. That's heavyweight boxing where one punch can change it all.\n\n\"Whyte will be kicking himself - that's a devastating knockout. He was so close to a world title for so long. It's a tragedy he was a contender for 1,000 days but he has rolled the dice just one too many times.\"\n\nBBC Radio 5 Live boxing analyst Steve Bunce: \"That was just a perfect shot, the best punch Povetkin has ever thrown. That is boxing. When people say 'one punch can change a fight' they are not joking. Whyte can come again, no sweat.\"\n• None The Democratic Party get set for election", "Chris has now been sober for more than two months\n\nBefore lockdown, Chris McLone was looking forward to a good year.\n\nIn his late 40s, he felt fit and healthy, enjoying life with a successful career as a sales manager.\n\nAlways a very social person, Chris enjoyed nights out with friends and going to the football. Alcohol played a part in his life but he never viewed it as a problem.\n\nBut within weeks of lockdown, Chris, who lives on Teesside, had gone from being someone who enjoyed a drink to someone who needed a drink.\n\n\"I suppose I've always been a social drinker - I was never within the limits, the recommended limits, and so yeah, I used to enjoy a drink, sometimes a little bit more than I should, as a lot of people do.\n\n\"I was in a good place before lockdown, I was keeping fit, I was swimming five days a week, I was doing well at work and I was in a good mindset to be honest.\"\n\nHis adult daughter, a key worker, moved out during lockdown to protect her dad, but that left Chris living on his own - isolated, anxious, uncertain about the future and growing increasingly depressed.\n\nThe weeks dragged on and Chris's drinking escalated.\n\nChris says he began experiencing withdrawal symptoms at the very end. \"Although I wanted to cut down and stop at that point, I wasn't in control of that. And that was the frightening part.\n\n\"I've never been like that in my life and I had to admit that to myself. So I was drinking very early in the morning to stop withdrawal symptoms.\n\n\"I promised myself I wouldn't do it again tomorrow. Of course, the exact same thing happened the next day. And that's when I realised I had to take big steps to get some proper treatment.\"\n\nWith the help and encouragement of his family, Chris turned to the Steps Together drug and alcohol rehabilitation service in Leicestershire.\n\nHe's been sober now for more than 70 days, determined to lay his demons to rest.\n\n\"Where I was before, it was just a horrible dark place I was in and sobriety is just fantastic. I can't explain how good I feel.\"\n\nOne of those who helped Chris get his life back together was GP Dr Rob Hampton, who specialises in addiction services.\n\nHe says they've seen a marked increase in people in need of help and that Chris's story is far from unique.\n\n\"When listening to the stories, these were people who, a few weeks ago, were actually functioning very well, holding down jobs, living normal, day-to-day lives.\n\n\"Within three weeks they'd become dependent alcoholic drinkers and needing detoxification rehab.\n\n\"If you look at what lockdown meant to people's lives - so first of all, having to get up every day to go to work and take the kids to school - all of that just stopped.\n\n\"Somebody described it perfectly to me - 'Every day is Friday night now' - and there's no reason to get up in the morning.\n\n\"You add that to the isolation some people were feeling, the job insecurity, all sorts of stresses and strains in relation to the uncertainty for the future.\n\n\"But even those who were furloughed and felt more confident about their work, their kids were at home, they were having to get involved in home schooling.\n\n\"There was just that need for a stress-buster every day.\"\n\nAll of this is familiar to the British Liver Trust, one of the UK's main charities dealing with the medical consequences of alcohol abuse.\n\nIts helpline has seen an increase in calls of 500% since lockdown began, an indication of how many people have found their drinking has escalated out of control.\n\nBut this comes on the back of an already huge increase - up by 400% - in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease since 1970.\n\nThe statistics make for grim reading: every day, more than 40 people die from liver disease in the UK. It is the third biggest cause of premature death in the UK and the biggest cause of death in those aged between 35 and 49.\n\nVanessa Hebditch, policy director at the charity, says lockdown has only accentuated the need for a proper alcohol strategy from government. \"We need to address the public health measures, the population-wide issues.\n\n\"So that's about increasing taxation, introducing, for example, a minimum unit price, but it's also addressing advertising, marketing and things like labelling so consumers have a real choice, and understand what alcohol includes.\n\n\"It's absolutely crazy that I can buy a bottle of milk and get all sorts of nutritional and calorie information, and yet I can buy a bottle of beer or wine and get nothing.\"\n\nThe governments in both Scotland and Wales have introduced a minimum unit price (MUP) of 50p for alcohol sales.\n\nIn March of this year, the government in England said there were \"no plans for the introduction of MUP in England\" although it would continue to monitor the progress in Scotland and consider the evidence of its impact.\n\nOf course, not everyone found they were drinking more during lockdown.\n\nIn June, the National Survey for Wales found that 31% of those who took part reported drinking less than before lockdown.\n\nAcross the UK, health services in all four nations reported that while the number of people trying to access alcohol support services fell during the initial phase of the pandemic, referrals are now getting back to normal levels.\n\nAnd for those who have found themselves in trouble, support is out there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musician Nick Davis was in alcohol recovery when lockdown started and has had to find new ways to stay sober\n\nNick Davis, who's in his late 50s and from West Yorkshire, is now more than 500 days sober but says he is always only an hour away from a return to alcoholism.\n\nLike Chris, he found lockdown and the chaos of the pandemic hard to cope with. But distractions - caring for his dog, playing his guitar - kept him going.\n\nAnd he offers these words to those who might be struggling: \"I think the best advice I could give is, just be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with everybody else, tell everybody else what you're going through.\n\n\"It's not as much of a stigma now as it was in the past, it's an illness.\"\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. Beachgoers formed a human chain stretching into the surf to try to reach the stricken swimmer\n\nBeachgoers formed a human chain to help rescue a stricken swimmer off the Dorset coast.\n\nLulworth coastguard said the individual got into trouble in choppy seas off Durdle Door beach on Thursday afternoon.\n\nMore than 20 people linked arms to enter the sea and successfully bring them back to shore.\n\nThe coastguard said the swimmer was unhurt but warned against going in the sea in windy conditions.\n\nAround 20 people linked arms to bring the swimmer back to shore\n\nWitness Jennie Bell said the surf had been \"really huge\" when it became clear someone was in difficulty some way out in the water.\n\n\"There was a chain of people stretching to the sea as much as they dared,\" she said.\n\n\"Eventually the person managed to surf a wave and somebody managed to grab him\n\n\"I was certain it would end differently. It was unbelievable - what selfless, selfless people.\"\n\nA statement by Lulworth Coastguard Rescue team said: \"With the large waves and spring tides of late, we strongly discourage sea swimming and playing around in the surf, especially on exposed beaches such as Durdle Door.\n\n\"The undertow is very powerful and will have no trouble taking you off your feet.\"\n\nThe Jurassic Coast beach has been popular since lockdown restrictions eased.\n\nA man from London in his 20s drowned in June while swimming off the beach, while three people suffered serious injuries after leaping from the landmark limestone arch the previous month.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One street party had two marquees and a DJ, police said\n\nMore than 70 unlicensed social gatherings including house and street parties were disrupted by police in Birmingham overnight.\n\nEvents included a \"large street party\" in the Northfield area that featured two marquees and a DJ, officers said.\n\nThe operation followed Friday's announcement that the city had been added to a government watch list due to a spike in positive Covid-19 cases.\n\n\"We are still in a pandemic,\" city police reminded the public on Sunday.\n\nIn the Quinton area of Birmingham, people at a house party were dispersed.\n\nOfficers on Twitter said there were \"lots of people complying with our advice\".\n\nMore than 70 unlicensed social gatherings were disrupted by police in Birmingham overnight\n\nA similar outcome was reported in Northfield where officers visited in the early hours of Sunday following calls about a street party.\n\n\"Everyone packed up and went home after we arrived - thank you for complying,\" Birmingham Police tweeted.\n\nThey later added: \"Most people understand why we are doing this. Stay safe - don't risk spreading the virus.\"\n\nWest Midlands Police has been contacted for more detail on the overnight operation.\n\nIt is the third weekend of similar events seen by the force.\n\nA week ago, officers discovered a rave of more than 300 people in Birmingham city centre during a night in which 80 gatherings were targeted.\n\nOn Friday, Birmingham was added to a national watch list of places with rising cases of Covid-19.\n\nIt has been classed by the government as an \"area of enhanced support\", meaning additional testing is to be rolled out, although there are no additional restrictions on top of current national guidelines.\n\nBirmingham council leader Ian Ward said the step was a \"wake-up call for everyone\".\n\nMeanwhile, the government has announced police in England will be able to fine organisers of illegal gatherings of more than 30 people up to £10,000 from Friday.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n• None Birmingham to take steps as virus cases rise\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time.\n\nKingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich's cross to leave the French giants still searching for that elusive Champions League triumph.\n\nIt was a night of joy for Bayern coach Hansi Flick, who added the Champions League to the Bundesliga after initially taking over as interim coach from sacked Niko Kovac in November.\n\nIn contrast, it was a night of bitter disappointment for PSG's two attacking superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who failed to produce their best and found themselves frustrated by Bayern keeper and man of the match Manuel Neuer when they had the best of the first-half chances.\n\nMbappe's pain increased in the second half when he looked to be tripped by Kimmich in the area, but PSG's penalty claims were ignored - leaving Bayern to celebrate being crowned champions of Europe once more, becoming the first team to win the trophy by winning every Champions League game in a single campaign.\n• None How you rated the players\n\nBayern fully merited their sixth triumph in this tournament, an all-consuming machine that demonstrated graphically that they could overpower teams with attacking prowess but also showed the grit, determination and organisation to frustrate PSG's attacking golden boys Mbappe and Neymar.\n\nAnd huge credit must go to coach Flick, who has guided Bayern to 21 successive victories, reviving and inspiring Bayern after emerging from the shadows when Kovac was sacked in November and the club in crisis.\n\nFlick also illustrated his ability to make the big calls, selecting Coman ahead of the influential Croat Ivan Perisic and being rewarded with that decisive moment just before the hour.\n\nBayern also leant heavily on one of the great figures of the club's successes, keeper Neuer, who was at his magnificent best to stand toe-to-toe with Neymar in those crucial first-half duels and make the saves that made such a huge contribution to this victory.\n\nBayern's status as European champions is deserved, having won every game in the tournament this season, not only having the ability to produce blistering performances of the sort that overwhelmed Barcelona 8-2 in the quarter-final and frustrate PSG's threat in the final.\n\nThis is a developing team, with Leroy Sane already signed from Manchester City for next season, and Bayern's future looks bright under Flick.\n\nPSG's big two misfire when it matters most\n\nPSG looked to the two great superstars Neymar and Mbappe to spearhead their assault on the trophy they crave most after such lavish investment - but they were unable to break down the Bayern Munich barrier.\n\nThe pair had chances, especially in the first half, but their finishing was not at its best and the imposing figure of Neuer denied them, with Mbappe's bad miss at the end of the opening period proving a pivotal moment.\n\nThis has been PSG's best Champions League campaign but this will not ease the pain of defeat for the players or coach Thomas Tuchel, who must now revamp his side as experienced captain and defensive pivot Thiago Silva leaves the club.\n\nNeymar and Mbappe will remain the big hopes for a club of huge ambition but they will know a huge opportunity to break this final frontier was missed in Lisbon, especially as their big rivals will come back stronger next season.\n\nBayern the first team to win every Champions League game - stats\n• None Bayern have won the European Cup/Champions League for a sixth time (level with Liverpool) and for the first time since 2012-13. Only Real Madrid (13) and AC Milan (7) have been crowned champions on more occasions.\n• None PSG failed to score in a game in a major European competition for the first time in 35 matches, last failing to do so in a 1-0 defeat by Manchester City in April 2016.\n• None Each of the past seven teams competing in their first European Cup/Champions League final have all lost, with the last first-time winners being Borussia Dortmund in 1997 against Juventus.\n• None On only four previous occasions has a manager older than Bayern boss Hansi Flick (55y 181d) won the Champions League (Raymond Goethals with Marseille in 1993 - 71, Jupp Heynckes with Bayern Munich in 2013 - 68 and Alex Ferguson with Man Utd in 1999 and 2008 - 57 and 66).\n• None Bayern became just the third side in Champions League history to hit the 500-goal mark in the competition (500 goals in total), after Barcelona (517) and Real Madrid (567).\n• None Bayern attacker Kingsley Coman became the fifth Frenchman to score in a Champions League final (Karim Benzema 2018, Zinedine Zidane 2002, Marcel Desailly 1994 and Basile Boli 1993).\n• None PSG's Keylor Navas is the third goalkeeper to appear in a Champions League final with two different teams, after Hans-Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen) and Edwin van der Sar (Man Utd and Ajax).\n• None Thiago Silva is the first Brazilian to start a European Cup/Champions League final as captain.\n• None Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.\n• None Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.\n• None Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the scene in the early hours of the morning\n\nA man died and a woman was seriously injured when the roof of a house collapsed.\n\nThe couple were in a bedroom at their home in Knight's Fold, Bradford, when debris fell on them in the early hours of the morning.\n\nThe man, 47, died while the woman, 28, was taken to hospital. Her injuries are not thought to be life threatening.\n\nA family from a neighbouring property, including three children, were taken out of their house unhurt.\n\nPaul Wright, 30, of nearby Southfield Lane, said: \"At about half past four this morning I heard a big, loud bang, like an explosion.\n\n\"I came out with my partner to see what had gone on and noticed one of the neighbour's roofs had collapsed.\"\n\nSpeaking of the injured woman, Mr Wright said: \"It took them the best part of an hour, over an hour, to get her out the house.\n\n\"They had to take the full window out to carry her out.\"\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said it had been a \"tragic incident\"\n\nIqbal Zahir, who also lives on Southfield Lane, which joins on to Knight's Fold, also reported hearing a loud bang at about 04:30.\n\n\"It's really sad. It was the chimney, they need repairing, these are old houses,\" he said.\n\nAwais Asghar, who works in a nearby corner shop, said: \"A chimney collapsed straight on to their roof and straight through and unfortunately the man passed away. He was a regular customer of mine. They were a nice couple.\"\n\nThe emergency services received at a call at about 05:00 BST on Sunday\n\nDet Insp Claudine Binns said work was under way to make the building safe and police had launched an investigation with Bradford council to determine the cause of the collapse.\n\nShe said the family in the adjoining house would be rehomed with the authorities \"working to support everyone involved in any way we can\".\n\nEmergency services were called just after 05:00 BST to reports of a \"structural collapse\".\n\nRoad closures are now in place in the area while police officers, firefighters and structural engineers carry out work.\n\nOfficers from West Yorkshire Police are preparing a file for the coroner.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Phil Hogan attended an Irish parliamentary golf society event at a County Galway hotel on Wednesday\n\nEU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has apologised \"fully and unreservedly\" for attending a dinner in the west of Ireland with more than 80 people.\n\nMr Hogan said he acknowledged his presence at the golf event had \"touched a nerve\" with Irish people.\n\nThe Irish government has agreed to recall the Dáil (Irish parliament) early amid the controversy surrounding the attendance of political figures at the Galway gathering.\n\nIt was due to return on 15 September.\n\nIt has also emerged that the commissioner was stopped by gardaí (Irish police) for using his mobile phone while driving in County Kildare on 17 August.\n\nThe county has been under strict restrictions that prevent people from travelling in and out except in exceptional circumstances.\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Hogan told the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ that the incident happened while he was en route from Kilkenny to Kildare to collect \"personal belongings and essential documents\" at his apartment there before driving on to Galway for the golf event.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"The lockdown guidelines for Kildare provide for exceptional travel outside the county 'to travel to work and home again'.\"\n\nMr Hogan will not be resigning from his position, his spokesperson also told RTÉ News.\n\nAs EU trade commissioner, Mr Hogan, a former Irish government minister, would lead free trade negotiations with the UK if and when they commence after Brexit.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin will make the request for the Dáil to be recalled to the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) on Monday.\n\nThe coalition government has agreed the Dáil should be recalled following the reopening of schools.\n\nOpposition politicians had called for the recall in the wake of the dinner controversy that has already claimed the resignation of Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, who had also attended the event.\n\nIrish police are investigating if the Oireachtas golf society dinner breached Covid-19 regulations.\n\nThe event came a day after tighter lockdown restrictions were announced.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, Mr Hogan said he particularly wanted to \"apologise to the wonderful healthcare workers, who continue to put their lives on the line to combat Covid-19 and all people who have lost loved ones during this pandemic\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I acknowledge my actions have touched a nerve for the people of Ireland, something for which I am profoundly sorry,\" he said.\n\n\"I realise fully the unnecessary stress, risk and offense caused to the people of Ireland by my attendance at such an event, at such a difficult time for all, and I am extremely sorry for this,\" he added.\n\nHe said he had spoken to the taoiseach and Tánaiste (deputy PM) Leo Varadkar yesterday and had been reporting to the President of the European Commission.\n\nMr Hogan has reportedly come under pressure to consider his position.\n\nThe Sunday Independent has reported that Mr Martin and Mr Varadkar want the EU trade commissioner to consider his position.\n\nTaoiseach Micheál Martin will ask for the Dáil to return on Monday\n\nMr Varadkar told RTÉ News on Sunday that he welcomed Mr Hogan's apology but that further explanation was required.\n\nThe return date for the Dáil has not yet been confirmed, but is expected to be early next month.\n\nThe decision to recall the Dáil was taken by Mr Martin, Mr Varadkar, and Minister Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Green Party.\n\nSpeaking on RTÉ News on Friday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called for the return of the Dáil, and said the event had been \"the last straw for many people\".\n\nCalls for its return were also made by Labour leader Alan Kelly, and co-leader of the Social Democrats, Catherine Murphy.\n\nAs well as Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, Jerry Buttimer, who was the leas-chathaoirleach (deputy chairman of the Irish senate), also stepped down from his roles after attending the event.\n\nThe president of the Oireachtas Golf Society has apologised \"unreservedly\" for the hurt caused by the dinner.\n\nOthers present at the event included Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe and independent TD (MP) Noel Grealish.", "A property in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh was searched by officers from Police Scotland\n\nA man arrested at Heathrow Airport has become the 10th person detained as part of a major operation against dissident republicans in Northern Ireland.\n\nDetectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrested the man on Saturday as part of an investigation into the New IRA.\n\nThe 62-year-old, who lives in Scotland, was brought to Belfast for questioning.\n\nA property in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh was also searched by officers from Police Scotland.\n\nThe other nine people were arrested last Tuesday and seven of them have been charged so far.\n\nTwo men appeared in court in Belfast on Saturday morning to face terrorism-related offences.\n\nA further five people were charged with a range of offences under the Terrorism Act on Saturday evening.\n\nPolice said a 32-year-old man from Londonderry and another man, aged 48, have been charged with offences including membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and two separate charges of preparatory acts of terrorism.\n\nA 45-year-old woman from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and a 49-year-old woman from Lurgan, County Armagh, were charged with similar offences.\n\nA 43-year-old man from the Dungannon area has also been charged with a number of offences including membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life.\n\nAll five are due to appear before Laganside Magistrates' Court in Belfast on Monday.\n\nOperation Arbacia is targeting the New IRA, which is considered to be the largest dissident republican group and has been behind numerous attempted attacks on police officers.\n\nJournalist Lyra McKee was shot dead by a New IRA gunman while observing a riot in Derry on 18 April 2019.", "Police were called to Parsonage Lane in Bobbing at about 12:00 BST on Friday\n\nA child has been killed and another was seriously injured when a tree fell during high winds in Kent.\n\nEmergency services were called to Parsonage Lane in Bobbing at about 12:00 BST on Friday.\n\nOne child died at the scene and a second was airlifted to a London hospital with serious injuries.\n\nKent Fire and Rescue Service had warned people to take care on Friday afternoon as winds were predicted to reach up to 50 mph across much of England.\n\nKent Police would not say whether the fallen tree was on public land or in a private property.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Floral tributes to Nicola Williams have been placed near to where she died\n\nTributes have been paid to a \"fun, kind and generous\" 15-year-old schoolgirl who died after an incident in a river.\n\nNicola Williams died on Friday at the Rhymney River in the Llanrumney area of Cardiff after emergency services battled to save her life.\n\nPolice are not treating the death of Nicola, from the Trowbridge area of the city, as suspicious.\n\nShe has been described as \"polite, respectful and hardworking\" by the headteacher of her school.\n\n\"Any school would be better for having Nicola in it and we were fortunate to have her as part of our community,\" said David Thomas, head of St Illtyd's Catholic High School in Rumney.\n\n\"Polite, respectful and hardworking, Nicola was also so full of fun, kindness and generosity to others.\"\n\nDivers attempt to rescue Nicola from the Rhymney River\n\nSouth Wales Police was called to the scene near Ball Lane in Llanrumney at 17:20 BST, along with fire crews and the ambulance service and a police helicopter.\n\nNicola was found at about 18:40 and died despite the efforts of emergency crews, police said.\n\n\"We are all still reeling from the tragic events of Friday evening,\" added Mr Thomas.\n\nA bridge over the Rhymney River is covered in floral tributes to Nicola\n\n\"Sometimes words are just not enough and do not do a person justice. This is certainly the case with Nicola.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends and like the rest of the community we will do all we can to help and support them during, and beyond, this awful time.\"\n\nPrayers were said for Nicola and her family at her local catholic church on Sunday.\n\n\"We prayed for Nicola and for her family at masses today,\" said Father Brian Gray at St John Lloyd Church in Trowbridge.\n\nOne tribute described Nicola as a \"princess\"\n\nA tribute posted on the Facebook page for St John Lloyd Church and St Cadoc Churches said: \"As a pupil at St Illtyd's Catholic High School she was part not just of a school, but of a community of pupils, parents, teachers, governors and staff.\n\n\"Our prayers are that Nicola will be part of the kingdom of heaven and that she will have eternal life with Jesus.\"", "Tim Bendzko performed at all three \"concerts\"\n\nScientists in Germany have held three pop concerts in a single day to investigate the risks posed by mass indoor events during the pandemic.\n\nAbout 1,500 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 50 - only a third of the expected number - took part.\n\nBut the head of the study, which was carried out in Leipzig by Halle University, said he was \"very satisfied\" with how the event unfolded.\n\nSinger-songwriter Tim Bendzko agreed to perform at all three successive gigs.\n\nThe study came as Germany recorded its highest number of Covid-19 infections since the end of April.\n\nMore than 2,000 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 232,082, the Robert Koch Institute reported.\n\nThe concert study, called Restart-19, was created \"to investigate the conditions under which such events can be carried out despite the pandemic\", researchers said.\n\nThe first of Saturday's three concerts aimed to simulate an event before the pandemic, with no safety measures in place. The second involved greater hygiene and some social distancing, while the third involved half the numbers and each person standing 1.5m apart.\n\nAll participants were tested for Covid-19 before taking part, and given face masks and tracking devices to measure their distancing. Researchers reportedly also used fluorescent disinfectants to track which surfaces audience members touched the most.\n\n\"The data collection is going very well, so we have good quality data, the mood is great and we are extremely satisfied with the discipline in wearing masks and using disinfectant,\" lead researcher Dr Stefan Moritz said.\n\nEach of the three events had different levels of social distancing\n\nSinger Tim Bendzko, meanwhile, said the event had exceeded his expectations.\n\n\"We really enjoyed it. At first I thought it would be very sterile because of the masks, but it felt surprisingly good,\" he said.\n\n\"I hope that these results will help us to hold real concerts in front of an audience again soon.\"\n\nThe initial results of the study are expected in the autumn.\n\nThe project received 990,000 euros (£892,000, $1.17m) in funding from the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony with the aim of helping to pave the way for the resumption of major indoor sporting and music events by ascertaining realistic levels of risk.\n\n\"The corona pandemic is paralyzing the event industry,\" Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Economics and Science, Prof Armin Willingmann, said before the event.\n\n\"As long as there is a risk of infection, major concerts, trade fairs and sporting events cannot take place. This is why it is so important to find out which technical and organisational conditions can effectively minimise the risks.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How not to wear a face mask", "Anxiety levels among young teenagers dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, a study has suggested.\n\nThirteen to 14-year-olds were less anxious during lockdown than they had been last October, according to the University of Bristol survey.\n\nThey said the results were a \"big surprise\" and it raised questions about the impact of the school environment on teenagers' mental health.\n\nThe findings come after Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, said children were more likely to be harmed by not returning to school than they were if they caught coronavirus.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have sought to allay parents' concerns ahead of schools reopening in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the coming days. Schools in Scotland have already returned.\n\nAnd in a bid to encourage parents to send children back to school, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is \"vitally important\" pupils return to the classroom, with the life chances of a generation at stake.\n\nResearchers compared findings from a survey taken in October last year to answers given by teenagers in May this year. Both girls and boys recorded decreased levels of anxiety during that timeframe.\n\nIn October, 54% of 13 to 14-year-old girls and 26% of boys of the same age said they felt anxious.\n\nWhen surveyed in May - several weeks after schools shut to most pupils and nationwide lockdown restrictions came into force - the proportion dropped to 45% of girls and 18% of boys.\n\nResearchers questioned 1,000 year nine students from 17 secondary schools across the south west of England.\n\n\"With the whole world in the grip of a devastating pandemic, which has thrown everyone's lives into turmoil, the natural expectation would be to see an increase in anxiety,\" said lead author Emily Widnall.\n\n\"While we saw anxiety levels rise for a few of our participants, it was a big surprise to discover quite the opposite was the case for many of them.\"\n\nMs Widnall said pupils who felt least connected to school before lockdown saw a larger decrease in anxiety, raising questions about how the school environment affects some younger teenagers' mental well-being.\n\nSome parents said their experience echoed the survey results. Rebecca from Cardiff, who has a son aged 14 with Asperger's Syndrome and a 12-year-old boy who is also on the autism spectrum, said both children were happy before but the drop in their stress levels has been \"unbelievable\".\n\nShe said they sleep better and have fewer \"teenage episodes\", such as \"shouting, screaming, not wanting to get ready for school, not wanting to get out of bed\".\n\nTheir grades have also improved because \"removing the social side from education has allowed them to focus on the learning\", Rebecca said, but added that they were fortunate to have a school which handled online learning well.\n\nCaroline Ryder, from Warwickshire, said her sons, aged 13 and 15, missed friends but had been happier and calmer, with less conflict over homework or school behaviour issues.\n\nShe said they had kept busy during lockdown learning things from YouTube that were unrelated to the curriculum, such as growing vegetables, bread-making, sewing, home-brewing, carpentry and bicycle maintenance.\n\n\"This whole episode has demonstrated to me that school, in its current format, is not a happy experience for many kids,\" she said.\n\nOthers said their children had suffered from the lack of school, however.\n\nDr Judi Kidger, from the University of Bristol, said: \"Our findings raise questions about the role of the school environment in explaining rises in mental health difficulties among teenagers in recent years.\n\n\"As schools reopen, we need to consider ways in which schools can be more supportive of mental health for all students.\"\n\nThere was a 2% decrease in boys at risk of depression and a 3% increase in girls at risk of depression.\n\nThe findings have been published in a report for the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research.\n\nMeanwhile, the UK's largest teaching union has accused the government of letting down pupils, teachers and parents by failing to have a \"plan B\" if infections rise.\n\nThe National Education Union, which represents more than 450,000 members, said more staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there is a spike in cases is needed for schools to reopen safely.\n\nIt is expected that pupils in Northern Ireland going into years seven, 12 and 14 will return to school full-time on Monday, with the rest going back from 31 August. In England and Wales, pupils will return to school from 1 September.\n\nAre you a young person who suffers from anxiety? Are you a parent of a teenager who has anxiety? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "The explosion at a pub burger van sent glass flying out, leaving two people hurt\n\nA pub burger van exploded near a train station and sent shards of glass into the air, injuring two people.\n\nEmergency services received reports of the blast near Stowmarket railway station in Station Road, Suffolk, at about 20:20 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe victims were struck by flying glass from the catering unit and buildings after a gas cylinder leaked in the van area, Suffolk fire service said.\n\nThe nearby Kings Arms pub confirmed the van was in its car park.\n\nThe two people hurt were treated for minor injuries and one was taken to Ipswich Hospital, East of England Ambulance Service said.\n\nThe Kings Arms, which is next to Stowmarket railway station, confirmed the blast happened in its car park\n\nSuffolk Fire and Rescue Service group commander Wil Tel said: \"There was a fair amount of glass that had been blown out from the burger van and nearby area which had affected the two persons who got the injuries.\n\n\"There was no fire and ultimately the gas cylinder was made safe.\"\n\nMr Tel said despite initial investigations the cause of the blast was unknown, but there was a \"gas leak from a cylinder\".\n\nThe fire service will be working with the owners and insurance companies, he added.\n\nThe roof of the burger van can be seen ripped off\n\nIt is understood the burger van had not been in use recently, with the previous tenants said to have left in June.\n\nIn a Facebook post, the Kings Arms, which is next to the train station, said the \"gas canister exploded in the old burger van in the car park\".\n\nThey added that \"no-one was seriously injured... but a good friend did get quite a lot of glass hit him so he was taken to hospital\".\n\nThe Kings Arms, on Prentice Road, is next to Stowmarket train station\n\nMr Tel urged people to be cautious when using gas cylinders and cooking outside in light of the recent spate of hot weather.\n\n\"Anyone who has gas cylinders needs to make sure they are stored in a cool and well-ventilated place,\" he said.\n\n\"If you are not using the area since Covid, then make sure you do check it on a regular basis.\"\n\nNearby buildings had to be evacuated and people were urged to avoid the area, while the station was closed for two hours.\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.", "Schools in Northern Ireland welcomed some year groups back on Monday\n\nIt is \"vitally important\" children go back to school, with the life chances of a generation at stake, Boris Johnson has said in a message to parents.\n\nAs the autumn term began in Northern Ireland, the prime minister said the risk of contracting coronavirus at schools across the UK was \"very small\".\n\nHe said missing any more school was \"far more damaging\" for children.\n\nMeanwhile No 10 said it had \"no plans\" to follow Scotland in reviewing rules on wearing face coverings at school.\n\nBut the BBC understands the government is considering measures which could see secondary schools operating on a rota in parts of England where there are Covid-19 outbreaks.\n\nOn face coverings, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a consultation on their use in corridors and communal areas of secondary schools was in its \"final stages\".\n\nIt follows guidance from the World Health Organization that children over the age of 12 should wear masks.\n\nSince Scottish schools reopened last month, there have been several confirmed cases among pupils and staff, including at Kingspark School in Dundee, where 23 people - most of them adult staff - have tested positive and which has shut for two weeks.\n\nHeads in England - where face coverings are not recommended for schools - are calling for more clarity on whether staff or pupils can choose to wear face coverings.\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders' Geoff Barton said: \"The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings, or if there are circumstances in which they feel that face coverings might be a useful additional measure.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says the government \"is not in a position where we're suggesting\" face masks in secondary schools.\n\nBut a Downing Street spokesman said no such review was planned for England's schools, adding: \"We are conscious of the fact that [face masks] would obstruct communication between teachers and pupils.\"\n\nAnd Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government was not suggesting secondary pupils or teachers should wear face coverings because there was a system of controls in place that meant it wasn't necessary.\n\nBut he said there were \"elements of discretion\" in guidance for schools provided by Public Health England.\n\nSome pupils in Northern Ireland returned to school on Monday, while term starts in England and Wales in September.\n\nThe government's pondering of measures that could see England's secondary schools operating on a rota system if necessary is part of discussions under way on four different levels of schools operating.\n\nThey aim to keep primary schools operating as normal wherever possible, with localised restrictions on secondary schools where needed to bring the R number down.\n\nUpdated guidelines for schools for coping with local outbreaks are expected within weeks.\n\nMr Williamson said it was possible teachers could be asked to educate children from home if a school was closed due to an outbreak but closing schools in areas affected by local lockdowns would be a last resort.\n\nThe education secretary also said every school would have home testing kits for coronavirus by the time they reopened.\n\nCiting comments from England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, the prime minister said \"nothing will have a greater effect on the life chances of our children than returning to school\".\n\nIn a video message, he added it was the \"best way\" to help children with any mental health problems resulting from or exacerbated by lockdown.\n\nProf Whitty had said children were more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they caught coronavirus. He said evidence showed they \"much less commonly\" needed hospital treatment or became severely ill with coronavirus than adults.\n\nTemperature checks for staff are the new normal for this primary school in Belfast\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics' latest data on ages, there were 10 deaths recorded as \"due to Covid-19\" among those aged 19 and under in England and Wales between March and June - and 46,725 deaths among those aged 20 and over.\n\nAnd of the more than one million children who attended pre-school and primary schools in England in June, 70 children and 128 staff caught the virus, according to a Public Health England study published on Sunday.\n\nIt said most of the 30 outbreaks detected in that time had likely been caused by staff members infecting other staff or students, with only two outbreaks thought to have involved students infecting other students.\n\nAnd it suggested children who went to school in June were more likely to catch coronavirus at home than at school.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, England's deputy chief medical officer, told BBC Breakfast the study should \"reassure\" teachers that transmission from students to teachers was rare.\n\nBut she said the higher risk of staff-to-staff transmission meant teachers should remember to maintain social distancing and good hand hygiene while on coffee breaks, \"because that does seem to be a risk factor\".\n\nDr Matthew Snape, associate professor in paediatrics at Oxford University, said the risk to children from Covid-19 appeared to be low but the risk was that pupils could pass the virus to each other on the playground or in the classroom and then go home and \"take that infection into their household\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, said schools were being let down by the lack of a \"plan B\" as they prepared to reopen.\n\nIt said more staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there was a spike in cases were needed for schools to reopen safely.\n\nPaul Jackson, head teacher of a primary school in east London, told the BBC it would have been useful to have clearer guidance from the government for school leaders and additional funding to help to pay for extra cleaning and other resources.\n\n\"Whether you are a very small school, with maybe just 70 pupils or whether you are a large school like us with 750 pupils, the guidance issued is exactly the same,\" he said.\n\nKay Mountfield, head teacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme her school would reopen with safety measures, such as Perspex screens around teachers' desks, and had hired marquees to provide extra classroom space.\n\nShe urged the government to set up a dedicated helpline for school leaders to advise on keeping sites safe.\n\nGemma Fraser says when eight-year-old daughter Poppy bounded out of bed on her first day back to primary school in Edinburgh, the children abided by the new rules - and it was the parents who had to be reminded about social distancing.\n\n\"The major change is they have to stagger the start times - so my daughter's group is the first in, at 8.40am, and the first to leave,\" Gemma says.\n\n\"The idea is that there aren't as many parents in at the same time. But it's actually been the parents who've been struggling with socially distancing the most - we've had several emails from the school reminding us to stand 2m apart. It feels like being back at school yourself.\"\n\nGemma says the playground has been segregated for dropping off and pick-up times so parents don't congregate. There are also separate entrance and exit points.\n\n\"We've missed seeing each other as well,\" she adds. \"So it's only natural we want to catch up - but we have to behave ourselves.\"\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green accused the government of being \"asleep at the wheel\" on the reopening of schools.\n\nShe said ministers had spent the past two weeks \"totally pre-occupied with their own exams fiasco when they should've been out supporting schools and reassuring parents\".\n\nMeanwhile in Northern Ireland, many pupils in years seven, 12 and 14 were back at school on Monday for the first time since March. But at least two schools were not opening as planned because of people testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said opening schools was probably the \"top priority\" for the executive.\n\nBut he said that there would be \"undoubtedly bumps along the road\" and staff and pupils will have to adapt to a new way of working.", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nManchester United captain Harry Maguire has pleaded not guilty and been released from police custody following his arrest on the island of Mykonos.\n\nA court date for the 27-year-old has been set for Tuesday but Maguire can be represented by his lawyer and will now return home.\n\nIt is not clear what specific charges the England defender faces.\n\nMaguire did not comment after leaving court on Saturday and his lawyer told Sky he was a free man \"right now\".\n\nThe Syros prosecutor's office said on Friday that \"three foreigners\" had been arrested after an alleged altercation with police officers in Mykonos on Thursday.\n\nThe police say a file has been opened which includes accusations of \"violence against officials, disobedience, bodily harm, insult and attempted bribery of an official\".\n\nMaguire, who was on holiday in Greece, joined United from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender - in August 2019.\n\nA United statement said: \"Following the appearance in court today we note the adjournment of the case to allow the legal team to consider the case file.\n\n\"Harry has pleaded not guilty to the charges. It would be inappropriate for the player or club to comment further while the legal process takes its course.\"\n\nGreek police said in a statement on Friday that officers had tried to break up an altercation between two groups outside a bar and that the three foreigners had then verbally abused and assaulted one of the officers.\n\nThe statement claimed that after arriving at Mykonos police station, the three arrested individuals then \"strongly resisted, pushing and hitting three police officers\" and that \"one of the detainees tried to offer money so that the trial against them would not be completed\".", "President Alexander Lukashenko told his officials to prepare forces on the border with Poland\n\nAllegations by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that \"foreign powers\" are organising a build-up of troops on the country's border are baseless, says Nato.\n\nDressed in military fatigues, the president said he had placed his armed forces on \"high alert\".\n\nHe is facing growing calls within Belarus for his resignation following a disputed election two weeks ago.\n\nThousands of protesters again marched on the capital Minsk on Sunday.\n\nLong lines of people of all ages - from the elderly to those with small children - flowed into Independence Square from all directions, watched by hundreds of riot police, reporters at the scene said. Many of the marchers were carrying red and white flags or white flowers, and chanting anti-government slogans.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Rosenberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier, Mr Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, accused Nato of trying to split up Belarus and install a new president in Minsk.\n\nHe said troops in Poland and Lithuania were readying themselves, and that he was moving his armed forces to the country's western border.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What lies behind the Belarus protests?\n\n\"They are rocking the situation inside our country, trying to topple the authorities,\" Mr Lukashenko said, adding that he had ordered his security chiefs to \"take the toughest measures to defend the territorial integrity of our country\".\n\nNato said it posed \"no threat to Belarus or any other country\" and had \"no military build-up in the region\".\n\n\"Our posture is strictly defensive,\" it said.\n\n\"The regime is trying to divert attention from Belarus's internal problems at any cost with totally baseless statements about imaginary external threats,\" Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told AFP news agency.\n\nA Polish presidency official called the suggestion that Poland planned any border destabilisation \"regime propaganda\" by the Belarusians, which was \"sad and surprising\".\n\n\"Poland... has no such intention,\" the official added.\n\nProtests against a brutal police crackdown continued in Minsk on Saturday\n\nNato urged Belarus to respect the fundamental human rights of its citizens.\n\nMr Lukashenko was re-elected president on 9 August but the vote was widely considered to be fraudulent. Protests disputing the result were met with a brutal crackdown that killed at least four people and demonstrators said they had been tortured in prisons and detention centres.\n\nLarge numbers of demonstrators are expected to rally in Minsk again on Sunday.\n\nWhere is Belarus? It has Russia - the former dominant power - to the east and Ukraine to the south. To the north and west lie EU and Nato members Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.\n\nWhy does it matter? Like Ukraine, this nation of 9.5 million is caught in rivalry between the West and Russia. President Lukashenko, an ally of Russia, has been nicknamed \"Europe's last dictator\". He has been in power for 26 years, keeping much of the economy in state hands, and using censorship and police crackdowns against opponents.\n\nWhat's going on there? Now there is a huge opposition movement, demanding new, democratic leadership and economic reform. They say Mr Lukashenko rigged the 9 August election - officially he won by a landslide. His supporters say his toughness has kept the country stable.\n\nThe president has vowed to crush the unrest and has previously blamed the dissent on unnamed \"foreign-backed revolutionaries\".\n\nWith protests and strike action continuing, including the walking out of state TV staff, Mr Lukashenko said he had flown in Russian broadcast journalists as cover to \"stabilise\" the situation, the Belarus state news agency Belta reports.\n\n\"I've asked Russians to lend us two to three groups of reporters just in case. Six to nine people from the most advanced television company,\" he said.\n\nOn Saturday, crowds of protestors waved bright lights from mobile phones and flew Belarusian flags in the streets of Minsk while chanting \"freedom\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPolice tried to disperse more than 1,000 people gathered in the city's Independence Square, according to Interfax news agency.\n\nA \"solidarity\" chain of hundreds of people, many wearing white, formed earlier in the day at the busy Komarovka shopping market.\n\nIt follows the country's biggest protest in modern history last weekend when hundreds of thousands filled the streets.\n\nOpposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who was forced into exile the day after the election, vowed to \"stand till the end\" in the protests.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she doesn't think she's the next leader of Belarus\n\nShe told the BBC that if the movement stopped now, they would be \"slaves\". \"We have no right to step back now,\" she said.\n\nMs Tikhanovskaya told the BBC Belarusians had voted for her, not as a future president but as a \"symbol of changes\".\n\n\"They were shouting for their future, for their wish to live in a free country, against violence, for their rights,\" she said.", "Fire-fighters are working 72-hour shifts but say it is not enough to contain the blazes\n\nUS President Donald Trump has declared that wildfires burning through homes and devastating precious forestry in parts of California are a major disaster and has released federal aid.\n\nOver 14,000 firefighters are battling 585 fires that have now burnt nearly one million acres (400,000 hectares).\n\nForecast high winds are threatening to drive flames into more populated areas as foul air blankets the state.\n\nAt least six people have died and thousands have evacuated.\n\nMost of the destruction has been caused by three large fire complexes in mountainous and wooded rural areas.\n\nOn Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the SCU Lightning Complex fire south and east of San Francisco was the third-largest in the state's history.\n\nVideo tweeted by the governor showed burnt tree stumps against the reddened fumes-filled sky and plumes of white smoke rising from ash-laden ground.\n\nAn evacuation order on Saturday extended to thousands of people in the Bay area near San Jose and warned others to be prepared to abandon their homes at short notice.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gavin Newsom This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nExhausted firefighters continue to battle the flames, with some working 72-hour shifts in the dangerous, hot conditions, reports AP news agency. \"They're scrambling for bodies\" to help fight the fires, an official in the city of Fresno told Reuters news agency.\n\nIn California's oldest state park, flames scorched redwood trees that began their lives more than 2,000 years ago. The historic visitor centre of Big Basin State Park was burnt to the ground and officials say some trees, which tower as high as 330ft (100 metres), have fallen as the area was \"extensively damaged\".\n\nPark officials fear that redwoods, the world's tallest trees, have fallen in the fires\n\nThe state faces a more acute shortage of personnel than usual - the coronavirus pandemic has depleted a fire-fighting corps made up of prisoners, which has helped the state battle blazes since World War Two, due to early releases from jail.\n\nAt least 43 people including firefighters have been injured, and hundreds of buildings have burned down and thousands more are threatened.\n\nAfter doubling in size on Friday, the fires continued to grow moderately on Saturday and firefighters made some progress in containing the flames.\n\nMore than 12,000 dry lightning strikes started the blazes last week during a historic heat wave in which thermometers in Death Valley National Park reached what could be the highest ever temperature reliably recorded.\n\nHundreds of buildings have burnt including this historic 157-year old farmhouse\n\nThe largest wildfire, called the LNU Lightning complex, is in the prominent wine-growing areas of Napa and Sonoma north of San Francisco and is just 15% contained, CalFire said on Saturday.\n\nFurther south in Santa Cruz county, 115 homes have been destroyed and some residents evacuated.\n\n\"I left with my clothes... two guitars and a dog,\" one evacuee in Santa Cruz told CNN affiliate KGO.\n\nFirefighters dug a fireline around the University of California Santa Cruz campus as flames came within a mile of the buildings and surrounding area.\n\nGov Newsom has requested help from as far afield as Australia and Canada. Firefighters, engines and surveillance planes raced in from US states including Oregon, New Mexico and Texas.\n\nAlthough California is used to wildfire, the governor called the fires unlike anything the state had seen before. \"If you don't believe in climate change, come to California,\" he tweeted on Saturday.\n\nFires have burned through parts of California's wine-producing regions\n\nWith more than 650,000 coronavirus cases, California also has the highest number of infections in the US, and some evacuees have said they are afraid to go to emergency shelters.\n\nUS agencies have updated disaster preparedness and evacuation guidance in light of Covid-19. People who may be required to flee have been to told to carry at least two face masks per person, as well as hand sanitiser, soap and disinfectant wipes.\n\nHere are some key guidelines for protecting yourself against Covid-19 if you must evacuate to a shelter:\n\nEmergency shelters are enforcing social distancing rules and mask wearing, and have even given individual tents to families to self-isolate. Some counties are seeking to set up separate shelters for sick evacuees or anyone who is found to have a high temperature.\n\nOfficials say people should consider sheltering with family and friends.\n\nEvacuation centres, including at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, must also enforce social distancing rules\n\nOfficials also advise people to remain indoors due to the poor air quality outside.\n\nCalifornia is also facing electricity shortages, which have caused rolling blackouts for thousands of customers. Officials have appealed for residents to use less power or risk further cuts.\n\nSatellite images show smoke blanketing nearly all of California, as well most of Nevada and southern Idaho.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I'm sorry to tell you that your house is gone'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Beachgoers formed a human chain stretching into the surf to try to reach the stricken swimmer\n\nBeachgoers have described the moment a human chain was formed and saved a man's life when he got into difficulty in the sea.\n\nThe swimmer got into trouble in choppy seas off Durdle Door beach in Dorset on Thursday afternoon.\n\nMore than 20 people linked arms and entered the sea before bringing the stricken swimmer back to shore.\n\nCoastguard Matt Leat said: \"Ultimately the public have helped save that chap's life.\"\n\nEyewitness Emily Foote said: \"It became apparent that actually he was in trouble - he started waving his arms.\n\n\"He wasn't panicking, but he just wasn't able to get back to shore.\n\n\"And it was at that point that a lot of people started gathering and sort of forming this chain.\"\n\nAround 20 people linked arms to bring the swimmer back to shore\n\nMs Foote added: \"Everybody on the beach was clapping at the end, so it just goes to show that it was a whole team effort.\"\n\nThe swimmer \"managed to surf a wave and somebody managed to grab him,\" witness Jennie Bell said.\n\n\"There was a chain of people stretching to the sea as much as they dared.\"\n\nLulworth coastguard said the swimmer was unhurt.\n\nWarning of the dangers of going in the sea in windy conditions, Mr Leat said: \"The sea is unforgiving, so you need to respect it.\n\n\"You need to look out for your friends and family, and don't take inflatables to the beach.\n\n\"They may seem like a good idea but very quickly you can be blown off shore and then we're having to deploy lifeboats, helicopters, coastguard rescue teams to rescue people.\"\n\nThe Jurassic Coast beach has been popular since lockdown restrictions eased.\n\nA man from London in his 20s drowned in June while swimming off the beach, while three people suffered serious injuries after leaping from the landmark limestone arch the previous month.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chinese video app TikTok is set to launch legal action to challenge a ban imposed by US President Donald Trump.\n\nOfficials in Washington are concerned that the company could pass data on American users to the Chinese government, something ByteDance has denied doing.\n\nThe short video-sharing app has 80 million active US users.\n\nTikTok says it has tried to engage with the Mr Trump's administration for nearly a year but has encountered a lack of due process and an administration that pays \"no attention to facts\".\n\n\"To ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the executive order through the judicial system,\" a company spokesperson said.\n\nTikTok expects the legal action to begin this week, says BBC Business reporter Vivienne Nunis.\n\nOn Friday a group of Chinese-Americans filed a separate lawsuit against the president's similar ban on the social media app WeChat, which is owned by the Chinese firm, Tencent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: What's going on with TikTok?\n\nTikTok's users post short video clips on the platform on topics ranging from dance routines to international politics. Its popularity exploded in recent months particularly with teenagers and it has been downloaded more than a billion times around the world.\n\nBut Mr Trump claims China is able to use the app to track the locations of federal employees, collect information for use in blackmail, or spy on companies.\n\nThe growth of mobile apps developed and owned by Chinese firms \"threatens the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States\", Mr Trump says.\n\n\"This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information,\" he claims in his executive order.\n\nTikTok says it has never handed over any US data user to Chinese authorities.\n\nMr Trump's actions against TikTok and WeChat are the latest in a growing campaign against China ahead of the US presidential election in November.\n\nSince taking office he has been waging a trade war against China.\n\nThe US is not the only country to introduce blocks on TikTok. India has banned use of the app, and Australia is also considering taking action.\n\nThe app is viewed by some as being a key instrument in China's internal surveillance apparatus - requiring local users who have been accused of spreading malicious rumours to register a facial scan and voice print.\n\nWeChat is very popular with users who have connections to China, where major social networking platforms - such as WhatsApp and Facebook - are blocked.\n\n\"Having it suddenly cut off would be disastrous and frightening for people, especially in the pandemic,\" said lawyer Michael Bien, who's representing those challenging President Trump's ban.\n\nHe said the executive order is unconstitutional, because it violates users' rights to free speech.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The bridge failed to close after opening to let a ship pass\n\nTower Bridge was stuck open for more than an hour, leaving hundreds of people and vehicles stranded in central London.\n\nThe famous crossing failed to close after allowing a ship to pass along the River Thames on Saturday afternoon.\n\nPictures show queues of motorists and pedestrians forming on both sides.\n\nCity of London Police said engineers rushed to fix the bridge. It has reopened to pedestrians but motorists have been urged to find another route.\n\nA witness said they overheard talk of \"multiple failures\" on security radios.\n\nTraffic was gridlocked on both sides of the famous structure\n\nOne social media user said: \"I've been stuck here for nearly an hour now...\" while another wrote: \"Yep, Tower Bridge definitely stuck! One side started to come down but the other didn't!\"\n\nThe bridge connects the Square Mile financial district to Southwark.\n\nIn 2005, police closed the bridge for 10 hours after a technical problem meant the arms could not be lowered.\n\nA Tower Bridge spokesman has been approached for comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The US Postal Service delivered 142.6 billion pieces of mail in 2019\n\nThe US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would inject $25bn (£19bn) into the Postal Service (USPS) ahead of November's election.\n\nThe legislation would also block cuts and changes that critics have said will hamper mail-in voting.\n\nDemocratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers from the summer recess to vote on the bill, which she said would protect the USPS.\n\nAfter the vote, President Trump tweeted the measure was a Democrat ballot scam.\n\n\"Representatives of the Post Office have repeatedly stated that they DO NOT NEED MONEY, and will not make changes, \" said Donald Trump. He has threatened to veto the bill, which is in any case unlikely to make progress in the Republican-controlled Senate.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenate majority leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber would \"absolutely not pass\" the bill.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy said earlier that further cost-cutting measures at the postal service would be suspended until after November's vote.\n\nA slowdown in mail deliveries amid cost-saving measures at USPS has fuelled fears about how one of the oldest and most trusted institutions in the US can handle an unprecedented influx of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPresident Trump strongly opposes mail-in ballots and has repeatedly suggested it could lead to widespread voter fraud despite there being no evidence for this.\n\nThe \"Delivering for America Act\" passed by the House in a rare Saturday sitting includes $25bn of emergency coronavirus funding requested by the USPS's board of governors.\n\nMore than a dozen Republicans crossed the floor to vote with their Democratic opponents.\n\nThe bill would require the USPS to treat all official election correspondence as first-class mail.\n\nThe service would be prohibited until January 2021 from implementing or approving any changes to operations or service levels that would \"impede prompt, reliable, and efficient service\", including closing or reducing the hours of post offices, removing mail sorting machines and mailboxes, or stopping overtime payments.\n\n\"This is not a partisan issue,\" Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney, the bill's author, said before the debate. \"It makes absolutely no sense to impose these kinds of dangerous cuts in the middle of a pandemic and just months before the elections in November.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 Carolyn B. Maloney This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Pelosi stressed that the USPS was not a business.\n\n\"While we always want to subject every federal dollar to the scrutiny of what we're getting for it, let us remember that it is a service. No business that I can think of would ever be saddled with what we've done to the Postal Service,\" she added.\n\nRepublican political leaders on Friday said Democrats had \"sought to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the USPS for political gain\" and had \"manufactured a crisis to undermine President Trump at the expense of America's institutions\".\n\nDemocrats and their supporters say the cost-cutting measures will hamper mail-in voting\n\nThey also condemned Democrats for pursuing for what they said was \"an unnecessary bailout plan that does not fix any of the underlying operational issues\".\n\nOn Friday, the postmaster general told a Senate committee there had been \"no changes to any policies with regard to election mail\" and that the USPS was \"fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's election mail fully and on time\".\n\nMr DeJoy - a top Republican donor and former logistics executive appointed to lead the agency in May - acknowledged that the changes he had instigated had slowed some mail delivery, but insisted that it was \"outrageous\" to suggest they were intended to help President Trump in November.", "This is it. We are now, give or take, at the absolute limit of how much we can reopen society without a resurgence of coronavirus.\n\nThis realisation at the heart of government is about more than delaying the opening of bowling alleys, it will define our lives for months to come - and probably until we have a vaccine.\n\nAnd I'm sorry to break it to parents, but the biggest question mark now is around the reopening of schools.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Boris Johnson was setting out plans for normality by Christmas.\n\nBut since then the number of confirmed infections has started to creep up again.\n\nAnd the Office for National Statistics, which is regularly testing households in England, estimates there are around 4,200 new infections a day, compared with 2,800 a week ago.\n\nFor the first time since May, we're having to deal with rising numbers of cases.\n\nThis is not a return to the height of the epidemic in March, when there were an estimated 100,000 infections every day, but it is telling.\n\nEvery restriction we ease increases the ability of the coronavirus to spread, and the government's scientific advisers have always warned there was not much wiggle room to lift restrictions and still suppress it.\n\nThe uptick in infections is a warning that we are passing the limits of lifting lockdown.\n\nIt is clear we are not a New Zealand, where life is almost back to normal after their \"zero-Covid\" strategy.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, said: \"I think what we're seeing from the data from ONS, and other data, is that we have probably reached near the limit or the limits of what we can do in terms of opening up society.\n\n\"So what that means potentially is that if we wish to do more things in the future, we may have to do less of some other things.\"\n\nSchool children are on their summer holidays at the moment, but we are just weeks away from the start of term. Schools are expected to reopen fully in England in September and in Scotland from 11 August.\n\nIf the current rules are leading to an increase in cases, can we open schools as well? This has been the concern of scientists since lockdown started to lift.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOr if we want to open schools will we now have to close something else like pubs?\n\nProf Whitty said these would be \"difficult trade-offs\" but it was important to be \"realistic\".\n\n\"The idea that we can open up everything and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong,\" Prof Whitty said.\n\nThe Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, also known as Sage, has already said government may need to \"change measures at the end of the summer in order to be able to keep R below 1 whilst proceeding with the planned reopening of schools\".\n\nR is the number of people each infected person passes the virus on to on average, anything above 1 is growing epidemic.\n\nThe fact that cases are rising in the height of summer is also a concern. Exactly what will happen come winter is uncertain, but experience with other viruses suggests coronavirus will also find it easier to spread.\n\nOne government adviser told me \"we can get away with a lot in summer\" and that restrictions may needed to be tightened as the seasons turn anyway.", "K is a musician and was due to play at St Paul's Carnival in Bristol this summer before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic\n\nTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a racially-aggravated attack on an NHS worker.\n\nThe victim, a 21-year-old musician known as K or K-Dogg, was hit by a car while walking to the bus stop from his job at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, on 22 July.\n\nHe suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone.\n\nTwo 18-year-olds were arrested on Saturday morning and are in custody.\n\nPolice said the incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car.\n\nA fundraising page to help K-Dogg has raised more than £28,000.\n\nThe NHS worker's family released photos of K's injuries after the attack\n\nThe car involved in the incident has been seized and a full forensic examination is being carried out on it, Avon and Somerset Police said.\n\nSupt Andy Bennett said he wanted to thank all members of the public who had shown support for K-Dogg by either providing police with information or making gestures of solidarity with him.\n\n\"Bristol is a wonderful city full of diverse communities and I continue to be heartened by its reactions to incidents such as this,\" he said.\n\nThe GoFundMe page was set up by Simeon Mccarthy, from Fishponds, Bristol, \"to help his close friend\".\n\nHe said the money would be paid directly to K-Dogg to help his recovery.\n\nBristol band Massive Attack posted on Facebook saying they had donated money.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Temperatures are expected hit as high as 50C in southern California\n\nUS weather forecasters have issued warnings of a potentially life-threatening heat wave over the weekend in south-western areas of the country.\n\nThe National Weather Service (NWS) said temperatures could reach 50C (122F) in southern California on Saturday.\n\nParts of Utah, Arizona and Nevada, including the city of Las Vegas, may also be hit with a heat wave of up to 49C.\n\nIt comes after a day of record temperatures in the region on Friday.\n\nThe NWS has urged people to take safety precautions like limiting the amount of time spent outdoors.\n\nForecasters said a high-pressure system was moving through the south-west and causing temperatures to rise.\n\nA record-beating 46C was reported on Friday in Phoenix, Arizona and records were also beaten in four cities in California.\n\nThe NWS said in a tweet that \"rare, dangerous and deadly\" temperatures were expected in large areas of Arizona until Monday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NWS Phoenix This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Sillito looks back on Sir Alan Parker's career in film\n\nSir Alan Parker, the acclaimed British director of such films as Fame, Evita and Bugsy Malone, has died aged 76.\n\nThe double Oscar nominee's many other credits include Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Angela's Ashes and Birdy.\n\nEvita composer Andrew Lloyd Webber tweeted Sir Alan had been \"one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen\".\n\nThe director died on Friday after a lengthy illness.\n\nHe is survived by his wife Lisa Moran-Parker, five children and seven grandchildren.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFilm producer David Puttnam remembered the director as his \"oldest and closest friend,\" adding: \"I was always in awe of his talent.\"\n\nA founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain, Sir Alan was also first chairman of the UK Film Council and received the CBE in 1995 and a knighthood in 2002.\n\nBafta said it was \"deeply saddened\" to hear of Sir Alan's death, adding that his films had \"brought us joy\".\n\nThe British Film Institute, which Sir Alan chaired in the late 1990s, expressed similar sentiments.\n\nThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences remembered him as \"a chameleon\" and \"extraordinary talent\" whose work \"entertained us, connected us and gave us such a strong sense of time and place\".\n\nDespite not winning an Oscar for best director, his films won 10 Academy Awards as well as another 10 Golden Globes.\n\nActor John Cusack, who worked with Sir Alan on his 1994 comedy The Road to Wellville, said he had been \"a great film-maker\".\n\nBorn in London in 1944, Sir Alan began his career in advertising as a copywriter but quickly graduated to writing and directing commercials.\n\nIn 1974 he directed BBC film The Evacuees, winning a Bafta for best single play - the first of seven awards he received from the British Academy.\n\nIn 1984 Bafta honoured him with the Michael Balcon Award for outstanding contribution to British cinema, and in 2013 he was awarded the prestigious Bafta Fellowship.\n\nSir Alan's last film as director was 2003 drama The Life of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet.\n\nIn 2005 he published Will Write and Direct for Food, a compendium of his often satirical observations on making films in the UK and US.\n\nIn 2018 he donated his extensive collection of scripts and working papers to the British Film Institute's National Archive.\n\nAccording to a family spokeswoman, he spent his retirement indulging his passion for silk screen printing and painting.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk,", "Thousands of people descended on Bournemouth beach, among others, on Friday\n\nThe UK's coastguard is urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of daily call-outs in more than four years.\n\nThere were 329 incidents dealt with on Friday, including people cut off by the tide and reports of missing children.\n\nFriday was the hottest day of the year and the third hottest ever recorded in the UK, BBC Weather said.\n\nBut \"some people will remember 31 July for all the wrong reasons,\" said HM Coastguard's duty operations director.\n\n\"We completely understand that people want to enjoy the coast,\" said Julie-Anne Wood.\n\n\"We also know that even the most experienced swimmer, paddleboarder and walker can be caught out by currents and tides respectively.\"\n\nWith more good weather forecast, she urged people to \"check and double check the tide times\".\n\n\"Put a timer warning on a smartphone to remind you - be aware of things like rip currents, and make sure you have a means of contacting us if things do go wrong.\"\n\nShe said the coastguard will \"always respond when someone calls 999 and asks for the coastguard\" but \"all we ask in return is that you take extra care at the coast\".\n\nHM Coastguard said of the 329 incidents, lifeboats - including RNLI and independent - were called out 129 times, aircraft were sent out 22 times and hovercraft were used three times.\n\nIt added there was a high number of incidents involving people cut off by the tide and reports of missing children, as well as swimmers and paddleboarders getting into difficulty.\n\nDrones are being deployed in UK coastguard search-and-rescue operations for the first time this weekend\n\nThe east and south coast and the north west coast saw the \"heaviest\" number of call-outs, while the area around Liverpool and the Wirral saw the most reported incidents at 26, the coastguard said.\n\nThe coast along Essex and Kent saw a total of 45 incidents and the coastline between Flamborough and Cromer saw 22.\n\nThousands of people descended onto beaches around the UK on Friday, with some councils turning people away.\n\nTemperatures recorded at Heathrow reached 37.8C (100.04F), making it the third warmest day ever recorded in the UK.\n\nThe leader of Thanet District Council in Kent - which asked people to avoid four of the area's beaches - said the RNLI \"only have a certain capacity\".\n\n\"They're on seven Thanet beaches this summer, which is slightly fewer than usual, and they're doing a great job where they are but they don't have unlimited resources to deal with people in the water,\" said Cllr Rick Everitt. \"If you have too many people on the beach, it just becomes unmanageable from that point of view.\"\n\nIt comes as a report showed climate change is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather. The Met Office report confirmed 2019 as the 12th warmest year in the UK and there was also a severe swing in weather from soaking winters to sunny springs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's the difference between weather and climate?", "A Conservative MP has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported the allegations against the former minister had been made by an ex-parliamentary employee.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the allegations related to four separate incidents claimed to have taken place between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\nThe Conservative Party called the allegations \"serious\".\n\nBut it said the MP would not have the party whip withdrawn while the police investigation continued, meaning he can continue to sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative.\n\nLabour said this decision was \"shocking\" and sent a \"terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nThe Sunday Times, which first reported the story, said the complainant alleges that the MP had assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had launched an investigation into the allegations.\n\n\"On Friday, 31 July, the Metropolitan Police Service received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"These offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in Westminster, Lambeth and Hackney between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\n\"A man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday 1 August on suspicion of rape. He has been released on bail to return on a date in mid-August.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Conservative Party whips' office said: \"These are serious allegations and it is right that they are investigated fully.\n\n\"The whip has not been suspended. This decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has been concluded.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding Jess Phillips told Times Radio the MP accused of rape should have the party whip withdrawn while investigations continued.\n\nShe said that not doing so was \"sending a terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nMs Phillips also said: \"I find it shocking… that the Conservative Party has decided not to withdraw the whip in this case.\"\n\nThere are also reports that the Conservative Party's chief whip, Mark Spencer, had been aware of allegations - and previously spoke with the alleged victim.\n\nAccording to sources, Mr Spencer had not known the \"magnitude\" of the allegations.\n\nA spokesman for the chief whip said that he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and had strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact the appropriate authorities.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "More than 100 possible coronavirus vaccines are being developed around the world\n\nRussian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in October, the health minister has said.\n\nRussian media quoted Mikhail Murashko as saying that doctors and teachers would be the first to receive the vaccine.\n\nReuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia's first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month.\n\nHowever, some experts are concerned at Russia's fast-track approach.\n\nOn Friday, the leading infectious disease expert in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci, said he hoped that Russia - and China - were \"actually testing the vaccine\" before administering them to anyone.\n\nDr Fauci has said that the US should have a \"safe and effective\" vaccine by the end of this year.\n\n\"I do not believe that there will be vaccines so far ahead of us that we will have to depend on other countries to get us vaccines,\" he told US lawmakers.\n\nScores of possible coronavirus vaccines are being developed around the world and more than 20 are currently in clinical trials.\n\nMr Murashko, quoted by Interfax news agency, said that the Gamaleya Institute, a research facility in Moscow, had finished clinical trials of a vaccine and that paperwork was being prepared to register it.\n\n\"We plan wider vaccinations for October,\" he said, adding that teachers and doctors would be the first to receive it.\n\nLast month, Russian scientists said that early-stage trials of an adenovirus-based vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute had been completed and that the results were a success.\n\nOn 15 July Russian scientists announced that early-stage trials of a vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute had been completed\n\nLast month the UK, US and Canada security services said a Russian hacking group had targeted various organisations involved in Covid-19 vaccine development, with the likely intention of stealing information.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was more than 95% certain that the group called APT29 - also known as The Dukes or Cozy Bear - was part of Russian intelligence services.\n\nRussia's ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, rejected the accusation, telling the BBC that there was \"no sense in it\".\n\nIn the UK, trials of a vaccine developed by Oxford University have shown that it can trigger an immune response and a deal has been signed with AstraZeneca to supply 100 million doses in Britain alone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?", "Social workers said lockdown had made the victim \"invisible\" to authorities\n\nA 14-year-old girl is being treated for a life-threatening illness after being \"gravely neglected\" by her family in lockdown.\n\nThe High Court's Family Division was asked to intervene to take the girl, from Stoke-on-Trent, into care.\n\nSocial workers said they were shocked by the girl's appearance on Thursday when she looked \"terminally ill\".\n\nShe was \"concealed\" by her family, the court heard, and the lockdown had made her \"invisible\" to authorities.\n\nMr Justice Hayden ordered she be treated as a matter of urgency.\n\n\"I am entirely satisfied that in the months of lockdown [the teenager] has been gravely neglected,\" he said.\n\n\"I manifestly hope that it is not too late.\n\n\"This case illustrates the vulnerability of young people in the lockdown period.\"\n\nThe teenager, who cannot be identified, is thought to have a rare skin condition.\n\nSocial workers from Stoke-on-Trent City Council said they had become aware she was ill within the last 10 days, but she had been \"concealed\" from them when they visited her home.\n\nOn Thursday, when they returned and insisted on seeing her, the girl was found shaking. Court action was launched immediately.\n\nOne social worker described the family as \"invisible\" and the judge agreed it had \"not been physically possible for [the girl] to be seen by a professional\" due to the coronavirus lockdown.\n\nThe council workers were not criticised but questions, were raised as to why the authority had not taken action sooner.\n\nStoke-on-Trent City Council declined to respond to specific points, saying it would be inappropriate to comment further on the case.\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The further easing of lockdown restrictions in England - due to come in this weekend - has been postponed for at least two weeks, after an increase in coronavirus cases.\n\nCasinos and bowling alleys will remain shut, as Boris Johnson said it was time to \"squeeze the brake pedal\".\n\nFace coverings will be mandatory in more indoor settings, such as cinemas.\n\nEngland's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, warned the UK may have hit its limits on easing restrictions.\n\nAppearing alongside the prime minister at a special Downing Street briefing, Prof Whitty said the \"idea that we can open up everything and keep the virus under control\" is wrong.\n\nAsked whether it was safe for England's schools to fully reopen to all pupils in the autumn, he said it was a \"difficult balancing act\" but \"we have probably reached near the limit, or the limits, of what we can do in terms of opening up society.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson: \"Our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal\"\n\nSpeaking at the briefing, Mr Johnson said planned changes to guidance for those who have been shielding during the pandemic, and advice for employers, will still go ahead.\n\nThe rethink on easing England's lockdown follows new restrictions for people in parts of northern England, after a spike in virus cases.\n\nThe prime minister said progress in tackling coronavirus continues, with the daily and weekly number of deaths falling, but warned that some European countries are \"struggling\" to control it. The UK must be ready to \"react\", he said.\n\nFigures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday suggest infection rates in England are rising, with around 4,200 new infections a day - compared with 3,200 a week ago.\n\nThe ONS's estimates of daily cases - based on a sample of households completing swab tests - are higher than the figures for lab-confirmed cases reported by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) because they include people without symptoms who would not otherwise have applied for a test.\n\nHighlighting the ONS figures, Mr Johnson added: \"The prevalence of the virus in the community, in England, is likely to be rising for the first time since May.\"\n\nHe said that with \"numbers creeping up\" it was time to \"squeeze that brake pedal in order to keep the virus under control\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Boris Johnson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe urged people to \"follow the rules, wash our hands, cover our faces, keep our distance - and get a test if we have symptoms\", summing the advice up with the slogan: \"Hands, face, space, get a test\".\n\nA further 120 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK according to the latest DHSC figures, bringing the total number of virus deaths to 46,119. Meanwhile, 880 new lab-confirmed cases have been recorded.\n\nCases in England are increasing for the first time since May.\n\nData from the ONS suggests there are around 4,200 new infections a day compared with 3,200 a week ago.\n\nThis is not a return to the height of the epidemic in March, but it is telling.\n\nEvery restriction we ease increases the ability of the coronavirus to spread, and the government's scientific advisers have always warned there was not much wiggle room to lift restrictions and still suppress it.\n\nThe uptick in infections is a warning we may have already passed the limit of lifting lockdown.\n\nThat is why Boris Johnson has delayed some of the planned lifting of restrictions in England and face masks will become a more frequent sight.\n\nThe big question remains around schools. If the current rules are leading to an increase in cases, can we open schools as well? If we open schools will we have to close something else?\n\nIt is worth noting all this is happening in July and scientists suspect the virus will spread even more easily in the winter months.\n\nYou can read more from James here.\n\nMr Johnson said the planned reopening of \"higher risk settings\" on 1 August would be delayed for at least a fortnight.\n\nThis means that the following will not be able to take place until 15 August, at the earliest:\n\nFans will no longer be allowed to attend pilot sports events scheduled for this weekend in England\n\nFans attended the World Snooker Championship when it started on Friday as part of a pilot to test the return of larger crowds to sports venues. The tournament will now go ahead without spectators until at least 15 August, which is when the final is scheduled to begin.\n\nNeil White, 51, from Chorley in Lancashire, owns a wedding photography business. Of the 44 weddings he had scheduled for this year, just three bookings remain.\"I think I speak for the rest of the wedding industry in that there is a huge amount of worry and stress about the future,\" he said.\n\nMr White said that while businesses such as pubs and restaurants in have been able to reopen, those in the wedding sector \"seem to have been brushed under the carpet\" even though they are \"itching to get back to work\".\n\n\"If it continues to next year there are a lot of businesses that are going to close,\" he added.\n\nThe British Beauty Council said the changes were \"very disappointing for a sector that has already seen delay after delay in reopening\".\n\nSeparately, face coverings will be compulsory in more indoor settings where people are likely to come into contact with people they do not know, such as museums and places of worship, from next weekend. They are already required in shops, banks, airports and other indoor transport hubs.\n\nThe prime minister said the rules for face coverings would be enforceable in law from 8 August.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chris Whitty on lockdown easing: \"We have probably reached near the limit of what we can do\"\n\nHowever, he said the plan to pause shielding for those most vulnerable to the virus will go ahead from Saturday.\n\nThat means some 2.2 million people who have been self-isolating in England during the pandemic can return to work, if they cannot work from home, so long as their workplace is Covid-secure.\n\nGuidance for employers will also change, as planned, from the start of August, Mr Johnson said.\n\nThe latest announcement came shortly after new lockdown rules were introduced in parts of northern England, including Greater Manchester, east Lancashire, and parts of West Yorkshire. The rules include a ban on separate households meeting each other inside their homes and private gardens.\n\nThe changes come as Muslim communities prepare to celebrate Eid this weekend, and nearly four weeks after restrictions were eased across England - allowing people to meet indoors for the first time since late March.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the government had made the \"right decision\" regarding the new rules for parts of northern England, but urged it to \"improve\" what he called \"extremely poor\" communication.\n\nMinisters have said police forces and councils will be given powers to enforce the new rules.\n\nAre you getting married this weekend? Or were you reopening your business? How will the postponement affect you? 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.", "Former England cricket captain Sir Ian Botham is to join the House of Lords, the government has confirmed.\n\nThe 64-year-old, a strong supporter of Brexit, is among 36 new peers, who also include former Chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond.\n\nJo Johnson, the prime minister's Remain-supporting younger brother, who quit as a minister last year in protest at government policy, will join them.\n\nEx-Labour MPs Frank Field, Kate Hoey and Gisela Stuart become peers too.\n\nAnd Philip May, husband of former Prime Minister Theresa May, gets a knighthood for \"political service\".\n\nSir Ian, who played 102 Test matches for England between 1977 and 1992, is an advocate of field sports and a prominent Brexit supporter who was knighted in 2007, in recognition of his services to charity and cricket.\n\nHis most famous moment on the field came in 1981 when he inspired a sensational defeat of Australia. After retirement, he became a commentator and started his own wine label.\n\nHe will sit as a crossbench - independent - peer.\n\nRuth Davidson stood down from frontline politics last year\n\nJo Johnson, who stood down as an MP at December's general election, resigned from the government last September, saying he was \"torn between family loyalty and the national interest\".\n\nMr Clarke and Mr Hammond were among 21 Conservative MPs who lost the party whip last autumn when they rebelled against Mr Johnson in a bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit.\n\nRuth Davidson - who quit as Scottish Tory leader last August after eight years in the role, saying the idea of spending long periods away from her young son filled her with \"dread\" - also becomes a peer.\n\nShe will not take her seat in the House of Lords until after she stands down from the Scottish Parliament at next year's election.\n\nThe Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Fowler, criticised the decision to award 36 peerages, calling the list \"a lost opportunity to reduce numbers\".\n\nHe said: \"The result will be that the House will soon be nearly 830 strong - almost 200 greater than the House of Commons. That is a massive policy U-turn.\"\n\nEvgeny Lebedev and Boris Johnson at the 2009 Evening Standard theatre awards\n\nEvgeny Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the London Evening Standard, becomes a peer, as does Charles Moore, former Daily Telegraph editor and biographer of ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.\n\nMr Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds attended a party hosted at Annabel's nightclub, west London, by Mr Lebedev shortly after the Conservatives' election victory.\n\nOther politicians who will enter the House of Lords include former Conservative Party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin, former Tory culture minister Ed Vaizey and Nigel Dodds, previously deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.\n\nOf the Labour MPs honoured, Ms Hoey and Ms Stuart were prominent pro-Brexit campaigners during the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nThe prime minister's chief strategic adviser, Sir Edward Lister, gets a peerage, but there is no honour for former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, despite retired holders of the office usually joining the Lords.\n\nThe government did not put Mr Bercow's name forward, despite it being proposed by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nGisela Stuart was chairwoman of the Vote Leave campaign during the referendum\n\nLord Newby, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, said: \"By giving a large number of his cronies peerages, [Mr Johnson] has shown that the Tories have abandoned any pretence of reducing the size of the bloated House of Lords.\"\n\nFor the SNP, MP Pete Wishart accused the prime minister of \"handing out jobs for life in the unelected House of Lords to friends and those who have done him favours\".\n\n\"The prime minister's idea of levelling up involves gifting his cronies, damaging policy facilitators, and family members with jobs as legislators for life - with no democratic mandate or accountability to people across the UK.\n\n\"It's the worst kind of cronyism that only highlights the rotten Westminster system that is detached from reality.\"", "The council in Brighton said it was concerned about the number of people in the city\n\nSun-seekers had to be turned away as thousands descended on Bournemouth and Poole to visit the towns' beaches on the UK's hottest day of the year.\n\nBy 09:00 BST roads were gridlocked and a mobile app to aid social distancing was showing red in three areas - meaning \"avoid\".\n\nPolice and council officers patrolled the seafronts in both towns.\n\nBrighton and Hove City Council, said crowds were making it \"impossible to maintain physical distancing\" there.\n\nAnd in Kent, Thanet District Council said some of its most popular beaches were full.\n\nThanet Council urged people thinking of heading to Viking Bay in Broadstairs to reconsider their plans\n\nMeteorologists said temperatures recorded at Heathrow had reached 37.8C (100.04F), making it the third warmest day ever recorded in the UK.\n\nDorset Police said its officers would be working longer shifts and some had their rest days cancelled to cope with the anticipated influx of visitors over the summer.\n\nBy 11:00 BST traffic marshals were already turning people away from Sandbanks car park and residents were urging the council to close the road.\n\nBy mid afternoon, nearly all of the seven-mile stretch of beach between Poole Harbour and Highcliffe was marked as red on the council's beach app, meaning \"avoid, safe social distancing not possible\".\n\nDorset Council said car parks at Lulworth and Durdle Door, on the Jurassic Coast, were also full and urged visitors to go elsewhere.\n\nPolice are carrying out high-visibility patrols in Bournemouth\n\nYvonne Jones said local people would suffer as a result of the crowds\n\nYvonne Jones, 66, who has been a beach hut holder in Poole for 35 years, said: \"There shouldn't be this many people here - but Boris [Johnson] should have made sure people stayed in their own counties.\n\n\"The traffic is horrendous - I live locally and it was a nightmare to get here. It's the locals who end up suffering.\"\n\nBournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council leader Vikki Slade said the towns were ready to welcome visitors \"with open arms\" but marshals had been deployed at car parks along with extra security officers, first aiders and additional traffic management systems.\n\nTraffic is winding every way you look on the roads approaching Sandbanks.\n\nI watched as some flummoxed drivers finally made it to the car park entrance - only to be told in no uncertain terms to turn around. They left frustrated.\n\nFor those who had made it to the beach, they found the sand much busier than an average Friday.\n\nOn the whole though, the people I spoke to felt beach-goers were doing their best to be responsible - their biggest worry was what mess would be left behind to clear in the morning.\n\nMotorists endured long queues to Sandbanks where the car parks were full\n\nIn Bournemouth, a major incident was declared on 25 June because of the crowds.\n\nAt the time police reported fights, overnight camping and three men were stabbed in an attack near Bournemouth pier.\n\nCars were left abandoned on verges as visitors struggled to park and the beaches were strewn with litter.\n\nBCP Council said it now had powers to clamp or tow away vehicles parked illegally.\n\nSouth East Trains warned social distancing was not possible on its coastbound trains\n\nIn Kent, Southeastern Railway said trains bound for the coast via Faversham were very busy, making social distancing impossible.\n\nThanet Council urged people thinking of heading to Joss Bay, Botany Bay and Viking Bay in Broadstairs to reconsider their plans as the beaches there were nearing capacity.\n\nSun-seekers were also warned to avoid Camber Sands in East Sussex where Rother District Council said the car parks were full.", "Is the UK now at the limit of easing lockdown?\n\nThis is it. We are now, give or take, at the absolute limit of how much we can reopen society without a resurgence of coronavirus. This realisation at the heart of government is about more than delaying the opening of bowling alleys, it will define our lives for months to come - and probably until we have a vaccine. And I'm sorry to break it to parents, but the biggest question mark now is around the reopening of schools. Read more from James here.", "Gita Lavingia says she now cannot see 80% of her clients\n\nA decision on Friday to put lockdown easing on hold in England has caused confusion and dismay for businesses.\n\nThe delay means that places such as casinos and bowling alleys, which had been due to open on 1 August, will have to wait at least two weeks more.\n\nFirms in the beauty sector, already angered about delays in being able to fully open, are stunned by the news.\n\n\"We're in absolute shock,\" Gita Lavingia, owner of Lavingia Beauty, Clapham, south London told the BBC.\n\n\"We literally found out this afternoon, with less than 24 hours' notice, and we have clients booked in for tomorrow.\"\n\nMs Lavingia says that 80% of her business is focused on facials. Because the treatments involve close contact with a customer's face, the continuation of restrictions means that her firm will have to cancel most of the bookings it has lined up.\n\n\"We lose £800 in revenue for each day we cannot fully-operate. And many of our therapists are self-employed, so they are earning nothing at all,\" she added.\n\nMs Lavingia doesn't understand why beauty salons cannot be fully-operational: \"We've always been very careful with health and safety standards, which are crucial protocols in the beauty industry, and since the pandemic, now we have extra precautions in place.\"\n\nShe stressed that clients had provided feedback that they \"felt safe\" to return to the clinic, and therefore they should be allowed to do so.\n\nThe beauty salon owner said she feels like there is a \"never-ending\" cloud hanging over her - Lavingia Beauty owes approximately £8,000 in rent since March, and there is an outstanding VAT bill on the horizon that will need to be dealt with at some point too.\n\nThe anxiety that she and her staff feel affects the atmosphere at the salon, because clients come to relax and get away from their own troubles, and they can sense that not all is well under the surface.\n\n\"It's make or break for our business now - there's a big question mark about how long we can stay open for.\"\n\nThe move has come when many firms were \"starting to get back on their feet\", said the British Chambers of Commerce.\n\nUnder current restrictions, beauty salons can do nails but not eyebrows\n\nBCC co-executive director Claire Walker said: \"While tackling the public health emergency must be the priority, these announcements - made at short notice - will be a hammer blow to business and consumer confidence at a time when many firms were just starting to get back on their feet.\n\n\"Business communities need as much clarity as possible from government if they are to plan ahead and rebuild their operations in the coming months.\"\n\nThe National Hair and Beauty Federation also reacted with dismay.\n\nTreatments on the face, which were excluded when beauty salons were allowed to reopen in England on 13 July, were due to be given the go-ahead from Saturday, but this has now been postponed.\n\n\"We are extremely disappointed that this last-minute decision has been made,\" the federation said. \"We will continue to push for financial support following this further setback.\"\n\nThe CBI said the news would be \"a real disappointment for some businesses\". \"But firms know that public safety comes first.\" added the CBI's chief UK policy director, Matthew Fell.\n\nBoth the BCC and the CBI called for extended support and targeted measures to help businesses affected.\n\n\"Businesses will continue to do what is necessary to avoid an infection spike,\" said the CBI's Mr Fell.\n\n\"Delayed reopening will unfortunately lead to even more financial pressure for some companies. So there may yet be a need for more direct support to shore up cash flow, including extended business rates relief.\"\n\nUK Hospitality said the delay was \"devastating news\" for hospitality businesses and leisure venues that had hoped to be back in business this weekend.\n\n\"They have spent a lot of time and money, which they can ill afford to lose at the minute, getting ready to reopen. For those people who work in those sectors, the security of their jobs remains uncertain,\" said its chief executive, Kate Nicholls.\n\n\"We now need clear communication to ensure that consumer confidence is not damaged further. We are also going to need further support for those businesses that cannot reopen.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses national chairman Mike Cherry said the announcement would come as \"a massive blow to thousands of small firms, soon-to-be newlyweds, artists and sportspeople\".\n\n\"However, we were warned that restrictions will need to be responsive to any resurgence in transmissions,\" he added.\n\n\"What we absolutely have to avoid is a scenario where whole swathes of the small business community - not least those in the creative industries, tourism and leisure sectors - are wiped out entirely.\"\n\nThe news came in a briefing from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said planned reopening for 1 August would be delayed for at least a fortnight.\n\nThat means venues such as casinos, bowling alleys and skating rinks must remain closed until 15 August.\n\nIndoor performances will also not resume and pilots of larger gatherings in sports venues and conference centres will not take place, while wedding receptions of up to 30 people will not be permitted.\n\nSeparately, face coverings will be compulsory in more indoor settings where people are likely to come into contact with people they do not know, such as museums and places of worship, from next weekend. They are already required in shops and indoor transport hubs.\n\nThe prime minister said the rules for face coverings would become enforceable in law from 8 August.", "The injured woman was airlifted from the base of the cliff\n\nA woman was seriously injured when she slipped and fell 60ft (18m) from a coastal cliff in Dorset.\n\nThe woman, in her 60s, had been walking at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage, just before 16:00 BST on Friday.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI, police, ambulance service and fire service all attended, along with the coastguard and air ambulance helicopters.\n\nShe was airlifted from the base of the cliff and taken by helicopter to Southampton General Hospital.\n\nA spokesman for Swanage Coastguard said: \"A large area was temporarily cleared and closed to allow the emergency services to work including landing two helicopters.\n\n\"It is understood the female was close to the edge when she slipped whilst out walking.\n\n\"Members of the public called 999 reporting the incident after witnessing the fall.\"\n\nSwanage Coastguard said there had been a \"large multi-agency response\" to rescue the woman\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British Airways pilots have voted to accept a deal that will temporarily cut pay by 20% and eliminate 270 jobs, says the pilots' union Balpa.\n\nThe deal prevents a controversial \"fire-and-rehire\" scheme where staff would have been handed new contracts \"on worse conditions\".\n\nThe 20% pay cuts will reduce to 8% over two years and to zero in the long term.\n\nThe ballot result saw 85% of members accept the deal on an 87% turnout.\n\n\"Our members have made a pragmatic decision in the circumstances, but the fact that we were unable to persuade BA to avoid all compulsory redundancies is bitterly disappointing,\" said Balpa general secretary Brian Strutton in a statement.\n\nBA said it was facing an \"enormous challenge\" and that it did not expect to return to 2019 levels of business \"until at least 2023\".\n\nThe airline had proposed to make 12,000 staff redundant, as it struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with 1,255 pilot jobs at stake.\n\nBalpa said there would still be some compulsory redundancies, estimated at 270 jobs, although that number is \"likely to fall\" as BA will be working with the union to mitigate the impact of the changes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Willie Walsh said the impact of the pandemic had led to unprecedented levels of disruption in the air industry\n\nOn 28 July, trade union Unite threatened industrial action against the airline \"with immediate effect\" over plans to hand staff their notice and then rehire them on new contracts with unfavourable terms.\n\nTalks with other BA staff, such as cabin crew, engineers and office staff, are still continuing.\n\nMany airlines are struggling to survive as the pandemic severely disrupts global travel.\n\nThe plunge in travel will drive airline losses of more than $84bn (£66bn) this year, the International Air Transport Association has warned. It said last month that 2020 revenues would drop to $419bn, down 50% from 2019.\n\nBA has insisted that it is doing its best to save jobs. On Thursday, Willie Walsh, the boss of BA owner IAG, told the BBC that the coronavirus crisis was the worst the company has faced in its history.\n\nIAG reported a loss of €4.2bn (£3.8bn) for the first half of the year, and Mr Walsh said it would take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover.\n\nHowever, there is anger from staff over the way BA has approached job cuts, according to the BBC's business correspondent Theo Leggett.\n\nFor cabin crew, there is not only the threat of redundancy, but also the possibility of big pay cuts for long-serving staff.\n\nMany of those affected believe the company is using the current crisis to force through changes it has wanted to make for years.\n\nLonger-serving crew at BA have contracts which are, by modern standards, relatively generous. They date back to an era when the airline industry was less ferociously competitive, before the emergence of budget carriers such as Ryanair and Easyjet forced older airlines to cut costs and change their business models.\n\nIn a statement, BA said: \"This is an incredibly difficult time for everyone at British Airways and we are grateful to Balpa and our flight operations team for the work they have done to reach this agreement and save hundreds of jobs.\n\n\"The financial results show the enormous challenge British Airways faces as it contends with the impact of the global pandemic and government travel bans, reducing demand for travel very significantly.\n\n\"We do not expect our company to return to 2019 levels of business until at least 2023 and therefore we need to act now to reshape our company for a very different future.\"", "The protest is over proposed job cuts at the Nantgarw site\n\nAbout 300 people joined a \"walk for jobs\" to protest against redundancy plans at an aircraft engine maintenance plant on Saturday.\n\nGeneral Electric (GE) announced in July that it plans to cut 369 jobs at its site in Nantgarw, near Caerphilly.\n\nA further 180 posts have already been lost since the coronavirus crisis began through voluntary redundancies.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was \"doing all that we can to support workers\".\n\nProtest organiser Caerphilly Trades Council urged those taking part to social distance and wear masks, as they gathered near Caerphilly Castle for the midday event.\n\nGE has been consulting with 1,400 staff at Nantgarw, as the firm suffers from the drop of numbers in air travel.\n\nThe company, which makes jet engines for Boeing and Airbus, has blamed the \"unprecedented impact of Covid-19\".\n\nIt has said it remained focused on \"preserving our capability to respond as the industry recovers\".\n\nOne aviation worker taking part called on the Welsh Government and UK government to \"get together and have a clear dialogue\" on how they can help the sector.\n\n\"We're an industry we know is going to come back, we know people are going to be flying,\" he said.\n\n\"We're high tech, high skilled employees and we're asking the government now to maintain these high skills, maintain these jobs so when it comes back we can have a secure future.\"\n\nAbout 300 people joined the protest over job cuts\n\nShadow Welsh secretary Nia Griffith said: \"It's absolutely vital that we save these jobs.\n\n\"Aerospace is a really dynamic industry, it's going places, there are such exciting developments and if the government does not put in the support now we will lose out.\"\n\nWayne David, Labour MP for Caerphilly, added: \"The aviation sector is vitally important to Wales.\n\n\"It'll be a huge body blow to the economy. Those are well-paid jobs, there'll be a knock-on effect and obviously it's devastating for them and their families.\"\n\nA Welsh Government spokesperson said: \"The aviation industry faces an extremely challenging environment in dealing with the effects of coronavirus.\n\n\"We are doing all that we can to support workers, and once again call on the UK government to take a full and active role to safeguard jobs in the sector, and see the industry through this incredibly difficult period.\"\n\nThe UK government said: \"We understand this is difficult time for the workers of General Electric and their families and stand ready to support those at risk of losing their jobs.\n\n\"The aerospace sector remains a critical part of the UK economy and we will continue to work closely with industry to ensure it can rebuild as the civil aviation market recovers.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Businesses that have furloughed staff during the coronavirus pandemic must now start contributing to the government's job retention scheme.\n\nFrom Saturday, firms must pay national insurance and pension contributions until the scheme ends in October.\n\nBut the Federation of Small Businesses warned the government not to \"pull up the business support drawbridge\" and said more help was needed to save jobs.\n\nThe government said millions of jobs have been saved because of the scheme.\n\nIt comes as some businesses face putting workers back on furlough after plans to ease lockdown in England were halted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday.\n\nLatest figures from the government show 9.5 million jobs - a third of the private sector work force - have been furloughed during the pandemic, at a cost of £31.7bn to the Treasury.\n\nHowever, the Resolution Foundation said fewer than 4.5 million workers were currently on the scheme, down from a high of nearly eight million in April.\n\nThe think tank warned that winding the scheme down \"carries the real risk of increased redundancies\", echoing concerns raised earlier this week that it could push unemployment to 10% this year.\n\nAnd the Federation of Small Businesses warned the government more help, not less, help was needed to save jobs.\n\n\"Even with critical emergency measures in place, jobs are sadly being lost in the here and now,\" said FSB chairman Mike Cherry.\n\n\"Further targeted support for those [businesses] having to remain shut is urgently needed, especially in areas where local lockdowns are in place.\"\n\nThe job retention scheme was introduced by the Treasury at the beginning of the pandemic to prevent mass redundancies and was originally intended to last until the end of July.\n\nUnder the scheme, workers get 80% of their salaries paid for by the government - up to £2,500 a month.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation said the changes from Saturday will cost employers an average of £70 a month - or 5% of the employees' pre-furloughed pay.\n\nDan Tomlinson, senior economist at the think tank, said the scheme had protected family incomes and prevented \"catastrophic levels of unemployment\".\n\nBut he said millions of employees are currently without work - particularly in sectors such as hospitality and leisure - and called for the government to phase out support for these \"hardest-hit\" sectors more slowly due to a heightened risk of unemployment.\n\nLabour's shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband, said businesses \"now face the stark choice of letting go of their staff or facing a hefty financial burden to keep them on\".\n\nHe called on the government to abandon the blanket withdrawal of the furlough scheme for all businesses in October.\n\nIt comes as businesses in England expecting to reopen this weekend were told they will now have to wait at least another fortnight because of a rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nCasinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and close-contact beauty treatments are among those to be affected by the latest changes.\n\nA Treasury spokesman said: \"We said at the start of the crisis that we couldn't save every job - but it's clear that the furlough scheme has saved millions of them - and now many people who've been furloughed are able to return to work.\n\n\"That's good for the economy, but more importantly it's good for individuals, their families and communities.\"", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nArsenal's talisman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang worked his Wembley magic once again as they came from behind to beat Chelsea and win the FA Cup for a record 14th time.\n\nChelsea took the lead in the Heads Up FA Cup final inside five minutes through Christian Pulisic's smart finish but then fell victim to the brilliance of Aubameyang, who was also Arsenal's hero when he scored twice in the semi-final win over Manchester City.\n\nThe Gabon forward drew Arsenal level from the penalty spot before the break after he was fouled by Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta, then produced a moment of world-class finishing to make the defining contribution to the first behind-closed-doors FA Cup final.\n\nChelsea were hampered by a first-half injury to Azpilicueta and were struggling even further when they lost the outstanding Pulisic to a hamstring problem after the break.\n\nAs the Blues battled to overcome those setbacks, the brilliant Aubameyang was able to give Mikel Arteta silverware in his first season as the Gunners' manager.\n\nAubameyang, who Arsenal are understandably desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, turned Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma inside out in the 67th minute before delivering the most audacious finish, chipping over keeper Willy Caballero from an angle.\n\nChelsea's agony increased further when Mateo Kovacic was very harshly sent off for a second yellow card, awarded by referee Anthony Taylor for the most innocuous of challenges on Granit Xhaka.\n\nArsenal closed out the win to secure a place in the Europa League next season but it was bitter disappointment for Chelsea manager Frank Lampard at the conclusion of his first campaign in charge.\n• None Reaction from Wembley as Arsenal beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final\n• None Arsenal v Chelsea: How you rated the players\n• None We can win titles together' - Arteta\n\nArteta's delight at the final whistle was obvious as he secured his first major trophy as a manager, having only succeeded Unai Emery in December.\n\nThere have been some mixed moments - but in recent weeks, Arsenal have shown their development by defeating new Premier League champions Liverpool and ending Manchester City's hopes of retaining the FA Cup by beating them to reach the final. Now the Gunners have the trophy in their hands after seeing off Chelsea.\n\nIn each game they have shown character, courage and resilience - all qualities they have regularly been accused of lacking - and have a world-class spearhead in Aubameyang.\n\nA player of that calibre makes the difference in the big games. Aubameyang has shown that, making Wembley his personal playground in both the semi-final and the final.\n\nIt may have been a surreal occasion, this FA Cup final played in a virtually deserted Wembley and missing so much of the traditional ceremony and atmosphere, but the joy of victory was still relished by Arteta and his players and rightly so.\n\nAnd when the celebrations end, Arsenal will know with even more certainty what their summer priority must be, even above any acquisitions.\n\nArsenal must find a way to keep Aubameyang. Their cause is helped by being able to offer him European football, albeit the Europa League rather than the Champions League.\n\nHe is quite simply a talent that gives Arsenal another dimension of danger. He is a match-winner - and in this instance, an FA Cup final winner.\n\nIt all started so well for Chelsea and Lampard as they dominated the opening phases at Wembley and led through Pulisic's goal.\n\nThe momentum changed after the first-half drinks break as Chelsea were undone by their own injuries, Arsenal's vast improvement and the dismissal of Kovacic.\n\nChelsea lost the experience of Azpilicueta and the thrilling talent of Pulisic, who actually injured his hamstring as he raced in on goal with a very good chance, and were then fighting an uphill battle.\n\nThey tried to regain that earlier supremacy but were hit by that brilliant goal from Aubameyang and the sending off of Kovacic.\n\nThe Croatia international was shown a second yellow card for a challenge with Xhaka that raised questions as to whether it was actually a foul before referee Anthony Taylor eventually produced the red card.\n\nIt more or less signalled the end of Chelsea's hopes. Lampard's first season, which has contained so much promise, concludes with a place in next season's Champions League but not a trophy.\n\nThere has been much to admire from Chelsea as Lampard has mixed youth and experience but there is a defensive frailty he must address, having added to his attacking resources with the exciting addition of Timo Werner.\n\nThose defensive weaknesses were clear as Aubameyang preyed on them in deadly fashion.\n\nAs they trooped to collect their losers' medals, Chelsea and Lampard will reflect on a day when little went right after that opening five minutes.\n\nArteta writes name into Gunners history books - the stats\n• None Mikel Arteta has become the first person to both captain and manage Arsenal to victory in an FA Cup final.\n• None Chelsea have lost three of their past 10 FA Cup final matches, with all three defeats coming against Arsenal.\n• None The Gunners have won each of their past seven FA Cup final appearances since 2002 - no team has had a longer run of successive final triumphs in the competition.\n• None Arteta is the first Arsenal manager to win a major trophy in their first season in charge of the club since George Graham in 1986-87.\n• None There was just one shot on target in the whole of the second half, which was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's winning goal.\n• None Since his debut for Arsenal in February 2018, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 70 goals in all competitions, more than any other Premier League player in that time.\n• None Christian Pulisic's opener was the first FA Cup final goal scored by an American player.\n• None Mateo Kovacic became the sixth player to be sent off in an FA Cup final, with the last two of them being Chelsea players (Victor Moses was dismissed, also against Arsenal, in 2017).\n• None Willy Caballero (38 years 308 days) became the oldest player to play for Chelsea in an FA Cup final, while substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi (19 years 268 days) became the youngest to play in the showpiece for the Blues.\n• None Pedro went off injured after Chelsea had used all subs.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.\n• None Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Ross Barkley (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Substitution, Arsenal. Sokratis replaces David Luiz because of an injury.\n• None Attempt blocked. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eddie Nketiah.\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín tries a through ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A whole day of classics, build up and live action on BBC iPlayer\n• None What next for plant based alternatives?", "The Patel family had spent two years planning a pilgrimage to Mecca\n\nWhen Muslims are describing Eid celebrations to people from other faiths, many will say it's the equivalent of Christmas - a noisy, joyous festival of prayer, present-giving and fun with friends and family.\n\nBut in Leicester - one of Britain's most vibrant multi-cultural cities - this year's Eid al-Adha is looking rather more muted.\n\nWith the city still in lockdown and restrictions not due to be lifted until Monday, religious leaders and councils have reminded people not to gather in mosques and everyone has been encouraged to stay at home.\n\nCelebrations began on Thursday evening and will run until Monday evening.\n\nFor Jawaahir Daahir, explaining to her three-year-old grandson Kamil that Eid would not be going ahead as planned has been \"heartbreaking\".\n\n\"He was on the phone telling me 'I want to come to your house grandma, I want to come to your house' and I was telling him 'you can't come right now' because I live in Leicester,\" she said.\n\n\"It's so sad - what can you say? It is so hard for the children to understand.\"\n\nJawaahir Daahir said Eid is usually a time for families to plan days out and get-togethers\n\nUsually, Ms Daahir's house would be full of family members at this time - her six children, in-laws and her grandson.\n\nAfter going to the mosque for prayer, there would be hugs with friends, sweets for the children and an array of specially-prepared dishes and presents at home.\n\nThe family would also arrange days out together - whether for meals at restaurants or walks at local beauty spots.\n\nThis year, although Ms Daahir has still been preparing some of the traditional food, those enjoying it will be limited to those living in her home - her mother and one of her daughters.\n\n\"We won't be leaving the house, basically,\" she said. \"We will still be praying at home and talking to our family but it won't be the same.\"\n\nMs Daahir said she believed the lockdown would have a knock-on effect on celebrations throughout the city.\n\n\"This is the time when people buy presents and clothes, so it will affect businesses as well,\" she said.\n\nLeicester was placed into an extended lockdown on 29 June and a recent review said places of worship would be able to fully reopen from Monday - when Eid ends.\n\nSimilarly to some parts of northern England, residents have been told not to meet with different households in their homes and gardens and park gatherings should be limited to six people.\n\nIt has been the second time Muslims in Leicester have marked a festival in lockdown after Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr fell in April and May.\n\nThe Patel family from Leicester had planned to perform the Hajj in Mecca this weekend but have had to postpone it to next year.\n\nThe annual pilgrimage to the holy site in Saudi Arabia would usually attract up to two million worshippers but this year all tourists and over-65s have been banned.\n\n\"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go and we honestly thought this was our time but it just wasn't meant to be.\"\n\nThe Patel family had been planning their trip to Mecca for two years\n\nThe family had been planning the pilgrimage for two years and hoped to take the trip after Mr Patel suffered a major heart attack.\n\n\"For Eid this year, everyone is distant. We can't celebrate as we normally would but hopefully it won't be for long,\" he said.\n\n\"I wanted to complete my Hajj before I turned 40 next year but you just never know what's round the corner. I feel fit and well at the moment but who knows, this time next year I might not be.\"\n\nLeicester City Council advised people to limit travel, social contacts and gatherings during Eid and encouraged people to \"find new ways to worship, pray and celebrate safely together\".\n\nIt said: \"We know that congregational prayer is an important part of many religious practices and unfortunately that hasn't been possible for many months now because of the increased risk of Covid-19 transmission.\"\n\nImam Dr Hafiz Ather said this year's Eid was a time for people to be positive and grateful.\n\n\"Normally a prayer would commence the day of Eid in a local mosque but unfortunately we won't be able to do that here in Leicester,\" he said.\n\n\"We will still be able to spend time in prayer at home. We will still have a lovely meal and share stories and memories with our children and we will still remain upbeat.\n\n\"It is difficult this year. It is unprecedented. But at the same time we are just happy to be alive.\"\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.", "Coronavirus infections are rising in England, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures suggest.\n\nA sample of households in England, excluding care homes and hospitals, were swabbed to test for current infection.\n\nThe ONS says daily cases have risen from an estimated 3,200 to 4,200 since last week.\n\nHowever there is not enough data to suggest a higher proportion of positive tests in any particular region.\n\nThe ONS's estimates of daily cases are higher than those reported by the Department of Health and Social Care because they include people without symptoms who would not otherwise have applied for a test.\n\nConfirmed cases reported by the government for the same period were between 339 and 721 daily over the same period (20- 26 July).\n\nAbout 350,000 people were newly tested for coronavirus, not including those who were tested as part of the ONS's surveillance study.\n\nThese are tests involving a nose and throat swab which can diagnose a current active coronavirus infection, but do not show if someone has had the virus in the past.\n\nDespite the ONS figures suggesting a rise in infections, the official estimate of the virus's reproduction or R number (a measure of whether cases are rising or falling) for England was between 0.8 and 1 as of 31 July.\n\nAn R number below one indicates the number of infections is shrinking.\n\nIt's calculated using a range of different measures including hospital admissions and deaths.\n\nBecause it takes time for an infection to progress to the point of hospitalisation and, in the worst cases, death, there is a time lag involved.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is the R number and what does it mean?\n\nIt's possible the latest estimate of R isn't capturing more recent upticks in infection.\n\nThe ONS has consistently tested a sample of the population whether or not they have symptoms, so may be better placed to spot a rise in cases in the population at an earlier stage, before they translate to sickness and hospitalisation.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average:\n\nPublic Health England figures on coronavirus cases were updated on 2 July to include people tested in the wider community, as well as hospitals and healthcare workers, causing the numbers to increase sharply. Figures for the rest of the UK already included people tested in the wider population.\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nAlthough it is an estimate based on a relatively small number of people, taking that uncertainty into account, the ONS believes there is now enough evidence to suggest a \"slight\" increase in new infections in England in recent weeks, for the first time since May.\n\nPublic Health England, which brings together local and national figures to understand what's happening with the virus each week, said \"overall case numbers and positivity remained stable or increased slightly\", in the week of 22-28 July.\n\nThis increase is nowhere near the levels seen earlier in the year, however.\n\nThe BBC's Head of Statistics Robert Cuffe explained, \"back in early March, the number of cases we were seeing was doubling every three to four days - very very quickly.\n\nWhat we're seeing described in the last few weeks is a rate of cases doubling every month and half, every two months, so they're rising very slowly.\"", "The Spitfire is normally based in Duxford\n\nA Spitfire bearing the names of thousands of heroes of the coronavirus pandemic has performed flypasts of hospitals across the south of England.\n\nThe NHS Spitfire, which also has \"Thank U NHS\" emblazoned on the underside of its wings, visited 20 hospitals from Essex to Dorset.\n\nIts owners are handwriting 80,000 names on the aircraft to help raise money for NHS Charities Together.\n\nThe appeal has so far raised more than £20,000.\n\nJohn Romain, pilot and founder of the Aircraft Restoration Company, said: \"It's been fantastic. To see the people on the ground waving at you is humbling. The reaction from the people on the ground and the support has been amazing.\"\n\nThe Spitfire paused at Goodwood in Sussex halfway through the day\n\nThe aircraft flew over hospitals in Southend, Medway, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, Folkestone, Ashford, Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Portsmouth, Newport, Poole, Bournemouth, Southampton and Salisbury.\n\nOrganisers are planning further tours in other parts of the country throughout the summer.\n\nThe former World War Two reconnaissance Spitfire PL983 'L', based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, had been conducting flypasts over neighbouring villages during the Thursday Clap For Carers events during the peak of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nPeople have been invited to nominate the names of \"local heroes\" who have helped or inspired them during the Covid-19 pandemic to add to the aircraft in return for a minimum £10 donation to NHS charities.\n\nOwners of PL983 'L' have been handwriting names on the aircraft\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Seats in theatres will remain empty for at least a fortnight longer\n\nThe socially-distanced reopening of indoor performances in England has been delayed until at least 15 August, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.\n\nThe easing of restrictions at theatres and music venues was due to start this weekend, but has been postponed amid concerns over a rise in virus cases.\n\nIn addition, masks will be required in museums, galleries and cinemas - enforceable in law from 8 August.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"We simply cannot take the risk.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How theatre can reopen during the pandemic\n\nThe government had been working with the arts sector on pilot performances with socially-distanced audiences in theatres and music venues in recent weeks.\n\nJon Morgan, director of Theatres Trust, said it was \"disappointing that socially-distanced indoor performances will not be able to go ahead\" as planned.\n\n\"However, in reality, the majority of theatres were not planning to reopen for shows tomorrow so a two-week delay will not make a huge difference.\n\n\"Most theatres will not be able to put on productions until we reach stage five [of the roadmap for the return of professional performing arts], which allows fuller audiences, so that is the most critical date for much of the sector.\"\n\nKen Wright, managing director of London's Phoenix Arts Club took a slightly different view, saying the government's decision to postpone the opening of live performance venues with less than a day's notice had \"pulled the carpet from under us\".\n\n\"We've said all along that we would 'open once and open well'. Therefore with heavy heart and broken bank balance we must announce that we will remain closed until we are certain that indoor live performance is permitted,\" he said in a statement.\n\nEarlier this month the government announced a £1.57bn support package for the arts, following several weeks of lobbying from theatres, music venues, art galleries and other cultural institutions, many of which had said they were on the brink of collapse.\n\nSir Ian McKellen is currently rehearsing for his latest stage role as Hamlet\n\nThe government also outlined measures to \"support the safe return of audiences\", including:\n\nThe government also recently revealed its \"five-stage roadmap for the return of professional performing arts\", which was detailed by Mr Dowden as follows:\n\nIn response to the delay, the Music Venue Trust said it was \"saddened but not surprised\" to hear that live music music events planned for the next few weeks must now be cancelled.\n\n\"Since May 2020, Music Venue Trust has repeatedly informed the government that live music events in grassroots music venues would be extraordinarily difficult to stage, not economically viable, and at risk of being cancelled at short notice during the current pandemic,\" it said in a statement.\n\n\"A number of venues across the country have attempted to stage such events based on advice from the government, incurring substantial costs to make their venues safe. That expenditure now adds to the growing mountain of debts accrued by those venues working within the government guidelines.\"\n\nThe Deaf Institute in Manchester, pictured hosting a Girli gig in 2018, was recently saved from closure\n\nThe trust reiterated its belief that \"no grassroots music venue\" will be able to \"safely and viably\" put on concerts before 1 October \"at the earliest\", and questioned the logic behind the Prime Minister's new proposed opening date.\n\nOn the subject of face masks, Bob Riley, CEO of Manchester Camerata orchestra added: \"Can anyone tell me why we need masks in more places from 8 August... and not now?\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Mexico has become the country with the third highest death toll with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording greater numbers.\n\nIt has now suffered at least 46,688 deaths during the pandemic, with a total of 424,637 infections.\n\nPreviously the United Kingdom had the third highest toll, and registered 46,204 deaths as of Friday.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the effects of the pandemic will be felt \"for decades to come\".\n\nIn Mexico, local authorities have previously said they believe the real number of infections is likely to be significantly higher than those reported.\n\nPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador is eager to restart the country's flagging economy. His government announced a phased plan to lift restrictions in May.\n\nIn Mexico City, the capital, hundreds of thousands of factory workers returned to their jobs in mid-June. Some non-essential businesses were then allowed to reopen at the start of July in the city, the epicentre of the country's epidemic.\n\nBut critics say Mr Obrador was slow to impose lockdown measures and has lifted them too quickly. Most of the Mexican economy stopped on 23 March but some industries that were declared key to the functioning of the nation and were exempt from the restrictions.\n\nOn Friday ten state governors chastised the government's handling of the outbreak and called for the resignation of Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell - an epidemiologist and Mexico's coronavirus tsar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of Covid-19\n\nMore than 17.5 million coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide, along with nearly 679,000 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThe US has recorded at least 153,415 deaths and Brazil 92,475.\n\nSome countries have tried to emerge from lockdown but in many, cases are rising again, reports the BBC's Geneva correspondent, Imogen Foulkes.\n\nSome, like Spain and the UK, are partially reintroducing restrictions or delaying plans for their easing.\n\nMore measures were expected to be relaxed in England this weekend but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that this would be delayed for at least two weeks.\n\nWith cases continuing to rise around the world, WHO head Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus called the pandemic a \"once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come\".\n\n\"Although vaccine development is happening at record speed, we must learn to live with this virus, and we must fight it with the tools we have,\" he said on Friday.", "South Korea has arrested the leader of a religious sect linked to the country's largest coronavirus outbreak.\n\nLee Man-hee, 88, heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus. More than 5,000 of its members became infected, making up 36% of all Covid-19 cases in the country.\n\nThe authorities accuse him of hiding information about the group's members and gatherings from contact tracers.\n\nThe church says Mr Lee was concerned for his members' privacy, but never hid information from the authorities.\n\nSouth Korea currently has 14,336 coronavirus cases, and 300 deaths.\n\nMr Lee was arrested early on Saturday, following an investigation. A judge said there were signs that evidence related to the case was being destroyed.\n\nMr Lee is also accused of embezzling 5.6bn won ($4.7m; £3.6m) and holding unapproved religious events.\n\nIn a statement, the Shincheonji Church said Mr Lee had been concerned about \"excessive requests\" for personal details of members, but never attempted to obstruct the investigation.\n\n\"The court's issuance of an arrest warrant doesn't mean a guilty verdict,\" it added. \"All possible efforts will be made to unveil the truth in the upcoming court trials.\"\n\nLee Man-hee founded the Shincheonji Church in 1984. In Korean, Shincheonji means \"new heaven and earth\".\n\nThe group, which has 230,000 members, is considered a cult by many. Mr Lee identifies as \"the promised pastor\" mentioned in the Bible, and his followers believe he will take 144,000 people to heaven with him after Christ's Second Coming.\n\nThe church says it has more than 20,000 followers outside of South Korea including in China, Japan and areas of Southeast Asia.\n\nThe group is known for packing its followers tightly together during services. Glasses, necklaces and earrings are reportedly banned from services.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'We're often persecuted': Spokesman for virus-hit S Korean church defends secrecy (March 2020)\n\nMembers of the fringe Christian group are believed to have infected one another and then travelled around the country, apparently undetected, in February.\n\nIn March, Mr Lee apologised for the virus's spread.\n\n\"Although it was not intentional, many people have been infected,\" he said at the time. \"We put our utmost efforts, but were unable to prevent it all.\"", "Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama are among victims of the hack\n\nA man living in Bognor Regis - on the UK south coast - is one of three individuals charged over a major Twitter hack, according to the US Department of Justice.\n\nThe UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) confirmed it had searched a property in Bognor Regis with police on Friday.\n\nA teenager in Tampa and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, were also charged in Florida.\n\nUS Attorney David L Anderson said the arrests proved \"nefarious hacking... for fun or profit\" did not pay off.\n\nTwitter accounts of multiple high-profile US figures were hijacked in an apparent Bitcoin scam on 15 July.\n\nThey included former President Barack Obama, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, entrepreneur Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and reality star Kim Kardashian West, who all falsely tweeted out requests for Bitcoin donations.\n\nIn his statement, US Attorney Anderson said: \"There is a false belief within the criminal hacker community that attacks like the Twitter hack can be perpetrated anonymously and without consequence.\"\n\nHe added: \"Criminal conduct over the Internet may feel stealthy to the people who perpetrate it, but there is nothing stealthy about it. In particular, I want to say to would-be offenders, break the law, and we will find you.\"\n\nIn Florida, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren filed 30 felony charges against the teenager, 17, who cannot be named, for \"scamming people across America\".\n\nThe charges include organised fraud and fraudulent use of personal information.\n\n\"As a crypto-currency, Bitcoin is difficult to track and recover if stolen in a scam,\" Mr Warren said.\n\n\"These crimes were perpetrated using the names of famous people and celebrities, but they're not the primary victims here. This 'Bit-Con' was designed to steal money from regular Americans from all over the country, including here in Florida.\n\n\"This massive fraud was orchestrated right here in our backyard, and we will not stand for that.\"\n\nKim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama were all 'hacked'\n\nThe charges against the teenager include 17 counts of communication fraud, 10 counts of fraudulent use of personal information, one count of fraudulent use of personal information with over $100,000 (£76,340) or 30 or more victims, one count of organised fraud and one count of access to computers or electronic devices without authority.\n\n\"He's a 17 year-old kid who apparently just graduated high school,\" said State Attorney Warren. \"But no make no mistake, this was not an ordinary 17-year-old. This was a highly sophisticated attack on a magnitude not seen before.\"\n\nHe added that the investigation to \"discover the perpetrator\" was a collaboration between the Florida Department of Law enforcement, the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, the FBI, the IRS, and the Secret Service.\n\nThe teenager lives in Tampa, Florida and so will be prosecuted by Hillsborough State authorities.\n\nTwitter said in a statement: \"We appreciate the swift actions of law enforcement in this investigation and will continue to cooperate as the case progresses.\n\n\"For our part, we are focused on being transparent and providing updates regularly.\"\n\nAfter the hack, Twitter said the hackers had targeted its employees \"with access to internal systems and tools\".\n\nIt added that \"significant steps\" had been taken to limit access to such internal systems and tools while the company's investigation continued.\n\nAccording to BBC cyber-security reporter Joe Tidy, the consensus in the information security community is that Twitter's employees were likely duped by a spear-phishing attack via a phone call.\n\nThis involves using friendly persuasion and trickery to get victims to hand over crucial information that enables hackers to infiltrate a company's systems.", "Greater Manchester residents have been told they cannot mix with other households in private homes or gardens\n\nThe government has been accused of causing \"confusion and distress\" with its handling of new lockdown rules.\n\nPeople living in Greater Manchester and other parts of northern England have been told they cannot mix with other households in private homes or gardens.\n\nGreater Manchester's mayor and deputy mayor, along with council leaders, raised \"concerns\" about how the changes were announced by the government.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said \"we have to move fast sometimes\".\n\nThe government announced the new lockdown restrictions shortly after 21:15 BST on Thursday.\n\n\"We announced the decision as soon as practical,\" added Mr Hancock, who said he had been working with \"local authorities, like Andy Burnham\" to tackle a rise in cases.\n\nOn Friday, a statement released by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in partnership with council leaders said the timing and content of the announcement \"has caused confusion and distress for our residents\".\n\nIt is \"strongly recommended\" that in future \"full supporting details should be available to the public at the moment any public or media statement is made\", the GMCA said.\n\nGreater Manchester leaders also claimed they are not convinced that including gatherings in gardens in the restrictions, which will be reviewed weekly, is \"a proportionate measure\".\n\n\"We therefore call on the government to provide further evidence or amend the regulations,\" a GMCA spokesperson added.\n\nFurther support for hospitality businesses that have recently opened, as well as for people who have been shielding, is needed as well, the GMCA said.\n\nZoe Patrick said the lockdown would be make childcare \"difficult\"\n\nMillions of people in parts of northern England are subject to the new restrictions, which ban separate households from meeting each other at home, after a spike in Covid-19 cases.\n\nThe rules affect people in Greater Manchester, east Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) said the force \"will engage with people, explain the current circumstances and encourage people to do the right thing in complying with the government guidelines\".\n\n\"We will only take enforcement action as a last resort, when people are not listening and putting others at risk,\" a GMP spokesperson added.\n\nPeople in Greater Manchester have described their confusion at the sudden news.\n\nZoe Patrick, 33, from Stockport, said the rules meant she and her husband would find it difficult to look after their son.\n\n\"This is now very difficult for us as we did have our son's grandparents over to help us... but now of course these new rules mean we can't do that so we will have to struggle on our own.\"\n\nJenny Cooper has been shielding since March and said the measures feel \"disappointing\"\n\nJenny Cooper, 36, from Burnage, has Crohn's disease so has been shielding since March.\n\nShe said: \"It's really important to keep the vulnerable safe, but it does feel very sudden.\n\n\"We were on the cusp of freedom. It's disappointing as many of us feel left behind.\"\n\nHospitality firms have also been hit by the sudden restrictions.\n\nPiotr Pawlowski, who runs Cafe Bistro in Flixton, Trafford, said he had received cancellations for their tapas evenings this weekend, which he has been preparing for all week.\n\n\"We are not going to make the numbers we should do so food is going to go to waste,\" he said.\n\nThe cafe remained open for takeaway throughout the lockdown but suffered a 30-40% loss in sales.\n\nHe said the new restrictions, which ban members of two different households from mixing in restaurants, would not help but \"it's something we need to follow\".\n\n\"Safety is most important for us and our customers,\" he added.\n\nSaif Al-Islam Chaudhry said he was going to celebrate Eid in a public park\n\nSaif Al-Islam Chaudhry, 35, who owns an art company, said \"it is not a nice feeling for anyone\".\n\n\"I think the timing of this may seem dubious to many people.\"\n\nReferring to Eid celebrations, he said: \"If I understood the new restriction correctly, Muslims can use the existing guidelines to meet in public parks. That is what I am intending to do today.\"\n\nJason Bailey, who owns a street food event, said the timing of the measures is \"awful\" for business\n\nThe owner of street food business Grub in Manchester Jason Bailey, 39, said \"this could be the setback to push us over the edge\".\n\n\"Keeping people safe has to be the top priority... It's just how it's been done, the timing is awful.\n\n\"We're already wading through queries from people totally confused by the announcements trying to cancel their table reservations, despite the fact we are an outside food market.\n\n\"We'll undoubtedly spend more time and money trying to cope with it all and at the moment we're only just sustainable as a business running on a reduced capacity.\"\n\nMany of the areas subjected to the tighter rules are among those with the highest rates of new infections in the past week.\n\nIn Greater Manchester, the only borough to have seen cases come down substantially is Rochdale, but even then it remains one of the areas with the highest new infection rates out of more than 300 local authorities in England.\n\nOldham's cases in particular have been surging and the local council sounded the alarm earlier this week.\n\nIn the week to 26 July the area recorded 134 cases of coronavirus, up from 44 the week before. This means almost 57 positive tests for every 100,000 people in Oldham that week.\n\nTrafford went from 26 cases to 91, which works out at more than 38 for every 100,000 residents.\n\nWhile Wigan is much further down the table for new cases, its figures have risen as well.\n\nBolton has not recorded a rise in the week to 26 July, but provisional data for the week to 28 July suggests it may move slightly up, although these figures are subject to revision as more test results come in.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video has been removed for rights reasons\n\nGlenda Jackson has won best actress at the Bafta TV Awards for Elizabeth Is Missing, her first television role in 27 years.\n\nThe 84-year-old, who was last nominated for a Bafta in 1974, said she was \"absolutely stunned\".\n\nSky Atlantic miniseries Chernobyl, starring Jared Harris, won awards for best miniseries and best leading actor.\n\nThe event was held as a closed studio, socially distanced show and awards were accepted virtually.\n\nHost Richard Ayoade made light of the unusual circumstances during a sardonic opening address from BBC Television Centre in west London.\n\n\"It's sad it had taken a pandemic to enforce the most basic parameters of personal space,\" he joked.\n\nThe result, he said, would be \"the least touchy-feely Baftas to date\".\n\nJackson accepted the last award of the evening via video link\n\nHis intro was followed by a satirical song from Tim Minchin about the pandemic's impact on the film, TV and theatre industries.\n\n\"If Matilda stays closed, am I still rich?\" he sang, referencing his own stage musical in a video filmed in Australia.\n\nThe first award of the night went to Mo Gilligan for best entertainment performance.\n\nHe was recognised for his Channel 4 programme The Lateish Show, beating Frankie Boyle and previous winners Graham Norton and Lee Mack.\n\nFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge lost out to her co-star Sian Clifford for the female performance in a comedy programme award.\n\nA tearful Clifford called her win \"stupid, weird and surreal\" while insisting the nominees in her category were \"all winners\".\n\nClifford expressed delight as she accepted her first Bafta award\n\nJamie Demetriou, who appeared in Fleabag's first series, picked up the prize for male performance in a comedy programme for his role in Stath Lets Flats.\n\nHe used his speech to thank a childhood friend for \"getting me to do comedy when I was trying to be the bad boy of musical theatre when I was 21\".\n\nStath Lets Flats went on to win the award for best scripted comedy, beating Fleabag, Catastrophe and Derry Girls.\n\nThe award for supporting actress went to Naomi Ackie for Channel 4 drama The End of the F***ing World, which also won best drama series.\n\nThe British actress dedicated her prize to her father and late mother, adding: \"This makes lockdown so much better.\"\n\nThe best supporting actor award went to Will Sharpe for his role as a sex worker in BBC Two crime drama Giri/Haji.\n\nStrictly Come Dancing was named best entertainment programme for the second time.\n\nAward presenters Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones ensured they were socially distanced\n\nIdris Elba said he was \"very proud\" to be recognised with a special Bafta for both his craft and for championing diversity and new talent.\n\n\"What I have done is taken my opportunity and handed it backwards to other people that need that opportunity,\" the star of Luther and The Wire said.\n\n\"One day I might get an acting award but until that day I am going to make more opportunities for more actors, more writers and more people to come and tell their story.\"\n\nTV viewers voted the cliffhanger proposal scene from Gavin and Stacey's Christmas special as their \"must-see moment\" of the year.\n\nJames Corden, one of the sitcom's stars and co-creators, called the prize \"the lovely icing on an already really lovely cake.\"\n\n\"I just want to sink my teeth into that Bafta and suck all the sugary juices from it,\" joked Ruth Jones, his co-star and co-writer.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nITV's Emmerdale was named best soap and continuing drama, while Taskmaster on Dave won the award for comedy entertainment programme.\n\nMichael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland received the factual series prize, while Blue Planet Live was crowned best live event.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the awards, Glenda Jackson said it had been \"a privilege\" to play a woman with dementia in Elizabeth Is Missing.\n\n\"What it deals with is being suffered by an increasing number of people,\" she said during a pre-show aired on Bafta's social media channels.\n\nThe two-time Oscar winner gave up acting in the 1990s to pursue a career in politics as Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate.\n\nShe returned to acting in 2015, appearing on radio and stage before taking the lead role in the TV version of Emma Healey's novel.\n\nThe TV Baftas came two weeks on from the TV Craft Baftas, which saw Chernobyl receive seven prizes for technical achievement.\n\nBafta - the British Academy of Film and Television Arts - was founded in 1947 and has been presenting TV awards since 1955.\n\nThe Bafta TV Awards were shown as-live on BBC One and can be watched on BBC iPlayer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk,\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police were called about the missing 15-year-old boy at about 20:50 BST\n\nA body has been found by police searching a lake at a shopping centre for a missing 15-year-old.\n\nEssex Police were called after it was reported the teenager had disappeared from Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock at about 20:50 BST on Friday.\n\nThe body was found shortly after 12:40 BST and the search suspended. The family have been informed and a formal identification carried out later.\n\nSpecialist teams and the fire service helped police with their search\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.", "Residents described the situation in St Ives as \"absolute madness\"\n\nResidents in popular resorts have said they are \"too scared\" to go food shopping because of visitors pouring down narrow streets and ignoring social distancing.\n\nOn social media locals have described some Cornish resorts as being \"absolute madness,\" and \"Benidorm on steroids\".\n\nVisit Cornwall advised people to plan ahead and change plans if resorts were busy.\n\nSome people in Perranporth say it is the busiest they have ever known it\n\nSt Ives resident Claire Harris, 37, said her family was \"too scared to go food shopping\".\n\nShe told the BBC she had banned her children from the main shopping street and harbour front because of the crowds and said this was \"the general consensus among friends\".\n\nJonathan Pitts, who like Ms Harris manages holiday lets, said: \"Sadly I think a lot [of tourists] have the same attitude - that they've come to escape it [Covid-19].\"\n\nClaire Harris said her three children were currently banned from St Ives' main street for their safety\n\nVicky White, from Newyln, said: \"It makes me very uneasy to go out with my two young kids. The pavements have been bustling.\n\n\"It is sad for residents to not be able to enjoy where they live.\"\n\nMany Perranporth residents said they felt ousted from the town's convenience stores, some of which were overwhelmed by groups of shoppers.\n\nOne woman in her 60s who wanted to be known only as Linda, told the BBC she had complained to the head office of one of the stores.\n\nStaff members said on Facebook's Perranzabuloe Community group they faced an \"unreal\" amount of abuse from customers for trying to comply with measures in store.\n\nVicky White, a young mum from Newlyn, said she did not feel safe taking her children out\n\nRoyden Paynter, harbour master at Mousehole, said: \"Suddenly we've been hit with a stampede.\n\n\"Everybody is a bit more stressed this year - they don't move out of your way\".\n\nBut Adrienne Munday, a small business owner there, said Covid-19 concerns had been \"over dramatised\" in the media and most people were delighted to welcome back the \"summer buzz\".\n\nJake Diviney, 21, from Bedford, said it was \"busier than expected\" but he had felt completely safe on holiday in Perranporth\n\nAn extra £500,000 was given to Devon and Cornwall Police by the local Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez in July to help communities manage the pandemic this summer, enabling the introduction of street marshals.\n\nSome Cornwall residents said they were 'delighted' to see their towns thriving again\n\nThere were 20 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Cornwall in the week up to 26 July, a rise of 14 from the previous week.\n\nA Cornwall Council spokesperson said: \"To help guide people in city and town centres we have marked 'keep right' walkways and put up signing, and there are street wardens on hand to offer advice.\n\n\"Cornwall Council will continue to monitor congested sites and provide signs and marshals where they may help, but we ask everyone to be considerate of others and follow public health guidance to help reduce the risk of transmission.\"\n\nMalcolm Bell from Visit Cornwall said: \"It seems busier than ever but we are actually below the normal peak levels\".\n\nHe advised people to \"plan ahead and be prepared to change your plans when volumes of people make social distancing difficult\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Pobol y Cwm has been on air since October 1974\n\nFilming has not restarted on the BBC's longest-running soap because of a dispute over finances, sources say.\n\nIt is understood BBC Studios, which makes Pobol y Cwm, is still in discussions with BBC Wales about funding and are yet to agree.\n\nFilming stopped because of coronavirus restrictions, but BBC Wales and BBC Studios both say they hope to restart filming as soon as safely possible.\n\nFilming was supposed to restart at the beginning of July.\n\nBut production was put on hold two days before it was due to start.\n\nSources say the cost of making the programme while adhering to Covid-19 regulations means less content can be made for the same amount of money.\n\nPobol y Cwm, which has been on air since October 1974, is a daily soap opera made by BBC Studios which is commissioned by BBC Cymru Wales.\n\nIt is broadcast on S4C as part of its statutory commitment to provide a minimum of 520 hours of programming for the channel.\n\nThe majority of the content that the BBC makes for S4C is Pobol y Cwm and news.\n\nIn a statement, BBC Wales said: \"Discussions and planning to restart production are ongoing with all parties working to do so as soon and as safely as possible and according to the latest production guidelines.\"\n\nA BBC Studios spokesperson said: \"We are continuing to work through our plan to get all the continuing dramas up and running as soon as possible. We hope to be able to provide further clarity on this very soon.\"\n\nAn S4C spokesperson said they were \"looking forward to having Pobol y Cwm back on air\", but added \"this is a matter for the BBC\".", "The guardsmen are believed to have been involved in a fight outside a London bar near Buckingham Palace\n\nThree Coldstream Guards are being investigated by police after they were reportedly involved in a fight with the Queen's footmen.\n\nTwo men, aged 20 and 21, were taken to hospital after the incident at the Greenwood Sports Pub on Victoria Street, Westminster, on 24 July.\n\nThe victims' injuries were not life threatening, police said.\n\nA Ministry of Defence spokesman said the guardsmen were being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.\n\nTwo men, aged 20 and 21, were taken to hospital after the incident at the Greenwood Sports Pub on Victoria Street\n\nThe altercation was said to have happened about 800m from Buckingham Palace as a group of royal footmen were attending leaving drinks.\n\nThe Coldstream Guards have a ceremonial role as protectors of Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.\n\nIt is the oldest continuously serving regiment in the British Army and is based at Victoria Barracks in Windsor, west of London.\n\nAn MoD spokeswoman said: \"We can confirm that three guards are being investigated by the Met Police following the incident in London on 24 July.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Barakah: The start-up was originally scheduled to happen in 2017\n\nThe United Arab Emirates has launched operations at the Arab world's first nuclear power plant, on the Gulf coast just east of Qatar.\n\nNuclear fission has begun in one of four reactors at the Barakah plant, which uses South Korean technology.\n\nThe plant was due to open in 2017 but start-up was delayed for what officials said were safety requirements.\n\nThe oil-rich UAE wants Barakah to meet a quarter of its energy needs, as it adopts more sustainable energy sources.\n\nJust two weeks ago the UAE sent a probe on a mission to Mars - another high-profile scientific first for the Gulf nation.\n\nThe UAE is also investing heavily in solar power - a plentiful energy source in the Gulf. Some energy experts question the logic of Barakah, arguing that solar power is cleaner, cheaper and makes more sense in a region plagued by political tensions and terrorism.\n\nLast year Qatar called the Barakah plant a \"flagrant threat to regional peace and environment\". Qatar is a bitter regional rival of the UAE and Saudi Arabia.\n\nAcross the Gulf lies Iran, hostile to the UAE, and subject to US sanctions because of its controversial nuclear programme.\n\nDr Paul Dorfman, head of the international Nuclear Consulting Group, wrote last year that \"the tense geopolitical environment in the Gulf makes nuclear a more controversial issue in this region than elsewhere, as new nuclear power provides the capability to develop and make nuclear weapons\".\n\nThe London-based scientist also highlighted the risk of radioactive pollution in the Gulf.\n\nIn a statement the plant's developer the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said it was committed to the \"highest standards of safety and security\" and that the plant would play an important role diversifying and decarbonising the economy.\n\n\"The Barakah plant will supply clean baseload electricity to the grid - complementing intermittent renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind, which are not able to generate electricity on a continuous basis,\" it said.\n\n\"It will provide up to 25% of the UAE's electricity needs once fully operational and will help prevent the release of 21 million tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to removing 3.2 millions cars off the road annually.\"\n\nThis photo, tweeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, shows staff shortly after start up\n\nUAE leaders hailed the start-up on Saturday as a symbol of the country's scientific progress.\n\nThe Barakah plant was developed by ENEC and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). Energy will be generated by 1,400-megawatt pressurised water reactors, designed in South Korea, called APR-1400.\n\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - the nuclear industry's main oversight body - praised Barakah in a tweet, saying the plant's Unit 1 had \"achieved its first criticality\" - that is, generation of a controlled fission chain reaction.\n\n\"This is an important milestone towards commercial operations and generating clean energy. IAEA has been supporting [United Arab Emirates] from the beginning of its nuclear power programme.\"\n\nThe leader of Abu Dhabi, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, tweeted his congratulations \"marking this milestone in the roadmap for sustainable development\".\n\nCORRECTION, 2 August 2020: This version has been updated to add a statement from the ENEC", "The incident happened near Menai Bridge on Saturday evening\n\nA woman has died following a collision between a water bike and a boat off Anglesey.\n\nShe was taken to hospital following the incident near Menai Bridge but has since died.\n\nNorth Wales Police were alerted by the ambulance service on Saturday at about 19:30 BST.\n\nThe force, which has yet to release further details, is appealing for witnesses.\n\nIn a separate incident, a child was airlifted to hospital after being swept out to sea on an inflatable near Porthmadog, Gwynedd, on Saturday.\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\nAs though the prospect of undergoing open heart surgery was not daunting enough, seven-year-old Brayden had to do it during a global crisis.\n\nAs the coronavirus pandemic took hold during lockdown, his parents watched his congenital heart disease worsen.\n\nThey faced the terrifying choice between an operation to ultimately save his life and the risks of Covid-19.\n\nHowever, after eight hours of surgery, the little \"Rhondda heart warrior\" is home and looking forward to Disneyland.\n\nBorn premature, weighing less than 5lbs (2.26kg), Brayden was diagnosed with pulmonary atresia, a condition which prevents the heart valve forming properly.\n\nHe had surgery when just seven weeks old to fit an artificial artery but his parents, Emma and Craig Bull, always knew a second, larger operation would be needed. They just never imagined it would be during a pandemic.\n\nIt was not until he was six that the signs began to show that his heart was deteriorating. The stent was old and the left ventricle was not growing properly, putting pressure on the right one.\n\nDoctors said Brayden would need a transplant this year. Then coronavirus struck.\n\nBrayden was immediately shielded but his illness and other conditions meant he was at 'high risk'.\n\n\"What can you say? I just couldn't believe this was happening,\" said Emma, 37.\n\n\"So much was going through my head, seeing [the virus] get closer to home, looking at risks and possibilities.\n\n\"The thought of him having this surgery in this pandemic, with him being so vulnerable, was terrifying. I had this fear he was going to catch it.\n\n\"We were reassured they would try to fit Brayden in, in the safest way possible. But he would need a heart by-pass for several hours and what scared me was knowing nothing is totally safe.\n\n\"It felt like I was potentially putting his life at risk, but even when Brayden was shielding, he was deteriorating at home.\n\n\"He was very sleepy throughout the day and sometimes would go quite blue around the mouth.\n\n\"So I knew, if he stayed at home, he could die and there would be nothing I could do. That scared me even more.\n\n\"It was a horrible position to be in and we were petrified not knowing what to do for the best.\"\n\nThey opted for the surgery, but after travelling from their home in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, the procedure was cancelled due to emergency admissions.\n\nBrayden was on a heart by-pass during the eight-hour operation\n\nThey returned a week later to a hospital that was unlike any they were used to - and a changed city.\n\n\"The hospital looked scary,\" admitted Emma. \"The staff looked as if they had come from space with all their kit on and with all the security and restrictions, it just didn't feel right. It felt a bit like a prison.\"\n\nTo Emma and Craig, things did not feel much better outside. Just days earlier, a statue of a slave trader had been pulled down and thrown into the city's harbour during Black Lives Matter protests.\n\n\"We had to keep ourselves busy during surgery but walking the streets of Bristol at that time felt daunting. We just didn't know what to do with ourselves,\" she recalled.\n\nBrayden is hoping he can go to the park for the first time since February when shielding finishes\n\nWith the hospital's family rooms taken and nearby hotels closed, Emma spent the week sleeping on different hospital beds as Brayden recovered.\n\n\"It was difficult because I had left the rest of my family at home and I was on my own. There was no-one there who could even give me a cuddle because it wasn't allowed,\" she said.\n\nHowever, not only was the operation a success but Brayden made a \"remarkable\" recovery and just five days later, he was home.\n\nHe is getting stronger each day and having self-isolated since February, is making plans for when shielding ends on 16 August.\n\n\"It's been tough on his brothers and sister because all they hear from me is, 'Don't touch Brayden', 'don't cough or sneeze over him', 'wash your hands', \" said Emma.\n\n\"I couldn't help wrap him up in cotton wool but I'm starting to ease off a little now because I know his heart is fixed.\n\n\"He has really missed his school friends, who sent a lovely video message with their teacher, and he wants to go to the park. But the first thing he said after the operation was to go to Disneyland.\"\n\n\"He's always showing off his scar... he's quite proud of it,\" said Emma\n\nFamily and friends hope to make that happen by fundraising with the help of the Heart Heroes charity.\n\n\"I think he's inspired a lot of people who have followed him through it all. That support has been amazing and has kept me going,\" said Emma.\n\n\"They've nicknamed him the Rhondda Heart Warrior and that's just what he is.\n\n\"You do feel guilt, that this little boy has been through so much throughout his life and then has this surgery during a pandemic. I can't describe how proud I am of him.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK has pledged a further £20m in aid to Lebanon following Tuesday's deadly explosion in Beirut.\n\nThe support will go directly to those injured and displaced by the explosion, providing access to food and medicine as well as other urgent supplies.\n\nThe UK, which has already given £5m to the emergency relief effort, said it showed its commitment to \"stand by\" the Lebanese people in their hour of need.\n\nFrance's Emmanuel Macron has warned the country's future is \"at stake\".\n\nAddressing a virtual meeting of world leaders to discuss the economic and political fallout from the tragedy, the French president said it was a \"wake-up call\" for the Lebanese government and the international community had a huge stake in the country's \"reconstruction\" to help ensure regional stability.\n\nThe blast in the city's port destroyed large parts of the surrounding area, killing more than 150 people, injuring more than 5,000 and leaving more than 300,000 homeless.\n\nIn a phone call with the Lebanese president on Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK would \"stand by the country in its hour of need\".\n\nIn the immediate aftermath of the disaster, the UK offered £5m in emergency support, £3m of it for the British Red Cross. It is now proposing to give a further £20m to the World Food Programme, run by the United Nations.\n\nThe extra money comes after an assessment of the health situation on the ground by a team of specialist UK medics, who arrived in the city on Friday.\n\n\"The devastation we have seen in Lebanon this week has left people without homes, medical care and wondering how long it will be until the country's food supplies run out,\" International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said.\n\n\"Today the world is coming together to stand by the Lebanese people, and as one of the biggest donors to this crisis so far, the UK is pledging more urgent support to help all those affected by this terrible disaster.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This Greek Orthodox church's altar survived the blast unscathed - even its oil lamp stayed lit\n\nIn response, the World Food Programme said it was grateful for the \"swift and heart-warming response\".\n\nMs Trevelyan is representing the UK at Sunday's donors' event, which is being chaired by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Mr Macron.\n\nOfficials estimate the blast at the warehouse, which stored more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, caused up to £11.5bn in damage.\n\nOne British aid worker told the PA news agency that the explosion had had a \"devastating\" impact on the city.\n\n\"The area of affected property is massive,\" Rob Davis, from Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters, said.\n\nHe and other volunteers have been trying to find survivors and evaluate the structural safety of buildings hit by the blast. He told PA that buildings more than six miles from the epicentre of the blast had been damaged.\n\nThe explosion has left many homes without water or electricity while the city's hospitals, already dealing with a spike in Covid-19 cases, risk being overwhelmed.\n\nAmid growing popular anger at the Lebanese government and the country's economic stagnation, Mr Macron told Sunday's meeting that its people needed help now.\n\nThe French President said the future of the country and region was at stake\n\nHe urged the Lebanese authorities to co-operate with its allies in the region and the West to stop other countries who wanted to sow \"division and chaos\".\n\n\"The time to wake up and for action has come,\" he said. \"The Lebanese authorities must now make political and economic reforms, demanded by the Lebanese people and through which can permit the international community to act efficiently for the reconstruction of Lebanon.\n\n\"I think at this moment, over these days the future of Lebanon is at stake. The future of the Lebanese people but also a whole region.\"", "The bikes have been estimated to be worth more than £30,000\n\nThe owners of 118 bikes worth more than £30,000 are being sought by police.\n\nThe Met found the bikes, which are believed to have been stolen, in a building in Hackney, east London.\n\nOfficers made the discovery after 11 people reported seeing their stolen property being sold online.\n\nTwo men, aged 21 and 60, were arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and possession of criminal property following the raid on 2 August. Both have been bailed.\n\nTwo men were arrested after the bikes were discovered in Hackney\n\nSgt Jo Stephens said police \"strongly believe [the bikes] have been stolen - either in burglaries, robberies, or from the street - for the purpose of selling on for a profit to unsuspecting buyers\".\n\nAnyone who has had their bicycle stolen in Hackney or Tower Hamlets in the last six months has been advised to email the Met at ce-mist@met.police.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The photograph - published by Nius - appears to show Juan Carlos arriving in Abu Dhabi on the day he announced he was leaving Spain\n\nSpain's former king Juan Carlos has reportedly travelled to the United Arab Emirates after leaving his home country amid a corruption investigation.\n\nA photograph published by Spanish media group NIUS appears to show the ex-monarch arriving in Abu Dhabi.\n\nJuan Carlos made the shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving Spain.\n\nThe former king denies any wrongdoing and has said he would be available if prosecutors needed to interview him.\n\nHis departure has sparked a huge debate in Spain about the monarchy and intense speculation about where the former king has gone.\n\nLocal reports said he had travelled to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean or to Spain's neighbour, Portugal.\n\nBut there are now reports Juan Carlos is occupying an entire floor at Abu Dhabi's five-star Emirates Palace hotel. The former king was reportedly close with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.\n\nAs yet however his location remains unconfirmed. Spain's royal family and government have so far declined to comment on his whereabouts.\n\nJuan Carlos abdicated in 2014 after close to 40 years in power and handed power to his son Felipe.\n\nHis decision to give up the throne came after a corruption investigation involving his daughter's husband and a controversial elephant hunting trip the monarch took during Spain's financial crisis.\n\nThe controversies however did not stop there. In June this year, Spain's Supreme Court launched an investigation into Juan Carlos's alleged involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia, after the ex-king lost his immunity from prosecution following his abdication.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. King Juan Carlos, 76, has had health problems in recent years\n\nOn 3 August Juan Carlos announced he was now leaving his home country in a letter to his son.\n\n\"Guided by the conviction to best serve the people of Spain, its institutions, and you as king, I inform you of my decision at this time to leave Spain,\" he wrote.\n\nHe said he made the decision \"in the face of the public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating\" and in the hope of allowing his son to carry out his functions as king with \"tranquillity\".\n\nA statement said King Felipe VI had conveyed \"his heartfelt respect and gratitude\" to his father for this decision.\n\nThe departure has sparked a fresh debate about the role of the Spanish monarchy and the corruption allegations against Juan Carlos.\n\nCatalonia's parliament - which is controlled by separatist parties who seek independence from Spain - voted in a non-binding motion on Friday to condemn the monarchy after the ex-king's departure.\n\n\"Neither Spaniards nor Catalans deserve such a loud and ridiculous scandal on an international scale,\" regional president Quim Torra told lawmakers.\n\nThere have also been demonstrations calling for Spain to become a republic again.\n\nThe country last removed its monarchy in 1931 before a devastating civil war which ended with the victory of dictator Francisco Franco in 1939.", "Many Scottish fans had travelled to Wales as well of Welsh supporters ahead of the sell-out game\n\nMinisters may question if the right approach was taken to mass gatherings at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a scientific adviser has said.\n\nDr Rob Orford referred to the Wales-Scotland Six Nations match in March.\n\nHealth Minister Vaughan Gething had refused to call it off, saying there was no advice to do so, before the WRU called it off at 24 hours' notice.\n\nBut Dr Orford, Wales' chief scientific adviser for health, said a different view may be taken in retrospect.\n\nThe Welsh Government had said cancelling the match would have no impact on \"significantly delaying the peak of the outbreak or indeed in terms of saving life\".\n\nDr Rob Orford said \"there were some conversations and some decisions\" around that period that officials may now approach differently.\n\nA number of major sporting events had been disrupted at the start of March both in the UK and around Europe, with the Principality Stadium clash the last to be postponed.\n\nVaughan Gething said opposition parties should take a \"responsible approach\"\n\nPlaid Cymru and other opposition parties had called for it to be postponed, but Mr Gething responded by saying politicians should take a \"responsible approach\" and should not try to suggest \"there is public health advice to take a step when actually it does not exist\".\n\nFollowing the WRU's postponement of the match, First Minister Mark Drakeford tweeted he could understand the decision although \"the medical and scientific advice about mass events hasn't changed\".\n\nDr Orford told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme: \"I dare say when we look back, and we will look back, undoubtedly there'll be inquiries, and we'll ask those questions about what was the evidence and why were those decisions made... they were debated and consensus was agreed on all of those points.\"\n\nThe Scotland match was Wales' last of the 2020 Six Nations tournament and is set to now go ahead in October\n\nHe also said cases of Covid-19 will rise again in Wales if people stop being \"aware of our own risks and keep reducing them\".\n\nDr Orford added: \"The virus is insidious. It will get in to the places you're not looking, it'll get in to the places that's hardest to reach.\n\n\"It's like a pan that's boiling. If you take your eyes off it, it'll boil over.\n\n\"We know it likes indoor environments. We can see from the southern hemisphere that it quite likes the cold as well and so invariably it'll find its way in to those places.\"\n\nDr Rob Orford has suggested a cautious approach should be taken coming out of lockdown\n\nWales' chief medical officer Dr Frank Atherton said this week he is worried coronavirus could return in autumn before spiking in winter.\n\nLooking ahead to potential challenges in winter, Dr Orford said issues such as ventilation in buildings \"are really important\" and the government is \"constantly looking at the evidence around face coverings, asking whether that will help mitigate the risk of further infections\".\n\nThey are mandatory on public transport in Wales but not in shops, unlike other parts of the UK.\n\nAsked if face coverings being mandatory in more settings was inevitable, Dr Orford said: \"I think it's more complex than that. I think there are scenarios where you might imagine that's beneficial but it has to be one of many things.\n\nNHS workers across Wales and the UK have been fighting to save lives\n\n\"In terms of managing risk and reducing risk, it's all about those routes of transmission... and the very last thing you do that has the least impact is personal protective equipment.\n\n\"It's not straightforward with face coverings. The evidence isn't compelling. We're not mandating them at the moment but we do recommend them.\"\n\nHe said he believes the \"might of the scientific community will put paid\" to coronavirus.\n\n\"If you look at smallpox, which killed in the region of 500 million in history... smallpox was a disease with two viral variants and the important part of that sentence is 'was' and for all significant communicable diseases, they have been managed out, whether that's a vaccine or a treatment or public health measures,\" Dr Orford said.\n\n\"Vaccines work. There's no reason to think that won't happen again.\"", "The Red Arrows will perform a flypast of Edinburgh\n\nA Red Arrows flypast will be one of the only physical events marking VJ Day in Scotland this year due to coronavirus.\n\nVJ Day saw the end of the conflict in Asia and brought the Second World War to a close in 1945.\n\nAn online concert and service of remembrance will lead the commemoration on Saturday.\n\nAmong the other events planned is a message from First Minster Nicola Sturgeon thanking the Second World War generation, and a two-minute silence.\n\nThe Red Arrows will perform a flypast of Edinburgh and Legion Scotland will issue medallions in honour of those who made a contribution to the war effort.\n\nVeterans minister Graeme Dey said the day will be a time for the nation to come together to remember the sacrifices \"which ensured the peace and freedoms we enjoy today\".\n\nMr Dey said: \"The whole country owes our current and ex-service personnel an immense debt of gratitude for their service and sacrifice.\"\n\nClaire Armstrong, chief executive of Legion Scotland, said: \"This campaign saw some of the fiercest fighting of the Second World War and in some of the harshest conditions, with many thousands of British and Commonwealth forces and civilians being taken as prisoners of war, enduring terrible mental and physical trauma.\"\n\nDr Armstrong added that VJ Day would pay tribute not only to the British forces, but the Allied and Commonwealth forces, \"without whom the defeat of Japan would not have been possible\".", "Two of the UK's biggest High Street retailers, John Lewis and Boots, have announced 5,300 job cuts.\n\nBoots has said 4,000 jobs will go, while John Lewis is shutting down eight stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.\n\nThe moves come amid warnings that new economic support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be enough to stop millions of workers losing their jobs.\n\nMr Sunak admitted that he would not be able to protect \"every single job\" as the UK enters a \"severe recession\".\n\nBoots is consulting on plans to cut head office and store teams and shut 48 of its more than 600 Boots Opticians practices.\n\nIt has not yet said which outlets will close, but about 7% of its workforce will lose their jobs.\n\nJohn Lewis said department stores in Birmingham and Watford will not reopen as the coronavirus lockdown eases. It also plans to shut down its At Home stores in Croydon, Newbury, Swindon and Tamworth and travel sites at Heathrow airport and London St Pancras.\n\nMr Sunak unveiled a series of measures on Wednesday aimed at saving jobs, including a one-off £1,000 payment to employers for every furloughed employee retained to the end of January 2021.\n\nHe also announced measures to benefit the hospitality sector, including giving diners 50% off eating out from Monday to Wednesday in August.\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the moves to support restaurants, pubs and cafes could also help retail.\n\n\"We very much hope that when people go to their local pub or their restaurant to eat out, those are often in the centre of towns, hopefully that will encourage the footfall to those areas so we get more people going to our shops as well,\" Mr Dowden said, speaking after announcing the reopening of gyms, indoor pools and outdoor theatres.\n\nJohn Lewis says some of its stores were in trouble before the virus struck, while Boots already had plans for a shake-up.\n\nThe crisis has forced them to speed up efforts to deal with the rise of internet shopping.\n\nAnd just now they face the phasing out of the government-supported furlough scheme, starting next month.\n\nOne by one, retailers are revealing how many staff they will bring back into stores as the job subsidy is withdrawn.\n\nMost Boots outlets remained open throughout the lockdown to provide pharmacy and healthcare services, but the firm said footfall had \"dramatically reduced\".\n\nThe firm said sales across all Boots UK outlets were down 50% in the third quarter, and some 70% at Boots Opticians.\n\n\"Restrictions are beginning to lift, but with an uncertain economic outlook, it is anticipated that the High Street will take considerable time to recover,\" it said.\n\nBoots said last year that it was reviewing the size of its UK operations with the possibility that up to 200 stores could be closed.\n\nThe managing director of Boots UK, Sebastian James, described the latest cuts as \"decisive actions to accelerate our transformation plan\".\n\nJohn Lewis said the eight stores affected were already \"financially challenged\" even before the pandemic struck.\n\nHowever, Covid-19 had caused customers to move more quickly towards online shopping and away from stores.\n\nJohn Lewis Partnership chairwoman Sharon White said: \"Closing a shop is always incredibly difficult and today's announcement will come as very sad news to customers and partners.\n\n\"However, we believe closures are necessary to help us secure the sustainability of the partnership - and continue to meet the needs of our customers, however and wherever they want to shop.\"\n\nMs White said John Lewis would do everything it could to keep on as many people as possible.\n\nJohn Lewis had warned in March it could close shops as a plunge in profits forced it to cut staff bonuses to their lowest level in almost 70 years.\n\nFormer John Lewis boss Andy Street, now mayor of the West Midlands, said the closure of the chain's flagship Birmingham store was \"deeply disappointing\".\n\n\"At this stage the closure is only a proposal, and one which I believe risks being a dreadful mistake,\" he tweeted.\n\nHe added that his belief in its potential was \"unwavering\" and that he would be making the case for it to stay open.\n\nThe planned closure of John Lewis's Watford store has prompted a petition to save it, which has been signed by 4,400 people so far.\n\nOther John Lewis customers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.\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\nJohn Lewis and Boots are the latest in a long line of companies to have made cuts during the pandemic. Other lay-offs announced include:\n\nUnions and analysts have warned that the virus could mean millions of people end up out of work, warning that government incentives to save jobs were not large enough to persuade bosses to keep workers.\n\nLen McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: \"With no modification to the jobs retention scheme, that dreaded October cliff-edge for businesses and workers has now been set in stone.\n\n\"Our fear is the summer jobs loss tsunami we have been pleading with the government to avoid will now surely only gather pace.\"\n\nVivienne King, chief executive at Revo, which represents the retail property sector, warned that three million retail jobs remained in jeopardy unless the government undertook \"a fundamental review of business rates and direct financial support to underwrite rents\".\n\nChancellor Rishi Sunak himself told BBC Breakfast: \"Is unemployment going to rise, are people going to lose their jobs? Yes, and the scale of this is significant.\n\n\"We are entering one of the most severe recessions this country has ever seen. That is of course going to have a significant impact on unemployment and on job losses.\"\n\nLucy Powell, shadow minister for business and consumers, said the job cuts were \"deeply worrying news for staff at John Lewis and Boots\" and described Mr Sunak's statement as \"a missed opportunity to protect jobs with properly targeted support for the businesses and people that need it\".", "Police have been removing cars parked illegally in the Brecon Beacons\n\nPolice have warned people about travelling to beauty spots in Wales after cars were towed away from a number of locations.\n\nAs temperatures soared and crowds headed to areas such as Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons, officers have been working with council officials to keep the roadsides safe.\n\nPeople gathering at Cardiff Bay have also been warned antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated.\n\nBarriers were installed at Cardiff Bay in anticipation of large crowds gathering this weekend\n\nForces across Wales have urged people to think before heading out as hotspots such as the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia become busy.\n\nDyfed-Powys officers have been patrolling the area around Storey Arms in the Brecon Beacons, helping to remove vehicles deemed to have been parked illegally.\n\nAnd several car parks in Snowdonia were packed by mid-morning, with highways officials also saying there was congestion on the A55 in Gwynedd.\n\nPolice removed a vehicle from the side of the A5 in Gwynedd\n\nNorth Wales Police warned there were problems elsewhere in the county.\n\nOne \"dangerously parked\" car was moved from the A5 in the Ogwen Valley, Gwynedd, while traffic heading for the beach in Abersoch was causing a \"considerable build-up\" in the village.\n\nMeanwhile, a two-week-old harbour seal pup is recovering after Rhyl Coastguard Rescue Team helped rescue it when it became stranded on the town's beach on Friday.\n\nOfficials from the organisation advised people not to approach a seal if they see one on a beach as they can act unpredictably and may have cuts that have become infected. Often, they are resting but could have become stranded.\n\nWith the warm weather, Dyfed-Powys Police is concerned illegal raves could be planned for beauty spots in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.\n\nIt has warned people to look out for the signs - such an unusual number of vehicles, including camper vans, heading to an area, and people approaching landowners to ask about it.\n\nBenllech beach at Anglesey was busy with visitors on Saturday\n\nIn Cardiff Bay, a large number of visitors flocked to the area on Friday evening, despite the council cordoning off the amphitheatre section of Roald Dahl Plass with barriers following incidents over previous weekends.\n\nPolice said \"dispersal and confiscation powers were used after some 130 people arrived with alcohol, nitrous oxide cannisters and a large music system - some of whom had previously been subject to police warnings in recent weeks\".\n\nPeople have been congregating in large numbers at Cardiff Bay since lockdown rules eased\n\nOne man was arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer as the sound system was confiscated.\n\nAnd a woman was arrested for allegedly being drunk and disorderly for a second week, the force said.\n\nDet Ch Insp Lloyd Williams said: \"As we've seen in recent weeks, it was the actions of a small minority who were intent on ruining it for others.\n\n\"Additional measures were in place this weekend, including marshals and barriers, and the vast majority of visitors were respectful of the measures and were supportive of our officers and the efforts being made to keep everyone safe.\n\n\"As a result, the atmosphere was largely positive.\n\n\"Dispersal powers were used, a small number of disturbances were broken up and, where necessary, alcohol and other items were confiscated.\n\n\"Our policing approach will continue throughout the weekend so our message to those intending to visit is clear - please visit, abide by restrictions and enjoy.\n\n\"Anyone intent on acting in an antisocial or criminal manner will be dealt with robustly.\"", "There were protests about the redundancy plans when Tate Modern reopened on 27 July\n\nThe head of the Tate art galleries has defended plans to cut around 200 jobs in their shops and cafes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"Sadly at the moment the trading business is too big,\" Maria Balshaw told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.\n\nHost Lauren Laverne asked her about the \"question mark over 200 jobs at Tate Enterprises\", given \"no redundancies have been announced at the galleries\".\n\nBalshaw said the company had delayed the job losses \"for as long as we can\".\n\nBut fewer staff will be needed in the commercial arm because visitor numbers are expected to stay at around 50% for \"quite a long time\", she said.\n\nShe told the programme: \"We are consulting with staff about redundancies. But we have used as much of our own reserves as we can to preserve the jobs throughout this period.\n\n\"So staff were kept on 100% pay all the way through lockdown, and we've delayed this period of consultation for as long as we can.\n\n\"We don't want to lose any staff, but we know we have to, otherwise the business won't be able to trade.\"\n\nThere were protests outside Tate Modern when it, and the other Tate galleries, reopened on 27 July, having been closed due to coronavirus since 17 March.\n\nBalshaw also oversees Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Tate Enterprises Ltd is the commercial subsidiary, which operates retail, publishing and catering within the galleries.\n\nA number of MPs have raised concerns about the cuts, saying those affected were \"low paid with a significant number at risk coming from the BAME community\". On Desert Island Discs, Laverne said the union representing those affected wants Tate to intervene.\n\nBalshaw replied: \"We have intervened. We're almost unique in that we run all our own shops and cafes, and that means that everything that people experience at Tate reflects our values.\n\n\"But that means, when we are facing 50% fewer visitors coming to our galleries for probably quite a long time, that sadly at the moment the trading business is too big, because we won't be able to open all the cafes and the shops in the same way.\"\n\nShe pledged that \"as visitors do return and as we get properly post-Covid, they [the affected workers] will be given the first option to come back and work for us because we recognise the hard work that they do and how valuable they are to us\".\n\nDesert Island Discs is on BBC Radio 4 at 11:00 BST on Sunday, then on BBC Sounds.", "Kirsty Jones was raped and strangled in Thailand in 2000\n\nA 20-year investigation into the murder of backpacker Kirsty Jones has been closed.\n\nMs Jones, 23, died in Thailand where the 20-year statute of limitations on the case ended on Sunday.\n\nNo-one can now be prosecuted for the rape and strangulation of the young woman from Tredomen, near Brecon, Powys, at a guesthouse in August 2000.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the 20th anniversary, her mother Sue Jones said it was \"a really sad time for us as a family\".\n\n\"We have worked hard over all of these years to keep the Thai authorities interested in Kirsty's case and to ensure that the investigation continued to try to identify the persons responsible for her murder,\" she said.\n\nShe added that her \"bright, intelligent, independent\" daughter had the \"world at her feet\".\n\n\"Kirsty has gone from our lives, whilst her killer remains at large,\" she said.\n\n\"Had they been brought to justice the sadness and emptiness would remain the same but it may have brought us some closure.\n\n\"I hope we have done her proud in trying to get justice.\"\n\nMs Jones had visited Singapore and Malaysia before moving on to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in early August 2000.\n\nShe checked into a guest house and went trekking in the mountains, sightseeing and meeting people.\n\nThe backpacker had been staying in a Chaing Mai hostel when she was murdered\n\nDuring the early hours of 10 August, after an evening with friends, Ms Jones was attacked and murdered in her room.\n\nDet Supt Phillips, of Dyfed Powys Police, said: \"No-one has ever been prosecuted for Kirsty's murder and the Thai Department of Specialist Investigations has now closed the case, meaning a permanent end to the investigation.\n\n\"Myself and colleagues before me have been in regular contact with Kirsty's family throughout, and we share their deep disappointment that no-one has ever been brought to justice.\"", "Staff at a barber shop that was rocked by the Beirut explosion have said they are haunted by flashbacks.\n\nSecurity cameras captured the terrifying moment Tuesday's blast tore through the store, sending glass flying and leaving workers with cuts and bruises.\n\nThe explosion has left more than 150 dead and led to mass protests on the streets of Beirut, as people show their anger at the Lebanese government.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Migrants setting out to sea 20 miles east of Calais were filmed by a BBC team, as Gavin Lee reports\n\nDefence chiefs are considering a request from the Home Office for help to deal with migrants attempting to cross the English Channel.\n\nThe government is looking at using boats to \"prevent people from leaving\", Schools Ministers Nick Gibb said.\n\nIt comes as more migrants were brought ashore on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, the home secretary has appointed a former National Crime Agency executive to a new role leading the UK's response to the crossings.\n\nMore than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days, including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday.\n\nThe Home Office said at least 151 people arrived in UK on Saturday in 15 boats. A total of 146 people arrived on Friday on 17 boats.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was \"working hard\" to identify how best to assist, after receiving a request under the military aid to the civilian authorities (MACA) protocol.\n\nTwo boats carrying a total of 26 migrants arrived on the Kent coast on Saturday, and it is understood there were also landings at Deal and Folkestone - although they have not been confirmed.\n\nA person in a wheelchair was among those brought ashore in Dover.\n\nFrench officials said 33 migrants in two boats that got into difficulty have been returned to Calais.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel has appointed Dan O'Mahoney as the UK's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander. He will work to make the Channel route \"unviable\" for small boat crossings.\n\nThe Home Office said Mr O'Mahoney, director of the Joint Maritime Security Centre since 2019 and a former Royal Marine, will seek \"tougher action in France, including stronger enforcement measures and adopting interceptions at sea and the direct return of boats\".\n\nEarlier, Ms Patel said in a tweet that ministers were working to make the \"dangerous\" Channel crossing route \"unviable\", but added that the government faces \"legislative, legal and operational barriers\".\n\nMigrants and Border Force officers in Kingsdown, on the English Channel coast of Kent\n\nOn Saturday morning, the BBC filmed a rubber boat with up to 20 people on board - including a baby, the BBC was told - departing from a tourist beach in the north of France.\n\nThe \"overloaded\" boat struggled for almost an hour at the water's edge, according to BBC Europe reporter Gavin Lee, who said there was no sign of any surveillance from French authorities on the beach near the harbour of Gravelines.\n\nBBC reporter Simon Jones said people living in Kent have been asking why more is not being done by the French to patrol the coastline, but French authorities have said they need more money from the UK government.\n\nQuestions have been raised about why people are not sent back to France once they arrive in the UK.\n\nMinisters said they will press French authorities to crack down on migrants attempting to cross the Channel.\n\nThe government is also considering using boats to prevent migrants from making the crossing, Mr Gibb told BBC Breakfast.\n\nA similar approach is already in place in Australia, where it is used against migrants travelling from Indonesia.\n\nUnder this \"push back\" policy, military vessels patrol Australian waters and intercept migrant boats, towing them back to Indonesia or sending asylum seekers back in inflatable dinghies or lifeboats.\n\nThe MoD generally only deploys within the UK if the civilian authorities cannot cope with a crisis, or need specialist military skills.\n\nExamples include bomb disposal experts defusing huge World War Two bombs and the Army carrying out coronavirus testing at the height of the lockdown.\n\nSo given there is no suggestion the UK Border Force is buckling under the strain, military planners will want to know exactly what they are expected to do that can't be better solved through talks with Paris.\n\nThere has been talk of potentially using the Royal Navy to copy Australia's controversial policy of physically pushing back migrant boats.\n\nBut there are no international waters in the Straits of Dover to push them back into - so such an operation would need British vessels to enter French seas - and our neighbour's formal permission to do so.\n\nNot only that, it would risk a drowning incident - a complete reversal of the current policy and legal obligations to pluck people from the sea.\n\nOn Saturday the MoD said it would \"do all it can\" to support the government.\n\nBut an unnamed MoD source also told the PA news agency that the idea of using the Navy was \"completely potty\", and that military resources should not be used to address \"political failings\".\n\nFormer Labour home secretary Jack Straw said any attempt to model Australia's controversial \"push back\" tactics would not work and could lead to boats capsizing.\n\n\"The crucial point here is the obvious one, is that it requires the co-operation of the French,\" Mr Straw said.\n\nMeanwhile, Bella Sankey, director of the Detention Action human rights campaign, condemned the idea of boats being forced back into French waters as \"an unhinged proposal\" that would be met with legal challenges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Breakfast's Simon Jones at sea with migrants crossing the Channel\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Immigration Minister Chris Philp said migrants should be fingerprinted. However, it is unclear what the proposal will amount to, as the fingerprints of asylum seekers are already stored under the European Union Eurodac system.\n\nMr Philp said migrants would know \"they face real consequences if they try to cross again\", and added he would \"negotiate hard\" with French officials about how to deal with the crossings.\n\nFormer director general of UK Border Force, Tony Smith, said smugglers have identified a \"loophole\" in international law.\n\nThe UN's 1951 Refugee Convention says that once a person is in the jurisdiction of a country - such as territorial waters - then authorities are obliged to rescue people, bring them ashore, and allow them to lodge an asylum application, Mr Smith told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHowever, under a long-standing EU deal, called \"Dublin III\", the UK has the right to send back anyone who is seeking asylum if they could have reasonably claimed it in another country along the way.\n\nThat arrangement will cease at the end of the Brexit transition period - next January - unless the UK and the EU agree a similar deal.\n\nOur team arrived just before first light to the main tourist beach of Petit Fort Philippe near Gravelines this morning, 20 miles east of Calais.\n\nWithin minutes, we spotted more than 20 migrants carrying a rubber boat and its motor in the distance.\n\nThey were holding it above their heads as they walked for 15 minutes from the dunes, past the beach huts to the sea.\n\nChildren were at the back, holding hands and wearing life jackets. When they first got into the water, they were clearly in trouble.\n\nThe boat was overloaded with 21 people on board, letting in water and came back to shore.\n\nSeveral men, who appeared to be smugglers, appeared from the dunes to the shore and took a woman and her child off the boat. They then relaunched.\n\nIt looked dangerously close to sinking and still overcrowded despite the calm waters.\n\nIn total, it took almost an hour before the boat left. In this time, there was no sign of any surveillance. We called the police to alert them, worried that the boat may be in imminent danger.\n\nThey told us they were on the way. Four hours later, there is still no sign of them.\n\nSeveral bird spotters on the beach had witnessed the same thing. One told us that this is the third time this week that boats have left from here, and that each time, he could hear children crying before they got into the boat.\n\nMore than 1,000 migrants arrived on UK shores using small boats in July.\n\nMPs have launched an inquiry into the rising numbers entering the UK, while Labour has accused ministers of \"failing to get to grips with the crisis\".\n\nFrench police have told the BBC they intercepted 10 times the number of migrants from boats in French waters in July this year, compared to the same period last year.\n\nThey said their success rate in catching migrants has increased from 40% in 2019 to 47% in 2020.", "Police said the new order on masks comes amid a surge in cases in Paris\n\nWearing a face mask will be compulsory in busy parts of Paris from Monday amid a rise in coronavirus infections in and around the French capital.\n\nPolice said the order would apply to people aged 11 and over in \"certain very crowded zones\".\n\nThe virus had been circulating more widely in the region since mid-July, they said. Face masks are already compulsory in enclosed public spaces.\n\nExperts have warned that France could lose control of Covid-19 \"at any time\".\n\nSeveral cities, such as Nice and Lille, have introduced their own additional orders making mask-wearing mandatory in certain outdoor areas.\n\nParis authorities have not yet detailed which areas will be affected by the new order, which will come into force at 08:00 (06:00 GMT) on Monday.\n\nThe zones where masks are mandatory will be evaluated on a regular basis, they said.\n\nIn a statement on Saturday, authorities said the rate of positive coronavirus tests was 2.4% in the greater Paris area, compared to the national average of 1.6%.\n\nThey added that 400 people were testing positive for coronavirus every day in the region, with those aged between 20 and 30 particularly affected.\n\nOfficials earlier this week said they had called for new measures on masks in the French capital.\n\n\"We are going to ask that [mask-wearing] become compulsory in crowded outdoor places and where respecting a metre's distance between people is difficult,\" said Anne Souyris, the deputy mayor in charge of health.\n\nThe new order comes after the government's scientific advisers warned on Tuesday that France could lose control of the virus \"at any time\".\n\nFrance reported 2,288 new coronavirus infections in its daily figures on Friday, marking a new post-lockdown high.\n\nIn total, the country has recorded more than 235,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 30,000 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs though the prospect of undergoing open heart surgery was not daunting enough, seven-year-old Brayden had to do it during a global crisis.\n\nAs the coronavirus pandemic took hold during lockdown, his parents watched his congenital heart disease worsen.\n\nThey faced the terrifying choice between an operation to ultimately save his life and the risks of Covid-19.\n\nHowever, after eight hours of surgery, the little \"Rhondda heart warrior\" is home and looking forward to Disneyland.\n\nBorn premature, weighing less than 5lbs (2.26kg), Brayden was diagnosed with pulmonary atresia, a condition which prevents the heart valve forming properly.\n\nHe had surgery when just seven weeks old to fit an artificial artery but his parents, Emma and Craig Bull, always knew a second, larger operation would be needed. They just never imagined it would be during a pandemic.\n\nIt was not until he was six that the signs began to show that his heart was deteriorating. The stent was old and the left ventricle was not growing properly, putting pressure on the right one.\n\nDoctors said Brayden would need a transplant this year. Then coronavirus struck.\n\nBrayden was immediately shielded but his illness and other conditions meant he was at 'high risk'.\n\n\"What can you say? I just couldn't believe this was happening,\" said Emma, 37.\n\n\"So much was going through my head, seeing [the virus] get closer to home, looking at risks and possibilities.\n\n\"The thought of him having this surgery in this pandemic, with him being so vulnerable, was terrifying. I had this fear he was going to catch it.\n\n\"We were reassured they would try to fit Brayden in, in the safest way possible. But he would need a heart by-pass for several hours and what scared me was knowing nothing is totally safe.\n\n\"It felt like I was potentially putting his life at risk, but even when Brayden was shielding, he was deteriorating at home.\n\n\"He was very sleepy throughout the day and sometimes would go quite blue around the mouth.\n\n\"So I knew, if he stayed at home, he could die and there would be nothing I could do. That scared me even more.\n\n\"It was a horrible position to be in and we were petrified not knowing what to do for the best.\"\n\nThey opted for the surgery, but after travelling from their home in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, the procedure was cancelled due to emergency admissions.\n\nBrayden was on a heart by-pass during the eight-hour operation\n\nThey returned a week later to a hospital that was unlike any they were used to - and a changed city.\n\n\"The hospital looked scary,\" admitted Emma. \"The staff looked as if they had come from space with all their kit on and with all the security and restrictions, it just didn't feel right. It felt a bit like a prison.\"\n\nTo Emma and Craig, things did not feel much better outside. Just days earlier, a statue of a slave trader had been pulled down and thrown into the city's harbour during Black Lives Matter protests.\n\n\"We had to keep ourselves busy during surgery but walking the streets of Bristol at that time felt daunting. We just didn't know what to do with ourselves,\" she recalled.\n\nBrayden is hoping he can go to the park for the first time since February when shielding finishes\n\nWith the hospital's family rooms taken and nearby hotels closed, Emma spent the week sleeping on different hospital beds as Brayden recovered.\n\n\"It was difficult because I had left the rest of my family at home and I was on my own. There was no-one there who could even give me a cuddle because it wasn't allowed,\" she said.\n\nHowever, not only was the operation a success but Brayden made a \"remarkable\" recovery and just five days later, he was home.\n\nHe is getting stronger each day and having self-isolated since February, is making plans for when shielding ends on 16 August.\n\n\"It's been tough on his brothers and sister because all they hear from me is, 'Don't touch Brayden', 'don't cough or sneeze over him', 'wash your hands', \" said Emma.\n\n\"I couldn't help wrap him up in cotton wool but I'm starting to ease off a little now because I know his heart is fixed.\n\n\"He has really missed his school friends, who sent a lovely video message with their teacher, and he wants to go to the park. But the first thing he said after the operation was to go to Disneyland.\"\n\n\"He's always showing off his scar... he's quite proud of it,\" said Emma\n\nFamily and friends hope to make that happen by fundraising with the help of the Heart Heroes charity.\n\n\"I think he's inspired a lot of people who have followed him through it all. That support has been amazing and has kept me going,\" said Emma.\n\n\"They've nicknamed him the Rhondda Heart Warrior and that's just what he is.\n\n\"You do feel guilt, that this little boy has been through so much throughout his life and then has this surgery during a pandemic. I can't describe how proud I am of him.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Morfa Bychan is popular with visitors in the summer\n\nA child was airlifted to hospital after being swept out to sea on an inflatable.\n\nMembers of the public at Morfa Bychan in Gwynedd helped to pull the child back to the shoreline, a spokesman for HM Coastguard said.\n\nA search and rescue team from Caernarfon was sent at 14:30 BST as well as an ambulance and police.\n\nAn ambulance service spokesman said the patient was flown to Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan.\n\nThe child's age or condition is not known.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Oscar Jealous, eight, was diagnosed with the life-limiting Batten disease in February\n\nAn eight-year-old boy who is losing his sight due to a rare disease ticked off a bucket list \"dream day\" by cuddling police puppies and playing officer.\n\nOscar Jealous, from Kingstanding, Birmingham, spent the day with West Midlands Police at Bournville station.\n\nThe youngster, who has life-limiting Batten disease, went behind the wheel of a police car, played in cell blocks and held the newest canine recruits.\n\nHe and his younger brother Charlie were also given warrant cards as a memento.\n\nOscar was diagnosed with the degenerative condition in February and compiled a list of 30 \"dream days\".\n\nHis aunt, PC Laura Colclough, arranged the visit after telling the force about her police-mad nephew.\n\nOscar and his younger brother Charlie were police officers for the day\n\nShe said: \"Oscar and Charlie are both obsessed with the police - probably from having an auntie that catches robbers - so being a police officer was one of the first entries on his bucket list.\n\n\"Oscar has lost almost all his sight now but there are lots of sounds in a police station to keep him entertained.\n\n\"He's had a fantastic day and it's heart-warming to see the smile on his face.\"\n\nA GoFundMe page set up to help Oscar's family pay for specialist care and to fulfil his wishlist has raised £30,000.\n\nIt includes going on the set of his favourite TV show, Tipping Point, and meeting Harry Kane, both of which have been pledged, as well as flying in a helicopter, meeting Father Christmas in Lapland and going up the Eiffel Tower.\n\nPC Colclough added: \"We are truly overwhelmed with the offers of support, many from people who don't know us, and I cannot thank people enough for getting behind us to give Oscar some time to remember.\"\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "PC Marshall knew the dam could collapse beneath them at any moment\n\nA police officer hailed as a hero for risking his life to stop a dam bursting in Whaley Bridge said he was initially called an \"idiot\" by his wife.\n\nPC Geoff Marshall was among the first emergency service workers to arrive after part of the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir came away a year ago.\n\nHe climbed down to the damaged section and placed hundreds of sandbags to stop more water entering the structure.\n\nHe said his wife Jennifer was shocked by his bravery, but also proud.\n\nPC Marshall (fourth from the left) and his colleagues grab a drink before heading into action\n\nAbout 1,500 residents were ordered to leave the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge on 1 August 2019 when a large section of the dam's spillway broke away, leading to major concerns the whole structure could collapse and flood the town.\n\nThey were allowed home six days later following a major effort from the emergency services to bring water levels down and secure the dam.\n\nOn the day of the evacuation, PC Marshall said, he was the final link in a chain of officers working to place 300 sandbags at the top of the dam wall to stop water getting in.\n\nThey had been told if they spotted any whirlpools they should evacuate immediately as a major collapse could be imminent.\n\n\"We'd been told if we did nothing then it [the dam] would go, although it could still go anyway,\" he said.\n\n\"I didn't feel scared. I knew the risk was huge but it was a job to do.\"\n\nHe was praised for his selflessness and courage\n\nDerbyshire's Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Swann told the Independent she had been briefed by engineers it was the single act of laying the sandbags that probably saved the reservoir from collapse.\n\nDerbyshire Police Federation chairman Tony Wetton, who nominated PC Marshall for a bravery award, said: \"The sandbagging needed to be performed by a member of staff on the actual spillway and others on a metal bridge passing the bags down.\n\n\"Engineers briefed that should certain tell-tale signs be visible either on the water or on the downstream side, they'd have between 45 seconds and a minute to evacuate the entire area before the dam wall would collapse beneath their feet.\n\n\"In reality, were the dam to have failed, it's highly unlikely any of those involved in the sandbagging operation would have survived.\n\n\"PC Marshall showed outstanding bravery and selflessness in an extreme situation.\"\n\nJennifer Marshall was worried for her husband's safety, but proud of the work he did\n\nBut when PC Marshall arrived home, he did not exactly receive a hero's welcome from his wife.\n\n\"It was 'why you, you idiot?' and 'don't ever do it again', that sort of thing,\" he said.\n\n\"But she was proud, absolutely. As a team we're all very proud of what we did.\n\n\"Yes I've been singled out and that's great. I was the one on the dam but it was a massive team effort on the night. The whole team was phenomenal.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A large explosion has devastated the Lebanese capital city of Beirut, causing widespread damage and many casualties.\n\nThe blast was so strong, it was reportedly felt in Cyprus, an island around 240km (150 miles) away.\n\nOfficials are blaming 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which was stored unsafely in a warehouse for six years.", "Families in Beirut are still desperately seeking news of missing loved ones.\n\nIt’s been three days since a huge explosion killed more than 150 people and left thousands injured.\n\nFor one family, inaccurate reports on social media and news sites gave them false hope that their relative was still alive.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An unexpectedly lively election campaign has revived hope for change in Belarus\n\nThe campaign manager for the leading opposition candidate in Belarus has been detained on the eve of the presidential election, her office said.\n\nA spokeswoman for candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said Maria Moroz was expected to be held until Monday.\n\nThe government has not commented on the case, and it was not immediately clear on what grounds she was being held.\n\nAlexander Lukashenko is seeking a sixth term in office in Sunday's vote. Large opposition rallies have been held.\n\nEarlier on Saturday police briefly detained and then released another member of Ms Tikhanovskaya's team, Maria Kolesnikova. Police said she had been mistaken for another person, her office said.\n\nThe run-up to the election has seen the rise of 37-year-old Ms Tikhanovskaya and the biggest opposition protests for a decade.\n\nA spokeswoman for Ms Tikhanovskaya previously said Ms Moroz was briefly detained on Thursday after visiting the Lithuanian embassy in Minsk. The interior ministry denied she had been arrested, telling AFP that the campaign manager had been \"invited for a conversation\".\n\nMs Moroz later said she was warned by the police not to organise unrest.\n\nStay-at-home mum Ms Tikhanovskaya is a political novice who only stepped in as a candidate for president when her husband was arrested and blocked from registering.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus\n\nA second serious rival to Mr Lukashenko has also been jailed and a third has fled the country.\n\nPresident Lukashenko, referred to by some as \"Europe's last dictator\", was first elected in 1994.", "Pubs may have to shut to allow schools to safely reopen if the NHS Test and Trace system is not \"fixed urgently\", the Greater Manchester mayor has said.\n\nOnly 53% of people in contact with a coronavirus carrier have been traced in the area, according to data.\n\nMayor Andy Burnham said: \"There is a growing amount of evidence that pubs are one of the main places where this virus spreads.\"\n\nThe BBC has asked the government for a response.\n\nFollowing a rise in infections, residents in parts of northern England including Greater Manchester have been banned from mixing with other households - apart from those in their support bubbles - in areas such as homes, pubs and private gardens.\n\nPubs are allowed to remain open, however, with different support bubbles banned from mixing.\n\nMr Burnham joined calls for the government to improve the contact-tracing system, saying its tracing rate in Greater Manchester was \"nowhere near good enough\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"You can't safely open schools with pubs open as well, with that level of performance.\"\n\nEarlier this month, Prof Chris Bonell from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated only half of contacts were being traced in England, adding the system was \"not achieving the levels we have modelled\".\n\nHowever Local Government Minister Simon Clarke said their figures were higher.\n\nOn Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a \"moral duty\" to get all children back into England's schools in September.\n\nCouncils have called for funds for more local contact-tracing\n\nMr Burnham said some councils had shut pubs recently after \"a substantial minority\" broke rules.\n\nHe joined calls from other regions for \"more direct powers\" to close venues that were flouting regulations.\n\nThe mayor said: \"This NHS test-and-trace system currently is not good enough to go into a winter with no treatment or vaccine, and the sad thing is it'll be our poorest communities that are most exposed.\n\n\"We have got August to fix this test-and-trace system… and if we haven't then I think there is a real possibility that we will have to close the pubs.\"\n\nHe repeated calls for government to listen more to regional authorities, urging ministers to give councils extra funds to do more contact tracing locally, including for \"people who can knock on doors and do a better job than this national call centre system\".\n\nEarlier this week, Blackburn's public health director said the national system was \"not fast enough\", and authorities in the town said they were \"already seeing benefits\" after launching a tracing system where council staff used local knowledge.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "The UK's coastguard has issued a new warning urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of call-outs in a single day for more than four years.\n\nIts teams dealt with 340 incidents and rescued 146 people on Saturday.\n\nSaturday was the second day of a mini-heatwave for parts of the UK, with temperatures hitting 34.5C (94.1F).\n\nA woman in her 30s died on Sunday after getting into difficulties in the sea off the coast in Waxham, Norfolk.\n\nShe was recovered from the water but was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, said Norfolk Police, adding that the death was being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.\n\nThe latest figures from the coastguard came just over a week after the coastguard reported its previous record of 329 incidents.\n\nHM Coastguard's head of coastguard operations, Richard Hackwell, said there had been \"a big rise\" in incidents this weekend \"as more people visit coastal areas and head to the beach\".\n\n\"We understand that people want to have fun at the coast and enjoy the heatwave but we urge everyone to respect the sea and take responsibility in helping to ensure the safety of themselves, friends and family,\" he said.\n\nSeparately, the RNLI called for people to wear life jackets if going out on the sea, after a number of kayakers needed rescuing off the Devon coast on Sunday.\n\nThe warnings came on another sweltering day for many Britons on Sunday, with a high of 34C recorded in East Sussex, according to BBC Weather.\n\nEarlier, it reached 24.3C in Scotland (Achnagart), 23C in Wales (Hawarden) and 21.6C in Northern Ireland (Ballywatticock), BBC Weather said.\n\nThere will also be little relief from the warm weather overnight, particularly in south-east England, where some face a so-called tropical night - when temperatures stay above 20C.\n\nThere were large crowds at Bournemouth beach in Dorset on Sunday, despite warnings to avoid busy areas\n\nHere in Pembrokeshire, some beachgoers were able to enjoy a game of volleyball on a near-empty area of Traeth Llyfn beach\n\nCrowds packed out beaches along the coast for the third day in a row on Sunday as the hot weather continued.\n\nThanet District Council warned four of its beaches in Kent - Margate Main Sands, Viking Bay, Joss Bay and Ramsgate Main Sands - were \"extremely busy\", with high tide likely to make social distancing difficult.\n\nAnd Dorset Council urged people to avoid Lulworth and Durdle Door by midday due to large numbers in the area.\n\nSome seafront car parks in Dorset were full by mid-afternoon, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council warned beachgoers - via a new mobile app - of congestion on much of its 24 beaches.\n\nMeanwhile, a woman has died following a collision between a water bike and a boat off Anglesey, in Wales.\n\nThe coastguard co-ordinated search and rescue responses to a wide range of incidents on Saturday, including people being cut off by the tide and children swept out to sea on inflatables.\n\nIn total, the service responded to 186 emergency 999 calls, rescued 146 people and assisted a further 371.\n\nSaturday's incident count represents a \"significant\" 145% increase compared to the average number of call-outs recorded throughout August 2019, the coastguard said in a statement.\n\nMr Hackwell stressed that beachgoers should \"check and double check tide times as even the most experienced swimmer or keen watersports enthusiast can get caught out by currents and tides\".\n\nAnd he encouraged people to plan their days out, \"always exercise caution\" and to make sure they have a way of contacting the coastguard if they get into trouble.\n\nPeople also took to the river Cam in Cambridge to enjoy the hot weather\n\nThe hot weather is likely to continue into next week, with humid nights, according to BBC Weather.\n\nForecasters have predicted \"oppressive\" highs of 34C in the south-east during the day on Monday, with sunny spells expected elsewhere in the UK.\n\nHowever, there is a growing risk of thunderstorms. There is a chance of sharp showers that could turn thundery for some areas in western England and Wales on Monday.\n\nYellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued for all parts of the UK for Monday through to Thursday, with the Met Office stating \"not everywhere will see them, but where they do occur they could be significant and disruptive\".\n\nLarge parts of England and Wales have been warned there may be torrential rain, large hail, frequent lightning and strong gusty winds.\n\nDownpours could see rainfall of 20-30mm in an hour, with some locations potentially receiving 40-60mm in three hours. These would be fairly isolated instances, according to the Met Office.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFriday saw the hottest August day in 17 years, with the mercury hitting 36.4C at London's Heathrow Airport and Kew Gardens.\n\nLast week, the Met Office warned that climate change driven by industrial society is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather.\n\nIts annual UK report confirmed that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884, and described the year as remarkable for high temperature records in the UK.", "Anne-Marie Harben at her new salon: \"It's exceeded expectations\"\n\n\"It's the best thing I've ever done\", says hairdresser, Anne-Marie Harben who set up her own business last month.\n\nYou might be forgiven for thinking that the creation of new start-ups might have radically slowed down during the Covid-19 pandemic, but that's not necessarily the case.\n\nThe number of new businesses registered in Wales from April to July was just 10.7% lower than the same period in 2019 - with the equivalent figures for the past two months actually higher.\n\nAnd with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales saying it has seen an increase in inquiries from people looking to become self-employed, are more people mulling the possibility of becoming their own boss?\n\nIt's certainly been the case for Anne-Marie, 48, who opened BooDops Hair Solutions in July in Porthcawl, Bridgend county.\n\n\"I had a phone call in June saying a business premises had come available and it was an old barbers shop. So I decided to go for it,\" she said.\n\nAnne-Marie has been a hairdresser for 32 years but decided it was time to go into business for herself.\n\n\"I had four weeks to revamp the premises before we opened on 13 July. It's been crazy, I've been working 12 to 13 hours a day nearly everyday, It's been that busy,\" she said.\n\n\"Everything is by appointment and we adhere to social distancing with one in, one out of the salon, but it's exceeded expectations. I had more clients in the first week than I'd usually do in a month where I've worked previously. I just hope it continues.\"\n\nAs well as being a unisex hairdresser, the business also provides custom-made wigs and hair enhancers.\n\n\"After three decades in this industry this is the most valued I've felt,\" said Anne-Marie. \"I think people have realised how important hairdressers are to people's morale and confidence.\"\n\nWhile Anne-Marie's new business is booming her biggest concern for the future is more uncertainty around the virus.\n\n\"I just hope to God we don't get a second wave and another lockdown and so do the clients.\n\n\"To close would be a massive loss for a business in its first few months of operating. But I'm positive and I'm feeling it's the best thing I've done and I love meeting new people coming through the door of my salon.\"\n\nShayne Yates, 42, Ceredigion closed the restaurant he was running to take a different path\n\nMeanwhile Shayne Yates, 42, from Cardigan, Ceredigion, closed the restaurant which he was running with his family in the town when lockdown hit and which they are still waiting to reopen.\n\nHe was also employed as head of business services at Antur Teifi. After leaving his role there, Shayne started his own company, All Business Solutions, during the pandemic.\n\nShayne said he always had a passion for helping businesses and has had a busy two months reconnecting with old contacts after launched his own company on 4 May.\n\n\"There was a concern when Covid-19 unravelled, I had many of those deepest conversations with regards to direction, this also balanced with the restaurant being severely affected too,\" he said.\n\n\"However, doing what I do now is more like a calling, it's what I was made to do, after working across an industry non-stop for 25 years it becomes part of you. I've always been passionate to make a difference, to have a long-lasting effect on businesses I support and help to go forward.\"\n\nWhile there is great uncertainty for businesses coming out of lockdown and the future, Shayne said his business is now in a place to help other firms.\n\n\"Fear and trepidation has now become confidence which will shape around reality as we go forward,\" he said.\n\nBetween April and July, 6,457 new companies were registered in Wales, versus 7,232 during the same period last year, according to data from Companies House. That is a year-on-year drop of 10.7%.\n\nHowever, the number of new businesses registered in June (1,781) and in July (1,933) were both up on the equivalent figures for 2019 - increases of 18.9% and 16.7% respectively.\n\nDespite much of the country's industry and services shutting down to prevent the spread of coronavirus during lockdown, FSB Wales said it had seen an increase in inquiries from people looking to become self-employed.\n\nBen Francis, of the FSB, said: \"We know that businesses are started for a number of reasons; because of the opportunity to exploit an entrepreneurial spark, because of the ability to have more flexibility outside of traditional employment, and sometimes it's as a result of the economic landscape and its impact on jobs.\n\n\"We don't yet know what the impact of coronavirus will be on the economic landscape in the longer term, and, in turn, whether this will lead to people starting up on their own because of a lack of opportunities in the job market.\n\n\"What we do know, is that Wales is a nation of entrepreneurs who make a huge contribution to our economy, and that there must be significant support for self-employment from Welsh Government in order to help provide a bridge for those who might choose to move from employment to working for themselves.\"", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich will meet Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals after Robert Lewandowski inspired them to a crushing 7-1 aggregate win over Chelsea.\n\nHaving established a commanding 3-0 first leg lead at Stamford Bridge back in February, Bayern quickly made it 5-0 on aggregate when Lewandowski - from the penalty spot - and Ivan Perisic scored inside 25 minutes at the Allianz Arena.\n\nChelsea pulled a goal back through Tammy Abraham after a rare mistake by keeper Manuel Neuer, but Bayern's class shone through.\n\nSubstitute Corentin Tolisso made it 6-1 on aggregate when he volleyed home unmarked inside the six-yard area before Poland forward Lewandowski, who now has 53 goals in 44 appearances in all competitions this season, headed the fourth to finish the match with two goals and two assists.\n\nBayern will now face Barca in a mouth-watering one-game knockout format in Lisbon on Friday.\n• None Champions League: Which teams are in the 'final eight' tournament?\n\nA long season which started with a 4-0 hammering at Manchester United on 11 August 2019 ended - via a top-four Premier League finish and FA Cup final loss - in heavy defeat and a reminder that Chelsea are still a work in progress.\n\nHaving been blown away by Bayern in 25 second-half minutes in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, it was always going to require something extra special from Frank Lampard's side to turn it around in Munich.\n\nThe Chelsea boss described his side's challenge as an \"opportunity to do something special\" yet it turned into a damage limitation exercise inside the opening 10 minutes thanks to Lewandowski's precise finish from the spot.\n\nThere was a check by the video assistant referee to see if Lewandowski was on-side when he was clipped by keeper Willy Caballero, who received a yellow card for the foul.\n\nIt went from bad to worse when Mateo Kovacic, sent off in last week's FA Cup final defeat by Arsenal, carelessly conceded possession, allowing Lewandowski to set up Perisic to guide home and make it 5-0 on aggregate.\n\nThere were few positives for a Chelsea side without seven first-team regulars because of injury or suspension.\n\nCallum Hudson-Odoi thought he had pulled a goal back with an excellent, curling finish but his celebrations were cut short when it was ruled out for offside, before Abraham scored after Neuer palmed the ball into his path at the end of the first half.\n\nThe space Tolisso was allowed to score Bayern's third goal was a reminder that Chelsea's defence needs work, before Lewandowski added to their pain with a powerful header.\n\nThere have been many encouraging signs for Lampard and his young players during a testing first season in charge for the Blues boss, who is set for a busy close season as he readies his squad for the 2020-21 campaign which starts next month.\n\nAlthough Brazil midfielder Willian looks set to join Arsenal after seven years at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea will look to kick on following the arrival of Germany forward Timo Werner and Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech.\n\nHaving wrapped up another Bundesliga title and German Cup, Bayern are eyeing a domestic and European treble - Hansi Flick's side now just two wins from the Champions League final on 23 August.\n\nThey face a tough test against Barcelona - 4-2 aggregate winners over Napoli - but they are a side in fine form - and with 31-year-old Lewandowski showing why he is one of the finest finishers in the world.\n\nHaving scored one and assisted the other two goals in the first leg, he was directly involved in all seven of Bayern goals over the two legs - three goals, four assists.\n\nHis two goals against Chelsea took his tally to 53 and he has found the net in 36 out of 44 matches (82%).\n\nLewandowski has also scored in all seven of his Champions League appearances this season (13 goals).\n\n'We want more' - what they said\n\nChelsea boss Frank Lampard: \"Nights like this in a footballing sense, show me a lot, tell me a lot. In a football sense I feel like I know where we can improve, so now it's time to look at that.\n\n\"I saw lots of good things in the team and also some of the bad we have seen this season. We had individual errors that gave them goals and at this level that will finish you off.\n\n\"We want more but the feeling is we have achieved something with the group we have. Now is the time to think where we can improve.\"\n\nBayern Munich boss Hansi Flick: \"We will prepare for Barcelona like any other opponent. We want to show our strengths again, be 100% focused and bring our qualities into the game.\n\n\"We're not focusing on Lionel Messi, we need to be aware of every player.\"\n• None Bayern have qualified for their 18th Champions League quarter-final, the joint-most of any team in the competition's history along with Barcelona.\n• None Chelsea conceded seven goals in a two-legged European tie for the first time in their history.\n• None Chelsea's six-goal margin of defeat on aggregate is the second-worst by an English club in the Champions League, behind only Arsenal's eight-goal aggregate loss also against Bayern Munich in 2016-17 (2-10).\n• None Bayern's Hansi Flick is only the third manager in Champions League history to win his first five matches in charge, along with Fabio Capello (AC Milan, 1992-93) and Luis Fernandez (Paris St-Germain, 1994-95).\n• None Bayern have won their first eight Champions League matches this season (all six group stage games as well as both legs v Chelsea). They are only the second side to ever achieve that in a campaign after Barcelona in 2002-03, who won their first nine.\n• None Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.\n• None Goal! FC Bayern München 4, Chelsea 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Odriozola with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Niklas Süle (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.\n• None Attempt blocked. Philippe Coutinho (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.\n• None Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.\n• None Attempt saved. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mason Mount.\n• None Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.\n• None Goal! FC Bayern München 3, Chelsea 1. Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None The search for Dr Ruja is back on\n• None The origins of the game with You're Dead To Me", "Villagers counted 27 tents camped on the outskirts of the village over the weekend\n\nA small village on Scotland's north coast says it is being \"swamped\" by visitors who have little or no regard for the local community or environment.\n\nNeil Fuller, from Durness in Highland, said dozens of people were camping on \"fragile\" dunes each night and leaving broken glass and human waste.\n\nThe village is on the popular North Coast 500 (NC500) tourist route.\n\nMr Fuller told BBC Scotland the behaviour of some of the visitors was \"grim\".\n\n\"I fully sympathise with people who live in a tower block. We're really lucky here and lockdown wasn't too bad, but it's testing me now, he said.\n\n\"You can't walk the dog without constantly looking for broken glass.\"\n\nMr Fuller, who runs the local bus service, said the problems in the village had been getting steadily worse since the launch of the NC500 route in 2015 - but he believes the issue has been heightened by the end of lockdown.\n\nTourism in Scotland opened up on 15 July and many people are holidaying in the UK because they cannot go abroad.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by thedurnessbus This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 NC500, which bills itself as the \"ultimate road trip\" features roads in the Black Isle, Caithness, Sutherland and Wester Ross.\n\n\"Durness has always been popular - it's always punched above its weight, but it's just significantly changed from an unwanted promotion,\" he said.\n\n\"I like the idea of the NC500, but we don't have the infrastructure to support it. The roads are suffering.\"\n\nMr Fuller said the scenes on the outskirts of the village \"broke his heart\".\n\nNeil Fuller said some cars were parking in passing spaces\n\nIn a series of Tweets on Saturday evening, Mr Fuller appealed directly to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for help with the issue.\n\n\"@NicolaSturgeon Please help, our little village is being swamped. 27 tents on the wrong side of the campsite fence on Sango tonight. Parking on the verges, in passing places and in the machair, multiple fires and no end in sight.\" he said.\n\n\"This is a fragile dune system with rare wild flowers and rarer ground nesting solitary bees. It's being overwhelmed by footfall let alone the cars, campsites, fires and of course the toileting. It is relentless, day after day after day.\"\n\nMr Fuller told the BBC that the village of 320 people was being overwhelmed and outnumbered by visitors each night.\n\n\"What I'm seeing is large groups of young men in multiple vehicles all meeting for their party at the the end of the day,\" he said.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said that many businesses rely on tourism but visitors all have a part to play in enjoying the country responsibly.\n\n\"Anyone visiting tourist attractions or destinations must be mindful of local communities and respect those living in the area,\" the government said in a statement.\n\n\"We have some of the best experiences in the world here in Scotland and if everyone acts considerately we can all enjoy them safely while supporting the local economy.\"\n• None More than 20 charged over camping damage", "St Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Achrafieh is less than a kilometre away from where the Beirut explosion took place.\n\nFather Youil Nassif rushed to the church to check for damage, finding the nave completely ruined. But the sacred altar space, protected by the \"iconostasis\" (wall of icons), was almost unscathed - including an oil lamp that had remained lit throughout the blast.", "Sandwich chain Pret A Manger has confirmed that it has asked thousands of staff to work fewer hours, as part of a post-pandemic restructuring.\n\nDespite the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, trading continues to be slow as many office workers are still at home.\n\nStaff in stores have been asked to work about 20% fewer hours than before.\n\nA Pret spokeswoman said: \"Our biggest priority is to do everything we can to save jobs.\n\n\"With footfall in our shops still significantly below normal levels, we have had to review the hours team members are contracted to work each week - although of course we hope to increase these hours as trade improves.\n\n\"By making these changes we are able to save a large number of roles.\"\n\nPret is reliant on sales from commuters and office workers at lunchtime, which have been significantly impacted by the lockdown.\n\nThe firm runs 550 outlets globally, employing 13,000 staff, including 8,000 people in the UK.\n\nA majority of Pret stores are now open for significantly fewer hours than they were prior to the pandemic.\n\nTrade across the country is understood to be down by 65% since the lockdown came into force in late March. In the City of London, business has fallen by 80%.\n\nIn July, Pret announced that it would be closing 30 outlets and cutting about 1,000 jobs across its business as part of a post-pandemic restructuring.\n\nPret said 339 of its 410 UK shops have so far reopened following the easing of lockdown restrictions.\n\nConsultations are currently ongoing between the firm and the affected employees working at the 30 shops that will not reopen.\n\nPret is also in talks with landlords about reducing its rent bill. In May, it appointed advisory firms to help restructure the business, and in April it raised €100m (£90m) in emergency funding from its banks.", "Severe thunderstorms could cause disruption across Wales and other parts of the UK over the next four days, according to the Met Office.\n\nIt said some areas could see large hailstones and heavy rain of up to 40mm (1.5in) in an hour, with some locations potentially receiving 80mm (3in).\n\nThe yellow weather warning is in place between Monday and Thursday.\n\nIt follows a weekend of hot weather which has seen large numbers enjoying the countryside and coast.\n\n\"There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes and large hail,\" said the Met Office.\n\n\"There is a slight chance that power cuts could occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is a \"moral duty\" to get all children back into schools in England next month, Boris Johnson has said.\n\nWriting in the Mail on Sunday, he said it was the \"national priority\" after months without in-person education during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nGovernment advisers have warned of risks in the plans to open up society.\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) union, said schools should have been a priority \"right from the beginning\".\n\nThe prime minister is understood to have made clear that schools should be the last sector to shut in any future local lockdowns.\n\nA Downing Street source said Mr Johnson believes the harm being done to children's education prospects and mental health by not attending school is far more damaging than the risk posed to them by the virus.\n\nThe source said in the event of future stricter local lockdowns, the PM's expectation was that schools would be the last sector to be closed, after businesses like shops and pubs.\n\nSchools across the UK closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nThe current plan is for most children across the country to be back in class by next month.\n\nGuidance on reopening has been published for England. There are also separate plans for Wales, Northern Ireland and also Scotland, where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday.\n\nIn his article, Mr Johnson said: \"This pandemic isn't over, and the last thing any of us can afford to do is become complacent.\n\n\"But now that we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils safely, we have a moral duty to do so.\"\n\nThe PM also warned of the \"spiralling economic costs\" of parents and carers being unable to work.\n\nHe added: \"Keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible.\"\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green told Times Radio it was \"essential\" that schools reopen next month, but would not say whether schools were safe yet.\n\nThe Labour MP said the government could be doing more to support teachers, such as providing extra resources for staggered start times and additional cleaning.\n\nAll children were meant to be back in England's classrooms before the summer holidays - but that plan failed.\n\nNow the prime minister is making it clear he is committed to things being different in September.\n\nHe is putting considerable political weight behind the plan to keep schools open - making it very much a test of his government.\n\nLabour is questioning the safety measures for reopening, and voices within the party say the current test and trace system will need significant improvement to ensure pubs do not have to close to keep classrooms open.\n\nBut that aside there is a broad consensus across the political spectrum that closing all other things before schools is the right idea.\n\nThe ASCL union has urged greater clarity - rather than rhetoric - from the government on its schools policy, citing confusion over advice on the wearing of face coverings by pupils.\n\nIts head, Mr Barton, told the BBC: \"It is a little bit rich I think to be hearing a prime minister say this is a priority. It should have been a priority right from the beginning.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, told BBC Breakfast schools \"should be the last to close their doors and the first to open\".\n\nShe added that she would like to see regular testing in schools.\n\nHowever, schools minister Nick Gibb told Times Radio he does not support routine testing for teachers and pupils who do not have symptoms.\n\nThe PM's comments have been welcomed by some parents whose children have been out of the classroom for several months.\n\nClaire, from Bristol, said her two children - one in Year 8 and another in Year 10 - were keen to return to school in September.\n\n\"I am so proud of the way that both my children coped with home school, they were up at 08:00 BST every day and completed almost everything that was set, however towards the end their enthusiasm was waning and they are looking forward to returning,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"They need that teacher and pupil interaction to keep them motivated.\"\n\nBut concerns remain about schools returning among other parents.\n\nDr L Kohli, from Warwickshire, has a 15-year-old son with a heart condition, who has been shielding since February. She will not be sending him and her eight-year-old child back to school, and has instead arranged online learning.\n\n\"It is my role as a parent to mitigate risks. That includes the risk mitigation of this government and the abysmal Covid-19 response placed on my family,\" Dr Kohli told the BBC.\n\nThe schools minister said this week that the government could not \"decree\" that classroom education would be prioritised, as decisions would be made by local health chiefs.\n\nHowever, Mr Gibb told the BBC all children in England would be returning to school next month, including in those areas currently affected by local lockdowns, amid a spike in cases.\n\nA rise in cases in a number of areas across England prompted the prime minister to pause the easing of the lockdown nationally last month.\n\nSpeaking at the time, Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, warned the nation had \"probably reached near the limit or the limits\" of what can be done to reopen society safely.\n\n\"What that means, potentially, is if we wish to do more things in the future we may have to do less of some other things,\" he said.\n\nProf Neil Ferguson, a former member of the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, whose modelling led to the decision to impose the lockdown, also suggested ministers would need to \"row back on the relaxation of restrictions\" to allow a full-time return to schools and keep the virus under control.\n\nOn Sunday, the UK reported a further 8 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 46,574. A further 1,062 people tested positive for Covid-19.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. DJ Sideman: \"On this occasion I just don't think that I can look the other way\"\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall has apologised and said a mistake was made after a news report containing a racial slur was broadcast last month.\n\nMore than 18,600 people complained after the N-word was used in full in a report about a racially aggravated attack in Bristol.\n\nThe BBC initially defended the use of the slur, broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel on 29 July.\n\nLord Hall said he now accepts the BBC should have taken a different approach.\n\nHe said he recognised that the report had caused \"distress\" amongst many people, and said the BBC would be \"strengthening\" its guidance on offensive language in its output.\n\nThe use of the N-word in the broadcast prompted widespread criticism, including by a number of politicians and BBC staff.\n\nOn Saturday, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman - real name David Whitely - quit the station over the row.\n\nHe said \"the action and the defence of the action feels like a slap in the face of our community\".\n\nIn its initial defence, the BBC said that the organisation felt it needed \"to explain, and report, not just the injuries but, given their alleged extreme nature, the words alleged to have been used\" in the attack on an NHS worker known as K-Dogg.\n\nThe decision had been supported by the victim's family, the corporation added.\n\nThe sight of K-Dogg's injuries is shocking. It took four hours to remove the glass from his face.\n\nWhat wasn't clear when this story was first reported was the alleged racial motive.\n\nThe decision to include the \"racist language, in full\" - according to a statement on the BBC's complaints website - was, it's said, because his family wanted it to be \"seen and understood\" by the wider public.\n\nThe response - more than 18,000 complaints in a matter of days - makes it clear many people thought this was not just wrong, but insulting and deeply distressing. When Radio 1Xtra's Sideman resigned saying \"the BBC sanctioning the N-word being broadcast on national television by a white person is something I can't rock with\", he was echoing the views of large parts of the audience, and also many within the BBC.\n\nThe corporation has, in recent months, had to reverse a decision censuring BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty for her comments about Donald Trump's tweet suggesting four female politicians of colour should \"go back\" to \"places from which they came\". And there has been considerable internal debate raised by the Black Lives Matter movement.\n\nBroadcasting a racial slur on the news was, they now accept, a \"mistake\", but this is about more than just one highly offensive word. As today's statement says, the BBC is, at the moment, having to \"listen - and also to learn\" when it comes to race.\n\nOn Sunday, the BBC's director of creative diversity June Sarpong welcomed Lord Hall's subsequent apology.\n\nIn a tweet, she wrote: \"I am glad BBC director general Tony Hall has personally intervened to unequivocally apologise over BBC News' use of the N-word.\"\n\nHowever, BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Target tweeted that it was \"a total shame\" that it had taken the resignation of a \"young black broadcaster\" to trigger the BBC apology.\n\nSideman highlighted parts of Lord Hall's apology on his Instagram, alongside a tweet that praised his \"courage of conviction\" in quitting - which he said had touched his \"whole soul\".\n\n\"If people actually take in the level of personal sacrifice involved in his move [...] a Jamaican born man with a Brum accent climbed all the way to the BBC... and quit,\" a member of the public tweeted.\n\nLord Hall said the BBC accepts it \"should have taken a different approach\"\n\nIn his message, Lord Hall emphasised \"the BBC's intention was to highlight an alleged racist attack\".\n\n\"This is important journalism which the BBC should be reporting on and we will continue to do so,\" he said.\n\n\"Yet despite these good intentions, I recognise that we have ended up creating distress amongst many people.\n\n\"The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that. We will now be strengthening our guidance on offensive language across our output.\n\n\"Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake. We made one here.\"\n\nHis statement followed high-level discussions with BBC colleagues on Sunday morning.\n\nIn addition to the 18,600 complaints made to the BBC over the news report, broadcast regulator Ofcom said it received 384 complaints.\n\nIt makes the broadcast the second-most complained about since the BBC began using its current system in 2017.\n\nCommenting on Sunday, Larry Madowo, US correspondent for the BBC's World Service, said that he had previously not been allowed to use the racist term in an article when quoting an African American.\n\n\"But a white person was allowed to say it on TV because it was 'editorially justified',\" he 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 Larry Madowo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour's shadow equalities minister Marsha de Cordova said the BBC's reasons for using the N-word were \"obviously not good enough\".\n\nSpeaking before Lord Hall made his statement, Ms de Cordova called on the broadcaster to apologise and \"learn from this whole sorry episode\".\n\nShe was echoed by Labour MP Dawn Butler, who posted her support for Sideman on Twitter, saying the BBC should have apologised rather than \"doubled down\" on its justification.\n\nChannel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy praised Lord Hall's intervention but added that \"once again it has taken a direct intervention by the DG to overturn a mistake on race previously defended by the BBC's editorial policy managers\".\n\nHe added: \"Obviously they should also go back to Sideman and ask him to take back his resignation and put him back on air - if anything I'd promote him.\"\n\nOn Saturday, a spokesperson for 1Xtra called Sideman \"incredibly talented\", adding that the station was \"disappointed\" he had decided to resign.\n\n\"We absolutely wish him well for the future. The door is always open for future projects,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nThe Points West story broadcast last month described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg, who was hit by a car on 22 July while walking to a bus stop from his workplace, Southmead Hospital in Bristol.\n\nK-Dogg suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone in the attack.\n\nPolice said the incident was being treated as racially aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car. A fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder last week.\n\nIn its initial defence, the BBC said the decision to report the racial slur had not been taken lightly and that it understood people would be upset.", "The president spoke to reporters on Saturday from his golf club in New Jersey\n\nUS President Donald Trump has taken executive action to provide economic aid to millions of Americans hit by the pandemic, saying he was forced to do so after talks at Congress broke down.\n\nThe directives include measures to support the unemployed, suspend payroll tax and extend student loans.\n\nSome of them are likely to face legal challenges given that Congress controls federal spending, not the president.\n\nDemocratic rival Joe Biden said they were \"a series of half-baked measures\".\n\nIt is not known whether the move will mean the end of talks between senior government officials and top Democrats for a stimulus package. Negotiations broke down on Friday after two weeks.\n\nMr Trump said the measures would provide up to $400 (£306) per week in supplemental unemployment benefits to tens of millions of jobless Americans. This is less than the $600 people had been receiving until 31 July, when the benefit expired.\n\nThe president also said states would cover 25% of the new payments - the previous benefit was fully funded by the federal government. He is seeking to divert money from a previously approved disaster aid to states.\n\nMr Trump said it would be up to the states, which already face huge budget shortfalls due to the pandemic, to determine how much to be used from that fund to pay for the benefit. This means that the extra payment may end up amounting only to $300 a week.\n\n\"This is the money they need, this is the money they want, this gives them an incentive to go back to work,\" President Trump said of the lower payments during a news conference on Saturday from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.\n\nThe measures also included a suspension of the collection of payroll taxes - which pay for Social Security and other federal programmes - through to the end of this year, a suspension of federal student loan payments, and efforts to minimise evictions but not a moratorium.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Despite the economy shrinking, US stocks have rallied\n\nThe Democratic-controlled House of Representatives had approved a $3.5 trillion package which was rejected by the Republican-held Senate.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful elected Democrat, said they lowered the figure in talks to $2tn but Republicans had proposed a $1tn plan.\n\nMrs Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the president's actions as \"meagre\", saying they were \"unworkable, weak and narrow policy announcements\" in the face of the economic and health crises.\n\nMr Biden, President Trump's rival in the November election, accused him of putting Social Security \"at grave risk\" by delaying the collection of payroll taxes, and called the measures \"another cynical ploy designed to deflect responsibility\".\n\nBut Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he supported the president \"exploring his options to get unemployment benefits and other relief to the people who need them the most.\"\n\nMillions of unemployed Americans were benefited by the extra benefits\n\nThe US unemployment rate continued to fall in July, but it was a much lower decrease than in May and June, denting hopes of an economic revival.\n\nThe country's death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 160,000. The US has far more Covid-19 cases by volume than any other country - nearly five million - and its rate of infection has risen steadily throughout the summer.\n\nCongress has already allocated some $3tn for pandemic relief so far. Some Republicans in Congress do not wish to spend any more, and nearly half of Republican senators say they would oppose any new relief bill at all.", "Infection control measures need to be in place for visits to be allowed\n\nVisiting rules at care homes are to be relaxed from Monday, the Scottish government has announced.\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said up to three outdoor visitors from two households would be allowed.\n\nInfection control measures, including face coverings and physical distancing, will need to be in place.\n\nAnother 48 cases of coronavirus were confirmed across the country on Sunday, with a further 28 in NHS Grampian, where there is a cluster of infections.\n\nHowever, just 6% of care homes in Scotland currently have a suspected Covid-19 case, according to Scottish government figures.\n\nCare home residents have been allowed to meet one person outdoors since 3 July.\n\nThe Scottish government conditions for allowing visitors are:\n\nThe Scottish government said \"essential visits\" - including those involving end-of-life care, and visits for residents who are experiencing distress - have been permitted throughout the pandemic and would continue.\n\nCare home providers have also been asked to develop plans on how they can allow one designated visitor for residents indoors. Plans for indoor visiting will need to be signed off by the local health board by 24 August.\n\nMs Freeman said the pandemic continued to be a \"very challenging time\" for care home residents, families and staff.\n\n\"Care homes are first and foremost people's homes and we are committed to reintroducing measures that allow residents to connect with their family and friends. But this must be done safely and with precautions,\" she said.\n\n\"Progress has been made since we reintroduced one designated outdoor visitor earlier this month, and I am pleased the clinical advice is now that care homes that meet the strict criteria can now allow residents to have up to three outdoor visitors from no more than two households.\"\n\nThe minister said all changes were being carried out with \"real caution\".\n\nCharity Age Scotland said it \"warmly welcomed\" the relaxation in visiting rules.\n\nAdam Stachura, the organisation's head of policy and communications, said: \"The benefits to residents' wellbeing after being able to see and interact with one visitor has been clear for all to see so for them this expansion can't come soon enough.\n\n\"Now they may be able to see more of their children and grandchildren which will be a tremendous boost to them all.\"\n\nAberdeen has been in a local lockdown since Wednesday\n\nBut the Scottish government said there would be no relaxation of care home visiting restrictions in Aberdeen, where a local lockdown is in place to tackle a cluster of linked cases.\n\nThere are now 134 confirmed cases of Covid-19 linked to the Aberdeen cluster and NHS Grampian said it was investigating 728 close contacts.\n\nOne of Saturday's positive cases reported by NHS Grampian has now been reassigned to NHS Shetland.\n\nThe person was from Shetland but had been tested while visiting the Grampian health board area.\n\nThe positive cases in the Aberdeen cluster include two players at Aberdeen FC.\n\nThe players were among a group of eight footballers who visited a bar in the city a week ago. The whole group are now self-isolating.\n\nThey have now released a statement apologising for their actions, saying they never \"could have foreseen the escalation of Covid-19 cases in the Grampian area\".\n\nThey also deny deliberately attempting to \"flaunt or disobey government guidelines\".\n\nAberdeen has seen a total of 112 new coronavirus cases in the seven days up to 7 August - a rate of 49 infections per 100,000 people.\n\nThis compares to a rate of 80.6 in Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, which is currently top of Public Health England's local authority watchlist.\n\nNHS Grampian said it was investigating 643 \"close contacts\" from cases in the area.", "Kirsty Jones was raped and strangled in Thailand in 2000\n\nThe belongings of a Welsh backpacker murdered in Thailand 18 years ago should be returned, an MP has said.\n\nKirsty Jones, 23, was raped and strangled in a hostel in Chiang Mai in August 2000. Her killers have never been caught.\n\nBrecon and Radnorshire MP Chris Davies said her possessions could still hold clues to their identity.\n\nHe said time was running out to get justice for the family as Thai cases are closed after 20 years.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme: \"Kirsty's belongings are still in Thailand. They haven't even be sent home to her parents.\n\n\"We want them to come back here. We want to have further investigations carried out.\"\n\nThe Liverpool University graduate, from Tredomen near Talgarth, was just three months into a two-year round-the-world trip when she was attacked and killed.\n\nThe backpacker had been staying in a Chaing Mai hostel when she was murdered\n\nDyfed-Powys Police has continued to liaise with Thai authorities in a bid to catch the killers and have analysed DNA samples connected to the case, believed to match someone of south-east Asian origin.\n\nMr Davies said he had written an international letter of request to have Ms Jones' belongings returned for further testing.\n\nThe Welsh force has been asked to comment.\n\n\"We have two years to do it. Time is running out for the Jones family,\" said Mr Davies.\n\n\"What they need now is justice. We sadly are not able to bring Kirsty back, but if there's one thing we can deliver its justice and closure for the Jones family.\"\n\nThe politician the matter with Prime Minister Theresa May last year in the House of Commons.\n\nShe said it was not for the British government to interfere with police investigations in another country.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The glasses were left in a letterbox in a plain envelope\n\nA pair of Mahatma Gandhi's glasses are to go on sale after spending a weekend sticking halfway out of an auction house's letterbox.\n\nStaff at East Bristol Auctions found the glasses in a plain envelope on a Monday morning.\n\nAuctioneer Andrew Stowe said the eyewear, expected to fetch more than £15,000, was the most important find in the company's history.\n\nHe said the owner \"nearly had a heart attack\" when he was told their value.\n\n\"Someone popped them into our letterbox on a Friday night and they stayed there until Monday - literally hanging out,\" said Mr Stowe.\n\n\"One of my staff handed them to me and said there was a note saying they were Gandhi's glasses.\n\n\"I thought 'That's an interesting one' and carried on with my day.\"\n\nThe Indian civil rights campaigner was \"known for giving his possessions away\"\n\nBut when he investigated, Mr Stowe said he almost \"fell off his chair\" to discover the gold-plated, circular rimmed glasses had been worn by the Indian civil rights leader.\n\n\"I phoned the guy back and I think he nearly had a heart attack,\" said Mr Stowe.\n\nMr Stowe said the owner told him the glasses had been handed down from generation to generation in the owner's family, after a relative met Gandhi on a visit to South Africa in the 1920s.\n\n\"We looked into the dates and it all matches up, even the date Gandhi started wearing glasses,\" he said.\n\n\"They are probably one of the first pairs of glasses he wore as they are quite a weak prescription.\n\n\"He was known for giving his possessions away.\"\n\nThe glasses were left in a letterbox on an industrial estate\n\nMr Stowe said there had been a lot of interest in the glasses, especially from India, but that it was fortunate they reached him intact.\n\n\"They were just in a plain white envelope,\" he said.\n\n\"They could quite easily have been stolen or fallen out or just ended up in the bin.\n\n\"This is probably the most important find we have ever had as a company.\"\n\nThe glasses will go under the hammer as part of an online-only auction on 21 August.", "Citizens Advice had the highest daily number of visitors to its website topped four times in one week\n\nThousands of firms and employees are seeking redundancy advice as the coronavirus crisis continues to bite into the UK economy.\n\nConciliation service Acas said calls to its redundancy advice line almost tripled in June and July, as concerns mounted about the government's job retention scheme winding down.\n\nThere has been a spate of redundancies as some firms struggle to stay afloat.\n\nNearly 4,500 jobs have been cut only a few days into August.\n\nIn June and July, calls to the Acas helpline to talk about redundancy rose nearly 170% compared with the same months last year, from more than 12,000 to more than 33,000 calls.\n\nIn July, Citizens Advice said it had also seen a surge in demand for redundancy advice.\n\nAcas chief executive Susan Clews said: \"At the moment, nearly a third of calls to our helpline are redundancy-related.\n\n\"The economic impact of coronavirus, alongside fears around the furlough scheme tapering off, has left many employers and their staff concerned about their future livelihoods.\"\n\nThe latest figures from the government show 9.6 million jobs - about a third of the private sector workforce - have been furloughed during the pandemic, at a cost of £33.8bn to the Treasury.\n\nBusinesses began to pay towards the furlough scheme from the beginning of August, putting more pressure on struggling firms. The scheme ends in October.\n\nAcas recommended that employers should look for alternatives to redundancies, which should be used as a last resort.\n\nThese alternatives include consulting staff \"on ideas that can help mitigate the financial difficulties that the business may be facing due to coronavirus\", such as:\n\nA number of major employers have announced job cuts since strict coronavirus lockdown rules were announced on 23 March.\n\nAccording to the Press Association news agency, these include:\n\nJuly 17: Azzurri Group (owns Zizzi and Ask Italian) - up to 1,200\n\nJuly 14: DFS - up to 200 at risk\n\nMay 28: Debenhams (in second announcement) - \"hundreds\" of jobs", "Dawn Butler said she was pulled over by police while travelling through Hackney\n\nA Labour MP has accused police of racially profiling her after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east London.\n\nFormer shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler tweeted she had been pulled over in Hackney and had recorded the stop.\n\nThe MP for Brent Central said police had to \"stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime\".\n\nThe Met said the stop was a mistake caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car's registration number.\n\nShe told the Press Association: \"It's obviously racial profiling.\n\n\"We know that the police is institutionally racist and what we have to do is weed that out. We have to stop seeing black with crime. We have to stop associating being black and driving a nice car with crime.\"\n\nThe BMW was being driven by a male friend, who is also black, and it was pulled over by two police cars, Ms Butler said.\n\nShe said officers said the car was registered in North Yorkshire and took the car keys while checking the registration.\n\nThey then admitted there had been a mistake, that it was registered to the driver, and apologised, she said.\n\nHer footage of the stop, which happened at about 12:00 BST on Sunday, showed an officer saying police were carrying out searches because of \"gang and knife crime\".\n\nShe is heard in the video telling the officers: \"It is really quite irritating. It's like you cannot drive around and enjoy a Sunday afternoon whilst black, because you're going to be stopped by police.\"\n\nShe goes on to say: \"If you are driving outside the area, I think that's a ridiculous reason to stop.\n\n\"If you are profiling people who are driving in a certain type of car, that's an inappropriate reason to stop, and if you are profiling people because of the colour of their skin, that's an inappropriate reason to stop.\"\n\nOne of the officers in the video tells her: \"I appreciate everything you say and I do apologise for wasting your time.\"\n\nCh Supt Roy Smith tweeted earlier to say he had spoken to the MP who had \"given me a very balanced account of the incident\".\n\nThe Met Police officer added the force \"are listening\" to concerns she had about the police stop and the officers involved, and she was \"quite entitled to raise them\".\n\nLast month the Met apologised after stopping and searching Team GB athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos\n\nIn a statement the police force said: \"Prior to stopping the vehicle, an officer incorrectly entered the registration into a police computer which identified the car as registered to an address in Yorkshire.\n\n\"Upon stopping the vehicle and speaking with the driver, it quickly became apparent that the registration had been entered incorrectly and was registered to the driver in London.\n\n\"Once the mistake was realised the officer sought to explain this to the occupants; they were then allowed on their way.\n\n\"No searches were carried out on any individuals.\"\n\nThe force said \"one of the occupants\" had been contacted by a senior officer and they had discussed \"subsequent interaction as well as feedback regarding the stop\".\n\nIt added: \"We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter further with the occupants if they wish to do so.\"\n\nThe statement did not explain why the registration was entered in the first place.\n\nIn the video, one officer can be heard saying the initial search returned a car of the same make, model and colour but registered to North Yorkshire.\n\nMs Butler questioned the officer, asking for the police to share the registration they initially searched for.\n\n\"It's exhausting doing things whilst black,\" she told PA.\n\n\"Because you're just doing every day things and you have to explain yourself away or justify the reason why you're driving through Hackney. It's exhausting and I'm tired of it.\"\n\nThis week Ms Butler was named by Vogue magazine as one of the 25 most influential women for her support of Black Lives Matter protests.\n\nShe has previously described how her backing of the anti-racism movement had led to threats on her office and staff, and last month had to shut her headquarters for safety reasons.\n\nFormer shadow home secretary Diane Abbott tweeted that Ms Butler's experience on Sunday was \"so unsurprising\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Diane Abbott 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\nLast month the Met apologised to GB sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo dos Santos who were pulled from their car and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son.\n\nNothing was found in the search and the Met referred itself to the police watchdog.\n\nOn Saturday, Ms Butler wrote in her Metro column that Met Commissioner Cressida Dick appeared \"incapable\" of tackling institutional racism in the police and called for her resignation.\n\nThe Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating whether officers in England and Wales racially discriminate against ethnic minority people.\n\nThe latest official statistics for stop and search showed a disparity rate of 4.3 for all black, Asian and minority ethnic people and 9.7 for black people.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Clashes broke out in Beirut for a second day running\n\nInternational donors have pledged a quarter of a billion euros in aid for Lebanon five days after the explosion which devastated a swathe of Beirut.\n\nBut an online donor summit arranged by France called at the same time for reforms to be made.\n\nThe blast at a warehouse holding over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate has focused local outrage on perceived government corruption and incompetence.\n\nClashes have broken out for a second day running in Beirut.\n\nYoung people calling for the government to quit threw projectiles at police and shops in central Beirut, and protesters attempted to storm barricades barring access to the parliament building. A fire broke out at the scene.\n\nPolice in riot gear used tear gas as darkness fell, echoing similar scenes during protests on Saturday.\n\nFifteen government leaders at the donor summit, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, promised \"major resources\", according to a statement.\n\n\"Assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the needs of the Lebanese people,\" it said, adding that help must be \"directly delivered to the Lebanese population, with utmost efficiency and transparency\".\n\nThe donors were prepared to help Lebanon's longer term recovery if the government listened to the changes demanded by the country's citizens, the communique said.\n\nPresident Macron's office said France had received pledges worth €252.7m ($297m, £227m) from the summit.\n\nOfficials estimate the explosion caused up to $15 billion (£11.5bn) of damage.\n\nIt left at least 158 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. It emerged that the ammonium nitrate had been left at the port warehouse for six years despite repeated warnings it was dangerous.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Staff at this barber shop are haunted by flashbacks of the moment the blast hit\n\nLebanon is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, with daily power cuts, a lack of safe drinking water and limited public healthcare.\n\nThe currency collapsed and Lebanon defaulted on its debt in March. Talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $10bn bailout have stalled.\n\nIt is feared that the effect of the explosion on the economy could significantly worsen the prospects of recovery.\n\nThe government has begun losing ministers critical of its failings.\n\nEnvironment Minister Damianos Kattar was the second to leave the cabinet on Sunday, bemoaning a \"sterile regime that botched several opportunities\".\n\nHis resignation followed that of Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, who cited the failure to reform and the \"Beirut catastrophe\" as her reasons for going.\n\nManal Abdel Samad is the first minister to resign in the wake of the blast\n\nAmong promises made during the summit were:\n\nThe United Nations has said more than $100m (£76m) is needed for both emergency humanitarian aid, such as food and water, and the rebuilding of infrastructure, including hospitals and schools.\n\nThe summit took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nPresident Macron, speaking from his summer residence in southern France, called for \"an impartial, credible and independent inquiry\" into how the disaster was allowed to happen.\n\nFrance is the former colonial power, and Mr Macron was the first world leader to visit Beirut in the days after the blast.\n\nBut Lebanese President Michel Aoun has already ruled out an international investigation.\n\nAlluding to Saturday's protests, the French president said it was up to the government \"to respond to the aspirations that the Lebanese people are expressing right now, legitimately, in the streets of Beirut\".\n\nBut he added that neither violence nor chaos should prevail, adding: \"Lebanon's future is at stake.\"\n\nPresident Trump also joined the summit and echoed calls for a transparent investigation, saying the US would be able to assist, according to a White House statement.\n\n\"The president called for calm in Lebanon and acknowledged the legitimate calls of peaceful protesters for transparency, reform, and accountability,\" the statement said.", "Current testing and contact tracing is inadequate to prevent a second wave of coronavirus after schools in the UK reopen, scientists have warned.\n\nIncreased transmission would also result from parents not having to stay at home with their children, they say.\n\nResearchers said getting pupils back to school was important - but more work was needed to keep the virus in check.\n\nThe head of the NHS test and trace scheme said it was \"already delivering\" and on the right track for future.\n\nBaroness Dido Harding said: \"I absolutely don't accept that this is failure, it's the opposite.\"\n\nShe said more testing is required but maintained the current level of contact tracing was \"well within the bounds\" of what the researchers \"are saying is necessary\".\n\nThe UK government said plans were in place to ensure schools can reopen safely at the start of the school year.\n\nAsked about the estimate that only 50% of contacts are being traced in England, Simon Clarke, minister for regional growth, told the BBC government figures were higher.\n\nHe said NHS test and trace is \"maturing all the time\" and getting children back to school in the autumn is a \"top priority\" that the government would not \"be willing to trade\".\n\n\"You're building an entirely new infrastructure which there's no precedent for,\" he said.\n\n\"But we're confident it is working, we're confident that it will continue to improve, and we're confident that it will allow schools to open safely in the autumn.\"\n\nDr David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy on Covid-19, said the virus is \"capable of surging back really quickly\" and stressed the importance of being able to trace, test and isolate people.\n\n\"If we can do that, and do it well, then the surges are kept really small, they're dealt with quickly and life can go on,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nHe later said he thinks Britain \"will do really well\" because there is \"really good attention to where the virus is locally\" and a lot of \"public engagement in getting on top of it\".\n\nA government spokesman said local authorities will \"be able to determine the best action to take to help curb the spread of the virus should there be a rise in cases\".\n\nResearchers from UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used computer models to see how the virus might spread in the UK as pupils returned to the classroom and their parents were more able to go back to work or resume other activities.\n\nThe study assumes children are less likely to catch - and therefore spread - coronavirus and that some parents would continue to work from home.\n\nAs first reported in June, the combined effect on pupils and parents would be enough to cause a second wave if there was no effective test-and-trace programme.\n\nThis would happen around December 2020 and would be twice as big as the first peak, unless the government took other actions such as reimposing lockdown.\n\nThe study, now formally published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, shows a second wave could be prevented if:\n\nHowever, the researchers said NHS test and trace in England was falling short.\n\nThey estimate only half of contacts are being traced and while it is harder to know the percentage of people being tested, they say this also appears too low.\n\n\"It is not achieving the levels we have modelled. It doesn't look good enough to me,\" said Prof Chris Bonell, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\nDr Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, from UCL, added: \"With UK schools reopening fully in September, prevention of a second wave will require a major scale-up of testing to test 75% of symptomatic infections - combined with tracing of 68% of their contacts, and isolation of symptomatic and diagnosed cases.\"\n\nSchools have been shut around the world as countries used lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19. It is estimated 1.6 billion children have been kept out of the classroom.\n\nIn the UK, schools closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nSchools are due to restart for all children in Scotland on 11 August and across the UK in early September.\n\nBut every step taken to open up society makes it easier for the coronavirus to spread.\n\nCases are already starting to rise and the idea of closing pubs in order to open schools has already been floated.\n\nThe UK government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, has said \"we are near the limit\" of what we can do without causing a resurgence.\n\nThe individual nations of the UK have their own contact tracing systems.\n\nThe government said NHS test and trace in England has reached 80% of those testing positive and traced over 75% of their contacts.\n\nThe Welsh government said its advisory group recommended that schools open in September with all pupils present on site, and \"we should be aiming to trace an estimated 80% of contacts, at least 35% of which are to be traced within 24 hours\".\n\nSince 21 June, 90% of close contacts were reached by the service, according to Welsh government figures.\n\nA Scottish government spokesperson said guidance set out \"a number of specific risk-mitigation measures that will need to be introduced\" including an \"enhanced surveillance programme\".\n\nIn Northern Ireland, the latest figures for the week to 29 July showed 98% of contacts were successfully reached by the country's contact tracing service.\n\nDo you work in test and trace? Or are you a parent? Share your views and experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least 1,000 tonnes of oil is thought to have leaked into waters near Mauritius\n\nVolunteers in Mauritius are scrambling to create cordons to keep leaking oil from a ship away from the island.\n\nThe MV Wakashio, believed to have been carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on 25 July.\n\nLocals are making absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks in an attempt to contain and absorb the oil.\n\nMauritius is home to world-renowned coral reefs, and tourism is a crucial part of its economy.\n\nImages posted online by local media show volunteers collecting straw from fields and filling sacks to make barriers.\n\nVolunteers have been trying to absorb the oil using barriers of straw\n\nOthers have been making their own tubes with tights and hair to add to the effort and some have been cleaning up the island's beaches.\n\nTheir actions go against an order from the government asking people to leave the clean-up to local authorities.\n\n\"People have realised that they need to take things into their hands. We are here to protect our fauna and flora,\" environmental activist Ashok Subron told AFP news agency.\n\nMitsui OSK Lines, the operator of the ship, said it had tried to place its own containment booms around the vessel but had not been successful owing to rough seas.\n\nHelicopters are attempting to move some of the fuel and diesel off the ship.\n\nThe ship has been leaking oil into surrounding waters\n\nIt is thought that the bulk carrier, registered in Panama, had some 4,000 tonnes of fuel aboard when it ran aground. All crew were evacuated.\n\nAt least 1,000 tonnes of oil is thought to have leaked into the waters surrounding the island nation.\n\nEnvironmentalists are concerned about the impact on the country's ecosystem.\n\nThe MV Wakashio ran aground at Pointe d'Esny, a known sanctuary for rare wildlife. The area also contains wetlands designated as a site of international importance by the Ramsar convention on wetlands.\n\nHappy Khamule from Greenpeace Africa warned that \"thousands\" of animal species were \"at risk of drowning in a sea of pollution, with dire consequences for Mauritius' economy, food security and health\".\n\nSatellite images show the extent of the oil spill\n\nAt a news conference, Akihiko Ono, executive vice president of Mitsui OSK Lines \"profusely\" apologised for the spill and for \"the great trouble we have caused\".\n\nHe vowed that the company would do \"everything in their power to resolve the issue\".\n\nPolice in Mauritius say they have been granted a search warrant, allowing them to board the vessel take away items of interest such as the ship's log book in order to help with an investigation. The ship's captain will assist officers with their search.\n\nOn Friday, Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth declared a state of emergency and appealed for help.\n\nVolunteers are trying to limit the damage caused by the oil spill\n\nFrance has sent a military aircraft with pollution control equipment from its nearby island of Réunion.\n\nOn Sunday, Japan announced it would dispatch a six-member team to assist the French efforts.\n\nMr Jugnauth is set to hold an emergency meeting later on Sunday amid fears that bad weather could further complicate efforts to hold back the oil.", "Neil Heritage (second left) reached the summit with supporters on Friday\n\nA former soldier has become the first above-the-knee double amputee to scale the Matterhorn.\n\nNeil Heritage, 39, from Poole, Dorset, reached the peak of the mountain on the Swiss-Italian border with supporters on his third attempt in three years.\n\nThe ex-corporal, who lost his legs to a suicide bomb in Iraq in 2004, said he was \"over the moon\".\n\nMr Heritage, who runs a charity for injured veterans, is planning to kayak the Amazon river in 2021.\n\nMr Heritage had specially-designed prosthetic limbs for the climb\n\nHis two previous attempts to conquer the 4,478m (14,692ft) Alpine peak were foiled by bad weather.\n\nHis co-climber Mark Hooks said: \"It was just so special, managing to achieve something we've worked so hard on over the years.\"\n\nMr Hooks said his friend's specially-designed prosthetic limb fell off near the summit and took more than 20 minutes to reattach.\n\nIn a Facebook video, posted from a mountain hut on the descent, he said Mr Heritage was \"absolutely blitzed\" and too exhausted to speak.\n\nSince losing his legs, Mr Heritage has completed triathlons, learned to ski and rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in the Row2Recovery team.\n\nThe Matterhorn ascent has raised more than £6,000 for Mr Heritage's charity Climb 2 Recovery.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The sun attracted people to Abersoch beach on Sunday\n\nSome tourist areas are finding it hard to cope with an influx in visitors and maintain social distancing, an MP has said.\n\nHywel Williams' comments come as North Wales Police removed illegally parked cars in Snowdonia again on Saturday.\n\nPlaces like Barmouth and Abersoch have seen a big increase in visitors since coronavirus restrictions were eased.\n\n\"We will have to think about what sustainable tourism looks like into the future,\" said the Arfon MP.\n\nDarren Millar, member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West, also said there was \"concern\" about the spread of the coronavirus due to the influx.\n\nBut he told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme that without a \"bumper summer season\" jobs could also be at risk.\n\nCampsites and caravan parks have reported being \"inundated with calls\" with people choosing a staycation since the pandemic has affected overseas travel.\n\nSnowdonia's car parks have been particularly busy since lockdown restrictions eased\n\n\"It's about trying to get the balance right, I suppose, between safety and making sure the economy is still able to recover from what has been a huge shock in terms of the lockdown\" said Mr Millar.\n\n\"Among some there is anxiety about the significant numbers that they are now seeing in those tourist destinations.\"\n\nBut he said there was also \"huge sympathy\" with business owners and workers in the tourist industry as people \"still want them to be able to pay their bills\".\n\nHe said people also questioned whether the authorities could be \"tougher\" on social distancing, although he conceded it was difficult to police due to the \"huge numbers\".\n\nPlaid Cymru politicians, including Gwynedd council's leader and deputy leader, have written to First Minister Mark Drakeford to express concern about the \"unprecedented numbers\" of visitors.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was working with local authorities to ensure everyone's safety.\n\nMr Williams said social distancing was \"impossible\" due to narrow pavements in places like Pwllheli.\n\nHe said local people had been \"very good\" at sticking to the rules to try to keep transmission of the virus down but that work was \"in danger of being undone\".\n\n\"We are having meetings to plan locally further measures so that tourism in this area becomes sustainable,\" he said.\n\nPeople queue outside a business in Abersoch at Sunday lunchtime", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing Faisal Al-Aseel, project manager at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy when the explosion took place.", "A police officer who nearly died after being run over by car thieves has added his support for mandatory life sentences for anyone who kills a member of the emergency services.\n\nA campaign was launched by Lissie Harper, the widow of PC Andrew Harper who died in Berkshire in August 2019.\n\nPC Gaz Phillips, 43, was critically injured in Birmingham a few days earlier.\n\nHe has made a remarkable recovery and on the first anniversary of the incident has just returned to work.", "Police in Belarus have responded with violence as thousand of demonstrators took to the streets to protest Sunday's election, with incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko set to claim another victory, according to pro-government election polls.\n\nEyewitnesses say police in Minsk used stun grenades and fired rubber bullets into the crowd, injuring a number of protesters.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCaptain Joe Root says England's habit of pulling off unlikely victories gives them the belief they can win matches from almost any situation.\n\nThe home side chased 277 to win the first Test against Pakistan after being 117-5 on a very difficult pitch.\n\nIt follows remarkable wins in the World Cup final and the Headingley Ashes Test in the summer of 2019.\n\n\"Having those experiences in the bank gives you a huge amount of confidence that anything is possible,\" said Root.\n• None A memorable win but England will have questions over Buttler, Archer & Anderson - Agnew\n\nEngland were carried to their three-wicket win by Chris Woakes, who ended 84 not out and shared a sixth-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler, whose contribution was 75.\n\nThe situation the hosts found themselves in on Saturday was typical of a match where they were in trouble throughout.\n\nThey gave up a first-innings deficit of 107 runs after wicketkeeper Buttler twice reprieved Shan Masood, who went on to make 156. In addition, captain Root made a number of tactical errors and England's top order slumped to 12-3.\n\n\"For three days we were behind Pakistan in this game,\" said Root.\n\n\"Obviously we don't want to start in that position and keep finding ourselves having to wrestle a way back into a match, but it's certainly great to have in the bank when things don't go your way initially.\"\n\nEngland's fightback began on day three with some determined lower-order batting, followed by the bowlers tenaciously working through the Pakistan line-up in their second innings.\n\nStill, even on day four, England were in huge trouble after losing three wickets for 20 runs on a pitch that had a period of devilish difficulty.\n\nRoot's edge was taken by a Naseem Shah delivery that bounced, Ben Stokes gloved a fizzing googly from Yasir Shah before Ollie Pope got an unplayable lifter from Shaheen Afridi.\n\nHowever, Buttler and Woakes counter-attacked and, even though Buttler fell with 21 still required, man-of-the-match Woakes steered England home.\n\n\"It's a monumental win,\" Root told Test Match Special. \"We managed to get across the line and that will give everyone a huge amount of confidence.\n\n\"Our biggest strength as a group is our character and never giving up. We always look at how we can find a way to get back into the game and today we did it brilliantly.\n\n\"We were up against it, but we found a way and that's a sign of a good team. We are very aware we're not the finished article but if we keep doing things, backing them up and learning from mistakes then we will get there eventually.\"\n• None The search for Dr Ruja is back on\n• None The origins of the game with You're Dead To Me", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the remainder of the Test series against Pakistan for family reasons, it has been announced.\n\nStokes has played all four Tests so far this summer, captaining his country in Joe Root's absence in the first, the series opener against West Indies.\n\nBut the 29-year-old will fly to New Zealand later this week, said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).\n\nHe was born in the country, where his parents Ged and Deb still live.\n\nA statement from the ECB said: \"He will miss England's two Test matches against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday 13 August and Friday 21 August.\n\n\"The England and Wales Cricket Board, along with the Stokes family, requests that all media respects the family's privacy at this time.\"\n\nThe England squad were due to leave Manchester, site of their three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test, and head to Southampton on Sunday. Sussex bowler Ollie Robinson has linked up with the side.", "The fire broke out on Saturday afternoon\n\nPolice in the Czech Republic are investigating a fire that killed 11 people, including three children.\n\nThe deputy mayor of the north-eastern town of Bohumin said the apparent arson attack was the result of family dispute.\n\nSix people died in Saturday's blaze and another five were killed after jumping from an 11th floor balcony in an attempt to escape the flames.\n\nTen people, including two firemen and a police officer, were injured.\n\nBohumin is on the Czech-Polish border, some 300km (190 miles) east of the capital, Prague.\n\nAccording to eyewitness reports, a man was handcuffed at the scene after calmly admitting to police he had started the blaze.\n\nPolice refused to comment on those claims but they have confirmed that one person was arrested.\n\nDeputy Mayor Igor Bruzl told Czech Television that the family who lived in the flat had been resident in the municipally-owned block for some time.\n\nHe denied that a dispute with neighbours was the cause of the fire and also rejected reports that there was an ethnic dimension to the case.\n\nMr Bruzl said he knew the identity of the man arrested but could not comment further, only adding that he was related to the residents in the flat.\n\nThe regional fire brigade chief Vladimir Vlcek told Czech Television that the blaze spread very quickly.\n\n\"The fire was very quick to develop, which is not normal. A fire like that typically affects one room, but this one hit the entire flat, all the rooms are burnt down,\"\n\nUnconfirmed local reports say the suspect had entered the flat, where a large family celebration was taking place, and poured petrol around the rooms before setting it alight.", "Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (centre) have joined forces with Veronkia Tsepkalo (left) and Maria Kolesnikova\n\nSvetlana Tikhanovskaya would prefer to be frying cutlets than running for president of Belarus.\n\nAt least, that's what the stay-at-home mum laughingly told a crowd of supporters at a recent campaign rally.\n\nBut she also told them this election bid to challenge Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year-long grip on power was a \"mission\" she could not refuse.\n\nThe political novice only stepped in as a candidate for president when her husband was arrested and blocked from registering. A second serious rival to Mr Lukashenko has also wound up in prison and a third has fled the country.\n\nSo Ms Tikhanovskaya, 37, who had to send her two children abroad for safety reasons, has become the surprise face of change in Belarus.\n\nShe's joined forces with Veronika Tsepkalo, the wife of one would-be candidate, and Maria Kolesnikova, campaign manager for another.\n\nAnd the three women have been drawing record crowds to rallies across the country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed in Belarus ahead of the election\n\n\"They are not Margaret Thatcher, the type of ladies who are in politics all their lives, but they are very sincere,\" is how Valery Tsepkalo explained the trio's unique appeal, in an interview in Moscow.\n\nA former ambassador to the US, Mr Tsepkalo's own attempt to register for the presidential race was rejected.\n\nHe told the BBC he had to leave Belarus after getting information \"from several sources\" that his arrest was imminent.\n\n\"In previous election campaigns, Lukashenko had public support. But this time it's vanished and that's why he is so nervous,\" Mr Tsepkalo argues.\n\nSergei Tikhanovsky (centre) was arrested in May\n\nThe shift in mood was captured by Ms Tikhanovskaya's husband, Sergei, in a popular video blog. For months, he toured Belarus interviewing people from farmers to pensioners.\n\nRemarkably outspoken, they complained of pervasive corruption and poverty, a lack of opportunity and poor pay.\n\n\"I was two when the cockroach came to power,\" a man called Vladimir told Mr Tikhanovsky in one video, using the blogger's nickname for the Belarusian president. \"My child is two now, and I just want something to change.\"\n\n\"We are here to put an end to the dictatorship,\" another man said.\n\nThat pent-up frustration became public when Belarusians began signing up in support of opposition candidates planning to register for the 9 August elections. When they were barred, crowds flooded the streets in anger.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe human rights group Viasna says more than 1,000 peaceful protesters were detained this summer alone, almost 200 of them spending up to 15 days in custody.\n\n\"It's a reaction to the unprecedented level of public engagement, the spread of protests and opposition to the president,\" Minsk-based political analyst Artyom Shraibman explains the authorities' tough response.\n\nHe argues that a significant dip in support for Mr Lukashenko - even in traditional, rural strongholds - has been fed by a \"grim\" decade of economic stagnation topped off with anger at the president's dismissive response to the Covid-19 crisis.\n\n\"You had this perfect storm of factors that were against Lukashenko in this election campaign,\" Mr Shraibman says.\n\nAs Team Tikhanovskaya has been touring the country meeting and motivating voters, President Lukashenko has been visiting his security forces.\n\nFor years, his chief appeal to voters has been as a guarantor of stability.\n\nSo on Tuesday, he was treated to a demonstration of the latest crowd-dispersing techniques by riot police.\n\nAnd the next day, he claimed to have uncovered a foreign plot to \"destabilise\" the country - a threat the president had been warning of, and vowing to prevent \"at all cost\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. One of the suspects is led away from the sanatorium near Minsk\n\nImages of burly men being handcuffed in their underpants were screened on state television, and officials claimed 33 mercenaries with the private Russian military group, Wagner, had been arrested at a sanatorium outside Minsk.\n\nRussia has called for its citizens' swift release saying they were in transit and had \"nothing to do with…Belarusian affairs\", and the men had certainly been living very openly for alleged coup plotters.\n\nBut the odd affair is a blow to relations with Moscow, traditionally a close ally of Minsk.\n\nIt's also a serious new worry for Ms Tikhanovskaya as investigators have linked her husband directly to the detainees and charged the blogger with planning \"mass unrest\".\n\nHer campaign speeches are occasionally broken by sighs as she admits to struggling with the pressure of a role she would never have chosen.\n\n\"This is a scary time, but we feel huge support from the people,\" Ms Tsepkalo told the BBC by phone between rallies: when her husband fled Belarus, she stayed on to support Svetlana.\n\n\"We see change for Belarus as like fresh air. It's needed as soon as possible,\" she says.\n\nThe women have no political programme, just one plea: vote for Svetlana to oust Mr Lukashenko then she'll call fresh, fair elections and free all the political prisoners.\n\n\"I'll fulfil my mission, then step aside quietly,\" she told one rally, laughing when a man shouted up at her to stay.\n\nDespite the buzz around the women's bid, Alexander Lukashenko has been winning elections in Belarus by a landslide for almost three decades. A recent official poll gave the president over 70% popular support, even now.\n\nSo opposition supporters are on their guard against fraud.\n\n\"What happens on election day is very important,\" Mr Shraibman argues.\n\n\"The security forces are ready to crack down and in the past they've not used 10% of what's in their toolkit.\n\n\"I think it's now a question of how brutal the crackdown will be - and how large the protests,\" he says.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Taser used in Barry after officer is called to fight\n\nPolice have defended their use of a Taser after an officer was attacked following a fight at a house.\n\nOfficers were responding to a disturbance in Main Street, Barry, at about 17:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA woman, 35, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and a man, 35, on suspicion of using threatening words or behaviour.\n\nSouth Wales Police defended their actions in response to video footage circulating on social media.\n\nA statement from the force said the first officer on the scene discharged the Taser after the two people fighting failed to comply with police instructions and the officer was assaulted.\n\nThe force has not revealed who the Taser was used on.\n\nIt is not known if the officer suffered injuries.\n\nSgt Richard Lloyd said: \"Our officers work tirelessly to protect the communities they serve and they do not deserve to be assaulted during the course of that duty.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jeremy Menesses, 17, as taken to hospital following the attack but died two hours later\n\nA 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in London's West End.\n\nJeremy Menesses was stabbed on Market Place near to Oxford Street at about 17.30 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe Met said the stabbing took place \"following a fight between a number of males\" which had been \"witnessed by a large number of horrified onlookers\".\n\nThree men, all aged 18, were arrested on suspicion of murder after they arrived at a hospital with minor stab injuries. All remain in custody.\n\nTwo of them have also been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.\n\nThe victim, who lived in south London, was taken to hospital for treatment, but was pronounced dead at 19:30.\n\nThe victim was stabbed on Market Place near Oxford Street\n\nSupt Rob Shepherd said people in the West End would see an \"increased police presence\" following the \"shocking incident\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Katherine Goodwin said police had \"spoken to a number of people already but need anyone who has information, video or images to speak to us and tell us what they know\".\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan described the killing as a \"tragic death\" and \"another senseless loss of life\".\n\n\"My heart goes out to his family and friends,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The 60-year-old was reportedly testing his new electric bike at home in Malibu\n\nSimon Cowell has broken his back falling off his new electric bike in the courtyard of his Los Angeles home.\n\nThe 60-year-old music mogul was taken to hospital for an operation, his spokeswoman said.\n\n\"He's doing fine, he's under observation and is in the best possible hands,\" she said after he was admitted.\n\nCowell, best known for hit shows The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, is spending lockdown in the US, where he now lives.\n\n\"Simon has broken his back and is having surgery this evening,\" his spokeswoman confirmed, soon after his arrival at hospital. The surgery began on Saturday evening Los Angeles time.\n\nPiers Morgan was among those who wished Cowell \"a full and speedy recovery\" 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 Piers 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\nCowell, who has a six-year-old son Eric with his partner Lauren Silverman, was reportedly testing his new bike when the accident occurred.\n\nHe had a previous fall in 2017, when he fell down the stairs at his London home.\n\n\"Sometimes we get a reminder that we're not invincible and this was certainly mine,\" he told the Sun newspaper at the time. \"It was a huge shock.\"\n\n\"They think I fainted because I had low blood pressure and so I have got to really take good care of myself to sort that out,\" he said.\n\n\"After all I am a dad and have more responsibility than ever.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Cowell gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\n\nCowell was expected to appear as a judge in the live shows of the latest series of America's Got Talent, which are scheduled to begin in the US next week.\n\nLast month, the tycoon signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment giving his company, Syco Entertainment, ownership of all the international versions of The X Factor and Got Talent programmes.\n\nThe Got Talent format airs in 76 markets, while The X Factor is broadcast in more than 130 territories.", "One boat carrying 14 migrants landed at Kingsdown on Saturday morning\n\nA further four boats carrying 65 migrants have been picked up in the English Channel, the Home Office said.\n\nBorder Force patrols found the boats travelling towards the UK on Sunday, a day after at least 151 migrants on 15 boats arrived on the Kent coast.\n\nOn Saturday the Home Office said it had asked defence chiefs for help.\n\nImmigration minister Chris Philp said he would be in Paris next week to demand stronger measures from French authorities.\n\nHe said he wanted to make the route \"completely unviable\" so migrants \"will have no incentive to come to northern France or attempt the crossing in the first place\".\n\nHe said he also wanted to \"return as many migrants who have arrived as possible\", adding there were \"returns flights planned in the coming days\".\n\nMore than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the English Channel in recent days, including 235 - the record for a single day - on Thursday.\n\nThe Home Office has said the Royal Navy could be brought in and there has been talk of copying Australia's controversial policy of physically pushing back migrant boats.\n\nEx-Labour home secretary Jack Straw said on Saturday any attempt to use those \"push-back\" tactics would not work and could lead to boats capsizing.\n\nHuman rights organisations, including Detention Action and Amnesty International UK, condemned the idea of boats being forced back into French waters.\n\nAmnesty said deploying the navy to the English Channel to prevent people crossing to seek asylum would be \"unlawful, reckless and dangerous\".\n\nMigrants intercepted by Border Force are usually bought to Dover where they can apply for asylum\n\nOn Friday a record number of unaccompanied migrant children arrived in the UK.\n\nThe 23 youths were taken into the care of Kent County Council, on top of the 70 who arrived in July.\n\nThose figures do not include those travelling with their families. The Home Office has refused to confirm the number of children arriving.\n\nSince January 2019 at least 5,800 people have entered the UK on small boats, and about 155 have been returned to Europe.\n\nThe Home Office blamed current regulations - which determine where an asylum-seeker's claim is heard - for the comparatively low number of people to have been returned to Europe.\n\nMr Philp added: \"We will also continue to go after the heinous criminals and organised crime networks putting people's lives at risk.\"\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 burned out vehicle was found near the scene\n\nGunmen have attacked a group of aid workers in Niger, killing six French citizens, their local guide and driver, officials say.\n\nThe gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire, the governor of Tillabéri region, Tidjani Ibrahim, told the French news agency AFP.\n\nThey were in the Koure region, which attracts tourists who want to see the last herds of giraffe in West Africa.\n\nThe French presidency confirmed the deaths of the French citizens.\n\nThe French nationals worked for an international aid group, Niger's defence minister Issoufou Katambé told Reuters news agency. Earlier, officials had described them as tourists.\n\nACTED, a French humanitarian NGO, confirmed its staff members were involved in the incident in Niger.\n\nPresident Emmanuel Macron spoke on the phone with his Niger counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou on Sunday, a statement said, without giving further details.\n\nIn photos seen by the BBC, the victims' bodies were found lying on a dirt road by the side of a 4x4 vehicle.\n\nDespite the dangers, tourists head to Koure to see the only giraffes left in West Africa\n\nThe vehicle appeared to have been burned out.\n\nThe attack happened at around 11:30 local time (10:30 GMT), east of Koure, about hour's drive from the capital Niamey, AFP reported.\n\nIt is not yet clear who was behind the attack, but jihadist groups have become increasingly active in Niger.\n\nThe French government advises against travel to large parts of Niger, a former French colony.\n\nThe threat of terrorism, in particular outside the capital Niamey and near the borders, is high, the French government says.\n\nMilitant groups, including Boko Haram, operate in the area and violence by groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group has been on the rise in the Sahel region.\n\nFrance has been leading a coalition of West African and European allies against Islamist militants in the region since June.\n\nDespite this, tourists still visit to see the Niger giraffes, a sub-species distinguished by its lighter colour.\n\nThey settled in the area around 20 years ago and have been largely protected from poachers.\n\nThe Koure Giraffe Reserve, around 65 km (40 miles) south east of the capital Niamey, draws many tourists.\n• None How West Africa is under threat from Islamist militants", "The ceremony was the first wedding ever at the brewery\n\nWhen Amy Lawson and Darren Wood's wedding was postponed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic they organised an afternoon tea to mark the original matrimonial date.\n\nBut just days beforehand the groom's granddad died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism and they decided they did not want to wait any longer to tie the knot.\n\nHowever, they did not want to put pressure on their mothers to help arrange their big day at such short notice so they kept it a secret.\n\nThe couple, who met at school in Penicuik in Midlothian but got together 10 years ago, said they had several sleepless nights agonising over whether their parents would be upset at the surprise on Saturday.\n\nAmy and Darren were worried about how their mothers would react to the surprise\n\nDarren, 33, who lives in London with Amy, said: \"We were very nervous for several nights in the lead up to it thinking about all the scenarios about what could happen.\n\n\"We have loving mothers but they are both crazy so we were very worried about how they would react.\"\n\nThe Thames Water contract manager added: \"We were heartbroken when we had to put our wedding back a year and then when my grandad died we thought why are we waiting any longer, we hadn't seen our families for six months, and who knows what would happen next year so lets get married now.\"\n\nThe pair had chosen an outdoor area at St Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders, where Amy's grandmother's ashes are scattered, to have the family afternoon tea.\n\nHowever, when they did a recce they discovered it was overrun with people and motorbikes and so Amy's mother, Gillian Taylor, said they could hold the family \"picnic\" in her garden in Symington, unaware that was in Lanarkshire - three miles outside of the Scottish Borders where the couple had posted their wedding licence.\n\nThe surprised guests were \"shocked but delighted\"\n\nAmy, a food and drinks sales rep, said they were in a panic about where they could hold the wedding as their humanist had to perform the ceremony in the Scottish Borders.\n\nThey remembered they had bought some beer from a local brewer at Broughton Brewery and asked the owner if they could hold it there.\n\nShe said: \"We were over the moon and relieved when he said yes and we couldn't believe we were actually going to be married after all.\n\n\"Then it hit us what a dangerous game we were playing with our mums. We became very worried especially when my mum phoned a few days beforehand and said how lucky it was that our wedding wasn't on Saturday because her roots were terrible as she hadn't been able to get an appointment at the hairdressers.\n\n\"Then my brother, Andrew, who is our best man, showed me the jeans and t-shirt with a tiger on the front that he was going to wear to our afternoon tea and I was mortified but couldn't say anything.\"\n\nAmy said it was \"nerve wracking\" in moments before everyone could be told.\n\n\"When we explained what was happening to everyone there was just complete shock and lots of tears - but thankfully happy ones.\n\n\"While it wasn't what we originally planned, it turned out to be an amazing day from start to finish - and we couldn't have asked for any more as everyone was so relaxed as they didn't know what was happening.\"\n\nAmy's mother Gillian Taylor, 55, from Symington, said: \"I woke up today thinking I was having an afternoon tea with family.\n\n\"I was completely shocked but so delighted. It was a perfect surprise.\"\n\nDarren's mother, Susan Wood, 55, from Penicuik, said: \"We were shocked but it's turned into the perfect day.\"\n\nThere were 19 guests at their wedding at Broughton Brewery on Saturday.\n\nDavid McGowan, owner of Broughton Brewery, said despite only having a few days' notice he managed to personalise bottles of beer for the wedding party.\n\nHe said: \"I was surprised and delighted when they called and honoured that someone would choose to share their important day with our brewery.\n\n\"We have never had a wedding here in the brewery. The brewery has a romantic history and this is a lovely romantic story, so it's great they have chosen to have their big day here.\"\n\nThe original wedding at the National Mining Museum Scotland in Dalkeith in Midlothian for 120 guests will be held now as a big party on 14 August 2021.\n\nAmy's dress is still stuck in Madrid where she bought it due to the lockdown so she will wear it at their event next year.\n\nTheir honeymoon had been planned for South America but now they plan to go to the Lake District.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jill Biden: Joe will \"keep the promise of America\"\n\nJoe Biden has been officially anointed the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's convention, helped over the line with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen.\n\nTwo Democratic former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed Mr Biden.\n\nMr Clinton said President Donald Trump had brought \"chaos\" to the Oval Office.\n\nMr Biden, the former vice-president under President Barack Obama, became his party's nominee on Tuesday night in a pre-recorded roll call vote from delegates in all 50 states.\n\nThis is Mr Biden's third White House bid, having formerly run in 1988 and 2008. The 77-year-old's campaign appeared to be in danger of collapse back in February this year.\n\nOn the second night of the party convention on Tuesday, with the theme \"leadership matters,\" Mr Clinton delivered the key address.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A look back at Joe Biden's life and political career\n\n\"Donald Trump says we're leading the world,\" Mr Clinton said in his five-minute message pre-recorded from his home in Chappaqua, New York. \"Well, we are the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple.\n\n\"At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command centre. Instead, it's a storm centre. There's only chaos.\"\n\nFollowing addresses from former First Lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday, Tuesday's speeches aimed to persuade voters the Democratic party is the best suited to repair problems at home and abroad.\n\nMr Powell said Mr Biden shared \"the values I learned growing up in the south Bronx and serving in uniform\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What happens at the US conventions?\n\nThe decorated four-star general said he supported him for president because \"we need to restore those values to the White House\".\n\nIn June, Mr Powell - who served under President George W Bush and has appeared at multiple Republican conventions in previous years - called President Trump a liar and endorsed Mr Biden.\n\nHe joins several Republicans who have endorsed Mr Biden, including former Ohio Governor John Kasich during the first night of the convention.\n\nCindy McCain, the widow of Republican Senator John McCain, also spoke about the friendship between her late husband and Mr Biden, though she stopped short of a formal endorsement.\n\nFormer Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the convention virtually to assail Mr Trump's leadership.\n\n\"When this president goes overseas, it isn't a goodwill mission, it's a blooper reel,\" he said.\n\n\"He breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators. America deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What do young Democrats think of Joe Biden?\n\nThe freshly minted Democratic nominee's wife, Jill Biden, potentially the next US first lady, delivered the night's headline address, standing in an empty classroom at the Delaware high school where she taught English in the 1990s.\n\nUrging everyone to vote for her husband, who joined her, she said: \"The burdens we carry are heavy, and we need someone with strong shoulders.\n\n\"I know that if we entrust this nation to Joe, he will do for your family what he did for ours: bring us together and make us whole.\"\n\nThe convention is largely virtual, amid the coronavirus pandemic, and it is unclear whether a format of pre-recorded speeches and no live audience will generate the same levels of enthusiasm as the traditional party gatherings. Next week's Republican convention will also be mostly online.\n\nThe opening night drew 28% fewer viewers than in 2016, according to ratings from Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company. Democrats said an additional 10m watched online, which if confirmed would put its audience at slightly above levels that year.\n\nJill Biden's speech wasn't as polished as Michelle Obama's, but it had a raw emotion of its own. She stood in an empty classroom and spoke of students in the autumn whose learning would be confined to boxes on a computer screen, not bustling schools.\n\nShe talked about the fears - economic and health-related - created by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe evening began with a keynote address delivered by a rotating collection of up-and-coming Democratic politicians.\n\nIt was a format that only works in a virtual convention, but as a joint affair, it's unlikely to be the kind of launching pad enjoyed by keynote speakers from previous conventions including Mario Cuomo, Julian Castro and, most notably, Barack Obama.\n\nAs on Monday night, there was once again a concerted effort to reach out to disaffected Republicans by using members of their party - this time, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Cindy McCain, wife of former Senator John McCain.\n\nMeanwhile, younger Democrats often billed as rising stars within the party, such as former Georgia lawmaker Stacey Abrams, were given a few moments in the spotlight on Tuesday.\n\nNew York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her speech to highlight the policies of the so-called progressive wing of the party.\n\nShe seconded the nomination of fellow left-winger Vermont Senator Sanders for president, although this was a routine procedural motion.\n\nShe did not mention Mr Biden in her speech, but later tweeted her \"deepest congratulations\", adding \"let's go win in November\". Ms Ocasio-Cortez also expressed anger at a US media tweet that said she had not endorsed Mr Biden, calling it \"malicious and misleading\".\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her speech to highlight the policies of the progressive wing\n\nMr Trump is continuing to paint Mr Biden as a puppet of left-wing radicals. Earlier on Tuesday, the president was in Arizona, his latest stop on a week-long campaign tour of key battleground states.\n\nMost polls show Mr Biden in the lead thus far, though Mr Trump has tightened the margin in recent weeks and the election is still months away.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Democratic National Convention: What you missed on day one\n\nThe Democratic convention, originally planned for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will continue on Wednesday and Thursday, with speeches from vice-presidential pick Senator Kamala Harris, the party's 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Obama.\n\nThe four nights will end with an acceptance speech from Mr Biden.\n\nAt next week's Republican convention, Mr Trump will give his acceptance speech from the White House, brushing aside accusations that in doing so he is politicising the presidential seat of power.", "Stephen Price was jailed for three years for sexual offences after stealing the identity of another man\n\nA man who had his identity stolen by a sex offender to groom young girls was wrongly held in custody over Christmas.\n\nThe unnamed father's details were stolen from a dating site by Stephen Price, 53, from Barry, and used to send explicit images to a 14-year-old girl.\n\nHowever the \"girl\" was actually a group of paedophile hunters, who visited the innocent man's house and accused him of being a paedophile.\n\nHe was jailed for three years and made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.\n\nProsecutor Christopher Rees said: \"The man whose picture Price was using was visited at his home by four large men just before Christmas.\n\n\"They accused him in front of his elderly mother of being a paedophile,\" he told the court.\n\nThe man was arrested and was locked up over Christmas, before being released on bail and his name was not cleared until Price's arrest in February.\n\nPrice admitted attempting sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.\n\nDefending, Clare Wilks said: \"Mr Price accepts creating a fake profile and chose the picture of a younger and more attractive man.\n\n\"He had no idea that man would be tracked in the way he was.\"\n\nJudge Nicola Jones said: \"The situation has caused untold damage to the man.\n\n\"There has been a considerable deterioration in his mental health. He was locally reviled and abused on social media.\n\n\"The paedophile hunters - if I can use that awful expression - realised they had made an enormous mistake. They had named and shamed a man who was entirely innocent.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The number of children crossing the Channel in dinghies has risen\n\nUpdate 4th September 2020: French authorities have since said that they believe the victim was 28 years old.\n\nA 16-year-old from Sudan who disappeared at sea has been found dead on a French beach.\n\nFrench politicians believe the boy, whose body was found in Calais, went missing while attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat.\n\nA search operation began after another migrant was found with hypothermia on the shore at about 02:00 BST.\n\nHe told authorities that his friend, who could not swim, was missing after their makeshift boat capsized.\n\nUK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the death of the young migrant was a \"brutal reminder\" that people smugglers exploit the vulnerable.\n\nBridget Chapman, of Kent Refugee Action Network, said that the government was wrong to focus only on the criminals organising crossings, adding that reports the boy had pushed off in a makeshift boat made it \"likely that people smugglers weren't even involved\".\n\nShe called on the Home Secretary to instead \"turn her attention immediately to creating safe and legal routes so that no on else suffers the same fate\".\n\nLabour MP Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow home secretary, said the government's response to the rise in crossings had been \"lacking in compassion and competence\".\n\nHe urged ministers to \"step up work with international partners to find a humanitarian solution to this crisis, which is costing lives\".\n\nBorder Force and the RNLI are thought to have picked up several groups from dinghies on Wednesday\n\nThe Home Office would not confirm whether the boy had been trying to reach the UK.\n\nAsked to clarify if there was evidence people smugglers were involved in the death, it said it would not comment on an investigation that is being lead by the prosecutors' office in Boulogne-sur-Mer.\n\nA further 41 people on four boats were rescued by French authorities after getting into difficulty on Wednesday. One had fallen overboard and was pulled from sea at about 07:30.\n\nMore than 4,800 people have reached the UK after crossing the Channel in about 360 small boats this year.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"The death of a 16-year-old child in the Channel is a tragedy. My thoughts are with his loved ones.\n\n\"This is a humanitarian crisis that needs a compassionate response.\"\n\nThe Bishop of Dover, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, said: \"People who try to cross the Channel seeking safety and security are not criminals - they are human beings, like you and I.\n\n\"Human beings who should be afforded the dignity and respect and rights that so many of us take for granted.\n\n\"It is a travesty that this young man will never see his hoped-for future, that his family has been deprived of seeing him grow up.\"\n\nClare Moseley, of refugee charity Care4Calais, said she was \"absolutely devastated by the unnecessary death of this child\".\n\n\"We can only imagine the fear he felt and our hearts go out to his family,\" she said.\n\nMs Moseley said the boys the charity supports in Calais were \"fun to be with despite the horrors they have been through\".\n\n\"Some are cheeky, some are smart, some like football, some like books. None deserve to be here and none deserve to die alone in the sea.\"\n\nMike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross, said: \"It should not be the case that people feel they have no choice but to make such dangerous journeys in their search for protection.\n\n\"At a time when more than 1% of the world's population has been displaced, we need countries to work together to provide the best humanitarian outcome.\"\n\nFrench minister Marlene Schiappa said the boy's body was found on a beach in Sangatte, Calais, on Wednesday.\n\nCalais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont said it \"seems pretty sure he drowned in the Channel\".\n\nEarlier this month, Dan O'Mahoney was appointed as the UK's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander in a bid to make the Channel route \"unviable\" for small boat crossings.\n\nBut Mr Dumont said \"whatever the British government implement in the Channel, people will try to cross\".\n\n\"The more difficult it will be to cross, the more dangerous it will be,\" he added.\n\nHe said the \"only solution\" was to allow migrants living in Europe to claim asylum in the UK, without having to land in Britain.\n\nImmigration minister Chris Philp said the \"awful tragedy near Calais shows how dangerous this migration route is\".\n\n\"We will redouble our work to agree and implement a new plan with France with the aim of completely stopping these boat crossings, which are facilitated by ruthless criminals and which risk lives.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many railway season ticket holders and commuters will see a 1.6% rise in fares from January despite a slump in passenger demand.\n\nAbout half of rail fares are pegged to July's Retail Price Index, which defied forecasts and rose from 1.1% in June.\n\nThe government said any fare increases will be the lowest for four years, but passenger groups called for reductions.\n\nScotland will delay changing its fares as it considers reviewing its system to make it more affordable.\n\nThe changes will affect mainly English and Welsh commuters. In Northern Ireland, fares are set by state-owned operator Translink, and don't use RPI.\n\nRail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris said: \"We expect any rail fare rise to be the lowest in four years come January and any increase will go straight to ensuring crucial investment in our railways.\n\n\"Taxpayers have been very generous in their support to keep trains running throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and whilst it's only fair that passengers also contribute to maintaining and improving the services they use, a lower rise will help ensure the system returns to strength.\"\n\nPassenger watchdog Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said a system that fits \"the way we live and travel now\" is needed, and not \"season tickets designed for city gents in the last century\".\n\nRobert Nisbet, of the Rail Delivery Group, which represents the train operating companies, told the BBC's Today programme that the government is ultimately in charge of the price increases and that the industry would like broader reform of fares to make flexible travel easier.\n\nThe rail rise compares to 2.8% last year and is the lowest since 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which means a smaller price increase for travellers than last year.\n\nBut figures from the government's Office of Rail and Road show passenger numbers in January to March fell 11.4% compared to the prior year.\n\nThose figures only partially cover the scale of the drop in rail journeys taken, as travel restrictions only started on 16 March and lockdown on 23 March.\n\nFigures for April to June, due out in October, are likely to be much starker.\n\nWhen lockdown was announced, the government said passenger numbers had dropped by 70% since the pandemic began.\n\nTo stop those firms from going under, the government then suspended all rail franchise agreements, which govern how many trains run each hour and restrict how much the companies that run them can charge for tickets and scrapped payments to government.\n\nCurrently, the network is being financially managed by the government and the companies are receiving a flat fee.\n\nWhile generally profitable ventures, some train operating companies have had a difficult few years. South Western Railway's operating company posted a £137m loss for the 2019 financial year, which it blamed on strikes and unreliable infrastructure.\n\nThe loss put the franchise at risk, it said.\n\nAbellio ScotRail, which runs Scotland's services, posted a £10m loss for the 15 months to March 2019.\n\nAnd Northern was stripped of its franchise in January following months of chaos when new timetables were brought in.\n\nUsing RPI to manage rail fares has faced criticism for some time. The ONS dumped the measure as a national statistic, favouring consumer price inflation (CPI), which is usually lower.\n\nThe UK Statistics Authority recommended in 2019 that the publication of the RPI should be stopped and that, in the meantime, it should use the same data sources used to calculate CPIH, an inflation measure that includes some housing costs.\n\nThe UK Statistics Authority and the Treasury are consulting on how to fix RPI.\n\nThe ONS monitors the prices of a selection of goods and services commonly bought by British households. In CPI terms, what cost £100 last year should cost £101 today.", "Pizza Express is to close 73 of its UK restaurants with the potential loss of 1,100 jobs.\n\nThe chain, which at the moment has 454 UK outlets, said it had cut a deal to reduce rent costs.\n\nIt said although most of its restaurants have been profitable over the past three years, earnings had been declining.\n\nPizza Express also confirmed it had hired advisers from Lazard to lead a sale process for the business.\n\nIt is currently majority owned by Chinese firm Hony Capital.\n\nZoe Bowley, Pizza Express's managing director for the UK and Ireland, said: \"Unfortunately, the impact of the global pandemic has meant that we have had to make some incredibly tough decisions to safeguard Pizza Express for the long term.\"\n\nMs Bowley said that in most cases, the stores selected for closure are near to another Pizza Express that has already reopened or will be reopening soon.\n\nShe added that the process \"will protect the jobs of over 9,000 of our colleagues\".\n\nThe outlets to close are:\n\n1965: Pizza Express founder, the late Peter Boizot, brought a pizza oven from Napoli and a chef from Sicily to open his first restaurant in London's Soho.\n\n1992: Mr Boizot grew his empire over the following almost-three decades before selling it for £15m to Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson, the man who was - until recently - chairman of Patisserie Valerie. They floated it on the stock market the next year and ultimately sold out in 1997 when it was worth £150m.\n\n2003: It was taken private again in a £278m deal by two private equity firms who then floated it two years later - although it lasted less than a year on the public markets before it was returned to private equity hands.\n\n2014: It changed hands again, this time to be acquired for £900m by its current owner, Chinese private equity house Hony Capital.\n\n2020: It has more than 600 restaurants globally: 454 in the UK, including five franchises; 19 in Ireland; 24 in Hong Kong; 6 in Singapore; 14 in UAE; 60 in China; and 49 other international sites operated by franchisees.\n\nThe government has been running its Eat Out to Help Out scheme in August to try to help revive the flagging UK hospitality sector.\n\nDiners used the Eat Out to Help Out scheme more than 35 million times in its first two weeks.\n\nPizza Express has been taking part in the scheme, and has been reopening restaurants that had been temporarily closed to participate.", "\"I'm very anxious... anxious about catching Covid,\" says Kate Skoczylas.\n\nShe is one of thousands of extremely clinically vulnerable people who have been shielding due to their health, and face a return to work in the autumn.\n\nKate, 56, works for her local museums service, and had been about to return to work after undergoing cancer treatment when the first UK lockdown began in March.\n\nKate, and millions of other vulnerable people, were initially told to not go outside, and to self-isolate, to reduce the risk of catching coronavirus.\n\nThis guidance was gradually relaxed, and in August the government told extremely vulnerable people that they no longer needed to shield in England.\n\nKate lives in Leicester, so is locally locked down at the moment, but as it stands, she expects to return to work in September.\n\nThis is daunting for her, especially as trips which used to be mundane now seem very risky.\n\nShe has left the house twice since March. \"It's quite nerve-wracking,\" she says. \"I've been to the dentist and it's absolutely fraught with danger.\"\n\nShe is nervous about how to go about her daily life, and is unsure about the reality of wearing masks in shops and having to use customer one-way systems.\n\nDue to the nature of her treatment - Kate had surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy - she understands her immune system is \"severely depressed\".\n\nShe is not sure what would happen if she caught Covid-19.\n\n\"Physically, I'm not in the best shape to be out in the world,\" she says.\n\nWhile she has faith in her employer to take steps to keep her safe, she still works in contact with the public, and feels that there is a risk that she could catch coronavirus.\n\nKate says she was \"lucky\" as she was not furloughed, having been able to work from home during the lockdown. She will be expected to go back to work.\n\nHowever, thousands of people who have been shielding during the coronavirus pandemic, and who can't work from home, could be forced to choose between their job and their health as furloughing winds down, charities have warned.\n\nEleven charities have called for the government to introduce furloughing for high-risk workers in that situation to avoid job losses.\n\nLynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said: \"As more and more people who have been shielding return to the workplace, we need clarity around how people with cancer who continue to be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus will be supported and kept safe.\n\n\"We are calling for the government to introduce a furlough-style scheme to protect these high-risk employees.\"\n\nThe charities said many workers have concerns that their workplaces won't be safe enough for them to return.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics estimated recently that 176,000 people who were shielding were furloughed and can't work from home.\n\nAccording to this data, an estimated 38,000 people who normally worked would not return within the next four months.\n\nCaroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said: \"We fear thousands of shielding workers will end up losing their jobs because they can't return to them safely.\n\n\"These people have made a lot of sacrifices over the last six months to protect the NHS as well as themselves, and they shouldn't have to lose their jobs as well.\"\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions said employers must make sure staff feel safe returning to work.\n\n\"We know it has been a challenging time for people shielding and their families, and we have been doing everything we can to support them throughout this pandemic,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable has been paused since the start of August in most of the country as average rates of coronavirus remain sufficiently low.\n\n\"Staff and employers must carefully discuss options around returning to the workplace, and employers are responsible for ensuring all their workers - including those who have been shielding - feel safe in doing so.\"\n\n\"It is important our response remains proportionate, and shielding is still advised in specific areas of the country where prevalence of the virus is higher.\"\n\nThe government position is that no employer should force their staff to return to an unsafe workplace, and they should ensure that vulnerable workers can return safely.\n\nThe furlough scheme has so far supported the wages of 9.6 million people at a cost to the taxpayer of £34.7bn, and the government has supported business through measures including tax deferrals, VAT cuts, business rates relief, rent moratoriums, and loans.", "Peers will not be packing their bags and moving to York after a proposal to relocate the House of Lords during rebuilding work was effectively axed.\n\nBoris Johnson wants the Parliamentary authorities to look at the idea of moving the Lords out of London while the Palace of Westminster is revamped.\n\nBut the body in charge of the project said it would not be considered.\n\nThe government says it is up to MPs and peers to decide but it will continue pushing for a move out of London.\n\nThe government is also considering setting up a new government \"hub\" in York.\n\nMPs and peers agreed in 2018 to a plan that would see both Houses move to temporary facilities near the existing site - a \"full decant\" - to allow essential repairs and upgrades to be made to the crumbling Victorian palace.\n\nAmid concerns about the cost - estimated at almost £4bn in 2014 - a review of the plans is being carried out by the Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority.\n\nThe idea of moving the Upper Chamber out of London first emerged in January.\n\nDowning Street was said to be keen on the idea as a way of demonstrating its commitment to its \"levelling up\" agenda to spread opportunity and decision-making outside London and the south-east of England.\n\nBut the Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body, whose members include MPs and peers and which is chaired by property expert Liz Peace, said such a move would not form part of its review.\n\nIn a letter to the prime minister, it said there were \"constitutional implications\" for moving MPs and peers outside London \"which makes this a matter for both Houses to determine rather than for our review\".\n\n\"This option will not, therefore, be considered as part of the scope of the strategic review,\" they said.\n\nIt said urgent action was needed to address the state of parts of the Palace of Westminster, which it said was \"falling apart faster than they can be fixed\".\n\nIt added: \"In line with best practice, we remain committed to developing a business case that will set out in detail the options for restoring Parliament including cost estimates and timescales.\"\n\nSeveral leading peers criticised the York plan, saying it was impractical to separate the Lords from the Commons.\n\nLord Speaker Lord Fowler said it was \"gesture politics\" while Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the idea was \"great PR\" but questioned how it would work.\n\nBut the Lib Dem leader of City of York Council has said such a move could bring real economic benefits to the city and the wider region in the form of high-skilled jobs.\n\nThe government recently declined to confirm or deny reports that a feasibility study has been carried out in possible sites in the city.", "Negotiations over a free trade agreement between the UK and EU began in early March\n\nThe UK still believes it can agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU next month, according to Downing Street.\n\nThe PM's spokesman said UK negotiators would \"continue to plug the gaps\" when talks enter their seventh round in Brussels on Wednesday.\n\nThe two sides remain divided over competition rules, fishing rights and how a deal would be enforced.\n\nThe UK has ruled out extending the December deadline to reach an agreement.\n\nThis week's talks are the last scheduled negotiating round ahead of the autumn, although both sides have previously said talks would continue in September.\n\nEU chief negotiator Michel Barnier had dinner with UK counterpart David Frost on Tuesday evening, with talks set to conclude on Friday.\n\nOn Tuesday, ahead of talks resuming, a European Commission spokesman said a deal would need to be agreed by October \"at the latest\".\n\nMr Barnier has said an agreement is required by this date so it can be ratified before the UK's current post-Brexit transition period ends, in December.\n\nAfter the last negotiation round in London, he accused the UK of not showing a \"willingness to break the deadlock\" over difficult issues.\n\nMr Frost said EU offers to break the deadlock had failed to honour the \"fundamental principles which we have repeatedly made clear\".\n\nBut he said the UK, which has so far insisted on a series of separate deals in different areas, was also willing to consider a \"simpler\" structure for an agreement.\n\nHe added the EU had shown a \"pragmatic approach\" over British demands to limit the role of the European Court of Justice after the transition period ends.\n\nCompromises on both sides are inevitable if a deal is to be struck, but don't expect breakthroughs this week.\n\nFor now, much of Europe is still on holiday, or dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Boris Johnson is also busy dealing with the fallout from the exams U-turn.\n\nThe EU wants a deal, but the keenness for an agreement - even a thin one - doesn't mean they will settle for a deal at any price.\n\nFrance is jumpy that Michel Barnier may be so keen to be seen to get a deal done with UK this autumn that he \"could be tempted to give away too much\".\n\nMeanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeats over and over that the EU won't agree to anything it believes would damage its single market.\n\nThe EU believes Mr Johnson needs to show he can reach a deal, especially after controversy surrounding the government's initial handling of Covid-19.\n\nBut the politics of compromise shouldn't be underestimated. Compromise can be found - but if it comes it is likely to be last-minute, around October time.\n\nThe EU thinks a deal is still more likely than no deal. But only just.\n\nAmong the issues the negotiating sides will discuss this week are transport, police co-operation, fishing rights and rules on investment.\n\nThey will also discuss post-Brexit rules on competition and state support for companies, one of the thorniest issues in the talks to date.\n\nThe UK is due to stop following EU rules on so-called \"state aid\" at the end of the transition period, and has not unveiled details of its subsequent regime.\n\nMr Barnier has said the EU will require \"robust\" guarantees in this area if it is to agree a deal, and has called for more details on the UK's future plans.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A police helicopter used heat-sensitive cameras to record the party from above\n\nA house where about 200 people attended a lockdown party has been subjected to a three-month closure order with only the owner allowed access.\n\nGreater Manchester Police (GMP) and Manchester City Council obtained a court order after a party at the house on Harlow Drive, Gorton, on Saturday.\n\nOfficers were hit with missiles as they tried to break up the gathering.\n\nInsp Jim Adams of GMP said: \"This incident was completely unacceptable and incomprehensible.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am pleased that the court has accepted our application to extend the 48-hour closure notice to ensure that there are no further illegal large gatherings at this property.\"\n\nGMP has already issued a £100 fixed penalty notice to a 27-year-old woman who organised the party.\n\nClosure orders are made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 when disorderly, offensive or criminal behaviour has taken place on a premises in order to stop it happening again.\n\nOfficers were called at about 22:10 BST on Saturday to a gathering of around 200 people, GMP said.\n\nNigel Murphy, deputy leader of Manchester City Council, welcomed the \"tough action\" by the court and said: \"This was a particularly flagrant breach of Covid-19 restrictions, which are in place to protect everyone in our communities and must be respected.\n\n\"Public health must be our first priority and selfish breaches of the rules will not be tolerated.\"\n\nLockdown restrictions on social gatherings remain in Greater Manchester and some parts of northern England, despite measures being relaxed elsewhere across the country.\n\nExtra rules were enforced on 31 July following a local spike in cases.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market.\n\nIt reached the milestone just two years after becoming the world's first trillion-dollar company in 2018.\n\nIts share price hit $467.77 in mid-morning trading in the US on Wednesday to push it over the $2tn mark.\n\nThe only other company to reach the $2tn level was state-backed Saudi Aramco after it listed its shares last December.\n\nBut the oil giant's value has slipped back to $1.8tn since then and Apple surpassed it to become the world's most valuable traded company at the end of July.\n\nThe iPhone-maker's shares have leapt more than 50% this year, despite the coronavirus crisis forcing it to shut retail stores and political pressure over its links to China.\n\nIn fact, its share price has doubled since its low point in March, when panic about the coronavirus pandemic swept the markets.\n\nTech firms, which have been viewed as winners despite lockdowns, have seen their stock surge in recent weeks, even though the US is in recession.\n\nApple posted strong third quarter figures towards the end of July, including $59.7bn of revenue and double-digit growth in its products and services segments.\n\nThe next most valuable US company is Amazon which is worth around $1.7tn.\n\nApple's rapid share price rise is \"an impressive feat within a short period of time\", said Paolo Pescatore, a technology analyst at PP Foresight.\n\n\"The last few months have underlined the importance of users and households alike to own better quality devices, connections and services and with Apple's strong broad portfolio of devices and a growing services offering, there are plentiful opportunities for future growth.\"\n\nHe said the arrival of gigabit connectivity broadband would offer Apple \"endless possibilities\".\n\n\"All eyes are now on the eagerly anticipated 5G iPhone which will fuel further consumer demand,\" he added.\n\nMicrosoft and Amazon follow Apple as the most valuable publicly traded US companies, each at about $1.6tn. They are followed by Google-owner Alphabet at just over $1tn.", "Kamala Harris' brief acceptance speech was like an elopement in place of a wedding. Held in a makeshift stage in a Delaware hotel instead of the Wisconsin Centre where the Democratic National Convention is supposed to be, the venue provided six American flags and a podium for Harris, who had no audience or energy to jazz up the moment. It came off as a speech written by an efficiency expert- or worse, a committee of efficiency experts, who wanted to check the boxes, and quickly.\n\nThere was little policy discussion. Rather than talk at length about the coronavirus and racism, Harris melded the two together \"There is no vaccine for racism,\" she said. And who can argue with that?\n\nWhile running mates are expected to be pit bulls against the opposition, Harris meekly cited three things she didn't like about President Donald Trump -- “constant chaos,” “incompetence, and “callousness.” No one would argue. But there was no sound bite destined to lead in news stories. No big rhetorical moment. Everyone else already had said that Joe can bring the country together.\n\nHarris is not afraid to attack. She's not afraid to be blunt. I can only guess that she's trying to do her job as the campaign wants her to do it. But the campaign is clueless. And so the usually sharp Harris seemed so as well.\n\nDebra J. Saunders covers the White House and writes an opinion column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.", "The pace of Europe's Covid-19 vaccination campaign has picked up and in many countries infection rates have been falling.\n\nLockdowns are gradually being eased as the summer tourist season gets under way, and there are plans for an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to be in place by 1 July.\n\nNationwide curfew ended on 20 June, 10 days earlier than planned. Face masks are no longer required outdoors.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and bars can serve customers indoors, with 50% capacity and up to six people per table.\n\nStanding concerts will resume on 30 June and nightclubs on 9 July (with 75% capacity). People attending will need a health pass which shows either full vaccination, a negative test within the previous 72 hours, or else a previous coronavirus infection.\n\nMedical grade masks are compulsory in shops and on public transport.\n\nFrom 30 June, working from home will no longer be compulsory.\n\nOn 21 June, Italy's curfew was scrapped and the whole country, except for the northwest region of Valle d'Aosta, became \"white zone\" - the country's lowest-risk category.\n\nAmong the measures still in place are social distancing (1m) and the wearing of masks indoors (and in crowded outdoor places), and a ban on house parties and large gathering.\n\nNightclubs and discos are also closed.\n\nAll indoor businesses, with the exception of nightclubs, are open.\n\nThe government introduced a \"corona pass\" in April, the first to do so in Europe.\n\nThis shows - either on a phone or on paper - that you have been vaccinated, previously infected or that you have had a negative test within 72 hours.\n\nPeople need to show it for entry to cinemas, museums, hairdressers or indoor dining.\n\nThe Greek government is welcoming tourists from many countries, if they are fully vaccinated or can provide a negative coronavirus test.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in all public places and there is a curfew from 01:30-05:00, but bars, restaurants, museums and archaeological sites are all open.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Greek island of Milos is aiming to become \"Covid-free\" so it can welcome back tourists\n\nCinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants are open at 50% capacity. From 26 June, this increases to 75%.\n\nNightclubs and discos will also be allowed to reopen, with a limit of 150 people.\n\nFace coverings must be worn in enclosed spaces and 1.5m social distancing observed.\n\nShops, bars, restaurants and museums are open, although face coverings remain compulsory in most public places.\n\nNightclubs can now reopen in parts of Spain with low infection rates.\n\nIn Barcelona, they are restricted to 50% of capacity and can stay open until 03:30 - dancers have to wear masks.\n\nSpain began welcoming vaccinated tourists from 7 June. Most European travellers still have to present a negative Covid test on arrival.\n\nBrussels: Outdoor dining resumed in Belgium on 8 May\n\nShops, cinemas, gyms, cafes and restaurants are open, with restrictions. Households can invite up to four people inside.\n\nFrom 1 July, working from home will no longer be mandatory, if the situation continues to improve.\n\nCultural performances, shows and sports competitions can also go ahead, with limited numbers, and more people will be allowed at weddings and other ceremonies and parties.\n\nPortugal has lifted many of its restrictions but face coverings must still be worn in indoor public spaces and some outdoor settings.\n\nBars and nightclubs remain closed, and it's illegal to drink alcohol outdoors in public places, except for pavement cafés and restaurants.\n\nAlcohol cannot be sold after 21:00 unless it is with a meal.\n\nRestaurants, cafes and cultural venues have to close at 01:00 and have capacity limits.\n\nA weekend travel ban is in force in the Lisbon area, starting at 15:00 on Friday, with residents only allowed to leave for essential journeys.\n\nIn Lisbon and in Albufeira (Algarve), cafes, restaurants and non-essential shops have to close by 15:30 at the weekend and 22:30 on weekdays.\n\nPortugal's summer season looks uncertain, yet its Covid figures have improved\n\nRestaurants, cafes, museums and historic buildings have reopened with capacity limits.\n\nFrom 26 June, a number of restrictions are being lifted.\n\nAlcohol can be sold after 22:00, and nightclubs can open, with an entry pass system.\n\nEvents held in public venues such as cinemas, conference centres and concert halls will be allowed, subject to social distancing.\n\nMasks will no longer be compulsory except on public transport, airports and in secondary schools.\n\nOutdoor services in restaurants and bars returned in June. Theme parks, funfairs, cinemas and theatres, gyms and swimming pools, have reopened as well.\n\nFrom 5 July, restaurants and bars will be able to serve customers indoors. Weddings and other indoor events for up to 50 people will be permitted and the numbers at outdoor organised events will increase.\n\nSince June, pubs have been able to stay open until 22:30 and more people are now allowed at sports events, outdoor concerts, cinemas and markets.\n\nOn 1 July, limits on private gatherings will be raised, and the recommendation to interact with a small circle of people removed.\n\nFurther easing is planned on 15 July and in September.", "Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces\n\nTwo Islamic State suspects will not face the death penalty if convicted of the killings of Western hostages in Iraq and Syria, the US has told the UK.\n\nAlexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of being the last two members of an IS cell dubbed \"The Beatles\" because of their UK accents.\n\nThe US sought the UK's help in the case but a legal fight over the use of the death penalty has stymied co-operation.\n\nThe US has now made clear the two will not be executed if found guilty.\n\nIn a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, US Attorney General William Barr said the US authorities would not seek the death penalty against the two men and \"if imposed, it will not be carried out\".\n\nIn the light of the assurances, he said he hoped the UK would share \"important evidence\" about the men promptly.\n\n\"If we receive the requested evidence and attendant cooperation from the UK, we intend to proceed with a United States prosecution,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Indeed, it is these unique circumstances that have led me to provide the assurance offered in this letter.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesman said the UK \"continue to work closely with international partners to ensure that those who have committed crimes in the name of Daesh are brought to justice\".\n\nThe pair, who are in US military custody in Iraq, were British citizens, but have been stripped of their UK nationality.\n\nThey are alleged to have been members of an IS kidnap gang behind the killings of a number of Western hostages, including American journalists and British aid workers, in Iraq and Syria in 2014.\n\nThe victims were beheaded and their deaths filmed and broadcast on social media.\n\nThe UK believes the men cannot be legally extradited to the US, but in 2018 it emerged that the US was preparing the ground to prosecute the men - and that it had asked the UK for information that would help convict them.\n\nIn response, ministers said they would share intelligence, without opposing a death penalty sentence.\n\nBut co-operation with the US was halted after the mother of El Shafee Elsheikh launched a legal challenge, arguing the UK's position was in breach of its internationally recognised opposition to capital punishment.\n\nSeveral relatives of the murdered western hostages have said they want the men to face a fair trial, rather than the death penalty.\n\nDiane Foley, whose son James, an American journalist, was murdered by the cell in 2014, said: \"I am very hopeful that with this assurance that the death penalty will be waived, that will allow the United Kingdom and United States to pool their evidence so that true justice might be served.\"\n\n\"I feel that the death penalty is too easy. It allows them to be martyrs... I really feel if they truly have done these horrible crimes, they really need to face life imprisonment, so they have a chance for redemption themselves and a chance to really recognise the horror of what they've done to others,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nIn the past Britain has sought assurances from foreign governments that the death penalty would not be used in cases where the UK provided information or extradited suspects.\n\nThe Supreme Court has ruled that the US government's demand to use crucial evidence from the UK in the case was unlawful.\n\nAt the time, the UK said it was \"a long-standing position\" to oppose the death penalty but added that in this case it was \"a priority to make sure that these men face criminal prosecution\".\n\nHowever, the UK has made clear that if the pair were sent to the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay - where suspects have been detained without trial - the UK would withhold intelligence.\n\nThe BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said the US was warning that if the issue was not settled by the middle of October, the two men would be handed over to the Iraqi government.\n\nIS once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq. It imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.\n\nThe liberation of that territory control exposed the magnitude of the abuses inflicted on their inhabitants, including summary killings, torture, amputations, ethno-sectarian attacks, rape and sexual slavery imposed on women and girls. Hundreds of mass graves containing the remains of thousands of people have also been discovered.\n\nUN investigators have said IS militants committed acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.", "The exotic cat zoo made famous by the Netflix series Tiger King is closing for good.\n\nCurrent owner Jeff Lowe announced the decision in a Facebook post, blaming \"the pressures of\" animal rights charity Peta.\n\nIt comes after a federal judge ordered the zoo be handed over to Carole Baskin as part of a ruling in a $1m (£800,000) trademark dispute.\n\nThat meant the current operators had to be out in 120 days.\n\nJeff Lowe is the former business partner of Joe Exotic, who is currently serving a 22-year sentence for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot and animal abuse.\n\n\"The Tiger King phenomenon has definitely changed our lives in many ways,\" he said in his post.\n\n\"It has brought us more attention than any human deserves, good and bad.\n\n\"It has, and probably will continue to make us a target of every nutjob and animal rights loon in the world, but we are prepared.\"\n\nJeff Lowe added that he has voluntarily forfeited his United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) exhibitor's license - which allowed him to buy and sell animals - due to the park's permanent closure.\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\nHe said that after \"five consecutive perfect inspections\", the USDA have now \"folded to the pressures of Peta and continue to make false accusations against me\".\n\n\"Suspiciously, less than 24 hours after I contacted the USDA to voluntarily forfeit my license, they notify me that they are suspending my license for 21 days for a litany of falsehoods.\"\n\nBrittany Peet, who works on the captive animal team at Peta, called for Jeff Lowe's license to be permanently removed.\n\n\"Peta looks forward to seeing every one of the long-suffering animals at the G.W. Zoo be transferred to an appropriate facility where it won't take federal intervention for a sick cat to receive veterinary care,\" she said in a statement.\n\nTiger King, which became a huge hit on Netflix right at the start of lockdown, tells of Joe Exotic's colourful life and his rivalry with Carole Baskin, the owner of an animal sanctuary in Florida.\n\n\"It has also provided us with an unfathomable source of income,\" said Jeff.\n\nThe streaming service has reportedly secured the rights to a second season - but the show's popularity means there are already lots of spin-offs on the way, including Nicolas Cage starring as Joe Exotic in an eight-part series.\n\nJeff Lowe added that his \"new park\" will be a \"private film set for Tiger King related television content for cable and streaming services\".\n\nCarole Baskin herself hasn't been far from the headlines since the series came out. Earlier this month it was revealed she is facing a lawsuit from the family of her ex-husband Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997 and is presumed dead.\n\nThere are a number of theories over what happened to him, including suggestions Carole was responsible after receiving most of his £4.5m estate - something she has always strongly denied.\n\nThe series brought those theories to a wide audience, and immediately after its release Carole said the show had \"no regard for the truth\".\n\nShe said it \"has a segment devoted to suggesting, with lies and innuendos from people who are not credible, that I had a role in the disappearance of my husband Don 21 years ago.\n\n\"The series presents this without any regard for the truth or in most cases even giving me an opportunity before publication to rebut the absurd claims.\n\n\"They did not care about truth. The unsavoury lies are better for getting viewers.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Firefighters used pedal cutters to release the officer who walked to the fire station for help.\n\nA police officer had to call on the fire service to release him from handcuffs after getting stuck in them during a demonstration.\n\nThe Northamptonshire Police officer was showing new recruits how to use hinged handcuffs when the incident happened.\n\nThe training sergeant thanked Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service for cutting the cuffs off him.\n\nThe force's chief constable joked he \"would rather have chewed my arm off than call the fire service\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Northants Fire This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter the incident was shared on Twitter, colleagues of the released officer said the incident carried a \"cake fine\" and would probably result in a \"career-long nickname\".\n\nThe officer in question - the core training sergeant for the force - was made to walk to the fire station to be cut free from the cuffs.\n\nScott Renwick said the mishap \"wasn't a good start to the day\" but he did not mind if his misfortune \"put a smile on a single face during these difficult times\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The loss of smell that can accompany coronavirus is unique and different from that experienced by someone with a bad cold or flu, say European researchers who have studied the experiences of patients.\n\nWhen Covid-19 patients have smell loss it tends to be sudden and severe.\n\nAnd they usually don't have a blocked, stuffy or runny nose - most people with coronavirus can still breathe freely.\n\nAnother thing that sets them apart is their \"true\" loss of taste.\n\nIt's not that their taste is somewhat impaired because their sense of smell is out of action, say the researchers in the journal Rhinology. Coronavirus patients with loss of taste really cannot tell the difference between bitter or sweet.\n\nExperts suspect this is because the pandemic virus affects the nerve cells directly involved with smell and taste sensation.\n\nThe main symptoms of coronavirus are:\n\nAnyone with these symptoms should self-isolate and arrange to have a swab test to check if they have the virus. Members of their household should isolate too to prevent possible spread.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Covid symptoms: What are they and how long should I self-isolate for?\n\nLead investigator Prof Carl Philpott, from the University of East Anglia, carried out smell and taste tests on 30 volunteers: 10 with Covid-19, 10 with bad colds and 10 healthy people with no cold or flu symptoms.\n\nSmell loss was much more profound in the Covid-19 patients. They were less able to identify smells, and they were not able to discern bitter or sweet tastes at all.\n\nProf Philpott, who works with the charity Fifth Sense, which was set up to help with people with smell and taste disorders, said: \"There really do appear to be distinguishing features that set the coronavirus apart from other respiratory viruses.\n\n\"This is very exciting because it means that smell and taste tests could be used to discriminate between Covid-19 patients and people with a regular cold or flu.\"\n\nHe said people could do their own smell and taste tests at home using products like coffee, garlic, oranges or lemons and sugar.\n\nHe stressed that diagnostic throat and nose swab tests were still essential if someone thought they might have coronavirus.\n\nThe senses of smell and taste return within a few weeks in most people who recover from coronavirus, he added.\n\nProf Andrew Lane is an expert in nose and sinus problems at Johns Hopkins University in the US.\n\nHe and his team have been studying tissue samples from the back of the nose to understand how coronavirus might cause loss of smell and have published the findings in the European Respiratory Journal.\n\nThey identified extremely high levels of an enzyme which were present only in the area of the nose responsible for smelling.\n\nThis enzyme, called ACE-2 (angiotensin converting enzyme II), is thought to be the \"entry point\" that allows coronavirus to get into the cells of the body and cause an infection.\n\nThe nose is one of the places where Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, enters the body.\n\nProf Lane said: \"We are now doing more experiments in the lab to see whether the virus is indeed using these cells to access and infect the body.\n\n\"If that's the case, we may be able to tackle the infection with antiviral therapies delivered directly through the nose.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The officer pictured initially restraining the man has been suspended, say West Yorkshire Police\n\nA police officer is being investigated after footage emerged that appears to show him restraining a man and saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out\".\n\nThe video shows an officer wrestling a man to the ground before holding him with an arm around the neck.\n\nThe footage from Halifax has been widely shared on social media.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said the officer had been suspended and the incident had been referred to the force watchdog.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Osman Khan said: \"We immediately reviewed the footage and looked into it as a matter of urgency to establish the full circumstances.\n\n\"We have reviewed the actions of the officers involved and a referral has been made to the force's professional standards directorate.\n\n\"Our investigation remains ongoing and we have made a voluntarily referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\n\"The officer involved has been removed from front-line operational duties.\"\n\nThe police officer appeared to tell the man that he would put him \"to sleep\" during the arrest\n\nDuring the footage, a voice can be heard saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out, chill out or you're going to sleep\".\n\nThe man is seen tapping on the floor and saying \"I give up\" before he is told to \"turn over now\" with another officer helping to detain him.\n\nPolice confirmed that the footage was taken at Spring Hall Gardens in the town.\n\nThe man was arrested on Sunday and has been released under investigation.\n\nAn IOPC spokesman said: \"We have received a referral from West Yorkshire Police and will make a decision on the level of IOPC involvement in due course.\"\n\nEarlier this month, a separate video emerged which appeared to show a police officer from the same force kneeling on a teenager's neck during an arrest outside Leeds United stadium.\n\nAt the time, the IOPC said the officer would be interviewed on suspicion of common assault and gross misconduct.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The ship's bow is being towed away from the reef\n\nSatellite images have captured tug boats trying to remove the wreckage of a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius, spilling tonnes of oil into pristine waters.\n\nThe MV Wakashio hit a coral reef, Pointe d'Esny, on 25 July while carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil.\n\nIt is now being towed away from the reef, a sanctuary for rare wildlife.\n\nMeanwhile, a team of experts from Japan is travelling to Mauritius to help with the clean-up.\n\nThe rear of the ship is still stuck\n\nMost of the oil on board was pumped out before the ship broke apart at the weekend but nearly 1,000 tonnes leaked into the sea causing damage to the rich marine ecosystem.\n\nAn environment ministry official in Tokyo said the Japanese team would assess the impact on coral reefs. They will also take with them special materials designed to absorb oil.\n\nThe ship has leaked nearly 1,000 tonnes of oil into an area known for its pristine waters and rich biodiversity\n\n\"The oil leak from the stranded ship has caused severe damage to the people of Mauritius, the economy of which largely relies on tourism and the beautiful ocean,\" said Noriaki Sakaguchi, from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.\n\n\"I am terribly distressed. I would like to assess the situation and provide professional advice so that our contribution as an expert team will meet the demands of local people and the government.\"\n\nIt is hoped that high tides will speed up the removal of the bow\n\nThe operation to remove the bow has so far been hampered by low tides, reports the BBC's Yasine Mohabuth in Port Louis, but it should progress as surrounding waters deepen.\n\nMeanwhile, experts are trying to decide how to remove the rear section of the vessel, which is still aground on the reef.\n\nThe ship broke apart at the weekend\n\nThe ship's captain, 58-year-old Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, has been arrested over the incident and charged with endangering safe navigation.\n\nPolice said crew members had told them there had been a birthday party on the ship the day it ran aground.\n\nAnother theory being investigated is that the ship navigated close to the shore in order to pick up WiFi signal.\n\nAll images are subject to copyright.", "People are being urged to work from home and not use public transport\n\nThe Republic of Ireland's cabinet has reversed some of its lockdown relaxation measures as it attempts to deal with rising Covid-19 case numbers.\n\nIrish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said: \"We are at a tipping point.\"\n\nHe added that a few weeks ago there were just 61 new reported cases for a seven day period but last week there were 533 cases.\n\nThe tightening of restrictions comes ahead of the reopening of schools over the next two weeks.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Mícheál Martin said that if the current rates of Covid-19 continue to rise \"it will be impossible to stop the spread of the virus to our most vulnerable and our most compromised\".\n\nOn Tuesday, a further coronavirus-related death was reported, bringing the Republic of Ireland's total to 1,775.\n\nThere were 190 more confirmed cases of Covid-19.\n\nCrowds attending outdoor events, including sports, are to be reduced from 200 to 15.\n\nIndoor gatherings - excluding shops, restaurants and other businesses - are to be restricted to six people.\n\nThose aged over 70 are again being asked to stay at home as much as possible.\n\nPeople are also once again being encouraged to work from home and to avoid public transport where possible.\n\nConsideration is to be given as to whether Gardaí (Irish police) should get new powers to intervene where they believe social distancing rules are not being complied with.\n\nTaoiseach Micheál Martin said there is a risk the virus could spread \"to our most vulnerable and our most compromised\"\n\nIn an initial response to the measures the leader of Labour party, Alan Kelly, has said the measures send out the wrong signal and will affect morale.\n\nThe restrictions will remain in place until 13 September at the earliest.\n\nFollowing Tuesday's cabinet meeting, Irish Health Minister Stephen Donnelly told a press conference that multiple clusters had emerged in homes and workplaces around the country.\n\nMr Donnelly said the 14-day cumulative cases per 100,000 of population is now 26 and the Republic of Ireland's rate of growth in the past two weeks was the fourth highest in Europe.\n\nThe number of coronavirus cases rose by 200 on Saturday, although the daily tally on subsequent days was lower.\n\nThe number reported on Monday was 56, down from 66 on Sunday.\n\nThe overall total number of cases in the Republic of Ireland is 27,499\n• None Republic of Ireland Covid cases 'very concerning'", "Students have protested the way grades were calculated, saying an algorithm disadvantaged poorer pupils Image caption: Students have protested the way grades were calculated, saying an algorithm disadvantaged poorer pupils\n\nIt's a year like no other for GCSE results, as coronavirus meant exams were cancelled when the UK went into lockdown.\n\nFor many teenagers who are preparing to receive their grades tomorrow, it's a nervous evening.\n\nSixteen-year-old Rijul Das is one of them - he's hoping to become an astrophysicist.\n\nHe wants to study Maths, Physics, AS Economics and Further Maths - for that, he needs certain results in his GCSE qualifications.\n\nAfter a huge backlash to the way A-level and GCSE grades were determined using a controversial algorithm, teachers' assessments will now be used for all students - apart from where the algorithm gives a higher grade.\n\nRijul still has reservations: \"The results won't be what I could have got if I'd taken exams but it's the best they can do. And if my results are good I'll be happy and I can just chill.\n\n\"The teachers know us well so I just have to hope.\"\n\nWe'll be covering GCSE results day live on the BBC News website - do join us.", "The speed of this rebound is unusually fast - and surprising given the concerns about the economy\n\nA key US stock index has hit a new high despite ongoing worries about the sharp economic impact of the pandemic.\n\nThe S&P 500, one of the widest and most prominent US market measures, inched higher on Tuesday to close at 3,389.78 - about three points above its 19 February record.\n\nOther US indexes have also rebounded.\n\nThe Nasdaq hit another record after surpassing its prior high in June while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is within about 5% of its February record.\n\nUS shares have been on an upward path since 23 March, when America's central bank announced a slew of unprecedented economic support measures.\n\nBut when the pandemic set in and markets tumbled more than 33%, such a rapid market recovery seemed nearly unthinkable, said William Delwiche, an investment strategist at Baird.\n\n\"To be even having this conversation right now is remarkable,\" he said.\n\nHe said the strength and speed of the rebound was especially surprising, given America's continuing struggle to contain the coronavirus and ongoing concerns about the economy. The US saw its sharpest quarterly contraction on record in the three months to July, amid widespread lockdowns.\n\n\"It's not surprising that we had a meaningful recovery, but that over the last couple of months we've continued to rally... I'm shocked that we're having this conversation,\" Mr Delwiche said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Despite the economy shrinking, US stocks have rallied\n\nAnalysts say the recovery is partly due to Federal Reserve moves and other stimulus, as well as demand from investors who are confident the economy will heal and see few better opportunities to make money than on the stock markets.\n\nWhile surprising, such a speedy market rebound is not unprecedented, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. By his calculations, it's actually the third fastest rise to a new high for the S&P after such a deep fall since 1929.\n\nBut the gains in the US have outstripped many other markets. London's FTSE 100 remains about 20% lower than its January high, while France's CAC 40 is off about 19%.\n\nJapan, which has seen its Nikkei 225 index climb back to roughly 4% of its pre-crisis high, has benefited from both aggressive government stimulus and relative success at controlling the virus without mass lockdowns.\n\nThe unusual strength of the US rebound comes from its tech companies, such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, which have been seen as winners despite lockdowns, along with companies in areas like cloud computing and machine learning.\n\n\"We would not be flirting with all-time highs were it not for technology,\" said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at US Bank Wealth Management.\n\nShares in the S&P 500's tech sector have climbed roughly 25% so far this year, even as other areas remain flat or negative. The energy sector, for example, is down roughly 37% since the beginning of January, while financials are down about 20%.\n\nHoward Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said that's a warning sign for those who might want to see the new S&P 500 high as a signal about the broader economy.\n\n\"There's big dispersion between those that have done well and those that have done poorly,\" he said.\n\nThe New York Stock Exchange reopened for in-person trading in May after closing the trading floor in March\n\nOverall, the S&P 500 is up about 5% since the start of the year.\n\nBut of the 500 companies in the index, more than half have shares trading lower than they were start of the year, he said. And that's even though the big companies in the S&P 500 index are better equipped to withstand a downturn than many smaller firms.\n\n\"We've come a long way and there's a lot of optimism in there and that is concerning,\" Mr Silverblatt said. \"If we don't get what we expect - disappointment is not a good item in the market.\"\n\nMr Sandven said unless prospects for the wider economy improve further gains will be limited.\n\nPolitical questions - about whether Washington will approve further economic stimulus and how the US presidential election will play out - could also mean a bumpy ride ahead for investors, he added.\n\n\"Clearly there's a lot of optimism riding on a return to growth in 2021,\" Mr Sandven said. \"But there's reason for caution.\"", "The cluster was linked to bars in the city\n\nA local lockdown in Aberdeen will be extended for another week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.\n\nPubs and restaurants were shut two weeks ago, and restrictions placed on travel and visits to other households, after a spike in Covid-19 cases linked to bars and nightlife in the city.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the lockdown was having an impact - but that it was \"not yet safe\" to lift the restrictions.\n\nAberdeen City Council said it did not support continuing the lockdown.\n\nA midweek review will be carried out on Sunday, and Ms Sturgeon said she hoped some restrictions could be eased next Wednesday.\n\nThis could involve lower-risk businesses, such as non-licensed cafes.\n\nMs Sturgeon said 15 of the 50 new cases in Scotland on Wednesday were in the Grampian area.\n\nThere have now been 398 cases since 26 July in Grampian, 226 of which have been associated with the Aberdeen cluster.\n\n\"We are not yet in a position to say that this outbreak is over or completely under control,\" said Ms Sturgeon.\n\nShe said there was some evidence that the original cluster, linked with bars and nightlife in the city, was being contained.\n\n\"However, we are also continuing to see a number of individual cases and other smaller clusters in the city,\" she said.\n\n\"That is not necessarily unusual for an outbreak of this scale, but it is something we must monitor very carefully because these cases don't appear to be linked to the original outbreak.\"\n\nThe first minister said she accepted that there would be disappointment at the continuation of the restrictions.\n\nBut she added: \"Moving too quickly with transmission levels as they remain just now would, in our view, risk the hard-won progress that people in Aberdeen have made.\"\n\nHowever, the administration leaders on Aberdeen City Council - which is run by a coalition of Conservative, Labour and Independent councillors - said they did not support the city being locked down any longer.\n\nCo-leader Jenny Laing said: \"It is apparent that Covid-19 has already had a significant impact on our local economy and continuing with the current restrictions is only going to make a bad economic situation even worse.\"\n\nShe said that at a meeting on Tuesday the incident management team said they believed the situation was now under adequate control, and that mitigation measures could be put in place to allow lower-risk settings to open from Saturday.\n\nCo-leader Douglas Lumsden warned more than 5,000 jobs were at risk.\n\nAberdeen's Lib Dem group leader Ian Yuill said the administration's stance was \"completely irresponsible\", adding: \"The last thing our city needs just now is confusion and uncertainty.\"\n\nNHS Grampian said the local incident management team had been asked to make recommendations to the Scottish government.\n\nIt said the team, which was set up to manage and investigate the cluster, supported the \"precautionary approach\" and the decision to maintain the restrictions.\n\n\"We want to encourage everyone in Aberdeen City to keep following the enhanced restrictions,\" it added.\n\nThe current restrictions, which apply to 228,000 people in Aberdeen, are:\n\nA £1m support fund has been set up for the city, with grants of up to £1,500 available for hospitality businesses.\n\nRussell Borthwick, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said: \"It's good the government has accepted that business is struggling.\n\nMike Henderson said there was nothing in place after furlough ends\n\n\"We've already seen business closures and we fear that we may see more, and the job losses that come with that.\n\n\"Of course £1m sounds like a chunky figure but at an individual business level at up to £1,500, that isn't going to make the difference between survival or not.\"\n\nMike Henderson is involved a number of businesses in Aberdeen as a live entertainment booker, including Bridge Street Social Club. He expressed concerns about the future.\n\n\"Once the furlough ends, there's really no plans there - there's nothing in place for us,\" he said.\n\n\"That's why we've started a crowdfunding opportunity for ourselves and our 50 staff to keep them in the job.\"", "Students took part in a protest in Leeds after the government's U-turn on the calculated grades system\n\nThe education secretary has been urged to launch a review into the handling of A-level and GCSE results after exams were cancelled due to coronavirus.\n\nA union for education leaders, such as head teachers, says it will write to Gavin Williamson over the \"fiasco\".\n\nMr Williamson apologised to students after reversing how A-levels and GCSEs are graded, following heavy criticism.\n\nMeanwhile, pupils will get GCSE results on Thursday as planned, the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) said.\n\nThe confirmation comes following confusion over how results day would run after the government U-turn.\n\nJulie McCulloch, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said the JCQ's confirmation would be a \"great relief\" to all concerned.\n\nThe government decision to give A-level and GCSE students grades estimated by their teachers, rather than via an algorithm, means that tens of thousands of A-level students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice university offers.\n\nIt has prompted concerns about the number of available places, with top universities warning that students who now have higher grades could still be asked to defer if there is no space left on their chosen course.\n\nAnd uncertainty continues for students as the admissions service, Ucas, and individual universities have yet to be given access to the upgraded results.\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, said problems could arise around issues of \"capacity, staffing, placements and facilities - particularly with the social distance measures in place\".\n\nUniversities minister Michelle Donelan said she wanted to ensure any students who had accepted a \"different course\" than planned, as a result of being downgraded last week, should be able to \"change their mind and to reverse that decision\".\n\nShe said No 10 was working with universities to help \"boost the capacity available\" in order to \"minimise the amount of students that will be looking to defer.\"\n\nSenior Tory MP Huw Merriman suggested students could be compensated with reduced tuition fees.\n\n\"For the cohort coming up to university, I think it's all about making it up to them and saying 'we understand that you have been messed around over last week',\" he told the BBC's PM programme.\n\nThere is still doubt as to whether the education system will do right by the Class of Covid.\n\nWill their chosen universities be able to accommodate them? Or have they given their degree place away already? Will they have to come back next year and fight it out with students who have missed even more school?\n\nAnd for the first time since this ageing education journalist can remember, exam boards are not holding their usual mind-boggling briefing on GCSE results.\n\nSo for some time at least, there will be no details of how the nation has done in their general school certificate examinations.\n\nRoll on the start of term - although that's uncertain, too.\n\nHundreds of thousands of children in the UK have had their education disrupted by the pandemic after schools, colleges and nurseries were ordered to shut in March - resulting in the cancellation of all assessments and exams.\n\nThe ASCL - which is writing the letter to Mr Williamson - said a review was urgently needed into \"what went wrong\" with the grading system.\n\n\"This degree of transparency is necessary at a time when public confidence has been badly shaken,\" said ASCL general secretary Geoff Barton.\n\nMr Barton also called on No 10 and Ofqual to put in place a \"robust contingency plan\" for students sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer in the event of further coronavirus-related disruption.\n\nBoth Frances Ramos (left) and Zainab Ali were left unsure if they would get their first-choice university places, despite their grades being bumped up\n\nFrances Ramos, 18, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, said she was pleased to be given her predicted grades of ABB - up from the BCD she received last Thursday.\n\nBut she said the U-turn \"does feel like it's a bit too late\" and added: \"I kind of wish the government had done this on Thursday.\" She is now waiting to hear if her first choice, the University of Liverpool, will accept her to study this year.\n\nZainab Ali, 18, from London, also thought the government should have acted sooner. \"I think it's a shame. After the damage is done, that's when they will take action and I find it quite frustrating,\" she said.\n\nThe U-turn should now mean Zainab is able to attend Queen Mary University, London.\n\nThe University and College Union (UCU) and National Union of Students (NUS) have also written to the education secretary, urging No 10 to help students who have missed out on their first-choice courses and calling for financial support for the higher education sector.\n\nUCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff were facing \"unbearable workloads\" due to the fallout over exam results.\n\nShe added that \"substantial financial support\" was needed \"so universities can protect all jobs, safely welcome students and continue to provide world class teaching and research\".\n\nAnd Ms Grady criticised Mr Williamson's decision to suspend a cap on student numbers for universities - effectively allowing institutions to accept unlimited numbers this year - because she said it meant \"certain universities can hoover up students, hitting the finances of other institutions\".\n\nDespite the cap being suspended, some universities have said numbers will have to remain limited, particularly on vocational courses such as medicine and dentistry.\n\nUcas was unable to say how many students had not been able to take up places due to their results being downgraded.\n\nEarlier, Mr Williamson said he was \"incredibly sorry for the distress\" caused to pupils.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nMr Williamson said it had been the common view of the government, exams regulator Ofqual, and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland - of different political parties - that the system in place was more robust and \"significantly better\" than that in Scotland, after an earlier U-turn in Scotland.\n\nBut after the release of A-level results on Thursday he said it had become \"increasingly apparent that there were too many young people that quite simply hadn't got the grade they truly deserved\".\n\nMr Williamson's critics had called for him to resign or be sacked, but there are several reasons why he hasn't yet received a ministerial P45, says BBC political correspondent Iain Watson.\n\nMr Williamson would not say whether he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during interviews on Tuesday\n\nOfqual's algorithm came under fire after data showed its downgrading of about 40% of A-level grades in England had affected state schools more than private institutions.\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm.\n\nThe U-turn means teachers' assessments will also be used for all GCSE results - except for any students for whom the algorithm gives a higher grade.\n\nExam board Pearson, which awards BTecs, has said students' results that were adjusted downwards through the awarding process - only about 0.5% of the teachers' grades - will be reviewed on a \"case-by-case basis\" with their colleges.\n\nA Pearson spokeswoman added it was aware of delays in some students getting their results and was working with schools and colleges to provide any that were outstanding as soon as possible.\n\nHave your grades been raised? 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Please include your name, age and location with any question you send in.", "Durham University vowed to provide more information about its offer in the coming days\n\nA university is offering financial incentives to students in a bid to persuade them to defer their studies following the U-turn over A-level results.\n\nDurham University has promised a bursary and guarantee of accommodation for everyone who defers until 2021.\n\nIt said it had \"capacity issues\" due to the \"unprecedented situation\".\n\nExam grades for students across the UK have been revised following a backlash over grading systems.\n\nDurham University said \"it is possible some offer holders\" will have to enrol in 2021 rather than next month as it struggles to provide enough places.\n\nIn an attempt to \"minimise\" the number of people affected, it said it would \"seek volunteers\" and offer the incentives \"to help with their transition to university life\" next year.\n\nIt has not confirmed how much the bursaries would be worth.\n\nWith students not able to sit exams due to the coronavirus pandemic, ministers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales decided on Monday to revert to teacher-assessed grades rather than those decided by an algorithm.\n\nScotland had reverted to teacher-assessed grades on 4 August after a similar outcry.\n\nThat led to a rush for university places as students tried to reclaim spots after being rejected just days before.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has accused the government of failing students and universities.\n\nIt said A-level results \"should never have been released before being subject to scrutiny beyond Ofqual\" and that ministers \"should not have had to rely on shocked 18-year-olds on results day to realise there was a problem\".\n\nThe government is planning to remove caps on student numbers and said it will work closely with universities on the challenges they are facing.\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.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nChris Froome has been left out of Team Ineos' Tour de France squad.\n\nGeraint Thomas, who won in 2018, also misses out, with the team focusing on last year's winner Egan Bernal and 2019 Giro d'Italia victor Richard Carapaz.\n\nThere had been some doubt four-time winner Froome had the form to make the squad following injuries from a crash a year ago.\n\n\"Chris needs that little bit longer to get to the highest level,\" said team boss Dave Brailsford.\n\nFroome, who is leaving Ineos at the end of the current season, will instead lead them at the Vuelta a Espana in October, while Thomas will do so at the Giro d'Italia.\n\nFroome described the decision to target the Vuelta as \"more realistic\" and \"something that's deliverable\".\n\nThe 35-year-old has won seven Grand Tour races, including the Vuelta in 2011 and 2017, and the Giro d'Italia in 2018.\n• None 'The unlikely hero who changed everything'\n• None Ineos to be renamed Ineos Grenadiers for Tour\n\n\"Chris is a true champion who has demonstrated incredible grit and determination to come back from his crash last year,\" added Brailsford.\n\n\"We want to support him to compete for another Grand Tour title and the Vuelta gives him that little bit more time to continue his progress to the top level.\"\n\nThomas, 34, will attempt to win his second Grand Tour in Italy, also in October.\n\n\"Geraint will target the Giro and take on the opportunity to double up his Tour de France win with another Grand Tour title, with the aim of being the first Welshman to win it,\" said Brailsford.\n\nIneos had the dilemma of deciding who was in the best form of the three Tour-winning riders in their ranks, with Froome in an unusually perilous position, having lost the most time during three crucial warm-up races in July and August - rebuilding as he is, following his recovery from a fractured right femur, a broken hip, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs.\n\nIneos' policy is that whoever is the strongest rider going into the final week of any Grand Tour will be backed by the whole team - they had been reluctant to take three riders to the Tour who could all be considered team leaders.\n\nThe team will now back 23-year-old Colombian Bernal to lead the team after strong performances in the warm-up races, including victory at the Tour d'Occitanie in July.\n\nHowever, there are also some doubts over Bernal after he withdrew from the Criterium du Dauphine last Saturday - as a precaution to \"rest a bad back,\" according to team-mate Thomas.\n\nThomas has himself admitted to finding his best form difficult to come by, but has largely finished stages during the recent races ahead of Froome, albeit behind Bernal.\n\nIneos - formerly Team Sky - have won the Tour de France each year since 2015 and have taken seven of the past eight Tours.\n\nBrailsford added: \"Egan will once again target the yellow jersey in France and we are very excited to give last year's Giro winner, Richard Carapaz, his debut in this year's Tour also.\n\n\"I am very proud that we have several current, and I am sure future, Grand Tour champions in the team.\"\n\nFroome said: \"It's a readjustment for me. I'm in a fortunate position to be back racing, but not confident I can fulfil the necessary job that would be needed for me a this year's Tour.\n\n\"It's more realistic to be targeting the Vuelta, where there's a chance for me to get stuck into something that's deliverable.\"\n\nThomas added: \"The Giro's something I've always wanted to go back to [after crashing in 2017]. The roads, the fans, the food - I've always enjoyed it.\"\n\nFroome leaves Ineos at the end of this year to join the Israel Start-Up Nation, and he will be disappointed at not being able to seek a fifth tour victory - which would equal the record for Tour wins, shared by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.\n\nIneos decided not to renew Froome's contract, feeling Froome's camp lacked the grace expected in negotiations, given the support the team had shown him during his rehabilitation following his crash a year ago.\n\nFroome was also believed to have been frustrated with the team for not reprimanding last year's Tour winner Bernal over comments he made in April. The Colombian told reporters that, if he was in a winning position at this year's Tour, he would not move over to let Froome lead the team. Insiders felt the quote was fair enough, given the high status of both riders.\n\nHad things been handled differently in recent weeks, Froome could well have seen out his career at Ineos.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA one-minute silence has been held at railway stations across the UK to honour three men killed in a train derailment in Aberdeenshire a week ago.\n\nDriver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died near Stonehaven. Six others were injured.\n\nThe train derailed after hitting a landslip following heavy rain.\n\nFamily members of the men who lost their lives were among those who gathered at Aberdeen station.\n\nStations fell silent at 09:43 - the time the crash was reported last Wednesday.\n\nBrett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury died after the train left the tracks\n\nIt came as NHS Grampian announced the final injured patient still in hospital had now been discharged.\n\nThe 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service crashed near Carmont.\n\nAn initial report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the train had turned back towards Aberdeen after reports of a landslip further down the track.\n\nIt had travelled more than a mile when it was derailed after hitting a separate landslip.\n\nFloral tributes were laid at Aberdeen station on Wednesday\n\nScotRail said the one-minute silence was being observed at all stations in Scotland and others elsewhere in the UK.\n\nAlex Hynes, managing director of Scotland's Railway, was among those at Aberdeen station on Wednesday morning for the silence.\n\nHe said of the three men: \"They are in our hearts - today is about remembering them. You can tell by the floral tributes how popular they were.\"\n\nHe said the \"railway family\" was paying its respect, and he hoped the silence would help the process of \"comfort and healing\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or 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 North East Scot This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Hynes described the derailment as a \"horrendous tragedy\".\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September.\n\nOn Tuesday, fire crew members and Fire Brigades Union (FBU) officials had laid three bouquets of flowers at Aberdeen railway station in tribute to the victims.\n\nDenise Christie, FBU Scotland regional secretary, said: \"What happened at Stonehaven was heartbreaking and we send our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of those lost.\"\n\nShe added: \"No-one should lose their life through their work.\"\n\nFour firefighters were injured after being struck by a vehicle while responding to the incident. Two were treated at the scene and the other two were treated in hospital and later released.", "The US Postal Service has suspended new policies that were decried as an attempt to sabotage the 2020 election.\n\nPostmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would reverse operational changes that critics say would hamper postal voting.\n\nThe U-turn comes as Mr DeJoy is due to testify to Congress and at least 20 states were preparing to sue.\n\nThere is a fierce debate over postal funding in 2020, as record numbers of Americans are expected to vote by mail due to the pandemic.\n\nThe US Postal Service (USPS) under Mr DeJoy had begun what it said were cost-cutting measures in recent months.\n\nPolicies that were begun under Mr DeJoy included removing mail boxes, cancelling delivery runs and closing down sorting centres.\n\nIn a sharp reversal, Mr DeJoy has now said that post office hours would not be cut, and post boxes and sorting machines would stop being removed.\n\nMr DeJoy, a former Republican donor, also said overtime pay would continue to be approved to ensure deliveries arrive on time.\n\n\"To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,\" Mr DeJoy said in a statement.\n\nA week ago, Donald Trump said he had no interest in any additional funding for the US Postal Service, lest the money be used to help process mail-in voting. It was all part of his ongoing, and largely unfounded, campaign against the expanded use of postal ballots to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus.\n\nBy this Monday, the president tweeted that he wanted to \"save the post office\" and told a crowd in Minnesota that he would \"strengthen\" the service.\n\nAnd now, his postmaster general has said the agency will stop taking out postal boxes and limiting delivery routes.\n\nIt turns out the Postal Service is pretty popular. A Morning Consult poll found 80% of Americans have a positive view of it. The elderly use it to receive prescription drugs. For rural residents, it's a lifeline to the rest of the world.\n\nWhether the recent moves were a misconstrued part of a long-planned change or, as some on the left suspect, the result of a larger conspiracy, the White House concluded that there was only one way out - retreat.\n\nThe development comes as the row over the politicisation of the most popular US government agency has become a top issue in the 2020 presidential campaign.\n\nOver the weekend, former President Barack Obama - in what was regarded as his most high-profile criticism of his successor to date - accused Mr Trump of trying to \"actively kneecap\" the postal service.\n\nDefenders of the changes said they were necessary to help the USPS get out of financial debt. Its budget shortfall has risen to $160bn (£122bn) amid a decade-long decline in mail volume.\n\nHowever, Mark Dimondstein, the president of the American Postal Workers Union which represents more than 200,000 postal employees, told Fox News on Tuesday that the changes \"are truly slowing down mail, the customers see it... the postal workers see it - mail is getting all backed up\".\n\nNancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, cheered the postmaster's volte-face on Tuesday, telling reporters: \"They felt the heat and that's what we were trying to do, make it too hot to handle.\" On Sunday, Ms Pelosi had recalled the House from a recess in order to investigate the USPS policies.\n\nMr DeJoy, a major political donor who was appointed by Mr Trump to lead the USPS in May, is due to testify to a Republican-led Senate committee on Friday, and then to a Democrat-led House committee on Monday.\n\nLast week, President Trump said he rejected a funding boost for the USPS to shore up a predicted influx mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it would lead to voter fraud and help Democrats.\n\nMr Trump has also suggested delaying the election, which he does not have the power to do, to stop postal ballots leading to \"inaccurate and fraudulent\" results.\n\nVoting by mail is not new to the US. According to Reuters, approximately one in every four voters cast ballots by mail in 2016.\n\nCritics say people could vote more than once via absentee ballots and then again in person, though numerous nationwide and state-level studies over the years have found no evidence of widespread fraud.\n\nBut these are rare incidents, and the rate of voting fraud overall in the US is between 0.00004% and 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice.\n• None Pelosi to recall House to 'save' the post office", "Some of the lines appear to be abstract in nature, but some may represent faces and even animals\n\nFragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest known art in the British Isles, researchers say.\n\nThey were made by hunter-gatherers who lived between 23,000 and 14,000 years ago on what is now Jersey.\n\nThe designs were scratched into small ornamental tablets known as plaquettes; similar examples have been found in France, Spain and Portugal.\n\nThe 10 plaquettes were unearthed at Les Varines, Jersey, between 2014 and 2018.\n\nSince the discoveries in the south-east of the island, scientists from London's Natural History Museum, the University of Newcastle and University of York have been analysing the prehistoric markings.\n\nThe researchers, who have published their findings in the journal Plos One, now believe they represent the earliest evidence of artistic expression in the British Isles.\n\nThe plaquettes were made by the Magdalenians, a hunter-gatherer culture thought to have expanded out of Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) and southern France after the peak of the last Ice Age.\n\nThe designs consist of straight lines more or less in parallel and longer, curved incisions. The two types of mark were probably produced by the same tools, in short succession - perhaps by the same engraver.\n\nSome possible interpretations of engravings on one of the plaquettes\n\nCo-author Dr Silvia Bello, from the Natural History Museum, said: \"Many of the lines, including the curved, concentric designs, appear to have been made through layered or repeated incisions, suggesting that it is unlikely that they resulted from the stones being used for a functional purpose.\n\nShe told BBC News that most were \"of abstract nature (simple intersecting lines), however, some fragments seem to depict zoomorphic representations (horses, mammoths, a bovid and possibly a human face)\".\n\n\"On all the fragments, these potential representations appear imprecise and simplified in comparisons to other Magdalenian examples, supporting either the hypothesis these are chance arrangements amongst a system of representations, or that they were the product of inexperienced engravers,\" she explained.\n\nThe Magdalenian era saw a flourishing of early art, from cave paintings and drawings to the decoration of tools and weapons to engraving on stones and bones.\n\nThe team excavate Magdalenian hearths - or camp fires - at Les Varines in Jersey\n\nAlthough Magdalenian settlements are known to have existed as far north-west as Britain, no similar examples of artistic expression had previously been discovered in the British Isles from such an early time period.\n\nThe plaquettes appear to pre-date the late Magdalenian cave art at Creswell Crags in Derbyshire, the researchers said.\n\nDr Chantal Conneller, a co-author from Newcastle University, said: \"These engraved stone fragments provide exciting and rare evidence of artistic expression at what was the farthest edge of the Magdalenian world.\n\n\"The people at Les Varines are likely to have been pioneer colonisers of the region and creating engraved objects at new settlements may have been a way of creating symbolic relationships with new places.\"\n\nDr Bello said the artefacts may only have been of temporary significance, as they were made on soft stone. \"The action of engraving probably created a powder within the incisions that makes them temporarily visible. This swiftly disperses, meaning that the engravings were only clearly visible at the moment of their making.\n\nShe added: \"The act of engraving, possibly the context and the moment when the engraving occurred, were the meaningful components of the process rather than the object (the plaquette) that had been engraved.\"\n\nA more permanent form of artistic expression is found in the spectacular cave paintings created by Magdalenian people at Lascaux in southern France and Altamira in northern Spain.\n\nThe excavation site at Les Varines on Jersey is located just north of St Helier, at the head of a dry valley that drops towards the sea.\n\nDr Ed Blinkhorn, a co-author from University College London (UCL), said: \"The plaquettes were tricky to pick apart from the natural geology at the site - every stone needed turning. Their discovery amongst hearths, pits, paving, specialist tools, and thousands of flints shows that creating art was an important part of the Magdalenian pioneer toolkit, as much at camp as within caves.\"\n\nThree of the stone fragments from Jersey had been recovered from an area of granite slabs which may have served as paving, highlighting that the plaquettes might have been engraved in a domestic context.\n\nDr Bello said it is possible that the Magdalenian people at Les Varines may have used a pigment called ochre to decorate some plaquettes. \"One plaquette (LVE 4700), is not engraved, but presents a large stain (about 45x23mm) on its flat surface of a reddish colour.\n\n\"Microscopically, the stained surface area appears smooth, coated by some substance probably liquid in its original form which dried out. This area also has an elemental composition slightly richer in iron.\"\n\nThough there is no unequivocal evidence, she said: \"It is possible that drops from an ochre-rich liquid substance may have fallen on this stone during application on another plaquette.\"", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continued as they brushed aside Lyon to book an 11th appearance in the final of the competition and a showdown with Paris St-Germain.\n\nThe German champions have barely had a glove laid on them in Europe this season, with this their 10th straight Champions League win - equalling the record for winning streaks in the competition set by Real Madrid in 2015 and Bayern themselves in 2013 - as part of a 28-game unbeaten run stretching back to December.\n\nAnd Lyon simply did not have ability or approach over the 90 minutes to buck that trend.\n\nThe French side will be left to rue two missed opportunities in the opening quarter, though, with Memphis Depay shooting wide after running clear before Karl Toko Ekambi struck the upright from close range after cutting in from the right.\n\nMoments after the latter effort, Serge Gnabry moved infield and fired a stunning opener for Bayern, who never looked back.\n\nGnabry also scored the second, with a much simpler finish, following up to tap in after Anthony Lopes had blocked Robert Lewandowski's scuffed effort from point-blank range.\n\nEkambi could have made matters interesting had he been able to find a way past Manuel Neuer after being set up by Houssem Aouar, but the chance went begging and Lyon's belief with it.\n\nPhilippe Coutinho saw a finish ruled out for offside before Lewandowski had the final word, scoring for the ninth European game on the bounce with a header - his 15th in the competition this season.\n\nBayern's win ends their run of having lost the previous four Champions League semi-finals in which they had appeared. It also keeps them on course for a treble of trophies in Hansi Flick's stellar debut campaign as coach.\n\nSunday's final promises to be a thriller, pitting arguably the best side in world football against one of the planet's finest forward lines.\n• None 'This is what you dream about,' says first Canada international to reach Champions League final\n• None Tears, fears & West Brom - the young spark who bounced back at Bayern\n\nIt is hard to come up with any fresh superlatives for this Bayern side.\n\nAfter the stunning 8-2 demolition of Barcelona in the last eight - which had pundits and fans alike purring and sent the Spanish club seemingly into meltdown - Wednesday's game was always going to feel somewhat anticlimactic, despite it being at a later stage of the competition.\n\nThe German giants rode their luck a bit early on but once they got their noses in front the tie was only going one way.\n\nAgainst Barca it was Thomas Muller and Coutinho scoring doubles, here it was Gnabry with polar opposite finishes - one a solo screamer, the other an unmissable tap-in.\n\nGnabry's goals mean he now has nine Champions League goals this season, has eight in his last eight matches in the competition and has been directly involved in six goals in his last four.\n\nHe is second in the scoring charts only to Lewandowski, who has 55 goal in 46 games this season and becomes only the second player to score 15 or more Champions League goals in a single campaign after Cristiano Ronaldo (who has managed it on three occasions).\n\nThis is just the tip of the iceberg regarding Bayern's impressive stats:\n• None They are on the longest unbeaten run across Europe's top five league's (P29 W28 D1 L0), scoring 97 goals during this run (3.4 per game) and winning each of their past 20.\n• None They are only the fourth team in Champions League history to surpass 40 goals in a single campaign. Only Barcelona in 1999-2000 have netted more in a single campaign in the competition (45) than Bayern's 42 this season.\n• None They already have two trophies this season, scoring 100 goals to claim their 30th Bundesliga title before also claiming the German Cup.\n\nTo a neutral fan these are ominous. For PSG supporters, they are frankly terrifying.\n\nThere is no shame in losing a semi-final to this Bayern side.\n\nLyon finished seventh in the curtailed Ligue 1 and were expected by many to last just one more Champions League game when the tournament resumed on 7 August.\n\nBut through a mixture of stubbornness, quick, ruthless counter-attacking and possibly some underestimation from their opponents, they were able to shock Italian champions Juventus and Premier League runners-up Manchester City.\n\nBayern, though, are not as fallible as the French side's previous victims.\n\nIf Lyon were to stand a chance then scoring first was imperative, and with a bit more composure from Depay and Ekambi - making the most of the space in behind Bayern's high defensive line - they would have done just that.\n\nIt was a particularly tough night for Ekambi, who also missed a glorious chance to redeem himself and restore his side's hope in the second half.\n\nLyon have still have not reached the final of a major European competition in their 70-year history, but they have at least reminded people that there isn't only one club in France.\n\n'A dream come true' - what they said\n\nBayern Munich boss Hansi Flick, speaking to Sky: \"We knew it would be difficult, they came in off the back of great performances against Manchester City and Juventus. They are strong tactically and they caused us problems early on.\n\n\"We know we need to defend better, we said before we couldn't afford to give away the ball easily, but we did.\"\n\nBayern Munich's Canadian full-back Alphonso Davies, speaking to BT Sport: \"It feels good. Everyone is happy and playing well. We are happy to make it to the final. PSG is a good team, right now we celebrate a bit then we focus on the next game.\n\n\"It will be a good game, there will be goals in that game. This is what you dream about as a footballer, playing with the best and against the best in Europe.\n\n\"It is a dream come true. Playing in the Champions League and getting to the final is everything you could ask for.\"\n\nLyon striker Karl Toko Ekambi, speaking to RMC Sport: \"We're thinking we could have done better and we could have scored some goals before they did. Luck wasn't on our side. We missed chances and we were up against a great team. We found out they were unbeatable.\"\n\nOnly Real Madrid have reached more finals than Bayern\n• None Bayern Munich will play in the final of the European Cup/Champions League for the 11th time in the club's history (equalling AC Milan's record), with only Real Madrid (16) having participated in more.\n• None Lyon have been eliminated in both of their Champions League semi-final ties, with both coming against Bayern - they have failed to score a single goal across the three games, while conceding seven in return (previously 4-0 on aggregate in 2009-10).\n• None Only Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2003 (9) and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018 (11) have scored in as many successive matches in the competition's history as Robert Lewandowski.\n• None Serge Gnabry has been directly involved in 11 goals in the Champions League this season (nine goals and two assists); only Robert Lewandowski has had a hand in more (20).\n• None Gnabry is only the second German player to net a brace in a Champions League semi-final, after current Bayern team-mate Thomas Muller back in 2012-13 (two goals v Barcelona).\n• None Lyon's Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to appear in the knockout stages of the Champions League, aged just 17 years and two days.\n• None Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kingsley Coman with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Lyon 0, FC Bayern München 3. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Thiago Mendes (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.\n• None Offside, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka tries a through ball, but Thomas Müller is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.\n• None Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Mystery drama that will get you hooked\n• None New and powerful series from Steve McQueen", "The crash happened at about 13:35 BST near Great Yarmouth Yacht Station\n\nA woman has died after becoming trapped under a river boat that crashed in Norfolk.\n\nThe victim, who was in her 30s and from London died in the water at North Quay, Great Yarmouth, in a crash at about 13:35 BST, Norfolk Police said.\n\nParamedics, RNLI lifeboats, HM Coastguard patrol officers and police attended but she was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nIt is understood she fell into the River Bure when the boat hit a wall.\n\nThe coastguard described the incident as \"very serious\"\n\nA spokeswoman for Norfolk Police said: \"Officers attended the scene, along with Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, the Coastguard and the East of England Ambulance Service, but the woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.\n\n\"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the incident and how the woman came to be in the water.\"\n\nThe fire service, ambulances, RNLI lifeboat, HM Coastguard patrol officers and police were called to the site\n\nFind BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Tourists might not return if they feel unwelcome\", warns academic\n\nAs tensions between locals and tourists rise in rural areas, there are warnings the industry could be at risk if visitors are not made welcome.\n\nLocals in Morfa Nefyn, on Gwynedd's Llyn Peninsula, say this year has been the busiest season they have ever seen.\n\nBut with every weekend drawing bank holiday-sized crowds, it is causing tension.\n\nThe Welsh Government said the priority is to \"grow tourism by listening to residents, visitors and businesses\".\n\nProfessor Michael Woods, director of centre for Welsh politics and society at Aberystwyth University, said: \"If people are getting the message coming into rural Wales that they're not welcome, they're not going to come back.\n\n\"Yes, we need to think about diversifying the economy in future but we need to be careful and manage it in such a way that we aren't undermining the economy we have already in rural Wales.\"\n\nTourists in Nefyn said it was much busier this year but were \"not too worried\"\n\nLois Llywelyn Williams, a student at Oxford University, said after returning home for the summer she has noticed \"tensions have certainly come up\".\n\n\"Every conversation I have in recent weeks has been about the increase in people here, the traffic is seriously heavy and the lack of social distancing,\" she said.\n\nLocals are worried about the number of visitors and second homes in the area\n\nIwan ap Llyfnwy runs Cwrw Llyn in nearby Nefyn. The company was set up with employment for local people in mind, but he says they are dependent on tourism.\n\n\"Tourism is great. We welcome everybody here, and we're dependent on them as a business, but the issue of second homes worries me,\" he said.\n\n\"I've got children myself and I tend to worry how are the next generation going to afford to buy their first property.\"\n\nGwyneth Hughes, who has run a clothes shop in Morfa Nefyn for 35 years, added: \"I welcome the tourists, but we don't want it to be overcrowded. We want it to be safe.\"\n\nShop owner Gwyneth Hughes says safety is the priority\n\nElfed Roberts is a local businessman, running Spar shops across the peninsula and is currently developing new business units in Nefyn. He wants local people to start businesses there to create jobs for local people.\n\n\"My heart is saying one thing and my head another,\" he said.\n\n\"My heart is saying we don't want people here, just to safeguard ourselves but my head says we need them here, we need people spending here in order to support the jobs of the people I employ at the moment.\"\n\nOn a clear day, you can see Anglesey from the beach at Morfa Nefyn, another area of Wales which welcomes thousands of tourists every year.\n\nVirginia Crosbie, the Conservative MP for Ynys Mon, said she is delighted to hear the hotels and caravan sites are welcoming lots of tourists but recognises that the industry does not provide the highly skilled jobs the island needs.\n\n\"There's a significant dependence on tourism here and that makes the economy very focussed on the summer months and it makes the winter really, really tough,\" she said.\n\n\"So, for the young people here, I want to ensure that if they are ambitious they can stay on the island, that's why I'm focussed on trying to deliver those high skilled jobs.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hassan Ahmed says he was not resisting arrest\n\nA man who was filmed apparently being choked by a police officer during an arrest believed he was going to die.\n\nA video of the arrest, shared on social media, shows Hassan Ahmed being held on the ground with an arm around his neck.\n\nThe 27-year-old, from Halifax, has since been released under investigation and says he was not resisting arrest.\n\nThe officer involved has been suspended by West Yorkshire Police pending an investigation\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Mr Ahmed said: \"I was afraid for my life, I thought 'that's it, he's going to end up killing me'.\n\n\"I honestly thought it was my final moments, I was in shock, I was really scared.\"\n\nHe said the arrest came after he was called to the area by a family member and got into an argument with a man, in which he admitted punching him.\n\n\"He did push me as if he were going to arrest me, I complied, I didn't resist him, I complied all the way. I even had my hand by my sides.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The officer pictured initially restraining the man has been suspended, say West Yorkshire Police\n\nDuring the video, a voice can be heard saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out, chill out or you're going to sleep\".\n\nMr Ahmed is seen tapping on the floor and another voice can be heard saying \"I give up\" before he is told to \"turn over now\", with another officer helping to detain him.\n\n\"I was just thinking about my family, I thought 'He's not going to let go, he's going to keep going, he's going to finish me',\" Mr Ahmed said.\n\n\"I was in pain, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't feel anything, I couldn't even gasp for air.\n\n\"He carried on, then he punched me in my face.\"\n\nMr Ahmed says the incident has left him unable to sleep or work.\n\nHis sister Safyah, earlier joined a demonstration outside Halifax police station by about 100 protesters.\n\nShe said she had felt sickened when she saw the video.\n\nThe protesters carried signs which read \"Stop police brutality\" and \"You're not above the law\".\n\n\"It's obviously struck a chord with everyone from every background,\" Safyah said.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said that after it had been made aware of the video that was circulating, the officer involved was suspended pending an investigation.\n\n\"We immediately reviewed the footage and looked into it as a matter of urgency to establish the full circumstances,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"We have reviewed the actions of the officers involved and a referral has been made to the Force's Professional Standards Directorate.\n\n\"Our investigation remains ongoing and we have made a voluntarily referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\n\"The officer involved has been removed from frontline operational duties.\"\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.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe focus today is on medical schools - as a result of the climbdown, explained here in detail, there are more students who've met their offers to study medicine than there are places. The number of places is limited because the cost of training doctors far exceeds the fees paid by undergraduates - and those costs are subsidised by the taxpayer. Universities say without help from government they can't accommodate them all.\n\nStudents in Gavin Williamson's constituency were among those protesting over A-level grades\n\nFree coronavirus tests will be offered to more UK households to help identify emerging outbreaks and stamp them out. The Office for National Statistics' Infection Survey, will test 150,000 people per fortnight in England by October, up from 28,000 now. It will gather more data in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland too. Read more on testing.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Reality Check looks at why testing matters\n\nJust days before lockdown was announced, all six members of indie band Sports Team moved in together. In the following weeks they fought a chart battle against Lady Gaga and found themselves nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Radio 1 Newsbeat called round to see why staying at home proved so productive.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sports Team: The band that locked down together and took on Lady Gaga.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, with all the anger and criticism directed at him during the exam grades row, how has Education Secretary Gavin Williamson managed to keep his job?\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "The algorithm used to downgrade thousands of A-level results in England was \"unlawful\", Labour have claimed.\n\nThe computer-based model used by Ofqual to standardise results after exams were cancelled breached anti-discrimination legislation as well as laws requiring it to uphold standards, Labour says.\n\nThe party wants Gavin Williamson to publish the legal advice he was given.\n\nThe education secretary has backed the regulator but apologised for the hurt caused to pupils by the chaos.\n\nLabour are calling for A-level pupils in England to be given a \"cast-iron guarantee\" they will not lose out on their first choice university place next month or in the future.\n\nMr Williamson, who is facing calls from students and opposition MPs to resign, has urged universities to show flexibility after Monday's results U-turn threw September's admission process into further confusion.\n\nThousands of pupils remain uncertain about which university they will end up at after Ofqual said centre and school-assessed grades (CAG) would be accepted following a furore over its process for calculating them.\n\nThe regulator has been severely criticised for using an algorithm to \"moderate\" the grades submitted by schools, giving substantial weight to schools' past performance as well as other factors.\n\nThis resulted in nearly 40% of marks being downgraded, in some cases by more than one grade, with high-achieving pupils from schools in deprived areas being disproportionately affected.\n\nLabour said there had been \"no proper assessment\" of this year's cohort of pupils because the process used by Ofqual did \"not accurately reflect\" their level of knowledge, skill and understanding.\n\nAs a result, their results could not be \"properly compared\" with those of previous years or other exam boards, meaning the regulator was in breach of its legal obligation to uphold assessment and qualification standards.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Williamson and Ofqual's chief executive Sally Collier, Labour said the weight given to past results from individual schools had caused \"a mass of discriminatory impacts\".\n\nThis, it said, was \"bound to disadvantage a whole range of groups with protected characteristics, in breach of a range of anti-discrimination legislation\". It said Ofqual's policy of not allowing any right of appeal \"beyond errors of application in the system\" was also unlawful.\n\nThe opposition are pressing Mr Williamson to make clear when he was first informed about concerns about the algorithm and what legal advice he received before approving its use.\n\n\"Ofqual and the Secretary of State have been fully in the knowledge that the standardisation formula that was being used was unlawful,\" it said.\n\n\"It is regrettable that only when threatened with legal action that the government finally conceded to do what Labour have been calling for; for grades to be allocated based on CAGs.\"\n\nThe decision to allow students to use the grades estimated by their teachers - or stick to the grades provided by the algorithm if they were higher - followed similar decisions in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nLabour is seeking assurances students who received offers from universities at clearing will not now lose them.\n\nSeveral institutions have said they will honour all offers made to students before and immediately after the original results were announced but many students have said their places have since been withdrawn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson said it was \"the right thing to act\" after results came out\n\nLabour said this was unfair and ministers needed to \"right this wrong\" immediately.\n\nIt said all pupils must have their final grades confirmed by the end of the week and no-one should lose out on their first choice place \"because of government incompetence\".\n\nIt is calling on ministers to \"bend over backwards\" to support students, including by helping universities to fund additional places needed to meet the demand.\n\n\"This fiasco is far from over,\" Shadow Communities Secretary Steve Reed told the BBC. \"There are many, many students that are still uncertain about whether they can go to university or which university they can go to.\n\n\"Every student that hasn't got their firm grades given to them needs to have them by the end of the week so they can start to make decisions about their future.\"\n\nStudents are being urged to contact their universities as soon as possible to discuss the options.\n\nThe government has lifted its cap on the numbers each institution can admit but some universities are warning of potential financial ruin if students switch to other institutions in huge numbers.\n\nMeanwhile, Durham University has promised a bursary and guarantee of accommodation for everyone who defers their place until 2021.", "The government is \"absolutely looking at\" lifting the cap on the number of places to study medicine, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nThe number of students studying to be doctors is regulated because of the cost and for NHS workforce planning.\n\nBut after this week's changes to A-level results, universities fear there will not be enough places for all the students with the grades to get in.\n\nThe body representing universities has called for the cap to be lifted.\n\nThe number of places to study medicine is the latest issue thrown up by the government's U-turn on Monday to change how exam grades are awarded, following a backlash.\n\nThe decision to give A-level and GCSE students the grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm, means thousands of A-level students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice university offers.\n\nAlthough the cap on overall student numbers has been raised, places at medical schools remain limited because the costs of training doctors far exceeds the fees paid by undergraduates.\n\nIn a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, seen by the BBC, Universities UK sought \"urgent assurances\" that he was speaking to the Department for Health about increasing the medical student cap.\n\n\"The role of universities in training the medical workforce is essential for all regions and nations of the UK, as clearly shown by our members' response to the Covid-19 pandemic,\" the letter said.\n\nIt also called more widely for \"significant financial support\" from the government as students are expected to change courses after being awarded higher grades.\n\nThe body, which represents 137 institutions across the UK, said that while the change to the grading method was the right decision, it would lead to grade inflation meaning universities with lower entry requirements would face a drop in course take-up and as a result require financial help.\n\nThe letter also asked for clarity on how increased student numbers could be managed alongside social distancing measures and guidance on how to handle a higher number of candidates with the required grades than available places.\n\nAsked whether he would consider lifting the cap on medical students, Mr Hancock told BBC Breakfast: \"We are looking at that.\n\n\"Thankfully we've got an expansion in the number of medical places this year, the biggest number of medical places ever, because we're hiring into the NHS, we're growing the NHS and we want to make sure the NHS has the doctors it needs in the future,\" he added.\n\n\"But I am absolutely looking at this issue, yes.\"\n\nHe later told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"But of course there's now a huge number of pupils who have the grades, and so we're working very much immediately on how we can go further than we already are.\"\n\nThere have been planned increases in the number of medical school places available at English universities in recent years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nProf Jenny Higham, principal of medical school St George's, University of London, told the BBC's Newsnight: \"Medicine is both a very practical discipline and also requires a great deal of clinical and practical experience and hence clinical placement capacity also needs to be increased.\"\n\nThe pandemic has meant the current students have been unable to carry out their clinical studies meaning there is a backlog in places, she said.\n\nProf Higham added it was a high cost subject with courses funded by supplementary payments from the government as well as tuition fees, and the need to pay for clinical placements.\n\nConservative MP Sir John Redwood told Newsnight any changes also needed to be fair to the class of 2021 as well as \"make up to the class of 2020\", with next year's cohort needing to be assured of places if they got the necessary grades.\n\nOn Tuesday, universities minister Michelle Donelan said she wanted to ensure any students who had accepted a \"different course\" than planned, as a result of being downgraded last week, should be able to \"change their mind and to reverse that decision\".\n\nShe said No 10 was working with universities to help \"boost the capacity available\" in order to \"minimise the amount of students that will be looking to defer.\"\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm. Scotland reverted to teacher assessed grades on 4 August after facing a similar backlash.\n\nThe move prompted a scramble for university places as students tried to reclaim places at universities which they had last week been rejected from.\n\nHowever, the top universities warned that students who now have higher grades could still be asked to defer if there is no space left on their chosen course.\n\nConversely, the Institute of Fiscal Studies is warning that lower-ranked universities may lose a substantial share of their intake, as candidates seek places on more demanding course. This could be \"financially crippling\", it says.\n\nThe chaos and uncertainty has led to calls from school and college leaders for an urgent review.\n\nThe education secretary apologised for the distress caused by the U-turn.", "Teams across the world are working to develop a vaccine that will be effective against Covid-19.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has called it \"the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes\".\n\nBut away from the high-tech science of finding a winning formula, what about the logistics of rolling out a vaccine to seven billion people worldwide?\n\nIn the UK, the heart of that effort is at the Harwell Science Campus, on an ex-RAF airbase in Oxfordshire.\n\nIt is going to be the UK's Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), plans for which have been brought forward by Covid-19.\n\n\"We've really compressed the timeline into almost half. So whereas we were expecting to have it ready at the end of 2022, we're now hoping to have it online in 2021,\" explains Matthew Duchars, chief executive of VMIC.\n\nMr Duchars is yet to take a summer holiday because he knows that this place could end up producing the Oxford University vaccine. He's in constant touch with the team at the Jenner Institute, just down the road in Oxford.\n\nConstruction of the UK's Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre has been brought forward\n\nHe says it's a heavy responsibility.\n\n\"It's critically important, not just for the country but globally, to be able to produce these types of vaccines quickly and effectively,\" he says.\n\n\"To use an analogy - it's like baking a cake at home. You can spend hours preparing the perfect cake and now you've got to go out and bake 70 million of them and they all have to be perfect, so it's quite a challenge.\"\n\nOxford University has already had to secure enough temporary lab space to start manufacturing its vaccine now, even before it knows the results of its global trials.\n\nUltimately, the human race will need to make billions of doses of several types of Covid-19 vaccines. They will all have to be manufactured, distributed and administered across the globe.\n\nThe international vaccines alliance - Gavi - is urging countries to start thinking about vaccine rollout now.\n\nBut it's not easy to get international co-operation, because many rich countries are already doing bilateral deals with drug companies to make sure they can secure supplies if the magic formula is found.\n\nSeth Berkley, Gavi's CEO, says one of the biggest hurdles he's facing is so-called \"vaccine nationalism\".\n\n\"I think we need all countries to be thinking about this in a globally minded way, partially because it's the right thing to do but also because it's a self-interest issue,\" he says.\n\n\"If you have large reservoirs of virus circulating in surrounding countries, you can't go back to your normal trade, travel or movement of people. It's really important to have that mindset: we're not safe, unless everybody is safe.\"\n\nHuman trials of the Oxford vaccine are taking place in South Africa\n\nAs well as trying to make sure developing countries get access to the right vaccines, Mr Berkley has to think about the more prosaic aspects of vaccine roll-out, including whether or not there are enough glass vials in the world. There have been reports of a potential bottleneck in medical glass production.\n\n\"We were worried about that,\" Mr Berkley admits, \"so we went ahead and purchased enough vials for two billion doses, that's the number of doses we hope to have ready by the end of 2021.\"\n\nIf glass vials are a potential problem, then so are fridges, since most vaccines need to be kept at low temperatures.\n\nProf Toby Peters, an expert in cold chain logistics at Birmingham University, is helping organisations like Gavi think about how they can maximise existing refrigeration capacity in developing countries.\n\nHe says: \"It's not just a vaccine fridge, it's actually all the other pieces too: the pallets which move it in the planes; the vehicles that move it to the local stores, and then the motorbikes and the people who take it out right into the communities. All these have to work seamlessly.\"\n\nMany more glass vials will be needed - and fridges to store them\n\nProf Peters has been talking to global food and drink companies to explore borrowing cold chain storage to help with this mammoth project.\n\nTo make the vaccine roll-out more manageable, countries will have to work out who to prioritise in their populations.\n\nDr Charlie Weller, head of vaccines at the UK's Wellcome Trust, says countries are going to have to ask some frank questions.\n\n\"Who needs this vaccine? Which are the highest risk groups? And who are the highest priority? Because what we're pretty clear about is any initial vaccine is likely to outstrip supply, so choices will need to be made.\"\n\nEven doing the actual vaccinations will be tricky.\n\nThe UK, for example, is looking at a template which uses its network of polling stations as a way to process the population. But for poorer countries it's even more daunting.\n\nDr Weller insists strong healthcare systems will be key, with healthcare workers who have the right technical skills to immunise the target groups.\n\nThe scientists all think some kind of vaccine will be found. But many of them say they are kept awake at night by the sheer scale of what needs to be done to get it to billions of people.", "Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72.\n\nHis other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever mini-series, The Far Pavilions, in 1984, and the 1991 horror series Dark Shadows.\n\nHis representatives said he died \"suddenly\" following a short illness.\n\nHis daughter Lauren wrote on Facebook that she was \"utterly heartbroken\" that her \"darling father\" had passed away.\n\nShe said he had been \"sick for a while\" but there had been a \"rapid decline over the past week\".\n\nHis representatives said he had just finishing shooting horror film The Devil's Light and later this year will appear in a leading role in the romantic drama film Last Letter From Your Lover.\n\nHe was born Harry Bernard Cross in London to a working-class Catholic family.\n\nBen Cross as British athlete Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire\n\nAfter graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Rada), he moved from the stage to screen and took a minor role in the 1977 war film A Bridge Too Far, which starred Sir Sean Connery and Sir Michael Caine.\n\nHe became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the same year, before gaining wider acclaim as Billy Flynn - the lawyer representing murderer Roxie Hart - in a 1978 version of the stage musical Chicago.\n\nIt was a performance that was widely believed to have earned him his role in 1981's Chariots Of Fire, which went on to win four Oscars including best picture.\n\nCross played Jewish runner Harold Abrahams in the film, which was based on the true story of two British men racing for Olympic gold in 1924.\n\nBBC religion editor Martin Bashir said Cross's portrayal of Abrahams had \"captured the burden of being an outsider\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter Chariots of Fire, Cross was cast as a British officer in 19th Century colonial India in The Far Pavilions, which was described by The New York Times as \"the most expensive, ambitious production ever risked by a pay cable service\".\n\nHe later appeared as Malagant in the 1995 film First Knight and Sarek in the 2009 Star Trek reboot.\n\nCross also played Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in the 2006 BBC production Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.\n\nJames Bond star Colin Salmon, who worked on The Devil's Light alongside Cross, tweeted: \"It was good working with him, seeing his twinkle & his craft.\n\n\"He wrote songs for the Sinatra of Bulgaria, had so many stories & spoke in Bulgarian and German on set. Go Well Ben RIP.\"\n\nUS television and film director Todd Holland also shared a tribute, saying he had met Cross early in his own career.\n\n\"We shot a screen test at Pinewood Studios. I went to his home for dinner with his family,\" he said.\n\n\"Ben Cross was a lovely man and talented actor. That movie never got made. But... what a classy guy.\"\n\nCross, who died in Vienna, Austria, had two children, Lauren and Theo.", "Nearly half a million UK pupils face a fresh round of results chaos after exam board Pearson pulled its BTec results on the eve of releasing them.\n\nPearson said it would be re-grading all its BTecs to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs, which are now being graded via school-based assessments.\n\nThe move affects 450,000 pupils, 250,000 of whom received grades last week, with the rest due in a few hours.\n\nHeads said it was incomprehensible that changes were being made this late.\n\nPearson apologised and acknowledged the additional uncertainty the decision would cause. The exam board also conducts a large proportion of the GCSEs and A-levels taken by UK pupils.\n\nHowever, the late decision will cause even further disruption to students seeking places in further and higher education.\n\nUniversities are already struggling to cope with the impact of grade changes on their admissions process.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said he could not understand why it had taken Pearson until this late stage to realise the implications of grade changes for its BTec qualifications.\n\n\"It really does need to give an explanation of why this has happened. We feel desperately sorry for the students affected in a year when they have already undergone far too much disruption.\"\n\nPearson said in a statement: \"BTec qualification results have been been generally consistent with teacher and learner expectations, but we have become concerned about unfairness in relation to what are now significantly higher outcomes for GCSE and A-levels.\"\n\nSome 38,000 students who took Cambridge Technicals, run by exam board OCR, are also affected by the review.\n\nBut the board let schools know about this on Tuesday. These results are due to be given out on 25 August now.\n\nEngland's exams regulator has already said that the school-assessed GCSE and A-level grades are likely to be higher than last year by nine and 12 percentage points respectively.\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said it understood students' frustration at the delay, adding that awarding organisations had taken more time to make sure no student was inadvertently worse off because of the switch to centre-assessed grades.\n\n\"Critically no students will see their result downgraded as a result of the review, so results already issued will either stay the same or improve.\"\n\nThe Association of Colleges' chief executive, David Hughes, said it had asked Pearson to look at a small number of results which had seemed unfair, adding that the \"timing is worrying, because thousands of students were due to get their results in the morning and others have already got results which we know will not go down, but might improve.\"\n\nHe added: \"So it is vital for students that this is sorted in days rather than weeks so students have the chance to celebrate and plan their next steps.\"\n\nLeora Cruddas, chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, said Pearson was right to act, but added: \"This late notification will cause very significant challenges for schools, trusts and colleges.\n\n\"It simply is unacceptable that some of the most disadvantaged students will not receive their grades tomorrow and that nothing has been done to correct this over the past few days.\"\n\nLevel 3 health and social care BTec student Jay Golby got lower results than she expected and missed out on a place at Coventry University to study adult nursing this year.\n\nThe re-grade means the situation may change, but she adds: \"It was my plan to do it this year, as I was ready to go and it just breaks my heart because I won't have the opportunity any more.\n\n\"I hope something can get sorted soon as it's had a big mental impact, not only on me but obviously the other BTec students as well, especially the ones that haven't even got their results yet.\n\n\"They're just waiting on the edge of their seat and they don't know what's going to happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The head of the Sixth Form Colleges Association and the headteacher of a school in Somerset on \"such a hard summer\"\n\nBTec student Jude Walker told the BBC she was still waiting for her results.\n\n\"We should have received our results along with the A-levels, however, we haven't - this isn't good at all, because most of us really want to apply for our higher education.\n\n\"Me personally, I would like to go an apprenticeship and obviously if I don't have any results, I cannot go and do that.\"\n\nLevel 3 BTec student Harry Baker says it's worrying that time is running out for students who want to progress to university.\n\n\"I think it's good that they are trying to put thing right for students, but it is worrying that university starts in 20 or 30 days,\" he says.\n\n\"All this uncertainty is daunting and is bad for young people's mental health.\"\n\nThere are now almost no 16 to 18-year-olds across the UK whose hopes and fears haven't been mangled by the chaos of this year's results.\n\nPerhaps the only exceptions are students with special needs so severe they are not entered for qualifications.\n\nAs A-levels, then GCSEs, were caught up in multiple ministerial U-turns, Pearson's, the company that awards BTecs insisted all was fine as the results were more stable.\n\nThis was based partly on the modular way BTecs are assessed as students go along, which had apparently led to stable results, and fewer than 1% of entries being downgraded from teacher estimates.\n\nThese skill based qualifications can be either equivalent to a GCSE at level 2 or A-level at level 3.\n\nThey're accepted for entry to university, so immediately a whole big slice of 18-year-olds have been put at a disadvantage in the scramble for university places.\n\nThe same is true of those wanting to start a higher level apprenticeship.\n\nFor Pearsons this last-minute change of tack is reputational damage to a brand marketed across the world.\n\nFor students it's further proof their generation is paying a heavy price for the disruption of Covid-19. That, in turn, is terrifying for ministers as they will all be old enough to vote at the next election.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said the situation was \"totally unacceptable\".\n\n\"For some young people to find out less than a day in advance that they will not be receiving their grades tomorrow is utterly disgraceful.\n\n\"Gavin Williamson and the Department for Education should have had a grip of this situation days ago.\"\n\nShe urged the government to set a clear deadline by which every young person must receive their grades.\n\nLiberal Democrat education spokesperson Layla Moran said it was \"yet another shambles from the government\" and called for the education secretary's resignation.\n\n\"This summer has been a disaster for the government, it has left students panicking about their future and colleges in turmoil,\" she said.\n\nPearson has now written to all schools, colleges and training providers to say the following qualifications are being re-graded:\n\nA Pearson spokesman said: \"Although we generally accepted centre assessment grades for internal (i.e. coursework) units, we subsequently calculated the grades for the examined units using historical performance data with a view of maintaining overall outcomes over time.\n\n\"Our review will remove these Pearson-calculated grades and apply consistency across teacher-assessed internal grades and examined grades that students were unable to sit.\n\n\"We will work urgently with you to reissue these grades and will update you as soon as we possibly can.\n\n\"We want to reassure students that no grades will go down as part of this review.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTec students in relation to A-Levels and GCSEs and that no BTec student is disadvantaged.\n\n\"Therefore, we ask schools and colleges not to issue any BTec L1 and L2 results on 20 August, as these will be reviewed and where appropriate, re-graded.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the BTec results delay? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Incoming England boss Sarina Wiegman says she will be managing a \"world-class team\" in a \"world-class situation\" when she takes over the role in September 2021.\n\nWiegman, currently the Netherlands manager, will succeed Phil Neville as the Lionesses' head coach.\n\nShe led the Dutch to the Euro 2017 title and the 2019 World Cup final.\n\nAsked if the England job was the best in the world, she said: \"I definitely think so. I love my job.\"\n\nSpeaking at her first news conference since her appointment, Wiegman, 50, added: \"Ten years ago there was no opportunity for me to be a professional coach and look where I am right now. With the Netherlands we have had a great journey so far.\n\n\"I am very happy that I have been the coach of the Dutch national team and that we can still play the Olympics but I think that when I can work after that with the England team, it is a world-class team and it is a world-class situation that I am in.\n\n\"I am very happy and honoured that I can be a part of that and I can bring my experience and knowledge to the team. It is a world-class appointment.\"\n• None Wiegman 'one of the top managers in the world' - Smith\n\nWiegman has signed a four-year deal with England and will take charge after the postponed Tokyo Olympics next summer.\n\nA total of 142 people applied for the role but Baroness Campbell, the Football Association's director of women's football, said Wiegman was the \"number one choice\".\n\n\"England is the cradle of football,\" said Wiegman.\n\n\"They have done really well, there is great potential and they have developed the game very much. There is a big organisation behind it and they have a professional league.\n\n\"There are so many players that are talented. The facilities are great and it is a real challenge to make the move.\"\n\nWiegman's first major tournament in charge of the Lionesses will be the Women's Euro 2021 - which has been postponed until July 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic - on home soil.\n\nUnder Neville, England won a first SheBelieves Cup and finished fourth at last year's World Cup.\n\nBut since last year's quarter-final win over Norway in France, they have lost seven of 11 games and failed to retain their SheBelieves Cup title in March.\n\n\"England has a very good team and potential. It's such a good team that they can win major tournaments but you always have to deal with things you can't control,\" said Wiegman.\n\n\"Everything that is in our control, we will influence in a good way, or we will at least influence in the way we want to. But you also have to deal with other countries who are developing very much too. That is the nice thing about sport.\n\n\"You cannot say ahead we are going to win this or win this. You have a dream and an ambition of what you are going for and you do everything that is in your power to reach the highest performance.\"\n\nIt is not yet known who will lead Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics next summer but Neville remains under contract as England boss until July 2021.\n\nBut Wiegman said she would not \"interfere\" with his coaching as her responsibility lies with the Netherlands for another 12 months.\n\n\"Phil has responsibility for his team in the upcoming 12 months. I will absolutely respect that. I will get some information but I will really be in the background,\" she said.\n\n\"The last thing I would want to do is to interfere in his work but of course I will have a close look because I will jump in in 2021. I have the responsibility of the Dutch national team and that is my main focus.\n\n\"Maybe in the future there will be a transition when we switch jobs so of course I will talk a little closer to Phil.\"", "Matt Hancock said evidence suggests transmission at workplaces is low\n\nThe UK government is not considering making the wearing of face masks compulsory in offices and workplaces, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.\n\nIt comes as France ruled that coverings must be worn in most workplaces following a surge in coronavirus cases.\n\n\"We constantly look at the scientific advice and the answer here is that we are not currently considering doing that,\" said Mr Hancock.\n\nFace coverings are currently required in some indoor settings in the UK.\n\nFor example, they are compulsory for customers in shops in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland - but not for staff.\n\nThey are also required for anyone travelling on public transport anywhere in the UK.\n\nEarlier this week, France announced that from 1 September masks would be compulsory in all shared spaces in offices and factories where there is more than one worker present.\n\nPreviously, the French government only advised wearing masks at work when distancing is not possible\n\nMasks are also compulsory in some busy outdoor areas in Paris and other French cities.\n\nAsked on BBC Breakfast whether the UK would follow France and introduce masks in workplaces, Mr Hancock said it was not being considered.\n\n\"And the reason is that the evidence from NHS Test and Trace for where people catch the disease is that, very largely, they catch it from one household meeting another household, usually in one of their homes.\n\n\"And so it's that household transmission that is the core root of passing on this virus in this country.\n\n\"The amount of people who have caught it in workplaces is relatively low, we think, from the evidence we've got.\"\n\nIt comes as the government announced on Wednesday that a further 16 people had died with the virus, taking the UK's total to 41,397.\n\nThese are deaths for any reason within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.\n\nThere is currently no universal rule for workers to wear face masks at work in the UK. However, the government has set out guidance for particular industries.\n\nFor example, hairdressers and beauticians are advised to cover their faces because it's harder to socially distance with the public.\n\nStaff that work in shops or other indoor settings do not have to wear face coverings - although the government suggests businesses \"consider their use where appropriate\".\n\nFrom the start of August, the government changed its guidance about work, no longer ordering people to work from home where they can.\n\nIt is now up to employers to decide whether staff can return to the workplace - as long as it is safe to do so.\n\nPrevious restrictions on the use of public transport in England have also been removed, meaning anyone can now use it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Does it matter if you wear your face mask wrong? Well, yes.\n\nOver the past few months, there have been outbreaks among workers at meat processing plants as well as factories.\n\nMost recently, there has been an outbreak at a factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which makes desserts for Waitrose and Tesco.", "Long stretches of motorway driving could become a thing of the past\n\nHands-free driving could be legal on UK roads by spring next year, the government has said, as it launched a consultation on the technology.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a call for evidence into automated lane keeping systems (ALKS).\n\nSuch technology controls a car's movements and can keep it in lane for extended periods, although drivers need to be ready to take back control.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders claims it could cut accidents.\n\nThe technology for a car to steer itself and stay in lane - even around curves - already exists in some modern cars, but the law says that drivers must remain alert and ready to take over instantly.\n\nTesla's so-called \"Autopilot\" is one well-known example. It is considered \"level two\" on the five defined levels of self-driving cars.\n\nThe next step - level three - would not need the driver's attention at all times, and in theory, the driver could do other things such as check email or even watch a movie - until the car prompts them to take over again.\n\nIntroducing those systems would require changes to current legal framework, something the DfT says it is now considering.\n\nALKS technology has been approved by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), of which the UK is a member.\n\nIt set rules to allow the system in motorway traffic jams, at speeds of up to 37mph (60 km/h).\n\nBut the technology could be given the go ahead for speeds of up to 70mph in the UK, according to the DfT, potentially making long stretches of tedious motorway driving a thing of the past.\n\nThe UK government wants to hear from voices within the motoring industry to decide how to safely implement the technology, with the consultation closing on 27 October.\n\nThe call for evidence will also look at whether ALKS-enabled cars should be classed as automated, meaning the technology provider rather than the driver would be responsible for safety while the system is engaged.\n\nTransport Minister Rachel Maclean said: \"Automated technology could make driving safer, smoother and easier for motorists, and the UK should be the first country to see these benefits, attracting manufacturers to develop and test new technologies.\"\n\nMike Hawes, chief executive of the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders, said automated technologies would be \"life-changing\" and could prevent 47,000 serious accidents in the next 10 years.\n\nThe AA's president, Edmund King, has welcomed the move, saying the UK is right to look into measures which could potentially make roads safer.\n\nHowever, there have been a number of incidents involving the current driver-assist feature in which drivers did not pay enough attention to the road.\n\nIn 2018, a Nottingham resident was banned from driving after climbing into the passenger seat of his Tesla on the motorway, letting it do the driving.\n\nA fatal crash in the United States was caused, in part, by the driver playing a video game while leaving his car in \"Autopilot\" mode, before it drove into a concrete barrier.\n\nSuch cases have caused some to question the marketing of these features as \"self driving\", and whether that is misleading to customers.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nGavin Williamson says he is \"incredibly sorry for the distress\" caused to pupils after having to make a U-turn in how A-levels and GCSEs are graded.\n\nThe education secretary refused to say if he will resign amid a fresh scramble to secure university places.\n\n\"My focus is making sure youngsters get the grades that they deserve,\" he said.\n\nTens of thousands of students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice offers, prompting concerns about the number of available places.\n\nAnd uncertainty is continuing as admissions service Ucas and universities themselves have yet to be granted access to upgraded results.\n\nThe University of Oxford said it now had \"many more offer-holders meeting their grades than in a normal year\" and as a result faced \"significant capacity constraints both within our colleges and on our academic courses\".\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK which represents vice-chancellors, said that many more students now had the grades to get into their first-choice university.\n\nHe said this will \"cause challenges at this late stage in the admissions process - capacity, staffing, placements and facilities - particularly with the social distance measures in place\".\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders said it would write to Mr Williamson to request an immediate independent review into what it called the grading \"fiasco\".\n\n\"This degree of transparency is necessary at a time when public confidence has been badly shaken,\" general secretary Geoff Barton said.\n\nHe called on No 10 and Ofqual to put in place a \"robust contingency plan\" for students sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer in the event of further Covid-related disruption.\n\nMr Williamson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday: \"I would like to start off by apologising - saying sorry to all those young people who've been affected by this. This is something none of us expected to see and none of us wanted to see.\"\n\nBoth Frances Ramos (left) and Zainab Ali were left unsure if they would get their first-choice university places, despite their grades being bumped up\n\nFrances Ramos, 18, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, said she was pleased to be given her predicted grades of ABB - up from the BCD she received last Thursday.\n\nBut she said the U-turn \"does feel like it's a bit too late\" and added: \"I kind of wish the government had done this on Thursday.\" She is now waiting to hear if her first choice, the University of Liverpool, will accept her to study this year.\n\nZainab Ali, 18, from London, also thought the government should have acted sooner. \"I think it's a shame. After the damage is done, that's when they will take action and I find it quite frustrating,\" she said.\n\nThe U-turn should now mean Zainab is able to attend Queen Mary University, London.\n\nMr Williamson said it had been the common view of the government, Ofqual, and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland of different political parties that the system in place was more robust and \"significantly better\" than that in Scotland, after an earlier U-turn there.\n\nBut after the release of A-level results on Thursday he said it \"became increasingly apparent that there were too many young people that quite simply hadn't got the grade they truly deserved\".\n\nThe \"exact same challenge\" would have remained had there been a U-turn earlier, he said, and \"we would still be faced with the challenge of the fact of how do we expand the capacity within the university sector\".\n\nHe refused to address questions about his future as education secretary during interviews on Tuesday morning and he declined to offer explicit support for Ofqual's chief regulator, Sally Collier, to stay in her job.\n\nMr Williamson later told LBC: \"We ended up in a situation where Ofqual didn't deliver the system that we had been reassured and believed that would be in place.\"\n\nMr Williamson would not say whether he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during interviews on Tuesday\n\nLabour's shadow higher education minister Emma Hardy told Breakfast it appeared Ofqual had been \"thrown under the bus\" by the government despite it working to ministers' instructions during the pandemic.\n\nOfqual's algorithm downgraded around 40% of entries and came under fire after data showed poorer students' grades were marked down further than better off pupils.\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm.\n\nThe government's U-turn means teachers' assessments will also be used for all GCSE results - except for any cases where the algorithm adjustment actually suggests a better grade.\n\nIt is still unclear what the climbdown will mean for students taking vocational qualifications, including BTecs, with students telling BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat: \"We've been forgotten about.\"\n\nMr Williamson said he hoped they would also be subject to teacher-assessed grades, adding that the government was working with awarding authorities to ensure this happened.\n\nPearson, which awards BTecs, said it was aware that some BTec students had experienced a delay in receiving grades but did not say how many were impacted.\n\nAs part of the changes to grading, Mr Williamson has suspended a cap on student numbers for universities - effectively allowing institutions to accept unlimited numbers this year.\n\nDr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group which represents 24 leading universities, said there were \"limits to what can be done by the university sector alone to address that uncertainty without stretching resources to the point that it undermines the experience for all\".\n\nUniversities including Bristol, Durham, Sheffield and Liverpool stopped offering places through the clearing system that matches students to unfilled courses on Monday.\n\nBristol later said it would accept all applicants who now met the terms of an offer and Sheffield said it would do so \"wherever possible\".\n\nBut some universities say that numbers will have to remain limited on medicine and dentistry courses.\n\nUcas was unable to say how many students had not been able to take up places due to their results being downgraded.\n\nIt said its latest figures early on Tuesday showed:\n\nA Ucas spokesman said students who have not got into their first-choice institution should seek advice from their parents or teachers before contacting the university.\n\nSam Freedman, who was a senior policy adviser to the Department for Education between 2010 and 2013, said it \"beggared belief\" that the secretary of state had said he was only aware of problems over the weekend.\n\n\"I can't think of many other education secretaries who wouldn't have already resigned,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wrote in the Daily Mirror: \"The Tories' handling of these results sums up their handling of this pandemic: incompetent.\"", "Life in a face covering means eye expression needs to make a big impression, prompting a shift in makeup sales.\n\nEye makeup has been taking a larger proportion of prestige cosmetics sales during and after lockdown, according to analysts NPD.\n\nWith lips now often hidden behind a mask, makeup sales in that area are taking a lesser share of spending.\n\nThe fashion industry has been affected by homeworking and video conferencing.\n\nOnline retailer Asos recently said sales of make-up and sportswear had been particularly strong as people were stuck at home, it said.\n\nIt also said people were making more \"deliberate purchases\" rather than ordering and returning several items at a time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Influencers have been sharing tips on keeping your make-up looking good while wearing a mask\n\nNPD studied sales data for \"prestige\" makeup bought by women, which includes products sold in non-supermarket High Street stores and department stores, as well as online.\n\nIt found that mascara and eye shadow drove an increasing share of sales for eye makeup, up from 22% of makeup sales before lockdown to 25% post-lockdown. Eyebrow products have also taken a rising share in the market, having previously been static for some time.\n\nIn contrast, makeup for lips fell from 14% of the market pre-lockdown, to 12% afterwards.\n\n\"The popularity of eye makeup can be attributed to increased experimentation at home and wearing make-up whilst socialising with family and friends virtually or during conference calls with colleagues,\" said Emma Fishwick, Account Manager, NPD UK Beauty\n\nIt also followed social media-led trends encouraging people to experiment with makeup while people often need to wear face coverings in public.\n\n\"As consumers are required to wear face coverings in shops, on public transport and other public spaces, the lip segment has declined in share, driven largely by a decline in demand of lip colour as the lip area is no longer visible when wearing a mask,\" she said.", "Coronavirus tests are to be carried out on more people in the government's monitoring programme to get a better idea of the spread of the virus.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics' Infection Survey will test 150,000 people a fortnight in England by October, up from 28,000 now.\n\nThe survey is separate from the mass testing programme of people with symptoms to diagnose cases.\n\nFor the survey, a representative sample of the general population is tested.\n\nThat means it can provide estimates for the true spread of the virus.\n\nThe diagnostic testing programme, which provides daily totals, largely relies on people with symptoms coming forward.\n\nSome people do not display symptoms when they are infected so the daily totals are an underestimate of the amount of infection that is around.\n\nAs part of the expansion of the programme, data will also be gathered in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.\n\nMeanwhile, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he wanted to see more rapid-turnaround testing for the public.\n\nCurrently most tests that are taken have to be sent off to labs to be processed - and so people often wait a day for the results.\n\nBut the government is assessing the accuracy and effectiveness of new types of tests that can deliver results on the spot.\n\nHe said this was a \"huge priority\" for government as it could make it easier to reopen parts of the economy and perhaps reduce the restrictions around quarantining when you come from high-risk areas abroad.\n\nBut he was unable to give a timeframe for that as the tests have not be proven to work yet.\n\nThe ONS study helps us to understand whether rising numbers of people testing positive is down to more testing or more virus.\n\nIt uses a small sample of people to inform the national picture, like tasting soup with a teaspoonful.\n\nAt the moment, spotting just 10 infections a week, it takes a while before it can tell whether a rise is a spike or just a blip.\n\nA bigger spoon means it will spot the national and regional trends faster.\n\nThat means we're less likely to be caught unawares if the virus comes back with a vengeance in the autumn.\n\nBut it still won't see many infections in a town or small city, so won't become our main local outbreak detector.\n\nSpeaking about the ONS survey expansion, he said the monitoring programme was currently the \"single most important tool\" the government had for making policy decisions around coronavirus because it helped it understand how the disease was spreading.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Breakfast, Mr Hancock said expanding the ONS survey would allow the government to be \"more accurate and more localised\" in its response.\n\nHe added that it would help the government with its \"biggest challenge\", which was finding people who were asymptomatic but could still pass the virus on.\n\nIt tests thousands of people in households representative of the population, whether or not they have coronavirus symptoms.\n\nThe results help experts estimate the weekly reproduction (R) number and growth rate of the virus - which tells us if new coronavirus infections are rising or shrinking.\n\nThe survey also provides important information about the socio-demographic characteristics of the people and households who have Covid-19.\n\nAccording to last week's results, coronavirus cases across England appear to be levelling off, with an estimated one in 1,900, or 28,300 people currently infected.\n\nAt the start of the pilot study, led by the ONS and the University of Oxford in partnership with the Department for Health and Social Care, around 20,000 households were invited to take part, with the aim of achieving data from around 10,000 households.\n\nSince the end of May, additional households have been invited to take part in the survey each week (roughly 5,000 a week), with an additional 15,000 households contacted in July.\n\nBy beefing up the numbers participating, the ONS will be able to assess what is going on in much greater detail.\n\nProfessor Sir Ian Diamond, the UK's National Statistician, said that the survey would be the biggest of its kind in this country.\n\n\"Vigilance is key to containing this pandemic and the extra data on the spread of infections and antibodies at local level will be invaluable to the planning of effective local responses.\"\n\nProf Sarah Walker, of Oxford University, who is a co-leader of the survey, added: \"The added numbers will give us an awful lot of information about how this is all going to play out over the next six months.\n\n\"The key question is 'can I get it again?' and because we are going back to households and because we will have enough people we can answer that question, not just overall, but by age, gender and ethnicity.\"\n\nThe extended survey should be up and running by October when government experts are expecting there to be surges in infection.\n\nPeople who take part have routine nose or throat swabs to see if they currently have coronavirus.\n\nThe survey currently has 60,000 people enrolled - not all of them are tested every fortnight.\n\nThe aim is to increase this to 400,000 people across the entire project in England, and there will be proportionate increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n• None The R number and growth rate in the UK - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On 4 August, a massive explosion devastated the Beirut port area, killing more than 200 people.\n\nTwo weeks after the explosion that shattered Lebanon's capital, the BBC's Tom Bateman meets families and individuals whose lives have changed forever.", "Louise Sharp, pictured with her daughters Jessica and Emily, said she needs to leave her face uncovered so she can communicate with Jessica\n\nA woman who is exempt from wearing a mask said the abuse she has received while shopping without one has left her afraid to leave the house.\n\nLouise Sharp said she needs to stay uncovered so she can communicate with her daughter who is autistic and would otherwise get distressed.\n\nHowever, after negative comments from another shopper sparked a panic attack two weeks ago, she can no longer shop.\n\nShe said people should be more understanding of those with exemptions.\n\nMs Sharp told BBC Newcastle she was accosted at her local supermarket in Whitley Bay and when she tried to explain that she was exempt due to both her panic and anxiety disorder as well her daughter's autism, the person still said she was \"selfish\".\n\nShe ended up suffering from a panic attack and had to leave.\n\n\"I haven't been to any shop since, not once, I don't have the confidence\", she said.\n\n\"It's not right, I now feel under lockdown more than before.\n\n\"People feel they've got the authority to question anyone, and I feel more should be done to address the issue of exemption and to give people respect.\n\n\"Please understand there are exemptions and respect those exemptions.\"\n\nFace coverings must be worn in any enclosed public space in England, although there are exemptions including:\n\nHer pleas are being echoed by charities including the National Autistic Society, Asthma UK and the Alzheimer's Society.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 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Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester United came from behind to beat Austrian side LASK at Old Trafford, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Europa League 7-1 on aggregate.\n\nAnthony Martial came off the bench to score the winner four minutes from time, collecting Juan Mata's precise through ball before finishing off his 23rd goal of the season from 10 yards.\n\nEarlier, Mata also provided the assist for Jesse Lingard to score for the second consecutive game.\n\nHaving broken his Premier League duck for the season in the very last minute of the final match - at Leicester - it meant Lingard was scoring in successive games for the first time since he did so December 2018.\n\nThat was in the matches against Liverpool and Cardiff that bookended the final game of Jose Mourinho's time in charge at Old Trafford and the first of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's.\n\nIt was tough luck on the Austrians, who were the better side in the first half, despite trailing 5-0 from their home game in March.\n\nWhen skipper Philipp Wiesinger curled an excellent shot into the top corner after 55 minutes, it looked like they were heading for a famous victory.\n\nBut Lingard replied two minutes later and Solskjaer could even give 18-year-old defender Teden Mengi his debut as the clock ticked down to the final whistle.\n\nHaving already secured a place in next season's Champions League, United will now play Danish side FC Copenhagen in Cologne in the quarter-finals of the 'Final 8' tournament on 10 August.\n\nThe 'Final 8' is taking place in Germany, with the final itself being held in Cologne on 21 August.\n\nThe draw for the remainder of the competition has already taken place. Wolves are potential semi-final opponents, so there cannot be an all-English final.\n\nHowever, Inter Milan, with three former United players - Romelu Lukaku, Ashley Young and Alexis Sanchez - are potential final opponents.\n• None Reaction from Man Utd v LASK, plus updates from the rest of Wednesday's Europa League action\n• None How does it stand in Europa League?\n• None 26 matches, 19 days - all you need to know about the return of European football\n\nWho is at risk if Jadon Sancho arrives?\n\nThe build-up to this game was dominated by news of Jadon Sancho's likely arrival and Sanchez's imminent exit.\n\nIf the Sancho deal eventually happens, the England wide-man will be competing with Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood for the forward spots.\n\nAnd it would mean fewer opportunities for the pair who started in the wide positions against LASK, both of whom scored in the first leg.\n\nJuan Mata cost United a then club record £37.1m when David Moyes signed him from Chelsea in January 2014. Mata's arrival in a helicopter was memorable and he has enjoyed moments of success.\n\nHowever, at 32, it is hard to see him making much of an impact on Solskjaer's side given the pace they play with. Mata has scored three times this season but has made just two 10-minute substitute appearances since the resumption, which says a lot.\n\nMata's ability has never revolved around pace. He prefers to play with his brain and, going about his business largely unnoticed, he ended the evening with two excellent assists, which showed his passing range.\n\nIt took a long, straight pass to send Lingard through. The one he found Martial with was shorter - but equally precise.\n\nUnited sources have admitted they took a punt on Daniel James, who signed last summer for £15m from Swansea after a recommendation from Ryan Giggs.\n\nThe 22-year-old has age as well as time on his side. But the Welshman looks a shadow of the player who made such a blistering start to his United career, scoring three goals in his first four appearances.\n\nHad he shown more conviction, James might have been able to reach Brandon Williams' low second-half cross. Instead, it evaded him and the rest of the game passed without a significant contribution.\n\nA total 54 minutes in five substitute appearances since starting the first game since lockdown at Tottenham on 19 June does not hint at James playing an integral role when United head to Germany looking to win their first trophy in three seasons.\n\nWhile it would be tempting to think United do not have to take this competition quite so seriously now their Champions League place no longer rests on winning it, that would be to ignore the club's recent history.\n\nNot since the 1980s have the club failed to win a trophy in three consecutive seasons, which is the fate that awaits them if they miss out in this tournament.\n\nThey will be encountering a familiar face in the last eight following FC Copenhagen's 3-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir.\n\nUruguayan defender Guillermo Varela made a total of 11 appearances in four seasons on the books at United, although he only actually played for them in the 2015-16 campaign.\n\nCoincidentally, his last appearance came in the Europa League, against Liverpool in March 2016.\n\n'It's job done' - what they said\n\nManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speaking to BT Sport: \"Some of these lads haven't played for a while and it showed. We won, we gave a debut to a young lad, it's been a good night. For me it was a good exercise, it's job done, minutes under the belt and on to Copenhagen.\"\n\nOn debutant Teden Mengi: \"He is a leader, a centre-back, someone we believe in, he's strong, quick, good on the ball and I think we've got a decent player there.\"\n\nOn the availability of Victor Lindelof for the quarter-final: \"Victor should be OK to travel. It's great to get Eric [Bailly] through a game again, he's had his ups and downs with injuries.\"\n• None Manchester United remain unbeaten in their 10 meetings with Austrian opponents in all European competition. It's the most they've met sides from a specific country without defeat.\n• None Manchester United have netted 23 goals in the Europa League this season, at least four more than any other side in the competition.\n• None Manchester United have used 38 players in the Europa League this season - the most different players a team has used in a single campaign in Uefa Cup/Europa League history.\n• None Anthony Martial is now Manchester United's top scorer in all competitions this season with 23 goals. The Frenchman had scored just 23 goals in his last two campaigns combined for the Red Devils.\n• None Jesse Lingard has scored in back-to-back matches for Manchester United for the first time since December 2018.\n• None Philipp Wiesinger's opener for LASK was the first goal Manchester United have conceded at home in the Europa League this season.\n• None No player has provided more assists in the Europa League this season than Man Utd's Juan Mata (5), with the Spaniard setting up both of the Red Devils' goals.\n• None Attempt saved. Marko Raguz (LASK) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Reinhold Ranftl with a cross.\n• None Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.\n• None Attempt missed. Reinhold Ranftl (LASK) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Sabitzer.\n• None Goal! Manchester United 2, LASK 1. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.\n• None Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andreas Pereira.\n• None Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Scott McTominay. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Eight things we learned when he spoke to Joe Wicks\n• None Six calls to track down the football legend", "Andrea Lauro was last spotted kayaking in Hove Lagoon on Sunday morning\n\nA man who died while kayaking off the coast of Sussex has been identified as Andrea Lauro, his family said.\n\nThe body of the 36-year-old Italian was found on Hove beach at about 05:30 BST on Tuesday.\n\nA large search and rescue operation began on Sunday after he was seen \"going into the water\" from a kayak off Hove Lagoon at about 10:00.\n\nA kayak was later found on the shoreline and the search was brought to an end after eight hours.\n\nHis family did not wish to comment further at this time.\n\nSussex Police said the coroner's office had been informed.\n\nThe rescue operation involving an RNLI lifeboat and coastguard helicopter was called off following an \"intensive eight hour search of the area,\" HM Coastguard said.\n\nMr Lauro's kayak and paddle were later found on the shore\n• None Body found thought to be that of missing kayaker\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. \"More confidence in government in Wales,\" says Labour leader\n\nLabour leader Keir Starmer has failed to back the Welsh Government's stance on face masks in shops in an interview with BBC Wales.\n\nAsked who was right on face coverings - Conservative UK ministers or the Labour Welsh Government - he said it was for each individual government to decide.\n\nThe UK government has made the wearing of face masks compulsory in English shops - a policy Sir Keir supports.\n\nIt has not been implemented in Wales.\n\nHowever the Labour leader said the Welsh Government's response to Covid-19 had been better than the UK government's in England.\n\nHe claimed levels of public confidence in coronavirus measures were better in Wales than England.\n\nThe Welsh Government has made face coverings compulsory on public transport - as had the UK government in England.\n\nIt has advised their use in places where it is difficult to social distance.\n\nWales' Chief Medical Officer Frank Atherton said in July that the evidence for making them mandatory was \"quite weak\".\n\nOpposition parties have called for them to be compulsory in shops.\n\n\"It's for each government to decide,\" Mr Starmer said, speaking on a visit to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Broughton, Flintshire.\n\n\"What they need to do is say what's the scientific basis for the decision's being taken.\"\n\nThe rules on face masks vary around the UK\n\nAsked again if he disagreed with the policy, Mr Starmer declined to answer again.\n\n\"The Welsh Government actually has shown what a difference it makes for Labour to be in power, because the response to the Covid crisis has been so much better in Wales than it has been elsewhere,\" he said.\n\nHe said Welsh Labour ministers had gone for a \"planning first and action afterwards rather than declaring action and planning afterwards, which has been the prime minister's approach\".\n\n\"What we've seen is cautious action by the Welsh Government, but supported in large measure by the public, and I think that tells its own story.\"\n\nSir Keir's visit followed July's announcement of major job losses at Airbus in Broughton and he called on UK ministers to reverse plans to end the furlough scheme to save Welsh jobs.\n\nLabour wants a reformed programme to support sectors of the economy worst-hit by coronavirus, including aerospace.\n\nAirbus currently employs more than 6,000 people at its site in Broughton\n\nThe Treasury said it had given Labour Welsh ministers money to \"plan their own support schemes\".\n\nThis was Sir Keir's first trip to Wales since taking over the Labour leadership from Jeremy Corbyn in April.\n\nIn December's general election the party lost six seats to the Conservatives, including Wrexham, Vale of Clwyd, Clwyd South and Delyn in north east Wales.\n\nThe losses left Labour with only one seat in north Wales - Alyn and Deeside.\n\nThe new leader has held a series of virtual meetings with voters, including in north east Wales, as part of efforts to reconnect the party with traditional Labour voters it has lost.\n\nHis visit also came ahead of a Senedd election next May, in which Labour will be seeking a sixth term in office.\n\nThe party has led the Welsh Government continuously since devolution in 1999, including two spells with support from other political parties.", "Daisy Coleman, a sexual assault victim advocate and subject of the Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy, has taken her own life, according to her mother.\n\nMs Coleman, 23, was 14 when she alleged she was raped at a party in 2012 in Maryville, Missouri.\n\nHer case drew national attention as she spoke of being bullied after the incident, but the charge against the teenage boy she accused was dropped.\n\nShe was reportedly found dead after her mother called police to check on her.\n\n\"She was my best friend and amazing daughter,\" her mother, Melinda Coleman, wrote on Facebook.\n\n\"I think she had to make it seem like I could live without her. I can't.\n\n\"I wish I could have taken the pain from her! She never recovered from what those boys did to her and it's just not fair. My baby girl is gone.\"\n\nMs Coleman alleged she was assaulted while intoxicated by a 17-year-old boy, Matthew Barnett, at a house party in January 2012, when she was 14.\n\nHer mother said she found her daughter the next morning, left outside on the porch, with wet hair and wearing just a T-shirt and sweatpants in sub-zero temperatures.\n\nBarnett was charged with felony sexual assault, but the case was eventually dropped. Ms Coleman's family argued this was due to the local political connections of the boy's family.\n\nBarnett pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of child endangerment, arguing his sexual intercourse with Daisy had been consensual.\n\nMs Coleman's case sparked national discussions over teenage rape cases in the US justice system as well as victim blaming and bullying. Ms Coleman and her family eventually moved out of Maryville after threats and harassment in school.\n\nShe was featured in the award-winning 2016 Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy, which highlighted the bullying faced by teenage assault victims.\n\nThe other girl in the film, Audrie Pott, took her own life in September 2012, days after she was sexually assaulted.\n\nMs Coleman helped co-found the SafeBae (Before Anyone Else) non-profit organisation to help prevent sexual assault in schools.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, SafeBae said the team was \"shattered and shocked by her passing\".\n\n\"She had many coping demons and had been facing and overcoming them all, but as many of you know, healing is not a straight path or any easy one. She fought longer and harder than we will ever know.\"\n\nThe statement added that Ms Coleman had worked to help young survivors, and would want them \"to know they are heard, they matter, they are loved, and there are places for them to get the help they need\".\n\nFrom Canada or US: If you're in an emergency, please call 911\n\nYou can contact the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.\n\nYou can call the UK Samaritans Helpline on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org.", "The BBC has received more than 18,600 complaints about the use of a racial slur in a TV news report.\n\nThe N-word was used in a report about a racially-aggravated attack in Bristol, broadcast by Points West and the BBC News Channel last week.\n\nThe corporation has since defended the use of the word, but accepted it caused offence.\n\nBroadcast regulator Ofcom said it received 384 complaints about the report.\n\nIn its fortnightly bulletin, the BBC said it had received 18,656 complaints about the incident by Sunday 2 August.\n\nThat makes it the second-most complained about incident since the BBC began using its current system in 2017. Only Newsnight's opening monologue about Dominic Cummings in May received more, with 23,674.\n\nPrior to 2017, Jerry Springer: The Opera received the most complaints of any BBC show, with 63,000.\n\nThe report, which aired on Wednesday 29 July, described an attack on a 21-year-old NHS worker and musician known as K or K-Dogg.\n\nHe had been hit by a car on 22 July while walking to a bus stop from his workplace, Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone.\n\nPolice said the incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car.\n\nA fourth man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Tuesday.\n\nIn its response to complaints about the use of the N-word, the BBC said: \"The victim's family were anxious the incident should be seen and understood by the wider public.\n\n\"It's for this reason they asked us specifically to show the photos of this man's injuries and were also determined that we should report the racist language, in full, alleged to have been spoken by the occupants of the car.\"\n\nIt added: \"These are difficult judgements but the context is very important in this particular case. We believe we gave adequate warnings that upsetting images and language would be used and we will continue to pursue this story.\n\n\"The word is highly offensive and we completely accept and understand why people have been upset by its use. The decision to use the word was not taken lightly and without considerable detailed thought: we were aware that it would cause offence.\"\n\nLucy Worsley apologised for using the N-word on a 2019 episode of Britain's Biggest Fibs\n\nThe BBC has also received a further 417 complaints about a separate use of the word during a history programme.\n\nOn Sunday, presenter and historian Lucy Worsley apologised after citing the N-word in her BBC show American History's Biggest Fibs.\n\nThe programme first aired on BBC Four in 2019 but was repeated on BBC Two over the weekend.\n\nAfter the repeat was broadcast, one Twitter user contacted Worsley to criticise her for using the N-word.\n\nReplying to her, Worsley said: \"You're right, it wasn't acceptable and I apologise.\"\n\nThe complaints come amid ongoing concern and scrutiny of how the media and entertainment industry deals with issues of race.\n\nAfter the Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody, several TV and film stars have apologised for their previous use of blackface or racially insensitive language.\n• None BBC defends use of racial slur in news report", "Compulsory testing at airports is a remarkable step for a country that prides itself on personal freedoms, and Germany's health minister admitted as much.\n\nBut you just need to say the word “Ischgl” to most Germans to remind them of the risk posed by returning holidaymakers. Ischgl is the Austrian ski resort that hit the news in March, after young German skiers caught the virus while drinking in crowded bars. It’s thought that their return sparked some of the first major outbreaks in Germany.\n\nThe move shows how seriously the government is taking the risk of a second wave. Daily infection rates are rising again in Germany — 1,045 new infections in the last 24 hours, compared to between 300 and 500 at the beginning of July — although officials say that’s also because Germany is testing more than ever.\n\nA bigger problem, though, is that the vast majority of new infections are transmitted within Germany.\n\nOver the summer the feeling of urgency has faded, and families and friends are socialising again and infections are no longer confined to a couple of large hotspots.\n\nTesting at airports will only be a small part of preventing a second wave.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke with residents during their visit to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff\n\nA man has said it was \"upsetting\" to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit a care home where his father lives before his family was allowed to.\n\nThe Royal couple visited Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff on Wednesday.\n\nRhys Thomas said he was told he would be unable to see his father, former assembly member Owen John Thomas, until Friday after a carer tested positive.\n\nThe care home said Mr Thomas' father and others who had been isolated were not part of the visit.\n\nMr Thomas said he had accepted an apology from the \"very good\" care home.\n\nOwen John Thomas, pictured left, with his wife Sian, his son Rhys and daughter-in-law Manon\n\nMr Thomas said he had not seen his father, who has dementia and has been in the care home for 18 months, since the start of July.\n\n\"It's a bit upsetting that we can't go but the Royal Family are allowed to go there and play bingo,\" he told BBC Wales.\n\n\"We didn't know about it beforehand. Maybe the care home didn't know about it in advance, so I'm not critical of not knowing.\"\n\nWhile he said he understands the benefits of the visit to \"boost morale\", Mr Thomas said it was a \"bit insensitive\".\n\n\"I'm happy with the home - they provide very, very good care,\" he explained.\n\n\"I sent an email complaining, and I have had two phone calls from the care home today trying to explain. I accept their apology.\n\n\"It's nothing to do with being against the visit per se - some people of a certain generation would have appreciated that.\"\n\nPrince William and Catherine spoke to staff and residents at the care home\n\nMr Thomas said he would now be unable to see his father until Tuesday because he has to go away for five days.\n\n\"But of course, we don't know if the care home will be locked down again,\" he added.\n\n\"It looks like I could have gone on Wednesday, but the Duke and Duchess were there.\"\n\nHe said that with his father's illness \"every moment is precious\", especially with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nShire Hall Care Home said the suspension of visitors only applied to one community in the home.\n\nIt said the dementia community at the home had been Covid-19 free for 28 days on Tuesday but, as it takes time to arrange visits in accordance with guidance, it wrote to all relatives concerned the previous day informing them they could begin facilitating outdoor visits from Thursday.\n\nMr Thomas said he did not receive this correspondence.\n\nCorrespondence between the local authority and the care home manager, seen by the BBC, states that the 28-day no-visitor period came to an end on Wednesday. This was also confirmed by Public Health Wales.\n\nThe care home said: \"We understand the importance of the connection between residents and their loved ones and have worked hard to develop innovative ways to keep them in touch throughout this challenging period.\"\n\nIt said the entire home had now been coronavirus-free for 28 days and visits to the home had resumed for all.\n\nIt added: \"We would like to thank relatives for their support during this challenging period.\"\n\nThe Royal Family have declined to comment and referred the BBC to the care home.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe FBI have conducted a raid on the Los Angeles-area home of YouTube star Jake Paul.\n\nA spokeswoman for the FBI said an armed swat team carried out the raid, which took place while Paul was not at home.\n\nThe official would not say the reason, only that the search was related to an investigation. Officers were seen collecting guns from the property.\n\nPaul is facing charges of looting in Arizona and recently held a party that allegedly broke public health orders.\n\nPaul, 23, has over 20 million followers on YouTube.\n\n\"The FBI is executing a federal search warrant at a residence in Calabasas in connection with an ongoing investigation,\" an FBI representative said in a statement.\n\n\"The affidavit in support of the search warrant has been sealed by a judge and I am, therefore, prohibited from commenting as to the nature of the investigation. No arrests are planned.\"\n\nAerial footage from news outlets showed what looked like firearms being removed from the home by investigators.\n\nAccording to the local ABC station, these weapons included a long gun that was next to a hot tub in the garden.\n\nIn June, Paul was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, during a protest at a shopping centre following the death of George Floyd. Police declared the demonstration a riot after looting started.\n\nHe was charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly, but told US media that he was only there to meet protesters.\n\nIn July, he was criticised for holding a day-long party at his Calabasas home, where revellers did not wear face masks or social distance.\n\nPaul first gained notoriety on video sharing platform Vine, and later YouTube - building a reputation for brash humour and pranks.\n\nHis online fame helped to secure him a role on Disney Channel series Bizaardvark. However he was fired after complaints from neighbours about his stunts - including starting a fire in his back garden - gained publicity.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Logan and Jake Paul became social media superstars\n\nPaul, like his brother Logan, is a controversial figure in the so-called influencer industry. In 2018 he uploaded a video titled \"I lost my virginity,\" featuring a thumbnail picture of him posing semi-nude with his girlfriend.\n\nHe has also staged two weddings, taken part in a boxing match against fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib, and released several songs, including one with rapper Gucci Mane.\n\nEarlier this year Paul was criticised for suggesting that anxiety is a self-induced mental illness. In a subsequent tweet, he said he had also suffered from anxiety and intended to \"[spread] more awareness\".", "The app should log when two people have been within 2m of each other for more than 15 minutes\n\nA second attempt at a Covid-19 contact-tracing app for England will soon be tested by members of the public.\n\nOfficials hope to confirm the date for the limited roll-out within a few days. It could be as soon as next week.\n\nThe app will let people scan barcode-like QR codes to log venue visits, as well as implementing Apple and Google's method of detecting other smartphones.\n\nBut efforts are still ongoing to deliver medical test results within the product.\n\nUsers will get alerts if others they have recently been close to declare that they have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.\n\nThe software will provide information about the prevalence of the disease in the local area to encourage people to be more cautious if levels rise.\n\nThe Times has reported that users could also be given a rough count of how many times a day they have been within 2m (6.6ft) of any other person with the app installed, for more than 15 minutes. This could help people spot instances where they could have taken more care and help change their behaviour.\n\nBut it appears that Baroness Harding and others in charge of the NHS Test and Trace team still do not believe enough progress has been made to rely on Bluetooth signals to direct users to self-isolate for a fortnight.\n\nBaroness Harding is concerned that the accuracy of Apple and Google's system\n\nThat contrasts with their counterparts in Northern Ireland. They launched the StopCOVID NI app last week, which is built round the same Apple-Google framework.\n\nIt does tell users to go into quarantine for 14 days if it determines there is a good chance they have been exposed to the virus.\n\nThe BBC has been told that officials are considering using the Isle of Wight again to test the English app, and this time other areas could also be involved.\n\nHowever, no formal decision has been made as yet.\n\nOne technologist said she was concerned the app was being pushed out in an unfinished state to stop further questions being asked about the absence of a contact-tracing app in England at a time local lockdowns are coming into force.\n\n\"The fact that the software works on the phone doesn't mean it's going to create the change that is needed in a community,\" added Rachel Coldicutt.\n\n\"We're only going to know it's effective if it produces timely changes in people's behaviour.\"\n\nThe government has published limited details about what the new app will do on its website.\n\nNorthern Ireland launched its contact tracing app at the end of July\n\nIt adds that both the Bluetooth and QR code systems are decentralised.\n\nThis means that checks to see whether a user has been close to a person later diagnosed as having the virus, or been to one of the flagged venues, happen on their device. As a consequence, officials cannot identify them unless they make contact themselves, which they might do to order a test or warn others.\n\nIt remains unclear how long it will be until the app is rolled out nationwide in England.\n\n\"The real power of the app will come with mass adoption,\" the document acknowledges, adding that businesses and public services will be asked to help encourage its use when it is ready.", "People arriving into the UK from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will have to quarantine for 14 days.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes start at 04:00 BST on Saturday except in Wales, where it started midnight on Thursday.\n\nThe countries are the latest to have a change in rules, after quarantines were reimposed for Spain and Luxembourg.\n\nThe Foreign Office is also warning against \"all but essential travel\" to the three countries.\n\nBut travellers from Brunei and Malaysia arriving in England and Wales will no longer need to self-isolate, after a decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases.\n\nThe transport secretary has previously said he \"cannot rule out\" other countries being included on the list as the travel advice is kept under review.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and those returning to Scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nUp to 1.8 million British nationals visit Belgium every year, while 150,000 visit Andorra. The Bahamas, meanwhile, saw more than 36,000 visits from the UK in 2018.\n\nAccording to figures on Thursday, Belgium has a rate of 49.2 new cases per 100,000 people, above the UK's latest rate of 14.3. For comparison, Spain's rate was 27.4 around the time it was removed from the UK's travel corridor list.\n\nLast week, Belgium introduced new restrictions that mean that people can only meet the same five people outside their household in a month.\n\nMeanwhile, Belgium's neighbour, France, is also seeing a surge in cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nMr Shapps tweeted: \"Data shows we need to remove Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from our list of [coronavirus] travel corridors in order to keep infection rates DOWN.\n\n\"If you arrive in the UK after 0400 Saturday from these destinations, you will need to self-isolate for 14 days.\"\n\nScottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said the governments of all four UK nations agreed to the changes \"based on a shared understanding of the data\".\n\n\"Imposing quarantine requirements on those arriving from another country is not a decision made lightly - but suppressing the virus and protecting public health remains our priority,\" he said.\n\nThese changes are not going to cause quite the same disruption as we saw when Spain was removed from the exemptions list.\n\nFar fewer Brits head to these destinations; just a few tens of thousands go to the Bahamas each year and it currently has a nationwide lockdown in force.\n\nBut the change to Belgium's status will have a knock-on effect for people planning to head to other European destinations too.\n\nAnyone travelling through Belgium will now find they have to quarantine when they get back.\n\nIt's also likely to make things a bit nervy for people planning a trip to other, more popular, holiday destinations where Covid rates have been on the rise.\n\nAll in all, it looks like the summer getaway is set to stay pretty unpredictable for a while yet.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", dozens of countries which were exempt from the rule, including France, Italy and Germany.\n\nSince then, a few more countries have been added but Spain and Luxembourg have been removed.\n\nIt comes as figures showed that demand for the Eurotunnel - which takes people between the UK and France with their vehicles - is recovering to pre-coronavirus levels quicker than air travel.\n\nThe tunnel's passenger numbers were down 21% in July compared to July last year - whereas the UK's biggest airlines are operating at less than half their capacities last month.\n\nHow have you been affected by the latest quarantine developments? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:\n• None You finally got abroad, but was it worth it?", "Beth says she worried about not being able to access her kitchen or leave her room\n\nA lack of clarity from universities about how they will protect students who had to shield during lockdown \"will pose further risk\" to lives, the National Union of Students has warned.\n\nIt said a shortage of information about safe study, accommodation and support was \"concerning\" so close to term.\n\nThe government says universities should convey any plans \"clearly\" to students.\n\nBut some students fear they may have to shield in bedrooms and have called for more detail on safety measures.\n\nBeth Bale has been shielding due to Crohn's Disease and a hormone deficiency and says she is concerned about the safety of accommodation and the possibility of a second wave.\n\n\"What if I get back to university and then four weeks in I'm asked to shield again and I can no longer access my kitchen or leave my room? My little box room will be all I have to ensure that I'm safe.\"\n\nIt is a fear echoed by many students among the 2.2 million people asked to shield by the UK government at the start of lockdown, which ended on 1 August.\n\nBut with just weeks before term begins, vulnerable students have said there has been little communication about what they can expect, in part, because universities themselves are grappling with an unprecedented situation.\n\nThe University of Surrey said it plans to \"contact all new students\" to see what support it can offer, and will try to meet specific accommodation requirements. But it said it doesn't actually have any plans in place yet.\n\nThe NUS said a \"lack of clarity\" from many universities about coronavirus measures was \"concerning\".\n\nSara Khan, who looks after student equality for the NUS, said: \"Clear support pathways must be outlined for students moving into accommodation safely and accessing mental health services physically or remotely.\n\n\"A failure to put these plans into action will pose further risk to the lives of students, particularly shielding students.\"\n\nThe lack of specific information is something that worries Jennifer Geminiani who has been shielding for five months due to having the blood disorder Thalassemia, which can lead to complications in the body's organs.\n\nShe is about to start a master's degree in terrorism and politics at the University of St Andrews.\n\nRather than risk living in university accommodation she has decided to pay more for private housing, which she says gives her \"security and certainty\".\n\n\"I'm hoping that the student body will receive regular Covid-19 tests so that people can go safely and without worry to university.\"\n\nShe said her university life was already impacted by coronavirus before the summer break.\n\n\"I worked twice as hard as I used too, because I couldn't see my lecturers. I think what impacted me most was also not being able to see my friends. I love their presence, their ideas and thoughts.\"\n\nEmma: \"I am hoping the university as a whole will enforce mask-wearing\"\n\nLike Jennifer, Emma Beeden, a student at the University of Sussex, wants tangible safety measures put in place. She shielded following a kidney transplant.\n\n\"I am hoping the university as a whole will enforce mask-wearing as I know this is something that will make myself and others feel safer. I am sure the university has put lots of things in place, but it would be nice to know exactly what's going on.\"\n\nThe University of Sussex said its student support team would work with students who have long-term health conditions and those \"anxious about returning to campus\" to find \"reasonable adjustments\" for them.\n\nBut for those students who are on work placements as part of their degree, the worry around safety is just as acute.\n\nLaura is concerned she has to choose between her career and her health\n\nLauren Bradfield has Behçet's disease, which causes inflammation of the blood vessels and tissues.\n\nAs a second year student of paramedic sciences at the University of Surrey her hospital placement was cancelled at the start of lockdown to protect her health, but she is worried this will impact the completion of her degree.\n\n\"I am having to choose between my health and my career which is an awful decision to have to make. It feels almost impossible to plan going forward.\"\n\nWith just a few weeks to go before students leave the safety of their family homes there still remains a lot of uncertainty.\n\nThe Department for Education said universities are \"autonomous institutions and we expect them to make judgements based on the latest public health guidance and communicate these clearly to students.\"\n\nIt said this includes carrying out risk assessments and it had \"already seen a host of innovative measures being adopted, such as limiting travel times and student number rotas,\" although it did not say where these had been implemented.\n\nWhile students anxiously await information that will ensure their safety, what has become clear is that post-lockdown learning is about far more than fine-tuning online lectures, it has also become a key lesson in health management.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nDutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen has apologised for the crash that left compatriot Fabio Jakobsen in a coma.\n\nGroenewegen drifted across the road before he and Jakobsen collided near the finish line during stage one of the Tour of Poland on Wednesday.\n\nJakobsen, 23, was airlifted to hospital and has had facial surgery.\n\n\"I find it terrible what happened,\" Groenewegen, 27, said. \"I can't find the words to describe how sorry I am for Fabio and the others involved.\n\n\"What matters most now is Fabio's health. I think about him all the time.\"\n\nJakobsen's team Deceuninck-QuickStep said on Wednesday that initial tests \"didn't reveal brain or spinal injury\" and that his condition was stable.\n\nWorld champion Mads Pedersen won stage two on Thursday and dedicated the victory to Jakobsen.\n\n\"I dedicate this win to Jakobsen and wish him a speedy recovery, hope he gets back to a normal life and back to cycling,\" he said.\n\nJumbo-Visma sprinter Groenewegen, who was named as the winner of stage one before being disqualified, has had surgery on a broken collarbone after he and several other riders also fell after crossing the line.\n\nCycling's governing body UCI said it \"strongly condemns the dangerous behaviour of Groenewegen\".\n\nRichard Plugge, managing director of Jumbo-Visma, said he had visited Groenewegen in hospital and \"let him tell his story briefly\".\n\n\"For him, the recovery of Fabio and the others who were injured in this terrible crash is all that counts now,\" Plugge added.\n\n\"Soon we will discuss the incident in detail with him. Our thoughts are with the victims and we hope with all our heart for a good recovery.\"", "Early reports of the explosion in Beirut's port began circulating on social media moments after the blast.\n\nWhilst most of the videos appeared authentic, filmed by residents from their homes, rumours about the cause of the blast were also quickly shared on platforms such as Twitter and WhatsApp.\n\nThe videos circulating showed smaller explosions and an initial fire followed by the huge blast, which led to tweets suggesting it had happened at a firework factory.\n\nClaims about fireworks seemed plausible at the time, but other viral tweets suggested the event was caused by a nuclear bomb because of the white mushroom-like cloud seen rising in some of the footage.\n\nA now-deleted tweet suggesting the explosion was \"atomic\" was shared by a verified Twitter account with over 100,000 followers and racked up thousands of shares and likes.\n\nA tweet falsely claims that the explosion in Beirut was \"atomic\"\n\nWeapons experts have been quick to point out that had the explosion been caused by a nuclear device, it would have been accompanied by a blinding white flash and a surge of heat that would have severely burned people.\n\nAlso, mushroom clouds are not unique to nuclear bombs. According to experts, they are a result of the compression of humid air, which condenses water and creates the cloud.\n\nUnfounded claims continued to spread, blaming the \"nuclear bomb\" on the US, Israel or Hezbollah. These were shared by partisan news sites as well as public figures.\n\nConspiracy theories promoted by far-right groups have also been shared on Facebook, 4chan, Reddit and messaging apps like Telegram, according to research from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.\n\nMessages have mainly focused on false claims that this was an Israeli attack, either a bomb or a missile strike on a Hezbollah weapons depot.\n\nChloe Colliver, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, told BBC News: \"We have seen known disinformation sources, including far-right extremist networks online, spreading unfounded claims about the nature and motivations behind the blast.\n\n\"This has included theories trying to tie the explosion to Israel or other nation states.\"\n\nThe authorities in Lebanon and Israel have dismissed suggestions that Israel had anything to do with the incident.\n\nFar-right conspiracy theorists, including QAnon supporters, have also started sharing false claims about the explosion on Facebook. They suggest that the attack is related to a \"war between the government and the central banking system\".\n\nQAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracy theory that says US President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.\n\nPhotographs of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly in 2018 have been posted on social media amid claims that he is pointing at the site of Tuesday's Beirut explosion.\n\nSome social media users are using the images as \"proof\" that Israel had a hand in the blast.\n\nThe Israeli prime minister at the United Nations in 2018\n\nThe images are genuine and not manipulated, but have been taken out of context.\n\nMr Netanyahu is actually pointing to a completely different district in the city of Beirut where he claimed Hezbollah was hiding weapons.\n\nThe blast site is several kilometres to the north of \"Site 1\" on Mr Netanyahu's map.\n\nRumours about a possible attack picked up steam after President Trump described the event as \"a terrible attack\" at a White House press conference.\n\nResearch from the Institute for Strategic dialogue has identified his comments being shared and edited by far-right groups on social media to suggest that the blast was a terror attack or bomb.\n\nOne post on Telegram claimed that Trump said \"it looks like a terrible terrorist attack\". Instead, he actually said it looks like a \"terrible attack\".\n\n\"We have also seen claims building off President Trump's statement about the explosion as an 'attack', which has provided fuel to conspiracy and disinformation communities over the past 24 hours, demonstrating the risks of inaccurate language and communications during crisis moments,\" Ms Colliver says.\n\nOther posts on social media make unfounded claims that Mr Trump's comments suggested the US was forewarned of the explosion.\n\nIt's an important reminder that breaking news events are a fertile time for misinformation and speculation online. Think before you share.", "No charges will be brought over the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus, prosecutors say.\n\nBelly Mujinga, 47, died with Covid-19 on 5 April, a few weeks after an incident at London's Victoria station.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was asked to review the case by police, who had closed their own investigation.\n\nProsecutors said that \"no further reliable evidence\" had been found to alter the decision.\n\nMs Mujinga was working as a sales clerk at the station on 21 March when she was allegedly spat at by someone who claimed to have the virus.\n\nA 57-year-old man was interviewed under caution but British Transport Police (BTP) found no further action should be taken.\n\nThe suspect had been tested for the Covid-19 on 25 March and was found not to be infected with it.\n\nPolice previously said they would take no further action over the death of Belly Mujinga, pictured with her husband Lusamba\n\nBTP then requested the CPS carried out an independent review of the case in light of the \"wider public interest\", after more than two million people signed a petition in support of Mrs Mujinga.\n\nSuzanne Llewellyn, deputy chief crown prosecutor, said they had \"studied enhanced CCTV, forensic materials and witness statements\" to look at whether homicide, assault or public order charges could be brought.\n\nProsecutors found CCTV and witness evidence had been \"insufficiently clear and consistent to substantiate allegations of deliberate coughing or spitting,\" Ms Llewellyn said.\n\n\"Therefore, after careful consideration and with all lines of inquiry explored, we have advised BTP no further reliable evidence has become available to change their original decision in this case,\" she said.\n\nMs Mujinga had been working as a sales clerk at Victoria Station when she was allegedly spat at\n\nThe prosecutor added the CPS had met with the railway worker's family \"to explain our reasoning\", and she recognised that it would be \"disappointing for them\".\n\nReacting to the CPS's decision Mr Katalay, told the BBC: \"I am hurting and feel very bad, this is all so unjust and unfair.\n\n\"I am disappointed in the decision, but not surprised as the police did not change course.\n\n\"I wasn't looking for glory, only the truth, so one day I could tell our daughter what happened to her mum.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters were \"defending my wife's cause\", Lusamba Katalay told the BBC\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "China's legal system is trying to stamp out the use of forced confessions\n\nA man in eastern China has been acquitted of murder and freed after spending 27 years in prison.\n\nZhang Yuhuan maintained he was tortured by police and forced to confess to the murder of two young boys in 1993.\n\nHe was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate, after having served 9,778 days in the prison in Jiangxi province.\n\nProsecutors who reopened the case said his confession had inconsistencies and did not match the original crime.\n\nHe walked free after a high court found there was not enough evidence to justify his conviction.\n\nObservers say China is growing more willing to quash wrongful convictions, but only criminal not political.\n\nFootage on Chinese media showed Mr Zhang in an emotional reunion with his 83-year-old mother and his ex-wife following his release on Tuesday.\n\nIt is an open secret in China that the police use various kinds of torture, including sleep deprivation, cigarette burns and beatings, to force suspects to confess to crimes. In the past, entire cases might then be pinned on that \"confession\".\n\nIn 2010, a serious effort began in China's legal system to stamp out the use of forced confessions. Death sentences must now be approved by China's Supreme Court and there is a growing drive to eliminate cases that are pinned solely on a suspect's confession.\n\nHowever, China's legal reform has clear limits. Police in many provinces remain under heavy pressure to \"solve\" cases, often by producing suspects and there is little appetite to improve the treatment of dissidents and some ethnic minorities, including Muslim Uighurs.\n\nThe authorities regularly detain individuals in politically sensitive cases and interrogate them outside of the normal detention system. Behind those closed doors, almost anything can happen. It is far more likely that China will reform its treatment of criminal suspects than those who appear to threaten the dominance of the Communist Party.\n\nHis former wife, Song Xiaonyu, had two sons with Mr Zhang before they divorced 11 years ago. She remarried but continued to help her former husband with his appeal.\n\n\"I was so excited when I heard the court's announcement,\" said Ms Song.\n\nMr Zhang was told by the court that he was entitled to compensation for wrongful conviction.\n\n\"I'll negotiate the exact amount of compensation with my client,\" Mr Zhang's lawyer, Wang Fei, told China Daily. \"We're also planning to ask for those who committed judicial miscarriages in the case to be held accountable.\"\n\nMr Zhang's ordeal began in October 1993 when the bodies of two boys were discovered in a village reservoir in Jinxian, a county of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi.\n\nMr Zhang was a neighbour of the victims and was identified as a suspect and detained.\n\nIn January 1995, a court in Nanchang found him guilty and sentenced him to death but allowed the sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment after he served two years.\n\nMr Zhang said he was tortured by police during interrogations and continued to maintain his innocence.\n\nDespite this, his appeals were unsuccessful. Then, in March 2019 the high court agreed to retry the case and in July provincial prosecutors recommended Mr Zhang be acquitted based on insufficient evidence.\n\nIn a statement, high court judge Tian Ganlin said: \"After we reviewed the materials we have found there is no direct evidence that can prove Zhang's conviction. So we accepted the prosecutors' suggestion and have declared Zhang innocent.\"\n\nThe killer of the two boys in 1993 remains unknown.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nDutch rider Fabio Jakobsen has had facial surgery and doctors will try to wake him from a coma later on Thursday, says his Deceuninck-QuickStep team.\n\nJakobsen remains stable, having been taken to hospital on Wednesday following a high-speed crash on stage one of the Tour of Poland.\n\nDylan Groenewegen drifted across the road before he and compatriot Jakobsen collided close to the finish line.\n\nJakobsen, 23, hit the barriers before striking an official stood by the line.\n\n\"His condition is very severe. There is a danger to his life,\" said race doctor Barbara Jerschina on Wednesday.\n\n\"Unfortunately, it is quite a serious injury to the head and brain. He has lost a lot of blood. He is very strong. I hope he will survive.\"\n\nDeceuninck-QuickStep said on Wednesday that initial tests \"didn't reveal brain or spinal injury\".\n\n\"Fabio Jakobsen's situation is serious but at the moment he is stable,\" read a team statement.\n\n\"Because of the gravity of his multiple injuries, he is still kept in a comatose condition and has to remain closely monitored in the following days.\"\n\nJumbo-Visma sprinter Groenewegen, who was named as the stage winner before being disqualified, and several other riders also fell after crossing the line.\n\nJerschina said the race official struck in the incident suffered head and spinal injuries but was speaking when he was taken to hospital.\n\nCycling's governing body UCI said it \"strongly condemns the dangerous behaviour of Groenewegen\".\n\nA statement read: \"The UCI, which considers the behaviour unacceptable, immediately referred the matter to the disciplinary commission to request the imposition of sanctions commensurate with the seriousness of the facts.\"\n\nJumbo-Visma said: \"Our thoughts go out to Fabio Jakobsen and other people involved in today's terrible crash in the Tour of Poland - crashes like these should not happen.\n\n\"We offer our sincere apologies and we will discuss internally what has happened before we may make any further statement.\"\n\nThe podium ceremony was cancelled and the results of the 195.8km stage from Stadion Slaski have not been released.", "Hit songwriting duo Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, the musical partnership behind Blondie's biggest successes, have sold their future royalties to a fast-growing investment fund.\n\nThat means their income from 197 Blondie songs, including Heart of Glass and Rapture, now goes to the Hipgnosis Songs Fund.\n\nFounded by music industry veteran Merck Mercuriadis, the fund allows investors to see an income from music royalties.\n\nIt has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since July 2018.\n\nBefore setting up the fund, which now controls about 13,000 songs, Mr Mercuriadis managed artists including Beyoncé, Elton John, Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses.\n\nIn his view, songs are \"as investible as gold or oil\".\n\n\"I have followed every move that Debbie and Chris have made since day one,\" he said.\n\n\"Their singles have been not only massively successful but era and genre-defining.\"\n\nDebbie Harry and Chris Stein said they were \"happy to be working with a progressive company\".\n\nIn a BBC interview last year, Mr Mercuriadis explained how his fund turns songs into investment vehicles.\n\n\"We don't speculate on new songs. The proven hit songs that we buy have predictable and reliable income streams and a track record that goes back many years,\" he said.\n\n\"We actively manage the songs better than they've been managed previously,\" he added.\n\n\"We treat each song as if it was a business in its own right.\"\n\nThat means maximising the opportunities for that song to generate income, whether in TV commercials and video games or in cover versions by new artists.\n\nHipgnosis has repeatedly captivated the music industry by snapping up works by songwriters old and new.\n\nEarlier this week, it announced that it had acquired the worldwide royalties from more than 900 Barry Manilow songs.\n\nGiven the trend for songs to have multiple authors, the fund often does not own a song outright, but merely has a stake in it.\n\nHowever, that has not stopped it from amassing more than $1bn worth of song rights.", "The site of the blast was almost entirely destroyed\n\nLebanon's capital, Beirut, is mourning the victims of Tuesday's huge blast, which killed more than 100, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction in the city.\n\nThere blast was felt hundreds of kilometres away in Cyprus.\n\nOfficials blame the explosion on several thousand tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored in a warehouse for six years.\n\nSeveral port officials have been placed under house arrest.\n\nThe whole city was shaken by the explosion\n\nMany homes and businesses were destroyed\n\nThe Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque was also damaged\n\nThe explosion comes as Lebanon struggles with an economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic\n\nA man carries away an injured girl in Beirut\n\nAs many as 300,000 people have been left homeless\n• None Lebanon: Why the country is in crisis", "TikTok has said it plans to build a $500m (£375m) data centre in Ireland.\n\nIt will store videos, messages and other data generated by European users from the short-form video-sharing app.\n\nUntil now all of its users' records were stored in the US, with a back-up copy held in Singapore.\n\nThe announcement comes at a time when President Trump has threatened to ban the app in the US on the grounds its Chinese ownership makes it a national security risk.\n\nTikTok's Beijing-based parent company Bytedance denies the charge. However, it is in talks to sell its US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations to Microsoft.\n\nLike many social media apps, TikTok gathers a wide range of information about its users. Its privacy statement says this covers:\n\nThe data is collected to target advertisements, and help tailor its powerful algorithm. But critics say that the Chinese Communist Party could demand access under its National Intelligence Law.\n\nWhile the Chinese version of the app, Douyin, holds its records within mainland China, TikTok says it keeps all its user data separate and does not give the Chinese government access.\n\nGiven the Trump administration's recent actions, the existing company is unlikely to carry on storing the information within the US.\n\nBut the firm said that the decision to set up a European centre was something it had been thinking about \"for a long time\".\n\n\"It's a significant investment,\" Theo Bertram, the app's director of public policy for Europe, told the BBC.\n\n\"It's a symbol of our long-term commitment to Europe, and I think that's an important message for our users and our creators at this time.\"\n\nThe firm said it should create hundreds of new jobs when it goes into operation at an undisclosed location in between 18 to 24 months time.\n\nThe decision to base it in Ireland does not, however, mean London is out of the running to host the app's global HQ.\n\nThere has been speculation as to why TikTok is in talks to sell parts of its business outside of the US.\n\nOn the one hand, it had seemed odd that the deal covered all members of the Five Eyes security alliance except the UK.\n\nOn the other, Australia's Prime Minister has said a review by its security agencies found that TikTok did not pose serious national security concerns, and therefore no case for a local ban.\n\nTikTok says that the reason it is in talks to sell its operations in Australia, Canada and New Zealand is because they were currently managed along with the US as a single region under the same executive.\n\nMr Bertram also acknowledged there had been calls for the UK's security services to review the app, and said TikTok would be willing to let its source code and algorithm be inspected if requested.\n\n\"We welcome scrutiny,\" he said.\n\n\"If the way that we're judged is for the security services to carry out a factual review of what we are doing, we're happy with that. We don't have anything to hide.\"", "Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington\n\nTV star Caroline Flack left a note before her death saying she had wanted to \"find harmony\" with her boyfriend Lewis Burton, an inquest was told.\n\nThe ex-Love Island and X Factor host had been hounded by the media and faced a \"show trial\" after being accused of Mr Burton's assault, the court heard.\n\nMr Burton told Poplar Coroner's Court the last time he had seen Ms Flack \"she was not in a good place\".\n\n\"The media were constantly bashing her character,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"[They were] writing hurtful stories... generally hounding her daily.\"\n\nMs Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington, London in February, while she was facing trial accused of assaulting Mr Burton - a charge she denied.\n\nThe hearing was told the Crown Prosecution Service had initially pursued a caution against Ms Flack, but withdrew it after the Metropolitan Police said they believed it was in the public interest to bring the assault charge.\n\nThat evidence to the hearing came after Ms Flack's mother Chris had made it clear she thought her daughter was \"seriously let down by the authorities and in particular the CPS for pursuing the case\".\n\nWitnesses and lawyers are listening into the hearing at Poplar Coroner's Court remotely\n\nOn the day Ms Flack was found dead, a paramedic found a note that said \"I hope me and Lewis can one day find harmony,\" the court heard.\n\nThe 40-year-old had left her role presenting Love Island, the ITV2 dating show, in the wake of her arrest last December.\n\nShe had been charged with assaulting Mr Burton with a lamp, after police were called to a disturbance at her home.\n\nIn her statement, Ms Flack's mother described the case as \"a show trial\".\n\n\"Being well known should not allow special treatment, but should not allow making an example of someone,\" she continued.\n\nBut Lisa Ramsarran, deputy chief crown prosecutor, told the hearing there was by then \"significant evidence to support a charge\" of actual bodily harm (ABH) against Ms Flack.\n\nThe evidence included a 999 call made by Mr Burton, a number of body-worn footage extracts and the injury to Ms Flack's boyfriend, the prosecutor said.\n\nShe added the CPS initially planned to caution Ms Flack but senior Met Police detectives, acting on behalf of colleagues who were investigating the case, had asked to review the evidence believing a caution was not appropriate and the assault charge was in the public interest.\n\nIn a statement, Lewis Burton said the media were \"constantly bashing\" Ms Flack's character\n\nThis came on top of the fact Ms Flack thought Mr Burton had sent a picture allegedly showing the scene of the assault to an ex girlfriend that had then been released to the press, her mother outlined to the court.\n\n\"This devastated her,\" her mother said.\n\nMs Flack's twin Jody also said her sister had tried to take her own life the night before she appeared in court, and paramedics had been called on four separate occasions.\n\nIn a written statement, she explained sections of the press were \"hounding\" the 40-year-old and paid her neighbours to inform them of her movements.\n\n\"The press and the public found this a very entertaining angle, and was spiralling out of control,\" Jody said.\n\n\"I believe the shame... was too much to deal with.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former home after she died in February\n\nMollie Grosberg, a friend of Ms Flack, said the presenter's mental health deteriorated as she got more famous.\n\nShe said her friend had been \"very sad all the time\" and the assault case had made things worse.\n\n\"She was so scared to go to prison, of the police, the press,\" she said.\n\nA post-mortem examination of Ms Flack's blood found no traces of alcohol, but found traces of Zopiclone - used to treat insomnia - at just above therapeutic levels.\n\nShe had complained of sleeplessness and anxiety to a wellness doctor days prior to her death.\n\nThe inquest will conclude on Thursday.\n\nYou can find information and support for issues raised in this article on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Athletics\n\nThe 2020 London Marathon will involve only elite athletes, with 45,000 'mass-event' runners unable to take part because of coronavirus concerns.\n\nThe much-anticipated contest between Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele will take place on a bio-secure closed course.\n\nReduced fields of 30-40 athletes will also compete for the elite women's and wheelchair titles on 4 October.\n\nThe 2021 race, meanwhile, will be on 3 October rather than a date in April.\n\nThat calendar shift from the traditional date is designed to maximise the chances of all runners being able to take part in next year's race.\n\nA plan to include the mass-participation event in the 2020 race, deploying high-tech tracking technology to monitor runners' proximity to each other, had been considered.\n\nHowever, event director Hugh Brasher said that plan had been made impossible by the logistical challenges of managing spectators and emergency service access across London, especially given the recent cancellation of spectator trials at other sporting events.\n\nInstead, it will only be the elite athletes that tackle a spectator-free course - following a different route to the usual one used for the London Marathon.\n\nThat route will consist of laps of roughly 1.5 miles, taking in The Mall, Horse Guards Parade, Birdcage Walk and the spur road running adjacent to front of Buckingham Palace.\n\nAs well as the showdown between four-time winner Kipchoge and Bekele, whose personal best is two seconds slower than Kipchoge's world record of two hours one minute 39 seconds, British Paralympic great David Weir will be aiming for a record ninth win in the wheelchair race.\n\nKenya's defending champion Brigid Kosgei, who beat Briton Paula Radcliffe's long-standing world record in Chicago in October, will headline the women's field, with course record holder Manuela Schar attempting to follow up her 2019 win in the women's wheelchair race.\n\nAthletes' times in the race will be eligible for Olympic qualification for the postponed Tokyo Games in 2021.\n\nWhile this year's Tokyo marathon took place in a similar form in March, with only elite runners taking part and spectators restricted in number, other major marathons have been cancelled.\n\nThe Berlin and New York races, which were scheduled be held on 27 September and 1 November respectively, are among those that will not take place in 2020.\n\nRunners with a place in the 2020 race, but not in the elite fields, will be able to compete virtually from any location around the world.\n\nThey are invited to run or walk 26.2 miles, taking breaks if required, over the course of 24 hours on 4 October, logging their progress on the event app.\n\nLast year, the London Marathon raised £66.4m for charities and good causes.\n\nBrasher said: \"We believe that Sunday 4 October will be a London Marathon like no other, taking the spirit of the world's greatest marathon to every corner of the globe, with runners raising vital funds for the charities that have been so severely affected by the economic effects of the pandemic.\"", "Saldana has starred in Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy\n\nActress Zoe Saldana has apologised for playing Nina Simone in a heavily criticised 2016 biopic.\n\nThe Marvel star, who is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, wore a prosthetic nose and skin-darkening make-up for the role.\n\nSimone's estate refused to endorse the film, and the late singer's daughter questioned the casting decision.\n\nIn a new interview, originally broadcast live on Instagram, Saldana said: \"I should have never played Nina.\n\n\"I should have done everything in my power with the leverage that I had 10 years ago, which was a different leverage, but it was leverage nonetheless.\n\n\"I should have done everything in my power to cast a black woman to play an exceptionally perfect black woman.\"\n\nWriting on the official Nina Simone Facebook page in 2012, the singer's daughter, Simone Kelly, wrote: \"I love Zoe Saldana, we all love Zoe... From Avatar to Colombiana, I've seen those movies a few times.\n\n\"But not every project is for everybody. And I know what my mother would think. I just don't get it.\"\n\nThe film, called Nina, was derided by critics and holds a 2% rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.\n\nSaldana, who has also starred in Guardians of the Galaxy and two of Marvel's Avengers films, said Simone \"deserved better\".\n\n\"I thought back then that I had the permission [to play her] because I was a black woman,\" Saldana said.\n\n\"And I am. But it was Nina Simone. And Nina had a life and she had a journey that should have been - and should be - honoured to the most specific detail because she was a specifically detailed individual.\"\n\nBecoming emotional, Saldana added: \"With that said: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I know better today and I'm never going to do that again.\n\n\"She's one of our giants and someone else should step up. Somebody else should tell her story.\"\n\nNina Simone, who died in 2003, was a singer and prominent civil rights activist\n\nSaldana's regret at the role marks a departure from her previous comments defending her part in the film.\n\nIn 2013, she told Latina magazine: \"Let me tell you, if Elizabeth Taylor can be Cleopatra, I can be Nina - I'm sorry. It doesn't matter how much backlash I will get for it. I will honour and respect my black community because that's who I am.\"\n\nIn another interview with Allure in 2016, she said: \"There's no one way to be black. You have no idea who I am. I am black. I'm raising black men. Don't you ever think you can look at me and address me with such disdain.\"\n\nBut at the time of the film's release, Nina Simone's estate tweeted: \"Please take Nina's name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life. Hopefully people begin to understand this is painful. Gut-wrenching, heart-breaking, nauseating, soul-crushing.\"\n\nNina Simone was a revered singer and civil rights activist, known for performing songs such as Feelin' Good, I put A Spell On You and I Loves You, Porgy.\n\nShe died in 2003 at the age of 70.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Do light-skinned black celebs have it easier?", "Disney's decision to release its Mulan remake on its streaming platform has been strongly criticised by the body representing British cinemas.\n\nThe live-action reboot had been due in cinemas, but the company has now said it will be put on Disney+ in the US.\n\nThe UK Cinema Association said it understands the same will happen in the UK, which is \"hugely disappointing\".\n\nChief executive Phil Clapp said: \"For many this will seem a step backwards rather than forward.\"\n\nCinemas have been reopening in the UK since July, but face a battle to tempt fans back. Most new releases have been delayed or released online.\n\nMr Clapp said: \"With cinemas across the UK now continuing to re-open and welcome back their customers, the decision by Walt Disney Studios yesterday to put Mulan on their Disney+ service and not into cinemas will be seen by many as hugely disappointing and mistimed.\"\n\nAround 40% of UK cinemas are thought to have reopened, with social distancing\n\nOn Tuesday, Disney confirmed the film would be available online in the US for $29.99 (£23) from 4 September.\n\nChief executive Bob Chapek said the cost would vary in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Western Europe. But Disney has not confirmed its plans for the UK.\n\nMr Clapp said: \"Rather than playing a great new family film in the best place possible to see it, the cinema theatre, audiences are instead being encouraged to stay home and pay a premium price to watch it.\"\n\nAlthough around 40% of UK cinemas are reported to have reopened, many cinemagoers have not returned. Last weekend's box office takings were just 3% of the total on the same weekend last year.\n\nMulan, which cost an estimated $200m (£152m) to make, will come out in cinemas in countries that do not currently have Disney+ platform, such as China, and where movie theatres are back in business, the company's boss added.\n\nThe film had been scheduled for a full cinema release in March, but that has been postponed several times.\n\nMr Chapek called the move to Disney+ \"a one-off\", but said the pandemic had forced the company to explore other revenue streams.\n\nCommentators have suggested the Mulan move could turn out be a tipping point in the battle between cinema release and streaming.\n\nThe Guardian described it as \"seismic\", Empire magazine said it was \"potentially devastating news for theatre chains and us, the moviegoing public\", and The Telegraph accused Disney of \"behaving as though it wants our cinemas to die\".\n\nOn Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter quoted a letter sent by Disney to UK cinema operators, in which the company reportedly apologised and said the decision was \"not taken lightly\".\n\nIt also reported a separate letter sent by Mr Clapp to UK Cinema Association members in which he called the company's move \"frankly bewildering\".\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. Andrew Bailey says the UK economy has picked up as restrictions are lifted\n\nThe Governor of the Bank of England has backed the government's decision to end its furlough scheme in October.\n\nAndrew Bailey told the BBC it was important that policymakers helped workers \"move forward\" and not keep them in unproductive jobs.\n\nHe said coronavirus would inevitably mean that some jobs became redundant.\n\nThe Bank also predicted the economic slump caused by Covid-19 will be less severe than expected, but warned the recovery will also take longer.\n\nMore than nine million jobs have been furloughed under the government's job retention scheme, but the Bank expects most people to go back to work as the economy recovers.\n\nTrade unions have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the scheme, which pays a share of workers' wages, to avoid mass job losses.\n\nHowever, Mr Bailey said it was right to focus on helping people to find new jobs.\n\n\"It's been a very successful scheme, but he's right to say we have to look forward now,\" he said. \"I don't think we should be locking the economy down in a state that it pre-existed in.\"\n\nThe Bank said a faster easing of lockdown measures and a \"more rapid\" pick-up in consumer spending had helped the economy rebound faster than it had assumed in May.\n\nIts latest Monetary Policy Report showed spending on clothing and household goods were back to pre-Covid levels.\n\nHowever, the Bank warned of a \"material\" rise in unemployment this year as it held interest rates at 0.1%.\n\nMr Bailey said recent data suggested the recovery in consumer spending was gaining traction, while spending on food and energy bills remained above pre-Covid levels.\n\nHe said: \"We have had a strong recovery in the last few months. The pace puts the economy ahead of where we thought it would be in May.\"\n\nHowever, Mr Bailey cautioned against reading too much into recent figures: \"We don't think the recent past is necessarily a good guide to the immediate future,\" he said.\n\nThe Bank said spending on leisure and entertainment, which accounts for a fifth of all consumer spending, remained subdued.\n\nBusiness investment was also weak, which would weigh on the recovery.\n\nThe Bank expects the UK economy to shrink by 9.5% this year.\n\nWhile this would be the biggest annual decline in 100 years, it is not as steep as its initial estimate of a 14% contraction.\n\nThe Bank said the UK still faced its sharpest recession on record, with the outlook for growth now \"unusually uncertain\".\n\nMr Bailey said it was the \"largest quantum of uncertainty in a forecast\" that policymakers had ever published.\n\nThe Bank expects the UK economy to grow by 9% in 2021, and 3.5% in 2022, with the economy forecast to get back to its pre-Covid size at the end of 2021.\n\nThis compares with growth estimates of 15% and 3% respectively, in a scenario the Bank set out in May.\n\nUnemployment is expected to almost double from the current rate of 3.9% to 7.5% by the end of the year as government-funded support schemes come to an end.\n\nAverage earnings are also expected to shrink for the first time since the financial crisis.\n\nThe Bank said more workers faced a pay cut or freeze in 2020, adding: \"In many cases, bonuses have been scaled back or withdrawn altogether for this year.\"\n\nIts latest forecasts are based on the assumption that there is no second wave of the virus and that there is a smooth transition to a new EU free trade agreement at the start of 2021.\n\nMeanwhile, a fall in energy prices and the temporary VAT cut for hotels, theme parks and other hospitality businesses means the cost of living is expected to barely rise this year.\n\nThe Bank expects inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), to fall close to zero by the end of 2020, before gradually rising back to its target of 2%.\n\nThe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said it would not even think about raising interest rates until there was \"clear evidence\" the recovery had taken hold.\n\nMr Bailey also signalled that policymakers were against using negative interest rates any time soon, adding that such a move may have unintended consequences.\n\nIt could stop the UK's already fragile banks from lending, or lead to customers withdrawing their money and holding it in cash.\n\nPolicymakers also noted that High Street banks would find it difficult to cut savings rates below zero.\n\n\"They are part of our toolbox,\" said Mr Bailey. \"But at the moment we do not have a plan to use them.\"\n\nHe said the public may find the policy difficult to understand. \"There would be a lot of explaining to do on what this means, why we're doing it, and what the benefits would be.\"\n\nRuth Gregory, an economist at Capital Economics, said the Bank was likely to increase its money printing programme by a further £100bn later this year.\n\nShe also expects the Bank to keep interest rates at 0.1% \"or below\" for \"at least five years\".\n\nMillions of households that already had a variable-rate mortgage have benefitted from recent interest rate cuts.\n\nHowever, the Bank said borrowing had become more expensive over the past six months for first-time buyers and others moving up the property ladder, particularly for people with small deposits.\n\nBanks also continued to reduce rates on savings accounts. The average instant-access savings account now pays 0.1% annual interest, compared with 0.4% in February.\n\nLenders said they were restricting credit due to the uncertain economic outlook.\n\nOne in six mortgages in the UK is currently subject to a payment holiday because of the pandemic.\n\nStuart Paver, the managing director of Pavers Shoes says the pandemic is the \"worst shock\" the company's suffered since it was founded by his mother in 1971.\n\nThe company which has always been profitable, has now lost £7m over the past five months.\n\n\"We went from having 170 stores to no stores, and 1500, 1600 people on furlough\", he says.\n\n\"It's about survival and how you come through and how you have a business that can continue to employ as many people as possible, so it was really batten down the hatches ..and really just sort of work hard to make sure we were secure\".\n\nThe company is now gradually reducing the number of furloughed workers and turnover in the stores is picking up, but Stuart Paver says it's still down 40% from last year. Normally in a recession, he'd expect to lose between 5 and 8% of his turnover.\n\nMr Paver thinks recovery for businesses like his depends on consumer confidence.\n\n\"There's still a lot of people that won't venture into town.. we just need those people to become confident and come back in\".", "That's all from us on today's coverage of the latest on coronavirus in Scotland.\n\nAberdeen had its first full day of local lockdown, as the number of coronavirus cases linked to the outbreak has increased to 79 - with more expected in the coming days.\n\nAn Aberdeen footballer is among those to have tested positive.\n• First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said any \"genuine individual injustices\" over exam results will be \"rectified\" through the appeals process.\n• The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has appealed to visitors to stay away from \"extremely busy\" areas of the park this weekend.\n• The Governor of the Bank of England has backed the UK government's decision to end its furlough scheme in October.\n• Tayside's \"sickest survivor\" of Covid-19 has been allowed home after spending 128 days in hospital.\n\nWe'll be back tomorrow. Stay safe and have a good evening.", "Lockdown made Joanna Coghlan realise she wanted to move away from her flat near Battersea Power Station\n\nWhen the coronavirus lockdown began, asset manager Joanna Coghlan knew she just had to get out of London and move to the countryside.\n\nShe had bought a flat in a new development at Battersea Power Station only last year. The complex included restaurants, spas and bars.\n\nBut when all those closed down because of the pandemic, the reality of her environment dawned on her.\n\n\"I spent seven weeks isolated there and realised that I absolutely hated it,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"When you take away all the amenities that these developments advertise, then you realise you're just living in a glass box.\n\n\"It was a ghost town. It was just very soul-destroying living in this enormous development with no life going on.\"\n\nJoanna took swift action to remedy her plight. She moved to the village of Datchworth Green in Hertfordshire, where she now has a five-bedroom house with a garden and a view overlooking a cricket pitch.\n\n\"I've got lots of space and it's fantastic,\" she says.\n\nAlthough she and her boyfriend are currently working from home, she is still close enough to be able to go back to the office.\n\n\"I can still commute to London, so it makes it more viable if I had to go back to the daily commute, which I don't think I will any time soon,\" she says.\n\nThere has been a surge of interest in moving to the country due to city dwellers' priorities changing during the coronavirus lockdown, estate agents have said.\n\nAcross the UK, inquiries about buying a home in a village jumped by 126% in June and July compared with the same period last year, said Rightmove. Estate agent chain Knight Frank reported similar trends.\n\nIn some cities, such as Liverpool and Edinburgh, searches more than doubled, Rightmove said.\n\n\"The lure of a new lifestyle, one that is quieter and has an abundance of beautiful countryside and more outdoor space, has led to more city dwellers choosing to become rural residents,\" said Miles Shipside of Rightmove.\n\n\"The most popular village moves are still within the same region the home hunters are currently in, as it's likely they'll keep their current job but may have the flexibility to commute less often and set up their working space at home.\"\n\nRightmove said the number of inquiries from Liverpool residents looking for a village lifestyle had almost tripled (275%) compared with a year earlier.\n\nIn Edinburgh, village inquiries are up 205% and in Birmingham they have increased by 186%.\n\nThe website said some urban home owners may have benefited from strong house price growth over the years, making it possible to now trade up and out to the country.\n\nBut money does not appear to be the main motive for moving, as average asking prices in villages are often more expensive than in cities.\n\nIn many cases, the searches show house hunters are looking at villages within commuting distance to their current city, suggesting people are being drawn to the appeal of a quieter way of life.\n\nMark Rimell, director in Strutt & Parker's country house department, said: \"A slower pace of life, outdoor space and tight knit communities come hand in hand with village living - something many have come to appreciate in recent months - and have enduring appeal.\"\n\nRightmove's research was released as a separate survey from Barclays Mortgages found that the South West of England, with its rural and coastal communities, is a particularly desirable location for those currently in Birmingham, Nottingham, London, and Manchester.\n\nBarclays Mortgages found popular reasons for people wanting to relocate include a bigger garden, being closer to essential services, living where they can exercise easily, being nearer to relatives, and a stronger local community.\n\nDr Peter Brooks, chief behavioural scientist at Barclays, said: \"More outside space and the benefits of being closer to friends and family are high on the 'must have' list for many movers.\n\n\"As working from home becomes more commonplace moving cross-country looks to be more achievable for many as there is less of a need to be within a short commute to the office.\"", "Michelle Obama spoke of her dismay at much of what is going on in the US\n\nFormer US First Lady Michelle Obama has said she is suffering from \"low-grade depression\" because of the pandemic, racial injustice and the \"hypocrisy\" of the Trump administration.\n\nShe said managing \"emotional highs and lows\" required \"knowing yourself\" and \"the things that do bring you joy\".\n\nMrs Obama said she has had difficulties with her exercise routine and sleep.\n\n\"I'm waking up in the middle of the night because I'm worrying about something or there's a heaviness.\"\n\nShe made the comments during the second episode of her eponymous podcast, for which she was interviewing US journalist Michele Norris.\n\n\"These are not, they are not fulfilling times, spiritually,\" Mrs Obama said. \"I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression.\n\n\"Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting.\"\n\nShe also said it is \"exhausting\" to be \"waking up to yet another story of a black man or a black person somehow being dehumanised, or hurt, or killed, or falsely accused of something.\"\n\n\"And it has led to a weight that I haven't felt in my life, in a while,\" she said.\n\nHowever, she said \"schedule is key\" to managing these feelings - and that maintaining a routine has become even more important to her in the pandemic.\n\nFor the first episode of the podcast she interviewed her husband Barack Obama, who was in office before Donald Trump.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michelle Obama urged the Democrats to unite behind Hillary Clinton.\n• None How Obama and Clinton films can 'inspire' women", "Grace Millane was last seen alive on the eve of her 22nd birthday in Auckland, New Zealand\n\nThe man who killed British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand has begun an appeal against his murder conviction and sentence.\n\nThe 28-year-old, who cannot be named, was jailed for at least 17 years after a jury found him guilty of murdering Ms Millane in an Auckland hotel in 2018.\n\nAfter her death he hid her body in a suitcase and buried her in bushland.\n\nHis appeal is based around elements of the trial process as well as the length of the minimum non-parole period.\n\nAt his trial last year, the killer claimed Ms Millane, who was last seen on the night before her 22nd birthday, had died accidentally, after the pair engaged in rough sex that went too far.\n\nBut a jury in November rejected that argument and found him guilty of murder.\n\nNew Zealand media outlet Stuff said the appeal was based around how much emphasis was placed on the element of consent, expert evidence, probability, and the negative evidence given by other women about his character.\n\nMs Millane, from Wickford, Essex, met her killer on dating app Tinder while travelling in Auckland in December 2018.\n\nThe trial heard the pair spent the evening drinking before returning to the man's room in the CityLife hotel in central Auckland where he killed her.\n\nHe then disposed of her body by burying it in a suitcase in the Waitākere Ranges, a mountainous area outside the city.\n\nAfter he was sentenced in February, Ms Millane's mother Gillian told the killer she was \"absolutely heartbroken that you have taken my daughter's future and robbed us of so many memories that we were going to create\".\n\nDefence lawyer Rachael Reed QC reportedly told the appeal hearing: \"I do not in any way seek to condone or excuse his actions after Miss Millane's death. I cannot and will not do so - they are inexcusable.\"\n\nBut according to the New Zealand Herald, she argued the jury should have had more direction around consent issues and \"more balanced\" direction on the expert evidence, and said the sentence was \"manifestly unjust\".\n\nCrown prosecutors said the appeal grounds around consent instructions were \"flimsy\" and the sentence was not manifestly excessive, the Herald reported.\n\nThe appeal court has reserved its decision.\n\nThe killer's identity is suppressed under New Zealand law", "Christian B has been named as the suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance\n\nThe prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been advised his appeal against a rape conviction is invalid by a European Court of Justice official.\n\nChristian B, a 43-year-old man currently in prison in Germany, is appealing against his conviction for raping an American woman in 2005.\n\nThe attack took place in Praia da Luz, Portugal - the same area where three-year-old Madeleine disappeared in 2007.\n\nHis appeal hinges on a legal point relating to his extradition to Germany.\n\nSuspects' surnames are not usually revealed in Germany for privacy reasons.\n\nChristian B's legal team has challenged the European arrest warrant issued over the 2005 rape charge.\n\nHe was extradited from Italy to Germany two years ago on drug trafficking charges. But he was later convicted of a separate crime, the rape of the 72-year-old American woman in Portugal, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.\n\nThe basis for his appeal is that his extradition was not related to the rape case, and authorities in Portugal did not give permission for him to be charged.\n\nThe German court handling the appeal sought guidance from the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ), which gave a non-binding opinion that German authorities did not have to get permission from Portugal for the rape charge. Italy agreed he could be tried on the rape charge.\n\nAdvocate General Michal Bobek said the appeal did not appear valid because Christian B left Germany voluntarily after his first extradition from Portugal, so Portuguese authorities have no role to play.\n\nThe final judgement will be made by ECJ judges at a later date.\n\nIf that appeal is successful, Christian B could go free next year, at the end of his jail term for the drug offence. He has not been convicted of any crime related to Madeleine McCann.\n\nChristian B was revealed as the main suspect in the case in June, as German and UK police made a fresh appeal for information about Madeleine's disappearance.\n\nHe is believed to have been in the area where Madeleine was last seen while on holiday in the Algarve in Portugal.\n\nPolice said he was regularly living in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007 and had jobs in the area, including in catering, but also committed burglaries in hotels and dealt drugs.\n\nMadeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in 2007\n\nGerman prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, who is leading the Madeleine investigation, has previously said prosecutors have evidence that leads them to believe Christian B killed her, but it is not strong enough to take him to court.\n\nAfter the appeal he said: \"Ultimately, we cannot influence the decision because it is not related to the McCann investigation.\n\n\"This does not affect our investigations, but of course we would like to know where our suspect is.\n\n\"As long as he is in custody, we know this.\"\n\nLast month, the Metropolitan Police said the case remained a \"missing persons\" investigation in the UK because there was no \"definitive evidence\" as to whether Madeleine was alive or not.\n\nAlso in July, a police search was carried out at an allotment in Hanover which it is understood was rented to Christian B in the year of her disappearance.", "Staff at The Grill in Aberdeen tidied up and locked the doors at 17:00 on Wednesday for at least seven days\n\nLockdown restrictions have been reimposed in Aberdeen due to a coronavirus cluster in the city, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.\n\nPubs and restaurants were ordered to close by 17:00 on Wednesday.\n\nPeople are being told not to travel to Aberdeen, and those living in the city face travel restrictions.\n\nMs Sturgeon said there were now 54 cases in the \"significant outbreak\" and that community transmission could not be ruled out.\n\nThe restrictions mean that the 228,000 people who live in the Aberdeen city area are no longer allowed into each others' houses.\n\nThey are being told not to travel more than five miles for leisure purposes. Travelling for work or education is permitted, but other travel is not advised.\n\nPeople who are visiting Aberdeen do not need to leave, but should follow the guidance and take \"extra care\" when they return home.\n\nThe restrictions will be reviewed next Wednesday and may be extended further if necessary.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nicola Sturgeon said the new restrictions would be enforced if necessary\n\nPolice Scotland said there would be additional patrols in Aberdeen, and that officers would continue the approach shown throughout the pandemic.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Will Kerr added: \"Our officers will continue to explain the legislation and guidance but, for the minority who may choose to breach the regulations and risk the health of others, we will not hesitate to take enforcement action where appropriate.\"\n\nMs Sturgeon said the situation in Aberdeen should be \"the biggest wake-up call\" since the early days of the pandemic.\n\nThe first minister said the rise in cases around the world had been worrying her in recent weeks, but that for many people this could seem far away.\n\n\"There's always a sense of 'we're doing well and it won't happen here',\" she said.\n\n\"It can happen here and it is happening here, in Aberdeen.\"\n\nDetails of the cluster, which was initially linked to people who had visited the Hawthorn Bar on 26 July, first emerged on Sunday.\n\nMs Sturgeon said 54 cases had now been associated with the cluster and 191 close contacts had been traced through the Test and Protect system.\n\nNHS Grampian has published a list of venues which have been visited by people linked to the cluster, including 28 bars and cafes.\n\nPeople who have visited any of these premises recently are being urged to be \"extra vigilant\" about symptoms.\n\nScotland has favoured a \"boots on the ground\" approach when it comes to Test and Protect.\n\nAs soon as a cluster is detected, local NHS health protection teams take charge of the incident. The belief is that local knowledge is the best way to break a cluster down.\n\nIt is about that basic principle of person, place and time, and local teams do the detective work. Where has the initial positive case been? Who have they been in contact with?\n\nThey need to build up a picture of risk from where transmission started.\n\nMs Sturgeon said the decision to reimpose restrictions had been taken \"extremely reluctantly\" after discussions with NHS Grampian, Police Scotland and the city council.\n\nAsked if it was safe for schools to reopen in Aberdeen next week, the first minister said: \"If it's a choice between hospitality and schools, we are choosing schools right now.\"\n\nThe cluster was initially linked to the Hawthorn bar in Aberdeen\n\nThe first minister said restrictions on hospitality businesses would be backed by legislation and enforced if necessary.\n\nBut she added: \"I would expect the way they have behaved in recent days the owners of these businesses in Aberdeen will act voluntarily, and I would thank businesses in hospitality for their co-operation so far.\"\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses said government \"at all levels\" would need to \"step up\" and help those affected.\n\nAndrew McRae said: \"While local lockdowns might be necessary to prevent additional nationwide restrictions, today's announcement will be a hammer blow for independent firms in Aberdeen and the north east.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bar owner Colin Cameron says he is disappointed by the blanket lockdown\n\n\"I thought with the closure of some pubs in Aberdeen that that might be enough to allow us to continue. It is disappointing for the staff and for the customers, all of whom have abided by the regulations very carefully.\"\n\nAsked if he thought it would be kept to last seven days, Mr Cameron replied: \"I would hope it is, and I will count down the days, but I'm not sure. If it's longer, then that's unfortunate but I would like to see the customers back next Thursday.\"", "Alex Lanning (left) and Jonathan Camille (right) were guilty of murder and manslaughter respectively\n\nA man has been convicted of murdering an aspiring Olympian who was stabbed to death on a London Underground platform.\n\nTashan Daniel, 20, was stabbed in the heart at Hillingdon Tube station in west London as he made his way to watch Arsenal play.\n\nHe was attacked with an army knife designed for NATO military rescues, which killer Alex Lanning claimed came from the set of the Fast & Furious.\n\nJonathan Camille, 20, was convicted at the Old Bailey of manslaughter.\n\nLanning had admitted Mr Daniel's manslaughter but claimed the stabbing was an accident.\n\nThe 22-year-old had been released half way through a four-year sentence in 2018 for wounding a man and was on licence at the time he killed Mr Daniel.\n\nThe court had heard how Mr Daniel and his friend Treyone Campbell were confronted by the killers after Lanning had asked Mr Daniel \"what he was looking at\" across the Tube tracks.\n\nMr Campbell said \"violence erupted\" and Lanning and Mr Daniel broke off into a fight on the platform.\n\nAs a train pulled into the station, Mr Daniel was stabbed in the heart by Lanning with a £200 German-made knife, which the court heard had been \"designed for NATO military aircraft rescues with the capacity to saw through laminated glass and cut through seatbelts\".\n\nAlex Lanning told the court he took the knife from Warner Bros studios\n\nHe had claimed he came into possession of it when he had been working on the latest Fast & Furious action movie, F9.\n\nThe defendants fled the station and discarded their clothes and the murder weapon in a nearby estate.\n\nThe pair then changed into floral pyjamas and went on the run for 10 days before being arrested.\n\nChandy Daniel (second from right), Celia Daniel (centre) and Tashan's sister Oceanna Daniel (second from left) were present in court for the verdicts.\n\nFollowing his arrest, Camille told police he had crossed platforms after Lanning had told him two boys had been abusive to him.\n\nThe court heard Lanning had previously been jailed for wounding a man with a knife in Brighton in July 2016 and was caught with 250 wraps of heroin at the time of that attack.\n\nMr Daniel's family broke down in tears as the verdicts were delivered.\n\nJurors heard Mr Daniel was a talented athlete who trained up to four times a week at Hillingdon Athletic Club.\n\nHis father previously said he \"wanted to make the Olympics\" and \"set his standards high\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tashan Daniel was making a trip to the Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal when he was killed\n\nSpeaking outside court, Chandy Daniel, 49, said his son was a \"fantastic human being\" with \"so much potential and so much to give\".\n\nHe said: \"It is in no doubt, nor has it ever been, that this was a senseless, needless, horrific and ultimately unnecessary act of violence. One that our family shall be paying for for the rest of our lives.\n\n\"On that day a man, who let's not forget, already held a conviction for stabbing someone else, was free to walk around with a murderous weapon in his possession.\n\n\"I held him, stroked his face, and kissed him, as he lay on that platform, only to be told by the paramedics that there was nothing more that they could do for him.\"\n\nHe condemned the killers for their \"complete lack of remorse or empathy\" as they tried to avoid responsibility.\n\nJudge Mark Dennis QC said he would sentence both defendants at the same court on 20 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A female beaver, having a good scratch ... She was one of the first in England to be born in the wild\n\nFifteen families of beavers have been given the permanent \"right to remain\" on the River Otter in East Devon.\n\nThe decision was made by the government following a five-year study by the Devon Wildlife Trust into beavers' impact on the local environment.\n\nThe Trust called it \"the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation\".\n\nIt's the first time an extinct native mammal has been given government backing to be reintroduced in England.\n\nEnvironment minister Rebecca Pow said that in the future they could be considered a \"public good\" and farmers and landowners would be paid to have them on their land.\n\nBeavers have the power to change entire landscapes. They feel safer in deep water, so have become master makers of dams and pools.\n\nThey build complex homes - known as lodges or burrows - with underwater entrances.\n\nThe River Otter beaver trial showed that the animals' skill replenished and enhanced the ecology of the river catchment in East Devon.\n\nThey increased the \"fish biomass\", and improved the water quality. This meant more food for otters - beavers are herbivores - and clearer and cleaner water in which kingfishers could flourish.\n\nTheir dams worked as natural flood-defences, helping to reduce the risk of homes flooding downstream.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Should beavers be brought back across England?\n\nThe evidence gathered by researchers during the trial helped the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make what it called its \"pioneering\" decision to give the beavers the right to live, roam, and reproduce on the river.\n\nBeavers were hunted to extinction 400 years ago for their meat, furry water-resistant pelts, and a substance they secrete called castoreum, used in food, medicine and perfume.\n\nIn 2013 video evidence emerged of a beaver with young on the River Otter, near Ottery St Mary. It was the conclusive proof of the first wild breeding beaver population in England.\n\nIt was a mystery how they came to be there. Some suspect that the creatures were illegally released by wildlife activists who, on social media, are called \"beaver bombers\".\n\nThe beavers faced being removed. However, the Devon Wildlife Trust, working with the University of Exeter, Clinton Devon Estates, and the Derek Gow Consultancy, won a five-year licence to study it.\n\nNow there are at least 50 adults and kits on the river - and they are there to stay.\n\nPeter Burgess, director of conservation at DWT, said: \"This is the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation. Beavers are nature's engineers and have the unrivalled ability to breathe new life into our rivers.\n\nEnvironment minister Rebecca Pow visited one of the stretches of river where the beavers are active. She said that the project, \"was so important because it is informing how we think in the future.\"\n\nShe described beavers as a \"natural management tool\", and said that having them on land could be seen as providing a public benefit for which farmers and landowners could get paid, under the new subsidy system once the UK leaves the EU.\n\nShe said: \"In our new system of environmental land management, those with land will be paid for delivering services, such as flood management and increased biodiversity.\n\n\"Using beavers in a wider catchment sense, farmers could be paid to have them on their land.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some incredible footage of one of nature's most secretive creatures captured by a wildlife fan in Devon.\n\nWhile the future of the River Otter beavers is now secure, it's not clear what will happen to other wild populations across England.\n\nThere is evidence that beavers are active on the River Wye, the River Tamar, and perhaps also in the Somerset levels.\n\nBeavers were reintroduced to Scotland a decade ago, and last year they were made a protected species. However, farming leaders raised concerns about the dams flooding valuable agricultural land.\n\nLast year, Scottish Natural Heritage granted licences to cull around a fifth of the beaver population.\n\nMark Owen, head of freshwater at the Angling Trust, said: \"There remain serious concerns around the impact the release of beavers could have on protected migratory fish species, such as salmon and sea trout.\"\n\nHe said that the trust was \"saddened that the minister has decided to favour an introduced species over species already present and in desperate need of more protection\".\n\nThose involved in the beaver trial believe that any wider reintroduction project needs careful management. Prof Richard Brazier, from the University of Exeter, said the activities of beavers help to lock up carbon, along with increasing biodiversity.\n\nThe rodents are also encouraging \"wildlife tourism\" with people wanting to spot them bring in welcome revenue to the local economy.\n\nHe said: \"The benefits of beavers far outweigh any costs associated with their management.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's occurrin' in Barry for William and Kate?\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have heard how businesses and families have struggled in the pandemic during a visit to south Wales.\n\nThe royal couple were at Barry Island which is home to TV comedy Gavin and Stacey, but William admitted he has never watched the show.\n\nThey also played games at an arcade which was the setting for Nessa's Slots in the series.\n\nLater, they met residents and their family members at a Cardiff care home.\n\nPrince William and Catherine heard how people had struggled with being unable to visit their loved ones at the height of lockdown.\n\nWhile the Duchess was pictured days earlier wearing a face mask during a visit to a baby bank in Sheffield, face coverings are not mandatory in Wales, except on public transport.\n\nLast year about 424,000 visitors headed to Barry Island to play on the slot machines and enjoy the seaside resort, well known to fans of Gavin and Stacey.\n\nThe royal couple play a \"grab a teddy\" game at the Island Leisure Amusement Arcade\n\nWilliam and Catherine toured the haunts of the comedy drama's characters - the arcade where Nessa worked and Stacey's employer Marco's cafe - but the duke confessed to never having seen the popular series.\n\n\"It's one of the few boxsets I haven't already watched. I've never actually watched it,\" he said.\n\n\"But I know how much it has done for the economy here and it's a wonderful series.\"\n\nGavin and Stacey ran for three series and returned for a special last Christmas after a 10 year absence\n\nWith pubs, cafes and restaurants only able to reopen indoors from Monday, businesses told the royal couple how lockdown had impacted them.\n\nThe change in lockdown rules also meant groups of up to 30 people have been able to meet outdoors and many young children are able to play with their friends for the first time since lockdown began.\n\nThe royal couple also visited the beach huts on the promenade, installed as part of the Vale of Glamorgan Council's £6m regeneration project.\n\nResident Joan Drew-Smith, 87, met the couple during their visit to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff\n\nLater in the day they travelled to Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff, where they spoke to staff, residents and their family members in the home's garden.\n\nIn May, the royal couple hosted a bingo game for residents at the home via video link, and got to meet some of them in person during the visit.\n\nAt the time, Joan Drew-Smith, 87, made headlines when she said the royal bingo game \"wasn't as good as it should have been\".\n\nAnd when the duke introduced himself during the visit to the home by saying: \"Hello Joan, do you remember we did the bingo with you? You said we weren't very good.\"\n\nShe swore in her reply when describing what she thought of their efforts - which the couple laughed at.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bingo! William and Kate call the numbers to help keep up spirits at a Cardiff care home on a previous visit", "Mark Hanretty partnered Paralympian Libby Clegg in this year's season of Dancing on Ice\n\nITV's Dancing on Ice skater Mark Hanretty has warned the UK risks losing a generation of talent if it does not reopen ice rinks to elite skaters.\n\nA plan to open rinks on 1 August was postponed the day beforehand after a rise in coronavirus infections.\n\nHanretty said there were \"big concerns\" the sport could lose people, as most professionals train at public rinks.\n\nBoris Johnson postponed the reopening of ice rinks for two weeks, and listed them among \"higher risk settings\".\n\n\"Until 15 August at the earliest casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and the remaining close contact services must remain closed,\" he said.\n\nBut while none of those other closures is harming Team GB's future Olympic hopes, the ongoing closure of ice rinks potentially does.\n\nBecause ice rinks are not something that even the richest athletes can feasibly have at home, many skaters - including those at the top of the sport - routinely train at public rinks.\n\nIn some cases, they make special arrangements to use the rinks before or after they are open to the public.\n\nBut these sessions are not available when the rinks are closed to everyone, with no exceptions.\n\nHanretty said this meant the UK was at risk of falling behind other countries at an elite level, and that any further delay could jeopardise the country's chances at next year's World Championships.\n\nHanretty himself won two bronze medals as a pairs skater in the British Championships, and competed at the European and World Championships, before being selected to join the Dancing On Ice team as one of the show's professional skaters.\n\nHe and his wife Kathy are also ice skating coaches and he said: \"Like many coaches around the country, we're trying to scramble to keep skaters going, We've been without ice rinks now for five months.\n\n\"For the competitive elite skaters, it really separates us from the rest of the world now. If we're waiting until September until we can train, it's going to be hard for any British elite competitors to compete. We're losing a generation.\"\n\nThe feeling has been echoed on social media, with the hashtag #OverlookedOlympicSport being shared by figure skaters online.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Leighann Forsyth This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBritish Ice Skating, the national governing body for ice skating in the UK, said the postponement \"disappointed not only British Ice Skating, but all those that were due to reopen this weekend\".\n\nZoe Briggs is one such competitor who is struggling with being unable to skate.\n\n\"I get up at 4am to train every morning, and train after school from 4pm to 8pm,\" the 14-year-old told the BBC. \"It's what I've grown up for years on end doing. It's been so different not doing that, it's so hard.\"\n\nZoe said she has been continuing her training via Zoom, but it is limited in how much it can help at her level.\n\n\"It's worrying because skating is all about muscle memory, letting you jump and glide across the ice. I'm worried not doing that will make the muscle memory disappear.\"\n\nZoe was training at the Bracknell Ice Rink before the pandemic\n\n\"I've been working a lot on my fitness and my stamina and my flexibility, and we've been doing Zoom meetings with our coaches for hours every day to try and keep it up.\n\n\"But it's really affected me mentally. We were told we were able to go back in July but that was pushed back and now we don't know. When I found out the news, I was crying for hours because I just want to get on with skating.\"\n\nJohn Hamer is a three-time British national champion figure skater and a skating coach in London. He explained that rinks remaining closed have had a lasting impact on more than just the students.\n\n\"Most coaches are self-employed,\" he said. \"And financially it's not been easy, to say the least. I had to ask my dad for money.\n\n\"I've lost five or six people for sure that I know aren't coming back - one of them was very competitive. They were there two, three, four times a week having multiple lessons. That probably accounts for a good 20-25% of my competitive business that I know isn't coming back.\"\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 hamermethod 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 said there was \"no reason\" ice rinks should remain shut for athletes, particularly when other venues such as swimming pools have been reopened.\n\n\"I don't think the government realises how big a deal ice skating is to the nation,\" he said. \"It's like the unsung sport of the country.\"\n\nHe added: \"I honestly don't think you can find a safer sporting venue. If they don't get us back fast, there will be a generation of potential Olympic kids that we have missed out on.\"", "A puppet of Boris Johnson has been unveiled ahead of the return of satirical TV show Spitting Image this autumn after 24 years.\n\nThe programme, made famous in the mid-1980s, is due to be recreated by the BBC and ITV for their Britbox streaming service.\n\nPuppets of the prime minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings and Prince Andrew have also been revealed.\n\nThe show originally ran for 18 series from 1984 until it was axed in 1996.\n\nThe new series is also set to mock politicians around the world, including US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.\n\nMr Johnson, depicted with unkempt blonde hair and a badly knotted tie, is the latest prime minister to be depicted in rubbery form by the programme.\n\nMr Cummings, known for a more informal dress sense, is depicted wearing a blue hoodie and black gilet, with a large silver collar.\n\nMr Cummings, a former director of the Vote Leave campaign, became the PM's adviser last July.\n\nThe show memorably featured former Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher in a man's suit berating members of her cabinet, known as \"the vegetables\".\n\nHer successor John Major, who was in No 10 between 1990 and 1997, was caricatured as a dull, grey puppet with a penchant for peas.\n\nPrime ministers serving after him - Labour's Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as well as Conservatives David Cameron and Theresa May - escaped the experience of being regularly parodied on the show during their time in No 10.\n\nMrs Thatcher, often shown in a suit, was addressed by her cabinet as \"sir\".\n\nThe original show, which was watched by 15 million viewers at its peak, also took aim at several other politicians during its twelve years on air.\n\nDouglas Hurd, a cabinet minster in Mrs Thatcher's government, was depicted with \"Mr Whippy ice cream\" hair.\n\nJohn Major's puppet was cast to give the former Tory leader a grey complexion.\n\nMeanwhile Labour figures that were regularly mocked included former leader Neil Kinnock and deputy leader Roy Hattersley.\n\nThe new version will be produced by production company Avalon. Roger Law, co-creator of the original, is on board as executive producer.\n\nHe has previously promised the new Spitting Image will be \"more outrageous, audacious and salacious than the previous incarnation.\"\n\nAs well as politicians, Prince Andrew will be among the famous faces recreated as puppets.\n\nBritBox is a subscription video streaming service from the BBC and ITV.\n\nThe broadcasters joined forces to set up the subscription service as a rival to the likes of Netflix.\n\nIt was launched in the UK in November 2019 and subscribers pay £5.99 per month in HD.\n\nMeanwhile, lockdown measures enforced due to the Covid-19 pandemic saw a surge in TV watching and online streaming, according to media watchdog Ofcom.\n\nIts annual study into UK media habits suggested adults - many stuck indoors - spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average.", "Last updated on .From the section Europa League\n\nWolves survived a nervous night at Molineux to reach their first European quarter-final in 48 years as Raul Jimenez's early penalty earned them a 2-1 aggregate win against Olympiakos in the Europa League.\n\nThe Mexican's precise eighth-minute effort, after Daniel Podence had been fouled by Olympiakos' stand-in keeper Bobby Allain, was his 27th goal of the season and the earliest Wolves had scored in any game during a marathon season that began on 25 July last year and will now extend to a 59th game.\n\nHowever, Wolves' rhythm was wrecked eight minutes later when wing-back Jonny suffered a knee injury which allowed Olympiakos to take control.\n\nMady Camara had a first-half equaliser ruled out after a lengthy VAR check went against Youssef el Arabi by the tightest of margins before the Moroccan sent over the decisive cross.\n\nRui Patricio denied Kostas Tsimikias with an excellent near-post save and in the second half, the veteran Portugal keeper produced a brilliant full-length save to turn away Ahmed Hassan's header.\n\nBut despite dominating possession and having more shots in total and more shots on target, the visitors could not breach Wolves' defences.\n\nAnd so their marvellous European journey moves on to the 'final eight' tournament and a quarter-final meeting with Sevilla in Duisburg on Tuesday.\n\nIt has taken Wolves' fans a long time to learn the value of Podence.\n\nThe 24-year-old swelled the Portuguese contingent at Molineux in January when he made his £16.6m move from Olympiakos.\n\nSurprisingly though, he did not start a Premier League game until the defeat of Everton on 12 July.\n\nPodence is not as big as Jimenez, or as fast as Adama Traore. But he has quick feet and can change direction very quickly.\n\nHe also is prepared to chase lost causes, which is how the home side got their penalty.\n\nIf Podence had not closed in on goalkeeper Allain as he went to make a routine clearance, he wouldn't have been in position to get in front of the keeper, whose first touch was poor and ended with him needlessly barging Podence in the back.\n\nIn the second half, Allain made amends when Podence cut into the box from the left wing and fired a shot towards the roof of the net, which the former Clyde trainee tipped over.\n\nIn a side that spend long periods going backwards, Podence's control on the ball was a priceless outlet, although his evening did not end well.\n\nWasting time after he was substituted, Podence strolled off the pitch towards the dug-out. By failing to leave the field by the quickest route, he earned himself a yellow card that rules him out of the Sevilla game.\n\nWhen Olympiakos had what they thought was a first-half equaliser ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR check, Wolves' official Twitter feed immediately posted 'Always liked VAR'.\n\nIt was an amusing reflection on a season in which a series of VAR decisions have gone against Nuno's men, most notably an equaliser that was ruled out at Liverpool, after a Sadio Mane goal for the Reds that was awarded having originally been ruled out for handball.\n\nThen there was the 'goal' in a goalless draw at Leicester that was also ruled out.\n\nGiven Wolves missed out on a European place via the Premier League on goal difference, there was not much sympathy for the visitors on this occasion as they cursed their ill-fortune.\n\nAfter that though, it was stout defending that got Wolves through. Boly was superb at the back, although without Patricio the hosts would not have won.\n\nWolves know Sevilla - and then the winners of Monday's meeting between Manchester United and FC Copenhagen - block their path to the final in Cologne on 21 August, when victory is required to get them back into Europe next season.\n\nHowever it ends up, after nearly 13 months, 16 games, 12 wins and over 20,000 miles - the equivalent of flying to Sydney and back - it has been a season to remember.\n• None Wolves have reached the quarter-finals of a major European competition for the first time since 1972, when they were beaten finalists against Tottenham in the Uefa Cup.\n• None Wolves have won four consecutive home games in European competition without conceding a single goal for the first time in their history.\n• None Olympiakos have now lost 14 away ties against English sides in all European competitions; against no other nation's sides have they lost more (level with Spain).\n• None Wolves' Raul Jimenez has scored all eight of the penalties he has taken for the club in all competitions.\n• None Despite keeping a clean sheet, Wolves faced more shots against Olympiakos (16) than they did in any other home game in 2019-20 (all competitions).\n• None Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Lazar Randjelovic (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross.\n• None João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Leander Dendoncker.\n• None Attempt missed. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Omar Elabdellaoui with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Ahmed Hassan (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Face coverings in shops are not currently mandatory in Northern Ireland's shops\n\nWearing masks in shops and other enclosed public spaces will be compulsory from Monday, Northern Ireland's first minister has said.\n\nArlene Foster added indoor pubs which do not serve food will not be allowed to reopen on Monday, as planned.\n\nMinisters have been discussing the health minister's proposal to bring forward the original review date.\n\nMeanwhile, all schools will reopen full-time to all pupils from the start of term, the education minister said.\n\nIt was also announced on Thursday that theatres and concert halls will allow audiences to return from 1 September.\n\nHealth Minister Robin Swann said earlier he was concerned about mixed messaging from the executive.\n\nThe NI Executive has said it would base its lockdown-easing decisions on rate of the spread of the virus in the community.\n\nThat R-number (the average number of people an infected person passes Covid-19 on to after contracting the disease) is now estimated to be between 0.8 - 1.8, and infections have risen three-fold since early July, said the health department earlier.\n\nInternationally viewed as an important measure in tracking the spread of the virus, the goal is to keep R below one.\n\nConfirming that face coverings would be mandatory from Monday, First Minister Arlene Foster said: \"It's really about trying to give confidence to people who feel vulnerable and maybe have been shielding.\n\n\"We're asking the public of Northern Ireland to work again with us around all of these issues and to listen to what we're asking them to do.\"\n\nShe added: \"If people get to the position where we're issuing fixed penalty tickets then we will have failed in telling people why it is important to do this.\"\n\nAsked if there was a \"trade-off\" between keeping alcohol-only pubs closed and the plan to fully reopen schools, Mrs Foster said: \"I make no apology for the fact that we're prioritising schools, I think it's important for our young people that we get them back into schools.\"\n\nThe decisions come days after the Irish government decided to push back its reopening date for pubs to 31 August at the earliest.\n\nAt present, pubs and hotel bars in Northern Ireland can only open fully if they serve food\n\nAt present, pubs and hotel bars in Northern Ireland can only open fully if they serve food.\n\nThose that only sell alcohol are restricted to serving customers outdoors.\n\nThe NI Executive had been due to review the pubs policy on 20 August and could have then made it law; Mrs Foster said the opening date for pubs would be pushed back to the start of September.\n\nIt is understood soft play areas that were due to reopen on Friday 7 August have also had their date postponed.\n\nColin Neill of Hospitality Ulster said the decision on pubs was \"a catastrophic blow\" that \"removes the right to earn a living for people who work in our traditional pubs\".\n\nThe opening of indoor bars in the Republic of Ireland has been pushed back to the end of the month\n\n\"This will result in business failures and job losses immediately,\" he said.\n\n\"This decision now comes with a moral responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive to step in and put in an emergency funding package to help save these jobs and save these businesses.\n\n\"We respect totally that the health of the nation comes first, but we have to protect livelihoods, we have to protect small businesses who, once lost, will never be back.\"\n\nFace masks in shops in Northern Ireland are currently encouraged, but not mandatory\n\nThe Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Eddie Lynch, has said that the current level of mask wearing by the public is causing \"great concern among older people\" and is preventing many of them emerging from lockdown.\n\nThe shielding period for vulnerable people ended on 31 July in Northern Ireland.\n\nA public information campaign encouraging the take-up of face coverings is due to begin later this week.\n\nIn a statement on Thursday, the Department for Communities said theatres and and concert halls can reopen from 8 August, to allow staff to prepare ahead of 1 September, when audience will be allowed to return.\n\nA manual has been published by the Arts Council on the safe reopening of concert venues.\n\n\"Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on all those who work in the creative industries,\" said Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín.\n\n\"It is hoped that some venues can return to hosting live performances at the beginning of September, although we remain mindful of the ongoing challenges we face in dealing with the restrictions of Covid-19,\" she said.\n\n\"The final decision to reopen will be dependent upon the safety of our theatre staff and the public.\"\n\nThe health department said that when community transmission of the virus was very low, the R number \"will show a high degree of volatility and be heavily influenced by small local clusters\".\n\nIt added that the number of positive tests per day was \"likely to be a more important parameter\" in determining public health policy decisions.\n\nOn Thursday, 43 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases in Northern Ireland to 6,049.\n\nTwenty-three clusters have been identified in Northern Ireland since contact tracing began in last May.\n\nNine clusters have had five or more cases associated with them. Fourteen across Northern Ireland have had fewer than five people. Smaller clusters may be associated with a larger cluster - for example, a common geographic location or common social setting.\n\nFive have been identified in the past week, with 35 cases involved and 239 close contacts.\n\nClusters are defined as two or more cases among individuals associated by a key setting - a workplace, retail or hospitality premises, domestic gatherings and sporting settings - with illness onset dates within a 14 day period.\n\nIn the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Health has been notified of five additional Covid-linked deaths and 69 new cases.\n\nHowever, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said four of the deaths are late notifications, relating to April and June.", "Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington\n\nTV star Caroline Flack took her own life while she was facing trial accused of assaulting her boyfriend, a coroner has ruled.\n\nThe ex-Love Island and X Factor host was found dead at her home in Stoke Newington, London, on 15 February.\n\nThe day before her death Ms Flack had found out she would be prosecuted and feared press intrusion, the inquest at Poplar Coroner's Court heard.\n\nMs Hassell said Ms Flack, 40, had killed herself after an \"exacerbation and fluctuation\" of ill health and distress.\n\nThe inquest heard sections of the media had been \"hounding\" the presenter over the alleged assault of Lewis Burton, which she denied.\n\nMs Flack's mental health had deteriorated following her arrest, according to the coroner.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe inquest heard the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) initially pursued a caution against Ms Flack, but withdrew it after the Metropolitan Police said it believed it was in the public interest to bring an assault charge.\n\nThe presenter's mother Chris told the court she thought her daughter had been \"seriously let down by the authorities and in particular the CPS for pursuing the case\".\n\nMs Hassell said she was \"satisfied [Ms Flack] wanted to cause her own death\" and \"there's no doubt in my mind at all\".\n\n\"For some, it seems she had a charmed life - but the more famous she got the more mentally distressed she became,\" she said.\n\n\"Her trauma was played out in the national press and that was incredibly distressing for her.\"\n\nFlowers were left outside Caroline Flack's former home after she died in February\n\nMs Flack had left her role presenting Love Island, the ITV2 dating show, in the wake of her arrest last December.\n\nThe inquest heard she struck her boyfriend while he slept because she suspected he was cheating on her.\n\nMr Burton did not support the assault charge, and in a statement he said the last time he had seen Ms Flack \"she was not in a good place\".\n\nHe said \"the media were constantly bashing her character\" and \"writing hurtful stories\".\n\nMs Hassell said: \"I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she knew she would face the media, press, publicity - it would all come down upon her. To me, that's it in essence.\"\n\nMrs Flack wept as she told the coroner over video-link: \"I think you got it spot on.\n\n\"We know you are not allowed to say certain things and it's up to us if we want to take it any further, and we don't.\"\n\nIn a statement, Lewis Burton said the media were \"constantly bashing\" Ms Flack's character\n\nShe previously told the inquest that if Ms Flack had been a \"normal person\", the police and CPS wouldn't have \"been bothered\" to charge her.\n\nAddressing Det Insp Lauren Bateman, Mrs Flack said: \"No real evidence was put forward. If it was an ordinary person, you wouldn't have been bothered.\n\n\"You should be disgusted with yourself. That girl killed herself because you put an appeal through.\"\n\nDet Insp Bateman said: \"I was not biased and I treat everyone the same.\"\n\nDeputy chief crown prosecutor Lisa Ramsarran said Ms Flack accepted she had caused Mr Burton's injury, but \"the explanation essentially amounted to it being an accident, which is a defence and was the disputed issue which was going to be the issue at trial\".\n\nMs Flack's family allege she was treated differently because of her celebrity status\n\nAfter the hearing, the Met Police said it \"takes allegations of domestic abuse, by men or women, very seriously and investigates those allegations in accordance with national and Met Police policies\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Officers are encouraged to consider 'evidence-led' prosecutions where appropriate, and actively investigate cases even if the victim does not wish to support a prosecution.\n\n\"This is to enable victims to be safeguarded and to bring offenders to justice, as well as due to the risk of repeat victimisation.\"\n\nIn a statement after the ruling, Ms Flack's mother said: \"Caroline you were loved. I love you.\n\n\"Many people loved and supported Caroline, they know who they are and I thank them all.\n\n\"Many people pretended to love Caroline and took advantage of her kindness and they know who they are.\"\n\nYou can find information and support for issues raised in this article on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "George swam a total of 43 miles (70km) in three days\n\nAn ecology graduate has set a new record of swimming the lengths of 13 Lake District lakes in three days.\n\nGeorge Taplin, 20, from Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire, swam a total of 43 miles (70km) during his challenge.\n\nHe wore four different wetsuits to prevent contaminating certain lakes with algae from others.\n\nHis challenge raised almost £2,000 for Just A Drop, a global charity seeking to provide safe and sustainable water to communities.\n\nGeorge Taplin was raising money for Just A Drop\n\nMr Taplin started in England's largest lake, Windermere, and finished in Derwent Water where friends presented him with a celebratory broccoli, his favourite vegetable.\n\nWater temperatures varied between 12C and 14C, for which he practised by taking cold showers, and he said his favourite lake was Wastwater due to its \"incredible visibility\".\n\n\"It was the coldest but the clearest\", he said.\n\nMr Taplin, who recently graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in ecology and conservation biology, said: \"Setting out with these types of challenges, you never know what elements you may come across.\n\n\"It's been incredible though and finishing was a fantastic feeling.\"\n\nHis attempt was inspired by adventurer Matt Williams, who spent 10 days walking between and swimming the lakes.\n\nGeorge Taplin was supported by friends and family throughout his challenge\n\nMr Taplin has been swimming since the age of five and when he was 16 had a trial for the Rio Olympics in the 400m freestyle.\n\nBut he said he wanted to focus on distance and endurance instead of speed.\n\n\"I started doing open water swimming with my dad and when I was going quite slowly I felt I could go forever,\" he said.\n\n\"It made me curious as to how far I actually could go.\"\n\nHis first long distance swim began one morning at Henley on the Thames and ended 10 hours and 40km later at Windsor.\n\nHe is now planning to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar between Europe and Africa.\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.", "Keeley Bunker was reported missing after a night out to celebrate her 20th birthday\n\nA man has been convicted of raping and murdering his childhood friend on the way home from celebrating her birthday.\n\nWesley Streete, 20, had claimed he had \"accidentally killed\" Keeley Bunker during sex.\n\nHer body was found hidden under branches in a brook in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 19 September 2019.\n\nStreete was also convicted of two further charges of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to three other female victims.\n\nIn a statement following the verdict, Ms Bunker's friends and family described her as the \"the kindest, most beautiful young lady that you could ever wish to meet\".\n\n\"The world was hers and Keeley was just beginning to live a happy life,\" they said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows Keeley Bunker at the same venue as the friend who would be convicted of her murder\n\nIt took a jury at Stafford Crown Court just over eight hours to convict the former warehouse packer, who will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nThe previous evening Ms Bunker had been to a concert with a friend in Birmingham to celebrate her recent 20th birthday.\n\nAfter the show, the group met up with Streete in a city nightclub as arranged, and on their return to Tamworth she had \"trusted\" the killer to walk her home safely, but Ms Bunker was not seen alive again.\n\nBy the following evening, searches were under way involving her family, close friends and police and Streete claimed to have left Ms Bunker to walk home alone.\n\nHe was taken by police in a marked patrol car to retrace their movements, consistently claiming that when he and Ms Bunker parted she was still alive.\n\nAt that time he told officers \"I feel like you're blaming me\" after they took his phone as part of the investigation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shows Wesley Streete telling police during inquiries 'I feel like you're blaming me'\n\nThe court heard her body was discovered that evening by her uncle Jason Brown, who was in a search party combing a park near a telephone box where Streete told police Ms Bunker and he parted ways.\n\nMr Brown found his niece with her underwear pulled down over her trainers. The court heard how he let out a \"horrendous scream\" at the sight.\n\nA post-mortem examination found she had been strangled and Streete's DNA was on her body.\n\nStreete was arrested shortly after and, asked if he had any questions as he was being driven to the custody block at Cannock, he replied: \"Not really.\"\n\nJurors were told how later in the journey Streete complained of being hungry, and \"asked if there was food to eat when he got there\".\n\nFloral tributes to Keeley Bunker were left close to Wiggington Park where she was found.\n\nThe court heard he changed his account of the events at least four times, which he told prosecutors was because he was \"scared\" and \"embarrassed\" by her death - a killing, he said, that happened during sex that began with mutual flirting in the park.\n\n\"I put my arms around her neck and accidentally killed her,\" Streete told the prosecution. \"We were having sex.\"\n\nHe added he \"started to panic\" when Ms Bunker \"went floppy\". He said he checked for a pulse, but did not think to call police.\n\nHowever, Ms Bunker had scratch marks on her neck, most likely inflicted as she tried to prise herself from Streete's grip.\n\nHe also admitted in court putting the body \"in the pond\" and covering it up, before going home to sleep.\n\nThe court heard he would later return to the scene several times to add more branches.\n\nProsecutor Jacob Hallam QC said the separate allegations of sexual offences were brought independently by a number of young women who were, like Ms Bunker, friends or acquaintances of the defendant.\n\n\"Taken together they show that the defendant has a long history of committing non-consensual sexual acts on young women,\" he said.\n\nIn a victim impact statement, one of the women said hearing about what happened to Ms Bunker had given her the \"courage\" to come forward about her own assault.\n\nDet Insp Cheryl Hannan said Streete was a \"devious and manipulating character\".\n\nDet Insp Cheryl Hannan, senior investigating officer on the case, said Streete was a \"devious and manipulating character\".\n\n\"He was obviously trusted by Keeley, he was trusted to walk her home that night,\" she said.\n\n\"He has manipulated a situation where he has preyed upon her and ultimately raped and murdered her.\n\n\"He has then gone on to put himself at the centre of the investigation, to lie to the police, to her family, to her friends that she was safe and well.\n\n\"Then he has changed his lies as the evidence has been put to him.\"\n\nPeople lined the streets of Tamworth to pay respect to Ms Bunker at her funeral in October\n\nMs Hannan also praised the people of Tamworth for the \"love\" they had shown to Ms Bunker, with pink ribbons tied in tribute to her around the town.\n\nIn their statement the budding classroom assistant's relatives said: \"As Keeley's family, the outcome of this trial will never be enough, in terms of justice.\"\n\nHer mother, Debbie Watkins, said: \"Keeley was the kindest, most caring, innocent young lady you could ever meet and was only just starting out in her life.\"\n\n\"Such is the hell we feel we are incapable of showing any forgiveness.\"\n\nMarc Ensor, partner of Debbie Watkins, said the family had been \"destroyed\" by her death and thoughts of \"trying to visualise and understand just how such a dreadful thing could have happened to such a beautiful person\".\n\nMr Ensor said Ms Bunker would \"do anything for anybody\" and \"she didn't have a bad bone in her body\".\n\nChristopher Bunker, Ms Bunker's father, said her sister and brother were now \"a shadow of how they used to be\".\n\nFollow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Natasha Lambert is preparing for her biggest sailing challenge to date - crossing the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nThe 23-year-old from the Isle of Wight has quadriplegic athetoid cerebral palsy, which affects her limbs and speech.\n\nShe sails using a system that allows her to control a boat using her breath and tongue.\n\nAfter sailing the south coast of England, across the channel, and from Scotland to Ireland, in November she aims to cross the Atlantic in an adapted 46ft (14m) catamaran.\n\nThis story was filmed before coronavirus pandemic restrictions were introduced.", "The number of children in care in England and Wales who have restrictions placed on their freedom has tripled in the last two years, BBC News has found.\n\nDeprivation of liberty orders are increasingly being used to detain children in homes when suitable accommodation cannot be found.\n\nCampaigners say it shows a \"wilful neglect\" of young people at risk of exploitation.\n\nThe government said supporting vulnerable children \"is a priority\".\n\nDeprivation of liberty orders are often used for adults who lack the mental capacity to consent to changes in their care, such as elderly people with Alzheimer's.\n\nBut BBC News has learned they are increasingly being used for children and young people on safeguarding grounds.\n\nThe orders can cover a range of restrictions from detention in a house to taking away a mobile phone - and are commonly secured from the High Court or Court of Protection by a local authority in charge of the care of the child.\n\nFreedom of information responses from 91 of 170 local authorities in England and Wales show the number of deprivation of liberty orders for children and young people went from 43 in 2016-17 to 134 in 2018-19. The vast majority of these will be for children in care.\n\nMore than a quarter of orders granted over the last five years were made primarily because of concerns about the child or young person going missing, without relating to mental capacity.\n\nOne recent hearing granted a deprivation of liberty order for a 13-year-old child to be detained in a rented council house while being cared for by four local authority staff.\n\nThe order meant the child could be locked in a bedroom at night, stripped of all loose items and restrained if attempting to self-harm, hurt staff or escape.\n\nThe judgement acknowledged the restrictions were \"draconian\" but said 30 applications for a place in a secure unit or alternative settings had been declined.\n\nAt another hearing, a High Court judge complained of being \"almost drowned out\" by applications at that time and said he was increasingly concerned they were \"operating to bypass\" safeguards provided by secure accommodation.\n\nBBC News has learned a 14-year-old victim of so-called modern day slavery had been placed on a deprivation of liberty order and was moved to an unregulated home.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News revealed that 14 council investigations have been launched into \"organised and complex abuse\" in unregulated homes\n\nDespite being banned from having a mobile phone because of her vulnerability, the girl told a social worker she was given an iPhone and moved between residences across the UK by a company, sometimes without the local authority being informed.\n\nThe number of children waiting for placements in secure accommodation - residences children are prevented from leaving - hit a peak of 54 open referrals in England, according to records released by the Department for Education following a freedom of information request.\n\nBBC News has learned three children have spent more than six months waiting for a secure accommodation placement, and one child had 27 individual referrals declined.\n\nThe lack of appropriate placements for such children and young people is an \"absolute disgrace\", according to Carolyne Willow, director of the charity Article 39, which campaigns for the rights of children in institutional settings.\n\n\"It demonstrates wilful neglect at the highest level and a readiness to permit the decaying of children's services.\n\n\"You don't have to be a child welfare expert to be able to imagine the risks of putting an individual child into accommodation where there's no other children… where everything you do is monitored and supervised, where every aspect of ordinary childhood experiences are taken from you.\"\n\nSuch orders \"are meant to be last resort measures, they're not meant to be regular, routine ways of protecting children\", she said.\n\nInvestment is needed, not only in secure accommodation, but a range of specialised placements that cater to the dangers now faced by vulnerable children, said Jenny Coles, the President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services.\n\n\"The children, young people, that are coming into care over the last three or four years, their needs and their experiences have changed\", she said. \"[These range] from sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, gangs, county lines.\n\n\"If we had that broader range [of placements], that was meeting complexity, we wouldn't have to potentially use those orders as we have been using them.\"\n\nIn a statement, a government spokesperson said: \"Supporting the most vulnerable children in the country is a priority for this government, and every young person in care deserves appropriate, safe accommodation that supports them in the best way possible.\n\n\"Local authorities have a duty to make sure there are sufficient places, including secure care, for their looked-after children.\n\n\"We have invested £40m in supporting councils in England to improve and expand the secure provision available, and we have consulted on radical reforms to the quality of independent and semi-independent placements to make sure the right checks and balances are in place.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. English house prices are “way, way too expensive” in comparison with France and Germany, says the PM.\n\nSweeping changes to the planning system in England will make it quicker to build much-needed new homes, the prime minister has said.\n\nBoris Johnson said the plans, which aim stop local opponents blocking development in designated growth zones, were \"long overdue\".\n\nCritics say the changes could lead to \"bad-quality housing\" and loss of local control.\n\nThe BBC's Jessica Parker said the plans had prompted disquiet among Tory MPs.\n\nThe government says it wants reduce the number of planning cases that get overturned at appeal by creating a \"clearer, rules-based system\".\n\nMr Johnson said the changes would help developers complete projects in a \"more timely way\" and help young people onto the housing ladder.\n\n\"We've got fantastic builders that do a great job - but for some reason or other, and planning has a lot to do with it, it takes far too long to build a home in this country,\" he said.\n\nHe said \"more timely\" completion of new project would also help young people \"excluded from getting onto the property ladder\".\n\nHousing Secretary Robert Jenrick said local people would get a \"meaningful say\" at the start of the planning process, when local plans are drawn up, but will not be able to block new schemes after that.\n\nHe claimed local people \"did not have a great deal of influence\" over the current planning system and that few people engaged with it.\n\nMr Jenrick also wants to change the way developers contribute to the cost of building affordable housing and new infrastructure in every new project.\n\nThe government will introduce a national charge for developers - replacing the existing Section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy - to fund projects such as schools, roads and GP surgeries, and a fixed proportion of affordable homes in a development.\n\nMr Johnson said the new infrastructure levy would be \"much simpler\" for developers and allow them to build a \"much bigger chunk\" of affordable housing.\n\nBut Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"This is a developers' charter, frankly, taking councils and communities out of it.\n\n\"And on affordable housing, which is the critical issue, it says nothing. In fact it removes the initiatives that were there for affordable housing.\"\n\nAlan Jones, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects said: \"While there's no doubt the planning system needs reform, these shameful proposals do almost nothing to guarantee the delivery of affordable, well-designed and sustainable homes.\"\n\nHe said that taken together with moves to allow more commercial premises to be converted into homes without planning permission, \"there's every chance they could also lead to the creation of the next generation of slum housing\".\n\nMr Jenrick said such criticism was \"complete nonsense\", insisting that \"design and quality\" were central to the government's plans.\n\nBBC Political Correspondent Jessica Parker said there was disquiet on the Conservative benches about the government's proposals, with one MP predicting \"quite a battle\" on the issue.\n\nConservative MP Geoffrey Clifton Brown, told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: \"Whilst I'm all in favour of building more houses, they need to be good quality houses, we've got to be really sure we're not building slums of tomorrow by building today at low quality.\"\n\nBut the Cotswolds MP added that people in areas like his now realised more homes needed to be built so \"their children and their grandchildren\" can get on the housing ladder.\n\nFor Jacky Nabb, a proposal to build 3,000 houses near her home in the Oxfordshire countryside felt to her like \"somebody just twisted my stomach\".\n\nShe added: \"It sounds really dramatic, but it broke my heart.\"\n\nThere has been a four-year battle over the prospective new town at Chalgrove - and a broader plan for local homes - with bitter political skirmishing and the personal intervention of the housing secretary.\n\nBut still, not a single brick has been laid here.\n\nIt is exactly this sort of delay ministers want to sweep away.\n\nUnder their policy, once a local plan is agreed, developers in some places could press on with confidence.\n\nBut local Conservatives have opposed the Chalgrove plan too, just as they have many other developments.\n\nWill the government hold firm should campaigning Tories - under fire from home-owning voters - turn on this policy?\n\nMaking yet another announcement about homes is easy. Turning it into real change will require political courage.\n\nUnder the government's proposals, which have gone out to consultation, land will be divided into three categories - \"growth\", \"renewal\" or \"protected\".\n\nIf land is designated for \"renewal\" councils would have to look favourably on new developments. In \"growth\" areas, new homes, hospitals and schools will be allowed automatically.\n\nAreas of outstanding natural beauty and the green belt will come under the \"protected\" category and \"beautiful buildings\" will be fast-tracked through the system.\n\nThe White Paper proposes that all new streets should be tree-lined and \"all new homes to be carbon-neutral by 2050, with no new homes delivered under the new system needing to be retrofitted\".\n\nThe plans also include the \"first homes scheme\", to provide newly built homes at a 30% discount for local people, key workers and first-time buyers.\n\nThe chairman of the Local Government Association, James Jamieson, said the government's claim that the planning system was a barrier to house building was \"a myth\".\n\nMr Jamieson said nine out of 10 planning applications were approved by councils, but that more than a million homes given permission in the last decade had yet to be built.\n\nHomeless charity Shelter said 280,000 homes received permission in England between 2011 and 2016 but were never built.\n\nBBC Reality Check said there had been criticism in recent years of the amount of time it took to get planning permission, but also said many developers secured planning permission and then did not immediately build.\n\nIt's hard to be sure about these proposals from the environmental perspective because key details are missing.\n\nOne policy unifies green critics - the plan to make all homes carbon-neutral by 2050.\n\nLabour promised to achieve that by 2016 and environmentalists condemned the later date as \"pitiful\".\n\nThey also fear the zoning system will do little to help the wildlife that lives outside protected areas.\n\nThe current system governed by councillors is very flexible. The zoning system would be more rigid.\n\nApart from that, confusion abounds.\n\nWhat happens, for instance, if citizens devising their local plan decide their whole area should fall into the \"protected\" category? Can they reject all new homes on their patch?\n\nIf so, what's the role of the government's housing targets?\n\nPerhaps answers will emerge. But I'm told some officials in the department think these plans have been rushed and are rather a \"dog's dinner\".\n\nA number of new planning measures were announced by the government in June.\n\nFrom September, home owners will be allowed to build above their properties without going through the normal planning process and developers will be able build above - or demolish and rebuild - vacant premises, or change the use of town centre shops, without planning permission.\n\nBuilders will also be allowed to convert a wider range of commercial properties into homes - despite criticism in a government-commissioned report that the existing policy has led to poor quality, cramped flats with low quality of life for their residents.", "Foreign exchange firm Travelex has struck a deal to stay afloat, but with the loss of more than 1,300 jobs in the UK.\n\nAdministrators PwC said a cyber-attack followed by the Covid-19 crisis had \"acutely\" hit the firm.\n\nTravelex was held to ransom by hackers in January after the cyber-attack forced it to turn off its systems.\n\nPwC said that a so-called \"pre-pack\" administration deal had been reached which had saved 1,800 UK Travelex jobs.\n\nThis is where a firm sells all or some of its assets to a pre-determined buyer and appoints administrators to do so.\n\nPwC said parts of the firm had been bought by a newly created company controlled by its lenders.\n\nThat includes the parts that deal with supermarkets and large corporate and banking customers, and some of its airport business.\n\nHowever, the High Street shops and airport branches that were closed during lockdown will not reopen.\n\nIt said the deal had delivered £84m of new money and substantially reduced the business's debts.\n\nToby Banfield, joint administrator at PwC, said it had enabled a core part of the business to continue operating under new ownership.\n\nHe added: \"The completion of this transaction has safeguarded 1,802 jobs in the UK and a further 3,635 globally, and ensured the continuation of a globally recognised brand.\n\n\"Unfortunately, as the majority of the UK retail business is no longer able to continue trading, it has regrettably resulted in 1,309 UK employees being made redundant today.\n\n\"Our dedicated employee team will be providing support to all of the people impacted.\"\n\nTravelex suffered more than a month of disruption to its operations at the start of this year, after it discovered on New Year's Eve that it had been hacked.\n\nThe firm did not disclose full details, but a gang called Sodinokibi claimed to have accessed reams of sensitive customer data and demanded a ransom of $6m (£4.6m).\n\nAt the height of the disruption, cashiers resorted to using pen and paper to keep money moving at bureaux de change in airports and on High Streets.\n\nTravelex is the latest firm to shed jobs as the coronavirus crisis continues to take its toll on the economy and the government's job retention scheme starts to wind down.\n\nIn the hospitality sector, hotel giant LGH has said 1,500 jobs are at risk, while Pizza Express said on Tuesday that it could close 67 UK restaurants, with the loss of 1,100 jobs.", "The three destinations will be removed from the list of exempted countries\n\nPeople returning to Wales from Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra will have to quarantine at home for a fortnight.\n\nWales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething announced the change, which will come into force from midnight on Thursday.\n\nA short time later the other UK nations followed suit, with the change coming into force at 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nBelgium has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Europe at 49.2 per 100,000 people, compared with 14.3 per 100,000 in the UK.\n\nUK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted: \"Data shows we need to remove Andorra, Belgium and the Bahamas from our list of [Coronavirus] travel corridors in order to keep infection rates DOWN.\"\n\nThe three destinations will be removed from the list of countries which have been exempted from border health controls.\n\nLuxembourg, Spain and Serbia were all removed last month.\n\nMr Gething said the decision was made after he \"considered the evidence for the public health risk now posed by travellers who enter the UK from these places\".\n\nIn other changes, travellers arriving from Brunei and Malaysia will not need to quarantine.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman added: \"The four nations of the UK made this decision together and we have amended our regulations.\"\n\nThere are currently no direct commercial flights to Belgium or the Bahamas from Wales, but air passengers can connect via Paris or Amsterdam or use an English airport.", "BBC Arabic reporter Maryem Taoumi was interviewing Faisal Al-Aseel, project manager at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy when the explosion took place.", "High-cost lenders are using pictures of holidays and \"nudge\" tactics to encourage vulnerable people to take on more debt, the finance watchdog says.\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority found borrowers were getting into financial trouble after taking on extra credit.\n\nLenders are accused of poor practice by using online accounts and apps to encourage consumers to borrow more.\n\n\"Repeat borrowing could be a strong indicator of levels of debt that are harmful to the customer,\" the FCA said.\n\nIt reported firms using images of exotic locations to suggest consumers take on extra borrowing to have a holiday.\n\nSome use \"nudge\" techniques such as appealing to social norms by suggesting that relending is common practice and normal behaviour.\n\nLaura Suter, personal finance analyst at investment platform AJ Bell, said: \"As a large chunk of the population has been forced into debt by the current Covid-19 crisis, the regulator is clearly worried about debt companies using misleading marketing and pushy tactics to keep customers in high-cost debt.\"\n\nDebt adviser Sara Williams, who writes the Debt Camel blog, said it was good that the FCA had recognised the harm caused by repeat lending.\n\n\"If you have had to take a high-cost loan, you are often left short of money and are then vulnerable to marketing offering you another loan as being 'easy' and 'convenient', but this traps people in expensive debt for much longer,\" she said.\n\nHigh-cost credit customers are more likely to be vulnerable, have low financial resilience and poor credit histories, the watchdog said in its review.\n\nThey often have several debts forcing them to juggle repayments, sometimes having to prioritise which debts to pay when they do not have enough money for all.\n\nBut lenders target vulnerable borrowers with marketing messages which emphasise the ease, convenience and benefits of taking more credit.\n\nThe FCA said it was concerned that lenders were not balancing their marketing messages with warnings about the risks of people taking on more debt than they could afford.\n\n\"Before the pandemic we saw increasing numbers of complaints about high-cost lenders' relending practices, which showed that firms had failed to adequately assess affordability, and they were not relending in a way that was sustainable for customers,\" said Jonathan Davidson, executive director of supervision, retail and authorisations at the FCA.\n\nThe watchdog said lenders should assess whether further borrowing is in the customer's best interests.\n\n\"Rigorous affordability assessments are key to avoiding harm in this area, and firms should ensure they are making proportionate and responsible assessments of the sustainability of borrowing,\" it said.\n\nLooking ahead, the FCA said it had been forced to act to help consumers who were under additional financial pressure due to the impact of coronavirus.\n\nIt has encouraged firms to offer payment deferrals to help struggling borrowers.\n\n\"We are closely engaged with firms to understand the impacts of the pandemic on consumers,\" said Mr Davidson.\n\n\"Where consumers are experiencing payment difficulties, we encourage them to contact their credit provider as soon as possible and explain their situation and get the help that lenders have agreed to provide.\"\n\nLaura Suter warned that during the pandemic more people had been using payday loans or doorstep lending either to pay their normal bills or to pay off other debt.\n\n\"That becomes a very slippery slope that's tough to get out of,\" she said. \"Any crackdown on these practices would be good news for consumers at a time when many find themselves in spiralling debt.\n\n\"This is particularly the case as the Covid-19 measures introduced by the regulator to ease the burden of debt, such as payment holidays or reductions in interest rates, start to be unwound and people face hefty bills for their borrowing.\"\n\nHave you used high-cost doorstep or payday lenders? If you're happy to share your experience, please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.", "THIS PAGE WILL NOT BE UPDATED AFTER 4 SEPTEMBER 2020\n\nA growing number of cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed among pupils and staff at Scottish schools.\n\nThe Scottish government has stressed that these are part of community clusters which have had an impact on schools, rather than school-based clusters.\n\nIt is not thought that the virus has been transmitted within schools. Here are details of the latest cases.\n\nKingspark School in Dundee has been closed after a cluster of coronavirus cases connected to the school. There are currently 40 cases in total - 23 staff members, three pupils and 14 community contacts.\n\nAll staff and pupils at the additional support needs school have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days and the building will remain closed during that time.\n\nThe council said robust hygiene measures were in place but a decision was taken to close because of the vulnerabilities and complex needs of the pupils.\n\nAnyone who lives with a pupil at the school has also been asked to self-isolate for 14 days, unless they can maintain physical distancing within the house.\n\nA primary two class at St Peter and Paul's School, also in Dundee, has been asked to isolate until Wednesday after an individual tested positive.\n\nChildren who attended the Happy Times out-of-school club at the city's Downfield Primary School are also being asked to self-isolate until the same date following two positive test results connected to Kingspark school.\n\nElsewhere in Dundee, a pupil in the primary three class at St Clement's Primary School has tested positive and all children in that year group have been asked to self-isolate until Tuesday.\n\nA Grove Academy pupil has also tested positive and subsequently a small number of staff and pupil close contacts of the individual have been asked to self-isolate until Saturday.\n\nThree cases have been detected among pupils in Perth and Kinross - one at Newhill Primary in Blairgowrie, one at Oakbank Primary in Perth, and one at St John's RC Academy in Perth.\n\nNHS Tayside, the health board which covers the area, said the primary pupils had mild symptoms and were self-isolating at home.\n\nClose contacts of the St John's pupil have been asked to self-isolate until Wednesday.\n\nA pupil has tested positive at Balfron High School. Any pupils and staff who have been in close contact with the individual are being given advice.\n\nOn 31 August, NHS Lanarkshire said four new cases of Covid-19 identified in South Lanarkshire were associated with a nursery and three schools.\n\nThey included a staff member at First Steps Nursery School in Hamilton, a pupil at Holycross High School, Hamilton, a staff member at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen, and a staff member at Udston Primary School, Hamilton.\n\nThe individuals were self-isolating and the cases are not known to be linked. The schools and nursery remained open.\n\nPreviously, a nursery pupil at Ace Place Nursery in Rutherglen tested positive for Covid-19. The pupil was self-isolating and close contacts were being traced.\n\nIt came after three new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were identified at Lanarkshire schools last Monday.\n\nThe pupils - at St Margaret's High School in Airdrie, Uddingston Grammar and Stepps Primary - were self-isolating.\n\nThe schools remained open, but all pupils and staff in Stepps Primary School class 1B were asked to isolate for 14 days.\n\nFour pupils at St Ambrose High and one from St Andrew's High - both in Coatbridge - and one from Caldervale High in Airdrie had previously tested positive for the virus, with health protection officials saying they believed house parties had played a part in the spread of the virus.\n\nBut the investigation into this cluster of Covid-19 cases was stood down after a week of no new cases.\n\nAlso in Lanarkshire, two classes and associated staff at High Blantyre Primary School have been asked to isolate until they have been tested and received a negative result after two pupils and a staff member tested positive.\n\nThere were a further three linked cases in Lanarkshire who were not staff or pupils.\n\nThere were 16 confirmed cases in north east Glasgow, with some of these cases confirmed to be pupils at Bannerman High School in Baillieston.\n\nHowever, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has not disclosed the exact number due to patient confidentiality.\n\nA primary school class and their teacher at St Albert's Primary School in Pollokshields was also been asked to self-isolate after a case of coronavirus.\n\nContact tracing is taking place at Hutchesons Grammar School and Lochend Community High School.\n\nIn the NHS Greater Glasgow area, it is also taking place at John Paul Academy, Carntyne Primary, St Ninian's Primary, Blairdardie Primary, Kelvinside Academy and St Andrew's Secondary in Glasgow, at Lady Alice Primary in Greenock, Killermont Primary School in East Dunbartonshire and Edinbarnet Primary in West Dunbartonshire.\n\nContact tracing is also being carried out at Corpus Christi Primary school, Glasgow, Holy Cross Primary School, Glasgow, and St Anthony's Primary School, Renfrewshire, following positive cases.\n\nPupils at Knightswood Primary have now been told by public health officials that they can return to school after a class was asked to self-isolate as a precaution.\n\nContact tracing was also taking place after one case involving a pupil at Todholm Primary School in Paisley, as well as at Wallace Primary School in Elderslie, St James' Primary in Renfrew and Castlehead High School in Paisley after positive tests.\n\nOn 31 August it emerged five further schools are now the focus of test and protect teams: Aileymill Primary, Greenock; Twechar Primary, Twechar; St Monica's Primary, Pollock; Knightswood Secondary and Gartconnor Primary, Kirkintilloch.\n\nThe latest update identified cases linked to Our Lady and St Patrick's High School, Dumbarton and Glasgow Gaelic Secondary School.\n\nA pupil at Preston Tower Primary School in Prestonpans, East Lothian, tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nEast Lothian Council said that children who had been in direct contact with the confirmed case had been contacted and would be staying at home for 14 days. The school remained open, in line with public health advice.\n\nA pupil also tested positive for coronavirus at Balbardie Primary School in Bathgate, West Lothian.\n\nNHS Lothian confirmed that the pupil was self-isolating at home with their family.\n\nAn incident management team was assessing the situation and the board said enhanced cleaning measures were in place and close contacts had been traced.\n\nElsewhere in Lothian, contacts have been traced at Dalry Primary and nursery campus, Granton Primary School, Dalkeith High School and Lasswade High School.\n\nA nursery at Newburgh Primary school was closed after one person tested positive.\n\nNHS Fife said the individual was isolating at home with other household members.\n\nWhile a link between the confirmed case and the nursery was being investigated, there was no evidence to suggest onward transmission within the nursery at this stage, the health board added.\n\nAll close contacts from the nursery have been informed and asked to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nAt Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline, class 2B2 and all those on the bus from the school to Kingseat on 28 August have been asked to stay at home on 1 September, after a pupil tested positive.\n\nThere is no evidence to suggest transmission of the virus in the school and close contacts of the child will be contacted and given individual advice.\n\nA pupil at Dalneigh Primary School, Inverness, tested positive for the virus.\n\nThe school remained open, but the \"small number\" of pupils who had contact with the confirmed case were asked to isolate for 14 days.\n\nA member of staff at Kinmylies Primary School in Inverness also tested positive.\n\nHighland Council has sent a letter to parents, saying that \"all appropriate measures\" are in place at the school, and that the relevant areas have been cleaned.\n\nA case of Covid-19 was linked with Aberdeen's Oldmachar Academy.\n\nNHS Grampian said close contacts had been identified and advised to self isolate.\n\nThe school was closed on Friday 21 August for cleaning as a precaution, but has now reopened.\n\nContact tracing has now been completed after a single case has been linked to the Selkirk High School \"community\".\n\nAdditional cleaning was carried out before the secondary opened on Monday.", "Strictly Come Dancing is the \"hardest\" show to film under current circumstances, the BBC's head of entertainment has said.\n\nBut despite the challenges, Kate Phillips told the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival that the professionals are rehearsing for this year's show and the celebrity line-up will be announced at the end of the month.\n\nShe said it would be a \"slightly shorter run\" but will be \"special\". The professionals have isolated together for around two weeks, she said.\n\n\"We are having to adapt, the set is having to be altered, we are not quite sure at this stage how much audience we will be able to have in and we have to look at Dave Arch and his band, how hair and make-up and costume will work backstage,\" she said.\n\n\"It's probably the hardest show to do in the current circumstances, a live weekly show that relies on body contact quite a lot.\"\n\nHowever, she added: \"There is that old line, necessity is the mother of invention, and I would say across all the entertainment shows we are seeing constant good ideas.\"", "Police and ambulance crews were called to Mayfair Avenue in Pitsea, Essex\n\nA 12-year-old boy with a stab wound has been taken to hospital by air ambulance.\n\nPolice were called to Mayfair Avenue in Pitsea, Essex, at about 13:55 BST to a reported assault.\n\nThe boy had a knife wound to his back and was taken to the Royal London Hospital. His injury was described as serious but not life-threatening.\n\nA girl and three boys, all aged 14, have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey remain in custody for questioning.\n\nDet Insp Stewart Eastbrook said he believed the people involved knew each other and officers were talking to witnesses near the scene of the attack.\n\n\"There were a number of people in the area at the time and we'd like to speak to anyone who saw what happened or has any mobile phone or CCTV footage that could help us with our enquiries,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nóra Quoirin went missing from her room on 4 August 2019\n\nAn inquest has opened into the death of a London teenager who was found dead while on a family holiday in Malaysia.\n\nNóra Quoirin, 15, vanished from her room at the Dusun rainforest resort last August.\n\nHer unclothed body was found beside a stream just over a mile away after a 10-day search operation.\n\nMalaysian police said there was no foul play but Nóra's parents said she would not have wandered off alone otherwise, and fought for an inquest.\n\nOn Monday, Coroner Maimoonah Aid said the inquest aimed to determine how and when the teenager died and whether anyone was \"criminally\" connected.\n\nShe said that the inquest served to deliver \"justice for everyone\".\n\nNóra, her parents and her younger brother and sister arrived at the eco-resort near Seremban, about 40 miles (65 km) south of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, on 3 August last year for a two-week stay.\n\nHer disappearance the next day sparked a vast search operation.\n\nSearch and rescue teams were deployed in an effort to locate Nora\n\nAn initial post-mortem report said that Nóra had died due to gastrointestinal bleeding from hunger and stress over a prolonged period.\n\nBut the family have always insisted it was highly unlikely their daughter - who had severe learning and development disabilities - would have wandered off alone.\n\nNóra was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.\n\nIn January, her Irish mother, Meabh, and her French father, Sebastian, expressed their shock at the case being closed by Malaysian police.\n\nThey called for an inquest in order to have \"the fullest possible picture of what happened to Nóra and how her case was dealt with”.\n\nThey previously said: \"As a vulnerable child, with significant physical and mental challenges, we strongly refute any conclusion that Nóra was alone for the entire duration of her disappearance.\"\n\nNóra's parents were unable to attend the proceedings in Malaysia due to the Covid-19 pandemic but are expected to give evidence through video conferencing next week.\n\nThe inquest is scheduled to last until September 18.", "Outdoor contact sports for adults can kick off again\n\nPeople of all ages are able to take part in organised outdoor contact sports as a number of further lockdown restrictions are lifted.\n\nAmateur rugby and football clubs are among those which can resume training in groups of no more than 15 people.\n\nThe relaxation of rules also allows bingo halls, amusement arcades, casinos, funfairs and snooker halls to reopen and driving lessons to resume.\n\nOutdoor live events such as concerts and comedy shows can also begin again.\n\nHowever, there must be strict observation of guidelines on physical distancing, enhanced hygiene and restricted audience numbers.\n\nAll of the activities have been in lockdown since coronavirus measures were introduced in March.\n\nMembers of Broughton Rugby Club's women's team are getting back together for the first time since March\n\nBroughton Rugby Club's women's team are among those who are \"so excited\" to be reunited and resume serious training.\n\nCaptain Lauren Park told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland: \"It's been a long time coming.... it's going to be the first time since March that we've been able to get together in such a large group and have some competitive touch rugby on the go.\"\n\nShe said they would train in two bubbles of 15 people, on separate areas of the pitch. And as well as hand sanitizing \"before during and after\" training, the rugby ball will also be thoroughly cleaned.\n\n\"It's been a long five months for everyone involved\" in Thorn Athletic in Johnstone, according to its chairman Mark McGee.\n\nThe team have kept in touch on WhatsApp, and taken part in 5k challenges and Zoom workouts, but they are looking forward to getting back to a routine which benefits their physical and mental health.\n\nAnd as training almost gets back to normal, and with friendly games due to begin on 11 September, he said: \"Everyone's absolutely buzzing\".\n\nA socially-distanced gig by Sam Fender took place in Newcastle two weeks ago\n\nPromoter Oli Norman is disappointed that more restrictions have not been lifted on live events in Scotland.\n\nHe said guidelines published on Sunday afternoon stated that capacity at outdoor events would be limited to 200 people \"which may sound like a lot but for a commercial outdoor event is northing\".\n\n\"So unfortunately until they do a U-turn on a ridiculous restriction, they've killed an entire industry at a point when an entire industry is on its knees,\" he added.\n\nHe said it put under threat plans to hold GlasGlow - an annual light show in the Botanic Gardens - which attracts about 2,000 people day at the end on October.\n\nThese kinds of events are naturally socially-distanced, in acres of parkland, and require authorisation by the council, he added.\n\n\"It's deeply illogical what is currently happening so thousands of people can currently go into a zoo or a safari park, an outdoor market - indeed a beer garden I was in the other week had 4-500 people drinking alcohol,\" Mr Norman told Radio Scotland.\n\n\"All these events that are hugely needed as we go into the dark months face real risk of cancellation right now unless the government comes to its senses and does something far more pragmatic.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has been approached for a comment. It has previously said its decision-making on coronavirus restrictions was guided by public health concerns.\n\nMany musicians and artists who have faced a summer without gigs and festivals will now be looking to restart live performances\n\nCaroline Sewel, regional organiser for the Musicians Union in Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: \"Musicians are creatives and if any industry has the ability to come back then the music industry can, and I'm sure will.\"\n\nHowever, she warned that social distancing and reduced capacity for live gigs could mean they are not financially viable for some venues, promoters and musicians.\n\nGlasgow based musician Kapil Seshasayee, like many artists, had to switch to building a fan base online during the pandemic.\n\nHe said: \"The thing I like most about being forced to do that is that geography becomes irrelevant and you can set up a zoom call with anyone.\n\n\"There is an interesting culture of collaboration that is emerging because of Covid.\"\n\nDriving instructor Tony Clarke was due to take his first lesson in about five months at 10:00.\n\nSpeaking ahead of returning to work, he said he had \"mixed emotions\" but he wanted to get back to the pupils who had been left behind, to get them through their test.\n\nThat will mean additional cleaning of the car between lessons, masks worn by student and instructor, and windows down throughout each lesson.\n\nThe Clydebank-based instructor said he was fully booked and there were a lot of his pupils \"itching to sit a driving test\".\n\nSome of them might be a bit rusty after five months away from the wheel \"but I won't be long in getting them back up to scratch,\" he said.\n\nFurther restrictions are due to be lifted next Monday (31 August). They include the reopening of gyms, swimming pools and indoor sports courts.\n\nHowever, people over the age of 12 will not be able to take part in contact sports indoors until 14 September.\n• None Do you still need to take Covid tests?", "Tesco will create 16,000 new permanent jobs after lockdown led to \"exceptional growth\" in its online business.\n\nThe new posts will include 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 delivery drivers.\n\nThe recruitment drive reflects the shift to online shopping, which was accelerated by lockdown.\n\nTesco said it expected many of the roles to go to staff who joined them on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic.\n\nSupermarkets scrambled to meet a surge in demand for online deliveries while the UK was in lockdown.\n\nTesco said online customer numbers had risen from around 600,000 at the start of the pandemic, to nearly 1.5 million.\n\nBefore the pandemic, around 9% of Tesco's sales were online. Now, online sales amount to 16% of sales, and are expected to be worth over £5.5bn this year, the company said.\n\nOnline grocery orders now make up 16% of Tesco's sales\n\n\"The crisis has seen a dramatic increase in the size of the online grocery market in the UK,\" said Clive Black, retail analyst at Shore Capital.\n\n\"It does not look like, and Tesco UK does not seem to think, it is going to revert back to the pre-coronavirus levels.\"\n\nTesco UK & Ireland's chief executive Jason Tarry said: \"These new roles will help us continue to meet online demand for the long term.\"\n\nTesco's announcement may sound like welcome relief from the somewhat ominous drip-drip of job cut announcements from retailers, but its real significance is to underline the shift in shopping habits from bricks-and-mortar retailing to online.\n\nThat shift benefits those with a big online presence, at the cost of the old-fashioned shops that don't.\n\nIt was already underway before the coronavirus crisis, threatening the viability of small independent retailers and defacing High Streets with boarded up shopfronts and 'To Let' signs. With lockdown, the shift accelerated dramatically, as even the remaining users of the High Street were forced to go online.\n\nAt first, online retailers like Tesco hedged their bets to meet the surge in demand for online delivery, hiring thousands of workers on temporary contracts.\n\nHowever, now they're offering them permanent jobs it's clear that Tesco's executives believe much of the shift to online during the pandemic will be permanent.\n\nGrowth in the online grocery market will have made the sector more profitable, points out Mr Black.\n\n\"As the market expands, economies of scale start to come into play,\" he said.\n\nThere is no need to offer money-off coupons or free delivery to attract new customers in the current climate, he added.\n\nMr Black emphasised that the efficiency of deliveries is improved because drivers can serve customers who are closer together, and supermarkets can make better use of systems, staff and equipment: \"You put all those things together and the industry goes from marginally loss-making to marginally profitable.\"\n\nTesco has already created 4,000 new permanent roles since March. The new roles are permanent and a mixture of full and part-time.\n\nThe big supermarkets have added jobs in their warehouses during the pandemic\n\nThe expansion is in contrast to other parts of the retail sector, where High Street companies have been forced to make steep job cuts following lockdown.\n\nMost recently, Marks & Spencer said it would axe 7,000 jobs over three months, while Debenhams said it plans to cut a further 2,500 roles.\n\nEven across the grocery sector the impact of lockdown has varied - discount chains, such as Aldi and Lidl, which were putting pressure on the bigger chains through lower prices, don't offer online services.\n\n\"The players that already had an established foothold, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, all reported incredibly high growth over last months,\" said Thomas Brereton retail analyst for Globaldata.\n\n\"They had vast hiring drives in April. So they could send them into stores and out as delivery drivers.\"\n\nWhile Amazon has been trying to expand its fresh food delivery, it hadn't scaled up its services enough before the pandemic hit to make the most of increased demand, Mr Brereton added, and Ocado was limited by the capacity of its large automated warehouses.\n\n\"For Tesco as they rely on store picking rather than automated I think this is something they will keep for the foreseeable future.\"", "The bikes were left scattered around the mountainside after the head-on crash\n\nA driver who ploughed head-on into four cyclists at 60mph has been jailed for two years and eight months.\n\nJason Morgan, who had taken amphetamine, hit the riders with his Vauxhall Corsa on a mountain road in Bargoed in April.\n\nThe 48-year-old, from Treharris, admitted drug driving, dangerous driving, and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.\n\nOne of the cyclists suffered life-changing injuries.\n\nPhotographs of the bikes crumpled and broken, one missing a wheel and parts spread around, were shown at Cardiff Crown Court.\n\nJason Morgan apologised and said he never wanted to drive again\n\nProsecutor Peter Donnison said friends Darran Thomas, Huw Smith, Christopher Jones and David Myhill were \"experienced and passionate\" cyclists who had ridden all over the world.\n\nMr Donnison said the riders heard \"a car engine revving\" and saw it on the wrong side of the road travelling towards them.\n\n\"Mr Thomas thought the driver did not like cyclists and was doing it on purpose to scare them then realised he was not going to swerve or stop,\" the prosecutor said.\n\n\"He shouted at the driver and tried to avoid the car by turning towards the grassy bank but felt the bumper hit his leg and bike, and he was thrown into the air.\n\n\"He was struggling to breathe, he was in so much pain.\"\n\nSix months after the crash he is still receiving physiotherapy and counselling.\n\nMr Thomas said in a victim impact statement: \"I don't think I will ever be the same person again.\n\n\"I can't put into words the impact the incident has had on me. It has completely changed my life in ways I did not know were possible.\"\n\nHe said he did not think he would ever be emotionally strong enough to ride a bike on the road again.\n\nDefence barrister Lucy Crowther said: \"He does ask me to say, on his behalf, how desperately sorry he is.\n\n\"He has not driven since and he has got no intention of ever driving again in his life.\"\n\nAs well as the sentence, Judge Nicola Evans banned Morgan from driving for three years and ordered that his car be confiscated.", "Kellyanne Conway said she had made the decision in order to focus on her children\n\nKellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as senior adviser to US President Donald Trump.\n\nIn a statement, Mrs Conway, 53, said she was stepping down at the end of August to focus on her children, giving them \"less drama, more mama\".\n\nHer husband, George, an outspoken critic of the president, will also be stepping back from political activism.\n\nShe added that her decision was \"completely my choice\", and that she would announce future plans \"in time\".\n\nThe announcement came hours after one of Mrs Conway's daughters, Claudia, 15, tweeted that her mother's job had \"ruined [her] life\".\n\nMrs Conway, who is still scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, informed Mr Trump on Sunday night.\n\nA Republican strategist and veteran pollster, she was the first woman to manage a successful US presidential campaign, spearheading Mr Trump's effort in 2016.\n\nAs senior counsellor at the White House, Mrs Conway acted as political adviser to President Trump and maintained a highly influential position in the administration.\n\nMrs Conway said her time in the White House \"has afforded me blessings beyond compare\"\n\nIn contrast, her husband George is a co-founder of the Lincoln Project - a Republican political action committee working to prevent the re-election of President Trump in 2020.\n\n\"The past four years have allowed me blessings beyond compare,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"[George and I] disagree about plenty but we are united on what matters most: the kids,\" she added.\n\n\"Our four children are teens and tweens starting a new academic year, in middle school and high school, remotely from home for at least a few months,\" continued Mrs Conway. \"As millions of parents nationwide know, kids 'doing school from home' requires a level of attention and vigilance that is as unusual as these times.\"\n\nClaudia Conway's tweet about her mother went viral over the weekend.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by CLAUDIA CONWAY This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe later tweeted that she was taking a \"mental health break\" from social media, saying \"this is becoming way too much\".\n\nKellyanne Conway has remained the president's stalwart supporter even when her husband, George, and others have denounced him.\n\nThe four Conway children had to deal with their parents' rift. One of them, Claudia Conway, started firing off posts on social media, criticising her parents and attracting 600,000 followers.\n\nNow the whole thing has ground to a halt: Mrs Conway has left her job, Mr Conway will pull back from his position at the Lincoln Project and Claudia Conway says she is taking a social media break, while they all try to get their lives back to normal.\n\nThe episode is a personal drama for the Conways. But it serves as a reminder of how elusive \"normal\" has been during the tumultuous Trump White House years - and how families have been torn apart by the political discord.\n\nKellyanne Conway is one of Mr Trump's most ardent supporters, but has long been a controversial figure. She has become well known for sparring with journalists in defence of the president.\n\nOne of her most famous lines was \"alternative facts\", the phrase she used to describe then White House press secretary Sean Spicer's highly questioned figures about the number of people attending Mr Trump's inauguration.\n\nIn a 2017 interview, she cited a non-existent \"massacre\" to defend the administration's immigration restrictions.\n\nThat same year, the US government's ethics advisory board said she should be investigated after she urged people, during a live interview, to buy clothing developed by the president's daughter Ivanka.\n\nMore recently, the government's oversight agency advised last year that she should be fired for engaging in banned political activities while in office.\n\nShe has often found herself caught between her husband and the president.\n\nMr Conway has publicly disparaged the president, describing him as \"incompetent\". The president, in response, has called him a \"stone cold LOSER\" and said that he had turned down Mr Conway for a job in the justice department.", "Scotland to go beyond WHO guidance on face masks in schools\n\nThe first minister says over the weekend the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued fresh guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks. Ms Sturgeon confirms the education secretary is in the final stages of consulting with teachers and education authorities on a recommendation for the use of face coverings in secondary schools. This would be for staff and pupils when they are moving around in communal areas like corridors. She explains this is being consulted on because mixing of different groups is more likely in this area, as is crowding and a lack of sufficient ventilation. The first minister tells the briefing the government will go slightly beyond WHO guidance. She adds the position on school transport is being considered but the use of face coverings in school class rooms is not being consulted on. That's because there is more scope for physical distancing in the classroom, but where there are outbreaks this could be an option she explains.", "England's push for victory and James Anderson's quest for a 600th Test wicket were obstructed by the weather and Pakistan's stubborn resistance on day four of the final Test at the Ageas Bowl.\n\nFollowing-on, the tourists reached 100-2, still 210 behind, but with the opportunity to save the match if they can bat out the final day.\n\nThey could be aided by the rain that is forecast for Tuesday after more than three hours were lost on Monday afternoon and bad light forced an early close.\n\nIn the 56 overs that were possible, Stuart Broad had Shan Masood lbw and Anderson removed Abid Ali in similar fashion to move to 599 wickets.\n\nAnderson's quest to reach 600 was again hampered by a dropped catch - wicketkeeper Jos Buttler missed Masood, the fourth chance the pace bowler has seen go down in the match.\n\nPakistan captain Azhar Ali remains on 29 not out, with Babar Azam unbeaten on four.\n\nAzhar had come out to open on Sunday evening but, because the innings did not begin before the players were taken off for bad light, the Laws permitted the skipper to return to his usual position of number three.\n• None TMS podcast: England held up by Pakistan and weather\n\nEngland, already 1-0 up, will win the series, but their chances of taking it 2-0 were hit by the elements, a flat pitch and Pakistan's admirable determination.\n\nThe Southampton weather ruined the drawn second Test and it could yet have the decisive say in this match after the interruptions suffered on Monday and the threat of more rain on Tuesday.\n\nWhen play occurred, Pakistan reprised the fight they showed on Sunday, when they battled to 273 all out in their first innings.\n\nAzhar, so impressive for 141 not out on day three, was again at the forefront of the resistance, joined by Abid, who made a watchful 42.\n\nEngland continually posed questions, at one stage employing Broad to dish out a barrage of bouncers with a packed leg-side field.\n\nThere was also the sight of 44-year-old fielding coach Paul Collingwood, who retired from Test cricket in 2011, in his whites and ready to field when a number of England players were forced off.\n\nOllie Pope is set for a scan on the same left shoulder he dislocated last year after he injured it making a diving stop on the boundary.\n\nThe sub-plot to this match has been Anderson's bid to become the first pace bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.\n\nHe would be there already had it not been for the mistakes of his team-mates. After three went down on Sunday evening, Buttler's regulation miss of Masood meant Anderson had suffered four drops in the space of 37 deliveries.\n\nStill, there seemed the ideal opportunity to reach the milestone when he returned late in the day and persuaded Abid to play across the line to one that came back. The batsman's review showed the ball to be just clipping the leg stump.\n\nHowever, the fading light meant Anderson was in a tense race against time, and he sent down just seven more deliveries before the umpires instructed England they could only bowl spin.\n\nSoon after, it was decided it was too dark even for the off-breaks of Dom Bess and Joe Root.\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic means it is unclear when England's next Test will be. At 38 years old, Anderson will dearly hope the weather does not prevent him from bowling on Tuesday.\n\nWill Jimmy ever reach 600 if the rain ruins day five?\n\nFormer England batter Mark Ramprakash on Test Match Special: \"We are in the middle of a pandemic. Will England tour this winter? Will Jimmy Anderson be asked to play?\n\n\"There's a lot conversation about 'well what's the point of using Jimmy Anderson on flat, unresponsive wickets in the UAE (against India) and Sri Lanka'.\n\n\"Jimmy's bowling average in the last four years has been getting better and better. The fact is, however, Father Time waits for nobody.\n\n\"Who knows when England's next Test match will be, hopefully they can get cricket in this winter but it may be next summer.\n\n\"Then you really start to ask yourself, how are we going to manage Jimmy's move away from the game?\n\n\"It's got to happen sooner or later. I would hate for it to be unsatisfactory for someone who has been such a great servant. There needs to be a management of that situation.\n\n\"The selectors will be very happy if he can get that last wicket tomorrow.\"", "Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley has bought the gym and fitness business from his rival and long-time critic Dave Whelan after they fell into administration.\n\nMr Ashley's Frasers Group said it would buy 46 leisure clubs and 31 retail outlets from DW Sports Fitness for £37m to merge with its own business.\n\nSome 922 jobs out of a total of 1,700 across the business will be saved.\n\nDW went bust earlier this month after its income evaporated during lockdown.\n\nThe firm owns 75 retail stores and 73 gyms in total, all of which had to close temporarily due to coronavirus restrictions.\n\nFrasers, which also owns Lillywhites, Evans Cycles and House of Fraser, said the DW assets would \"compliment (sic)\" its own gym and fitness club portfolio, and would now be managed under its Everlast brand.\n\nSusannah Streeter, senior markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said it was surprising the group had bought a gym business as they were still \"grappling with the public's reluctance to train indoors\".\n\n\"It's likely to be some time before people bound back to the gym in greater numbers and it can be ascertained whether this latest acquisition will have been the right choice for the company.\"\n\nDW also owns the Fitness First gym chain which is unaffected by the administration.\n\nMr Ashley, who has been buying up struggling High Street brands over the last five years, has had a feud with DW Sports' owner, Mr Whelan, dating back two decades.\n\nIn 2000, Mr Whelan was famously reported to have told his younger rival from the south: \"There is a club in the north, son, and you're not part of it.\"\n\nDave Whelan has been in a feud with Mike Ashley dating back two decades\n\nMr Ashley later reported Mr Whelan's JJB Sports business to the Office of Fair Trading, alleging it was involved in a price-fixing scheme over football shirts.\n\nThe OFT issued multi-million pound fines to those involved, including JJB.\n\nMr Whelan, 83, a former owner of Wigan Athletic football club, created DW Sports in 2009 when he bought 50 JJB Sports fitness clubs and the adjoining shops out of administration.\n\nDuring the year ending 31 March 2019, DW made a loss of just over £20m.\n\nFrasers itself has been struggling during the pandemic, calling its most recent financial year the \"most challenging\" in its history.\n\nIn the year to 26 April, its sales climbed slightly, but profits dived by 20% to £143.5m due to lockdown store closures.\n\nLast week, it said that more of its House of Fraser department stores were \"anticipated\" to close, likely resulting in further job cuts.\n\nIt has already shut 10 of the 59 stores it bought out of administration in 2018.", "Sharon White became chair of John Lewis in February\n\nJohn Lewis is planning to replace its famous promise to match rivals' prices as its new boss plans radical changes to the business.\n\n\"Never knowingly undersold\" has become harder to defend as competition from online retailers has become ever tougher.\n\nGroup chair Sharon White told the Sunday Times she expected the price pledge to go.\n\nThe slogan has been in place since 1925.\n\n\"The proposition is important because it signifies being fair to society. We're reviewing it to improve it,\" Ms White told the Sunday Times.\n\nThe department store chain has already announced the closure of eight stores including its flagship Birmingham site which only opened five years ago as it struggles to adapt to the challenges arising from the pandemic.\n\nThis year between 60% and 70% of John Lewis's sales are expected to be online, compared to 40% last year.\n\nEven before Covid-19 hit, the chain, which is run as a partnership, had warned it might not pay the usual staff dividend as competition ate into profits.\n\nMs White told the Sunday Times the chain needed \"more inspiration, surprise, fun\" and that it would compete by \"curating\" items in store better. John Lewis would focus less on women's fashion and get rid of travel and spa services. Instead it would offer more financial, home and garden products, she said.\n\nMs White said she wanted to reaffirm John Lewis's reputation as a socially responsible retailer and \"shout more\" about its values.\n\nFor nearly a century John Lewis has promised to refund the difference in price, to any shopper who could find an item cheaper elsewhere within 28 days.\n\nHowever, the commitment has never applied to sales from internet-only retailers, which have lower costs and often undercut the High Street on price.\n\nJohn Lewis indicated earlier this year it was reviewing the promise. It said \"fair value\" would still be central to its ethos but \"in a more modernised form\"; it hopes to have a new slogan in place by October.\n\n\"Never knowingly undersold is from another era,\" said Catherine Shuttleworth, founder of retail marketing agency Savvy.\n\n\"She's got to correct the course on that. They'll be out of business if they do that in a world where Amazon change their prices every minute.\"\n\nThe business is also facing challenges in its Waitrose grocery arm. Next month its long-standing link with delivery service Ocado comes to an end at a time when customers are queuing to sign up for online shopping.\n\nThe scale of the overall challenge should not be underestimated, said Ms Shuttleworth.\n\n\"It's the biggest crisis in the history of the partnership... There's got to be some significant changes to make sure it survives for the future.\"", "Juukan Gorge cave site before and after mining works\n\nMining giant Rio Tinto has cut the bonuses of three executives over the destruction of two ancient caves in Australia.\n\nIn May, the world's biggest iron ore miner destroyed the sacred Aboriginal sites in Pilbara, Western Australia.\n\nThe company went ahead with the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters despite the opposition of Aboriginal traditional owners.\n\nThey were among the oldest historic sites in Australia.\n\nChris Salisbury, chief executive of iron ore, and Simone Niven, group executive of corporate relations, will lose payouts of more than half a million pounds each.\n\nThe company, whose shares are listed in both London and Sydney, said it would provide more details on the bonus cuts in its 2020 remuneration report.\n\nAll three will remain in their roles.\n\n\"It is clear that no single individual or error was responsible for the destruction of the Juukan rockshelters,\" said Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson.\n\n\"But there were numerous missed opportunities over almost a decade and the company failed to uphold one of Rio Tinto's core values - respect for local communities and for their heritage.\"\n\nThe sites were above about eight million tonnes of high-grade iron ore, with an estimated value at the time of £75m.\n\n\"We will implement important new measures and governance to ensure we do not repeat what happened at Juukan Gorge and we will continue our work to rebuild trust with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people,\" said Mr Thompson.\n\nThe review found that while the company had obtained legal authority for the blasts, the decision fell short of the standards and internal guidance Rio Tinto had set for itself.\n\nIt also found that the firm had failed to properly engage with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama people, the traditional owners of the site.\n\nAfter the caves were destroyed, a PKKP representative, John Ashburton, said losing the site was a \"devastating blow\".\n\n\"There are less than a handful of known Aboriginal sites in Australia that are as old as this one... its importance cannot be underestimated,\" he said, according to the news agency Reuters.\n\n\"Our people are deeply troubled and saddened by the destruction of these rock shelters and are grieving the loss of connection to our ancestors as well as our land.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Miriwoong: The push to keep the Australian language alive\n\nMr Salisbury apologised for the company's actions at the time: \"We are sorry for the distress we have caused.\"\n\n\"We pay our respects to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura People,\" he added.", "During the announcement, President Trump called on Americans to donate blood plasma\n\nThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency authorisation to use plasma to treat Covid patients.\n\nThe technique uses antibody-rich blood plasma from people who've recovered from the disease and has already been applied to 70,000 people in the US - in trials or for the gravely ill.\n\nThe FDA says initial trials indicate it is safe, although more are needed to prove effectiveness.\n\nSeveral experts have questioned the robustness of studies into its use.\n\nThe announcement came a day after President Donald Trump accused the FDA of impeding the rollout of vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons, and on the eve of the Republican National Convention, where he will launch his campaign to win a second term in the White House.\n\n\"This is what I've been looking forward to doing for a long time,\" the president told reporters on Sunday.\n\n\"I'm pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the China virus that will save countless lives.\"\n\nMr Trump described the procedure as a powerful therapy, as he appealed to Americans to come forward to donate plasma if they had recovered from Covid-19.\n\nMore than 176,000 people have died from coronavirus since the start of the outbreak in the United States, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 5.7 million cases have also been confirmed nationwide. The country has had more confirmed cases and deaths than anywhere else in the world.\n\nThe FDA had already approved the use of plasma transfusions on coronavirus patients under certain conditions.\n\nIt has now given the treatment \"emergency use authorisation\", rather than full approval, saying that early research suggests blood plasma can decrease mortality and improve patient health if it is administered within the first three days of admittance to hospital. However, more trials are needed to prove its effectiveness.\n\nThe agency said it had concluded it was safe after reviewing the results of 20,000 patients who had received the treatment so far.\n\nThe FDA said people under the age of 80 who were not on a respirator and received plasma containing high levels of antibodies had a 35% better survival rate a month after the treatment than those who had received plasma with a low level of antibodies.\n\n\"It appeared that the product is safe and we're comfortable with that and we continue to see no concerning safety signals,\" said Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.\n\nIn his own comments, Mr Trump did not use such nuanced language, saying instead that the plasma treatment had been \"proven to reduce mortality by 35%\".\n\nSeveral experts, including Dr Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House's coronavirus task force, have expressed reservations about the robustness of studies so far.\n\nMany countries are using plasma as a coronavirus therapy, but it's not yet clear how effective the treatment is.\n\nThe decision by the US FDA to grant emergency use is a balance of risks. It says, based on the evidence so far, convalescent plasma may lessen the severity or shorten the length of Covid-19 illness.\n\nCertainly, sick coronavirus patients whose own immune systems are struggling to fight off the pandemic virus might get protection from a transfusion of antibody-rich plasma from someone who has successfully recovered from Covid-19.\n\nConvalescent plasma has been used to successfully treat other diseases, including Ebola.\n\nIt is generally well-tolerated, but unwanted effects can occur, including harmful allergic reactions.\n\nA recent UK analysis said it remained \"very uncertain\" whether plasma was beneficial for people admitted to hospital with Covid-19.\n\nTrials are ongoing to understand precisely which patients might benefit and by how much.\n\nExperts want \"gold standard\" evidence to inform treatment decisions and gathering that data will take time.\n\nIn a statement, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said that while there were \"some positive signals that convalescent plasma can be helpful in treating individuals with Covid-19.... we lack the randomised controlled trial data we need to better understand its utility in Covid-19 treatment\".\n\nJonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine at George Washington University, called it \"a political stunt\".\n\n\"Convalescent plasma may have some efficacy, but we need to have definitive data,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nWorld Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Monday that using convalescent plasma was \"still an experimental treatment\".\n\nThey added that the risks and side effects associated with it, ranging from mild to severe, must be considered.\n\n\"There are a number of clinical trials going on around the world looking at convalescent plasma compared to the standard of care. Only a few of them have actually reported interim results... and at the moment, it's still very low-quality evidence,\" WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference.\n\nThe WHO has previously said that \"Covid-19 convalescent plasma can be made available on an experimental basis through local production provided that ethical and safety criteria are met for its preparation and use\".\n\nIn a tweet on Saturday, President Trump said \"the deep state, or whoever, at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics.\n\n\"Obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after [the US presidential election],\" he added.\n\nEarlier this year, US regulators gave emergency authorisation to Gilead Science Inc's remdesivir as a therapeutic treatment for coronavirus.\n\nMeanwhile, a report by the Financial Times suggests the White House is considering granting emergency authorisation for a vaccine being developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, ahead of the US presidential election on 3 November.\n\nThe White House has not commented on the story, but a spokesperson for AstraZeneca told Reuters that efficacy results for its trials were not expected until later this year.", "Cardiff city centre at the end of July\n\nMore people out socialising in Cardiff is believed to be behind a rise in coronavirus cases in the capital.\n\nThere have been 47 positive tests in the last week - which is 37% of all cases in Wales.\n\nPublic health officials said many of the new cases were among people between the ages of 20 and 30.\n\nBut the infection rate is still well below some areas in northern England and the Midlands, which have seen local measures introduced.\n\nFiona Kinghorn, director of public health at Cardiff and Vale health board, said they did not have a particular source in mind for the new cases, but they were believed to be more to do with people moving around between workplaces and social establishments.\n\n\"We've experienced a small number of clusters - that's led to a rise in the number of cases in Cardiff,\" she said.\n\nShe said it was not a spike but a small rise - and a sign that people were not following social distancing rules and hand-washing.\n\n\"I think it's a result of people being out and about and in work places as well, we're not seeing people sticking to the rules,\" Ms Kinghorn said.\n\nShe said if people were not able to work from home it was important they followed advice.\n\nThe current infection rate in Cardiff is 12.8 cases per 100,000 over the last week. Only three new cases were reported on Monday, fewer than over previous days.\n\nBut local interventions, including some lockdowns, have only been introduced in areas of England when weekly infections have reached 70 to 90 cases per 100,000.\n\nBirmingham was recently put on a \"watch\" list by Public Health England, with 31 cases per 100,000, but with problems confined to particular neighbourhoods.\n\nPublic Health Wales (PHW) said no outbreak had been declared and it was monitoring a number of small clusters.\n\n\"As we move through the recovery phase of the Coronavirus pandemic, we expect to see clusters in different settings,\" said a spokesman.\n\n\"We manage any clusters of Coronavirus appropriately, including by providing advice around infection prevention and control, and by supporting contact tracing where required.\"\n\nPHW incident director Dr Robin Howe said: \"I think it is a concern that we are seeing an increase in cases, and they are particularly localised around Cardiff.\n\n\"It is good that we are identifying them and the Test Trace Protect scheme is kicking in and bringing those cases under control and making sure that all contacts are identified and isolated.\"\n\nThe coronavirus incident director said deaths \"usually\" reflected what was going on a few weeks previously in the pandemic.\n\nWhat was important, he said, was that the number of cases was kept under control.\n\n\"Deaths usually reflect what is going on a number of weeks ago in terms the pandemic, and there is likely to be a small tail of cases, happening over the next few days and weeks,\" he told BBC Radio Wales.\n\n\"We just need to ensure we keep the cases under control and it should mean that we don't have further deaths.\"\n\nThe latest figures show three deaths reported in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area - one on Saturday and two more last Thursday.\n\nOverall in Wales, there have been 127 Covid-19 cases over the last week - a case rate of four per 100,000.\n\nDr Howe added: \"Just because we are able to go to shops and pubs, and people are increasingly going back to work, we still need to be vigilant and observe the social distancing of two metres wherever possible.\"\n\nOther hygiene measures, such as hand washing, also needed to be adhered to, he added.", "Brian with his wife Erin, who passed away this month\n\nA Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.\n\nBrian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu.\n\nThe couple didn't follow health guidance or seek help when they fell ill in early May. Brian recovered but his 46-year-old wife became critically ill and died this month from heart problems linked to the virus.\n\nBrian spoke to the BBC in July as part of an investigation into the human cost of coronavirus misinformation. At the time, his wife was on a ventilator in hospital.\n\nErin, a pastor in Florida, had existing health problems - she suffered from asthma and a sleeping disorder.\n\nHer husband explained that the couple did not follow health guidance at the start of the pandemic because of the false claims they had seen online.\n\nBrian continued to work as a taxi driver and to collect his wife's medicine without observing social distancing rules or wearing a mask.\n\nThey had also failed to seek help as soon as possible when they fell ill in May and were both subsequently diagnosed with Covid-19.\n\nBrian and Erin both came across conspiracy theories on Facebook\n\nBrian told BBC News that he \"wished [he'd] listened from the beginning\" and hoped his wife would forgive him.\n\n\"This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past. I can only live in today and make better choices for the future,\" Brian explained.\n\n\"She's no longer suffering, but in peace. I go through times missing her, but I know she's in a better place.\"\n\nBrian said he and his wife didn't have one firm belief about Covid-19. Instead, they switched between thinking the virus was a hoax, linked to 5G technology, or a real, but mild ailment. They came across these theories on Facebook.\n\n\"We thought the government was using it to distract us,\" Brian explained, \"or it was to do with 5G.\"\n\nBut after the couple fell ill with the virus in May, Brian took to Facebook in a viral post to explain that he'd been misled by what he'd seen online about the virus.\n\n\"If you have to go out please use wisdom and don't be foolish like I was so the same thing won't happen to you like it happened to me and my wife,\" he wrote.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nIn May, a BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation found links to assaults, arson and deaths.\n\nDoctors and experts have warned that the potential for indirect harm caused by rumours, conspiracy theories and bad health information online remains huge - especially as anti-vaccination conspiracies are being spread on social media.\n\nWhile social media companies have made attempts to tackle misinformation about coronavirus on their platforms, critics argue that more needs to be done in the coming months.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson told the BBC: \"We don't allow harmful misinformation on our platforms and between April and June we removed more than seven million pieces of harmful Covid-19 misinformation, including claims relating to false cures or suggestions that social distancing is ineffective.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Gymnastics\n\nTwo gymnasts have made allegations of mistreatment by British Gymnastics head coach Amanda Reddin.\n\nOne, named Jenny, made claims dating back to the 1980s which include accusations of physical abuse from the ages of 9-12, which caused \"immense pain\".\n\nRio Olympian Ruby Harrold said Reddin presided over a \"culture of fear\" at British Gymnastics camps in Lilleshall.\n\nShe described food portions that left her and her fellow gymnasts hungry.\n\nThe BBC is also aware of one other high-profile complaint to British Gymnastics that is ongoing and two other separate complaints made to the NSPCC hotline, set up in the wake of the allegations.\n\nIn a statement to ITV, Reddin said: \"I completely refute the historical claim, and the investigation by British Gymnastics did not uphold the complaint.\n\n\"I completely refute these claims. It is wrong that my reputation within the sport that I love is now subject to a trial by media rather than through the proper processes.\n\n\"I would welcome the allegations be submitted to the independent review into alleged abuse in gymnastics to ensure the integrity of the process is protected for both athletes and coaches.\"\n\nBritish Gymnastics previously responded to the allegations made by Jenny, who has asked for her surname to be withheld, and found no wrongdoing by Reddin.\n\nAsked for a response to Harrold's claims, British Gymnastics said: \"There is no place for abuse in our sport. Those that speak out about mistreatment in gymnastics must be heard.\n\n\"It is vital, however, that such claims are made through the proper process to ensure a fair and independent system that protects integrity for all parties involved.\"\n\nIt then directed gymnasts affected to contact its integrity unit or call the the BAC/NSPCC helpline on 0800 056 0566.\n\nThese are the latest in a catalogue of allegations in recent weeks of a culture of mistreatment in the sport.\n\nLast month, British Gymnastics announced an independent review would be launched, and chief executive Jane Allen said last week the organisation had \"fallen short\" in protecting its members.\n\nReddin is a former gymnast and coached British former world champion Beth Tweddle before her appointment as head coach of British Gymnastics in 2012.\n\nTweddle has previously praised Reddin and her \"working ethic\".\n\nJenny, a gymnast coached by Reddin at the Bright School of Gymnastics in the 1980s, told BBC Sport: \"I think that it's maybe up to us older ones to get the story out to show that this has been going on for so long.\"\n\nShe alleges that when she was nine years old, Reddin \"came over, sat beside me, grabbed my side, pulled it out really hard. She told me I was too fat, and then told me I needed to go on a diet, which obviously was very upsetting.\n\n\"If I'd got a move wrong, then she would sometimes slap me. I wasn't expecting people to hit you as a child even in the '80s - she slapped me very hard across the back of the legs. I can't remember what I did wrong.\"\n\nAsked if the slap hurt, she said: \"It did - it really stung - and left a red mark across my legs.\"\n\nIn a letter of complaint to British Gymnastics, she alleged Reddin would also sit on her, causing immense pain, during stretching and would verbally abuse her if she cried.\n\nIn its response, British Gymnastics said Reddin had categorically denied slapping gymnasts, saying she would only give \"little taps and nibbles\" to show gymnasts how they should be working.\n\nIt also said she denied using \"excessive force\" on a gymnast to stretch them and that, at the time the response was written, there were no complaints against her.\n\nHarrold says she did not see any physical mistreatment but claims Reddin presided over a culture of fear with an emphasis on weight, bringing in portion-control dinner plates for a time to control their calories.\n\nHarrold said: \"How would you feel if you were 21 years old being given ultimately a baby plate to eat off? It's demeaning... it's unhealthy.\"", "Players on Scrabble go can chat with anyone they are playing a game against\n\nA number of women who play online Scrabble on the Scopely app Scrabble Go say they are being messaged by \"creepy men\" within the game's chat function.\n\nThey begin a game and then start asking where the women live and whether they are married and want to continue chatting via other messaging apps such as WhatsApp.\n\nIt is likely many of them are romance scammers.\n\nScopely said the chat function could be restricted to friends only.\n\nOne woman, who is in her 60s and lives in London, told BBC News she was contacted via private message by two or three people per week, all claiming to be men from the US.\n\nShe did not wish to be named.\n\n\"It's almost like a script,\" she said.\n\n\"They start with, 'How you doing?' They match you to start a game, then start messaging.\n\n\"They play very badly, so you win the game. And then they big you up.\n\n\"Regularly, they say, 'I just want to check, can't we be friends?'\n\n\"When you say, 'No,' some of them disappear, they resign from the game.\n\n\"If you don't reply at all, most of them resign from the game.\"\n\nShe believes many of them are scammers.\n\nEnglish did not appear to be their first language, she said.\n\nOne man confessed to using his son's photograph as a profile picture, because he thought his son was \"more attractive\".\n\n\"This is not a dating site,\" she said.\n\nScopely said it \"does not tolerate any harassment or misconduct\" on its games platforms and players should report incidents to it.\n\n\"In Scrabble Go, players are able to access mute and block functions within the chat feature, as well as the 'mute public chat' privacy setting,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\n\"When enabled, players will only receive chat notifications and messages from players they already know and are connected with as a Facebook friend, favourite, or via their synced contacts.\"\n\nScrabble Go became the official Scrabble app in June 2020\n\nAnd it became the official Scrabble app in June, when the Mattel franchise ended with games giant EA.\n\nIt says it has 2.5 million daily players.\n\nBut a petition calling for the return of the EA app has now had nearly 8,500 signatures.\n\nAnd Scopely introduced a \"classic\", stripped-down version of the game after complaints about additional features such as treasure-style rewards and vivid colours.\n\nOne woman who signed the petition three days ago, wrote: \"I do not like being targeted by creepy men who want to chat not play Scrabble.\"\n\nAustralia's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) told Gizmodo it had received two reports of romance scams on Scrabble Go in its first three months but it had also received two about the previous EA app during the first half of 2020.\n\nOn the website sixtyandme, Pat Skene described similar experiences on the unofficial Scrabble-like app Words With Friends.\n\n\"Suddenly, I'm inundated with guys wanting to hook up because they have fallen madly in love with me at first sight,\" she wrote in a blog last year.\n\nIt's a problem that is common across many social-media platforms.\n\nAnd it's difficult to police, especially as it takes place in the form of private messages.\n\nLisa Forte, from Red Goat Cyber-security, said: \"As individuals, we really need to start treating unsolicited online contact with people we don't know as suspicious until it's proven otherwise.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. US police shooting of Jacob Blake sparks protests in Wisconsin\n\nProtests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.\n\nThe man, identified as Jacob Blake, was taken to hospital for surgery and is now in intensive care, his family said.\n\nVideo posted online appears to show Mr Blake being shot in the back as he tries to get into a car in Kenosha.\n\nAuthorities in the city declared an emergency overnight curfew after unrest broke out following the shooting.\n\nHundreds of people marched on police headquarters on Sunday night. Vehicles were set on fire and protesters shouted \"We won't back down\".\n\nIn a public safety alert, police urged 24-hour businesses to consider closing because of \"numerous\" calls about armed robberies and shots being fired.\n\nOn Twitter, President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr decried the protests as \"anarchy\", and reposted a series of videos depicting burning buildings and cars, purportedly filmed in Kenosha.\n\nOfficers used tear gas to try to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied the county-wide curfew, which is in place until 07:00 on Monday (12:00 GMT).\n\nWisconsin Governor Tony Evers condemned the shooting of Mr Blake, who was reportedly unarmed.\n\n\"While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country,\" he said in a statement.\n\n\"I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognise the racism in our state and our country for far too long.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or 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 Thamer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJacob Blake's name was trending on social media and thousands signed a petition calling for the officers involved to be charged. He is now out of surgery and in stable condition, according to family and friends on social media.\n\nThe shooting comes amid heightened tensions in the US over racism and police brutality following the death of African-American man George Floyd earlier this year.\n\nDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday released a statement calling for a \"full and transparent investigation\" of the shooting.\n\n\"This morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force,\" Mr Biden said. \"The officers must be held accountable.\"\n\nKenosha Police Department said the \"officer involved shooting\" happened shortly after 17:00 on Sunday. It added that officers had provided \"immediate aid\" to Mr Blake, who was taken to a hospital in Milwaukee in serious condition.\n\nIt said police had been responding to a \"domestic incident\" but gave no details about what led to the shooting. It is so far unclear who called police and what happened before the video recording began.\n\nThe Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating the incident. It said the officers involved had been placed on administrative leave.\n\nAs of Monday morning local time, more than 18,000 people had signed a petition on change.org calling for the officers involved to be charged.\n\nIn video footage shared on social media, three officers can be seen pointing their weapons at a man identified as Mr Blake as he walks around a parked SUV. As he opens the door and leans into the car, one officer can be seen grabbing his shirt and opening fire. Seven shots can be heard in the video, as witnesses shout and scream.\n\nThe officers involved have not been officially named.\n\nProminent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump told CNN that Mr Blake's family had reached out to him for assistance.\n\nIn a tweet, he said Mr Blake's three sons were in the car he was getting into when he was shot.\n\n\"They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever. We cannot let officers violate their duty to PROTECT us,\" he wrote.\n\nHe said the shooting happened after Mr Blake tried to break up a fight between two women.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does Wisconsin send so many black people to jail?\n\nWitnesses also told local news site Kenosha News that Mr Blake had tried to break up a fight between two women and that police had attempted to use a Taser on him prior to the shooting.\n\nClyde McLemore, a spokesman with a nearby chapter of Black Lives Matter, told reporters \"the frustration is boiling to the top and we're sick and tired\".\n\nBlack Lives Matter protests were held across the US and around the world after African-American man George Floyd was killed in police custody in Wisconsin's neighbouring state of Minnesota in May.\n\nA white police officer knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes before he died. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with murder.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four numbers that explain impact of George Floyd", "Chris has now been sober for more than two months\n\nBefore lockdown, Chris McLone was looking forward to a good year.\n\nIn his late 40s, he felt fit and healthy, enjoying life with a successful career as a sales manager.\n\nAlways a very social person, Chris enjoyed nights out with friends and going to the football. Alcohol played a part in his life but he never viewed it as a problem.\n\nBut within weeks of lockdown, Chris, who lives on Teesside, had gone from being someone who enjoyed a drink to someone who needed a drink.\n\n\"I suppose I've always been a social drinker - I was never within the limits, the recommended limits, and so yeah, I used to enjoy a drink, sometimes a little bit more than I should, as a lot of people do.\n\n\"I was in a good place before lockdown, I was keeping fit, I was swimming five days a week, I was doing well at work and I was in a good mindset to be honest.\"\n\nHis adult daughter, a key worker, moved out during lockdown to protect her dad, but that left Chris living on his own - isolated, anxious, uncertain about the future and growing increasingly depressed.\n\nThe weeks dragged on and Chris's drinking escalated.\n\nChris says he began experiencing withdrawal symptoms at the very end. \"Although I wanted to cut down and stop at that point, I wasn't in control of that. And that was the frightening part.\n\n\"I've never been like that in my life and I had to admit that to myself. So I was drinking very early in the morning to stop withdrawal symptoms.\n\n\"I promised myself I wouldn't do it again tomorrow. Of course, the exact same thing happened the next day. And that's when I realised I had to take big steps to get some proper treatment.\"\n\nWith the help and encouragement of his family, Chris turned to the Steps Together drug and alcohol rehabilitation service in Leicestershire.\n\nHe's been sober now for more than 70 days, determined to lay his demons to rest.\n\n\"Where I was before, it was just a horrible dark place I was in and sobriety is just fantastic. I can't explain how good I feel.\"\n\nOne of those who helped Chris get his life back together was GP Dr Rob Hampton, who specialises in addiction services.\n\nHe says they've seen a marked increase in people in need of help and that Chris's story is far from unique.\n\n\"When listening to the stories, these were people who, a few weeks ago, were actually functioning very well, holding down jobs, living normal, day-to-day lives.\n\n\"Within three weeks they'd become dependent alcoholic drinkers and needing detoxification rehab.\n\n\"If you look at what lockdown meant to people's lives - so first of all, having to get up every day to go to work and take the kids to school - all of that just stopped.\n\n\"Somebody described it perfectly to me - 'Every day is Friday night now' - and there's no reason to get up in the morning.\n\n\"You add that to the isolation some people were feeling, the job insecurity, all sorts of stresses and strains in relation to the uncertainty for the future.\n\n\"But even those who were furloughed and felt more confident about their work, their kids were at home, they were having to get involved in home schooling.\n\n\"There was just that need for a stress-buster every day.\"\n\nAll of this is familiar to the British Liver Trust, one of the UK's main charities dealing with the medical consequences of alcohol abuse.\n\nIts helpline has seen an increase in calls of 500% since lockdown began, an indication of how many people have found their drinking has escalated out of control.\n\nBut this comes on the back of an already huge increase - up by 400% - in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease since 1970.\n\nThe statistics make for grim reading: every day, more than 40 people die from liver disease in the UK. It is the third biggest cause of premature death in the UK and the biggest cause of death in those aged between 35 and 49.\n\nVanessa Hebditch, policy director at the charity, says lockdown has only accentuated the need for a proper alcohol strategy from government. \"We need to address the public health measures, the population-wide issues.\n\n\"So that's about increasing taxation, introducing, for example, a minimum unit price, but it's also addressing advertising, marketing and things like labelling so consumers have a real choice, and understand what alcohol includes.\n\n\"It's absolutely crazy that I can buy a bottle of milk and get all sorts of nutritional and calorie information, and yet I can buy a bottle of beer or wine and get nothing.\"\n\nThe governments in both Scotland and Wales have introduced a minimum unit price (MUP) of 50p for alcohol sales.\n\nIn March of this year, the government in England said there were \"no plans for the introduction of MUP in England\" although it would continue to monitor the progress in Scotland and consider the evidence of its impact.\n\nOf course, not everyone found they were drinking more during lockdown.\n\nIn June, the National Survey for Wales found that 31% of those who took part reported drinking less than before lockdown.\n\nAcross the UK, health services in all four nations reported that while the number of people trying to access alcohol support services fell during the initial phase of the pandemic, referrals are now getting back to normal levels.\n\nAnd for those who have found themselves in trouble, support is out there.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musician Nick Davis was in alcohol recovery when lockdown started and has had to find new ways to stay sober\n\nNick Davis, who's in his late 50s and from West Yorkshire, is now more than 500 days sober but says he is always only an hour away from a return to alcoholism.\n\nLike Chris, he found lockdown and the chaos of the pandemic hard to cope with. But distractions - caring for his dog, playing his guitar - kept him going.\n\nAnd he offers these words to those who might be struggling: \"I think the best advice I could give is, just be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with everybody else, tell everybody else what you're going through.\n\n\"It's not as much of a stigma now as it was in the past, it's an illness.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time.\n\nKingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich's cross to leave the French giants still searching for that elusive Champions League triumph.\n\nIt was a night of joy for Bayern coach Hansi Flick, who added the Champions League to the Bundesliga after initially taking over as interim coach from sacked Niko Kovac in November.\n\nIn contrast, it was a night of bitter disappointment for PSG's two attacking superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who failed to produce their best and found themselves frustrated by Bayern keeper and man of the match Manuel Neuer when they had the best of the first-half chances.\n\nMbappe's pain increased in the second half when he looked to be tripped by Kimmich in the area, but PSG's penalty claims were ignored - leaving Bayern to celebrate being crowned champions of Europe once more, becoming the first team to win the trophy by winning every Champions League game in a single campaign.\n• None How you rated the players\n\nBayern fully merited their sixth triumph in this tournament, an all-consuming machine that demonstrated graphically that they could overpower teams with attacking prowess but also showed the grit, determination and organisation to frustrate PSG's attacking golden boys Mbappe and Neymar.\n\nAnd huge credit must go to coach Flick, who has guided Bayern to 21 successive victories, reviving and inspiring Bayern after emerging from the shadows when Kovac was sacked in November and the club in crisis.\n\nFlick also illustrated his ability to make the big calls, selecting Coman ahead of the influential Croat Ivan Perisic and being rewarded with that decisive moment just before the hour.\n\nBayern also leant heavily on one of the great figures of the club's successes, keeper Neuer, who was at his magnificent best to stand toe-to-toe with Neymar in those crucial first-half duels and make the saves that made such a huge contribution to this victory.\n\nBayern's status as European champions is deserved, having won every game in the tournament this season, not only having the ability to produce blistering performances of the sort that overwhelmed Barcelona 8-2 in the quarter-final and frustrate PSG's threat in the final.\n\nThis is a developing team, with Leroy Sane already signed from Manchester City for next season, and Bayern's future looks bright under Flick.\n\nPSG's big two misfire when it matters most\n\nPSG looked to the two great superstars Neymar and Mbappe to spearhead their assault on the trophy they crave most after such lavish investment - but they were unable to break down the Bayern Munich barrier.\n\nThe pair had chances, especially in the first half, but their finishing was not at its best and the imposing figure of Neuer denied them, with Mbappe's bad miss at the end of the opening period proving a pivotal moment.\n\nThis has been PSG's best Champions League campaign but this will not ease the pain of defeat for the players or coach Thomas Tuchel, who must now revamp his side as experienced captain and defensive pivot Thiago Silva leaves the club.\n\nNeymar and Mbappe will remain the big hopes for a club of huge ambition but they will know a huge opportunity to break this final frontier was missed in Lisbon, especially as their big rivals will come back stronger next season.\n\nBayern the first team to win every Champions League game - stats\n• None Bayern have won the European Cup/Champions League for a sixth time (level with Liverpool) and for the first time since 2012-13. Only Real Madrid (13) and AC Milan (7) have been crowned champions on more occasions.\n• None PSG failed to score in a game in a major European competition for the first time in 35 matches, last failing to do so in a 1-0 defeat by Manchester City in April 2016.\n• None Each of the past seven teams competing in their first European Cup/Champions League final have all lost, with the last first-time winners being Borussia Dortmund in 1997 against Juventus.\n• None On only four previous occasions has a manager older than Bayern boss Hansi Flick (55y 181d) won the Champions League (Raymond Goethals with Marseille in 1993 - 71, Jupp Heynckes with Bayern Munich in 2013 - 68 and Alex Ferguson with Man Utd in 1999 and 2008 - 57 and 66).\n• None Bayern became just the third side in Champions League history to hit the 500-goal mark in the competition (500 goals in total), after Barcelona (517) and Real Madrid (567).\n• None Bayern attacker Kingsley Coman became the fifth Frenchman to score in a Champions League final (Karim Benzema 2018, Zinedine Zidane 2002, Marcel Desailly 1994 and Basile Boli 1993).\n• None PSG's Keylor Navas is the third goalkeeper to appear in a Champions League final with two different teams, after Hans-Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen) and Edwin van der Sar (Man Utd and Ajax).\n• None Thiago Silva is the first Brazilian to start a European Cup/Champions League final as captain.\n• None Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.\n• None Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Verratti.\n• None Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout.\n\nThey say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the virus are \"clearly different\", making it the world's first proven case of reinfection.\n\nThe World Health Organization warns it is important not to jump to conclusions based on the case of one patient.\n\nAnd experts say reinfections may be rare and not necessarily serious.\n\nThere have been more than 23 million cases of coronavirus infection around the world.\n\nThose infected develop an immune response as their bodies fight off the virus which helps to protect them against it returning.\n\nThe strongest immune response has been found in the most seriously ill patients.\n\nBut it is still not clear how strong this protection or immunity is - or how long it lasts.\n\nAnd the World Health Organization said larger studies over time of people who had previously had coronavirus were needed to find out more.\n\nThis report, by the University of Hong Kong, due to be published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, says the man spent 14 days in hospital before recovering from the virus but then, despite having no further symptoms, tested positive for the virus a second time, following a saliva test during airport screening.\n\n\"This is a very rare example of reinfection,\" said Brendan Wren, professor of microbial pathogenesis, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\n\n\"And it should not negate the global drive to develop Covid-19 vaccines.\n\n\"It is to be expected that the virus will naturally mutate over time.\"\n\nDr Jeffrey Barrett, senior scientific consultant for the Covid-19 genome project at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: \"Given the number of global infections to date, seeing one case of reinfection is not that surprising even if it is a very rare occurrence.\n\n\"It may be that second infections, when they do occur, are not serious - though we don't know whether this person was infectious during their second episode.\"\n\nProf Paul Hunter, from the University of East Anglia, said more information about this and other cases of reinfection was needed \"before we can really understand the implications\".\n• None Can you catch Covid twice?", "Pupils in Germany wearing face masks. But heads want clarification on wearing them in schools in England\n\nHead teachers have complained about a lack of clarity over the rules on whether teachers or pupils can wear face masks in schools in England.\n\nThey want to know if they can override the official guidance which rejects the use of face coverings in school.\n\n\"The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings,\" says Geoff Barton of the ASCL head teachers' union.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman ruled out any review on masks in school.\n\nIn Scotland's secondary schools, face coverings will be used in corridors and shared areas.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she was acting in response to new guidance from the World Health Organization.\n\nBut Mr Barton said it remained unclear whether schools in England could have flexibility to allow masks if they were requested as a safety measure by teachers or pupils' parents or where they might be seen as a \"useful additional measure\".\n\nA teacher in Northern Ireland wearing a visor as pupils return to school\n\nIt comes as head teachers in England have written a letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, seen by the Guardian, accusing the government of failing to listen during the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe Worth Less? lobbying group, which says it represents thousands of head teachers, wrote that they felt they were \"working in isolation\" from the government as they faced \"some of the most important challenges of our professional lives\".\n\n\"Collaboration, consultation and partnership have felt in short supply and this caused immense frustration as time, energy and resources have been wasted by head teachers as we respond to shifting policy directives and myriad changes,\" it said.\n\nJon Richards of Unison, representing support staff in schools, said masks were worn in other workplaces and it was \"vital\" that school staff should be allowed to wear them.\n\nMedical advisers at the weekend also highlighted the risk of teachers spreading the virus to each other - rather than from pupil to pupil.\n\nThe government's guidance, issued in early July, says Public Health England does not recommend using face coverings in school.\n\nSchools are getting ready for reopening in September\n\nAs pupils would be in their own separate \"bubbles\" there is no need for masks, says the guidance, which warned that \"misuse\" of face coverings could \"inadvertently increase the risk of transmission\".\n\nOn Monday, a Downing Street spokesman said masks could get in the way of communication between teachers and pupils.\n\nSince the government guidance was published on returning safely to school on 2 July, the use of masks has become more widespread, for example, becoming compulsory in shops.\n\nASCL said they had asked for further guidance on wearing masks more than a month ago.\n\n\"It would be helpful if the government could provide more advice on these complex issues but that has not been forthcoming,\" said Mr Barton.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman said: \"We have consistently followed Public Health England advice, which does not recommend the use of face coverings in schools because there are a range of protective measures in place, including children staying in consistent groups.\n\n\"We have set out the system of controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children in the coming weeks.\"", "Phil Hogan attended an Irish parliamentary golf society event at a County Galway hotel on Wednesday\n\nEU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has apologised \"fully and unreservedly\" for attending a dinner in the west of Ireland with more than 80 people.\n\nMr Hogan said he acknowledged his presence at the golf event had \"touched a nerve\" with Irish people.\n\nThe Irish government has agreed to recall the Dáil (Irish parliament) early amid the controversy surrounding the attendance of political figures at the Galway gathering.\n\nIt was due to return on 15 September.\n\nIt has also emerged that the commissioner was stopped by gardaí (Irish police) for using his mobile phone while driving in County Kildare on 17 August.\n\nThe county has been under strict restrictions that prevent people from travelling in and out except in exceptional circumstances.\n\nA spokesperson for Mr Hogan told the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ that the incident happened while he was en route from Kilkenny to Kildare to collect \"personal belongings and essential documents\" at his apartment there before driving on to Galway for the golf event.\n\nThe spokesperson said: \"The lockdown guidelines for Kildare provide for exceptional travel outside the county 'to travel to work and home again'.\"\n\nMr Hogan will not be resigning from his position, his spokesperson also told RTÉ News.\n\nAs EU trade commissioner, Mr Hogan, a former Irish government minister, would lead free trade negotiations with the UK if and when they commence after Brexit.\n\nTaoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin will make the request for the Dáil to be recalled to the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) on Monday.\n\nThe coalition government has agreed the Dáil should be recalled following the reopening of schools.\n\nOpposition politicians had called for the recall in the wake of the dinner controversy that has already claimed the resignation of Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, who had also attended the event.\n\nIrish police are investigating if the Oireachtas golf society dinner breached Covid-19 regulations.\n\nThe event came a day after tighter lockdown restrictions were announced.\n\nIn a statement on Sunday, Mr Hogan said he particularly wanted to \"apologise to the wonderful healthcare workers, who continue to put their lives on the line to combat Covid-19 and all people who have lost loved ones during this pandemic\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Phil Hogan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 acknowledge my actions have touched a nerve for the people of Ireland, something for which I am profoundly sorry,\" he said.\n\n\"I realise fully the unnecessary stress, risk and offense caused to the people of Ireland by my attendance at such an event, at such a difficult time for all, and I am extremely sorry for this,\" he added.\n\nHe said he had spoken to the taoiseach and Tánaiste (deputy PM) Leo Varadkar yesterday and had been reporting to the President of the European Commission.\n\nMr Hogan has reportedly come under pressure to consider his position.\n\nThe Sunday Independent has reported that Mr Martin and Mr Varadkar want the EU trade commissioner to consider his position.\n\nTaoiseach Micheál Martin will ask for the Dáil to return on Monday\n\nMr Varadkar told RTÉ News on Sunday that he welcomed Mr Hogan's apology but that further explanation was required.\n\nThe return date for the Dáil has not yet been confirmed, but is expected to be early next month.\n\nThe decision to recall the Dáil was taken by Mr Martin, Mr Varadkar, and Minister Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Green Party.\n\nSpeaking on RTÉ News on Friday, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called for the return of the Dáil, and said the event had been \"the last straw for many people\".\n\nCalls for its return were also made by Labour leader Alan Kelly, and co-leader of the Social Democrats, Catherine Murphy.\n\nAs well as Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary, Jerry Buttimer, who was the leas-chathaoirleach (deputy chairman of the Irish senate), also stepped down from his roles after attending the event.\n\nThe president of the Oireachtas Golf Society has apologised \"unreservedly\" for the hurt caused by the dinner.\n\nOthers present at the event included Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe and independent TD (MP) Noel Grealish.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: Face coverings may be introduced in Scottish high schools\n\nThe use of face coverings in corridors and communal areas of secondary schools is set to be introduced in Scotland.\n\nThe government is in the \"final stages\" of consultations with teachers and councils about having pupils wear face coverings while moving between classes.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was acting in response to new guidance from the World Health Organization.\n\nMinisters are also considering whether to make masks mandatory on school transport - but not inside classrooms.\n\nThe use of face coverings in schools is currently voluntary, although some schools have started advising staff and pupils to wear them to help combat the spread of Covid-19.\n\nYoung people returned to Scotland's schools earlier in August with no requirements for physical distancing between younger pupils, and no rules around face coverings.\n\nHowever, over the weekend the World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks.\n\nAt her daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said Education Secretary John Swinney was \"in the final stages of consulting teachers and local authorities on a recommendation for the use of face coverings by staff and pupils in secondary schools when moving around corridors and communal areas\".\n\nShe said there was more mixing between different groups of children in these areas, and that there was less scope for effective ventilation.\n\nPeople are also thought to be more likely to raise their voices in crowded places, increasing the risk of aerosol transmission of the virus.\n\nPupils may have to wear masks indoors as they move between classes, like these Dutch teenagers\n\nMs Sturgeon said the government's scientific advisers were also considering whether face coverings should be made mandatory on school transport.\n\nHowever, she said they were \"not currently consulting on any proposal\" to have pupils wear masks in class, saying: \"There is greater scope for physical distancing in classrooms and face coverings are more likely to interfere with teaching and learning.\"\n\nShe added: \"The best way to ensure schools can stay open safely is for all of us to play our part in keeping transmission rates in the community as low as possible.\"\n\nSome schools in Edinburgh, Inverness and Grantown on Spey have written to parents recommending pupils wear masks due to concerns about overcrowding as they move between lessons.\n\nThe first minister said she expected the Scotland-wide move would be confirmed \"over the next couple of days\", and would constitute a change to guidance which schools would be expected to follow.\n\nShe said: \"We are not talking about a mandatory system in the sense of there being penalties and enforcement in schools. I get the sense that schools - while I accept there will be a mixture of opinion around it - are themselves looking to follow this kind of approach.\n\n\"We will set out the detail when we get to the point of finalising the recommendation.\"\n\nUnder the existing guidance no-one is required to wear face coverings in school, apart from staff who have close personal contact with a pupil for an extended period of time. However, anyone who wants to wear one is allowed to do so.\n\nA recent survey of nearly 30,000 teachers by the EIS teaching union found 41% supported the mandatory wearing of face coverings by senior pupils in classrooms.\n\nHowever, one parents group - Us For Them Scotland - claimed making masks mandatory \"could have an extremely negative impact on pupils with autism, hearing impairments and conditions such as asthma\".\n\nHealth authorities are working to tackle a number of coronavirus \"clusters\" in Scotland, including one centred on the Kingspark School in Dundee.\n\nA total of 17 members of staff have tested positive, as well as two pupils, and all households connected to the school have been told to go into self-isolation for two weeks.\n\nA growing number of school pupils across Scotland have tested positive for Covid-19, but the government believes the infection has been transmitted in other settings such as house parties.\n\nMs Sturgeon said \"most\" transmission of the virus was not happening in schools, saying that \"the risk is greater of community transmission getting into schools\".\n\nShe said the current consultation was only on a \"limited\" use of face coverings in schools, because of \"the relatively low levels of transmission we are currently seeing in the community\".\n\nHowever she added that \"where there are outbreaks there is an option for incident management teams to recommend more extensive use of face coverings for a period to protect public health\".", "Police were called to Parsonage Lane in Bobbing at about 12:00 BST on Friday\n\nA child has been killed and another was seriously injured when a tree fell during high winds in Kent.\n\nEmergency services were called to Parsonage Lane in Bobbing at about 12:00 BST on Friday.\n\nOne child died at the scene and a second was airlifted to a London hospital with serious injuries.\n\nKent Fire and Rescue Service had warned people to take care on Friday afternoon as winds were predicted to reach up to 50 mph across much of England.\n\nKent Police would not say whether the fallen tree was on public land or in a private property.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "For most schools in Scotland the wearing of face coverings is currently voluntary\n\nMore schools are advising pupils and staff to wear face coverings to help combat coronavirus.\n\nGrantown Grammar School in Grantown on Spey and Millburn Academy in Inverness have both said masks need to be worn between classes.\n\nChildren across Scotland are not currently required to wear masks in either primary or high schools.\n\nBut Nicola Sturgeon has said this advice could change for secondary school students in the \"near future\".\n\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued fresh guidance saying children over the age of 12 should wear masks and the EIS trade union posted a message on Twitter that it will \"will press [the] Scottish Government further on face covering protocols in light of WHO advice\".\n\nIn a letter to parents, Grantown Grammar School explained the changes are being introduced because \"corridors are becoming crowded between lessons and at break and lunchtime, even with the one way system\".\n\nMillburn Academy in Inverness has asked pupils to wear face coverings\n\nSimilar concerns about overcrowding as pupils move between lessons sparked the introduction of face coverings at James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh.\n\nThe letter to parents at Millburn Academy in Inverness also asks for face coverings to be worn on school buses.\n\nEducation campaign group Us for Them Scotland, which says it has 9,500 members, claimed any move to make coverings mandatory for children would cause more harm than good.\n\nOrganiser Jo Bisset, said: \"Everyone appreciates the health and safety of pupils and teachers has to be a priority.\n\n\"But forcing children to wear masks when there's little, if any, scientific evidence to support such a move could be hugely damaging.\n\n\"It could have an extremely negative impact on pupils with autism, hearing impairments and conditions such as asthma.\"\n\nThe Scottish government has said there is currently no evidence that coronavirus among young people is being transmitted in schools.\n\nA growing number of school pupils have tested positive for Covid-19, but the government believes the infection has been transmitted in other settings, such as house parties or other indoor gatherings.\n\nA Highland Council spokeswoman said: \"There is currently no widespread transmission of the virus in Highland.\n\n\"However, there may be circumstances in some secondary schools, where physical distancing during movement between classes is more difficult due to the school layout, or there may be medical conditions which are assessed as an increased risk.\n\n\"We are currently updating our guidance to head teachers to provide clarity on this matter and we will enable people to wear face coverings where they wish to do so.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Many pupils in years seven, 12 and 14 are back at school on Monday for the first time since March\n\nMany pupils in years seven, 12 and 14 are back at school on Monday for the first time since March.\n\nSchools closed to all but a few pupils that month due to the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir has said that opening schools was probably the \"top priority\" for the executive.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme, he said that the highest level of staff and pupil safety is \"obviously the key concern\".\n\nBallyclare Secondary School will not be opening on Monday after a pupil tested positive for Covid-19 after being in the school on Thursday, 20 August.\n\nOn Friday it was announced that St Kevin's Primary School on the Falls Road in west Belfast would not be reopening as planned after someone connected to the school tested positive for coronavirus.\n\nSt Louise's College, also on the Falls Road, also confirmed a positive case of Covid-19 among the school community.\n\nThe education minister said that there will be \"undoubtedly bumps along the road\" and staff and pupils will have to adapt to a new way of working.\n\nWhen asked about school closures, he said that \"if there is a particular problem in a particular school then that may lead to a particular action\".\n\n\"Is everything going to be smooth? No. But I think there is a critical need to get our young people back to school, as indeed our young people have highlighted, that there is a much greater need to get our children back into school safely.\"\n\nMr Weir said that pupils should adopt safety measures at home.\n\n\"What we have seen in terms of international study is that the opening of schools has not led to major problems, but what it does highlight is that problems will not necessarily be in the classroom,\" he said.\n\n\"It is important when a child gets home that they change their clothes, they wash and take precautionary measures.\"\n\nPeter Weir visited St Joseph's in Carryduff on the first day of term\n\nA union representing many principals told a Stormont's committee there is still a \"real risk\" that many schools will only be able to open part-time.\n\nAccording to Department of Education (DE) guidance school leaders, for example, must carry out individual risk assessments to assess whether it is safe for some vulnerable staff and pupils to return to school.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said that \"school leaders have been left unsupported to make serious decisions on risk with potentially very serious ramifications\".\n\nSandra Isherwood, principal at Jones Memorial Primary School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, told Good Morning Ulster that staff would be giving parents a tour of the school to allow them to see what safety measures were in place.\n\nFollowing safety guidance issued to schools last week, Ms Isherwood said principals \"were left to sit down and see how each individual classroom would best fit that purpose\".\n\n\"So a lot of that is based on individual schools, because every school is totally different, and the intake of pupils is totally different,\" she said.\n\nThe principal at Jones Memorial Primary School said that staff had completed \"a lot of paperwork\" ahead of its reopening\n\nGuidance for the reopening of schools states that face coverings are \"strongly encouraged\" in NI schools if social distancing is not possible, but are \"not generally recommended for routine use\".\n\nA number of schools have already said that they will be encouraging the wearing of face coverings and Belfast Royal Academy is making it mandatory for pupils and staff to wear face coverings when they return.\n\nThe guidance for the journey to and from school is that it is \"strongly recommended that all pupils, regardless of age, should wear a face covering on all buses, trains or taxis for the journey to school\" if it is appropriate in their case.\n\nSchools are also required to keep most pupils in whole-class \"bubbles\" to limit mixing.\n\nThe need for \"bubbles\" will mean that most pupils should stay in their own class groups for the entire school day and not mix with pupils in other classes.\n\nIn many schools there will be measures in place such as:\n\nPrevious 'Education Restart' guidance issued by the department in June had suggested that many pupils may only be able to return to school part-time in September.\n\nMany students starting back at school will have received examination grades last week.\n\nMr Weir also made a similar decision on A-Level and AS grades which had already been awarded to students.", "A prestigious dance school based in the Highlands has closed after allegations of sexual misconduct.\n\nBallet West, a boarding school located in Taynuilt, Argyll, has ceased operations with immediate effect.\n\nTrustees of the ballet school announced on Monday that a provisional liquidator had been appointed.\n\nIt followed the withdrawal of accreditation of the school's courses from a series of colleges and universities.\n\nEarlier this month an ITV investigation alleged that the school's vice principal, Jonathan Barton, had been involved in inappropriate sexual behaviour.\n\nMr Barton resigned from his position at the school but denied any wrongdoing.\n\nPolice Scotland said it had been made aware of concerns regarding inappropriate behaviour but that no criminality had yet been established.\n\nBallet West was established in 1991 and trained dancers to undergraduate level. It also offered courses for dance teachers and operated associate and outreach programmes for young dancers.\n\nIn 2018 it launched its own professional touring company, employing former students for performances across the world.\n\nIt was named \"Best British Ballet School\" for 2019/20 at the British Ballet Grand Prix, an an international ballet competition for elite level dancers.\n\nOn Monday, trustees of Ballet West issued a statement which said: \"The trustees must today report the saddest news. The Sheriff at Oban Sheriff Court has approved the appointment of a provisional liquidator to Ballet West Ltd.\n\n\"A process has now begun to wind up Ballet West Ltd, which will mean the closure of the school.\n\n\"Due to events over the last two weeks, Ballet West Ltd. a registered Scottish charity, has been driven to the point of insolvency and the trustees had a legal duty to inform the charity regulator and take appropriate action in these circumstances. The board was required to make an application for a liquidator to be appointed.\"\n\nBallet West was regarded as one of the UK's leading dance schools\n\nThe company's affairs will now be managed by liquidator Eileen Blackburn of French Duncan LLP.\n\nThe trustees said that Ms Blackburn would assist Police Scotland and any other regulatory bodies.\n\nThey said: \"The board of trustees is deeply saddened by this outcome and appalled that parent and students have been placed in such a terrible situation. This is the consequence of a catastrophic sequence of events and we could not prevent this from happening.\n\n\"The allegations broadcast by ITV News regarding the Vice-Principal on Thursday 13 August were shocking. Immediate action was required in response and he resigned. The board launched an internal inquiry, committed to an external inquiry and informed Police Scotland. We hoped the Board's prompt action would allay fears in terms of student safety going forward.\"\n\nHowever, Bath Spa University terminated its relationship with Ballet West on 14 August, which accounted for 70% of the school's student intake.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Dance withdrew its accreditation and then the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) cancelled the HNC/HND courses at the school.\n\nAfter the allegations were made, Ballet West arranged for a senior legal figure with no connection to the school to carry out a full independent inquiry, but that will no longer go ahead.\n\nThe trustees said that funding was not available for it to proceed and that it was a matter of \"deep regret\".\n\nThe statement ended by urging students to report concerns. It said any student who felt the school had failed them, should report their experience to Police Scotland or any relevant body.\n\nThe school provided students with a list of other dance course providers and said it hoped that \"those who see their future in ballet and the performing arts can find a route to realise their hopes and ambitions\".", "Anxiety levels among young teenagers dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, a study has suggested.\n\nThirteen to 14-year-olds were less anxious during lockdown than they had been last October, according to the University of Bristol survey.\n\nThey said the results were a \"big surprise\" and it raised questions about the impact of the school environment on teenagers' mental health.\n\nThe findings come after Prof Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, said children were more likely to be harmed by not returning to school than they were if they caught coronavirus.\n\nThe UK's four chief medical officers have sought to allay parents' concerns ahead of schools reopening in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the coming days. Schools in Scotland have already returned.\n\nAnd in a bid to encourage parents to send children back to school, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it is \"vitally important\" pupils return to the classroom, with the life chances of a generation at stake.\n\nResearchers compared findings from a survey taken in October last year to answers given by teenagers in May this year. Both girls and boys recorded decreased levels of anxiety during that timeframe.\n\nIn October, 54% of 13 to 14-year-old girls and 26% of boys of the same age said they felt anxious.\n\nWhen surveyed in May - several weeks after schools shut to most pupils and nationwide lockdown restrictions came into force - the proportion dropped to 45% of girls and 18% of boys.\n\nResearchers questioned 1,000 year nine students from 17 secondary schools across the south west of England.\n\n\"With the whole world in the grip of a devastating pandemic, which has thrown everyone's lives into turmoil, the natural expectation would be to see an increase in anxiety,\" said lead author Emily Widnall.\n\n\"While we saw anxiety levels rise for a few of our participants, it was a big surprise to discover quite the opposite was the case for many of them.\"\n\nMs Widnall said pupils who felt least connected to school before lockdown saw a larger decrease in anxiety, raising questions about how the school environment affects some younger teenagers' mental well-being.\n\nSome parents said their experience echoed the survey results. Rebecca from Cardiff, who has a son aged 14 with Asperger's Syndrome and a 12-year-old boy who is also on the autism spectrum, said both children were happy before but the drop in their stress levels has been \"unbelievable\".\n\nShe said they sleep better and have fewer \"teenage episodes\", such as \"shouting, screaming, not wanting to get ready for school, not wanting to get out of bed\".\n\nTheir grades have also improved because \"removing the social side from education has allowed them to focus on the learning\", Rebecca said, but added that they were fortunate to have a school which handled online learning well.\n\nCaroline Ryder, from Warwickshire, said her sons, aged 13 and 15, missed friends but had been happier and calmer, with less conflict over homework or school behaviour issues.\n\nShe said they had kept busy during lockdown learning things from YouTube that were unrelated to the curriculum, such as growing vegetables, bread-making, sewing, home-brewing, carpentry and bicycle maintenance.\n\n\"This whole episode has demonstrated to me that school, in its current format, is not a happy experience for many kids,\" she said.\n\nOthers said their children had suffered from the lack of school, however.\n\nDr Judi Kidger, from the University of Bristol, said: \"Our findings raise questions about the role of the school environment in explaining rises in mental health difficulties among teenagers in recent years.\n\n\"As schools reopen, we need to consider ways in which schools can be more supportive of mental health for all students.\"\n\nThere was a 2% decrease in boys at risk of depression and a 3% increase in girls at risk of depression.\n\nThe findings have been published in a report for the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research.\n\nMeanwhile, the UK's largest teaching union has accused the government of letting down pupils, teachers and parents by failing to have a \"plan B\" if infections rise.\n\nThe National Education Union, which represents more than 450,000 members, said more staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there is a spike in cases is needed for schools to reopen safely.\n\nIt is expected that pupils in Northern Ireland going into years seven, 12 and 14 will return to school full-time on Monday, with the rest going back from 31 August. In England and Wales, pupils will return to school from 1 September.\n\nAre you a young person who suffers from anxiety? Are you a parent of a teenager who has anxiety? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Before coronavirus, landlords only had to give tenants two months' notice before eviction\n\nThere are calls for renters in Wales to get more protection from eviction over fears that homelessness services could \"crack\" under increased demand.\n\nIn England - except in certain circumstances - renters will get six months' notice of their landlord's plan to evict them until March 2021.\n\nShelter Cymru said private renters were among the hardest-hit by the pandemic.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it would keep its own six-month notice period, due to expire in September, \"under review\".\n\nShelter wants ministers to use emergency coronavirus powers to give renters in Wales the same protection as those in England.\n\nIn Scotland, a proposal for six months of notice until March requires approval from the Scottish Parliament, while laws in Northern Ireland include a 12-week notice period.\n\nA YouGov poll of just over 1,000 households in Wales, commissioned by Shelter Cymru, suggested an estimated 15,000 private renters had been threatened with eviction since the start of lockdown.\n\nThe charity called the number \"off the scale\" compared to the usual number of about 1,500 renters a year.\n\nAt the start of the pandemic, the law was changed so landlords would have to give tenants three months' notice for eviction, instead of two.\n\nJennie Bibbings urged the Welsh Government to extend the emergency legislation\n\nJennie Bibbings, from Shelter Cymru, said homelessness services in Wales would come under increased pressure when the ban on court-ordered evictions comes to an end on 20 September.\n\n\"We are not out of the woods, more people are going to lose their jobs and their homes,\" she said.\n\n\"The Welsh Government needs to extend the emergency legislation to at least the end of March or ideally for another 12 months so that tenants have that breathing space.\"\n\nBut the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) said the extension was \"unacceptable\" and called on government to compensate private landlords for lost income during the pandemic.\n\nDouglas Haig, from the NRLA in Wales, said the courts were needed to deal with cases where tenants were committing anti-social behaviour or hade long-standing rent arrears unrelated to the pandemic.\n\nLatest data from Rent Smart Wales suggests more than 70,000 private tenants have fallen behind on rent payments since the start of the pandemic.\n\nMany people are struggling to pay the rent during the pandemic and face the prospect of eviction\n\nBeth - not her real name - a teaching assistant in Blaenau Gwent, was issued a Section 8 \"notice to quit\" in July, along with her roommate.\n\nIt gave them three months to pay their rent arrears or move out.\n\nBeth fell behind on her rent after being furloughed from her job in March.\n\nShe is hoping to be back to work in September and wants to arrange a repayment plan with her landlord who, she says, is \"not being very communicative\".\n\nShe said the property was \"pretty much all I have\" after paying £14,000 in rent over three years.\n\n\"The fact that I've been a good tenant doesn't seem to mean anything, not to my landlord, not to my estate agents, not the government,\" she said.\n\n\"It feels like I shouldn't even try and build anything going forward because it could all just be taken away from me.\"\n\nShe and her roommate were given their notice just before the Welsh Government extended the notice period to six months.\n\nThe Welsh Government has also introduced a loan scheme allowing renters to borrow money to pay back arrears built up during the pandemic and Beth said she hoped she would be eligible to apply.\n\n\"My living plans are uncertain, putting me under a great deal of stress,\" she said.\n\n\"And I'm going to have to go back in a few weeks' time and teach our nation's children and do it with a smile on my face.\"\n\nMs Bibbings fears landlords could benefit from tenants using the loan scheme and \"take the money and run\", using Section 21 notices, so-called no fault evictions, to get rid of tenants they fear may not be able to pay their rent.\n\nShe said putting the six-month notice period in place until at least March would ensure landlords \"can't use eviction as a quick fix to get rid of tenants once they've taken out a loan and they receive that money\".\n\n\"This is the most important emergency measure that the government needs to take,\" she added.\n\nA Welsh Government spokesman said: \"We will continue to work closely with stakeholders to monitor impacts in the rented sector.\"", "Schools in Northern Ireland welcomed some year groups back on Monday\n\nIt is \"vitally important\" children go back to school, with the life chances of a generation at stake, Boris Johnson has said in a message to parents.\n\nAs the autumn term began in Northern Ireland, the prime minister said the risk of contracting coronavirus at schools across the UK was \"very small\".\n\nHe said missing any more school was \"far more damaging\" for children.\n\nMeanwhile No 10 said it had \"no plans\" to follow Scotland in reviewing rules on wearing face coverings at school.\n\nBut the BBC understands the government is considering measures which could see secondary schools operating on a rota in parts of England where there are Covid-19 outbreaks.\n\nOn face coverings, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a consultation on their use in corridors and communal areas of secondary schools was in its \"final stages\".\n\nIt follows guidance from the World Health Organization that children over the age of 12 should wear masks.\n\nSince Scottish schools reopened last month, there have been several confirmed cases among pupils and staff, including at Kingspark School in Dundee, where 23 people - most of them adult staff - have tested positive and which has shut for two weeks.\n\nHeads in England - where face coverings are not recommended for schools - are calling for more clarity on whether staff or pupils can choose to wear face coverings.\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders' Geoff Barton said: \"The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings, or if there are circumstances in which they feel that face coverings might be a useful additional measure.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says the government \"is not in a position where we're suggesting\" face masks in secondary schools.\n\nBut a Downing Street spokesman said no such review was planned for England's schools, adding: \"We are conscious of the fact that [face masks] would obstruct communication between teachers and pupils.\"\n\nAnd Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government was not suggesting secondary pupils or teachers should wear face coverings because there was a system of controls in place that meant it wasn't necessary.\n\nBut he said there were \"elements of discretion\" in guidance for schools provided by Public Health England.\n\nSome pupils in Northern Ireland returned to school on Monday, while term starts in England and Wales in September.\n\nThe government's pondering of measures that could see England's secondary schools operating on a rota system if necessary is part of discussions under way on four different levels of schools operating.\n\nThey aim to keep primary schools operating as normal wherever possible, with localised restrictions on secondary schools where needed to bring the R number down.\n\nUpdated guidelines for schools for coping with local outbreaks are expected within weeks.\n\nMr Williamson said it was possible teachers could be asked to educate children from home if a school was closed due to an outbreak but closing schools in areas affected by local lockdowns would be a last resort.\n\nThe education secretary also said every school would have home testing kits for coronavirus by the time they reopened.\n\nCiting comments from England's chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, the prime minister said \"nothing will have a greater effect on the life chances of our children than returning to school\".\n\nIn a video message, he added it was the \"best way\" to help children with any mental health problems resulting from or exacerbated by lockdown.\n\nProf Whitty had said children were more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they caught coronavirus. He said evidence showed they \"much less commonly\" needed hospital treatment or became severely ill with coronavirus than adults.\n\nTemperature checks for staff are the new normal for this primary school in Belfast\n\nAccording to the Office for National Statistics' latest data on ages, there were 10 deaths recorded as \"due to Covid-19\" among those aged 19 and under in England and Wales between March and June - and 46,725 deaths among those aged 20 and over.\n\nAnd of the more than one million children who attended pre-school and primary schools in England in June, 70 children and 128 staff caught the virus, according to a Public Health England study published on Sunday.\n\nIt said most of the 30 outbreaks detected in that time had likely been caused by staff members infecting other staff or students, with only two outbreaks thought to have involved students infecting other students.\n\nAnd it suggested children who went to school in June were more likely to catch coronavirus at home than at school.\n\nDr Jenny Harries, England's deputy chief medical officer, told BBC Breakfast the study should \"reassure\" teachers that transmission from students to teachers was rare.\n\nBut she said the higher risk of staff-to-staff transmission meant teachers should remember to maintain social distancing and good hand hygiene while on coffee breaks, \"because that does seem to be a risk factor\".\n\nDr Matthew Snape, associate professor in paediatrics at Oxford University, said the risk to children from Covid-19 appeared to be low but the risk was that pupils could pass the virus to each other on the playground or in the classroom and then go home and \"take that infection into their household\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe NEU, the UK's largest teaching union, said schools were being let down by the lack of a \"plan B\" as they prepared to reopen.\n\nIt said more staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there was a spike in cases were needed for schools to reopen safely.\n\nPaul Jackson, head teacher of a primary school in east London, told the BBC it would have been useful to have clearer guidance from the government for school leaders and additional funding to help to pay for extra cleaning and other resources.\n\n\"Whether you are a very small school, with maybe just 70 pupils or whether you are a large school like us with 750 pupils, the guidance issued is exactly the same,\" he said.\n\nKay Mountfield, head teacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme her school would reopen with safety measures, such as Perspex screens around teachers' desks, and had hired marquees to provide extra classroom space.\n\nShe urged the government to set up a dedicated helpline for school leaders to advise on keeping sites safe.\n\nGemma Fraser says when eight-year-old daughter Poppy bounded out of bed on her first day back to primary school in Edinburgh, the children abided by the new rules - and it was the parents who had to be reminded about social distancing.\n\n\"The major change is they have to stagger the start times - so my daughter's group is the first in, at 8.40am, and the first to leave,\" Gemma says.\n\n\"The idea is that there aren't as many parents in at the same time. But it's actually been the parents who've been struggling with socially distancing the most - we've had several emails from the school reminding us to stand 2m apart. It feels like being back at school yourself.\"\n\nGemma says the playground has been segregated for dropping off and pick-up times so parents don't congregate. There are also separate entrance and exit points.\n\n\"We've missed seeing each other as well,\" she adds. \"So it's only natural we want to catch up - but we have to behave ourselves.\"\n\nShadow education secretary Kate Green accused the government of being \"asleep at the wheel\" on the reopening of schools.\n\nShe said ministers had spent the past two weeks \"totally pre-occupied with their own exams fiasco when they should've been out supporting schools and reassuring parents\".\n\nMeanwhile in Northern Ireland, many pupils in years seven, 12 and 14 were back at school on Monday for the first time since March. But at least two schools were not opening as planned because of people testing positive for coronavirus.\n\nEducation Minister Peter Weir said opening schools was probably the \"top priority\" for the executive.\n\nBut he said that there would be \"undoubtedly bumps along the road\" and staff and pupils will have to adapt to a new way of working.", "Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Epic Games in a continuing legal battle with Apple.\n\nApple pulled hugely popular game Fortnite from its App Store after Epic deliberately broke its rules in protest at Apple's policies.\n\nIn an escalation, Apple then said it would pull Epic's access to developer tools on iOS and Mac.\n\nBut Microsoft said this would damage a \"critical technology\" for many third-party game creators.\n\nThat is because Epic also owns the Unreal Engine - a tool widely used by developers from other studios to build games, virtual-reality VR experiences and special effects in major television shows and films.\n\nMicrosoft uses the technology itself.\n\nXbox head Phil Spencer tweeted: \"Ensuring that Epic has access to the latest Apple technology is the right thing for game developers and gamers.\"\n\nEpic has objected to what it calls a \"monopoly\" in the App Store - specifically the 30% cut Apple demands from in-game purchases.\n\nIt had legal documentation and a huge marketing push prepared after it decided to circumvent the rule by signposting players to a discount available away from the app.\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\nMicrosoft said denying Epic access to Apple's developer tools would \"prevent Epic from supporting Unreal Engine on iOS and macOS, and will place Unreal Engine and those game creators that have built, are building, and may build games on it at a substantial disadvantage\".\n\n\"Apple's discontinuation of Epic's ability to develop and support Unreal Engine for iOS or macOS will harm game creators and gamers,\" it added.\n\nApple, however, says it applies the rules equally and \"won't make an exception for Epic because we don't think it's right to put their business interests ahead of the guidelines that protect our customers\".\n\nWhen it became clear Apple would not allow Xbox game streaming on iPhones, Microsoft said Apple was the only major platform to \"deny consumers from cloud gaming and game subscription services\".\n\nEarlier this year, when Apple was engaged in another high-profile stand-off with an app developer over its policies, Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, hinted at the company's disapproval.\n\nHe said regulators should have a \"focused conversation\" about app stores and the rules they enforced.\n\nHowever, Microsoft also runs the Windows and Xbox stores, where it takes a 15-30% cut of software sales, depending on the platform, according to its developer agreement.", "Road planners in England have been accused of rigging accounting rules to disguise the climate impact of new roads.\n\nEnvironmentalists say the Department for Transport has under-counted CO2 from its road improvement programme.\n\nThat's because the DfT measures emissions against national CO2 targets, whilst measuring benefits of a new road against the local economy.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said this was a reasonable approach.\n\nBut critics say the resulting calculation exaggerates the benefits of new roads, whilst downgrading the negatives in terms of carbon emissions.\n\nChris Todd, director of pressure group Transport Action Network, told the BBC it proved the government has one rule for its £27bn road-building programme, and another rule for everything else.\n\nHe said: “This is like someone who's morbidly obese insisting they can gorge on another cream cake, because no single cake will have a 'material impact' on their well-being.”\n\nA spokesperson said it made sense to measure the carbon emissions from new roads against the UK’s entire carbon budget, because climate change is a global problem, whereas smaller road schemes offer local benefits.\n\nBut the objectors are motivated by a recent analysis from transport academic Phil Goodwin, an emeritus professor at University College London.\n\nHe says the DfT should employ the same standard for measuring the negatives of the roads programme as it uses to measure the positives.\n\n“Consider,” he says, “if one calculated the total number of jobs generated by a specific scheme as a proportion of the total jobs in the economy.\"\n\n“Any such calculation will always be open to words like ‘immaterial’ or ‘insignificant' - but this does not in the slightest prove that the aggregate effect really is unimportant.”\n\nMinisters say their five-year roadbuilding plan will boost the economy.\n\nA recent consultants’ report projected that the government’s roads programme will increase carbon emissions from the strategic road network by about 20 MtCO2, when they need to go down by about 167 MtCO2 to meet carbon targets.\n\nA Treasury spokesperson said: “We reject this. The report is based on old project appraisals, and takes no account of our ambitious plans to decarbonise transport.\n\n“We have assessed carbon impacts throughout the design of the roads programme using much more accurate methods, and expect the impact of new improvements to be around 0.27 million tonnes through to the end of 2032.”\n\nBut Prof Goodwin said the roads programme was still predicated on increased traffic, even though Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says we should be driving less.\n\nThe government argues that the advent of electric cars will solve the CO2 problem on the roads.\n\nBut its critics predict that the switch to 100% electric cars will come too late to meet CO2 targets. They also warn that battery cars take a huge toll on resources.", "Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said illegal gatherings were a drain on police resources\n\nPolice criticised for breaking up a child's 10th birthday party celebration say they \"can't win\" when enforcing enhanced coronavirus restrictions.\n\nGreater Manchester Police's Chief Constable revealed the force attended 126 incidents over the weekend.\n\nOfficers were slammed by some for breaking up the child's party in Manchester and issuing a fine.\n\nBut Ian Hopkins said it was not a \"jelly and ice cream\" event and saw \"mostly adults celebrating\".\n\nPolice were \"in a difficult position\" with \"lots of reports\" of lockdown breaches, he said, and were trying to take a \"very balanced and proportionate view\".\n\nHe continued: \"We can't win. If we don't deal with them, people are saying it isn't fair and when we do deal with it people are saying it is heavy-handed.\n\n\"Throughout this pandemic we have issued very few fixed penalty notices. And even this weekend we have only issued 19.\n\n\"We don't get to everything. We just have to assess which [gatherings] appear to be the biggest and most problematic.\"\n\nLockdown restrictions on social gatherings remain in Greater Manchester following a local spike in cases.\n\nAs well as illegal gatherings, officers visited 172 licensed premises over the weekend.\n\nGreater Manchester is among the areas of northern England still subject to enhanced lockdown restrictions\n\nMr Hopkins said \"pretty much all\" bars were showing \"really good measures to keep people safe\" but that was not the case with house parties.\n\n\"It isn't safe. Social distancing is not taking place and that will lead to the virus spreading,\" he said.\n\nHe said the force had received help this weekend from police forces in Durham, Humberside, North Yorkshire, Cheshire and North Wales.\n\nHe said it meant an extra £100,000 a week had to found to cover the costs.\n\nThe child's 10th birthday party in Swinton was being attended by three families in a private garden after 20:00 BST on Friday.\n\nMr Hopkins said the force was not \"making an example of them\" but defended the fine issued to the homeowner, adding: \"Those people knew they were breaching the regulations\".\n\nThe party's host declined to comment when approached by the BBC.\n\nOfficers were also called to what turned out to be a party for a terminally ill child.\n\nMr Hopkins said officers used \"discretion\" and \"had a quiet word\" with the host before leaving.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "Many of the youngsters at Kingspark have additional physical disabilities or medical problems\n\nA total of 27 coronavirus cases, most of them adult staff, have now been linked to a school in Dundee.\n\nKingspark School was closed last Wednesday as pupils and staff were asked to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nNHS Tayside said in an update on Monday that 21 staff, two pupils and four community contacts had tested positive.\n\nTwo other school sites in Dundee have also been identified as result of contact tracing connected to the Kingspark outbreak.\n\nA primary two class at St Peter and Paul's School has been asked to self-isolate until 2 September after an individual tested positive.\n\nChildren who attended the Happy Times out-of-school club at Downfield Primary School are also being asked to self-isolate until the same date following a positive test result.\n\nElsewhere, two classes at High Blantyre Primary School in South Lanarkshire are self-isolating after two pupils and a staff member tested positive.\n\nNHS Lanarkshire said there was no evidence to suggest transmission within the school and the school will remain open.\n\nKingspark School in Dundee, which has about 185 pupils aged between five and 18 who have additional support needs, was closed on Wednesday evening to allow deep cleaning to be carried out.\n\nThe decision was taken to shut it for two weeks because of the complex health conditions of the pupils.\n\nPupils and anyone who lives with them who cannot maintain physical distancing have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days.\n\nDr Daniel Chandler, of NHS Tayside, said: \"Due to the high level of tests undertaken among staff who work at the school, we may see a small rise in the number of positive cases as these results come through.\n\n\"The actions and measures that have been put in place will help to prevent any further spread of infection and we hope to see the numbers of positive cases tail off over the coming days.\"\n\nPaul Clancy, executive director of Dundee City Council's Children and Families Services, said: \"I would like to reassure families that this action is being taken to keep everyone safe. This is our paramount concern and we cannot be complacent.\"", "Dynamite precedes a new album from BTS, which is due later this year.\n\nDynamite, the latest single by Korean boy band BTS, has smashed YouTube records - and looks set to be the UK's number one single this Friday.\n\nThe pastel-coloured, dance-heavy video was watched 101.1 million times in 24 hours after its release last Friday.\n\nThat surpasses the previous record, set by fellow K-Pop band Blackpink, whose song How You Like That racked up 86.3 million views in 24 hours in June.\n\nDynamite is also the first video to achieve 100 million views in one day.\n\nMore than three million fans also tuned in to watch the clip's live premiere - almost double the previous record, also held by Blackpink's How You Like That.\n\nDynamite is the first single from BTS to be sung entirely in English, and the band said they wanted it to convey \"positive vibes, energy, hope, love, the purity, everything\".\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 Big Hit Labels This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe septet first teased the video in July, explaining that they were currently preparing an album for the second half of the year.\n\n\"[We] decided to first release a single because we wanted to reach our fans as soon as possible. Due to Covid-19, people around the world have been going through tough times and we wanted to share some positive energy with our fans,\" they said.\n\nThe shimmery, pop-disco track was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar, who most recently teamed up for the Jonas Brothers' hit, What a Man Gotta Do.\n\nIt has already topped the iTunes download chart in 104 countries, and could give the band their first UK number one single this Friday.\n\nAccording to the Official Chart Company, Dynamite notched up 1.7 million UK streams in its first 48 hours, and is currently 1,700 chart sales ahead of Joel Corry & MNEK's chart-topper Head & Heart.\n\nHowever, the song has so far failed to break Spotify's UK Top 10, which means the band's streaming numbers could count against them when the final figures are compiled later this week.\n\nDynamite comes six months after BTS's last studio album Map of the Soul: 7, which was released in February; and the band are due to perform it live at the MTV VMAs on 30 August.\n\nMeanwhile, Blackpink are poised to challenge the band's YouTube record this Friday, when they release a new single, Ice Cream, with US superstar Selena Gomez.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by BLACKPINK 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\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Monday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nBoris Johnson has issued a direct appeal to parents to send their children back to school when classes reopen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The PM said it was \"vitally important\" to get back to face-to-face learning and the risk to teachers and pupils of contracting coronavirus was \"very small\". Unions, though, say schools still need more guidance. Children in Scotland have already returned, so hear what's it been like for some of them. And read more on some of the measures schools are taking.\n\nThe UK travel industry has reached a \"critical point\" and further support is vital to prevent even more redundancies and company closures. That's the message from industry body Abta. It says the pandemic has already claimed about 39,000 jobs and \"the government's stop-start measures\" around quarantine restrictions have meant \"the restart of travel has not gone as hoped\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nHealth charities are urging the government to update its alcohol strategy after a steep rise in the number of people seeking help for drink problems during the lockdown. One helpline says it has received almost 7,000 calls in England and Scotland since March. Chris McLone told the BBC how his drinking escalated when he found himself isolated and anxious during the pandemic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musician Nick Davis was in alcohol recovery when lockdown started and has had to find new ways to stay sober\n\nBingo, funfairs, arcades and casinos are allowed to reopen from today, and people of all ages can take part in organised outdoor contact sports. Live events such as concerts and comedy will be permitted outdoors in Scotland, and driving lessons can resume. Some of the tighter local restrictions imposed in Aberdeen three weeks ago due to a spike in virus cases have also been lifted today. Hear the voices of some people living in the city.\n\nMuch of the debate around schools has focused on the detrimental impact of closures on children's wellbeing. However, a study published today suggests anxiety levels among 13 and 14-year-olds actually fell during lockdown. Researchers at the University of Bristol said the results were a \"big surprise\" and raised questions about the impact of the school environment - pressure, peer relationships and so on - on teenagers' mental health.\n\nFind more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nPlus, 10 countries in the world have no confirmed cases (excluding North Korea and Turkmenistan), but can they call themselves winners? The BBC's Owen Amos takes a look.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "Anoosheh Ashoori was arrested in Iran in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison after being accused by the Iranian government of spying, charges he denies.\n\nHe is one of eight known dual-nationality British citizens to have been arrested and detained in Iran in recent years. That number includes Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, convicted under spying charges that have been widely denounced as baseless.\n\nAlso detained in Iran is Hammersmith-born Morad Tahbaz. The conservationist was arrested in 2018 and had been diagnosed with cancer.\n\nNizar Zakkar is a Lebanese businessman and US resident who spent four years in the same prison under similar charges.\n\nThe US government has claimed such detentions amount to hostage taking for ransom, an allegation denied by Iran.\n\nThe BBC’s Darragh MacIntyre investigates these arrests and suggestions there may be more British citizens in similar circumstances.\n\nUK viewers can watch Hostage in Iran on Monday 24 August on BBC One at 19:30 BST.", "Big Ten includes teams like Rutgers Scarlet Knights (pictured in white and red) and Penn State Nittany Lions\n\nTwo of the biggest college sports conferences in the US have voted to postpone all games scheduled for autumn because of coronavirus fears.\n\nBig Ten and Pac-12 include several powerhouse teams in the world of college American football.\n\nBig Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said \"there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete\".\n\nMr Warren added he hoped sports could return in 2021.\n\nAmong other college sports cancelled for the next season are men's and women's soccer (football) and field hockey, as well as women's volleyball.\n\n\"The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the centre of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,\" Mr Warren said.\n\nHe added that the decision was taken after \"hours of discussion\" with the conference's medical experts.\n\nThe college American football season attracts huge audiences around the country.\n\nPresident Donald Trump earlier said it would be a \"tragic mistake\" if the season were to be cancelled.\n\nThree other college conferences - the ACC, SEC and Big 12 - are yet to decide whether they will proceed or postpone the autumn sports season.", "Family tributes have been paid to Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury\n\nThe families of three men killed in a train derailment in Aberdeenshire have told of their devastation at their deaths.\n\nTrain driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and a passenger now named as Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the incident near Stonehaven.\n\nA major investigation has begun into the derailment, believed to have been caused by a landslip after heavy rain.\n\nMr Stuchbury, from Aberdeen, worked for a marine services firm in the city.\n\nIn a statement his family said: \"Chris was a much adored husband, son, dad, stepdad, grandad, brother and uncle and was a treasured and loved friend to many.\"\n\nMr Stuchbury worked for Targe Towing and volunteered at Roxburghe House hospice in Aberdeen in his spare time.\n\nEarlier, the family of Mr McCullough described how his death had left a \"huge void\" in their lives.\n\nHis wife Stephanie said: \"Words cannot describe the utterly devastating effect of Brett's death on his family and friends.\n\n\"We have lost a wonderful husband, father and son in the most awful of circumstances.\n\n\"Brett was the most decent and loving human being we have ever known and his passing leaves a huge void in all our lives.\n\n\"We would like to thank the emergency services for their heroic efforts in helping everyone affected by this tragedy and for all the messages of support and condolence we have received.\"\n\nInvestigation work continues at the scene of the derailment\n\nThe 45-year-old father-of-three was originally from Bromley in London. He worked out of the Aberdeen rail depot and lived near the scene of the derailment.\n\nThe third victim was 58-year-old conductor Donald Dinnie, whose family said they were devastated by the loss of a \"loving and proud dad, son, partner, brother, uncle and friend\".\n\n\"No words could ever describe how much he will be missed by us all and there will always be a missing piece in our hearts,\" they said in a statement.\n\n\"It is so heart warming to see how many people have fond memories of Donald and I am sure they have plenty of happy and funny stories to tell. He was a kind, caring and genuine person who was never found without a smile on his face. We know he will be deeply missed by all.\"\n\nMr Dinnie had also worked as a driver and guard during his railway career.\n\nIt is thought that the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street service was derailed by a landslide after heavy rain in the area. The alarm was raised at about 09:40 on Wednesday morning.\n\nSix others who were on the train were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. NHS Grampian said four of them had been discharged, while the other two patients were in a stable condition.\n\nA section of the train fell down a steep embankment\n\nEmergency services remained at the scene of the accident on Thursday\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the \"hearts of a nation\" were with those affected.\n\nScottish Transport Secretary Michael Matheson, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps and Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines all visited the site of the crash on Thursday.\n\nMr Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September on the \"wider issues\" that may have led to the derailment.\n\nHe said he wanted to see resilience checks carried out in \"the next few days, few hours\", given the concern about flash floods in the area.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"We absolutely need to make sure it doesn't happen again and that's why I've asked Network Rail to deliver that report to me so quickly,\" he said.\n\nHe also said he spoke with PC Liam Mercer, the first officer on the scene, and commended him for his bravery.\n\nAnd he understood an off-duty conductor managed to get off a carriage and run to alert operators, while a member of the public raised the alarm having seen smoke billowing from the trees.\n\nMr Matheson said he did not want to speculate about what had caused the incident.\n\n\"What I think we can assess, though, is that weather has had an impact,\" he said.\n\n\"We are seeing increasingly a higher level of what are localised intense weather events that are having an impact on the transport network, including the rail network.\n\n\"What we need to do as part of the investigation is identify to what extent it had an impact and also to see what lessons can be learned.\"\n\nHe said some parts of the country had seen a month's rainfall in just a couple of hours on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.\n\nHe added that the derailment happened as the train driver was heading north, trying to return to Aberdeen, and that one crew member got out of the derailed train to prevent any other trains coming down the track.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Haines said he did not want to pre-empt the outcome of the investigation.\n\nBut he added: \"It is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.\n\n\"Our climate is changing and it is increasingly challenging the performance and reliability of the railway, but incidents like yesterday's devastating accident are incredibly rare, and our railway remains the safest major railway in Europe.\n\n\"Yesterday was a tragedy, a truly horrific event, and my thoughts remain with everyone affected. Understanding what happened is the key to making sure it never occurs again.\"\n\nNetwork Rail said it would carry out detailed inspections of high-risk trackside slopes with similar characteristics to the site of the Aberdeenshire crash.\n\nDozens of sites across Britain will be assessed using in-house engineers, specialist contractors and helicopter surveys.\n\nScotland's Lord Advocate has asked Police Scotland, British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator, to conduct a joint investigation into the accident.\n\nIt will be carried out under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and will run in parallel to the independent safety investigation being carried out by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.", "Millie the Jack Russell is now staying with leading firefighter Jamie Trew, who found her\n\nA dog that nearly died in a fire is being fostered by the firefighter who saved her.\n\nFire crews were called to a flat fire in Newham on 28 July and found a woman being treated outside by paramedics but learned her Jack Russell was missing.\n\nLead firefighter Jamie Trew found Millie lying apparently \"lifeless\" under a bed. She was given oxygen and water and came to after 10 minutes.\n\nHer owner has agreed Mr Trew will look after Millie while the owner recovers.\n\nFirefighters from Ilford Fire Station cooled Millie with water to bring down her core temperature\n\nFirefighters from Ilford Station were called at about 21:50 BST to a ground floor flat in Forest View Road.\n\nWearing breathing apparatus they searched for Millie in the bedroom and discovered her apparently lifeless body when they lifted up the bed.\n\nStation officer Dean Ivil, who was at the scene, said: \"After 10 minutes she showed signs of life and she eventually regained consciousness enough to start walking and was taken to the local emergency vet.\n\n\"After a short stay there, her owner has agreed she can be fostered and she is now happily staying with leading firefighter Jamie Trew who found her.\"\n\n\"It's a lovely ending for what could have been a tragic story. If her owner decides it's best, Millie has a forever home with Jamie and his family,\" he added.\n\nPart of the bedroom was damaged in the fire, which was under control within 40 minutes.\n\nThe cause of the fire is still being investigated.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The government is promising voters \"the same transparency\" in online election and referendum campaigns as they get in leaflets and on posters.\n\nSocial media ads and videos will have to carry a \"digital imprint\" showing who has created them so voters can judge their credibility.\n\nElectoral reform campaigners said the plan \"must be just the start\" of \"cleaning up\" UK democracy.\n\nThe government's proposals will now go out to public consultation.\n\nElection leaflets and newspapers have to include who made and paid for the material, although there is no rule on how prominent this branding should be - and all three major UK-wide parties were criticised at last year's general election for mimicking local newspapers or official letters.\n\nBut there has been a huge shift away from leaflets and newspapers towards online advertising, going up from 3% of total spend in 2011 to 42.8% in 2017, according the most recent Electoral Commission figures.\n\nOnline political advertising is largely unregulated in the UK and campaign material is not required by law to be truthful or factually accurate, or to say who is paying for it.\n\nLast year the Electoral Reform Society, which campaigns for changes to the voting system, described it as being like the \"Wild West\" and subject to rules stuck in the \"analogue age\".\n\nThe Conservative Party has itself been accused of misleading voters when it rebranded its press office Twitter account as Fact Check UK during a TV debate at the 2019 general election.\n\nThe then party chairman James Cleverly said the Twitter feed had been clearly labelled \"CCHQ press\".\n\nChloe Smith said clear rules were needed to improve transparency\n\nUnveiling the government proposals, promised in last year's Queen's Speech, Constitutional Affairs Minister Chloe Smith said: \"Voters value transparency.\n\n\"So we must ensure that there are clear rules to help them see who is behind campaign content online.\"\n\nShe claimed these would help create \"one of the most comprehensive sets of regulations operating in the world today\".\n\nUnder the government's plans, a \"digital imprint\" would have to be displayed as part of online content - such as a video or a graphic.\n\nBut the government says that \"where this is not possible\" it should be located in an \"accessible alternative location linked to the material\".\n\nMinisters want registered political parties, registered third parties, political candidates, elected office holders and registered referendum campaigners to put an imprint on their digital campaign material whether it is paid-for advertising or \"organic\" content - where no professional advertiser is paid to promote and distribute it.\n\nFor unregistered campaigners, this would apply only to paid-for content.\n\nBut the rules will cover all campaign-related content, whichever country it was produced in - and would apply all the time, not just during elections and referendums.\n\nThe government argues this would allow the Electoral Commission to \"better monitor who is promoting election material and enforce the spending rules,\" which prevent foreign donations.\n\nThe Electoral Commission says it does not have the power or resources to monitor the truthfulness of political advertising but changing the law to add imprints will help voters assess the credibility of online campaign messages.\n\nA spokesman said: \"This is a welcome opportunity to deliver real change for voters and provide them with a better understanding of who is trying to reach them online.\"\n\nDarren Hughes, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, said: \"For too long, our democracy has been wide open to anonymous 'dark ads', dodgy donors, and foreign interference online.\n\n\"This won't solve all that, but it will help to plug one of the many leaks in HMS Democracy.\"\n\nHe added that \"strong sanctions\" were needed for those who broke the rules and that ministers \"must not be able to pass the buck to Silicon Valley giants\".\n\nAlex Tait, co-founder of the Coalition for Reform in Political Advertising, said: \"The consultation on imprints is certainly welcome but this is the bare minimum that the government could be doing to modernise electoral regulation.\"\n\nThe government said the digital imprint plan would \"sit alongside\" its efforts to crack down on foreign interference in UK elections and referendums through a newly-established Counter Disinformation Unit.\n\nLast month Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was \"almost certain\" that Russians had sought to influence the 2019 general election.\n\nAnd a report by the Intelligence and Security Committee said the government had made no effort to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum.", "Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock is to make a one-off documentary for BBC Three about her personal experiences of racism and colourism.\n\nThe programme, titled Leigh-Anne: Colourism & Race, will also examine the wider issue of race in the UK.\n\nThe singer said she wanted to use her fame as a \"platform to bring this conversation to a wider audience\".\n\nLast year, her bandmate Jesy Nelson won praise for an \"inspiring\" documentary about online bullying.\n\nPinnock said she wanted to make her documentary \"because I have always been passionate about rights for black people\", adding that she wanted to \"stand up for my black and brown community\".\n\nThe documentary will also see Pinnock talk to her Little Mix bandmates\n\nThe singer explained: \"Conversations surrounding racism and colourism are something I constantly have with my boyfriend and family.\n\n\"Systemic racism is complex; through making this documentary I want to learn how I can best lend my voice to the debate so that the young people who look up to me won't have to face what me and my generation have had to.\"\n\nFollowing the Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, Pinnock opened up on Instagram in a video in which she talked about the racism she had faced.\n\nIn the new film, Pinnock will further explore her own experiences, and talk about how having lighter skin and being a celebrity means she is sometimes said to be in a more privileged position than others.\n\nBBC Three controller Fiona Campbell said: \"By working with high profile talent like Leigh-Anne, and other important individuals she will meet through this process, we hope the honest conversations this film will feature will have the power to change attitudes, offer insight and help to prevent racism in our society.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Germany has recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months\n\nGermany has recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months as European countries struggle to curb a surge in infections.\n\nMore than 1,200 cases were reported in Germany in the past 24 hours. Officials said the rise was due, in part, to people returning from holidays.\n\nIt came as Germany warned against non-essential trips to parts of Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, France had 2,524 new cases in 24 hours, the highest daily rise since its lockdown was lifted in May.\n\nThe German foreign ministry said it had added a partial travel warning to the Spanish capital Madrid and the Basque region on Tuesday amid rising infections there. Warnings were already in place for the regions of Aragon, Catalonia and Navarra.\n\nGermany has recorded more than 9,000 coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began.\n\nSpain is facing the worst coronavirus infection rate in Western Europe. It recorded 1,418 new infections in its latest daily count on Tuesday and said there were 675 \"active outbreaks\" in the country.\n\nSalvador Macip, an expert in health sciences at Catalonia's Open University, told AFP news agency the country was at a \"critical moment\".\n\n\"We are right at a point where things can get better or worse. This means we have to pull out all the stops to curb outbreaks before they become more serious,\" he said.\n\nIn total, Spain has recorded more than 326,000 cases - the highest number in Western Europe and the 11th highest in the world.\n\nWearing a face mask became compulsory in all public areas in Brussels on Wednesday amid a rise in cases.\n\nThe order applies to those aged 12 and above. People were previously only required to wear masks in crowded public spaces and enclosed areas of the Belgian capital, such as shopping centres.\n\nAuthorities said the enhanced rules were introduced because of a rise in infections, with Brussels recording an average of 50 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants per day over the past week.\n\nPolice checks are being ramped up to ensure that people follow the new rules.\n\nThe mask-wearing regulation is one of the strictest currently in place in Europe.\n\nBelgium has recorded more than 75,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 9,800 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThis year's Paris marathon has been cancelled as France battles a spike in coronavirus cases, organisers said on Wednesday.\n\nThe marathon was originally due to take place on 5 April but was then postponed to 15 November because of the pandemic.\n\nOrganisers said they had \"tried everything to maintain the event\" but felt \"obliged\" to call it off.\n\n\"There will be great disappointment among those who have sacrificed time training for what had become an autumn marathon,\" they said.\n\nOrganisers are now working on the 2021 marathon.\n\nThe announcement came after Paris became the latest French city to make face masks compulsory in busy outdoor areas. Face masks were already compulsory nationwide in enclosed public spaces.\n\nA government spokesman on Wednesday said France would gradually ramp up police checks to ensure that people were respecting social distancing and wearing masks where required.\n\n\"We're at a tipping point... We're going to mobilise polices forces to make checks,\" Gabriel Attal told journalists.\n\nFrance has now recorded a total of 206,696 cases of the virus.\n\nOn Wednesday Greece reported 262 new cases of coronavirus, its highest daily tally since the start of the pandemic.\n\nThe country has now had 216 deaths and 6,177 cases in total.\n\nAs a result of the increase in infections in recent weeks, authorities have introduced a curfew for restaurants and bars in some of the country's top tourist destinations - despite this being the peak of the tourism season.\n\nThey have also enforced restrictions on arrivals from several EU countries and Balkans nations.", "Tiger King star Carole Baskin is facing a lawsuit from the family of her former husband Don Lewis, who disappeared in 1997 and is presumed dead.\n\nLewis's family are also offering a $100,000 (£76,300) reward for information about what happened to him.\n\nA lawyer for the family has filed the lawsuit in an attempt to force Baskin to give evidence on the record.\n\nLewis disappeared a day before a scheduled trip to Costa Rica, and was declared legally dead in 2002.\n\nLewis and Baskin started an animal sanctuary together in Tampa, Florida, which later became Big Cat Rescue Corporation. They were married at the time of his disappearance, but he had filed for a restraining order against her two months earlier.\n\nTheories about what happened to him formed part of the hit Netflix series, including suggestions that Baskin, who received most of his $6m (£4.5m) estate, was responsible for his disappearance.\n\nShe has vehemently denied having anything to do with it. \"The unsavoury lies are better for getting viewers,\" she has said.\n\nBaskin told investigators of reported sightings in Costa Rica, and said he had been involved with local gangsters there. No-one has ever been arrested over his disappearance.\n\nSpeaking at a press conference on Monday, Lewis's youngest daughter Gale Rathbone referred to the renewed interest in the case brought on by the series.\n\n\"Amazingly, our little family tragedy has become your tragedy,\" she said. \"Our search for closure and truth has become your mission also.\n\n\"We all know by now that [Lewis] was not a perfect man. But do only the perfect among us deserve justice?\"\n\nBaskin told The Associated Press: \"It's been my policy not to discuss pending litigation until it's been resolved.\n\n\"I had told some news outlets that I thought the press conference on 10 Aug was just a publicity stunt, but at that time was not aware there would be pending litigation.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Aerial footage shows the scene of a passenger train derailment near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.\n\nThree people died and six people were taken to hospital as a result of the incident.\n\nIt is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms.", "A review of how deaths from coronavirus are counted in England has reduced the UK death toll by more than 5,000, to 41,329, the government has announced.\n\nThe recalculation is based on a new definition of who has died from Covid.\n\nPreviously, people in England who died at any point following a positive test, regardless of cause, were counted in the figures.\n\nBut there will now be a cut-off of 28 days, providing a more accurate picture of the epidemic.\n\nThis brings England's measure in line with the other UK nations.\n\nThe new methodology for counting deaths means the total number of people in the UK who have died from Covid-19 comes down from 46,706 to 41,329 - a reduction of 12%.\n\nAnd figures for deaths in England for the most recent week of data - 18 to 24 July - will drop by 75%, from 442 to 111.\n\nProf John Newton, director of health improvement at Public Health England (PHE), said: \"The way we count deaths in people with Covid-19 in England was originally chosen to avoid underestimating deaths caused by the virus in the early stages of the pandemic.\"\n\nBut he said the new methods of calculating deaths from the virus would give \"crucial information about both recent trends and the overall mortality burden due to Covid-19\".\n\nCalculating the total number of deaths linked to coronavirus is far from straightforward.\n\nIt seemed very odd when we learned last month that PHE's figures included everyone who had tested positive, even if they died months afterwards and their death may have had another cause.\n\nScotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's 28-day limit between a positive test and death looked reasonable. But even so, that measure does not include those who might have been on a ventilator for more than 28 days.\n\nThere is no yardstick endorsed by the World Health Organization and PHE argued there was no single ideal way of working out the total.\n\nIn future, death numbers for England will be published using both 28-day and 60-day cut off points.\n\nThe 28-day limit will, however, be the headline measure and will at least achieve consistency across the UK.\n\nCutting around 5,400 from the death total will be a talking point among statisticians.\n\nBut it won't make any difference to tens of thousands of families who have been bereaved because of the virus.\n\nThe health secretary in England, Matt Hancock, called for a review into the way deaths from coronavirus were calculated in July.\n\nIt followed concerns raised by Oxford scientists that this was being carried out differently across the four nations of the UK.\n\nIn Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the count only included people who died within four weeks of a positive test.\n\nSomeone who stayed in intensive care with Covid-19 for five weeks and died would not be counted as a coronavirus death, for example.\n\nMatt Hancock called for a review into the way deaths were calculated in England\n\nIn England, there was no time limit. Someone who recovered from Covid-19 in March and died in a car crash in July would have been counted as a coronavirus death.\n\nNow the UK's four chief medical officers have decided to use a single, consistent measure and publish the number of deaths that occurred within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test confirmed in a lab, every day.\n\nEvery week for England, a new set of figures will be published showing the number of deaths that occur within 60 days of a positive test.\n\nDeaths that occur after 60 days - such as those who have been in intensive care for many months - will also be added in if Covid-19 appears on the death certificate.\n\nProf Keith Neal, emeritus professor of the epidemiology of infectious diseases, from the University of Nottingham, said the two new measures were \"sensible\".\n\n\"The 28 days is widely used in many countries and England is now the same as the rest of the UK,\" he said.\n\n\"The previous measure of always being a Covid death, even if recovered, was unscientific.\n\n\"As Covid deaths fall, the number of recovered patients, particularly the very old and those with severe underlying conditions, are now dying from these conditions and not Covid-19.\"\n\nProf Neal added: \"These non-Covid deaths in survivors would become an ever increasing percentage of the England Covid deaths being reported. It had become essentially useless for epidemiological monitoring.\"", "Lindsay Birbeck was reported missing after failing to return home\n\nA 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a teaching assistant whose body was found in a shallow grave.\n\nLindsay Birbeck, 47, went missing on 12 August 2019 while walking in a wooded area and was later found buried in Accrington Cemetery, Lancashire.\n\nPreston Crown Court heard her attacker had been prowling the woods for lone females.\n\nThe boy admitted moving her body in a wheelie bin and claimed he buried her for a stranger who promised him money.\n\nThe verdict came a year to the day since Mrs Birbeck went missing.\n\nMrs Birbeck's 17-year-old daughter Sarah raised the alarm when her mother did not return from her afternoon walk to have tea at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe mother-of-two had left her home in Burnley Road, Accrington, to stroll in a nearby wooded area known as the Coppice.\n\nHer attacker, who was 16 at the time, is thought to have killed Mrs Birbeck shortly after she entered the Coppice.\n\nHe attended a police station several days after her naked body was discovered wrapped in two plastic bags following a police CCTV appeal.\n\nThe teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, denied murder and manslaughter.\n\nBut he admitted dragging a bin, with Mrs Birbeck inside, from the Coppice across Burnley Road to the cemetery where he buried her.\n\nPolice trawled through around 3,000 hours of CCTV footage and found a young man who was seen repeatedly pulling a blue wheelie bin in and around Huncoat.\n\nA similar-looking bin was found in Accrington Cemetery some days earlier.\n\nAfter sharing the footage in a public appeal, the 16-year-old boy arrived at a police station in Blackburn with his family.\n\nHome Office pathologist Dr Naomi Carter said the injuries Mrs Birbeck sustained were the most severe of their kind which she had seen in her 25-year career.\n\nHe claimed a man had approached him with the promise of a large cash reward if he disposed of the body.\n\nHe stated: \"I have not met this man before. I have not met him since, nor have I had any contact with him.\n\n\"He has not paid me any money. He told me that he would leave the money for me near where the body had been at first once everything was clear.\"\n\nThe prosecution said the defendant's account was \"implausible fiction\".\n\nThe court heard another woman said a lone male wearing a grey tracksuit with his hood up had followed her on her walk shortly before Mrs Birbeck entered the Coppice.\n\nShe said she feared for her safety and he was getting closer when she startled him by glancing back.\n\nA post-mortem examination concluded the cause of Mrs Birbeck's death was neck injuries. No evidence of a sexual assault could be found.\n\nAn attempt had also been made to cut off a leg, possibly with a saw.\n\nOutside court, Mrs Birbeck's daughter said: \"Our lives have been utterly destroyed by the evil, cowardly behaviour of the defendant and the horrific manner in which she was murdered.\n\n\"My mum went for a walk on a sunny afternoon in August and never came home, it's unthinkable that something as brutal as this could happen in our close community to someone that was loved so very dearly.\"\n\nThe teenager is due to be sentenced on Friday.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Facebook has updated its rules to tackle posts containing depictions of \"blackface\" and common anti-Semitic stereotypes.\n\nIts Community Standards now explicitly state such content should be removed if used to target or mock people.\n\nThe company said it had consulted more than 60 outside experts before making the move.\n\nBut one campaigner said she still had concerns about its wider anti-racism efforts.\n\n\"Blackface is an issue that's been around for decade, which is why it's surprising that it's only being dealt with now,\" said Zubaida Haque, interim director of the Runnymede Trust race-equality think tank.\n\n\"It's deeply damaging to black people's lives in terms of the hatred that's targeted towards them and the spread of myths, lies and racial stereotypes.\n\n\"But I'm not entirely convinced these steps are part of a robust strategy to proactively deal with this hatred as opposed to it being a crisis-led sort of thing.\"\n\nFacebook's rules have long included a ban on hate speech related to race, ethnicity and religious affiliation, among other characteristics.\n\nBut they have now been revised to specify:\n\nThe rules also apply to Instagram.\n\n\"This type of content has always gone against the spirit of our hate-speech policies,\" said Monika Bickert, Facebook's content policy chief.\n\n\"But it can be really difficult to take concepts... and define them in a way that allows our content reviewers based around the world to consistently and fairly identify violations.\"\n\nFacebook said the ban would apply to photos of people portraying Black Pete - a helper to St Nicholas, who traditionally appears in blackface at winter festival events in the Netherlands.\n\nAnd it might also remove some photos of English morris folk dancers who have painted their faces black.\n\nHowever, Ms Bickert suggested other examples - including critical posts drawing attention to the fact a politician once wore blackface - might still be allowed once the policy comes into effect.\n\nThe announcement coincided with Facebook's latest figures on dealing with problematic posts.\n\nThe tech firm said it had deleted 22.5 million items of hate speech in the months of April to June, compared with 9.6 million the previous quarter.\n\nIt said the rise was \"largely driven\" by improvements to its auto-detection technologies across several languages including Spanish, Arabic, Indonesian and Burmese. This implied that much content had been missed in the past.\n\nFacebook acknowledged that it was still unable to give a measurement of the \"prevalence of hate speech\" on its platform - in other words whether the problem is in fact worsening.\n\nIt already gives such a metric for other topics, including violent and graphic content.\n\nBut a spokesman said the company was hoping to start providing a figure later in the year. He also said the social network intended to start using a third-party auditor to check its numbers some time in 2021.\n\nOne campaign group said it suspected hate speech was indeed a growing problem.\n\n\"We have been warning for some time that a major pandemic event has the potential to inflame xenophobia and racism,\" said the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)'s chief executive Imran Ahmed.\n\nFacebook's report also revealed that staffing issues caused by the pandemic had meant it took action on fewer suicide and self-harm posts - on both Instagram and Facebook.\n\nAnd on Instagram, the same problem meant it took action on fewer posts in the category it calls \"child nudity and sexual exploitation\". Actions fell by more than half, from one million posts to 479,400.\n\n\"Facebook's inability to act against harmful content on their platforms is inexcusable, especially when they were repeatedly warned how lockdown conditions were creating a perfect storm for online child abuse at the start of this pandemic,\" said Martha Kirby from the NSPCC.\n\n\"The crisis has exposed how tech firms are unwilling to prioritise the safety of children and instead respond to harm after it's happened rather than design basic safety features into their sites to prevent it in the first place,\" she said.\n\nHowever, on Facebook itself, the number of removals of such posts increased.", "The California senator was born in the US to parents of Indian and Jamaican heritage\n\nIt is not just American Democrats celebrating the choice of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate, making her the first black woman and South Asian American to become a vice-presidential candidate.\n\nPeople in India, Jamaica and Canada are also queuing up to heap praise on her.\n\nThe California senator was born in the US to parents of Indian and Jamaican heritage.\n\nShe also spent a good portion of her early life in Montreal, Canada.\n\nThe senator's mother, Shyamala Gopalan, moved to the US from India to pursue a doctoral degree.\n\nIn India, Gopalan Balachandran, Ms Harris's 80-year-old maternal uncle, told The Washington Post he was \"very, very happy\" with the news.\n\nHis niece is \"quick on her feet and a damn good debater\", he said, adding that she would not be fazed by the inevitable nastiness of the election.\n\nShe \"doesn't take things lying down\", he said.\n\nThe fact that someone of Indian origin could be \"a proverbial heartbeat away from the presidency is thrilling\", wrote Shashi Tharoor, a politician with the opposition Congress Party.\n\nRam Madhav, a senior member of the governing BJP, also gave her the thumbs up.\n\nThe world of Bollywood has been congratulating Ms Harris, including Priyanka Chopra, who called the moment \"transformational\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by PRIYANKA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 reaction has been similarly positive for many in Jamaica.\n\n\"As a woman with Jamaican roots, her elevation shows that as a country, Jamaica has developed many nuggets who have made their mark on the global stage,\" Irwine Clare, head of Caribbean Immigrant Services, told the Jamaica Gleaner.\n\nSome have been joking about how Jamaicans will be claiming Ms Harris's nomination.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Are you kidding me?\" she told The Breakfast Club radio show.\n\nWhile the statement would have made some warm to Ms Harris, who was then one of the front-runners to be the Democratic nominee, it angered one Jamaican in particular - her father.\n\nDonald J. Harris, the emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University, said that his deceased grandparents and parents \"must be turning in their grave\" to see the family name and Jamaican identity \"being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFinally, the senator's nomination wasn't overlooked in Canada, where she spent time as a child.\n\nHer old high school in Quebec tweeted their congratulations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I'm very proud of Kamala,\" former classmate Hugh Kwok told the Montreal Gazette.\n\n\"She was a special person, kind and thoughtful, always very interested in helping everyone.\"", "Begw Rowlands: \"I hope that the way they've gone about it is as fair as it could possibly be\"\n\n\"I'm quite relaxed about it, I've never been one to worry about exams,\" says 17-year-old Begw Rowlands, one of thousands of young people waiting for A-level results.\n\nBut after exams were cancelled, this year is different because \"obviously we haven't been able to do an exam and feel that went well or that didn't go as well\".\n\nBegw, from the Vale of Glamorgan, always intended taking a year out before applying for drama school next year.\n\nA Careers Wales survey found that 38% of A-level pupils said the pandemic had affected their future plans.\n\nBegw, who studied A-level drama and Welsh, BTEC music and the Welsh baccalaureate, says she was pleased at first when exams were cancelled.\n\n\"I was quite chuffed to begin with actually, because no one wants to do exams,\" she says.\n\n\"But, obviously, Year 13 is the pinnacle of your school experience and you kind of want to prove yourself.\"\n\nThis year's grades have been calculated using grades assessed by schools and colleges which have then gone through a standardisation process to make sure they are consistent.\n\nA mass upgrading of A-Level results should not be needed in Wales despite some predicted grades being lowered, the Welsh Government has insisted.\n\n\"I hope that the way they've gone about it is as fair as it could possibly be,\" Begw says.\n\nShe's currently working as an assistant in a hospital and hopes to travel when that's possible, as well as keeping up with her drama.\n\nThe Careers Wales survey also found that three quarters of pupils in exam years were worried about their grades.\n\n\"It's natural for young people to be worried about their exam results,\" says Stephen Williams from Careers Wales.\n\n\"If they're not what they were expecting, just take a step back.\n\n\"Try not to get too emotional and try to think about things logically, talk things through with people that are important to them and make contact with us.\n\n\"We will help them put things into perspective and start looking at how we get to where you wanted to get to.\"\n\nBrother and sister Imogen and Scott Gilmour from Powys, are pupils in Caereinion High School.\n\nBefore the pandemic, both were preparing to sit exams, Imogen, 16, doing GCSE and Scott A Levels.\n\nScott, 18, says he was apprehensive after hearing there would be no exams and was initially concerned the results would be \"less credible\".\n\nHe's hoping to study law and both he and Imogen, from Meifod, will receive their results via email rather than visiting the school.\n\n\"Obviously I hope I do well, but I don't feel it's the end of the world if I don't get exactly what I need.\n\n\"I'm not worried I'm going to do terribly but I have thought about the possibility of me not doing as well as I need to - to get to university because both of my university choices are quite high requirements,\" he said.\n\nImogen intends to stay on for sixth form to study biology, chemistry, physics and maths.\n\nShe says: \"I'm feeling okay about the whole thing and I'm quite excited that it's getting emailed to us at a specific time.\n\n\"It will just be nice to be able to sit there with your family and wait for it.\"\n\nShe says she was also a \"little apprehensive because when you do exams you have some idea of how you might have done\".\n\n\"But with this, it's a little bit more tricky because you don't know at all how the teachers are going to grade you.\"\n\nA-level results in Wales, England and Northern Ireland are due out on Thursday\n\nSimilar grading systems were adopted in other parts of the UK and in Scotland the government was forced to make a U-turn after tens of thousands of teacher assessed grades were lowered.\n\nEducation researcher Jane Nicholas said the system in Wales is different in some ways.\n\n\"Most of the candidates for A-level this year will have already sat the AS exam under normal conditions last year, which means that 40% of their mark is taken from the mark they achieved in the AS level,\" she says.\n\n\"That gives, I think, some reassurance that they'll be more weight given to actual data about what those individual pupils were able to achieve.\n\n\"But, certainly, there is a lot of concern and rightfully so from the candidates themselves.\n\n\"It's a really stressful time for them and their parents, it always is at exam time.\n\n\"This week is always very stressful for everybody, but it's been uniquely so this year.\"", "A female golden eagle flying in to an eyrie in the Cairngorms National Park\n\nGolden eagles have bred at a \"rewilding\" estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years.\n\nAn eagle pair successfully reared the chick at an artificial eyrie on the 10,000-acre Trees for Life Dundreggan estate.\n\nThis positive news came as it emerged that a young tagged gold eagle known as Tom has gone missing in Perthshire.\n\nTom was being satellite-tracked by Raptor Persecution UK.\n\nSpringwatch presenter Chris Packham has also been working on the tagging project.\n\nThe Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group said members of the community in Strathbraan had been out looking for Tom.\n\nOn the Dundreggan estate an artificial nest was built five years ago high on a rocky crag, on the remains of an old nest site.\n\nIts purpose was to encourage a pair of golden eagles to mate. It was made using branches from the native pines and birch trees that cover the mountain slopes.\n\nDoug Gilbert is the manager of the estate. He has been checking the eyrie every spring for the last five years. He described it as a \"rewilding successes story beyond our wildest dreams\".\n\nThe 10,000-acre Dundreggan estate is owned by Trees for Life, which aims to revive the ancient Caledonian forest\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I feel elated. Absolutely amazing. To have done a little bit of management, and to have a wild bird decide it's a good place to be, and produce a chick, then it's wonderful.\"\n\nMr Gilbert said the \"rewilding\" approach adopted at Dundreggan had helped. The estate used to be managed for deer stalking, and the animals tend to graze on tender saplings before they can become mature.\n\nNow the deer population has been reduced to a level where trees can grow again. \"Golden eagle-friendly\" mountaintop forests have been replanted, containing tough, waist-high \"wee trees\", such as dwarf birch and downy willow.\n\nThere has been a recorded increase in black grouse, which is an important food source for golden eagles.\n\nHowever Mr Gilbert said: \"I do worry for the safety of the chick. They are renowned for wandering quite far distances. There are several black spots where eagles regularly disappear. Some of them are well within range of a young golden eagle - just 50 km away, and chicks can travel for 100-150km.\"\n\n\"What we are doing here won't change the course of history,\" said Mr Gilbert. \"But if we can produce one chick, rather than one being killed somewhere else, then it's a good thing.\"\n\nAround 120 miles south, in the Strathbraan area of the Perthshire uplands, the young tagged golden eagle known as Tom has been reported missing. Tom was hatched in Argyll in May 2019.\n\nTom the eagle hatched in Argyll in May 2019. His last known location transmitted by his tag before it stopped working was on May 18 in Perthshire.\n\nFour of the eagles that were tagged by Raptor Persecution UK (RPUK) in 2017 have since disappeared.\n\nPolice Scotland confirmed they have carried out enquiries regarding the missing golden eagle. They said no criminality had so far been established, but are appealing for information.\n\nIt's unclear what has happened to Tom. While some claim that its tag could simply have stopped working, golden eagles do face persecution.\n\nA number of grouse shooting estates are located in the Strathbraan region. According to the RSPB, Tom is now the sixth golden eagle to have disappeared in this area since 2014.\n\nAlice Bugden, co-ordinator of Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group, which has members in the Stathbraan area where Tom's tag stopped signalling, said: \"We have read all the speculation about Tom. Members of the community, gamekeepers, shepherds and families all went out looking for the bird.\n\n\"People in this area are rightly concerned when any such news arises and they wanted to do something tangible to help but they are also fed up of allegation and smear by campaigners whose sole intent is to force governments north and south of the border to licence or ban grouse shooting.\"\n\nA video published by Chris Packham on Twitter highlighting Tom's case has so far had almost 300,000 views. He said: \"We have no proof as to what happened, apart from that the tag, which had a full battery, and was transmitting consistently, failed catastrophically.\n\nGolden eagles prey on a variety of species, but their diet sometimes includes bird species that have been specifically managed to be killed for sport, like grouse or pheasant.\n\nFarmers, gamekeepers, shepherds and local people have been looking out to see if they can find any trace of Tom\n\nA report by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) in 2017 concluded that a third of satellite-tagged golden eagles had disappeared suspiciously. It found that 41 of 131 tracked birds disappeared between 2004 and 2016.\n\nScientists say they have ruled out malfunctioning tags and wind farms as possible causes for the eagles vanishing. The study also found that the majority of cases - although not all - were in areas which are managed for grouse shooting.\n\nAlice Budgen commented: \"The only way through this intractable game of trial by media is to have independent parties involved who can monitor exactly what these tags are showing, what their strengths and limitations are and can also factor in the very many other reasons which tags can fail which are nothing to do with persecution. That is the story which the public is not hearing.\n\n\"Only neutral bodies, free of agenda, can end the insinuations and base this around evidence. If it means perpetrators being caught, good, if it means the ability to shine a light on the truth, good.\n\n\"It will be a huge step forward from where we are now, which is whole communities of people being guilty until proven innocent.\"\n\nBut the principal adviser on science for Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Professor Des Thompson, told the BBC it was \"shocking\" that disappearances continued to occur.\n\n\"Our scientific report to Scottish Government on the fates of satellite-tagged golden eagles found there was a pattern of suspicious activity surrounding the 'disappearance' of many of these birds. This work gave rise to Professor [Alan] Werritty's Grouse Moor Management Report which ministers are considering.\"\n\nIan Thomson, head of investigations at RSPB Scotland said: \"We have had 50 or so golden eagles go missing in identical circumstances on grouse moors since 2004. It's in the nature of a young eagle to be nomadic. They go all over Scotland, right up to the Inner Hebrides, then when they travel to the grouse moors in the East, they disappear mysteriously.\"\n\n\"There have been no prosecutions for the killing of a golden eagle in Scotland,\" said Mr Thomson. \"It is a real stain on the reputation of a country that likes to portray itself as one of wild natural beauty.\"\n\nAccording to the last national survey, in 2015, there were 508 pairs of golden eagles in Scotland. Conservationists say that their range could be much greater; two-thirds of traditional territories are still unoccupied.\n\nRuth Tingay, from RPUK, told BBC News: \"The Scottish government has known about the persecution of golden eagles on grouse moors for decades. It has kicked it into the long grass. The case has been made; there is huge public support, and there has been every opportunity to legislate. It's clear the industry can't self-regulate.\"\n\nHowever, Tim Baynes, who is moorland director for Scottish Land & Estates, said: \"Local estates have been actively involved in efforts to find the golden eagle... We realise that when a tag stops transmitting there will be speculation as to whether it has died or has been killed. However, as searches have found nothing and eagles were recorded flying in the area shortly after the tag stopped transmitting and thereafter, this bird could well be still flying around with a malfunctioning tag.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Scottish Government said it condemned \"in the strongest possible terms\" any crime carried out against wildlife, and that it was taking decisive action in a range of ways.\n\n\"The Animals and Wildlife Act which has just become law increases the maximum penalties for the most serious wildlife crime - including the illegal killing of birds of prey - to five years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine, and extends the time available to Police Scotland to investigate.\n\n\"We also commissioned the Werritty report on grouse moor management and will publish our response in the autumn.\"\n\nThere are various satellite tagging projects going on in Scotland. According to the RSPB, they are regulated by the British Trust for Ornithology.\n\nThose who carry out the tagging have to be rigorously trained; there are only \"a handful\" who have permission. The projects pass their data to the police force, who then decide whether to lead any investigation. The organisation said they are 98% reliable.\n\nThe Scottish Government is currently considering its response to most recent independent report into the management of grouse moors: The Werrity Review was published December 2019.", "Sometimes the obvious pick is obvious for a reason.\n\nKamala Harris was the front-runner to be Joe Biden's running mate pretty much since the moment the presumptive Democratic nominee announced in March that he would pick a woman to be on his ticket.\n\nShe was a safe pick and a practical one. She's also now in the position to be the heir apparent for the Democratic Party - whether it's in four years because Biden loses in November or doesn't run for re-election or eight years if Biden serves two full terms.\n\nThat could be why it seemed that there were so many attempts to knock Harris down a peg, or advance alternative candidates over the past month.\n\nThis was, in effect, the first fight of the next presidential nomination contest, and Harris - whose ambitions are clear - now has a step on the competition.\n\nBut determining future Democratic nominees is a battle for another day. The pressing concern for the party at the moment is how Harris might help Biden win the White House. Here are some strengths she brings to the ticket and, perhaps, some concerns Democrats may have.\n\nTo put it bluntly, today's Democratic Party doesn't look like Joe Biden. It's young and it's ethnically diverse. It was increasingly obvious that the presumptive nominee needed to find someone younger and, well, less white to have a ticket that reflects the people who will vote for it.\n\nHarris, whose father was Jamaican and mother came from India, fills this particular need. She becomes both the first black woman and the first Asian to run on a major party presidential ticket. And although at 55 years old she's not exactly young, when compared to 77-year-old Joe Biden, she's downright spry.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Tuesday afternoon, before she was announced as Biden's pick, Harris tweeted about the need for diversity in the leadership of the party.\n\n\"Black women and women of color have long been underrepresented in elected office and in November we have an opportunity to change that,\" she wrote.\n\nIt turns out Harris could be directly responsible for some of that change.\n\nOne of the traditional roles of a vice-presidential running mate is to get down and dirty with the opposition. While the person at the top of the ticket takes the rhetorical high road, the number-two cracks out the brass knuckles for the opposition.\n\nIn 2008, Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, more than lived up to her nickname, Sarah the Barracuda, for instance.\n\nIf this is a duty that falls on Harris, history suggests she will be up to the task. Biden certainly recalls that it was Harris who went after him with gusto during the first Democratic primary debate in July 2019, criticising his opposition to bussing to end segregation in public schools.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harris and Biden clash over his race record\n\nHarris has also proven to be a very determined and aggressive interrogator during her time in the US Senate. Donald Trump clearly remembers this, as he remarked on Tuesday evening that he thought Harris was \"extraordinarily nasty\" to his second Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.\n\nTrump may not like it, but nasty may be exactly what Biden is looking for this autumn.\n\nOne thing politicians who have run for national office have said time and time again is that it's impossible to understand the intense pressure such campaigns create until one has actually been in one.\n\nAlthough Harris's 2020 presidential bid was unsuccessful, and she dropped out before most of her competitors, she still knows what it's like to be under such scrutiny. When she launched her campaign before tens of thousands of supporters in January 2019, she was treated like a top-tier presidential contender. For a time in July, after her strong first debate performance, she rose towards the top of some primary polls.\n\nHarris has been through the fire, at least for a time, and knows what it feels like. If there were serious, dinosaur-sized skeletons in her closet, they would have come out by now. Given that she's already sought the presidency, its not impossible for many Americans to imagine her as president someday.\n\nThe California senator may not have been the most dynamic candidate on the campaign trail in 2019, and she was certainly not nearly the most successful one, but at this point she's a known quantity. And for Biden, who is currently up in the polls, the fewer surprises the rest of the campaign the better.\n\nMore than almost any of the other contenders for the vice-presidential spot, Harris comes from a law-enforcement background. Given the recent demonstrations over police brutality and allegations of institutional racism in law enforcement, Harris's resume may give some progressives within the Democratic Party pause.\n\nIt certainly did during Harris's presidential campaign, when \"Harris is a cop\" was a derisive accusation thrown at the California senator on more than one occasion.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBoth as San Francisco district attorney and as California's attorney general, Harris has sided with police over suspects - even in cases where those suspects may have been wrongfully convicted. Although she's expressed personal opposition to the death penalty, she's supported its use while she's been in office.\n\nBeing a hard-nosed crime-fighter may be an attractive attribute among independent and conservative-leaning voters in the general election, but if that support comes at the cost of enthusiasm for the Biden-Harris ticket on the left, then it may not be a net positive.\n\nSince the death of George Floyd, Harris has been outspoken in advocating law-enforcement reform, winning praise from some progressives. But it's safe to say they still harbour some doubts.\n\nAbove, Harris having run a presidential campaign was noted as a mark in her favour. There's a flip side to that, however. Her campaign, while it started with a bang and had its moments, also had some serious flaws - and some of those flaws related to the candidate herself.\n\nAlthough Harris has a pretty moderate record as a senator and state attorney general, she tried to tack to the left during her presidential campaign. She came out in favour of free college education, the Green New Deal environmental programme and universal healthcare, for instance, but never sounded all that convincing about it.\n\nMr Biden tells Ms Harris she will be his running mate on Tuesday\n\nShe particularly got tripped up on the question of whether private insurance should be banned - which, while fine with progressives, gives many moderate heartburn.\n\n\"Let's eliminate all of that,\" she said rather glibly during one interview. \"Let's move on.\"\n\nIn this day and age, the death knell for politicians is to seem too political - to be perceived as willing to shift values and beliefs based on what the voters want.\n\nSincerity, or at least the appearance of it, is a virtue voters prize - and part of the reason why Donald Trump became president. While his supporters didn't always agree with him, they felt like he speaks his mind.\n\nHarris's move from moderate, then to the left and now back, perhaps, to the Biden middle could leave some voters wondering where her core values lie - or if she has any core values at all.", "Doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, a group of NHS leaders says.\n\nIt follows a more than 30% drop in referrals to mental health services during the peak of the pandemic.\n\nBut there are predictions that the recent rise will mean demand actually outstrips pre-coronavirus levels - perhaps by as much as 20%.\n\nThe NHS Confederation said those who needed help should come forward.\n\nBut the group, which represents health and care leaders, said in a report that mental services required \"intensive support and investment\" in order to continue to be able to help those who needed it.\n\nThe NHS Confederation's mental health lead, Sean Duggan, said that when coronavirus cases were at their highest, people stayed away from services, as they did from other parts of the NHS.\n\n\"A&E numbers were down, GP numbers were down. The same occurred in some of our mental health services,\" he said, as people tried to ease the burden on the health service and sought to avoid catching the virus.\n\n\"The concern is, if you leave problems they can get worse.\"\n\nThis may explain some of the rise in more severe cases coming forward.\n\nAs well as people whose conditions deteriorated during lockdown, NHS services also expect an increase in demand for mental health services as a direct result of the pandemic itself, the report said.\n\nIt flagged isolation, substance use, domestic violence and economic uncertainty as factors that might contribute to the need for extra support.\n\nThere are also \"particular concerns that the stark inequalities in accessing services and recovery rates that black and minority ethnic communities face will be exacerbated\", the report said.\n\nMental health providers report that as well as seeing patients with \"more significant needs\", a higher proportion of their referrals are patients who are accessing services for the first time.\n\nMeanwhile, providers predict infection control and social-distancing measures will mean they have an estimated 10-30% less capacity than normal.\n\nMr Duggan said he did not want to \"medicalise everything... It's perfectly normal to feel uneasy and anxious\" at such an uncertain time.\n\nBut nevertheless, there was a \"real\" increase in people needing mental health services, he added.\n\nNHS England last week published the next phase of its response to Covid-19, acknowledging that \"mental health needs may increase significantly\".\n\nIts plan includes expanding Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services - the route for treating the most common, mild to moderate conditions, into which people can refer themselves.\n\nIt also said people being looked after by community mental health teams - generally those with greater needs - should have their care reviewed. People with severe mental illness should receive more therapy and support, it said.\n\nNHS England also pointed to its mental health and wellbeing service launched for all health staff.", "The lease for City Hall was agreed in 2001\n\nSadiq Khan has been accused of \"misleading\" voters by exaggerating potential savings from moving London's government out of City Hall.\n\nConservative Party analysis claimed a proposed move to The Crystal building in Newham would save £5.6m a year.\n\nThe Mayor of London promised moving out of City Hall, near Tower Bridge, would save £11.1m a year in rent and charges.\n\nThe mayor's office said the figure was calculated by professionally-qualified finance officers.\n\nA spokesperson for the Mayor of London said: \"The proposed move to the Crystal Building will save the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group £55m over five years.\n\n\"The move is only necessary because the government is not adequately funding local and regional government in London for the cost of tackling Covid-19.\"\n\nThe Crystal was opened in 2012, having been commissioned by Siemens as an exemplar of sustainable design\n\nNorman Foster-designed City Hall has been the official home of the GLA since it opened in 2002.\n\nUnder the plans the mayor's office and London Assembly would move to the GLA-owned The Crystal in the Royal Docks, which was commissioned to be one of the most environmentally sustainable offices in the world.\n\nThe move would also see the GLA use office space at Palestra House at Blackfriars, currently used by Transport for London.\n\nA formal six-week consultation on the move ended on 5 August.\n\nThe Conservatives said Mr Khan failed to include potential lost income from leasing The Crystal and Palestra to private renters in his announcement.\n\nIf the GLA was to stay put, letting these spaces could generate £4.7m a year, according to the analysis.\n\nThe Conservatives said Mr Khan also failed to include the £280,000 a year generated by public events held at City Hall and the Crystal under the current set-up.\n\nThis would halve total savings over five years from £55m to £27.76m, the party said.\n\nBut the mayor's office said \"significantly lower running costs\" at the new sites would be expected \"to offset any hypothetical loss of income from renting out The Crystal\".\n\nSusan Hall called on the Mayor of London to \"come up with an honest assessment of the cost of moving City Hall\"\n\nSusan Hall, Conservative leader on the London Assembly, said: \"The mayor is misleading Londoners.\n\n\"We've calculated that the real savings figure could be less than £6m a year, which pales in comparison to the millions of pounds Mr Khan wastes each year.\n\n\"This is yet another example of the mayor putting PR before policy.\n\n\"I urge the mayor to go back to the drawing board and come up with an honest assessment of the cost of moving City Hall.\"\n\nThe lease for City Hall was agreed with a private landlord, the Kuwaiti-owned St Martins Property Group, in 2001 and is due to run for 25 years.\n\nBut the agreement allows for a break in the contract after 20 years - in December 2021 - which will be the only chance the GLA has to leave early.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "High-definition cameras \"map\" faces in a crowd and compare them to existing images\n\nLegislators in San Francisco have voted to ban the use of facial recognition, the first US city to do so.\n\nThe emerging technology will not be allowed to be used by local agencies, such as the city’s transport authority, or law enforcement.\n\nAdditionally, any plans to buy any kind of new surveillance technology must now be approved by city administrators.\n\nOpponents of the measure said it will put people’s safety at risk and hinder efforts to fight crime.\n\nThose in favour of the move said the technology as it exists today is unreliable, and represented an unnecessary infringement on people’s privacy and liberty.\n\nIn particular, opponents argued the systems are error prone, particularly when dealing with women or people with darker skin.\n\n\"With this vote, San Francisco has declared that face surveillance technology is incompatible with a healthy democracy and that residents deserve a voice in decisions about high-tech surveillance,\" said Matt Cagle from the American Civil Liberties Union in Northern California.\n\n\"We applaud the city for listening to the community, and leading the way forward with this crucial legislation. Other cities should take note and set up similar safeguards to protect people's safety and civil rights.\"\n\nThe vote was passed by San Francisco’s supervisors 8-1, with two absentees. The measure is expected to be officially passed into city law after a second vote next week.\n\nThe move angered campaigners who said the tech would help fight crime\n\n\"Instead of an outright ban, we believe a moratorium would have been more appropriate,\" said Joel Engardio, vice-president of Stop Crime SF.\n\n\"We agree there are problems with facial recognition ID technology and it should not be used today. But the technology will improve and it could be a useful tool for public safety when used responsibly. We should keep the door open for that possibility.\"\n\nThe new rules will not apply to security measures at San Francisco’s airport or sea port, as they are run by federal, not local, agencies.\n\nSome campaigners unsuccessfully urged for the measures not to apply to local police. While San Francisco’s officers do not currently use facial recognition technology, a number of other police forces across the US do.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDo you have more information about this or any other technology story? You can reach Dave directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alison Taylor has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, despite never experiencing any symptoms\n\nA carer who was unable to be tested for coronavirus until July said she feared she may have spread the disease into care homes despite showing no symptoms.\n\nAlison Taylor, from Sheffield, recently tested positive for antibodies indicating she once had coronavirus.\n\nShe now fears she may have worked while contagious and even visited her mother, who later died with suspected Covid-19.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said protecting staff and residents at homes was a top priority.\n\nMiss Taylor, 51, said: \"I find it really hard to think that I might have passed it to care homes, to residents, to my family.\n\n\"I could be responsible for other people's deaths without knowing.\"\n\nAs a healthcare assistant, she has looked after vulnerable people throughout the pandemic.\n\nMiss Taylor, who is employed by an agency, worked at four different homes before regular testing was introduced for care workers and residents without symptoms.\n\nShe said she was first tested for coronavirus about a month ago and has since had two tests in the past two weeks.\n\nLast week, Miss Taylor had an antibody test that returned a positive result which, according to NHS England, meant she has had the virus.\n\nShe said if she had any idea she had been infected then she would have stayed at home rather than going to work.\n\nMiss Taylor said: \"I've continued working throughout with no symptoms so I don't know if I've passed it on or not.\n\n\"I'm really uncomfortable that I could have gone into care homes, worked with however many residents and staff without knowing that I've got Covid.\"\n\nThe government has announced that plans to test all care home residents and staff have been delayed\n\nDuring the period when she might have been self-isolating, Miss Taylor went to the supermarket and visited her vulnerable parents.\n\nShe said she last saw her 82-year-old mother, who had Alzheimer's disease, just before mother's day, in March.\n\nMiss Taylor said her mother was \"really good\" at the time but died less than a month later on 16 April.\n\nShe was never tested so there was no way of knowing whether she had coronavirus.\n\nMiss Taylor said she was told coronavirus started in the home after a resident was treated in hospital for a fall.\n\nShe added: \"Now I know that I've had it and I saw my mum, I've got some sort of guilt maybe, because I just don't know.\n\n\"I've got a fear that I've passed it on to my mum maybe, to people that I've been caring for in my work place, with no idea whatsoever that I've been positive.\"\n\nAt the start of the pandemic, health care workers reported difficulties with getting tested for coronavirus.\n\nRoutine testing for care home workers and residents was announced on 3 July.\n\nHowever, the government has admitted regular testing would only reach all homes for over-65s and those with dementia by 7 September.\n\nMiss Taylor said: \"We need to know that staff are safe and that residents are as safe as they can be.\n\n\"If we're not tested and we don't know who's got it, who's had it, it's just going to continue, it's just going to roll on.\"\n\nLast week, the Department of Health and Social Care said a \"combination of issues\" had limited the number of testing kits available for care homes and as a result it had been unable \"do as much asymptomatic testing as we want\".\n\nA spokesperson has now added: \"Protecting care home residents and staff has been one of our top priorities throughout this unprecedented pandemic.\n\n\"We are doing all we can to ensure tests are available to everyone who needs one. We are issuing at least 50,000 tests every day to care homes across the country, while working around the clock to minimise any disruption to routine retesting.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who lost his job at the beginning of the pandemic has said it is harder for older people to find work.\n\nMyke Jones, from Cwmbran, was working in IT project management. He is now trying to apply for new jobs at the age of 58.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales: \"It's a big competition, I've noticed a huge difference in the past couple of months in the fact that jobs are few and far between.\n\n“You're looking at 200-plus people applying for those jobs.\n\n\"I've spent ages on my CV trying to make it look flashy and say the right things, but the video interview comes along and the moment they see you, you can tell they see straight away 'you're quite old' and they tend to shy away.\n\n\"I struggle to pay our bills, we've got mortgages to pay, I can't see my pension covering it all so I'm going to be working for a long time yet. I can see a lot of travelling and staying away from home.\"\n\nMr Jones has also been recovering from cancer during lockdown.\n\n\"We live in a flat, we haven't got a garden, I need to be a bit more careful so I don't go out as much as most people and that worry I've got about cancer returning just adds to the mix of 'I'm struggling to find a job, how will I pay the bills next month'.\"\n\nIt comes as the latest unemployment figures suggest the full force of lockdown has not yet hit jobs in Wales to a significant extent.", "Paul Bostock was described as \"a loner... with an obsession with weapons, with the occult and with black magic\"\n\nThe family of a woman who was stabbed to death by an occult-obsessed \"sadist\" are to appeal against his release.\n\nPaul Bostock, 53, has been in prison since pleading guilty in 1986 to killing two women in Leicestershire.\n\nDespite once saying he should be \"prevented from walking the streets again\", Bostock has been deemed safe enough to be released on parole.\n\nThe family of his second victim, Amanda Weedon, said it was still too soon for him to be released.\n\nHer brother Martin, 61, said: \"We believe he is still a dangerous person. I don't think you can fix a mind like his.\"\n\nBostock killed his first victim Caroline Osborne when he was just 16\n\nIn 1983 Bostock stabbed and killed 33-year-old pet beautician Caroline Osborne while she was walking dogs in Aylestone Meadows in Leicester.\n\nTwo years later he killed Miss Weedon, a 21-year-old nurse, after he visited Ms Osborne's nearby grave.\n\nThe Beaumont Leys resident was described as \"a loner... with an obsession with weapons, with the occult and with black magic\".\n\nMiss Weedon was killed near the hospital she worked at just weeks before her wedding day\n\nLeicester Crown Court heard both killings were \"ferocious\" and had an \"element of sexual sadism\".\n\nWhile awaiting trial he wrote: \"I'm an animal who should be prevented from walking the streets again.\n\n\"If I suffer 100 years I would still deserve more.\"\n\nHe was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 19.\n\nThe BBC has seen Parole Board documents showing it had decided Bostock was now safe enough to leave prison, although he will have a tag and \"very strict limitations\" on who he can meet and where he can go.\n\nA spokeswoman confirmed it had directed his release and said its decisions were \"solely focused\" on the risk a prisoner poses to the public and whether that risk is manageable.\n\nShe added: \"Protecting the public is our number one priority.\"\n\nMiss Weedon's family said they were told on Monday and given 21 days to submit their appeal.\n\nMartin Weedon said he believed Paul Bostock should stay in prison until he was \"an OAP\", lacking the strength to reoffend\n\nMr Weedon added: \"I believe most people deserve a second chance. But not him.\n\n\"People will say, 'of course you'd say that' - but I'd ask them, do you want a guy who can stab someone 37 times in 10 minutes, after killing another woman, to come live alongside you?\"\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 WHO has warned of an infodemic of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic Image caption: The WHO has warned of an infodemic of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic\n\nAt least 800 people died worldwide as a result of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, a study has found.\n\nA further 5,800 people were admitted to hospital after being exposed to false information on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and chat apps, the study said .\n\nThe study’s authors echoed statements from the World Health Organization (WHO), which warned the Covid-19 “infodemic” spread just as quickly as the virus itself.\n\nMost of the deaths and hospital admissions were the result of people drinking methanol and alcohol-based cleaning products, wrongly believing them to be a cure for coronavirus.\n\nBut following advice that resembles credible medical information - such as ingesting large quantities of vitamins - can also have “potentially serious implications”, the authors say.\n\nThe paper concludes that it’s down to international agencies, governments and social media platforms to fight back against this “infodemic”.\n\nA BBC investigation, which can be read here, found links between virus misinformation and assaults, arson and deaths.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Torrential rain and thunderstorms battered many parts of Scotland\n\nA major incident has been declared in Fife after torrential rain and thunderstorms battered parts of central and eastern Scotland overnight.\n\nEmergency services said 28 people were rescued after a landslide at Pettycur Bay Holiday Park.\n\nCaravans were evacuated and 218 people spent the night in emergency accommodation.\n\nIt comes as three people, including the driver, were killed after a train derailed near Stonehaven.\n\nMore than 200 people had to be evacuated from caravans at Pettycur Bay Holiday Park\n\nIt is thought the 06:38 ScotRail service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street hit a landslide.\n\nSix people have been taken to hospital but their injuries are not thought to be serious.\n\nThe derailment took place on the line west of Stonehaven\n\nAcross Scotland, homes were flooded and many schools were closed on the day they were due to reopen after lockdown.\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 1,000 emergency calls overnight due to the severe weather.\n\nAmong them were multiple reports of flooding in Perthshire and North Lanarkshire.\n\nScotRail said lightning strikes had also caused power outages and disruption across the network.\n\nIt also led to major disruption on the transport network and to broadband connection issues.\n\nIn Fife, the Local Resilience Partnership (LRP) was activated following a number of incidents across the region.\n\nFlooding at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy saw cars piled on top of each other\n\nThe water was at its deepest at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy overnight\n\nAs well as the incident at Pettycur Bay Holiday Park, police, fire and council services dealt with flooding issues in Freuchie, Cairneyhill, Cardenden, Kinglassie, Culross and Lochgelly.\n\nA number of people were evacuated from their homes and staff at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy discovered their cars under water when the site car park flooded.\n\nRoads in Fife, Aberdeenshire and Perthshire were closed, while rail services were also disrupted.\n\nStreets were flooded in Perth as heavy rain swept across the area\n\nLightning lit up the skies over Edinburgh\n\nStonehaven town centre was cut off by the flood water\n\nIn Stonehaven town centre, streets were under more than a foot of water, with the owners of a local fish and chip ship saying they were \"devastated\" at being flooded for the fourth time in nine years.\n\nA number of residents in Aberdeen became trapped by the rising water and had to be rescued by dinghy.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ben Philip This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 Reddingmuirhead, near Falkirk, a family home was badly damaged after being struck by lightning.\n\nThe house lost its roof after catching fire shortly before 04:00. Residents say the family escaped unhurt but \"have lost everything.\"\n\nIt is thought a butcher's business in the nearby village of Brightons was also hit by lightning around the same time.\n\nA processing unit beside the butcher's shop was destroyed.\n\nA house in Reddingmuirhead had its roof damaged when lighting struck at about 04:00\n\nMeanwhile the Union Canal suffered a \"significant breach\" near Linlithgow after 80mm (3in) of rain fell between midnight and 06:00.\n\nScottish Canals said 30m (32yards) of embankment, 500m east of the A801 between Polmont and Muiravonside, was washed away.\n\nA Met office yellow weather warning for thunderstorms is in place from 15:00 to 21:00.\n\nIt warned that some places were likely to see \"further severe thunderstorms\", but with \"significant uncertainty in location and timing\".\n\nMeanwhile, Sepa issued flood warnings for Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Angus and Tayside.\n\nBear Scotland said the Old Military Road in Argyll would close overnight for a third night due to weather warnings. A diversion via the A83, A82, A85 and A819 will apply from 21:00 until an inspection at first light.\n\nRoads were flooded around Duthie Park in Aberdeen", "Ed Bridges has had his image captured twice by AFR technology, which he said breached his human rights\n\nWhat leads a man to take a police force to the High Court?\n\nFather-of-two Ed Bridges decided to contact civil rights group Liberty after twice being caught on camera by South Wales Police's automatic facial recognition (AFR) van.\n\n\"I didn't wake up one morning and think, you know what I really want to take my local police force to court,\" he said.\n\n\"It wasn't the case that I had planned to get particularly involved in, but it developed organically.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, the Court of Appeal ruled the use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology by South Wales Police was unlawful.\n\nMr Bridges, a former Liberal Democrat councillor for Gabalfa in Cardiff says his image was first captured while he was on his lunch break in Cardiff city centre in 2017.\n\nBut it was after it happened for a second time, a few months later while he was on a peaceful protest at an arms' fayre at Cardiff International Arena, that he decided to take action.\n\n\"On that occasion the facial recognition van was parked across the street from us,\" he said.\n\nMr Bridges is a former Liberal Democrat councillor for Gabalfa in Cardiff\n\n\"We felt it was done to try and deter us from using our rights to peaceful protest.\n\n\"I take the view that in this country we have policing by consent and the police should be supporting our right to free protest, rather than trying to intimidate protesters.\n\n\"And so it was at that point that I got in touch with Liberty.\"\n\nThe technology does not capture and store the images of those who are not on a watchlist - something Mr Bridges, who works in public affairs, feels the force had not communicated effectively to the public.\n\n\"I certainly think South Wales Police might have made life a lot easier for themselves if they had done a proper public consultation,\" he said.\n\n\"I would rather not have to bring this case. But we brought it because there was no other route for us to challenge the way that this technology is being used,\" he said.\n\n\"As a law abiding member of the public who just wants to have their privacy respected, I feel that this is oppressive mass surveillance being deployed on our streets.\"\n\nThe 37-year-old, who crowd funded towards the costs of the legal action, said he wanted the UK government to act to ensure \"discriminatory technology like this is banned for good\".\n\n\"We have policing by consent in this country,\" he said.\n\nPolice demonstrated the technology when it was first introduced\n\n\"The police need to have the support of the public in what they do and my concern is that by using a technology that is discriminatory and not being used in accordance with the law, that actually the police then lose the support of the public. And that's not in anyone's interest.\"\n\nHe is sympathetic to the task facing UK police forces: \"Our argument has always been that we recognise the police are doing a difficult job with dwindling resources, but there is a balance to be struck between their need to fight crime and the public's need to feel reassured, and that their rights are being respected.\n\n\"The court of appeal was really clear that that balance has not been struck properly at the moment.\"\n\nBut could he ever have imagined that a decision made at a protest would lead to a landmark ruling?\n\n\"I'm not sure at the start I realised just how significant that the case was going to be,\" he said.\n\n\"But what matters, really, is that the point of legal principle that we helped to demonstrate.\n\n\"I'm very pleased to have brought it and to have made a small mark on our legal history, but it's the legacy of the case that I hope will matter.\"", "The couple have still not recovered their £1,742\n\nDavid Hanson had to cancel a dream trip to New Zealand because of Covid-19 - but five months on he's still waiting for a refund.\n\nThe Manchester man was due to fly in March with girlfriend Jemima Rodwell, but the flight with Emirates was cancelled with three days' notice when the Foreign Office advised against travel.\n\n\"I'm extremely frustrated, really angry just how they can get away with it in terms of being so long,\" he said. The airline, agency he used to book the flight, and his insurer have been little help, he said.\n\nAnd he's not alone in struggling to get money back months after cancelled plans.\n\nA new report by consumer group Which? says airlines are still taking too long to refund passengers.\n\nIt comes after the airline regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, said last month that it was \"not satisfied\" that Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair or Tui were processing refunds quickly enough.\n\nWhich? says that despite the intervention from the CAA, refunds are still too slow and airlines are \"falling short\" of promises made to the regulator.\n\nDavid and Jemima had booked their trip because she was maid of honour at her best friend's wedding.\n\n\"We had a full trip planned with the campervan, and then we were going to end up in Queensland for the wedding,\" he told the BBC. \"We had spent months planning, it was going to be a real dream trip.\n\n\"However, nearly five months later we are still yet to receive a refund on our flights totalling £1,742, which is a lot of money for us.\"\n\nHe said the couple had spent \"months and months\" chasing the booking agency, airline and their insurer but they \"seem to have got nowhere.\n\n\"You end up just feel really powerless.\"\n\nThe BBC has approached Emirates for comment.\n\nThe CAA's report last month said Ryanair was taking 10 weeks or even longer to process refunds and asked the airline to reduce that time. But Which? says that, despite promises, the airline is still taking months to process some refunds.\n\nPupil support worker Kirsty Ness from Edinburgh was due to fly to Gdansk in Poland with her boyfriend in early April, just after schools broke up for Easter in Scotland.\n\nBut Ryanair cancelled their flight because of the pandemic. Despite asking for a cash refund, Ms Ness says she was initially sent a voucher to rebook.\n\nAfter five phone calls and dozens of emails, Ms Ness says she finally received her money this week.\n\n\"As a low-paid key worker £126 is a lot of money not to have for five months,\" she told the BBC.\n\nRyanair said it had issued more than £670m in refunds and had cleared over 90% of its claims backlog.\n\nVirgin Atlantic, meanwhile, made customers wait up to 120 days for a refund, the CAA said in its July report. It was the only airline threatened with action by the regulator, which reviewed the refund waiting times of 18 major airlines.\n\nBut Which? said it had heard from two passengers who had been waiting for 130 days for a refund for flights cancelled in March. It said it had also heard from a Tui customer who had still not received a refund for travel cancelled in April.\n\nTui said it now issued refunds automatically and normally processed cash refunds within two weeks. Virgin said it was \"very sorry\" that a \"small number\" of customers had to wait more than 120 days for a refund.\n\n\"Time after time, Which? has exposed airlines breaking the law on refunds for cancelled flights due to the pandemic and treating their passengers unfairly, and we're concerned that they now feel empowered to do as they please without fear of punishment,\" said Rory Boland, Editor of Which? Travel.\n\n\"Passengers must be able to rely on a regulator that has effective powers to protect their rights - especially at a time of unprecedented turmoil,\" he said.\n\nWhich? has called for the CAA to be given new powers to take action against airlines that are slow to refund passengers.\n\n\"The government needs to step up and ensure the CAA has the tools it needs to hold airlines to account, or risk consumer trust in the travel industry being damaged beyond repair,\" Mr Boland said.\n\nIn a statement, a CAA spokesman said: \"While our initial review has concluded, we have been clear that we will continue to monitor performance closely and should any airline fall short of the commitments they have made to us, we will take further action as required.\"\n\nThe report from Which? comes as rail companies have called on the government to tax some flights more heavily.\n\nThe Rail Delivery Group, which represents rail operators, says train companies should pay less tax on the electricity they use to power trains to encourage greener travel.\n\nThe cost, they say, could be covered by airlines paying more tax on flights, possibly on routes which could be made by rail instead.\n\nBut the demand has not gone down well with airlines, which say that the railways are heavily subsidised by the government.", "Russia is identified as a hostile state in the report\n\nThe UK must work to stop China and Russia using the pandemic to their global advantage, MPs have warned.\n\nThe Commons Defence Committee said an ongoing review of foreign and security policy must prioritise looking at the capabilities of \"hostile states\".\n\nIt called for a \"robust assessment\" of the threat Moscow and Beijing pose to UK interests at home and abroad.\n\nMeanwhile, the government has brought in new powers for police to detain people they suspect of espionage.\n\nHome Secretary Priti Patel said this would send a \"clear message\" of \"zero tolerance\" to anyone attempting to disrupt UK interests,\n\nDowning Street has promised its \"integrated review\" of foreign, defence, security and international development policy - the first for five years - will be the most far-reaching since the Cold War.\n\nBut the cross-party committee, headed by Conservative ex-minister Tobias Ellwood, said it was \"concerned that the gap between this expectation and reality is widening\".\n\nIts report urged the government to welcome \"challenge\" from the armed forces, international allies, industry, Parliament and the public.\n\nWarning against a \"behind-closed-doors\" approach, the committee also called for clarity over which ministers would chair key meetings if Boris Johnson was not attending and what input special advisers, including the PM's chief aide Dominic Cummings, would have.\n\nThe committee said it had been told by the UK's deputy national security adviser Alex Ellis that coronavirus was expected to lead to \"intensified geo-political competition\".\n\n\"Within this context, it is important to consider how hostile foreign states may utilise the pandemic to their advantage,\" it added.\n\nThe UK, Russia and China are all at the forefront of global efforts to produce a vaccine, with Russia saying on Tuesday that it had given regulatory approval to one after less than two months of testing on humans.\n\nThe UK has accused Russia of attempting to steal UK scientists' vaccine research, a claim denied by Moscow.\n\nThe committee said it had heard that both Russia and China - with which the UK is at loggerheads over cyber-espionage and Hong Kong - were \"employing disruption as a major tool\".\n\nIt said the UK must assess the \"full range\" of economic and diplomatic activities in which the countries were involved.\n\nThere has been speculation that the review could lead to a further cut in the size of the armed forces, but the committee said decisions should be driven by strategy rather than money.\n\nFrom Thursday, the Home Office is giving specially trained police the power to stop, question and detain individuals travelling through UK ports who are suspected of working for hostile states.\n\nMs Patel said the threat was \"growing and ever-changing\", and promised new laws to \"stay ahead\".", "Central London has seen the longest stretch of high temperatures in almost six decades, as more thunderstorms are forecast across the UK.\n\nThe Met Office said temperatures surpassed 34C in the city for the sixth day in a row - the first time that has happened since at least 1961.\n\nAn amber storm warning is in place for much of England and Wales, including Liverpool, Bristol, Oxford and Cardiff.\n\nFlooding, damage to buildings, travel disruption and power cuts are expected.\n\nA yellow storm warning - meaning there is a small chance of flooding and travel disruption - has been issued elsewhere in England and Wales, as well as in parts of Scotland, for Wednesday night.\n\nThe yellow warning applies to parts of England and Wales until Monday night next week.\n\nThe Met Office also warned of potential damage to buildings from lightning strikes or strong winds, and 30 to 40mm of rain falling in less than an hour in some places.\n\nIt comes after torrential rain and lightning lashed large parts of Scotland on Tuesday night.\n\nThree people have died after a passenger train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms.\n\nA major incident was also declared in Fife.\n\nThe Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 1,000 emergency calls overnight due to the severe weather.\n\nTen properties in Lancashire were also affected by flooding following overnight storms, according to the Environment Agency.\n\nHowever, hot weather has persisted elsewhere in the UK.\n\nSunbathers took to Southsea beach on Tuesday\n\nDevon and Cornwall Police warned the south west of England is \"full to capacity\", leading to \"unprecedented demand\" for 999 services.\n\nThe force said it saw an increase in anti-social behaviour and public order offences on Saturday and Sunday.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jim Colwell said the weekend's events, spurred on by the hot weather, had forced officers to attend a \"plethora of different incidents\".\n\nIn Sussex, more homeowners had water supplies cut off or restricted on Wednesday. At least 300 householders had already been without tap water since Friday.\n\nSteve Andrews, head of central operations for South East Water, said more than 150 million litres of extra water were being pumped into the network as the UK heatwave continues.", "US Senator Kamala Harris - chosen by Joe Biden as his Democratic vice-presidential candidate - is known as a prominent black politician. But she has also embraced her Indian roots.\n\n\"My name is pronounced \"comma-la\", like the punctuation mark,\" Kamala Harris writes in her 2018 autobiography, The Truths We Hold.\n\nThe California senator, daughter of an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father, then explains the meaning of her Indian name.\n\n\"It means 'lotus flower', which is a symbol of significance in Indian culture. A lotus grows underwater, its flowers rising above the surface while the roots are planted firmly in the river bottom.\"\n\nEarly in life, young Kamala and her sister Maya grew up in a house filled with music by black American artists. Her mother would sing along to Aretha Franklin's early gospel, and her jazz-loving father, who taught economics at Stanford University, would play Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane on the turntable.\n\nShyamala Gopalan and Donald Harris separated when Ms Harris was five. Raised primarily by her Hindu single mother, a cancer researcher and a civil rights activist, Kamala, Maya and Shyamala were known as \"Shyamala and the girls\".\n\nHer mother made sure her two daughters were aware of their background.\n\nSenator Kamala Harris and her sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris, are close\n\n\"My mother understood very well she was raising two black daughters. She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident black women,\" she wrote.\n\n\"Harris grew up embracing her Indian culture, but living a proudly African-American life,\" wrote the Washington Post last year.\n\nWhen she ran for a senate seat in 2015, the Economist magazine described her as the \"daughter of an Indian cancer researcher and a Jamaican economics professor, she is the first woman, first African-American and first Asian attorney general of California\".\n\nThe 55-year-old senator says she has not grappled with her identity and describes herself simply as \"an American\".\n\nIn many ways, say people who know her, Ms Harris straddles both communities effortlessly.\n\nIn a video with Indian-American comedian and actress Mindy Kaling, posted to the senator's Youtube page during Ms Harris's presidential run, the two cook Indian food together and chat about their shared south Indian background.\n\nKaling says that while not everyone knows about that half of Ms Harris's heritage, other Indian-Americans she meets often bring up the fact.\n\n\"It's like our thing we're so excited about, to have you running for president,\" says Kaling.\n\nKaling asks Ms Harris whether she was raised eating south Indian food.\n\nMs Harris reels off names of Indian dishes made at home: \"Lots of rice and yogurt, potato curry, dal, lots of dal, idli\".\n\nShe also says when she visited her mother's home in India, her grandfather would cheekily ask for French toast - made with eggs - when her vegetarian grandmother was out (in India, eggs are considered non-vegetarian).\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\nIn her book, she writes about making Indian biryani - and spaghetti Bolognese - at home.\n\n(On Tuesday, Kaling called Ms Harris's vice-presidential candidacy an \"exciting day...especially for my Black and Indian sisters\").\n\nWhen Ms Harris got married to Douglas Emhoff, a lawyer, in 2014, \"in keeping with [our] respective Indian and Jewish heritage\", she put a flower garland around her new husband's neck and he stomped on a glass.\n\nMs Harris's public image has been more tied to her identity as an African-American politician, especially recently during the current conversation around race and the Black Lives Matter movement in the US.\n\nBut Indian-Americans also view her as one of their own, her candidacy suggesting a potential wider recognition of the Indian and South Asian communities in the country.\n\nIt is clear that her late mother was a big inspiration for Ms Harris. Gopalan was born in the southern Indian city of Chennai, the oldest of four children.\n\nShe graduated from the University of Delhi at the age of 19, and applied to a graduate programme at Berkeley, \"a university she'd never seen, in a country she'd never visited\".\n\nShe left India in 1958 to pursue a doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology, and later became a breast cancer researcher.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's hard to me to imagine how difficult it must have been for her parents to let her go. Commercial jet travel was only just starting to spread globally. It wouldn't be a simple matter to stay in touch. Yet, when my mother asked permission to move to California, my grandparents didn't stay in the way,\" Ms Harris said.\n\nMs Harris writes that her mother was expected to return home after completing her education, and to agree to an arranged marriage.\n\n\"But fate had other plans.\"\n\nShe met Kamala Harris's father and fell in love at Berkeley while participating in the civil rights movement.\n\n\"Her marriage - and her decision to stay in the US - were the ultimate acts of self-determination and love,\" Ms Harris writes.\n\nGopalan picked up her doctorate degree at age 25 in 1964, the same year Ms Harris was born.\n\nMs Harris writes her mother kept working right up to the moment of delivery of both her daughters - \"in the first case her water broke when she was at the lab; and the other while she was making apple strudel\".\n\nBack in India, Gopalan had been raised in a household of \"political activism and civic leadership\".\n\nHer grandmother never attended high school, but was a community organiser taking in victims of domestic violence and educating women about contraception. Her grandfather, PV Gopalan, was a senior diplomat in the Indian government who lived in Zambia after it gained independence, and he helped settle refugees.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn her book, she doesn't say too much about her trips to India.\n\nBut she writes she is close to her mother's brother and two sisters, with whom she kept in touch through long distance calls and letters and periodic trips. Ms Harris's mother died in 2009, at age 70.\n\nUS Democratic Party activists like Shekar Narasimhan say her candidacy would be \"seismic\" for the Indian-American community. \"She's a woman, she biracial, she will help win the election for Biden, she appeals to various communities and she's really smart.\"\n\n\"Why should Indian-Americans not be proud of her? It's a signal that we are coming of age.\"", "Alex Turner formed Arctic Monkeys in Sheffield with the band going on to become hugely successful\n\nTop indie band Arctic Monkeys are raising money for venues that are struggling due to coronavirus.\n\nFrontman Alex Turner is raffling off a guitar to help the Leadmill, in his home city of Sheffield, and other similar independent music venues.\n\nHe played the black Fender Stratocaster during many of the band's early shows including those at the Leadmill.\n\nLive music has been hard hit by the pandemic with gigs unable to go ahead.\n\nThe online raffle page says: \"The impact of Covid-19 has been devastating for all music venues and particularly those independent venues who have provided a stage for countless artists at the very start of their careers.\"\n\nArctic Monkeys are now one of the UK's biggest acts and have headlined festivals around the world\n\nArctic Monkeys formed in Sheffield in the early noughties and went on to release breakout single, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor in 2005.\n\nA tour of the UK followed with the band playing many independent venues before graduating to larger shows the following year.\n\nIn the summer of 2006, they played the main stage at Reading Festival with the Fender Stratocaster making an appearance.\n\nAnyone who enters the raffle, will be able to watch an exclusive stream of the band's set on Wednesday 26 August - 14 years to the day of the original performance.\n\nFans over age 18 can enter via the band's page on Crowdfunder, with all funds raised going to The Music Venue Trust.\n\nThe Leadmill opened in 1980 and has hosted legendary artists such as Pulp, Oasis and the Stone Roses.\n\nHowever, since closing its doors in March it has had to reschedule or cancel more than 120 events.\n\nDuring the lockdown the venue auctioned off memorabilia to raise money to keep going.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey urged A-level students to \"be mindful of the regulations\"\n\nStudents celebrating their A-level results have been reminded by a police chief not to spoil \"a joyful occasion\" by ignoring coronavirus lockdown rules.\n\nGreater Manchester's Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey warned against organising or attending parties, saying fixed penalty notices could be issued.\n\nThe conurbation saw 1,106 reported breaches of lockdown rules last weekend - 25% more than the previous weekend.\n\nEnhanced Covid-19 restrictions were reintroduced in the area on 31 July.\n\nNew legislation came into effect five days later for Greater Manchester, east Lancashire and West Yorkshire.\n\nThe rules ban those from separate households mixing with each other in their homes or gardens. People are allowed to visit pubs, bars and restaurants with members of their own household, however.\n\nOf the 1,106 reports received by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) between 7 and 9 August, 540 related to house parties, while 48 pubs were accused of breaching lockdown regulations.\n\nMr Bailey said: \"I understand that A-level results are coming out this week and people will rightly want to celebrate.\n\n\"However, please be mindful of the Covid-19 regulations in your celebrations as we do not want to spoil what should be a joyous occasion by issuing fixed penalty notices at any house parties or illegal gatherings.\n\n\"It is worth noting that recent spikes in Greater Manchester which led to the additional restrictions were centred around house parties with 17 to 18-year-olds.\"\n\nStricter restrictions were reintroduced in Manchester on 31 July\n\nMr Bailey added that \"where people continually flout the rules, we will act\".\n\nA force spokesman said following the reintroduction of restrictions, officers were told only to enforce \"blatant breaches\".\n\nOfficers stopped an \"illegal car meet\" in Wigan and two large gatherings in Salford and Rochdale, he added.\n\nUrging people to follow the rules, Mr Bailey said Greater Manchester was \"very much still in the middle of a pandemic\" and while he understood the desire to \"return to normality as soon as possible\", the regulations must be followed.\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "How will an investigation into the derailment work?\n\nKevin Lindsay is the organiser in Scotland for Aslef, the train drivers' union. He confirmed the driver was a member of the union. The organiser told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme how the derailment would be investigated. He said: \"The rail accident investigation branch will come on site. They will investigate the train, the track, the signalling system, the performance of the train, the performance of the signalling, the performance of every train crew member who was on the train. \"They will also look to see if everyone had sufficient rest, everything like that. The black box, which many people will be aware of is very similar to what's on an aeroplane, that will be examined to get as much information as possible. \"And then as an industry we we will sit down and look to see what lessons we can learn to ensure that none of this can ever happen again\". Ian Prosser, HM Chief Inspector of Railways, confirmed that inspectors from the Office of Road and Rail were on site at Stonehaven, assisting in the preliminary investigation.", "Racist murder victim Stephen Lawrence's mother has vowed she will never give up on her son despite the Met Police declaring investigations \"inactive\".\n\nDetectives have said all \"identified lines of inquiry have been completed\" into the 1993 killing.\n\nBut Baroness Doreen Lawrence said: \"Whilst the Metropolitan Police have given up, I never will.\n\n\"I am truly disappointed that those others who were equally responsible... may not be brought to justice.\"\n\nStephen, 18, was killed in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.\n\nGary Dobson and David Norris were convicted of his murder in 2012.\n\nMet Commissioner Cressida Dick said Mr Lawrence's family had been told about the latest operational developments.\n\nDuwayne Brooks, who was with Mr Lawrence on the night he was murdered, has also been told about the Met's decision, the force said.\n\nMs Dick said she was sad that the Met had been \"unable to secure any further convictions for Stephen, his family and friends\".\n\nShe added: \"The investigation has now moved to an 'inactive' phase, but I have given Stephen's family the assurance that we will continue to deal with any new information that comes to light.\"\n\nReacting to the announcement, Stephen's father, Neville, said he was disappointed but not surprised that it had been shelved by police.\n\nHe said that he \"will always live with the hope that someone might come forward with evidence which will allow us to achieve full justice for Stephen\".\n\nStephen's mother, Doreen, entered the House of Lords in 2013 after being made a peer by Labour\n\nBaroness Lawrence said: \"I am truly disappointed that those others who were equally responsible for my son's racist killing may not be brought to justice.\n\n\"It is never too late to give a mother justice for the murder of her son. Whilst the Metropolitan Police have given up, I never will.\"\n\nShe thanked senior investigating officer Clive Driscoll, who secured the convictions of Dobson and Norris after she had campaigned for nearly 20 years.\n\n\"Having Clive Driscoll on Stephen's case made all the difference to me and had he had the opportunity of continuing to investigate the murder there may have been more convictions,\" she said.\n\nThe latest phase of the investigation into Stephen's murder began in January 2014, with Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere taking over as the lead officer.\n\nSince then more than 240 new witness statements have been taken.\n\nGary Dobson (left) and David Norris were convicted of murder in 2012\n\nAnother development in the case came from a woman's DNA profile obtained from a bag strap discarded at the scene of the murder.\n\nDespite a significant appeal for information and other investigations, that woman has not been identified.\n\nOfficers also sought to identify a man who had been near the murder scene wearing a jacket with a distinctive V-shaped emblem.\n\nPolice appealed for a man in a distinctive jacket, seen in an off-licence near to the murder scene, to come forward\n\nA third line of inquiry had been to track down a man who had called the BBC's Crimewatch in 2013 to say he had information about the attack.\n\n\"The appeal generated more than 40 lines of enquiry for the investigation team to work through,\" the Met said.\n\n\"Despite exhaustive efforts, officers were unable to trace the individuals.\"\n\nInitial attempts to catch Mr Lawrence's killers were found to have been hampered by incompetence and institutional racism in the Metropolitan Police.\n\nNo arrests were made for two weeks after his death, despite five suspects being named by anonymous informants.\n\nA bag strap was left on the road near to where Stephen Lawrence was attacked\n\nDobson and Norris were among a group of up to six men accused of attacking Mr Lawrence and Mr Brooks. Critics of the case say others evaded justice.\n\nThe Macpherson Report into the investigation into Mr Lawrence's death found that there had been \"institutional racism\" in the police.", "Welsh ministers have been sceptical about the overall value of face coverings\n\nFace coverings will be made mandatory in more settings if coronavirus \"starts to spread\", the Welsh first minister has said.\n\nIn Wales they are only compulsory on public transport. People are advised to wear them in public places when they cannot social distance.\n\nIn England and Scotland they are mandatory in shops.\n\nFirst Minister Mark Drakeford made the comments during a live Facebook question and answer session.\n\n\"We will make them mandatory in other places if coronavirus starts to spread in Wales again,\" he said.\n\n\"But at the moment coronavirus is so effectively suppressed that we don't think it is proportionate, that it is fair, to say to somebody 'you can't go into a shop unless you're wearing one'.\n\n\"There are lots of people who aren't comfortable wearing face coverings.\n\n\"People with breathing difficulties for example, or if you rely on seeing somebody else, if you're lip reading, it's difficult if someone else is wearing a face covering.\n\n\"But I want to be clear with everybody that if the virus begins to circulate again in Wales and we think it is right to make them mandatory in shops or other settings we won't hesitate to do so.\"\n\nMr Drakeford and his government have long been sceptical about the overall value of face coverings, concerned that wearing them may encourage people to take risks with social distancing and hygiene measures.\n\nChief Medical Officer Frank Atherton said in July that the evidence for making them mandatory was \"quite weak\".\n\nThe Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru have called for them to be made compulsory in shops.", "The Reclaim Her Name collection runs to 25 titles in all\n\nNovels written by women using male pen names have been reissued using the authors' actual names.\n\nThe collection includes George Eliot's Middlemarch, which has been reissued under the author's real name, Mary Ann Evans, for the first time.\n\nThe 25 titles have been released to mark the 25th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction.\n\nThe Reclaim Her Name library features newly commissioned cover artwork from female designers.\n\nOther titles in the collection include A Phantom Lover, a gothic horror novel Violet Paget published under the pen name Vernon Lee.\n\nAlso featured is Indiana by George Sand, the male pseudonym used by the 19th Century French novelist Amantine Aurore Dupin.\n\nFounder director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Kate Mosse, said it was \"a lovely way to celebrate\" the award's 25th anniversary.\n\nShe said the initiative would continue a process of \"empowering women, igniting conversations and ensuring they get the recognition they deserve\".\n\nLiz Petry, whose mother Anne's book Marie of the Cabin Club is featured in the collection, said she was \"honoured\" to have been approached.\n\n\"I'm incredibly proud of my mother's work and it excites me that her writing has been introduced to a new audience,\" she continued.\n\nThe full collection can be downloaded as free e-books from the website of Baileys, the Women's Prize for Fiction's sponsor.\n\nPhysical box sets will also be donated to selected libraries across the country.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Serious injuries have been reported after a passenger train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire as storms caused disruption across Scotland.\n\nA major incident has been declared and about 30 emergency service vehicles - including air ambulance support - have been called to the scene.\n\nSmoke was seen coming from the area, where landslips have been reported.\n\nThe incident - involving the 06:38 ScotRail service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street - took place at about 09:40 at Carmont, near Stonehaven.", "The local lockdown imposed in Aberdeen a week ago after a spike in coronavirus cases is to remain in place.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the number of new cases in the city had fallen in recent days - but was still \"much higher\" than in other areas.\n\nShe said it was therefore too early to lift any of the restrictions.\n\nIt means pubs and restaurants will remain closed, with restrictions on travel and visiting other households still in place.\n\nThe first minister said the restrictions would be reviewed again next Wednesday, and pledged: \"As soon as we can relax any of them, we will do so\".\n\nMs Sturgeon said a total of 177 cases had now been linked to the outbreak - 12 more than yesterday - with 900 contacts having been identified.\n\nShe added: \"In the last few days we have seen a slight fall in the number of new cases in Grampian and in those directly associated with the cluster.\n\n\"But despite this slight reduction, cases are still far higher than in any other part of the country - and considerably higher than they were in Grampian before the outbreak started\".\n\nThe first minister said the Scottish government's conclusion, based on the advice it had received, was that \"it is not yet possible to lift any of the restrictions that were put in place last week for Aberdeen.\"\n\nThe first cases in the Aberdeen cluster were linked to The Hawthorn bar\n\nMs Sturgeon said she knew people in Aberdeen would be disappointed by the decision, and thanked them for \"complying so well with the rules\".\n\nShe added: \"We continue to watch closely for any signs that the outbreak has spread to Aberdeenshire in any significant way, but at present we are not placing any additional restrictions on people living in the shire\".\n\nShe said the city council had been fully involved in the discussions, with the police reporting \"good compliance\" with the restrictions in the city since they were imposed last Wednesday.\n\nThe restrictions in Aberdeen mean:\n\nIt emerged last week that eight Aberdeen FC players had visited the city's Soul Bar the previous Saturday, with two later testing positive for Covid-19.\n\nEight Aberdeen players are self-isolating after visiting a bar in the city before the local lockdown was imposed\n\nThe revelation angered the first minister, and has led to the cancellation of the club's next two matches.\n\nOne person who was among a cluster of five cases in north east Angus had been linked to the Aberdeen outbreak.\n\nHealth officials in Aberdeenshire have also been investigating a potential cluster in the Stonehaven/Portlethen area, but no connection to Aberdeen had yet been established.", "Not a vanilla response: A source defended Priti Patel and hit out at the firm\n\nA source close to Home Secretary Priti Patel has branded Ben and Jerry's ice cream \"overpriced junk food\" after the company criticised her stance on cross-channel migrant crossings.\n\nIn a series of tweets, the firm urged her and others to show more \"humanity\", adding that \"people cannot be illegal\".\n\nThe government earlier said the UK must consider changing asylum laws to deter migrants from crossing the Channel.\n\nMore than 4,000 people have made the journey successfully this year.\n\nOn Saturday, the Home Office asked defence chiefs to help make crossings of the dangerous route in small boats \"unviable\".\n\nOn Tuesday, the official Ben and Jerry's UK Twitter account posted several tweets tagging the home secretary, which began: \"Hey @PritiPatel, we think the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture.\"\n\nIt added: \"People wouldn't make dangerous journeys if they had any other choice.\"\n\nThe account also tweeted: \"People cannot be illegal.\"\n\nIt's not long ago that corporate statements on anything even tangentially political were anodyne to the point of being crashingly boring. And that's if they said anything at all.\n\nWell, things have changed. Brands, big and small, feel increasingly confident about getting stuck in on social media.\n\nThe risks are obvious: in a space that revels in the pithy, binary and divisive, to proclaim is to pick a side - and so potentially irritate a sizeable chunk of your customers.\n\nTo stand up for something you believe in, sure - but also to act as a brand multiplier, to get people talking about you and your stuff.\n\nTo catch the public mood, or at least a majority of it.\n\nThe curious thing with this intervention, directly targeting the home secretary, is that Priti Patel has said very little publicly about what's been happening.\n\nBut a Home Office source replied: \"Priti is working day and night to bring an end to these small boat crossings, which are facilitated by international criminal gangs and are rightly of serious concern to the British people.\n\n\"If that means upsetting the social media team for a brand of overpriced junk food, then so be it.\"\n\nAnd Foreign Office minister James Cleverly tweeted: \"Can I have a large scoop of statistically inaccurate virtue signalling with my grossly overpriced ice cream, please?\"\n\nBen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield set up the company in 1978\n\nBen and Jerry's - founded in 1978 by best friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield - was purchased by the multinational company Unilever in 2000 for around $326m (£246m).\n\nLast week it announced it was extending a halt to paid advertising on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram until the end of this year, accusing the social media giants of doing too little to remove hateful content misinformation.\n\nEarlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was currently \"very, very difficult\" to legally return people who arrive in the UK from France using small boats.", "A woman shields from rain on Oxford Street in London\n\nThunderstorms are moving across parts of the UK, after some areas saw the longest stretch of high temperatures since the 1960s.\n\nThe severe weather caused flash floods in parts of southern England on Thursday, bringing travel disruption.\n\nThe Met Office has issued yellow thunderstorm warnings for the next five days in much of England and Wales, with flooding, lightning and hail expected.\n\nIt comes after torrential rain and lightning lashed parts of Scotland.\n\nPart of the M25 motorway in Surrey was closed because of flash flooding, while in Kent 19 people have been evacuated from a train which became stuck after a landslide.\n\nA motorist recorded footage of some of the flooding on the M25\n\nThe motorway is closed completely between two junctions in Surrey\n\nThe Met Office has warned that while some areas could stay dry, others could see as much as 40mm of rain falling in less than an hour amid severe thunderstorms.\n\nThere were thundery showers across southern England on Thursday afternoon, including the counties between Devon and Kent.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why are we having so many thunderstorms?\n\nBBC Weather said about 12,000 lightning strikes were detected across parts of southern Britain in the hours leading up to 18:00 BST.\n\nA wooden pavilion caught fire after a suspected lightning strike in the village of Barton Stacey in Hampshire, with eyewitness Donna Stokes saying there was a \"horrendously loud bang of thunder\".\n\n\"The pavilion has been on the playing fields for somewhere in the region of 80 years,\" said Donna\n\nIn Devon, homes were flooded following a collection of thunderstorms across south-west England on Thursday.\n\nDevon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said on Twitter it had received numerous calls relating to properties in Devon, with some residents reporting up to 18 inches of water inside their homes.\n\nThe Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for certain areas in England and Scotland, which are separate from the weather warnings issued by the Met Office.\n\nThursday's heavy downpours also sparked travel disruption on rail and roads in southern England.\n\nThere are closures in both directions on the M25 between junctions seven and eight near Reigate in Surrey due to flooding, according to Highways England.\n\nMotorists have been urged to allow additional time for journeys, as the disruption has caused delays of one hour and about seven miles of congestion.\n\nOne motorist reported \"biblical\" rain and hail on the M25 near junction seven, as he shared a video of the 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 Julian This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHammersmith Bridge in west London has been closed to pedestrians after cracks in the structure worsened during the recent hot weather.\n\nMeanwhile, British Transport Police rescued 19 people from a train which came to a stop between West Malling and Borough Green on Thursday.\n\nTrain operator Southeastern said the line between Otford and Maidstone East was expected to remain closed.\n\nA tweet by Network Rail Kent and Sussex said teams would be working overnight to clear mud which was washed onto the railway by torrential rain in the area.\n\nNetwork Rail warned of continuing disruption across the entire Southern and Thameslink networks due to severe weather conditions.\n\nIt said reports of a landslip in the Merstham area in Surrey had closed the railway line via Redhill between East Croydon and Gatwick. Flooding had also shut the railway between Tattenham Corner in Surrey and Coulsdon Town in Croydon.\n\nTemperatures reached highs of 29C on Thursday, marking the first time the mercury remained below 30C in seven days\n\nForecasters have warned severe thunderstorms could continue to bring flooding and disruption into next week.\n\nMet Office meteorologist Matthew Box said there was a risk of thunderstorms \"right through to the start of next week, and maybe even beyond that\".\n\nBut he added that temperatures were cooler on Thursday, following days of scorching weather in parts of the UK.\n\nA high of 29.6C (85.3F) was recorded in the village of Frittenden in Kent, Mr Box said.\n\nIt comes after temperatures surpassed 34C in central London for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday - the first time that has happened since at least 1961.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSkies across the UK were lit up by lightning as thunderstorms hit on Wednesday evening, following the week of hot weather.\n\nLightning struck a house in Wrexham, blowing out power sockets and setting fire to a curtain.\n\nFire crews were also called to deal with flooding incidents around Wrexham, as well as other parts of Wales including Denbighshire and Powys.\n\nSeveral other places have recorded heavy downpours over the past 24 hours, such as Gnosall, West Midlands, which recorded 103.8mm of rain - over a month's worth - in one night, according to BBC Weather.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOn Wednesday, three people died after a passenger train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms.\n\nScotland's Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said extreme weather \"had an impact\" on the accident.\n\nA major incident was also declared in Fife. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 1,000 emergency calls on Tuesday night due to the severe weather.\n\nThe Environment Agency said 10 properties in Lancashire were also affected by flooding following storms.\n\nMeanwhile, Devon and Cornwall Police warned the south west of England is \"full to capacity\", leading to \"unprecedented demand\" for 999 services.\n\nThe force said it saw an increase in anti-social behaviour and public order offences on Saturday and Sunday.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Jim Colwell said the weekend's events, spurred on by the hot weather, had forced officers to attend a \"plethora of different incidents\".\n\nAnd in Sussex, more homeowners had water supplies cut off or restricted on Wednesday. At least 300 householders had already been without tap water since Friday.\n\nSteve Andrews, head of central operations for South East Water, said more than 150 million litres of extra water were being pumped into the network as the UK heatwave continues.", "Experts think that many countries, including the UK and the US, are facing one of the worst recessions seen on record because of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nBBC Business reporter Lora Jones explains what exactly the term means, and what it could mean for you.", "Results day razzmatazz is likely to be muted this year\n\nBy any measure, this summer's results days are some of the weirdest ever. So how will the need for social distancing and extra hygiene impact some of the most emotionally charged days of the school calendar?\n\n\"You laugh, you cry, you celebrate with your friends,\" one teenager told the BBC.\n\nBut this year much of that is probably out.\n\nIt's the big moment. You queue, you're handed your envelope. You open it...\n\nThis year the big decision for schools has been whether to invite students in to pick up their results at all.\n\nMany students are being asked to look out for an email or log in to the school portal at 08:00 - and to avoid their school or college.\n\nBut, equally, many schools are inviting students in.\n\n\"It will be more important than ever this year to be able to congratulate students on their achievements, to console those who haven't achieved their results they were hoping for and advise them on the next steps,\" says the Association of School and College Leaders.\n\nIf schools and colleges do invite pupils in, they're advised to minimise contact and mixing, keep them in small groups and observe social distancing.\n\nAnd that is likely to mean....\n\nUnder social distancing hugging is out, unless you are living with the person you plan to hug.\n\nElbow or foot bumps might be better, if less satisfying in the moment.\n\nHugging will probably have to be restricted to people in the same household\n\nJumping in the air and waving your results sheet is only really acceptable if you go to one of those schools with acres of pitches on which to socially distance your celebrations.\n\nBear in mind that if you jump too much you are likely to exert yourself and risk breathing any germs you might be carrying over anyone standing too close - so keep your distance.\n\nAnd if you're receiving results by email at home, jumping would inevitably be less spontaneous.\n\nYou'd have to print out your own results sheet and then hunt down some classmates also willing to jump in a socially distanced manner.\n\nLook before you leap - jumping could be bad manners\n\nLaugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone. This year some schools are only inviting in students who need to discuss their grades, so any crying will perhaps happen more privately than normal.\n\nMany students who have missed their grades will appreciate the extra privacy, but others will miss being buoyed up by hugs and sympathy from friends.\n\nAt any rate, if you do cry, it's pretty important not to dribble on anyone from outside your household.\n\nRegular results day selfies of you and your friends standing in a row, expressing joy and amazement, are probably out this year.\n\nMaybe this is the day to dust off the selfie stick for some high angled, socially distanced shots of you and your mates with your results sheets.\n\nAlternatively you could just scrap the selfie idea and just ask someone else to take the photo, but maybe you should also think about antimicrobial wipes for your phone and a plentiful supply of hand sanitiser.\n\nSome parents like to gather at the school gates on results day, waiting for their offspring to reveal their grades.\n\nBut this year the government is asking schools that do decide to open to \"continue to make it clear to parents that they cannot gather at entrance gates or doors or enter the site unless they have a pre-arranged appointment\".\n\nResults parties will have to be socially distanced this year\n\n\"After GCSEs, we were in the school, laughing and crying and then we all went out as friends together, we all had a party at someone's house. It was nice I liked that experience.\"\n\nBut two years on, for this student, now 18, the virus means parties will have to be a bit more circumspect, particularly in areas where local lockdowns are in force.", "Coronavirus closed schools and saw summer exams abandoned in Wales\n\nA free and independent appeals process should be available to all A-level students in Wales getting their results on Thursday, Plaid Cymru has said.\n\nThis year's exams were cancelled across the UK because of coronavirus.\n\nMany Scottish exam results are to be raised after a moderation system lowered an estimated 125,000 of them.\n\nOn Tuesday, Welsh Government minister Julie James told a news conference: \"We're not expecting what happened in Scotland to happen here.\"\n\nTens of thousands of Scottish pupils are to have their exam results upgraded after the Scottish government agreed to accept teacher estimates of scores, following an outcry.\n\nThere had been claims that the moderation system unfairly penalised pupils at schools which had historically not performed as well.\n\nOn Wednesday, Plaid Cymru education spokeswoman Sian Gwenllian said a \"robust, national and independent system of appeal\" would be needed in Wales as there were concerns that some students would experience similar downgrades of the results teachers had predicted for them.\n\nShe urged Welsh ministers to \"step in with a package of support\" for pupils.\n\n\"This needs to include careers advice, counselling and - crucially - a robust, national and independent system of appeal,\" she said.\n\n\"All of this must be free for our learners.\"\n\nSian Gwenllian: \"Schools must ensure rigorous oversight of this\"\n\nMs Gwenllian added: \"It shouldn't be merely up to pupils to refer themselves to the appeals process.\n\n\"Schools must ensure rigorous oversight of this so that everyone who should have their grades appealed is able to do so.\"\n\nThe National Union of Students (NUS) has called for Wales to \"follow Scotland by scrapping moderated grades if students face an A-level results postcode lottery on Thursday\".\n\nNUS Wales president Becky Ricketts warned: \"It would be deeply unfair that thousands of students face being marked down because of where they live.\"\n\nSome pupils held protests against the exam results in Scotland\n\nWelsh Housing and Local Government Minister Ms James insisted that Wales used different modelling to Scotland and that nearly half of pupils' final mark was based on AS-levels completed last year.\n\nSpeaking during the weekly Welsh Government coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, Ms James said she was confident pupils' grades would be \"robust\" due to the system used by the examination board WJEC and exam regulator Qualifications Wales.\n\n\"I'm really happy to reassure every learner in Wales that the modelling in Wales is very different,\" she said.\n\n\"It takes into account work that has been completed by the students. For example, here in Wales we've never let go of AS-levels.\n\n\"If you took A-levels this year then you would have had your AS-level results last year and they contribute 40% to A-level grades.\n\n\"So, the model for standardising those grades are developed by the WJEC and approved by Qualifications Wales to ensure that learners are treated fairly and will be able to progress with confidence.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Facial recognition: 'Law has not caught up with technology'\n\nThe first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance has begun in Cardiff today.\n\nEd Bridges, whose image was taken while he was shopping, says weak regulation means AFR breaches human rights.\n\nThe civil rights group Liberty says current use of the tool is equivalent to the unregulated taking of DNA or fingerprints without consent.\n\nSouth Wales Police defends the tool but has not commented on the case.\n\nIn December 2017, Mr Bridges was having a perfectly normal day.\n\n\"I popped out of the office to do a bit of Christmas shopping and on the main pedestrian shopping street in Cardiff, there was a police van,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"By the time I was close enough to see the words 'automatic facial recognition' on the van, I had already had my data captured by it.\n\n\"That struck me as quite a fundamental invasion of my privacy.\"\n\nThe case could provide crucial guidance on the lawful use of facial technology.\n\nIt is a far more powerful policing tool than traditional CCTV - as the cameras take a biometric map, creating a numerical code of the faces of each person who passes the camera.\n\nThese biometric maps are uniquely identifiable to the individual.\n\n\"It is just like taking people's DNA or fingerprints, without their knowledge or their consent,\" said Megan Goulding, a lawyer from the civil liberties group Liberty which is supporting Mr Bridges.\n\nHowever, unlike DNA or fingerprints, there is no specific regulation governing how police use facial recognition or manage the data gathered.\n\nLiberty argues that even if there were regulations, facial recognition breaches human rights and should not be used.\n\nSouth Wales Police is the biggest user of facial recognition technology\n\nThe tool allows the facial images of vast numbers of people to be scanned in public places such as streets, shopping centres, football crowds and music events.\n\nThe captured images are then compared with images on police \"watch lists\" to see if they match.\n\n\"If there are hundreds of people walking the streets who should be in prison because there are outstanding warrants for their arrest, or dangerous criminals bent on harming others in public places, the proper use of AFR has a vital policing role,\" said Chris Phillips, former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.\n\n\"The police need guidance to ensure this vital anti-crime tool is used lawfully.\"\n\nFacial recognition's usefulness for spotting, for example, terrorist suspects and preventing atrocities is clear but Liberty says the technology is being used for much more mundane policing, such as catching pickpockets.\n\nMr Bridges had his image captured by facial recognition for a second time at a peaceful protest against the arms trade.\n\nHis legal challenge argues the use of the tool breached his human right to privacy as well as data protection and equality laws.\n\nThree UK police forces have used facial recognition in public spaces since June 2015:\n\nLiberty believes South Wales Police has used facial recognition the most of the three forces, at about 50 deployments, including during the policing of the Champions League final in Cardiff in June 2017, where it emerged that, of the 2,470 potential matches made, 92% (2,297) were wrong.\n\nSouth Wales Police has gone to considerable lengths to explain its use of facial recognition and last year described it as \"lawful and proportionate\".\n\nWhen the technology was tested recently in London, one man was fined for a public order offence.\n\nBBC News also reported that at least three chances to assess how well the systems dealt with ethnicity had been missed by police over five years.\n\nCivil liberties groups say studies have shown facial recognition discriminates against women and those from ethnic minorities, because it disproportionately misidentifies those people.\n\n\"If you are a woman or from an ethnic minority and you walk past the camera, you are more likely to be identified as someone on a watch list, even if you are not,\" said Ms Goulding.\n\n\"That means you are more likely to be stopped and interrogated by the police.\n\n\"This is another tool by which social bias will be entrenched and communities who are already over-policed simply get over-policed further.\"\n\nLiberty says the risk of false-positive matches of women and ethnic minorities has the potential to change the nature of public spaces.\n\nLast week San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of the technology, following fears about its reliability and infringement of people's liberty and privacy.\n\nThe information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner have both become involved in Mr Bridges's case, as has the Home Office, indicating the high level of interest and concern about the parameters within which facial recognition can lawfully operate.\n\nThe case is expected to last three days, with judgment reserved to a later time.", "Public Health England said its approach was intended to ensure deaths were not underestimated early in the pandemic Image caption: Public Health England said its approach was intended to ensure deaths were not underestimated early in the pandemic\n\nAs we reported earlier, the UK coronavirus death toll has been reduced by more than 5,000.\n\nThis has happened because a review was ordered after it emerged England may have been including deaths which occurred months after a positive test for coronavirus, whereas the other UK nations had a 28-day cut-off.\n\nBy using the same methodology in all four nations, the overall death toll has now been reduced by 12% - from 46,706 to 41,239.\n\nIn the most recent week of data analysed, 18 to 24 July, deaths dropped by 75%, from 442 to 111.\n\nProf John Newton, director of health improvement at Public Health England, said the original method of counting was chosen \"to avoid underestimating deaths caused by the virus in the early stages of the pandemic\".\n\n\"Our analysis of the long-term impact of the infection now allows us to move to new methods, which will give us crucial information about both recent trends and overall mortality burden due to Covid-19,\" he said.\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care said the UK's chief medical officers had recommended the \"single consistent\" measure across all four nations.\n\nIt said that the review, carried out by Public Health England, had considered epidemiological data on how likely it was that Covid-19 had contributed to someone's death at different points of time after a positive test.", "The Isle of Wight has been picked as a test bed for England's contact-tracing app for a second time\n\nEngland's revamped coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to begin public trials on Thursday.\n\nThe software will be based on Apple and Google's privacy-centric method of one smartphone detecting another.\n\nEngineers are still trying to reduce how often the Bluetooth-based tech wrongly flags people as being within 2m (6.6ft) of each other.\n\nOfficials are concerned about people going into quarantine as a consequence.\n\nThe Isle of Wight will be involved again, along with one other area and a volunteer group. The government intends to launch the experiment without much fanfare, because it is still not clear when a formal national rollout will occur.\n\nThe idea behind the app is to use people's phones to log when they have been close to another person for so long, that there is a high risk of contagion.\n\nIf one user is later diagnosed with the disease, the other person can be alerted to the fact before they begin exhibiting symptoms.\n\nIn addition, users will also be asked to scan a QR barcode when they enter a property, to provide a means to later alert them to the fact that they visited a location linked to multiple infections.\n\n\"We need the app to help stop transmission by tracing close-proximity contacts as quickly and as comprehensively as possible, capturing those contacts we don't know or don't remember meeting,\" Prof Christophe Fraser, a scientific advisor to the Department of Health from Oxford University, told the BBC.\n\n\"The app should enable us to return to more normal daily activities with the reassurance that our contacts can be rapidly and anonymously notified if we get infected.\"\n\nBaroness Dido Harding - who heads up the wider Test and Trace programme - cancelled an earlier trial on the Isle of Wight in June.\n\nThis was because an app based on an alternative system spearheaded by NHSX - the health service's digital innovation unit - had to deal with restrictions Apple imposes on how Bluetooth is used by third-party apps.\n\nAs a result, it only detected 4% of iPhones in cases where the app had gone to sleep because the two handsets involved had not been in recent active use.\n\nThis prompted a switch to the Apple-Google solution, which does not have this problem.\n\nBut at the time, Baroness Harding said the US tech giant's alternative had a different issue.\n\nBaroness Harding has concerns that people might be directed to stay at home based on unreliable data\n\nShe said it could not measure distance well enough to be trusted to direct people to self-isolate for a fortnight.\n\nThis has not prevented other places - including Northern Ireland - launching apps based on the technology.\n\nBut ongoing tests indicate that England's new app is still worse at determining distance than the original NHS Covid-19 product.\n\nConfusingly, there have even been cases when the further two handsets are spaced apart, the more likely it is that the software still indicates they are within 2m of each other.\n\nPart of the problem with the Apple-Google framework is that the tech firms have decided that developers should not get access to raw attenuation data - a measure of changes in Bluetooth signal strength.\n\nInstead, it provides a more basic set of readings that an app can use to calculate its own risk scores - the idea being that this helps preserve users' anonymity.\n\nBut one consequence of this, is that engineers have not been able to take advantage of a technique developed by researchers at the UK's Turing Institute and the University of Oxford. It filters the data to give a better indication of proximity.\n\nSeveral countries have asked the two tech firms to relax their restrictions, although they are cautious about discussing the matter in public. Many of those involved have signed non-disclosure agreements with Apple and Google.\n\nSwitzerland and Germany have said they have no way of measuring how many false positives are being recorded by their apps\n\nA possible compromise would be for Apple and Google to incorporate the filter into their own tool. But they have yet to give a commitment to do so.\n\nThe team behind England's app hopes it can still improve the accuracy rate to a high enough - but not perfect - level by the end of the year.\n\nThis would give the Test and Trace team the confidence to include an alert directing users to stay at home when required.\n\nBut those involved believe there is still a \"significant risk\" this will not be achievable.\n\nIn the meantime, the new Isle of Wight trial will allow them to see how the software behaves in real-world situations, to help further their endeavours.", "Dawn Butler said she was pulled over by police while travelling through Hackney\n\nA senior Met Police official has condemned the \"trial by social media\" faced by officers who stopped a car carrying a Labour MP.\n\nFormer shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler accused the force of racial profiling after the stop on Sunday.\n\nShe shared footage of the incident on her Twitter account, which has spread widely on social media.\n\nDeputy Commissioner Sir Steve House defended the officers, who he said \"acted professionally and politely\".\n\nHe said while officers \"expect to be scrutinised\", there are \"existing, appropriate and proportionate processes\" for complaints.\n\nSir Steve said: \"The increasingly routine trial by social media is unfair and damaging to individual officers and has the potential to undermine the role our communities need us to do to protect them, and keep them safe from violence.\"\n\nDawn Butler filmed her discussions with the police officers who pulled her over\n\nThe Met said the stop was a mistake caused by an officer incorrectly entering the car's registration number.\n\nMs Butler said the BMW police stopped on Sunday was being driven by a black male friend.\n\nOfficers said the car was registered in North Yorkshire and took the keys while checking the registration, she said.\n\nThey then admitted there had been a mistake, that it was registered to the driver and apologised, she 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\nSir Steve said: \"The officers were not initially aware of this problem and as a result felt, with good reason, that they should do further checks on the car by stopping it and engaging with the occupants.\n\n\"I expect officers to have professional curiosity and I would have done the same.\"\n\nEarlier this week Ms Butler said she had agreed to meet local police commanders to discuss \"taking the bias out of the system\".\n\nSir Steve said he had discussed with Ms Butler her concerns over why the stop was made, adding she had no complaint about how it was conducted.\n\nHe said the officers were from the Violent Crime Task Force and were in the area \"as part of our proactive work to protect communities from violence\".\n\nSir Steve went on to condemn \"the abuse that some on social media have directed\" at Ms Butler.\n\nPolice are \"working to support\" her over the online abuse, he added.\n\nMs Butler has been approached for comment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Ed Bridges has had his image captured twice by AFR technology, which he said breached his human rights\n\nThe use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology by South Wales Police is unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.\n\nIt follows a legal challenge brought by civil rights group Liberty and Ed Bridges, 37, from Cardiff.\n\nBut the court also found its use was proportionate interference with human rights as the benefits outweighed the impact on Mr Bridges.\n\nSouth Wales Police said it would not be appealing the findings.\n\nMr Bridges had said being identified by AFR caused him distress.\n\nThe South Wales force has previously demonstrated the technology with a member of staff standing in\n\nThe court upheld three of the five points raised in the appeal.\n\nIt said there was no clear guidance on where AFR Locate could be used and who could be put on a watchlist, a data protection impact assessment was deficient and the force did not take reasonable steps to find out if the software had a racial or gender bias.\n\nThe appeal followed the dismissal of Mr Bridges' case at London's High Court in September by two senior judges, who had concluded use of the technology was not unlawful.\n\nResponding to Tuesday's ruling, South Wales Police Chief Constable Matt Jukes said: \"The test of our ground-breaking use of this technology by the courts has been a welcome and important step in its development. I am confident this is a judgment that we can work with.\"\n\nMr Bridges said: \"I'm delighted that the court has agreed that facial recognition clearly threatens our rights.\n\n\"This technology is an intrusive and discriminatory mass surveillance tool.\n\n\"For three years now, South Wales Police has been using it against hundreds of thousands of us, without our consent and often without our knowledge.\n\n\"We should all be able to use our public spaces without being subjected to oppressive surveillance.\"\n\nMr Bridges' face was scanned while he was Christmas shopping in Cardiff in 2017 and at a peaceful anti-arms protest outside the city's Motorpoint Arena in 2018.\n\nHe had argued it breached his human rights when his biometric data was analysed without his knowledge or consent.\n\nLiberty lawyer Megan Goulding described the judgment as a \"major victory in the fight against discriminatory and oppressive facial recognition\".\n\nShe added: \"It is time for the government to recognise the serious dangers of this intrusive technology. Facial recognition is a threat to our freedom - it has no place on our streets.\"\n\nThe technology maps faces in a crowd by measuring the distance between features, then compares results with a \"watch list\" of images - which can include suspects, missing people and persons of interest.\n\nSouth Wales Police has been trialling this form of AFR since 2017, predominantly at big sporting fixtures, concerts and other large events across the force area.\n\nThe force had confirmed Mr Bridges was not a person of interest and had never been on a watch list.\n\nResponding to the ruling, the force said its use of the technology had resulted in 61 people being arrested for offences including robbery and violence, theft and court warrants.\n\nIt said it remained \"completely committed to its careful development and deployment\" and was \"proud of the fact there has never been an unlawful arrest as a result of using the technology in south Wales\".\n\nDuring the remote hearing last month, Liberty's barrister Dan Squires QC argued that if everyone was stopped and asked for their personal data on the way into a stadium, people would feel uncomfortable.\n\n\"If they were to do this with fingerprints, it would be unlawful, but by doing this with AFR there are no legal constraints,\" he said, as there are clear laws and guidance on taking fingerprints.\n\nMr Squires said it was the potential use of the power, not its actual use to date, that was the issue.\n\n\"It's not enough that it has been done in a proportionate manner so far,\" he said.\n\nHe argued there were insufficient safeguards within the current laws to protect people from an arbitrary use of the technology, or to ensure its use is proportional.\n\nThe impact of the ruling will extend to other police forces. But what it has not done is create an insurmountable barrier to them using live facial recognition in the future.\n\nIn fact, the judges state that the benefits of the tech are \"potentially great\" and the intrusion into innocent people's privacy \"minor\".\n\nBut their determination expresses a need for more care. Police forces - including London's Met, which has trialled a similar system - need clearer guidance.\n\nSpecifically, the ruling indicates officers will have to clearly document who they are looking for and what evidence they have that those targets are likely to be in the monitored area.\n\nThey will also need to check that the software doesn't exhibit racial or sexual bias as to who it flags.\n\nTony Porter - England and Wales' Surveillance Camera Commissioner - has said he hopes the Home Office will take this opportunity to update a \"woefully\" out-of-date code of practice used to regulate facial recognition and other surveillance efforts.\n\nThat echoes a call by the House of Commons' Science and Technology committee last year, which called for all use of automatic facial recognition to be suspended until relevant regulations had been put in place.\n\nElsewhere, a committee of MSPs have made it clear they think it would be premature for the police in Scotland to use the tech in its current state, and Northern Ireland has long-standing plans to create its own Biometrics Commissioner, who might eventually examine the issue.", "Facebook, Twitter and chat apps like WhatsApp have proved fertile ground for unfounded rumours about Covid-19\n\nAt least 800 people may have died around the world because of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, researchers say.\n\nA study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene also estimates that about 5,800 people were admitted to hospital as a result of false information on social media.\n\nMany died from drinking methanol or alcohol-based cleaning products.\n\nThey wrongly believing the products to be a cure for the virus.\n\nHowever, the actual figure may never been known, as data from Iran - where many of the supposed methanol poisoning deaths occurred - is difficult to verify.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has previously said that the \"infodemic\" surrounding Covid-19 spread just as quickly as the virus itself, with conspiracy theories, rumours and cultural stigma all contributing to deaths and injuries.\n\nMany of the victims had followed advice resembling credible medical information - such as eating large amounts of garlic or ingesting large quantities of vitamins - as a way of preventing infection, the study's authors say. Others drank substances such as cow urine.\n\nThese actions all had \"potentially serious implications\" on their health, the researchers say.\n\nThe paper concludes that it is the responsibility of international agencies, governments and social media platforms to fight back against this \"infodemic\", but tech companies have been criticised for their slow and patchy response. In the UK, laws to regulate online harm might be several years away.\n\nThe BBC's own investigations found links to assaults, arson and deaths as a result of misinformation about the virus, and spoke to doctors, experts and victims about their experiences.\n\nOnline rumours led to mob attacks in India and mass poisonings in Iran. Telecommunications engineers have been threatened and attacked and phone masts have been set alight in the UK and other countries because of conspiracy theories that have been incubated and amplified online.\n\nSocial media also helps scammers to take advantage of the pandemic, selling ineffective badges that claim to ward off the virus, and urging followers to part with money in exchange for a \"mineral miracle supplement\", which is - in reality - diluted bleach.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?\n\nAs vaccines emerge, there is the further threat that anti-vaccine campaigners will use the platform provided by social media to persuade people not to protect themselves.\n\nDespite social media companies removing or labelling misleading information about vaccines, recent polling in the United States showed that 28% of Americans believe that Bill Gates wants to use vaccines to implant microchips in people.\n\nThe achievement of an effective coronavirus vaccine could be completely undermined by misinformation, doctors told the BBC's anti-disinformation team.", "Walt Disney has brought to an end one of the best-known names in the entertainment industry, 20th Century Fox.\n\nIt comes as the legendary House of Mouse has rebranded one of its TV studios as 20th Television.\n\nIt follows January's rebranding of the 85-year-old film company 20th Century Fox as 20th Century Studios.\n\nLast year Disney completed a $71.3bn (£54.7bn) deal to buy the bulk of Rupert Murdoch's Fox media assets.\n\nDisney has also renamed its other television studios, including changing ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios to ABC Signature while Fox 21 Television Studios will become Touchstone Television.\n\n\"Our new studio names and logos mark a new day for ABC Signature, 20th Television and Touchstone Television while honouring their rich histories and the creative power of The Walt Disney Company,\" Craig Hunegs, president of Disney television studios, said in a statement.\n\nBoth the 20th Century TV and film rebrands retained the famous fanfare theme tune and searchlight logo.\n\n20th Century Fox Television, which can trace its roots back to 1949, has been home to some of TV's most famous shows including the original Batman series, M*A*S*H and The Simpsons.\n\nEarlier this year, when the film studio 20th Century Fox was rebranded, there were suggestions that Disney wanted to distance itself from Mr Murdoch's highly partisan, right-wing Fox News network.\n\nDisney is already a dominant force in US news, as the owner of the ABC network. It is also taking on Netflix with its own streaming service Disney+.\n\nThe 20th Century Fox film studio is known for producing some of the biggest movies of all-time, including Avatar and Titanic.\n\n20th Century Fox was created in 1935 when Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Films merged.\n\nDisney's movie-making history dates back to 1937, with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and now includes Lucasfilm - which makes the Star Wars franchise - and Marvel Studios among its stable of film companies.", "Bottled water collection points have been set up by South East Water\n\nMore homeowners in Sussex have had water supplies cut off or restricted, after 300 householders were left without tap water for five days.\n\nSouth East Water said supplies were restored overnight to the areas of West Sussex which had been without water since Friday.\n\nBut the company said other customers in East Sussex woke up on Wednesday to \"low pressure or no water\".\n\nThe water supplier said it was setting up bottled water stations.\n\nThe latest problems are hitting customers in Rotherfield, Crowborough, Mayfield, Hadlow Down and Five Ashes, as well as some in Heathfield.\n\nGary Walker, from Warninglid, said he had been forced to \"manually remove waste from the toilet and bury it in the garden\".\n\nDi Holwood, from Bolnore near Haywards Heath, said it had been \"horrendous\" living without water since Friday, but her supply had returned at about 02:00 BST.\n\n\"I have no confidence this water is going to stay on for more than a few hours.\"\n\nKlara Verrell's nursery in Haywards Heath had to close due to the lack of water\n\nKlara Verrell said Perfect Start Nursery, where she works, had to close down due to the water shortage.\n\nShe said: \"It's not just about having bottled water, because it needs to be hot water that children wash their hands with. Some of the older children might wash their hands 20 times a day.\n\n\"Without running water we just can't manage it.\"\n\nMP for Mid Sussex Mims Davies said the issue was \"embarrassing\" for South East Water\n\nMims Davies, MP for Mid Sussex, described the water shortage and lack of communication from South East Water as \"shambolic\".\n\nShe said: \"We all recognise water companies will have difficult times but this feels like very poor communication.\n\n\"It's been shambolic and diabolical. People have arrived at water stations to find no water there, no details what time they're open or closed. This could've been much better. It's been absolutely abominable and it's been embarrassing for South East Water.\"\n\nCustomers are being urged to avoid the use of hoses and to keep water for drinking, cooking and hygeine\n\nCustomers in Haywards Heath, Cuckfield, Warninglid, Slaugham and Bolney in West Sussex saw water supplies return overnight.\n\nSteve Andrews, head of central operations for South East Water, apologised and said: \"Supplies have been restored overnight and we are more hopeful we will be able to maintain those supplies throughout the day.\n\n\"We are continuing to ask customers to only use water for essential use.\"\n\nHe said more than 150 million litres of extra water were being pumped into the network as the UK heatwave continues.\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.", "In the UK, women aged 50-70 are offered breast screening unless there is a high genetic risk\n\nScreening women for breast cancer from their 40s rather than their 50s could save lives without adding to the diagnosis of harmless cancers, a UK study has found.\n\nThe research was based on 160,000 women from England, Scotland and Wales, followed up for around 23 years.\n\nLowering the screening age could save one life per 1,000 women checked, the scientists say.\n\nBut experts caution there are many other considerations, including cost.\n\nCancer Research UK says it is still \"not clear if reducing the breast screening age would give any additional benefit compared to the UK's existing screening programme\".\n\nThe charity says the priority should be getting cancer services \"back on track\" for women aged 50-70, after disruption caused by the pandemic.\n\nDuring lockdown, cancer screening programmes which detect early signs of bowel, breast and cervical cancer were paused in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, although not officially stopped in England.\n\nExperts have warned of huge backlogs for screening, treatment and tests.\n\nCurrently in the UK, women between the ages of 50 and 70 are invited to be screened for breast cancer every three years.\n\nWomen below 50 are not routinely offered this because their risk of breast cancer is generally very low and their breast tissue is more dense, making it difficult to read the results of mammography tests used to spot cancers.\n\nThis can lead to over-diagnosis - detecting very early cell changes which may not turn into problematic cancers - and the potential for exposing women to unnecessary treatment.\n\nWriting in the Lancet Oncology, the scientists say they found a reduction in breast cancer deaths from screening women in their 40s every year over the first 10 years they were tracked.\n\nCancer Research UK stressed the need for women of any age to tell their doctor if they noticed anything unusual about their breasts\n\nIn the group of 53,883 women in their 40s who were screened, there were 83 deaths, compared to 219 deaths in the 106,953 women of the same age who were not checked.\n\nThe reduction in deaths came from detection of grade 1 and 2 cancers, which can progress more quickly in younger women.\n\nAfter 10 years, any evidence of extra lives being saved tailed off, the researchers said.\n\nThey also found a \"modest over-diagnosis in this age group\" which was similar to that found in the over-50s.\n\nIn the study, 18% of women who went for screening in their 40s had at least one false positive result.\n\nProf Stephen Duffy, lead researcher, from Queen Mary University of London, said: \"This is a very long-term follow-up of a study which confirms that screening in women under 50 can save lives,\n\n\"In the fullness of time, it is worth thinking about lowering the age of screening.\"\n\nHowever, he said the financial cost of this should be taken into account, and more research was needed into the impact of modern screening equipment on diagnoses.\n\nSophia Lowes, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, said the charity had concerns about the study results.\n\n\"Many women received false positive results and some women would have been over-diagnosed with cancers that would never have gone on to cause them harm,\" she said.\n\n\"While research into improving our screening programmes remains vital, screening programmes are already under huge strain due to the pandemic, and the priority right now should be getting services back on track for women aged 50-70.\"\n\nThe charity calculates that six times more women in their 40s, compared to those aged 50-70, would need to be screened to save one life.\n\nMs Lowes said it was important that women - no matter how old they are - should still tell their doctor if they noticed anything unusual about their breasts.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA teenage boy was rescued from the River Taff after falling into the water near Cardiff's Blackweir Bridge, the ambulance service has said.\n\nWitnesses said firefighters performed CPR on the 17-year-old and that he was injured while swimming.\n\nHe was taken to the University Hospital of Wales after emergency services attended the scene at 14:30 BST.\n\nWitnesses said PCSOs arrived at 16:35 BST and asked teenagers to stop jumping in the water.\n\nThe bridge was boarded up earlier this year, but the teenagers climbed round the panels.\n\nAbout 100 youngsters, some with inflatables, were in or around the weir.\n\nWitness Iolo Wyn James said he saw the emergency services at the scene and watched firefighters carry out CPR.\n\n\"It was a bit scary really,\" he said.\n\nA spokesman for South Wales Police said the teen was \"conscious and breathing\" when taken to hospital.\n\nA PCSO looks on as a boy leaps into the water\n\nHe added: \"A number of young people who were in the river this afternoon received advice from officers regarding the dangers of swimming at Blackweir.\n\n\"Please could we remind parents to speak to their children about how dangerous this is due to the water temperature, underwater hazards and undercurrents.\"", "Restrictions had been lifted in New Zealand after the country declared it had eliminated the virus\n\nNew Zealand has put its largest city back into lockdown after recording four new Covid-19 cases, ending a 102-day streak without a local infection.\n\nA three-day lockdown was swiftly imposed in Auckland after the cases were confirmed.\n\nThe four new cases are all members of a single family. None had travelled recently.\n\nThe restrictions will come into effect on Wednesday, as authorities scramble to trace contacts of the family.\n\nAuckland residents will be asked to stay at home, large gatherings will be banned, non-essential businesses will be shut, and some social-distancing restrictions will be reintroduced in the rest of the country.\n\nThe country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern also on Wednesday deferred the dissolution of parliament, following the latest Covid-19 cases.\n\nNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed the dissolution of parliament\n\nThe dissolution of parliament, which is required to make way for a general election, has now been deferred until Monday.\n\nMs Ardern said no decision had yet been made on postponing the election - originally scheduled for 19 September.\n\n\"We have some time to work through that,\" she said, according to a TVNZ report.\n\nNew Zealand has fared better than other countries, recording 1,220 confirmed cases and 22 deaths since the virus arrived in late February.\n\nBefore Tuesday, New Zealand had gone 102 days without recording a locally transmitted case of Covid-19, one of the few countries to reach such a milestone.\n\nAll 22 active cases of the virus before Tuesday's announcement were among returning travellers quarantined in isolation facilities.\n\nPraised internationally for its handling of the pandemic, the country's government had lifted almost all of its lockdown restrictions, first imposed in March.\n\nAn early lockdown, tough border restrictions, effective health messaging and an aggressive test-and-trace programme have all been credited with virtually eliminating the virus in the country.\n\nBut as infections continue to rise across the world, surpassing 20 million globally on Tuesday, New Zealand officials have warned against complacency.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Epidemiologist Prof Michael Baker: \"New Zealand will get rid of the virus again\"\n\nAnnouncing the lockdown, Ms Ardern said it was necessary to go hard and go early to stamp out the virus.\n\nAuckland - a city of around 1.6 million people - would move to level three restrictions from 12:00 local time (01:00 BST) on Wednesday as a \"precautionary approach\", she said.\n\nThe prime minister said the rest of the country would move to level two of New Zealand's 4-tier alert system of measures against Covid-19.\n\n\"This is something we have prepared for,\" Ms Ardern said at a news conference.\n\n\"We have had 102 days and it was easy to feel New Zealand was out of the woods. No country has gone as far as we did without having a resurgence. And because we were the only ones, we had to plan. And we have planned,\" she said.\n\nDirector-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said at least three days of lockdown were needed in Auckland to trace the source of the new cases.\n\n\"We're expecting to see other cases,\" Dr Bloomfield said. \"We want to find those other cases as soon as possible and identify or isolate any contacts.\"\n\nShoppers were seen queuing at supermarkets after the lockdown was announced\n\nMichael Baker, professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, told BBC's Newsnight programme that even with the most successful strategies in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak \"one thing you have to plan for is setbacks\".\n\n\"I think New Zealand will succeed and get rid of the virus,\" he added.\n\nIn anticipation of a pre-lockdown rush to supermarkets, Ms Ardern and the mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, called for calm, saying there was no need to panic-buy.\n\nDespite their pleas, large crowds of shoppers were seen queuing at supermarkets on Tuesday night, as they attempted to stock up before lockdown.\n\nOne video posted to social media shows customers streaming through the door of a supermarket as a security guard tries to prevent them from entering.\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 World Health Organization (WHO) had hailed New Zealand as an example to others for having \"successfully eliminated community transmission\".\n\nBut other countries have had early success in suppressing the virus, only to see infections rise again after lifting lockdown restrictions that damaged the economy.\n\nVietnam went 99 days with no community transmission until July, when a 57-year-old man in Da Nang tested positive for the virus.\n\nBy the end of July, Da Nang was the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, leading to the country's first coronavirus death since the pandemic began.\n\nAustralia, too, has seen a resurgence of Covid-19 in some states, including New South Wales and Victoria, where a strict lockdown has been imposed.", "Tourists take pictures in front of the final Blockbuster store\n\nFor millions, Saturday night in the 1990s and 2000s meant browsing your local Blockbuster for a film, taking it home and kicking back on the sofa.\n\nThen streaming happened, and movie-lovers could access the latest releases with the click of a button.\n\nBlockbuster filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2010. Today, there is just one store left on the planet, in Oregon.\n\nBut now, locals will have a chance for one last Blockbuster sleepover inside the world's final store.\n\nFilm fanatics from Deschutes County, Oregon, looking for a night of nostalgia will have the chance to be given the keys to the store for a night from 18 to 20 September.\n\nThe store - which will have three quarantine pods to ensure a socially distanced movie night - will be kitted out with a pull-out couch, bean-bags and pillows for visitors to cosy up with \"new releases\" from the '90s.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Airbnb This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 will also be a boombox and retro video games for visitors to play into the night.\n\nAnd the price? About the same cost of a rented '90s VHS, at $4 (£3).\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Blockbuster memories: \"Every Friday my parents would let us pick a video\"", "Lopez's hits included If I Had A Hammer and Lemon Tree\n\nMexican-American singer Trini Lopez, who had a hit in 1963 with his version of If I Had A Hammer and played one of The Dirty Dozen, has died at 83.\n\nLopez, an accomplished guitarist, was mentored by Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra and designed two instruments for the Gibson Guitar Corporation.\n\nLopez died in Palm Springs, California, of complications from coronavirus.\n\nDave Grohl of Foo Fighters was among those paying tribute, saying he had left \"a beautiful music legacy\".\n\nHe called his own Trini Lopez guitar his \"most prized possession\" and said it had been \"the sound of the Foo Fighters from day 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 Foo Fighters This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBorn in Dallas to Mexican parents in 1937, Lopez formed his first band at the age of 15. He was spotted by Holly, who recommended him to his producer Norman Petty.\n\nMoving west, Lopez got a regular gig playing at PJ's nightclub in west Hollywood. There, he caught the eye of Sinatra, who signed him to his record label and encouraged him to act.\n\nHis debut live album, Trini Lopez at PJ's, was released in 1963 and featured his version of Pete Seeger's If I Had A Hammer. The song made it to number three in the US and number four in the UK, and sold more than a million copies.\n\nTrini Lopez as he appeared in The Dirty Dozen\n\nIn 1966, Lopez was cast in The Dirty Dozen, a film about rogue soldiers being sent on a suicide mission during World War Two.\n\nBut he clashed with director Robert Aldrich and was written out of the film. His character, Pedro Jiminez, dies off-screen after a parachute jump.\n\nLopez recorded more than 60 albums and was a popular headliner in Las Vegas. He was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2003 and was honoured on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars in 2008.\n\nSinger Pat Boone remembered Lopez as \"a great guy and wonderful friend\". He wrote on Facebook: \"We both knew we were blessed to make a good living doing what we loved - making others happy!\"\n\nBusiness partner and musician Joe Chavira said he and Lopez just finished recording a song to raise money for food banks during the Covid-19 pandemic. \"And here he is dying of something he was trying to fight,\" Chavira told the Associated Press.\n\nA documentary about his life, titled My Name is Lopez, is currently nearing completion.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Been and Gone: The writer who created The Dirty Dozen", "Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Wednesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 BST.\n\nThe impact of the coronavirus pandemic has seen the UK economy go into recession for the first time in 11 years. Gross domestic product - the measure of economic activity - contracted by a record 20.4% between April and June, according to the Office for National Statistics. It said that while the economy began to bounce back in June as lockdown eased, GDP in June was a sixth below the level recorded in February before the virus hit.\n\nMinisters have promised A-level and GCSE students in England that their final grades will be no lower than the results they got in mock exams. The move is part of a \"triple lock\" aimed at ensuring students' results are not downgraded following the cancellation of this year's exams due to the coronavirus pandemic. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that if a pupil's results on Thursday were lower than their mocks, then they will be able to appeal. Teachers' leaders have criticised the move as \"panicked and chaotic\".\n\nMeasures to clampdown on a spike in coronavirus cases in Aberdeen are due to be reviewed later, a week after being brought in. Pubs and restaurants in the city have been closed along with restrictions on travel and visiting other households. The local lockdown was enforced after a number of cases were initially linked to the Hawthorn Bar early in August. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the measures would last no longer than necessary, but has not ruled out extending them.\n\nAs airline travel has been hit by the pandemic, so has the demand for cruise holidays. As a result, the English Channel has become home to a number of cruise liners with nowhere to go. They're moored out at sea because either it's too costly or there isn't enough room to keep them in port. They've received a great deal of interest as a new part of Britain's coastal scene and have become a tourist attraction in their own right - with one entrepreneur offering boat trips to get close to the massive ships.\n\nIt should have been a good year for champagne, thanks to near-perfect weather conditions in the north-eastern French region where the sparkling wine is made. But, according to the BBC's Hugh Schofield, never in living memory have market conditions been so poor - thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has left a billion bottles lying idle in cellars. But the collapse in demand has revealed tensions between the farmers who grow the grapes and the champagne houses making it.\n\n...wearing a mask is mandatory in some circumstances, although the rules can differ in the UK nations. We have put together a user's guide to wearing a mask.\n\nYou can find more information, advice and guides on our coronavirus page.\n\nFind out how the pandemic has affected your area and how it compares with the national average - figures last updated on 10 August:\n\nA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. How many cases and deaths in your area? Enter a full UK postcode, English, Welsh or Northern Irish council name, or Scottish health board name to find out are death registrations where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA – updated weekly. Although the numbers of deaths per 100,000 people shown in the charts above have not been weighted to account for variations in demography between local authorities, the virus is known to affect disproportionately older people, BAME people, and people from more deprived households or employed in certain occupations. include positive tests of people in hospital and healthcare workers (Pillar 1) and people tested in the wider population (Pillar 2). Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Northern Ireland only publish new figures on weekdays. Average is a median average of rates per area in each UK nation. Source: UK public health bodies - updated daily.\n\nWhat questions do you have about coronavirus?\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.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThree people, including the driver and a conductor, have died after a passenger train derailed in Aberdeenshire.\n\nThe third victim was a passenger, ScotRail has confirmed.\n\nIt is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms which caused flooding and travel disruption across Scotland.\n\nA major incident was declared and about 30 emergency service vehicles were called to the scene.\n\nIt involved the 06:38 ScotRail service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street.\n\nSix people have been taken to hospital but their injuries are not believed to be serious.\n\nBritish Transport Police said the families of the driver and the conductor had been informed and were being supported by specially-trained liaison officers.\n\nThe derailment took place on the line west of Stonehaven\n\nCh Supt Eddie Wylie said it was believed that all passengers had been accounted for.\n\nHe added: \"Once the area has been made safe then a full and thorough search will be conducted, which is likely to take some time.\n\n\"I know many people will understandably have questions and we will be working closely alongside the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and the Office of Rail and Road to establish the full circumstances of how the train came to derail.\"\n\nThe RMT union said that confirmation of the three deaths, including one of its conductor members, was \"the most dreadful news\".\n\nSenior assistant general secretary Mick Lynch added the union's thoughts \"were with the families, colleagues and friends of those who have lost their lives in this tragedy.\"\n\nEarly indications are that the heavy rain could have been the main factor in causing today's crash in Aberdeenshire.\n\nOne rail industry source says the 06:38 service from Aberdeen to Glasgow was initially halted because of flooding on the line.\n\nThe driver apparently contacted control to ask permission to switch tracks.\n\nIt's believed the train reversed and switched to clearer tracks and then continued on its route to Glasgow.\n\nThen it is thought the train hit a landslide and derailed.\n\nHowever, this initial, unconfirmed version of events should now be closely examined by the UK's Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\nIts job is to establish all the facts.\n\nThe train's computer systems should show key indicators like the speed it was travelling at when it left the track.\n\nIn recent years incidents like this on the UK's railways have become incredibly rare. The last major derailment was in 2007 in Cumbria.\n\nThe Queen issued a message of condolence following the crash, saying \"it was with great sadness that I heard of the train derailment\".\n\nHer Majesty said the entire Royal Family \"join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those who have died and those who have been injured\".\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon expressed her \"deepest condolences\" to the loved ones of those who lost their lives in the \"tragic incident\".\n\n\"My thoughts remain with everyone affected,\" she said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC the crash was especially shocking because \"these accidents on the railways are thankfully so rare\".\n\n\"Our thoughts are very much with those who have lost their lives and their families and, of course, those that have been injured in the derailment,\" he added.\n\n\"Clearly the most important thing now is that the British Transport Police, who are in charge of the investigation, find out exactly what happened and we all work together to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.\"\n\nThe train which derailed was made up of two locomotives - at the front and back - and four carriages.\n\nNetwork Rail has reviewed CCTV footage from the stations at which the service stopped and it's believed there were nine people, including crew, on the train.\n\nBritish Transport Police said its officers had been called to the scene at about 09:43.\n\nA few minutes later, Network Rail tweeted that there had been reports of a landslip at Carmont and that services between Dundee and Aberdeen had been halted.\n\nThe chief executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines, is cutting short his family holiday in Italy to fly back to the UK.\n\nEmergency services at the scene of the derailment\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would visit the site on Thursday \"to try to understand the situation first hand and offer every possible assistance\".\n\nNHS Grampian confirmed it was on a \"major incident footing\", and ScotRail said it was assisting the emergency services.\n\nThe RMT union's Mick Lynch said: \"The facts behind this ‎incident will need to be established in due course, but at this stage we are focussed on support and assistance and our thoughts are with all those impacted by this tragedy.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Several fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene near Stonehaven\n\nKevin Lindsay, Scotland organiser for the Aslef train drivers union, said: \"Our thoughts tonight are with all those who died, and who were injured, in the tragic accident.\n\n\"While it is too early to speculate about the causes of the crash, it would seem that the appalling weather conditions in the area - the torrential rain - resulted in a landslip which, in turn, caused the train to derail.\"\n\nHe added that the train had caught fire after rolling down a steep embankment.\n\nAberdeenshire Provost and Mearns councillor Bill Howatson said: \"Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody involved. This is a harrowing time for all concerned.\"\n\nMeanwhile four firefighters were injured while responding the derailment.\n\nBBC Scotland understands they suffered minor injuries after a vehicle collided with them.\n\nTwo of the firefighters were admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure but were released shortly afterwards.\n\nIt's long been recognised that landslips are one of the greatest risks to Britain's railways and that a changing climate will make them more likely.\n\nHeatwaves and droughts can dry out the steep embankments beside the tracks, and over the years will start to weaken them.\n\nAdd to that the effects of heavy rain, of the kind seen just now in Scotland, saturating and eroding the soil, and undermining its strength.\n\nAnd with rising global temperatures set to bring extremes of weather never anticipated by the Victorian engineers who built the lines, Network Rail has been studying how best to keep the tracks safe.\n\nBut it admits that \"we know we can't rebuild every mile of railway\".\n\nThe most recent multiple fatalities on the UK's railways were in South Wales in 2019, when two railway workers died after being struck by a Great Western train near Port Talbot. They were working without a lookout.\n\nIn November 2004, an intercity train travelling on the Reading and Taunton line hit a car on a level crossing, derailing a train and killing seven people and injuring more than 70 others.\n\nIn May 2002, an east coast main line train derailed because of an undetected points failure. Coaches rolled and came to rest on platforms. Seven people were killed and 76 injured.\n\nIn February 2001, 10 people were killed in the Great Heck Rail Crash near Selby when a train struck a Land Rover that had rolled onto the track because the driver had fallen asleep, and was derailed into the path of another train.\n\nIn October 1999, at Ladbroke Grove in London, 31 people were killed in a head-on collision after a driver passed a signal.\n\nAre you in the area? Did you witness the incident? If it is safe to do so please 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.", "Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman acted together in Fleabag\n\nA fund set up by two stars of Fleabag to support theatre workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic is to receive £500,000 from Amazon Prime Video.\n\nOlivia Colman and Phoebe Waller-Bridge said they were \"blown away\" by the \"extraordinary\" support.\n\nThe streaming service is also donating £1m to a new grants scheme being set up by the Film and TV Charity.\n\nAmazon Prime has pledged $6m (£4.6m) in total to those involved in theatre, TV and film production across Europe.\n\n\"The creative community in Europe has been vital to our success in producing high-quality Amazon original TV series and movies,\" Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said.\n\n\"It is essential for us to help that community through this pandemic.\"\n\nGood Omens was made in the UK by Amazon and the BBC\n\nThe £500,000 donation to the Theatre Community Fund will help provide hardship grants of up to £3,000 to UK theatre workers and freelancers.\n\nColman, Waller-Bridge and producer Francesca Moody said the donation was \"a game-changer\" for a community that \"has never been more threatened or fragile\".\n\nLast year, Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve, signed an exclusive contract to make TV shows for Amazon Prime.\n\nThe Film and TV Charity also thanked Amazon. Chief executive Alex Pumfrey said the money would be used \"to support the diverse talent in our industry through the recovery process\".\n\nThe donations follow the £500,000 given by Netflix last month to help director Sir Sam Mendes establish his own Theatre Artists Fund.\n\nThe UK government has announced a £1.57bn support package aimed at protecting theatres, galleries and museums.\n\nOn Wednesday, the head of entertainment union Bectu wrote to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden calling for grants to be paid out in August to allow venues to \"halt redundancies and support their workforce\".\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. Boris Johnson says schools are the “last thing” the government wants to close as part of any local lockdown restrictions\n\nIt is understandable that there is \"anxiety\" over exam grades, the prime minister has said, as pupils prepare to receive estimated results this week for tests cancelled during lockdown.\n\nVisiting a school in London, Boris Johnson said he was also \"very keen that exams should go ahead as normal\".\n\nA-level results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due on Thursday.\n\nScotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised for the handling of its exam results.\n\nShe acknowledged \"we did not get it right\" after results estimated by teachers for cancelled exams were downgraded.\n\nThe Scottish Qualifications Authority lowered grades using an algorithm - with pass rates for pupils in deprived areas downgraded further than those in more affluent parts.\n\nMs Sturgeon said her priority was to resolve the concerns about how some results had been downgraded, following protests by pupils.\n\nWith pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland awaiting A-level results this week, Mr Johnson said on a visit to a school in east London that he wanted their hard work \"properly reflected\".\n\n\"Clearly, because of what has happened this year, there is some anxiety about what grades pupils are going to get, and everybody understands the system - that the teachers are setting the grades, then there's a standardisation system,\" he said.\n\n\"We will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils is properly reflected.\"\n\nOfqual, England's exam regulator, said that following the row in Scotland it wanted to reassure students that grades have been calculated in the \"fairest possible\" way.\n\nIt said it would publish data on grades by socio-economic status on results day, adding that early analysis showed poorer students and ethnic minorities \"have not been disadvantaged by this year's awarding process\".\n\nThe head of the university admissions service said this summer was likely to be the \"busiest\" ever period for the clearing system, which matches students with places after results are published - including those who have missed the grades for their initial offer.\n\nClare Marchant, chief executive of Ucas, said she believed up to 80,000 students could find a place through clearing, beating last year's record of 73,325.\n\nSome students were likely to abandon plans for a gap year as the pandemic restricted travel, and could apply through clearing instead, she suggested. The fall in overseas students meant it was a \"good year\" for UK applicants seeking a place, Ms Marchant added.\n\nA recent analysis by the PA news agency showed that the select Russell Group universities still had 4,500 undergraduate courses with vacant places.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOne 18-year-old said she felt students in her school year had been treated like \"guinea pigs\".\n\n\"I'm expecting the worst scenario possible at this point,\" said Cheyenne Williams from Barnhill Community High School in north-west London. \"I have doubts that grades will be allocated on a fair basis.\"\n\nMeanwhile, some parents criticised suggestions that students could sit exams in the autumn if they were unhappy with their estimated grade.\n\nHelen Milne, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, whose son will collect his results this week, said: \"How on earth are children meant to take resits in October when they haven't been in school for six months and there are no teachers to teach them?\"\n\nBut others defended the approach. \"It's not great but I can't think of a better system,\" said Helen Jones from Abingdon in Oxfordshire.\n\n\"Nobody wanted to have a pandemic and you can't put the lives of a whole cohort on hold for a year.\"\n\nElsewhere, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there was little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools and the plan to fully reopen England's schools in September was guided by the best science.\n\nIt is usually pupils who are nervous about exam results and going back to school.\n\nBut this year it's ministers who are feeling the heat.\n\nAnd those in England will be looking with extreme nervousness at the car crash over Scotland's replacement exam grades - because the problems that outraged Scottish students are going to reappear in England's A-level results on Thursday.\n\n\"Everybody understands the system that the teachers are setting the grades, then there's a standardisation system,\" Boris Johnson said on a school visit.\n\nBut in reality teachers' predicted grades have mostly been sidelined - and instead the two key factors for grades will be how pupils are ranked and schools' previous results.\n\nAs the row in Scotland has shown, pegging estimated grades to how schools usually perform will be seen as locking in disadvantage.\n\nIt means bright pupils in low-achieving schools can lose out. And many more will be confused at the gap between their teachers' predictions and their results.\n\nBut so far there are no signs of the emergency brakes from ministers in England. Instead they are relying on schools being able to appeal against harsh results and that disappointed pupils can take back-up exams in the autumn.\n\nAs if the exam pressure wasn't enough, there are high political stakes about the fast-approaching new school year and the promise that all pupils will be going back full time.\n\nGovernment advisers have warned the nation may have reached the limit of what can be reopened in society safely.\n\nBut asked whether parents should brace for local closures to combat flare-ups of the virus, Mr Johnson said education was a priority.\n\n\"The last thing we want to do is close schools. Education is a priority for the country - that is simple social justice,\" he said.\n\nGuidance on reopening schools has been published for England. There are also separate plans for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, where schools are scheduled to return from Tuesday.\n\nSchools across the UK closed on 20 March, except to children of key workers or vulnerable children. On 1 June, they began a limited reopening for early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.\n\nIn another development, gyms, swimming pools, leisure centres and children's play centres are being allowed to reopen in Wales on Monday, in a further easing of the lockdown restrictions.", "Dwayne Johnson - commonly known by his wrestling name \"the Rock\" - earned $87.5m in a year\n\nDwayne \"the Rock\" Johnson has been named the highest-paid male actor for a second year in a row, according to wealth magazine Forbes.\n\nThe former wrestler reportedly earned $87.5m (£67m) between 1 June 2019 and 1 June 2020, including $23.5m for the Netflix thriller Red Notice.\n\nHe also made money from his fitness clothing line, Project Rock.\n\nThe 10 top earners combined made $545.5m this year - more than a quarter of that from Netflix, Forbes said.\n\nJohnson's Red Notice co-star Ryan Reynolds was the second-highest paid actor, with earnings of $71.5m. Among his movie deals were $20m, also for Red Notice, and $20m for Six Underground, another Netflix film.\n\nThird on the list was actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who earned $58m, while Ben Affleck came in fourth and Vin Diesel fifth.\n\nAkshay Kumar was the only Bollywood actor in the top ten\n\nIndian actor Akshay Kumar was the only Bollywood star in the top 10. He came in sixth place with earnings of $48.5m, which Forbes said mostly came from product endorsement deals.\n\nAlso on the list were Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, actors Will Smith and Adam Sandler, and veteran movie star Jackie Chan.\n\nThe highest-paid actresses for the same period are released as a separate list, and are yet to be announced.\n\nLast year, Scarlett Johansson topped that list with an income of $56m - less than that year's seventh-placed actor.", "A CGI image has been created of an impression of the final moments of the Vectaerovenator inopinatus\n\nA new species of dinosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Wight.\n\nPalaeontologists at the University of Southampton believe four bones found at Shanklin last year belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur.\n\nIt lived in the Cretaceous period, 115 million years ago, and is estimated to have been up to 4m (13ft) long.\n\nIt has been named Vectaerovenator inopinatus and belongs to the group of dinosaurs that includes Tyrannosaurus rex and modern-day birds.\n\nThe name refers to the large air spaces found in some of the bones - from the neck, back and tail of the creature - which is one of the traits that helped the scientists identify its theropod origins.\n\nThese air sacs, also seen in modern birds, were extensions of the lung, and it is likely they \"helped fuel an efficient breathing system while also making the skeleton lighter\", the University of Southampton said.\n\nThe dinosaur fossils were discovered on the beach at Shanklin\n\nThe fossils were found in three separate discoveries in 2019 and handed in to the nearby Dinosaur Isle Museum at Sandown, where they are being displayed.\n\nRobin Ward, a regular fossil hunter from Stratford-upon-Avon, was visiting the Isle of Wight with his family when they made their discovery.\n\n\"The joy of finding the bones we discovered was absolutely fantastic,\" he said.\n\nJames Lockyer, from Spalding, Lincolnshire, was also visiting the island when he found another of the bones.\n\nThe four bones were found in three separate discoveries in 2019\n\n\"It looked different from marine reptile vertebrae I have come across in the past,\" he said.\n\n\"I was searching a spot at Shanklin and had been told, and read, that I wouldn't find much there.\n\n\"However, I always make sure I search the areas others do not, and on this occasion it paid off.\"\n\nPaul Farrell, from Ryde, added: \"I was walking along the beach, kicking stones and came across what looked like a bone from a dinosaur.\n\n\"I was really shocked to find out it could be a new species.\"\n\nChris Barker, who led the University of Southampton study, said: \"We were struck by just how hollow this animal was - it's riddled with air spaces.\n\n\"Parts of its skeleton must have been rather delicate.\n\n\"The record of theropod dinosaurs from the 'mid' Cretaceous period in Europe isn't that great, so it's been really exciting to be able to increase our understanding of the diversity of dinosaur species from this time.\n\n\"You don't usually find dinosaurs in the deposits at Shanklin as they were laid down in a marine habitat. You're much more likely to find fossil oysters or drift wood, so this is a rare find indeed.\"\n\nIt is likely that the Vectaerovenator lived in an area just north of where its remains were found, with the carcass having washed out into the shallow sea nearby.\n\nThe university findings are due to be published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology and co-authored by those who discovered the fossils.\n\nThis silhouette of a theropod indicates where the bones were from\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Robert Trump, pictured here after his brother's election win in 2016, used to manage Trump's real-estate investments\n\nPresident Donald Trump has paid tribute to his \"best friend\" and youngest brother following his death at 71.\n\n\"It is with [a] heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,\" he said in a statement on Saturday.\n\nThe president had visited his brother in hospital in New York the day before his death, telling reporters: \"He's having a hard time.\"\n\nIt is unclear what caused Robert Trump's death.\n\nA number of US media reports suggested he had been seriously ill.\n\n\"He was not just my brother, he was my best friend,\" Donald Trump said in a statement on Saturday. \"His memory will live on in my heart forever.\"\n\nPresident Trump's son Eric described his uncle as an \"incredible man - strong, kind and loyal to the core\".\n\n\"He will be deeply missed by our entire family,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nRobert was the youngest of Fred and Mary Anne Trump's five children, and was born two years after his brother Donald.\n\nThe eldest of the children, Fred Jr, died in 1981.\n\nAn undated photo of the Trump siblings, from left to right: Robert, Elizabeth, Fred, Donald and Maryanne\n\nRobert Trump spent much of his career with the family real-estate firm, becoming a top executive. Unlike his brother, however, he was said not to court publicity and lived semi-retired in New York state.\n\nIn his 1987 book The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump wrote that \"Robert gets along with almost everyone, which is great for me since I sometimes have to be the bad guy\".\n\nIn a 2016 interview with the New York Post ahead of the presidential election, the younger brother said \"I support Donald one thousand percent\".\n\nHe recently went to court in a failed bid to stop publication of his niece Mary Trump's tell-all book about the president, How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.\n\nHe divorced his first wife Blaine over a decade ago and married Ann Marie Pallan in March this year.\n\nAccording to the Post, Robert spent more than a week in the intensive-care unit of Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital in June.\n\nQuoting a family friend, the New York Times said he had experienced brain bleeds that had begun after a recent fall.", "A climber is in a critical condition in hospital after being found unconscious and with serious injuries by a mountain rescue team investigating a rock fall.\n\nSkye Mountain Rescue Team said the man had suffered a significant fall near Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn on Friday.\n\nHe was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary during a nine-hour operation.\n\nRescuers said if another group of climbers had not alerted them to the rock fall the man might not have been found for a \"very long time\".\n\nSkye MRT were winched on to the Cuillin Ridge by coastguard helicopter\n\nThe rescue bid began after Skye MRT were alerted to a possible \"fall/rock fall\" in the Coire Ghrunnda on Friday afternoon.\n\nTwelve members of the team were winched on to the Cuillin Ridge by Stornoway Coastguard helicopter to search the area.\n\nThey found the badly injured casualty a few hours later.\n\nHe was treated by medics at the scene before being winched to the helicopter and flown to Aberdeen.\n\nThe rescuers said he is believed to be in a critical but stable condition.\n\nIn a post on Facebook, the mountain rescue team praised the climbers who initially alerted them to the rock fall.\n\n\"Many thanks also to the climbers who did the right thing by contacting the emergency services, acting on what they heard,\" they said.\n\n\"Without this initial report the casualty would not have been found for a very long time.\"", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nManchester City's Champions League ambitions are in ruins once more after Lyon shocked Pep Guardiola's side in the quarter-final in Lisbon.\n\nCity started as firm favourites but came out second best against a fiercely determined Lyon in a game that swung on controversy and uncharacteristic errors in the closing stages.\n\nLyon went ahead in the 24th minute with Maxwel Cornet's smart finish but City, lifeless as Guardiola chose to play a three-man central defence, looked to have been revived by Kevin de Bruyne's precise strike from Raheem Sterling's pass after 69 minutes.\n\nFormer Celtic striker Moussa Dembele, on as a substitute, restored Lyon's lead in contentious circumstances 11 minutes from time, the video assistant referee ignoring what appeared to be an obvious foul by the goalscorer before he ran on to beat Ederson.\n\nCity pressed for the equaliser but Sterling was guilty of an atrocious miss, somehow sending his finish over the top of an open goal from Gabriel Jesus' pass.\n\nIt proved to be hugely expensive as seconds later Lyon set up a semi-final meeting with Bayern Munich when Dembele scored his second after Ederson fumbled a shot from Houssem Aouar's routine shot.\n• None Analysis: How Guardiola messed up his big Champions League chance\n\nGuardiola has rightly been showered in plaudits for the wonderful football and success he has brought to Manchester City - but his biggest target remains elusive and this was a miserable night for the manager.\n\nGuardiola, who has been accused of over-thinking his approach in the Champions League before, adopted a three-man central defensive system and chose to leave many of City's creators and manipulators on the bench.\n\nLyon deserved respect after eliminating Juventus but this was a ploy that took it too far and resulted in a stuttering City lacking urgency and creativity.\n\nHe eventually introduced Riyad Mahrez after the break to some effect but Lyon were offered hope and encouragement by Guardiola's approach and showed magnificent grit and resilience to secure the win.\n\nCity will rightly claim an injustice over the VAR decision that did not penalise what appeared to be a foul on Aymeric Laporte by Dembele but the team defending for the second goal was horrific, with every City player bar keeper Ederson in the Lyon half when the goal was created when the game was finely balanced at 1-1.\n\nCity and Guardiola have suffered Champions League disappointment before but this may hurt more than any other - and make no mistake, the much-feted Catalan must take his full share of responsibility for a flawed game plan.\n\nLyon's celebrations were wild at the final whistle - and who can blame them after a magnificent victory against many experts' favourites after previously knocking out Juventus despite another stellar contribution from Cristiano Ronaldo?\n\nThe French side dug deep, rode their luck at the right times, especially with Sterling's ghastly miss, and when offered the opportunity put City away.\n\nDembele showed the poacher's instinct that made him so highly prized at Celtic and has made him a success in France to score the two goals that saw off City.\n\nBayern Munich will be hot favourites after their astonishing 8-2 demolition of Barcelona but this revamped knockout format has already produced its share of surprises and Lyon have shown they must not be written off.\n\n'We're not getting carried away' - reaction\n\nGoalscorer Moussa Dembele speaking to RMC Sport: \"We are still in it, which means we have a great team.\n\n\"We are taking it game by game, not getting carried away. We will try to be ready for Bayern.\"\n• None Lyon's Rudi Garcia is the first French manager to guide a French team to the Champions League semi-finals since 2009-10 (Claude Puel with Lyon).\n• None Since progressing from his first seven Champions League quarter-finals as a manager with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola has been eliminated in each of his three with City.\n• None The Champions League semi-finals will see two French teams (PSG, Lyon) and two German teams (RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich). It is the first time since 2012-13 that there are just two different nations at the semi-final stage.\n• None City's Kevin de Bruyne has been directly involved in more goals in 2019-20 than any other Premier League player (38 - 16 goals, 22 assists).\n• None Lyon's Maxwel Cornet and Moussa Dembele have scored four Champions League goals against City, a joint high with Lionel Messi.\n• None Raheem Sterling made his 50th Champions League appearance tonight, aged 25 years and 251 days. The only Englishman to reach this milestone at a younger age was Wayne Rooney in 2010 (24 years, 115 days).\n• None Sterling provided his 11th assist for Manchester City in the Champions League - the joint-most for the club alongside De Bruyne.\n• None Fernandinho made his 58th appearance in the Champions League for Man City - the most of any City player in the competition.\n• None Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.\n• None Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.\n• None Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.\n• None Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Manchester City 1, Lyon 3. Moussa Dembele (Lyon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.\n• None Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Nine fangtastic facts on their history\n• None Has it changed the way we eat?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bradley Desmier was predicted a B, C and a merit but got a D, E and a pass\n\nPupils can appeal A-level grades if they are lower than what was predicted by teachers following an outcry over results.\n\nPupils had accused the Welsh Government of \"abandoning them\" after 42% of grades were lowered by the exams watchdog.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams has confirmed appeals will be allowed if \"there is evidence\" pupils should have received higher grades.\n\nShe said it gave \"clarity\" to students.\n\nMs Williams said the broadening of appeals by Qualifications Wales, meant students could now appeal if there was \"evidence of internal assessments that has been judged by the school or college to be at a higher grade than the grade they have been awarded\".\n\nThe Welsh Government had faced backlash from students, teachers, education bodies, and some of its own backbenchers, following the publication of A-level results on Thursday.\n\nDue to the coronavirus pandemic, exams were cancelled this year, with students' final grades based on teachers' estimations.\n\nBut the exam watchdog, Qualifications Wales, lowered more than 40% of grades in a standardisation process after finding some teachers had been \"too generous\".\n\nThe detail of the results also showed more pupils on free school meals saw their A-levels downgraded - 48.1% - compared to 45.3% for pupils not eligible.\n\nOn Wednesday, hours before students found out their results, the education minister guaranteed that no-one would get a lower grade in their A-level than they achieved in their AS result.\n\nMs Williams had said she had to act to stop Welsh students being \"disadvantaged\" following changes to results in England, and Scotland.\n\nBut with the last-minute intervention coming after results had already been sent to schools and colleges, there are concerns that universities may judge applications on the grades already issued, before that revision takes effect.\n\nSome students have spoken of getting results up to two grades lower than predicted, and being rejected by universities after not meeting required grades.\n\nThe latest guidance from Qualifications Wales now states:\n\nThe watchdog said: \"We have worked closely with WJEC [exam board] and considered the changes being introduced in England to find the best way forward for Welsh learners.\n\nAs a result, it said, it was extending the grounds for appeal for this summer's GCSE, AS and A levels, and the Welsh Bacc qualifications.\n\nThis does not go as far as saying pupils who are unhappy will get the grade estimated for them by teachers.\n\nBut it does allow appeals to be based on some of the evidence used by schools and colleges to decide those grades.\n\nThe big difference is that before this change, appeals could only be pursued on administrative grounds - for example, concerns that the exam board had used the wrong data.\n\nThere'll be more information in the next couple of days but there are some immediate questions about the practicalities of it all.\n\nIn view of the uproar since grades were published, it is inevitable there will be a huge number of appeals now the criteria has been opened up.\n\nBut how quickly can those be dealt with, when in many cases places at university depend on the result.\n\nSome will still argue that it would be more straightforward and fairer to issue the original grades submitted by teachers, as happened in Scotland.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Welsh Government's, WJEC and Qualifications Wales handling of the exam results process is set to be examined by a Senedd committee next week.\n\nPlaid Cymru's leader Adam Price has urged the Welsh Government to ensure pupils in Wales are awarded lower grades received their predicted results instead.\n\n\"I would rather trust in teachers than an algorithm when it comes to a fair assessment of how a pupil would perform in an exam,\" he said.\n\nReacting to the development he tweeted: \"Instead of adding yet more complexity and uncertainty, Welsh Govt should simply admit the failure and accept the teacher assessed grades.\"\n\nConservative MS Darren Millar earlier had called the situation \"a mess\" and urged a review.\n\n\"There have been A-grades downgraded to D's and B's to U's without any explanation or justification as to why these decisions have been made, and without regard to evidence provided by teachers on the progress of their students.\"\n\nThe Conservatives' education spokeswoman Suzy Davies said while she was pleased the Welsh Government had changed the appeals process, there needed to be guarantees the system would \"not collapse under the demand\".\n\n\"If that guarantee can't be given then today's announcement may still not allay concerns. I look forward to those guarantees being given swiftly and with confidence or this will not be going away,\" she said.\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.", "Swimmers have been told not to enter the water\n\nDover Harbour has been closed to swimmers and water-based activities as \"above normal\" levels of E. coli bacteria have been found in the water.\n\nThe Port of Dover tweeted at about 21:30 BST on Saturday to say the closure decision had been taken following \"routine water sample tests\".\n\nCustomers' health and safety was \"of utmost importance\", it said, adding there were no reports of ill health.\n\nOne woman contacted the BBC to say she became ill after swimming on Wednesday.\n\nFurther water sampling is due to take place later and on Monday, the port added.\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she swam in the sea at Dover with her family on Wednesday and became unwell that evening.\n\n\"Both my husband and I have had diarrhoea since Wednesday night,\" she said.\n\n\"The friends we were with have also been poorly. None of us thought anything of it until Dover port put out their tweet last night.\"\n\nIn an earlier statement, the port said that when \"water standards were not met\" it consulted with Dover District Council and the Environment Agency.\n\n\"The advice was to close the harbour to swimming and water-based activities until the situation is better understood\", it explained.\n\n\"The health and safety of our customers and community is of the utmost importance to us and therefore we have taken these measures as a precaution.\n\n\"There are no reports of ill health. We are working with external agencies in order to lift the restriction at the earliest opportunity.\"\n\nResults from further water testing are expected to be known on Tuesday.\n\nPhil Smith complained about the limited information on Saturday night: \"To give so little information to the people of Dover is an utter embarrassing shambles on your part Port Of Dover...\"\n\nAuthor Lady Kendall Jagger tweeted that signs along the beach were \"not enough\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The public's appetite for working from home and local lockdowns if a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be found appears to be growing, research suggests.\n\nKing's College London (KCL) has been tracking attitudes during the pandemic.\n\nResults from a survey reveal that 86% believe that, until a vaccine is found, workers should be able to decide whether they returned to the office.\n\nExperts said the results show people are prioritising public health over the economy and their social lives.\n\nA total of 87% of people questioned said that they would accept local lockdowns being imposed in the future, with 85% saying they would accept their own local area being subject to such limitations.\n\nAreas of England and Scotland which have seen a spike in cases are currently subject to local lockdowns to help stop the spread of Covid-19.\n\nProf Bobby Duffy, director of the policy institute at KCL, said the public seemed \"more convinced\" of the need for local lockdowns \"reflecting the extent to which people are still prioritising public health over the economy and their own social lives\".\n\nThe live entertainment industry is one of many to have taken a hit while restrictions have been in place.\n\nYet some 68% of those surveyed said they would accept a ban on major sporting or cultural events with a live audience.\n\nAnd as the government prepares to launch a campaign to persuade parents in England that it will be safe for children to return to the classroom next month, attitudes towards home schooling remain almost unchanged since May.\n\nSome 49% of those surveyed said home schooling for most children long-term would be acceptable, compared to 51% a few months earlier.\n\nOf those surveyed, 56% said they would accept parents being able to decide whether or not to send their children back to school - down from 63% in May.\n\nGideon Skinner, research director at Ipsos MORI, which carried out the survey, said results show that few Britons expect a return to life as normal any time soon, with \"many prepared to undertake a wide range of measures over a longer period of time to reduce the risk of spread\".\n\nA total of 2,237 interviews were carried out online with UK residents aged 16-75 last month.\n\nMeanwhile, as the end to the furlough scheme approaches, the percentage of workers who feel certain or think it is likely they will lose their job has dropped from 29% to 25%, while 29% feel they are certain or likely to face significant financial difficulties - a decrease from 34%.", "Public Health England is to be replaced by a new agency that will specifically deal with protecting the country from pandemics, according to a report.\n\nThe Sunday Telegraph claims Health Secretary Matt Hancock will this week announce a new body modelled on Germany's Robert Koch Institute.\n\nMinisters have reportedly been unhappy with the way PHE has responded to the coronavirus crisis.\n\nThe government was contacted by the BBC but declined to comment on the report.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: \"Public Health England have played an integral role in our national response to this unprecedented global pandemic.\n\n\"We have always been clear that we must learn the right lessons from this crisis to ensure that we are in the strongest possible position, both as we continue to deal with Covid-19 and to respond to any future public health threat.\"\n\nThe Telegraph reports that Mr Hancock will merge the NHS Test and Trace scheme with the pandemic response work of PHE.\n\nA leaked memo seen by the BBC, written by the head of Public Health England Duncan Selbie to staff said the aim of the new national institute for health protection was to boost expertise with \"much needed new investment\".\n\nThe paper said the new body could be called the National Institute for Health Protection and would become \"effective\" in September, but the change would not be fully completed until the spring.\n\nThe Robert Koch Institute, which the new body will reportedly be based on, is an independent agency that has taken control of Germany's response to the pandemic.\n\nEarlier this month, the government brought in a new way of counting daily coronavirus deaths in England following concerns that the method used by PHE overstated them.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has also said the country's response to Covid-19 could have been done \"differently\" and the government needed to learn lessons.\n\nPublic Health England has been seen by some at Westminster as a convenient scapegoat for flawed decision making in the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nBlame for a failure to have put in place a mass testing capability as the pandemic virus began to spread has been laid partly at PHE's door.\n\nBut decisions at the time and in the months before the crisis were made across Government, with input from the advisory body SAGE.\n\nPHE's critics will argue that a shake-up is now needed. But supporters will feel that blaming PHE is diverting attention from others in Whitehall and Westminster.\n\nThere is a logic to moving PHE's coronavirus functions, including testing and surveillance, into a new health protection agency which also takes in the test and trace network and management. But shaking up the defences with the virus threat still present is risky.\n\nMinisters will need to demonstrate they are doing so for the right reasons and not just playing to a political gallery.\n\nJohn Ashton, a former regional director of public health in north-west England, said PHE had had \"a bad pandemic\" but criticised the government's reported plans to scrap the organisation.\n\nHe told the BBC News Channel: \"You don't deal with the problem of an over-centralised, dysfunctional organisation by creating another over-centralised organisation which is what is being proposed.\n\n\"You don't change horses mid-stream - this pandemic has still got a long way to run,\" he said, adding that PHE should be strengthened rather than ditched.\n\nPHE was created in 2013 - as part of an overhaul of the NHS in England under former health secretary Jeremy Hunt - with responsibilities including preparing and responding to health-related emergencies such as pandemics.\n\nIt currently employs around 5,500 full-time staff, made up mostly of scientists, researchers and public health professionals.\n\nIts website says it was established to bring together public health specialists from more than 70 organisations into a single public health service.", "Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Chris Stuchbury died in the crash near Stonehaven\n\nA one-minute silence will be held on Wednesday to remember three people killed in a train derailment in Aberdeenshire.\n\nTrain stations across Scotland will fall silent at 09:43 - exactly a week after the crash near Stonehaven was reported to the emergency services.\n\nThe train derailed after hitting a landslip following heavy rain.\n\nScotRail said the one-minute silence would be observed at all train stations in Scotland and many stations elsewhere in the UK.\n\nAlex Hynes, the managing director of Scotland's Railway, said: \"Our hearts remain broken and will do for a long time.\n\n\"We hope that by coming together as a railway family, along with the local community and people across the country, we can support one another through this horrendous time.\n\n\"The strength of support and offers of help from railway colleagues across the rest of Britain has been a real source of comfort.\"\n\nThe three men were on board the 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow service when it crashed near Stonehaven following a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms.\n\nAn initial report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the train turned back towards Aberdeen after reports of a landslip further down the track.\n\nIt had travelled more than a mile when it was derailed after hitting a separate landslip.\n\nAn off-duty rail worker, who was travelling on the train, has been widely praised for raising the alarm after walking some distance to the nearest signal box.\n\nThe first police officers on the scene - PC Liam Mercer and PC Eilidh McCabe - were also thanked for their bravery during a visit to the scene by Prince Charles.\n\nThe prince met emergency responders who were among the first on the scene\n\nUK Transport Minister Grant Shapps has asked Network Rail to produce an interim report by 1 September.\n\nNetwork Rail said it would carry out detailed inspections of high-risk trackside slopes with similar characteristics to the site of the Aberdeenshire crash.\n\nDozens of sites across Britain will be assessed using in-house engineers, specialist contractors and helicopter surveys.\n\nScotland's Lord Advocate has asked Police Scotland, British Transport Police and the Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator, to conduct a joint investigation into the accident.\n\nThis will run in parallel with the independent safety investigation being carried out by the RAIB.", "Millions of self-employed people whose trade has been hit by coronavirus can now apply for a second support grant from the government.\n\nMore than three million people may be eligible for the payment of up to £6,570 each, which Chancellor Rishi Sunak said would be the final hand-out.\n\nHMRC said it was pleased with the positive start the scheme made when it opened on Monday morning.\n\nBy early Monday 39,000 people had successfully made claims, HMRC said.\n\nAngela MacDonald, deputy chief executive at the HMRC, told BBC Breakfast that those claims were made within the first hour-and-a-half after the scheme opened.\n\nThe claims window is initially open for a four-day period but anyone who thinks they may be eligible and hasn't been contacted by HMRC has until October to make a claim, she said.\n\n\"We are trying very hard to contact all those people who are eligible in order to help them to understand when they can make their claim.\"\n\nIf you think you are eligible and haven't been contacted by HMRC, you can go onto the online system which will tell you if you are eligible, and when it is you can make a claim.\n\n\"People shouldn't worry about needing to do everything too much in a rush,\" said Ms MacDonald.\n\n\"If you don't manage it in those first four days the claims systems is actually open until the 19th October, so therefore everybody's got the time to do it to suit their working situation at the moment.\"\n\nThe first grant, launched in May, saw £7.8bn claimed by 2.7 million people.\n\nHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has admitted thousands were paid too much, but it will not be demanding repayment.\n\nSome 15,000 payments - less than 0.6% of the total - were miscalculated in the first tranche of support, the tax authority said.\n\n\"The vast majority of grants were paid correctly, but in a very small number of cases, not all the information held on a tax return was taken into account when calculating eligibility and grants,\" said a spokesman for HMRC.\n\n\"Our top priority has been ensuring self-employed people receive grants quickly while protecting public money from deliberate fraudsters.\"\n\nLegal services firm Integrated Dispute Resolution, which highlighted the error, said the scale of it was still not \"fully understood\".\n\nTo be eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, more than half of a claimant's income needs to come from self-employment.\n\nThe scheme is open to those with a trading profit of less than £50,000 in 2018-19, or an average trading profit of less than £50,000 from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.\n\nUnder the first payment, self-employed workers who qualified had been in line for a grant of 80% of their average profits, up to £2,500 a month for three months.\n\nThis was paid in one instalment, of up to £7,500.\n\nApplications for this first payment closed on 13 July.\n\nAs of Monday, those eligible can claim the second, slightly less generous, grant covering 70% of the applicant's average monthly trading profits.\n\nIt will also be made in a single payment, covering three months and capped at £2,190 a month, or £6,570 in total.\n\nApplicants will need to confirm their business has been affected by the virus on or after 14 July, but they would not need to have taken the first grant to be eligible for the second.\n\nA number of self-employed people, such as directors who pay themselves in dividends, freelancers, and the newly self-employed, are unhappy at missing out on the government's self-employment support package.\n\nThe Treasury Select Committee called on ministers to plug the gaps to fulfil the government's promise of \"doing whatever it takes\", but Mr Sunak defended \"the right policies for the first phase of the crisis\".\n\nThe system is the alternative to the extended furlough scheme for employed workers.\n\nThe Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed welcomed the second round of grants.\n\nBut it said the government must be ready to reopen and \"extend it to the desperately struggling forgotten self-employed\" in the event of a second wave of the coronavirus.\n• None What extra help will the self-employed get?", "A boy was found dead at a home in Cumberland Park, Acton, on Sunday\n\nA woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 10-year-old boy was found dead at a home in west London.\n\nThe Met Police said at 02:30 BST on Sunday, a woman went to a police station in west London and spoke to police officers.\n\nA short time later, emergency services found the boy dead at a home in Cumberland Park, Acton.\n\nOfficers believe they know his identity but await formal identification. Next-of-kin have been informed.\n\nThe woman was known to the boy, although police could not confirm what their relationship was. No-one else is being sought in connection with his death.\n\nReverend Nick Jones, 61, the rector of Acton who lives in Cumberland Park, said news of the boy's death was \"shattering\".\n\n\"I'm still shaking a bit, it's hugely upsetting,\" he added, while another neighbour said he was \"in shock\".\n\nA post-mortem examination will be held in due course.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lewis Hamilton dominated the Spanish Grand Prix to take his fourth victory in six races so far this year.\n\nThe Mercedes driver led every lap from pole position and was simply too fast for Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who was unable to challenge.\n\nHamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas took third, failing to catch Verstappen despite Mercedes' efforts on strategy.\n\nHamilton's win extended his World Championship lead to 37 points over Verstappen, who is six ahead of Bottas.\n\nIt was the 88th victory of Hamilton's career and he is now just three from Michael Schumacher's all-time record of wins.\n\nIt was also his 156th podium finish, a new record, beating the previous mark, also held by Schumacher.\n\nIn temperatures of 30C, the race was gruelling physically for all the drivers, but there was no sign of the expected challenge to Hamilton from Verstappen.\n\nMercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff had said on the eve of the race that Verstappen was favourite because he had shown stronger pace when the teams were doing their race preparation in practice.\n\nBut once converting his pole position into a lead at the first corner, Hamilton was always in command.\n\nHe took it easy in the opening laps, to ensure he could make his required pit-stop schedule but after 10 laps started to increase the pace and Verstappen could not keep up.\n\n\"I was just in a daze out there,\" Hamilton said. \"It felt really good. It was a surprise because we had this problem with the tyres [at the last race] and the work we did was what meant we could do this.\"\n\nWith Hamilton in control, Red Bull's focus now became ensuring Verstappen held on to second place from Bottas, who made a poor start and dropped to fourth on the first lap, behind Verstappen and Racing Point's Lance Stroll.\n\nBottas was past Stroll within five laps but Verstappen was able to hold the Finn just out of range through the first pit stops.\n\nMercedes decided to run Bottas longer than Verstappen in the second stint, in an attempt to give him a tyre off-set in the final stint.\n\nBut although stopping seven laps later than Verstappen and switching on to the soft tyre compared to the Red Bull's mediums, Bottas was unable to gain any ground.\n\nBottas' consolation was the point for fastest lap, but with a 43-point deficit to Hamilton - a gap edging close to two clear wins - the Finn's title hopes are already effectively almost over.\n\nHamilton lapped everyone up to fourth place, so far ahead were the front three from the rest.\n\nThe Racing Points of Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll crossed the line fourth and fifth, but the Mexican was handed a five-second penalty for ignoring blue flags when Hamilton was lapping him and dropped behind the Canadian in the results.\n\nMcLaren's Carlos Sainz drove a strong race on his home track to take sixth, ahead of the impressive Sebastian Vettel, who made a one-stop strategy work to move up from 12th on the grid to finish seventh.\n\nVettel's team-mate Charles Leclerc was running ahead of him and was also aiming for a one-stop but spun when an electrical fault cut his engine on lap 36.\n\nHe managed to get the car going again at the second attempt, and did a lap without his seat belts secured to get back to the pits, where he had to retire.\n\nWhat happens next?\n\nA much-needed weekend off after six races in seven weeks before another run of three in a row, starting with the Belgian Grand Prix at classic Spa-Francorchamps.\n\nWhat they said\n\nLewis Hamilton: \"I was in a daze out there,\" he says. \"It felt really good. It was a fantastic effort from the team. It was a surprise because we had that problem with the tyres last weekend, but we seem to have understood it.\"\n\nMax Verstappen: \"It was good to split the two Mercedes. I didn't have the pace like Lewis but I'm happy with second. The start was crucial to get ahead of Valtteri, then I was just trying to go at my own pace.\"\n\nValtteri Bottas: \"The start was the key point, I lost a position and then had to push hard to make ground and suffered the tyre condition. In stint two I was behind Max and everyone knows how hard that it. Off the start, Lewis got away and I did not have a tow like those behind.\"\n• None Find out how to master it\n• None Who spreads misinformation and why?", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nSecond Test, Ageas Bowl, Southampton (day four of five)\n\nThe second Test between England and Pakistan is set to end in a draw after more rain meant there was only an hour's play on day four at the Ageas Bowl.\n\nJust 96.2 overs have been bowled in the match from a possible 360 because of rain and bad light.\n\nPlay resumed at 11:00 BST on Sunday and England finally bowled Pakistan out for 236 when Mohammad Rizwan fell to Stuart Broad for 72.\n\nRory Burns was dismissed by the fourth ball of England's reply but rain stopped play with the hosts 7-1.\n\nThe players were taken from the field at 12:00 BST and the initial light rain became heavier.\n\nThe rain stopped about 15:45 but the umpires abandoned play soon after because the outfield would take at least two and a half hours to dry.\n\nThere was then a comical situation where the ground was bathed in sunshine under blue skies in the evening but no play was possible.\n\nMore rain is forecast for day five, meaning a positive result is all but impossible.\n\nEngland would have bat beyond Pakistan and then bowl out the tourists cheaply to force the victory that would give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.\n\nThe third Test begins on Friday at the same ground.\n\nMisery for Burns on another miserable day\n\nThe real shame is that the action we have seen in this game has been very watchable. There just has not been enough of it for a positive result.\n\nPakistan resumed on 223-9 and Rizwan - unbeaten on 60 overnight - charged down the pitch and swiped at James Anderson's first delivery.\n\nThe ball moved prodigiously off the seam all morning as Pakistan added 13 in 5.2 overs before Rizwan skied a leading edge to cover, giving Broad figures of 4-56.\n\nEngland's openers emerged in the gloom with little to gain and much to lose. The chances of an England win were already slim.\n\nBurns edged the first ball of the innings just short of second slip. His luck was short-lived as he was soon well taken at second slip by Asad Shafiq.\n\nEngland's openers have now amassed four ducks in five Tests this season - their joint most in an English Test summer.\n\nAbbas was equally challenging at the other end. There were five play-and-misses in his first seven balls, including the first delivery Dom Sibley faced that jagged back and hit him on the hip.\n\nIt was an entertaining period and one that showed how difficult this match could have been for England had more play been possible.\n\nDespite the likelihood of a draw, batting consultant Jonathan Trott said England can take \"lot of momentum going into the next game\" from the final day's play.\n\n\"We've taken momentum from the last game, how we finished there and the win we had,\" the former batsman said.\n\n\"It's important we don't just see it as a day to bat out or to walk away with a draw and still be 1-0 up.\n\n\"There is still some work to be done against the new ball tomorrow morning to make sure we're in a good place going into the third Test.\"", "The car crashed into a house on the A4 London Rd, Derry Hill near Chippenham\n\nFour young men died when the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a house in Wiltshire, catching fire.\n\nEmergency crews were called to the scene on the A4 London Rd, Derry Hill near Chippenham at about 03:00 BST.\n\nPolice said the four occupants of the vehicle - some believed to be in their late teens - died at the scene.\n\nNo-one inside the house was injured, and all were evacuated while fire crews tackled the blaze.\n\nThe car was travelling towards Calne when it left the road near the Lysley Arms pub\n\nWiltshire Police Det Supt Steve Cox said: \"This was an absolutely horrific collision on our roads in the early hours of this morning.\n\n\"All blue light services attended the scene and were met with devastating scenes after a vehicle travelling along the A4 collided with a house and caught on fire.\n\n\"All four occupants of the vehicle died at the scene. Their families have been informed and we are in the process of assigning each family with specialist trained officers.\n\n\"My thoughts, and the thoughts of all at Wiltshire Police are with them all today.\"\n\nThe A4 and A342 remain closed while an investigation and recovery work is carried out\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app.\n\nFive-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was pegged back but leads Kyren Wilson 10-7 after a fascinating first day of the World Championship final.\n\nO'Sullivan was gifted opportunities as he opened up an 8-2 lead but a rejuvenated Wilson responded by taking five of the next seven frames.\n\nSnooker's showpiece saw the return of crowds in sport, with around 300 fans in attendance at the Crucible Theatre.\n\nThe best-of-35 final resumes on Sunday at 13:30 BST, live across the BBC.\n\nThe fourth and final session will begin at 19:30, with the winner collecting the trophy and £500,000 in prize money.\n\nBoth players came through epic, final-frame deciders on Friday in Sheffield, with O'Sullivan appearing in his first final since 2014, while Wilson is in his maiden world final.\n\nSpectators had attended the first day of the tournament on 31 July but were barred thereafter because of changes in government guidelines, though this changed again in time for the final.\n• None Relive the first day of the World Championship final\n\nBoth players emerged through dramatic final-frame deciders in the semi-finals and O'Sullivan, who seemed to struggle with his cue action throughout, made breaks of 56, 60, 75 and 106 to go 5-2 in front.\n\nWorld number eight Wilson was struck by nerves in the opening exchanges, failing to settle, and the signs started to look ominous when his opponent took a tense eighth frame on the black for a sizeable, four-frame advantage.\n\nWilson started the session with 53 but broke down, as O'Sullivan forced an error in a tactical exchange to extend his lead, as well as making 51 for five in a row.\n\nBut then came 'The Warrior' Wilson's revival, fighting back to punish an O'Sullivan - whose long potting was all over the place - with 92, 50 and 58 en route to reducing his arrears to two frames at 8-6.\n\nHe was in again in the 15th frame but inadvertently knocked in the red when potting the blue, ensuring O'Sullivan guaranteed himself an overnight lead.\n\nAnd although Wilson made a century on the penultimate frame of the day, missing the last red in the 17th frame proved costly as O'Sullivan cleared up for a three-frame overnight buffer.\n\nKyren will sleep the easier of the two players, Ronnie will be worried and will be on the practice table in the morning to get his cue action back.\n\nThe picture of Ronnie walking off at the end, wiping his brow, shows you he has been through the mill today. It is all very well thinking it comes easy to Ronnie O'Sullivan, but sometimes he has to sit and suffer when he goes off the boil and Kyren has his tail up.\n\nAn interesting set-up now but he has to come back on Sunday and generate some more action.\n\nIt is set up lovely, for all those who thought this was going to be one-way traffic, they have another think coming.\n\nKyren Wilson won the second session but it was almost undone by that missed red, which you would not expect him to miss. What a turning point this may prove to be in the whole match.\n\nThat could have been 9-8 but he has thrown the frame to Ronnie, who duly held his nerve and bottle. He will be over the moon to be 10-7 up.\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.", "Camping equipment and discarded food and drink have been found across the Lake District\n\nVolunteers carrying out a Lake District litter pick have described the mounds of rubbish as heartbreaking.\n\nDiscarded camping equipment, cans of nitrous oxide, cutlery and leftover food have been collected, while some areas have had trees cut down.\n\nThe lakes have proved popular with visitors following the recent easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.\n\nCharity Friends of the Lake District had appealed for people to take part in the two-day clean-up across Cumbria.\n\nEngagement officer Ruth Kirk, who paddled out to an island at Thirlmere on a kayak, said: \"It just breaks my heart. It makes me want to cry.\n\n\"It's been replicated right across the Lake District, particularly around the lake shores.\n\n\"It's understandable people want to spend time here, but it has created quite a problem with the amount of litter left behind.\n\n\"It's difficult for communities. They live here and want it to be a lovely place. They don't want to have to go out as volunteers to collect litter every week.\"\n\nRuth Kirk, of Friends of the Lake District, is urging people to follow the Countryside Code\n\nThe organisation is urging visitors not to camp at lakesides or on nearby islands and to \"enjoy the landscape responsibly\" by taking all rubbish home.\n\nSome of the larger items found as part of the pick will need to be collected by rangers in boats, Ms Kirk added.\n\nDuring the months in lockdown, police and park authority rangers sent home hundreds of people found illegally camping and holding parties.\n\nProblems have continued after the easing of restrictions, though, and some locals have set up their own group to collect rubbish.\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.", "There has been talk in the air at Westminster for a while about a major shake-up or even axing of Public Health England.\n\nBlame for the controversial decision to halt community coronavirus testing and tracing in March has been laid at PHE's door.\n\nThe organisation crops up with others in the political crossfire over the handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Now it has emerged that its remaining responsibilities for virus testing and infection data surveillance in England will be transferred to a new body including NHS Test and Trace.\n\nPHE will continue to be responsible for now for prevention issues such as anti-obesity measures.\n\nIt is easy to point the finger at PHE, but it is an executive agency accountable to the secretary of state, Matt Hancock.\n\nDecisions in March were made in collaboration with ministers and the chief medical and scientific advisers. Sources point out that PHE was never set up to be a body responsible for mass community testing and that what's needed now is an organisation fully responsible for pandemic planning.\n\nA full examination of who is responsible and culpable for which policies will have to wait for an independent inquiry - whenever that takes place.", "Tracers are attempting to contact a number of people who visited the Empire Club\n\nMore than 100 people are at risk of having contracted coronavirus after four positive tests were linked to a pub in County Durham.\n\nAnyone who visited Stanley's Empire Club between Sunday 9 and Tuesday 11 August is asked to isolate for 14 days.\n\nHealth chiefs are working to trace everyone who was there.\n\nThe pub has closed, along with the town's Ball Alley, Phoenix Club and East Stanley Workingmen's Club, which have also been linked to virus cases.\n\nAmanda Healy, Durham County Council's director of public health, said her concerns were \"predominantly\" with the Empire Club.\n\n\"We're asking people to self-isolate because it's deemed they've been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.\n\n\"We think there's over 100 people who have been in the Empire over those three days.\n\n\"The club is working really closely with us and have gathered the addresses and telephone numbers of some of the people and we passed them on to NHS Test and Trace.\n\n\"However, it may take a little while for them to be contacted so we want to make an appeal for people to isolate to stop the spread of the virus as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Battle of Culloden site near Inverness normally attracts thousands of visitors every year\n\nAlmost 200 jobs have been saved at the National Trust for Scotland after it was awarded £3.8m by the Scottish government.\n\nThe money is designed to help the charity, which looks after places such as Culloden and Brodick Castle, recover from the impact of Covid-19.\n\nIt will also help NTS open 33 buildings this year - five more than planned.\n\nDespite the windfall, 232 redundancies are still expected to be made by the organisation.\n\nThe conservation group lost almost £30m - half its expected income - as a result of lockdown and the subsequent restrictions.\n\nIt had to close its properties and saw revenue from membership,investments and fundraising plummet.\n\nIn May, the trust said its future was in doubt and it would look to sell off non-heritage land and property, and making 429 staff redundant.\n\nThe NTS says the new funding, combined with £2.5m raised by donors and members, has saved 197 jobs, including all its ecologists and 20 out of 35 countryside ranger roles.\n\nAs part of the new deal the trust has been told it must work with the Scottish government to consider the long-term sustainability of its operations and review its business model for future challenges.\n\nCulture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the lockdown has been a \"deeply difficult\" time for the trust and vowed any government support was designed to support staff.\n\nShe said: \"The severe impact of the pandemic means that unfortunately not all jobs can be saved but this funding will go far to protect as many critical roles across the National Trust for Scotland estate as we can.\n\n\"The funding will also ensure that some sites proposed for long-term closure by National Trust for Scotland can instead be reopened, and enjoyed once again by communities.\"\n\nMs Hyslop said the organisation is responsible for promoting and protecting many of Scotland's most important natural and built sites, which are crucial to the heritage and tourism sectors.\n\nAnd she pledged to work with its new leadership so it is in a position to continue its \"vital work\" in the future.\n\nThe conservation organisation manages or owns about 130 properties in Scotland, including St Kilda, which is Unesco world heritage site.\n\nAlmost all of its gardens and estates have reopened to the public and the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum was one of its first buildings to reopen last week.\n\nNTS is expected to make 188 compulsory redundancies and 44 people have requested voluntary redundancies. It has also had a recruitment freeze.\n\nSt Kilda, which is managed by the NTS, is a protected Unesco World Heritage site\n\nNTS chief executive Phil Long welcomed the funding which comes during the \"worst crisis\" in the charity's 90-year history.\n\nBut he added: \"My joy at this announcement is tempered by the fact that the devastating effects of Covid-19 mean we still must say goodbye to friends and colleagues.\n\n\"I wish it were not so, but redundancies are unavoidable, although this support helps keep them to the absolute minimum.\"\n\nMr Long said the organisation has been left with a \"resilient operating model to weather continuing uncertainty\".\n\nRichard Hardy, of Prospect union, paid tribute to those who had campaigned for government intervention and welcomed the funding.\n\nBut he added: \"At the end of the day however, we cannot and should not lose sight of the fact that over 200 people are still losing their jobs and this is bad news for the economy, for heritage and for Scotland.\"\n\nThe money is part of the £97m in UK government consequentials for the culture and heritage sector.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A-level grades awarded in sixth form colleges this year fell below the average of the last three years in England, new analysis suggests.\n\nThe Sixth Form Colleges Association said its research is evidence that students in larger institutions have been failed by this year's system.\n\nThe government has defended the approach it used to determine grades.\n\nMeanwhile, Northern Ireland has announced GCSE students will be awarded the grades assessed by their teachers.\n\nNI Education Minister Peter Weir said ahead of GCSE results day on Thursday it would scrap an algorithm that would have taken into account the past performance of schools.\n\nIt comes after almost 40% of A-level grades awarded on Thursday in England were lower than teachers' predictions.\n\nStudents, who were not able to sit exams this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, had 280,000 A-level results downgraded.\n\nExam regulator Ofqual has faced criticism over the statistical model it used to decide the grades.\n\nMany students are expected to appeal, although there has been confusion over the appeals process after Ofqual withdrew its guidance for challenging results within hours of publishing it on Saturday.\n\nNew guidelines are still being drawn up by Ofqual, the Department for Education said on Sunday evening.\n\nHundreds of students held a demonstration in central London on Sunday to demand clarity over the appeals procedure.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson has been told by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer that he needs to take \"personal responsibility\" and \"fix\" the situation.\n\nThe Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) said it looked at 65,000 exam entries in 41 subjects from sixth form colleges and found that grades were 20% lower than historic performances for similar students in those colleges.\n\nIt said that this equated to \"12,048 missing grades\" in those colleges alone.\n\nFor example, in Biology, it found that 24% of sixth form college students were awarded a grade lower than similar students in recent years.\n\nThe SFCA said its analysis of 41 subjects had not found a single one where the results were above the three-year average.\n\nOfqual states that its objective for A-level results this year was to ensure \"national results are broadly similar to previous years\".\n\nSFCA said its research showed that Ofqual had \"failed\" to meet that \"fundamental objective\" and the model it used had \"not only failed to produce broadly similar results, but has in fact produced worse results in every single subject\".\n\nBill Watkin, chief executive of the SFCA, said Ofqual should \"immediately recalibrate and rerun the model to provide all students with an accurate grade\".\n\n\"Should this still fail to produce results that are broadly similar to previous years, students should be awarded the grades predicted by teachers (known as centre assessed grades),\" he said.\n\nDr Mark Fenton, chief executive of the Grammar School Heads Association, said the results had also been unfair to some of its students.\n\nHe told the BBC that \"a great injustice has been done\" with \"utterly baffling\" results for some students.\n\nHe said the \"only fair outcome\" available would be to revert to the grade predicted by teachers and for the limit of 5% extra university places in England to be lifted.\n\nThe cap on increasing student numbers for each university was put in place by ministers to prevent academically selective universities recruiting heavily to make up for a fall in international students.\n\n\"Natural justice must surely now trump the understandable desire to maintain national standards in this, the most exceptional of years,\" Dr Fenton added.\n\nThree of Oxford University's colleges - Worcester, Wadham and, as of Sunday evening, St Edmund Hall - have confirmed that all places offered to UK students will be secured irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nina Bunting-Mitcham: \"My first thought was, my life is completely over\"\n\nAfter exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, grades were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nAhead of GCSE results due to be released on Thursday, former Conservative Education Secretary Lord Kenneth Baker urged the government to delay the publication of grades until the situation surrounding A-levels had been resolved.\n\n\"If you are in a hole, stop digging,\" Lord Baker said.\n\nThe statistical model used by Ofqual faces two legal challenges, with students arguing they were unfairly judged on the school they attend.\n\nBefore results were released, the Department for Education announced a \"triple-lock\", which meant that students could accept the grade calculated by Ofqual, appeal to receive a \"valid mock result\" or sit autumn exams.\n\nThe government announced on Friday that schools would not have to pay to appeal against exam grades.\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades. A similar situation in Scotland saw a U-turn by the government, which agreed to accept teacher estimates of scores.\n\nHave your A level results been affected by this year's grading system?\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.", "The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has apologised for missing a VJ Day event to work as a linesman at a football match.\n\nDouglas Ross said he was wrong to officiate at the Scottish Premiership game rather than attend a two-minute silence in his Moray constituency.\n\nHis apology came after his absence was highlighted on the front page of the Sunday Mail.\n\nHe told the paper that the MP's decision \"shows his appalling judgement and, frankly, his arrogance too\".\n\nThe apology comes less than two weeks after Mr Ross was confirmed as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives following the resignation of Jackson Carlaw.\n\nThe MP, who is also a qualified football referee, was a linesman at the match between Kilmarnock and St Johnstone at Rugby Park.\n\nIn a statement issued on Sunday morning, the MP said he was selected to officiate at a game before he was invited to the VJ Day event in Forres.\n\nHe offered his apologies in advance that he could not attend.\n\n\"I had not anticipated there being an official VJ Day event given the current restrictions due to Covid, but when it became clear there was a conflict, I should have asked to be taken off my game,\" he added.\n\n\"I got this wrong and I apologise.\"\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 Ross said he would donate his match fee - believed to be about £445 - to the veterans charity Help for Heroes.\n\n\"I am a proud and passionate supporter of the Armed Forces and our veterans,\" he added.\n\n\"I represent a constituency with a significant military presence and have worked with local and national charities supporting veterans throughout my time as an elected representative.\n\n\"I made an error of judgement here and apologise to any veteran who was offended.\"\n\nDespite the pandemic, a series of events were held across the UK to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.\n\nThe Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.\n\nAnd in the Scotland crowds watched the Red Arrows over Ayrshire. Their planned flight over Edinburgh Castle was cancelled due to the weather.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nSevilla wrecked Manchester United's hopes of ending the season with silverware as they edged a hard-fought Europa League semi-final in Cologne.\n\nOle Gunnar Solskjaer's side lost their third semi-final this season despite taking the lead when Bruno Fernandes scored their 22nd penalty of the season after Marcus Rashford was fouled by Diego Carlos.\n\nSevilla, Europa League specialists, equalised before the interval when former Liverpool forward Suso swept a finish past David de Gea at the far post.\n\nUnited's fate was sealed when they missed a succession of chances early in the second half as Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou emerged as the hero, denying Anthony Martial several times.\n\nAnd Sevilla, who saw off Wolves in the quarter-final, secured their place in the final when Luuk de Jong swept home a cross from Jesus Navas with 12 minutes left, United punished for poor defending which led to recriminations as Fernandes confronted Victor Lindelof in the aftermath.\n• None 'This Man Utd side have been exposed as nearly men'\n• None Man Utd have to take it to the next step - Maguire\n• None Football Daily podcast: What went wrong for Man Utd?\n\nManchester United's long season came to a bitterly disappointing conclusion as they missed out on the chance to lift their first trophy since they won this tournament under Jose Mourinho more than three years ago.\n\nAnd they have only themselves to blame for a lack of killer instinct in front of goal, especially in that opening phase of the second half when Bounou denied them, especially Martial, but United simply had to take one of those chances.\n\nIt left Sevilla in the game and, as this talented side have proved before, they are experts at finding a way to win in the Europa League.\n\nAnd so it proved with De Jong's late goal, helped by awful United defending as they switched off from Navas' cross, with Lindelof and Aaron Wan-Bissaka culpable.\n\nUnited could not respond as they looked heavy legged, Solskjaer waiting until late on before introducing a raft of chances more in hope than expectation.\n\nManchester United rescued their season in the second half of the campaign, fuelled by the signing of Fernandes, but losing three semi-finals in a single term is a poor effort.\n\nSolskjaer's season has finished respectability with a third-placed finish in the Premier League but weaknesses were exposed by the loss to Manchester City in the EFL Cup semi-final, Chelsea in the FA Cup and now this defeat by Sevilla.\n\nIt will no doubt strengthen Solskjaer's hand as he demands high-class additions in the transfer window but does nothing to disguise the disappointment or the fact that, when the pressure was really on in the big cup games this season, they failed to deliver.\n• None Sevilla have reached their sixth Uefa Cup/Europa League final, at least two more than any other side.\n• None Manchester United have now been eliminated from European competition by Spanish opposition for the third consecutive campaign.\n• None Sevilla are now unbeaten in 20 games, just the fourth different side within Europe's top five leagues this season to enjoy such a run (also Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid).\n• None Including both their quarter-final victory over FC Copenhagen and their match with Sevilla, Manchester United had 46 shots, with 21 hitting the target - however, the Red Devils have managed just two goals from the penalty spot in those matches with a conversion rate of 4.4%.\n• None Manchester United have been awarded 22 penalties in all competitions this season, the most by a side in a single campaign within Europe's top five leagues since Barcelona in 2015-16 (24).\n• None Since his Manchester United debut on 1 February, only Robert Lewandowski (28) and Lionel Messi (27) have had a direct hand in more goals in all competitions than Bruno Fernandes (20 - 12 goals, eight assists) within Europe's top five leagues.\n• None Bruno Fernandes has scored 100% of the 14 penalties he has taken in all competitions this season, netting six for Sporting Lisbon.\n• None Offside, Sevilla. Franco Vázquez tries a through ball, but Luuk de Jong is caught offside.\n• None Offside, Sevilla. Yassine Bounou tries a through ball, but Luuk de Jong is caught offside.\n• None Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Franco Vázquez (Sevilla) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Éver Banega with a cross following a corner. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Find out how to master it\n• None Who spreads misinformation and why?", "An investment syndicate and a former councillor hope to reopen Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange as a hotel after the company which owned it collapsed.\n\nThe stakeholders want to get the business up and running again after Signature Living Coal Exchange was put into liquidation, owing about £25m.\n\nThe Grade II*-listed building reopened as the Exchange Hotel in 2017 after a £40m renovation.\n\nHeritage campaigners said they were \"sceptical\" about the plans.\n\nBuilt in 1883, the Coal Exchange was once where the world price of coal was set and where it is claimed the first £1m cheque was signed.\n\nFormer Cardiff councillor Ashley Govier, who runs a hotel services company which supplied staff to the Exchange, has applied to renew its alcohol and live events licence.\n\nThe new application was submitted by Eden Grove Properties Limited, another of Mr Govier's companies.\n\nMr Govier said he was paying salaries of 61 hotel staff and hoped to secure their jobs.\n\n\"We stepped in to keep the staff pool on while we try to get the hotel open again. Our intention is to save as many staff as possible,\" he said.\n\nMr Govier is working with Coal Exchange Hotel LLP, a syndicate of about 30 investors who hold a 999-year ground lease on most of the communal areas of the Coal Exchange and about 60 bedrooms.\n\nThe remaining bedrooms at the hotel are leased by individual investors, who were promised quarterly dividends as a return on their investments.\n\nThe trading floor of the Coal Exchange at its peak\n\nPhilip Ingman, who manages the syndicate, said it had invested more than £15m to fund the first phase of converting the building into a hotel.\n\n\"Our investors' aim is of course to get the works finished and prepare the hotel to open again,\" he said.\n\nAnother stakeholder is businessman Derek Watts, whose company Albendan Ltd is one of the largest creditors of the collapsed company, with a debt of about £10m.\n\nCardiff Council said the consultation period for Eden Grove Properties Ltd's application ends on 28 August.\n\nMuch of the building remains covered in scaffolding and it will cost an estimated £8m to complete the renovation.\n\nNerys Lloyd-Pierce of Cardiff Civic Society said: \"Our fear is that the Coal Exchange will become the victim of 'facadism', where the heart and soul of the building will be lost.\"\n\nNick Russell of Save the Coal Exchange said the attempts to reopen the hotel were \"encouraging\", but that concerns remained for its longer-term future.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Like almost 40% of student grades in England, Nina Bunting-Mitcham's A-level results were lower than her teachers predicted.\n\nShe called into BBC's Any Questions, and told schools minister Nick Gibb that he had ruined her life.\n\nLater on, she told BBC News that she felt disadvantaged schools were impacted disproportionately by the new system.\n\nThe government has said they will cover the cost of appeals and resits for schools.", "Elizabeth Debicki will portray Princess Diana in the final two series of The Crown\n\nAustralian actress Elizabeth Debicki will play Diana, Princess of Wales, in the final two seasons of the hit Netflix series The Crown, it has been announced.\n\nThe Night Manager star will take over from the fourth season's Emma Corrin.\n\nDebicki joins Jonathan Pryce and Imelda Staunton for the final two seasons of the royal drama, which is expected to cover the 1990s and early 2000s.\n\nThe fourth season is expected to be released this autumn.\n\n\"Princess Diana's spirit, her words and her actions live in the hearts of so many,\" Debicki said in a statement posted by The Crown's official Twitter account.\n\n\"It is my true privilege and honour to be joining this masterful series, which has had me absolutely hooked from episode one.\"\n\nPrincess Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997\n\nThe 29-year-old actress is known for her roles in films including The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.\n\nThe final two series will include the break-up of Princess Diana and Prince Charles' marriage and her death in 1997, which plunged the Royal Family into crisis.\n\nThe final two series may also go on to cover the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, seven weeks apart in 2002, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee that summer.\n\nEarlier this week, the show announced that Oscar-nominated actor Jonathan Pryce would follow in the footsteps of Matt Smith and Tobias Menzies to play Prince Philip in series four and five.\n\nImelda Staunton, meanwhile, takes over from Olivia Colman as the monarch, while Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret.\n\nImelda Staunton (left) and Lesley Manville will play the Queen and Princess Margaret respectively", "The Tavern Inn says the scheme has \"brought us nothing but negativity\"\n\nSome restaurants and pubs are withdrawing from the Eat Out to Help Out scheme because of \"hostility towards staff\".\n\nUnder the scheme the government pays half of the bill on meals served from Monday to Wednesdays throughout August.\n\nOwners says a surge in demand on these days has led to staff being shouted at, and \"physical and mental stress\".\n\nIn tourist-heavy areas like the South West many say the scheme is not helping at an already busy time of year.\n\nSome say fewer customers are dining on other weekdays as a result.\n\nThe Treasury said the scheme was working.\n\nUK Hospitality, which represents the industry, said generally the feedback had been \"very positive for businesses who were staring ruin in the face\".\n\nHowever, The Tavern Inn in Newquay is one venue that has pulled out of the discount scheme, which is capped at £10 per diner and does not include alcoholic drinks.\n\nNina Eyles is frustrated that the scheme has left her restaurant quiet on other days of the week\n\nOwner Kelly Hill said: \"It has brought us nothing but negativity due to the huge demand, causing long waits on food, tables over-running and hostility towards our staff.\n\n\"People are ordering big, big meals; they are not willing to wait for their food; our staff are being shouted at for having no tables, or for the service being slow. It's put an awful lot of strain on our waiting staff and kitchen staff.\"\n\nThe Heron Inn in Truro has also opted out, saying on Facebook: \"Safety is our main priority, and with the increased amount of people visiting us, it is making it difficult for us to manage with social distancing rules in place.\n\n\"We have received unpleasant comments and general unwelcome behaviour from customers when they are unable to find a table due to us having reached capacity\".\n\nSteph Dyer and Pete Kenwood own the Westleigh Inn and have opted out of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme\n\nThe Westleigh Inn near Bideford in Devon has also withdrawn because of the \"physical and mental stress it has put us and all our staff under\".\n\nLandlady Steph Dyer said that \"the idea is brilliant, but just not in August. Do it in October. Everybody I have spoken to is finding it difficult to maintain standards of service\".\n\nIn Crantock near Newquay, the C-Bay bistro says the scheme has led to a loss of business because people are not booking for the days when it is not running.\n\nOwner Nina Eyles said: \"In July we were full every day, but now Mondays to Wednesdays are absolutely manic and we are much quieter than normal on the other days.\n\n\"If it was in winter we would be so grateful and it would have been amazing.\"\n\nThe Treasury said the scheme was designed to protect jobs.\n\n\"Sales for pubs and restaurants were up by a third for the first week of the scheme, compared with the week before,\" it said.", "An organised learning environment is vital to a child's development, the government will stress\n\nA campaign aimed at persuading parents in England it will be safe for children to return to the classroom in September is being launched by the government.\n\nUnder the #backtoschoolsafely slogan, it will highlight the various measures being implemented to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission.\n\nBoris Johnson said there was a \"moral duty\" to get pupils back to school.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was the PM's \"moral responsibility\" to ensure that schools reopen.\n\nWriting in the Mail on Sunday, Sir Keir said he expected children to be back in the classroom in September \"no ifs, no buts, no equivocation\".\n\n\"It is the prime minister's responsibility to guarantee children get the education they need and the benefit of being back with their teachers and classmates,\" Sir Keir added.\n\n\"My offer to help the government reopen schools still stands, but responsibility for making it happen lies squarely at the door of Number 10.\"\n\nLast week, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised to pupils who have missed out on several months of classes.\n\nThe campaign, which will involve newspaper, digital, radio and billboard adverts, will strive to emphasise the importance of organised learning to children's development.\n\nSome families remain concerned about the potential risks to children when they start the new school year. Many will be starting at a new school altogether.\n\nThe government initiative will point to guidance, endorsed by Public Health England, that ensures schools are Covid-secure.\n\nSome primary school children returned to school in June\n\nThis guidance includes the introduction of staggered break times, increased hygiene and hand-washing, plus keeping pupils in consistent groups.\n\nAt the same time, staff and pupils are being encouraged to walk or cycle to school whenever possible.\n\nThe majority of pupils have been away from the classroom since March. Getting schools up and running in September is being seen as a key test for Mr Williamson, already under pressure after thousands of students had their A-levels downgraded.\n\nThe saga over the exams process continued on Saturday night, after exams regulator Ofqual suspended its criteria for students wishing to appeal against A-level results - just hours after the guidance was published.\n\nSpeaking ahead of the campaign launch on Monday, Mr Williamson said: \"All children deserve to be back in school as it is the best place for their education and well-being.\n\n\"As the start of term approaches, now is the time for families to think about the practicalities of returning to school in September, whether that's reassuring themselves that school is the best place for their child to be, or planning the school run to avoid public transport where possible.\"\n\nHowever, shadow education secretary Kate Green said it was essential the government had a fully effective test and trace programme in place if parents were to have the confidence to send their children back.\n\n\"Labour has repeatedly called for every child to be safely back in school by September, but it has taken the government until now to realise that it has failed to reassure parents and teachers,\" she said.\n\n\"Their slow and chaotic handling of school reopening puts the education and well-being of a generation of children at risk.\n\n\"We need to see a credible plan for getting children back next month, which includes getting test, trace and isolate up to scratch, and ensuring pupils and staff are safe and feel confident,\" Ms Green said.\n\nPaul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT head teachers' union, welcomed the announcement of a public information campaign.\n\n\"Everyone wants to see children back in schools as soon as possible, but the success of this will depend largely on what happens in wider society and will be a gigantic national team effort,\" he said.\n\n\"It is very important that everyone understands the part they will play, what their responsibilities are and what to expect in September.\"", "The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has postponed the country's general election by a month amid a spike in coronavirus cases.\n\nThe vote was due to take place on 19 September but will now be held on 17 October instead.\n\nMs Ardern said on Monday that the new date would allow parties \"to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under\".\n\nEarlier this week, the country's largest city went back into lockdown.\n\n\"This decision gives all parties time over the next nine weeks to campaign and the Electoral Commission enough time to ensure an election can go ahead,\" Ms Ardern said, adding that she had \"absolutely no intention\" of allowing any further delays to the vote.\n\nThe opposition National Party has argued the election should be delayed as restrictions on campaigning mean Ms Ardern had an unfair advantage.\n\nRestrictions were imposed on Auckland on Wednesday after a number of new infections were identified in the city.\n\nNine new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Monday, bringing the number of active cases linked to the Auckland cluster to 58.\n\nThe outbreak was initially traced back to members of one family, although Ms Ardern later said that subsequent contact-tracing had found an earlier case involving a shop worker who became sick on 31 July.\n\nA health official who knew the family told the New Zealand Herald that the family were \"shell-shocked\" and \"a little embarrassed that it had happened to them\".\n\nThe announcement that new cases had been discovered shocked the country, which had recorded no locally transmitted cases for more than three months.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Epidemiologist Prof Michael Baker: \"New Zealand will get rid of the virus again\"\n\nThere are four \"alert levels\" in New Zealand, and Auckland has been on Level 3 since the new measures were announced. The rest of the country is on Level 2.\n\nBefore the new cluster was identified, the government had lifted almost all of its lockdown restrictions, which were first imposed in March.\n\nNew Zealand has reported more than 1,600 infections and 22 deaths since the pandemic began, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nAn early lockdown, tough border restrictions, effective health messaging and an aggressive test-and-trace programme had all been credited with virtually eliminating the virus in the country.", "British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were killed in September 2014\n\nThe family of a British backpacker killed in Thailand have welcomed a decision to commute his murderers' death sentences to life in prison.\n\nTwo Burmese workers were sentenced to death in 2015, after being found guilty of killing David Miller, 24, of Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, of Norfolk.\n\nTheir sentences have been reviewed to commemorate King Vajiralongkorn's birthday and to show his \"clemency\".\n\nMr Miller's family said they were \"grateful\" to the Thai king.\n\nThe bodies of Mr Miller and Miss Witheridge were found on a beach on the Thai island of Koh Tao in 2014.\n\nLin and Phyo (also known as Win Zaw Htun) were sentenced to death for the murder of Mr Miller and the murder and rape of Ms Witheridge.\n\nZaw Lin and Wai Phyo were convicted of the murders in a Thai court and originally sentenced to death\n\nIn a statement, Ian and Sue Miller, who have campaigned against the death penalty, said: \"We are grateful to His Majesty the King of Thailand for showing his clemency to the murderers of our son David.\n\n\"Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo finally admitted to the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge and the murder of our son.\"\n\n\"The final admittance of their guilt has allowed this act of clemency to become possible,\" they continued.\n\nThe family said it had brought to a close a \"lengthy and disturbing period\" where activists on social media had attempted to influence justice in Thailand and public opinion elsewhere.\n\n\"But in the end the truth has been revealed,\" the couple added.\n\nHowever, a lawyer for Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo told the BBC that the pair had not admitted their guilt when their death sentences were commuted.\n\nThey still maintain their innocence, as they did throughout the trial.\n\nA royal commutation does not require an admission of guilt, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.\n\nThe bodies of Mr Miller and Miss Witheridge were found on a beach on the Thai island of Koh Tao\n\nMiss Witheridge, a University of Essex student from Hemsby in Norfolk, and Mr Miller, a civil and structural engineering graduate, from Jersey, were bludgeoned to death.\n\nA post-mortem examination showed she had been raped.\n\nMr and Mrs Miller, from St Helier, said: \"Every moment we miss our son.\n\n\"Our thoughts are also with the Witheridge family and the tragic loss of their daughter.\n\n\"We hope that these two murderers will now spend a very, very long time in jail where they cannot harm other families and will have time to reflect on the consequences of their acts.\"\n\nThe two men were convicted and sentenced in 2015 and the verdict was upheld by an appeals court in 2017 and the Supreme Court in August 2019.\n\nThe convictions were mired in controversy, with supporters of the two men arguing they had been framed because their initial confessions were made under duress.\n\nA royal decree said the sentences had been reviewed to commemorate King Vajiralongkorn's birthday on 28 July and to \"illustrate the king's clemency\".", "Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir got into difficulty in the sea\n\nBodies have been found in the search for two brothers missing off the Lancashire coast.\n\nMuhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, got into difficulty in the sea at St Annes on Saturday along with their cousin.\n\nTheir cousin, aged 15, managed to swim ashore and was treated for hypothermia.\n\nLancashire Police said the family of the brothers from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, has been informed after the bodies were found.\n\nThe HM Coastguard and RNLI made the discovery about a mile away from St Annes Pier on Sunday afternoon.\n\nCrews searched late into the night for the brothers and resumed their efforts on Sunday\n\n\"Whilst they have yet to be formally identified, they are believed to be Muhammad and Ali,\" Lancashire Police said.\n\n\"Our thoughts and condolences remain with them and their friends at this incredibly distressing time.\"\n\nThe family is being supported by a specially trained officer.\n\nTheir cousin, who has not been named, remains in hospital.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A service of remembrance was held at the National Memorial Arboretum\n\nThe Royal Family has led the UK's commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender.\n\nThe Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, as part of a service of remembrance.\n\nLater, in a TV address, his elder son Prince William urged the public \"to learn the lessons of the past\".\n\nAnd a message from the Queen thanked those \"who fought so valiantly\".\n\nShe said: \"Those of us who remember the conclusion of the Far East campaign, whether on active service overseas, or waiting for news at home, will never forget the jubilant scenes and overwhelming sense of relief.\"\n\nThe Prince of Wales attended the event at the arboretum with the Duchess of Cornwall.\n\nHe laid a wreath at the Kwai Railway Memorial, as a small number of veterans and their relatives sat on benches dotted around the garden, to maintain social distancing.\n\nA Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast also commemorated those who fought.\n\nIn a speech, Prince Charles said the veterans' service \"will echo through the ages.\"\n\nHe referred to the description of them as the Forgotten Army, noting how many soldiers, nurses and other personnel felt aggrieved at the way some of the public associated the end of World War Two with the victory in Europe in May 1945.\n\n\"Let us affirm, they and serving veterans are not forgotten, rather you are respected, thanked and cherished with all our hearts and for all time,\" he said.\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson, who also attended and read the poem The Exhortation before the silence, thanked those who had fought for restoring \"peace and prosperity\".\n\nBoris Johnson laid a wreath and read the war poem Exhortation - saying \"they shall grow not old\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prince William: \"Your bravery, and the sacrifices you made, will never be forgotten\"\n\nIn a pre-recorded speech for BBC One's VJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute - broadcast on Saturday evening - the Duke of Cambridge spoke of how King George VI addressed the nation on August 15 1945 as \"the most catastrophic conflict in mankind's history came to an end\".\n\n\"It is hard for us to imagine what Victory over Japan Day must have felt like at the time; a mix of happiness, jubilation, and sheer relief, together with a deep sadness and overwhelming sense of loss for those who would never return home.\n\n\"Today we remember those who endured terrible suffering and honour all those who lost their lives.\"\n\nHe cautioned: \"As we look back, we must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the Second World War are never repeated.\n\n\"We owe that to our veterans, to their families, and to the generations who will come after us.\n\nHe went on to thank those veterans, among them his own grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, who \"remembers vividly his role in collecting released prisoners of war\", said Prince William.\n\nPrince Philip was a young Royal Navy officer aboard a warship in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered.\n\nAs part of the commemorations, he appeared in a photo montage of veterans which featured on large screens in locations across the country throughout the day. In the montage each veteran was pictured with an image of themselves from their time in service.\n\nIt marked a rare appearance for Prince Philip, 99, who has only been seen a handful of times in public since retiring in 2017 - most recently for a military event at Windsor Castle.\n\nEarlier in the morning, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was joined by military chiefs as he placed a wreath at the Cenotaph in London.\n\nThe defence secretary also met some of the famous Chelsea Pensioners during his visit to their iconic home, the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as part of events to mark the 75th anniversary.\n\nBut the Red Arrows - who were due to carry out a flypast over the capital cities of all four nations of the UK - were forced to cancel flights over Edinburgh, Cardiff and London, where they were to fly directly over the Royal Hospital Chelsea, due to poor weather conditions.\n\nThey were, at least, able to fly over Belfast, and pilots met three veterans during a stop at Prestwick, near Glasgow.\n\nThe Red Arrows flew over the Titanic slipway and the Titanic Museum in Belfast\n\nVJ Day - or Victory over Japan Day - on 15 August 1945 ended one of the worst episodes in British military history, during which tens of thousands of servicemen were forced to endure the brutalities of prisoner of war camps.\n\nIt is estimated that there were 71,000 British and Commonwealth casualties of the war against Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity. More than 2.5 million Japanese military personnel and civilians are believed to have died over the course of the conflict.\n\nThe fighting in Europe had ended in May 1945, but many Allied servicemen were still fighting against Japan in east Asia.\n\nJapan rejected an ultimatum for peace, and the US believed that dropping a nuclear bomb would force them to surrender. The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan on 6 and 9 August, killing an estimated 214,000 people, and within two weeks Japan surrendered.\n\nTo mark the 75th anniversary, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, but did not attend in person.\n\nHowever, two of his ministers did visit the Yasukuni Shrine, in which 14 leaders who were later convicted by the Allies as war criminals are commemorated.\n\nThe National Memorial Arboretum seems to lend itself perfectly to the concept of a socially distanced commemorative service.\n\nVeterans of the Burma campaign, their families, and other guests sat on chairs spaced out on the grass between the trees.\n\nThe proceedings focused on the multinational and multicultural make up of the Allied forces that fought the Japanese.\n\nGurkhas, alongside Sikhs, sat next to troops from Welsh and Scottish regiments, representing the 40 nations involved in the Far East.\n\nAfter sitar music, readings from British Asian actors, and speeches from descendants of those who fought, the roar of aircraft engines could be heard overhead. A Lancaster, Hurricane and three Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial flew over in formation and in tribute.\n\nThen those who could stand, were invited to do so for a two-minute silence.\n\nThe Prince of Wales then laid a wreath at the Burma Railway Memorial.\n\nFlowers had been placed between the sleepers and track that make up the memorial. It was known as the \"Death Railway\" and 16,000 prisoners of war died during its construction.\n\nIt makes an incongruous, yet incredibly poignant sight among the granite and brass of the other memorials.\n\nBoris Johnson earlier joined other world leaders including US President Donald Trump in recording a video message to thank veterans.\n\nIn the video, each leader says in turn: \"To all who served, we thank you.\"\n\nDefence Secretary Ben Wallace (far right) laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in London on Saturday morning\n\nMr Johnson added: \"On this 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we pay tribute to the heroes deployed thousands of miles away in the mountains, islands and rainforests of Asia.\n\n\"Unable to celebrate the victory in Europe, and among the last to return home, today we recognise the bravery and ingenuity of those who, in the face of adversity, restored peace and prosperity to the world.\n\n\"Their immeasurable sacrifice changed the course of history and, at today's commemorations, we take the opportunity to say what should be said every day - thank you.\"\n\nIn a letter specifically addressed to Far East veterans, Mr Johnson said: \"You were the last to come home but your achievements are written in the lights of the glittering capitals of the dynamic region we see today.\"\n\n\"All of us who were born after you have benefitted from your courage in adversity. On this anniversary, and every day hereafter, you will be remembered,\" he added.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer also recorded a message, paying tribute \"to the wartime generation, who through the horrors of conflict showed us the spirit and determination that we need to always remember and always be grateful for\".\n\n\"It's important that as we face the challenges of today, we take inspiration from that generation,\" he said.\n\nAt the 70th anniversary of VJ Day there was a parade in London\n\nMeanwhile Capt Sir Tom Moore, who served in the Burma campaign has encouraged the public to join in the commemorations, describing VJ Day as \"the most special day\".\n\n\"It was VJ Day when the pain of war could finally start to fall away as peace was declared on all fronts,\" said Sir Tom - who raised millions of pounds for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden during lockdown.\n\n\"I respectfully ask Britain to stop whatever it is doing and take some time to remember.\n\n\"We must all take the time to stop, think and be thankful that were it not for the ultimate sacrifices made all those years ago by such a brave band of men and women, we would not be enjoying the freedoms we have today, even in these current difficult times.\"\n\nThe service at the National Memorial Arboretum was broadcast on BBC One between 09:30 and 11:30 BST and is available on Iplayer.\n\nVJ Day 75: The Nation's Tribute is broadcast from 20:30 BST.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nina Bunting-Mitcham: \"My first thought was, my life is completely over\"\n\nA student rejected by her chosen university after her A-levels were downgraded has told schools minister Nick Gibb, \"you've ruined my life\".\n\nNina Bunting-Mitcham, speaking on the BBC's Any Questions, said her marks were three grades lower than predicted.\n\nAnd talking to the BBC on Saturday, she said that getting three Ds had made her feel like life \"was completely over\".\n\nThe government says it will cover the cost of appeals after 280,000 grades in England were downgraded.\n\nWith school exams cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year's grades in England were awarded using a controversial modelling system, with the key factors being the ranking order of pupils and the previous exam results of schools and colleges.\n\nIn England, 36% of entries had grades lower than their teachers predicted and 3% were down two grades, prompting anger and distress among schools, colleges and students.\n\nNina told the BBC her teachers were \"utterly shocked\" on learning her predicted results of ABB - in biology, chemistry and psychology - had plummeted.\n\nThe pupil at New College, Stamford, confronted Nick Gibb on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions on Friday.\n\n\"It's got to be a mistake, I have never been a D-grade student,\" she told him.\n\n\"I feel my life has been completely ruined, I can't get into any universities with such grades or progress further in my life.\"\n\n\"You have ruined my life.\"\n\nResponding to Nina, Mr Gibb said it was \"rare\" for students to be downgraded three grades, adding it \"should not have happened\".\n\n\"It won't ruin your life, it will be sorted, I can assure you.\"\n\nHe admitted to \"imperfections somewhere in the system\" and said challenged grades would be addressed \"swiftly\", by 7 September at the latest.\n\nMinisters are expected to set up a taskforce, led by Mr Gibb, to oversee the appeals process.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on Saturday, Nina said she felt \"encouraged\" by the minister's words, but believed his statement contradicted previous assurances by the government that the grading system was \"robust\".\n\nShe said she had begun the appeals process, but it was still not clear whether revised grades would be based on mock exams or teachers' predictions - and the Royal Veterinary College would only keep her place open until 31 August.\n\n\"They [the government] need to believe in the teachers,\" she said. \"The teachers are professionals. They see students every day, they talk to them, they know them personally... They are the best people to predict the grades.\"\n\nThe Department of Education said it had introduced a \"triple lock system\", meaning those pupils \"unhappy with their calculated grades can appeal on the basis of a valid mock result\" or sit an exam in the autumn.\n\nThe government also said it would reimburse the cost of an appeal - which can reach £150 - to ensure that head teachers were not deterred from taking on harder to prove cases.\n\nHowever, one head teacher told BBC Breakfast it was a \"token gesture\", adding that appeals were already free if they were successful.\n\nMeanwhile, Oxford's Worcester College said it would honour all offers it had made to UK students, irrespective of their A-level results.\n\nAdmissions tutor Prof Laura Ashe said it was \"the morally right thing to do\".\n\nBecause students had not taken any exams, \"we took the view there wasn't going to be any new information that could justify rejecting someone to whom we'd made an offer\", she said.\n\nShe said the algorithm used to adjust grades \"literally copied the inequalities that are currently existing in our education system\", with a quarter of the college's state school applicants being downgraded, but only 10% of private school candidates.\n\nOfqual adjusted the results to make the spread of grades look right at a national level, she said, but \"they can't possibly tell us that they've given the right grades to the right people\".\n\nGreater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said he was \"fully prepared to take legal action\", arguing that Ofqual's grading system was \"straightforwardly discriminatory\" against working class and ethnic minority students who are more likely to attend large, urban sixth form colleges.\n\n\"It discriminates against young people on the basis of the institution that they went to, rather than their ability.\"\n\n\"I cannot stand by and see thousands of lives ruined across Greater Manchester,\" he told BBC Breakfast, calling the process \"fundamentally unfair\".\n\nHe accused the government of being \"out of touch\" and called the grading system \"the single biggest act of levelling down that this country has ever seen\".\n\nThere have been calls to move away from the system and use teachers' predictions - following a U-turn by the government in Scotland, where downgraded results have been replaced by the original teacher estimates.\n\nBut England's exam watchdog, Ofqual, has warned that using teachers' predictions would have artificially inflated results - and would have seen about 38% of entries getting A*s and As in England.\n\nEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed there will be \"no U-turn\" while insisting his \"absolute priority is fairness\".\n\nRobert Halfon, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Education Committee, joined opposition parties in expressing concern over what Labour termed an \"exams fiasco\".\n\nHe called on Ofqual to publish details of the algorithm it used to make its calculations, adding: \"If the model has penalised disadvantaged groups, this is very serious.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Snooker\n\nRonnie O'Sullivan claimed his sixth World Championship title with a dominant 18-8 victory over Kyren Wilson at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.\n\nO'Sullivan draws level with Ray Reardon and boyhood hero Steve Davis on world crowns, and surpasses Stephen Hendry on the all-time list of ranking event wins with a record 37 titles.\n\nAlthough Wilson battled back to 10-7, O'Sullivan wrested total control with a run of eight frames on Sunday.\n\nO'Sullivan, 44, is the oldest champion since Reardon, who was 45 in 1978.\n\nThe Englishman collects £500,000 in prize money, moving back up to second in the world behind last year's champion Judd Trump.\n\nIt was the biggest winning margin in a final since 2008, when O'Sullivan defeated Ali Carter by the same scoreline.\n\nO'Sullivan told BBC Two: \"I never really think about titles. When I was a kid I never really dreamed I would be here. To be here and have had all those victories is a dream that has become a reality.\n\n\"There was part of me that decided I didn't play enough to justify winning a tournament of this stature which is an endurance test.\n\n\"I am not really an endurance type player because I don't compete enough. I had half a chance but didn't expect to win it.\"\n\nThere has long been a debate about who the greatest snooker player of all time is - Davis dominated the 1980s, Hendry reigned in the 1990s but O'Sullivan now stands alone in terms of ranking events won.\n\nHis latest accomplishment ascends him to the top of the pile, having won his first back in 1993 at the UK Championship aged just 17, and he also collected a record-extending 20th Triple Crown title.\n\nAn enigmatic character, O'Sullivan often has to battle his own demons and did so in the final with his cue action, though he displayed both his supreme and slapdash manner during the 17 days of this tournament.\n\nHe hammered Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-1 in his opening match in a record 108 minutes, defeated the dangerous Ding Junhui and responded from large deficits to oust three-time winners Mark Williams and Mark Selby.\n\nBut there have been issues too, stating snooker players were being treated like \"lab rats\" for allowing fans to attend the first day - with spectators returning for the final, while Selby described him as \"disrespectful\" for some of his rash shot selections during their semi-final.\n\nDespite operating far from his best on the first day of the final, O'Sullivan showcased why he is regarded a sporting genius by still managing to open up a three-frame lead heading into Sunday, as the match turned into a procession.\n\nHaving criticised the standard of play lower down the rankings, it is testament to O'Sullivan's longevity that his latest world title comes in a third decade - 19 years after his maiden victory - leaving him one adrift of the legendary Hendry's haul.\n\nKettering potter Wilson progressed into his maiden world final having received a bye from the first round as opponent Anthony Hamilton withdrew citing health concerns and beating defending champion Judd Trump in the quarter-finals.\n\nA three-time ranking event winner, the 28-year-old was struck by nerves and failed to settle in the opening exchanges, failing 8-2 behind and he never truly managed to get within touching distance of O'Sullivan.\n\nHaving the opportunity of closing to 9-8 in his hands, he will look back on missing the last red on Saturday with major regret and missing chance after chance on Sunday proved fatal.\n\nWilson said: \"I am not going to beat myself up too much, I am playing the greatest of all time. It was a dream come true knowing I was playing Ronnie in the final.\n\n\"You can't respect him too much or he'll walk right over me, which is what happened today.\n\n\"I am a fighter, I always will be. I really struggled in the first session and I just relaxed and let the shackles off.\"\n\nWith the event moved to July-August from its usual April-May slot because of the coronavirus pandemic, Wilson now has less than a year to wait in order to try to make amends.\n\nThe story of the match\n\nLast year's final between Trump and John Higgins was a masterclass in break building, the pair producing 11 centuries between them, but this showpiece was sub-standard in comparison.\n\nClearly looking concerned by how he was striking the cue ball on the opening day, O'Sullivan ground out a century and four breaks of 50 or more to open up a sizeable six-frame advantage.\n\n'The Warrior' Wilson was overawed early on but fought back by taking four in a row to trail 8-6 but he missed a crucial last red in the final frame of the day, allowing O'Sullivan to clear for a three-frame overnight buffer.\n\nWilson started the second day with a confidence-boosting 73 to trail 10-8 but poor potting and loose positional play thereafter gifted opportunities to his opponent.\n\nO'Sullivan got into his rhythm by compiling seven frame-winning contributions without needing to do too much hard work, going one from victory heading into the final session.\n\nAnd he completed his triumph on snooker's biggest stage in style, needing just 11 minutes in the final session to make a 96 break.\n\nRonnie is still there at the top and I'm sure he's capable of going even further. Certainly into his fifties, should he so wish.\n\nHe came in with a game plan to play a fast attacking game, it was a risky one but paid off in the end.\n\nWouldn't it be nice to see him win Sports Personality of the Year?\n\nIt's a treat to come to the Crucible and watch him play live.\n\nIt's a scary amount of talent that he's got. To win it six times is one hell of an achievement.\n\nHe's the most watchable player that we have in our sport.\n\nSign up to My Sport to follow snooker news on the BBC app.\n• None Find out how to master it\n• None Who spreads misinformation and why?", "Rescuers are searching for two teenagers who were last seen in the sea near Lytham St Annes in Lancashire.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI and police were called to reports of three youths in difficulty in the water near St Annes Pier just before 19:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nA boy aged 15 managed to swim ashore and has received treatment for suspected hypothermia.\n\nBut a 16-year-old boy and a man aged 18, both thought to be from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, are still missing.\n\nLancashire police said in a tweet: \"HM Coastguard and the RNLI are leading the search to find them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rapes have continued unabated despite a change of India's rape laws\n\nA 13-year-old girl has been raped and murdered in India.\n\nHer body was found in a sugarcane field in northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said on Saturday. Two neighbours in the village have been arrested.\n\nPolice have denied the father's account that his daughter had had her eyes gouged out and her tongue cut.\n\nRape and sexual violence have been under the spotlight in India since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in the capital, Delhi.\n\nThat attack led to huge protests and changes to the country's rape laws, but there has been no sign of crimes against women and girls abating.\n\nAccording to recent crime figures, every fourth rape victim in India is a child. In an overwhelming number of rape cases, the victims know the perpetrators.\n\nThe latest incident occurred late on Friday in Pakaria village in the Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.\n\nThe family went searching for their daughter after she failed to return from a toilet break out in the fields.\n\nThey say they found her body mutilated.\n\nBut police said the post-mortem examination had concluded that she had died from strangulation after being raped - but not that her eyes had been gouged out or that her tongue had been cut.\n\n\"There were scratches near the eyes, likely due to the sharp sugarcane leaves where the body was found,\" police spokesman Satendra Kumar said.\n\nA senior member of the Opposition Congress Party, Jitin Prasada, condemned the attack as \"saddening\".\n\n\"The inhuman act with a girl has put humanity to shame,\" he said, according to the Times of India newspaper.\n\nThe incident comes months after the case of a six-year-old girl who was abducted outside her home in Madhya Pradesh state and raped.\n\nThe attacker inflicted severe injuries to the child's eyes, in an apparent attempt to stop her identifying him.\n\nIn February, a 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl on the premises of the US embassy in Delhi.\n\nIn November last year, the gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old vet in the southern city of Hyderabad also made global headlines and triggered protests.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Bluck says he may not be able to hug his daughter until a vaccine is found\n\nPeople with underlying health conditions say they have mixed emotions as shielding ends for about 130,000 in Wales.\n\nThose most vulnerable to Covid-19 had been asked to stay inside since the beginning of the pandemic.\n\nRichard Bluck, 37, is so vulnerable he says he may not be able to hug his daughter until a vaccine is found.\n\nPeople who were shielding are advised to pay strict attention to physical distancing and good hand hygiene.\n\nAnd the Welsh Government has said the situation could change again in future if cases begin to rise.\n\nBut some groups are concerned pausing shielding from Sunday is too much of a risk, with transplant patients told by the Renal Association and Kidney Care UK to \"ignore government advice\" about ceasing to shield.\n\nThe Welsh Government advised those people to speak to their doctor.\n\nMr Bluck, who has cystic fibrosis (CF) and underwent a double lung transplant in 2018, has been shielding since early March.\n\nHis eight-year-old daughter Evelyn lives with his ex-wife, who is a nurse.\n\n\"It might be when a vaccine is found that'll be the next time I'll hug my daughter,\" he said.\n\n\"The hardest part of the initial lockdown was not being able to see my daughter at all for quite a long time.\"\n\nRichard Bluck, pictured with his daughter before the pandemic, says Evelyn mostly understands the situation\n\nHe added: \"Even when the lockdown finished, Evelyn came over to visit me in the garden but that was still at a distance and that's a really unnatural thing, no hugs and playing and talking at a distance.\n\n\"When she turned eight in July, it was really strange not giving your daughter a cuddle on her birthday. So that's been the toughest part of all this.\"\n\nMr Bluck said his daughter mostly understands why their contact is so limited.\n\n\"It's so hard to say but it could cost me my life.\n\n\"A child's mind won't think forward in time like an adult does and there are tears and emotions from both of us.\n\n\"I'm just honest with her and explain what would happen to daddy if I caught the virus.\n\n\"Because she's seen me close to death before, she knows I've had a second chance of life.\n\n\"She'd never forgive herself if she thought she could be responsible for her father's death, is basically what it comes down to. So I don't want to put her in that situation.\"\n\nRichard Bluck's only chance of survival was a transplant\n\nMr Bluck, from Llysworney in Vale of Glamorgan, has lived with CF from birth and is on immunosuppressive therapy - which lowers his immune response to stop it from damaging or rejecting transplanted organs.\n\nHe almost died before his transplant, with his lung function decreasing as his CF worsened throughout his 30s. By March 2018, he was hospitalised at Llandough in Cardiff and remained there for six months until he was taken to the Harefield Hospital in London, the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK.\n\n\"My left lung had started to disintegrate and the infection was leaking out of the lungs and into the blood stream which caused sepsis.\n\n\"I also suffered a small heart attack. My only chance of survival was a transplant.\"\n\nRichard Bluck almost died but was lucky he was able to receive a double lung transplant quickly\n\nMr Bluck was only on the waiting list for two weeks before a suitable set of lungs became available and he was able to have the transplant.\n\n\"It gave me a second chance of life, so for me to be impetuous and say let's forget about this virus for a moment isn't worth the risk.\n\n\"I know some people find it very difficult and they will take that risk, but what I've experienced, I feel this is the only sensible option, so Evelyn can have her father around for a lot longer.\"\n\nMr Bluck has been working from home and will continue to do so after shielding ends - meaning he can choose to continue to shield.\n\n\"I know a lot of people will think 'thank god for that, I'm off on holiday, maybe even abroad', which is fair enough but for me personally the risk is still there, the virus is still out there.\"\n\nBadges with the image of a yellow shield are being distributed across the NHS in Wales\n\nAge Cymru is conducting a survey on how older people feel about ceasing to shield, and said it had received a mixed response.\n\nChief executive Victoria Lloyd said: \"Many older people are looking forward to coming out of shielding so they can visit more places and see more people.\n\n\"However, we know that many are concerned about re-engaging with their communities. This concern seems to be fuelled by reports of people gathering in large numbers or not following government guidance.\n\n\"Others have told us that they have lost their self-confidence and are worried about mixing with others in shopping centres or on public transport.\"\n\nPeople who are shielding are being sent letters updating them on the latest situation\n\nThe charity is urging supermarkets to retain designated times for vulnerable people so they can continue shopping during quieter times, and that priority food and pharmaceutical deliveries should remain.\n\nFrank Atherton, Wales' Chief Medical Officer, said: \"At the moment we're seeing very few new cases in Wales and that means we have scope now to say to the most vulnerable people... they can start to reengage with society, start to get back to their normal lives.\"\n\nHe said anybody coming out of shielding had a very low chance of coming into contact with coronavirus - and there was a window of opportunity in the warm weather while transmissions were low.\n\n\"I'm very grateful to those people who have been in the shielding group, they've been protecting themselves and they've been protecting the NHS by not getting sick.\n\n\"They will naturally be very anxious about coming out, we need to make sure that we support people in their ability to do that.\n\n\"We mustn't underestimate the mental health consequences of being tucked away and not able to engage with people.\"\n\nHe said the situation may change as winter approaches.\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 footage was shot on Saturday afternoon\n\nIreland's health minister has condemned \"reckless scenes\" at a venue in Dublin which appeared to breach social distancing regulations.\n\nFootage from Berlin D2 on Saturday showed a man standing on the bar pouring drinks into people's mouths.\n\nGuidelines say people must sit at tables in such venues unless they are paying, leaving or going to the toilet.\n\nJay Bourke, a restaurateur who is involved with the venue, told RTÉ he was \"not happy\" with what had happened\n\nHealth Minister Stephen Donnelly said the \"vast majority of Irish people have sacrificed a huge amount to help suppress this virus\".\n\nHe added: \"They've shown huge solidarity. People are rightly sickened by these scenes.\n\n\"The reckless actions of a small few can have huge repercussions on everyone else.\"\n\nThe person who took the video told RTÉ that when he arrived at the venue with his wife, some social distancing measures were being applied.\n\nHe said tables were being kept 2m apart and food was being served to the tables.\n\nHowever, he said people stopped following the measures at a certain point, and the music was turned up.\n\nBut he said having reviewed the CCTV from the venue he believed the footage did not fully reflect what happened.\n\nMr Bourke said footage from inside the premises showed that for the majority of the time people were complying with public health guidelines.\n\nHe said 51 people had attended a brunch event, which was fully ticketed.\n\nHe said Berlin D2 was operating at less than 20% capacity at the time, was \"spotlessly clean\" and that food was served, temperature checks and details for contact tracing were taken on arrival and social distancing was maintained.\n\nHowever he said Berlin D2 would stay closed until an internal investigation into the incident is completed.\n\nRestaurants Association of Ireland CEO Adrian Cummins described the scenes as \"deplorable and despicable\" and a \"slap in the face to front-line workers who are putting their life on the line during this pandemic\".\n\nMr Cummins said gardaí (Irish police) should take immediate action \"to stamp out this kind of behaviour\".\n\nMr Donnelly's predecessor as health minister, Simon Harris, said the video was a \"kick in the gut\" and a \"middle finger\" to everyone who had suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"To everyone who has lost a loved one or been sick with Covid-19, to every frontline worker and to every responsible business owner who have suffered so much. Shameful,\" he wrote.\n\nIt comes as the number of cases in the Republic of Ireland has risen in recent days.\n\nOn Saturday, the state reported 200 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, which was the largest daily increase since May.\n\nThe Irish Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the situation was \"deeply concerning\" and that there were \"multiple clusters\" across the country, as well \"secondary spread\" of the disease.\n\nOn Sunday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin echoed these concerns, and said the government would \"continue to monitor the situation closely\".\n• None Republic of Ireland Covid cases 'very concerning'", "Accusations of unfairness over this year's A-level results in England have focused on an \"algorithm\" for deciding results of exams cancelled by the pandemic.\n\nThis makes it sound Machiavellian and complicated, when perhaps its problems are really being too simplistic.\n\nThere have been two key pieces of information used to produce estimated grades: how students have been ranked in ability and how well their school or college has performed in exams in recent years.\n\nSo the results were produced by combining the ranking of pupils with the share of grades expected in their school. There were other minor adjustments, but those were the shaping factors.\n\nIt meant that at a national level there would be continuity - with this year's estimated results effectively mirroring the positions of recent years.\n\nBut it locks in all the advantages and disadvantages - and means that the talented outlier, such as the bright child in the low-achieving school, or the school that is rapidly improving, could be delivered an injustice.\n\nThe independent schools and the high-achieving state schools with strongest track records of exams were always going to collect the winners' medals, because it was an action replay of the last few years' races.\n\nAnd those in struggling schools were going to see their potential grades capped once again by the underachievement of previous years.\n\nIn Scotland the accusations of unfairness prompted a switch to using teachers' predicted grades.\n\nThese predictions were collected in England too - but were discounted as being the deciding factor, because they were so generous that it would have meant a huge increase in top grades, up to 38%.\n\nStudents have challenged the fairness of estimated grades\n\nThere were also doubts about the consistency and fairness of predictions and whether the cautious and realistic could have lost out to the ambitiously optimistic.\n\nAs a consequence, while teachers might have decided the ranking order of pupils, their predictions have mostly been sidelined.\n\nAnd the \"downgrading\" of almost 40% of results has reflected the lowering of teachers' predictions back to the levels that previous history suggests would have been achieved.\n\nThere have been calls to use teachers' predicted grades instead\n\nIf these predictions had not been gathered there would not have been any \"downgrading\" - and perhaps the stories would have been about the overall results being the highest ever - with more top grades than in almost 70 years of A-levels.\n\nInstead there has been uncertainty and distrust.\n\nWhat has troubled and angered schools has been that while the averages have been protected, individuals could be losing out.\n\nThey say the lowering of grades seems sometimes inconsistent and unfair and they are frustrated at the inability to refine what has seemed a clumsy process.\n\nFor instance, there was no direct connection between an individual's prior achievement and their predicted grade.\n\nSo if someone got all top grades at GCSE and then moved to a low-performing school for A-level, they might find themselves locked out of getting the grades they might have got if they'd gone to a different high-achieving school.\n\nSchools working hard to make rapid improvements in tough circumstances feel themselves boxed in and that their young people have missed out on opportunities in university.\n\nThe problems of social mobility and regional inequalities are not hard to see.\n\nBut it's going to be harder to unpick what has happened.\n\nThe appeals system could be swamped by angry schools and their pupils wanting to challenge results. Will there be whole-school changes to grades which were decided at a whole-school level?\n\nNo one knows yet how appeals over mock exams might work. It was such a last-minute addition that it was announced before the regulator could decide any rules for it.\n\nThe \"algorithm\" also suggests the sense of powerlessness felt by those students disappointed by their results.\n\nIt was a \"computer says 'no'\" way of missing out. Now ministers and exam regulators will have to find a human way back.", "Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir are still missing at sea\n\nA search for two teenagers missing off the Lancashire coast since Saturday night has been called off.\n\nThe boys have been named as brothers Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, aged 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, aged 16, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.\n\nThe coastguard, RNLI and police were called to reports of three youths in difficulty in the water at St Annes at 18:40 BST on Saturday.\n\nTheir cousin, aged 15, managed to swim ashore and was treated for hypothermia.\n\nLancashire Police said the searches by HM Coastguard and the RNLI continued well into Saturday night, and the force's helicopter joined the search in daylight.\n\nOfficers said the search had been stood down by lunchtime on Sunday, but \"may reconvene later\".\n\nIn a statement the force said: \"Sadly, despite searching for a number of hours, our colleagues at HM Coastguard and the RNLI have been unable to find [the missing brothers], who got into difficulty in water close to St Anne's Pier yesterday evening.\"\n\nThe weather was beautiful yesterday and hundreds of families like mine were enjoying their day out on the beach.\n\nAt about 18:00 BST we saw lots of activity outside the RNLI station - people being moved out of the way as crews, ambulances and police cars arrived.\n\nThe family, from Yorkshire, was on a day trip, when the three males, aged 15, 16 and 18, went out into the water.\n\nLuckily the 15-year-old managed to swim to safety - the family tell me he is a really good swimmer - but the other two couldn't get out.\n\nWhen I left at about 23:00 the search was still continuing with a helicopter and two boats out.\n\nSo many people were still stood on the promenade, hoping for some good news.\n\nThis morning, police have said the search has resumed and the family has told me the 15-year-old boy has hypothermia and is in hospital. He is clearly shocked by what has happened.\n\nCrews searched late into the night for the men and resumed their efforts on Sunday\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hashtags about the restaurant have been viewed more than 300 million times on Weibo\n\nA restaurant in central China has apologised for encouraging diners to weigh themselves and then order food accordingly.\n\nThe policy was introduced after a national campaign against food waste was launched.\n\nThe beef restaurant in the city of Changsha placed two large scales at its entrance this week.\n\nIt then asked diners to enter their measurements into an app that would then suggest menu items accordingly.\n\nSigns reading \"be thrifty and diligent, promote empty plates\" and \"operation empty plate\" were pinned up.\n\nHashtags about the restaurant have been viewed more than 300 million times on the social platform Weibo.\n\nThe restaurant said it was \"deeply sorry\" for its interpretation of the national \"Clean Plate Campaign\".\n\n\"Our original intentions were to advocate stopping waste and ordering food in a healthy way. We never forced customers to weigh themselves,\" it said in an apology posted online.\n\nPresident Xi Jinping ignited the campaign this week, calling the levels of national food wastage \"shocking and distressing\".\n\nFollowing Mr Xi's message, the Wuhan Catering Industry Association urged restaurants in the city to limit the number of dishes served to diners - implementing a system where groups have to order one dish fewer than the number of diners.\n\nState TV also criticised livestreamers who filmed themselves eating large amounts of food.", "A swimmer has broken the men's record for the number of cross-Channel crossings - and been assured her fears of falling foul of the UK-France quarantine rules are unfounded.\n\nAustralian Chloe McCardel took 10 hours and 40 minutes to complete her 35th Channel crossing, after setting off from Kent on Saturday evening.\n\nShe was worried arriving in Calais would require her to self-isolate.\n\nBut she said UK and French coastguards have given her the all-clear.\n\n\"I would like to have a little celebration this evening in England. I'm extremely lucky to be surrounded by so much love and support, from my English host to my support boat captains and crew, and I'm excited to celebrate this achievement together with them.\"\n\nThe 35-year-old started her 21-mile swim from Abbot's Cliff beach near Folkestone at 20:00 BST on Saturday, and arrived in France just before 07:00.\n\nShe intended to spend only a few moments on the French shore before swimming back out to her support boat for the return journey.\n\n\"We don't go anywhere near the border officials or passport control, so I'm hoping technically the quarantine thing won't apply,\" she had said ahead of the swim.\n\nMs McCardel is now second on the list of the most Channel swims, passing the men's record of 34 held by Briton Kevin Murphy.\n\nEqualling the women's record will be a greater task, however - Alison Streeter, the \"Queen of the English Channel\", has swum the distance 43 times.\n\nThe Department of Transport had advised Ms McCardel to seek legal advice ahead of the swim.\n\nShe said she has been advised by the Channel Swimming Association that her swim could go ahead.\n\n\"They said Channel swims are allowed as long as you observe social distancing when you land and don't stay on the shore for more than 10 minutes, which is standard practice for us,\" Ms McCardel told the BBC shortly before embarking on the swim.\n\nShe said there was little risk of coming into contact with someone in France because her swims usually end in an area of boulders near Cap Gris-Nez.\n\n\"I usually finish where there are large boulders and it's inaccessible to people on land because you can't walk through the boulders. There's no sand,\" she said.\n\nMs McCardel already negotiated special dispensation from the Australian government to travel to the UK for her record attempt.\n\nIn recent weeks she has completed three Channel crossings, taking her level with British swimmer Mr Murphy, on 34 crossings.\n\nShe told the Daily Telegraph that she hopes that her latest feat can help to raise awareness about domestic violence, revealing that she is a survivor who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nSpeaking after completing her feat, Ms McCardel said: \"It's a very momentous occasion and I'm very proud to be able to represent Australia.\n\n\"I've also been thinking a lot about the people in lockdown, particularly women facing domestic violence, and I'm proud to be able to be a voice for those who don't have one.\"\n\nMs McCardel holds multiple records for endurance swimming, including the longest ratified unassisted ocean swim in 2014, when she covered 77.3 miles (124.4km) in 41.5 hours in the waters around the Bahamas.\n\nIn 2017, she became the first person to attempt a quadruple non-stop crossing of the English Channel, but she was not successful in completing the 84-mile journey.\n\nThe feat was finally achieved by Sarah Thomas, from the United States, last year - one year after she was treated for breast cancer.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Musicians from Dunedin Consort hired a fishing boat to return to the UK\n\nA group of musicians beat the France quarantine rules with just 10 minutes to spare - after chartering a fishing boat to get them back to the UK.\n\nAfter a five hour Channel crossing, eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived at Hayling Island in Hampshire at 03:50.\n\nThey made the last-minute dash after a performance in Lessay Abbey, Normandy, on Friday night.\n\nIt was the first concert by the baroque ensemble since lockdown began in March.\n\nThey were among thousands of British people who were trying to get home before the 14-day quarantine requirement came into force at 04:00.\n\nJo Buckley, the Dunedin Consort's chief executive, told BBC Scotland they knew quarantine was a risk as they travelled to France on Wednesday.\n\nBut after four months in lockdown, the musicians were desperate to play together again.\n\nAnd if they had withdrawn from the concert on the basis of speculation about new restrictions, the organisation would have lost \"many thousands of pounds\", she added.\n\n\"This is the impossibility of planning concerts amidst all the changing rules and regulations,\" Ms Buckley said.\n\nThe Dunedin Consort performed at the Lessay Abbey before embarking on their marathon trip home\n\nWhen the quarantine rules were announced late on Thursday night, the group spent hours online trying to find ways to get home before the deadline.\n\nAs self-employed musicians who have been hit hard economically during lockdown, they needed to return home to work.\n\nAmongst other things, they are lined up to work with the online Edinburgh Festival next week.\n\n\"We looked into ferries, the Eurotunnel, flights, even chartering a private jet — you name it, we tried it, but we couldn't find any way of doing the concert and getting home before the quarantine curfew,\" she said.\n\nEventually - on Friday morning - they tracked down a firm which hired out a boat for fishing trips from Hayling Island.\n\nOnce they finished the concert at 22:30 local time (21:30 BST), eight of the 13-strong group boarded a coach to Cherbourg where they met the Valkyrie boat.\n\nMusicians from Dunedin Consort hired a fishing boat to return to the UK\n\nThey left the French port shortly before midnight and arrived in the UK about five hours later.\n\n\"It was lovely,\" Ms Buckley said. \"The boat was very comfortable. We were all able to have a little sleep inside even though we were all quite excited when we got on board.\n\n\"It was a calm night so it was a very easy crossing.\"\n\nWith just minutes to spare until the new restrictions came into force, they arrived in Hampshire.\n\nThey were taken to London Euston by minibus and from there the musicians were able to make the final leg of the marathon journey home.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill has spoken about how music has helped her recover from a major brain haemorrhage.\n\nThe 39-year-old Radio 3 host underwent emergency brain surgery after she collapsed in New York in January.\n\nMonths later, she says music has played a key role, as she re-learns how to speak and walk.\n\n\"Sometimes it is the thing that gives me solace,\" she says. \"And sometimes it's the thing that helps me to get up, and fight, and to live.\"\n\n\"It is the ultimate motivation,\" Clemmie - as she is known by her friends and colleagues - told friend and journalist Sophie Elmhirst.\n\nThe presenter, who is behind Radio 3's award-winning Classical Fix programme, as well as a regular face on the BBC's Proms coverage, is currently living in New York where she is creative director at WQXR, the New York public radio classical music station.\n\nAt the start of the year, she suffered a massive brain haemorrhage caused by a previously undiagnosed condition: an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an uncommon and abnormal cluster of blood vessels meshing the arteries and veins in her brain.\n\nIt could have been fatal.\n\nAs it is, doctors removed half of her skull during emergency surgery at Mount Sinai West hospital in Manhattan, and she was unconscious for 17 days. No one was certain how much of her brain would recover.\n\nThroughout those early days, music played on a speaker by her hospital bed - the playlist compiled by her loved ones.\n\nBefore she showed any sign of consciousness, British opera singer Andrew Staples - a close friend who was performing in New York when the presenter collapsed - recalls her left foot tapping along to some Brahms.\n\n\"I remember it struck me as a non-typical piece to inspire toe-tapping,\" Staples recalls.\n\nA week or so later, just as doctors were removing the tubes that had initially aided her breathing, one of Burton-Hill's favourite pieces of music, Richard Strauss's Morgen, happened to play through the speaker.\n\n\"With her good hand she grabbed my wrist as I leant over her shaven head, and I sang the words to her,\" says Staples. \"We both cried a lot. I wasn't worried from then on about whether she was 'in there' anymore.\"\n\nWhile she can't remember that moment, Burton-Hill recalls how she seemed to make a choice of whether to give up or to live just as she was regaining consciousness.\n\n\"It was literally: I can do this, I'm going to get through this,\" she says now. \"Music is the opposite of despair. It was going to be worth the fight.\"\n\nAs her recovery stepped up, friend and renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti came to visit and together they play Bach, with Burton-Hill - herself a violin soloist - playing the left hand on the violin and Benedetti bowing. Astonishingly, the broadcaster still recalled all the notes.\n\n\"It's a clichéd idea that music is beyond language,\" she says, \"but from what I've experienced in my own brain, I truly know that now.\"\n\nGradually, language and movement have begun to return despite the obstacles to recovery thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic.\n\n\"I really believe music is a part of my recovery because it uses both sides of the brain,\" says Burton-Hill.\n\n\"It's as though it trains your brain to be ambidextrous.\"\n• None BBC Four - Secret Knowledge, Stradivarius and Me", "MSC Cruises says all passengers and crew have been tested for coronavirus before boarding\n\nThe first major cruise ship to set sail in the Mediterranean in almost five months has left from the Italian city of Genoa.\n\nThe MSC Grandiosa will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital Valletta in a seven-day voyage.\n\nOperator MSC Cruises, say all passengers and crew have been tested for coronavirus before boarding.\n\nIt comes as virus cases continue to rise around Italy, with more than 600 reported by authorities yesterday.\n\nIn response, Italian authorities have ordered the closure of all dance halls and night clubs from Monday. Face masks will also be mandatory from 18:00 to 06:00 local time in public spaces where social distancing isn't possible.\n\nMSC Cruises said it will also be operating the MSC Grandiosa at around 70% of its normal operations, with approximately 2,500 passengers onboard, to ensure safety protocols.\n\nIts launch is seen as a first step towards rebooting an industry that generates an estimated $150bn (£114bn) for the world economy, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).\n\nFor Italy, badly hit by coronavirus, it is particularly important. It ranks seventh among the cruise ship operating nations, carrying more than 800,000 passengers in 2018.\n\nLast week Italy's government gave permission for cruise lines to resume operations in the country from 15 August.\n\nMSC Cruises, which operates the MSC Grandiosa, will launch another cruise from the Italian port of Bari on 29 August, but has otherwise suspended its Mediterranean cruises until mid-October.\n\nThe international cruise industry has taken huge financial losses due to the pandemic. Several carriers have also been criticised for leaving thousands of passengers stranded aboard ships in Asia and the US in the early months of the pandemic. As of 11 June, 3,047 people were infected and 73 died while aboard 48 cruise ships affiliated with CLIA, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThe company said its new security protocols - including daily temperature checks for those onboard - exceed national and industry standards. But the sailing of MSC Grandiosa represents a key test for the industry amid lingering concerns over passenger safety.\n\nAt the end of July, a small Norwegian operator, Hurtigruten, was forced to suspend its newly restarted service after dozens of passengers and crew tested positive for coronavirus.", "The former president posts that he has been told to report to a grand jury, \"which almost always means an Arrest\".", "Quarantine measures could be imposed on people travelling to the UK from Croatia, the BBC has learned.\n\nMinisters met in London on Thursday to discuss any changes to the UK's list of safe travel corridors.\n\nIf Croatia is removed from the list, people returning from the country will have to quarantine for 14 days.\n\nIt follows similar decisions by the government in recent weeks over Spain, France and Malta, leading to a rush of tourists trying to return home.\n\nSources have also told the BBC there is concern about cases in Trinidad and Tobago - where a number of British residents visit.\n\nMeanwhile Portugal, which was originally left off the exemption list, could be added after a fall of cases in the country.\n\nThere has been a significant rise in coronavirus cases in Croatia in recent days.\n\nThe country had a record number of new cases on Wednesday, with 219 people testing positive - including a player for Croatian football league champions Dinamo Zagreb.\n\nThe 14-day cumulative number of cases is 37.7 per 100,000, compared to 21 in the UK.\n\nThe UK relaxed blanket restrictions on people coming into the country at the start of July, creating a list of travel corridors where people could go without having to quarantine on their return.\n\nMany European countries were included on the safe list - excluding Portugal - but the government warned it would remove destinations if coronavirus cases rose.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast the decision to remove a country from the travel corridor list was triggered when its rate of infection exceeded 20 cases per 100,000 people over seven days.\n\nQuarantine restrictions have now been reapplied to several countries:\n\nThe rules mean anyone travelling to the UK from the destination must isolate for 14 days.\n\nPeople who do not self-isolate can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and £480 in Scotland, and there are fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nThe most recent figures released by the National Police Chiefs Council, for the period up to 20 July, showed just one person had been fined in England and Wales for breaching quarantine rules.\n\nAre you about to travel to Croatia? Are you in the country and heading home soon? 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.\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmy Harris' career prospects look good - thanks to her dad building her a beauty salon in their back garden.\n\nThe beautician, 18, feared coronavirus would have an impact on her career when she qualified this summer.\n\nWith fewer jobs, and salons tentatively reopening with strict Covid-19 guidelines, Amy's dad Andy decided to build her a business - literally.\n\n\"Having a salon in the garden was only mentioned two weeks ago - now it's up!\" said Amy.\n\n\"It's great because I felt a lot of stress, I didn't know where my income was going to come from. I had bills to pay and felt a lot of pressure because when Covid happened my income stopped.\"\n\nAmy realises how lucky she is, especially because while unemployment figures have remained stable for most age ranges, for 18 to 24-year-olds it has risen since the start of the year.\n\nLatest official figures show jobs vacancies have gone from a record high of 795,000 in the UK in February to a record low of 333,000 in June, with research suggesting young people were .\n\nThe pandemic hit at a critical time for Amy's beauty therapy qualification at Filton College in Bristol and it led to her being furloughed from her part-time job at a beauty salon near her home in Monmouthshire.\n\n\"Obviously the idea is to go to college, get my qualification and get a job,\" said Amy, who lives with her parents in Caerwent, near Chepstow.\n\n\"But it's quite daunting for some leaving college now after Covid, as there seems to be less jobs out there for those looking to start their career.\"\n\nThe back garden salon cost the family \"a couple of thousand of pounds\"\n\nLike many in the same position, she was naturally worried about whether being furloughed might translate into ultimately losing her job. Fortunately for Amy, mum Becky had a \"bright idea\".\n\n\"My dad converted their study for my first salon,\" said Amy.\n\n\"But with social distancing guidelines and new health and safety procedures in mind, we felt that was not safe for my clients or my family for that to continue.\n\n\"Mum suggested 'why don't we build a cabin in the back garden?'. Dad said 'yeah ok' and within a few days, the materials started arriving and now here it is.\n\n\"Without my parents I wouldn't be able to do it, it's great having that backup and support - I can't thank them enough.\"\n\nAmy brushing up on her skills while working on her mum Becky's nails\n\nThe garden transformation cost \"a couple of thousand of pounds\" but property maintenance worker Andy was \"glad to make an investment to his daughter's future\".\n\n\"You'd do anything to help your kids, wouldn't you?\" said Andy.\n\n\"My work has dropped off during Covid, so I had a bit more time and people starting out in the middle of this have got it tougher than most - so I'm happy to do anything I can to help.\"\n\nThe Beautify by Amy salon has running water, electricity and heating, and is insulated to make it \"cosy\" on those cold winter nights. Crucially, it can also be accessed via a footpath outside the house to make it Covid compliant.\n\n\"I want it to feel relaxed and welcoming for my clients as well as safe,\" said Amy.", "The number of children crossing the Channel in dinghies has risen\n\nUpdate 4th September 2020: French authorities have since said that they believe the victim was 28 years old.\n\nA 16-year-old from Sudan who disappeared at sea has been found dead on a French beach.\n\nFrench politicians believe the boy, whose body was found in Calais, went missing while attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat.\n\nA search operation began after another migrant was found with hypothermia on the shore at about 02:00 BST.\n\nHe told authorities that his friend, who could not swim, was missing after their makeshift boat capsized.\n\nUK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the death of the young migrant was a \"brutal reminder\" that people smugglers exploit the vulnerable.\n\nBridget Chapman, of Kent Refugee Action Network, said that the government was wrong to focus only on the criminals organising crossings, adding that reports the boy had pushed off in a makeshift boat made it \"likely that people smugglers weren't even involved\".\n\nShe called on the Home Secretary to instead \"turn her attention immediately to creating safe and legal routes so that no on else suffers the same fate\".\n\nLabour MP Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow home secretary, said the government's response to the rise in crossings had been \"lacking in compassion and competence\".\n\nHe urged ministers to \"step up work with international partners to find a humanitarian solution to this crisis, which is costing lives\".\n\nBorder Force and the RNLI are thought to have picked up several groups from dinghies on Wednesday\n\nThe Home Office would not confirm whether the boy had been trying to reach the UK.\n\nAsked to clarify if there was evidence people smugglers were involved in the death, it said it would not comment on an investigation that is being lead by the prosecutors' office in Boulogne-sur-Mer.\n\nA further 41 people on four boats were rescued by French authorities after getting into difficulty on Wednesday. One had fallen overboard and was pulled from sea at about 07:30.\n\nMore than 4,800 people have reached the UK after crossing the Channel in about 360 small boats this year.\n\nLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: \"The death of a 16-year-old child in the Channel is a tragedy. My thoughts are with his loved ones.\n\n\"This is a humanitarian crisis that needs a compassionate response.\"\n\nThe Bishop of Dover, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, said: \"People who try to cross the Channel seeking safety and security are not criminals - they are human beings, like you and I.\n\n\"Human beings who should be afforded the dignity and respect and rights that so many of us take for granted.\n\n\"It is a travesty that this young man will never see his hoped-for future, that his family has been deprived of seeing him grow up.\"\n\nClare Moseley, of refugee charity Care4Calais, said she was \"absolutely devastated by the unnecessary death of this child\".\n\n\"We can only imagine the fear he felt and our hearts go out to his family,\" she said.\n\nMs Moseley said the boys the charity supports in Calais were \"fun to be with despite the horrors they have been through\".\n\n\"Some are cheeky, some are smart, some like football, some like books. None deserve to be here and none deserve to die alone in the sea.\"\n\nMike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross, said: \"It should not be the case that people feel they have no choice but to make such dangerous journeys in their search for protection.\n\n\"At a time when more than 1% of the world's population has been displaced, we need countries to work together to provide the best humanitarian outcome.\"\n\nFrench minister Marlene Schiappa said the boy's body was found on a beach in Sangatte, Calais, on Wednesday.\n\nCalais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont said it \"seems pretty sure he drowned in the Channel\".\n\nEarlier this month, Dan O'Mahoney was appointed as the UK's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander in a bid to make the Channel route \"unviable\" for small boat crossings.\n\nBut Mr Dumont said \"whatever the British government implement in the Channel, people will try to cross\".\n\n\"The more difficult it will be to cross, the more dangerous it will be,\" he added.\n\nHe said the \"only solution\" was to allow migrants living in Europe to claim asylum in the UK, without having to land in Britain.\n\nImmigration minister Chris Philp said the \"awful tragedy near Calais shows how dangerous this migration route is\".\n\n\"We will redouble our work to agree and implement a new plan with France with the aim of completely stopping these boat crossings, which are facilitated by ruthless criminals and which risk lives.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At least eight cars were damaged by the trees\n\nSeveral cars have been damaged by fallen trees at a holiday resort in north Wales.\n\nVisitors to Portmeirion, in Gwynedd, said strong winds felled two trees overnight, which caused damage to at least eight cars on Wednesday night.\n\nOne man, whose car was not damaged, said the tree fell \"three or four feet\" from the roof of his accommodation and described the scene as \"chaos\".\n\nBBC Wales has approached the Portmeirion resort for comment.\n\nCaroline Keenan, from Nantwich in Cheshire, who is on holiday in Portmeirion's Italianate village with her two children, said her Audi was damaged by one of the trees.\n\nShe said: \"I heard the storm in the night. They called me from reception to say that large trees had come down in the night and said there were eight cars damaged.\n\n\"We're due to go home tomorrow morning. We've been trying to sort something to get a hire car and sort the insurance.\n\n\"I thought it was a thunderstorm because I heard a cracking and big rumbles. It wasn't far from us. It was probably about 30m away.\"\n\nPortmeirion is an Italianate village where the cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner was filmed\n\nMeanwhile, Rob Fennah, from the Wirral peninsula, said conditions had been \"calm and still\" in the village late on Wednesday evening, before the wind started to pick up in the night.\n\n\"When we were settling down for the evening and we noticed the wind had picked up and, over the course of a couple of hours, we heard car alarms going off and occasionally we heard a few bumps and bangs and stuff. I'm surprised it didn't make more of a crash,\" he said.\n\n\"This morning when we got up it was chaos really, this row of cars was completely and utterly taken out. One of the cars was almost flattened.\n\n\"It's just amazing, if it had happened any other time of day, if it had happened during the day, God knows what could've happened.\"\n\nRob Fennah said one car had been \"almost flattened\" by the trees\n\nHe said the tree had a near miss with his accommodation.\n\n\"It was just quite scary. The tree came down and some of the twigs were on the roof of the building we were in. It fell about three or four feet away from the roof of the building,\" he said.\n\n\"It was a huge tree - would've thought it would've made the ground shake.\"\n\nCampers at Pencarnan Farm near St Davids have been leaving as winds pick up\n\nMeanwhile, the high winds have prompted a warning for people not to take risks on or near the sea in Pembrokeshire.\n\nCampsites in the county say many of those staying in tents have left early, cutting their holidays short. Meanwhile lifeboat crews are standing by as high tides create large waves offshore.\n\nSian Richardson from Pencarnan Farm Caravan Park said: \"We did lose a lot tents last night... [a lot of people] looked at the forecast and they just left.\n\n\"Those who survived the night have all got very interesting stories to tell but we've had an awful lot of cancellations over the last couple of days - people not wanting to even risk being here.\"\n\nRNLI crews have also warned people not to use inflatables on the sea and to go into the water in pairs.\n\nFive flood warnings have been issued across south west wales with winds of up to 70mph expected on Thursday night - as storm Ellen continues across Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Many BTec students will not receive their results today Image caption: Many BTec students will not receive their results today\n\nAn 18-year-old BTec student from Flint has said she was \"distraught\" not to find out her exam results today following a Pearson exam board announcement that it would regrade them.\n\nElle Kidd told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast it had caused her \"unnecessary stress\" and she can not confirm her place to study Level 3 at college next year.\n\nShe was due to get her BTec results today for her Level 2 travel and tourism course at Coleg Cambria, near Wrexham.\n\n\"To have released it [the announcement of regrading] the night before seems a little unnecessary and has panicked me and a lot of people.\n\n\"A lot of us found out about it on social media or on the news.\n\n\"I was quite distraught because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, especially about confirming places for next year.\"\n\nWJEC said students for its version of BTecs - known as entry pathways - would receive their grades as scheduled.", "Mr Leonard asks the first minister if she will apologise to care home staff, care home residents and grieving families.\n\nMs Sturgeon replies: \"If the government has got it wrong, at any stage, in our handling of this, notwithstanding the best intentions we have then yes, I say sorry for that.\"\n\nShe adds that she is \"acutely aware\" of the impact of the virus on individuals, families, businesses and communities across the country.\n\nThe first minister also tells parliament that news reports of hospitals being overwhelmed in Italy influenced decision-making across the UK.\n\nShe adds: \"Lots of things have kept me awake at night but at that point I did not know if our hospitals would be able to cope with the influx.\n\n\"I also did not know what risk elderly patients, particularly elderly patients who had no need to be there, would be at if they were in hospital when Covid patents were coming in in huge numbers.\"", "Tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market.\n\nIt reached the milestone just two years after becoming the world's first trillion-dollar company in 2018.\n\nIts share price hit $467.77 in mid-morning trading in the US on Wednesday to push it over the $2tn mark.\n\nThe only other company to reach the $2tn level was state-backed Saudi Aramco after it listed its shares last December.\n\nBut the oil giant's value has slipped back to $1.8tn since then and Apple surpassed it to become the world's most valuable traded company at the end of July.\n\nThe iPhone-maker's shares have leapt more than 50% this year, despite the coronavirus crisis forcing it to shut retail stores and political pressure over its links to China.\n\nIn fact, its share price has doubled since its low point in March, when panic about the coronavirus pandemic swept the markets.\n\nTech firms, which have been viewed as winners despite lockdowns, have seen their stock surge in recent weeks, even though the US is in recession.\n\nApple posted strong third quarter figures towards the end of July, including $59.7bn of revenue and double-digit growth in its products and services segments.\n\nThe next most valuable US company is Amazon which is worth around $1.7tn.\n\nApple's rapid share price rise is \"an impressive feat within a short period of time\", said Paolo Pescatore, a technology analyst at PP Foresight.\n\n\"The last few months have underlined the importance of users and households alike to own better quality devices, connections and services and with Apple's strong broad portfolio of devices and a growing services offering, there are plentiful opportunities for future growth.\"\n\nHe said the arrival of gigabit connectivity broadband would offer Apple \"endless possibilities\".\n\n\"All eyes are now on the eagerly anticipated 5G iPhone which will fuel further consumer demand,\" he added.\n\nMicrosoft and Amazon follow Apple as the most valuable publicly traded US companies, each at about $1.6tn. They are followed by Google-owner Alphabet at just over $1tn.", "Michelle Samaraweera was raped and murdered in Walthamstow after she went out to buy some snacks early in the morning of 30 May 2009\n\nA serial rapist dubbed the \"night stalker\" has been jailed for life for the murder of one of his victims more than a decade after her death.\n\nAman Vyas was extradited from India to face trial for the 2009 murder of Michelle Samaraweera, 35, in Walthamstow, east London.\n\nThe 35-year-old was also found guilty of five counts of rape and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nHe was sentenced to a minimum jail term of 37 years at Croydon Crown Court.\n\nThe court heard Vyas preyed on lone women at night, turning a small area near his home into a \"hunting ground\" for violent rapes against at least four women.\n\nProsecutor Tom Little QC called him \"the E17 night stalker\".\n\nAman Vyas, who was living in Walthamstow and working at a dry cleaners at the time of the offences, fled the UK after committing his crimes\n\nVyas was 24 years old when he attacked his first victim on 24 March 2009, following the woman into her block of flats before raping and beating her in her own home.\n\nAbout a month later, he violently raped his second victim in an alleyway.\n\nVyas followed his third victim from a shop before attacking her and raping her in a churchyard in the early hours of 29 April.\n\nHis final attack ended in the murder of Ms Samaraweera, who lived alone in Hainault but had a boyfriend in Walthamstow.\n\nVyas attacked her as she walked home from a late-night supermarket on 30 May.\n\nShe was raped and left in a children's play area with all her shopping before a passer-by discovered her body in the morning.\n\nPost-mortem examinations found she had died as a result of pressure to her neck.\n\nSentencing, judge Mr Justice Bryan said Vyas had stalked Ms Samaraweera before killing her by asphyxiation.\n\n\"You were willing to kill in pursuit of your sexual perversions and in Michelle you found a victim who fought back,\" he said.\n\n\"She had to be silenced and silenced she was.\"\n\nVyas was caught on CCTV in the same shop as Ms Samaraweera shortly before her death\n\nOn 2 July, just a few days after a Crimewatch appeal about Ms Samaraweera's case, Vyas purchased a one-way ticket to India. He left the same day.\n\nHe evaded capture until 2011, when his former boss gave police a water bottle used by Vyas's brother which provided a DNA link to the crimes.\n\nVyas fled the UK two days after a Crimewatch appeal featuring an e-fit picture was broadcast\n\nFollowing an eight-year court battle Vyas became only the third person India has extradited to the UK.\n\nMichelle Samaraweera's sister Ann Chandradasa said she had feared he \"was literally going to get away with murder\".\n\n\"I'm just glad we have finally got justice for Michelle and I'm glad that the other victims have got justice as well.\n\n\"It's partial closure. Him being in prison doesn't take away the pain of what's happened and what all these women have been through.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kamala Harris' brief acceptance speech was like an elopement in place of a wedding. Held in a makeshift stage in a Delaware hotel instead of the Wisconsin Centre where the Democratic National Convention is supposed to be, the venue provided six American flags and a podium for Harris, who had no audience or energy to jazz up the moment. It came off as a speech written by an efficiency expert- or worse, a committee of efficiency experts, who wanted to check the boxes, and quickly.\n\nThere was little policy discussion. Rather than talk at length about the coronavirus and racism, Harris melded the two together \"There is no vaccine for racism,\" she said. And who can argue with that?\n\nWhile running mates are expected to be pit bulls against the opposition, Harris meekly cited three things she didn't like about President Donald Trump -- “constant chaos,” “incompetence, and “callousness.” No one would argue. But there was no sound bite destined to lead in news stories. No big rhetorical moment. Everyone else already had said that Joe can bring the country together.\n\nHarris is not afraid to attack. She's not afraid to be blunt. I can only guess that she's trying to do her job as the campaign wants her to do it. But the campaign is clueless. And so the usually sharp Harris seemed so as well.\n\nDebra J. Saunders covers the White House and writes an opinion column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.", "This isn't a 'second wave' - we're still in the first\n\nWhenever there is a jump in cases, it does not take long for someone to start talking about a second wave. But the truth is we are still in the first wave in Europe. The wave is being suppressed, but it is still there. Where we see cases rising, it is more a case that the defences are being breached. What gets less attention is the fact that it is falling in some places too – Sweden and Portugal are both examples of this over the past month or so. It is also important to consider the context of the rise. Has it risen to a high level or just a higher level from a low base? And to what extent are the rises being caused by more testing? The more you look, the more you find. Certainly the numbers being tested is rising in many countries and that is certainly a factor. It means the rises seen in Germany, Italy and the UK for example are less concerning than those seen in Spain, France and Croatia. It is a very mixed picture across Europe, reflecting the fact countries are just at different points of the first wave or having varying degrees of success in keeping it at bay.", "Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces\n\nTwo Islamic State suspects will not face the death penalty if convicted of the killings of Western hostages in Iraq and Syria, the US has told the UK.\n\nAlexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of being the last two members of an IS cell dubbed \"The Beatles\" because of their UK accents.\n\nThe US sought the UK's help in the case but a legal fight over the use of the death penalty has stymied co-operation.\n\nThe US has now made clear the two will not be executed if found guilty.\n\nIn a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, US Attorney General William Barr said the US authorities would not seek the death penalty against the two men and \"if imposed, it will not be carried out\".\n\nIn the light of the assurances, he said he hoped the UK would share \"important evidence\" about the men promptly.\n\n\"If we receive the requested evidence and attendant cooperation from the UK, we intend to proceed with a United States prosecution,\" he wrote.\n\n\"Indeed, it is these unique circumstances that have led me to provide the assurance offered in this letter.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesman said the UK \"continue to work closely with international partners to ensure that those who have committed crimes in the name of Daesh are brought to justice\".\n\nThe pair, who are in US military custody in Iraq, were British citizens, but have been stripped of their UK nationality.\n\nThey are alleged to have been members of an IS kidnap gang behind the killings of a number of Western hostages, including American journalists and British aid workers, in Iraq and Syria in 2014.\n\nThe victims were beheaded and their deaths filmed and broadcast on social media.\n\nThe UK believes the men cannot be legally extradited to the US, but in 2018 it emerged that the US was preparing the ground to prosecute the men - and that it had asked the UK for information that would help convict them.\n\nIn response, ministers said they would share intelligence, without opposing a death penalty sentence.\n\nBut co-operation with the US was halted after the mother of El Shafee Elsheikh launched a legal challenge, arguing the UK's position was in breach of its internationally recognised opposition to capital punishment.\n\nSeveral relatives of the murdered western hostages have said they want the men to face a fair trial, rather than the death penalty.\n\nDiane Foley, whose son James, an American journalist, was murdered by the cell in 2014, said: \"I am very hopeful that with this assurance that the death penalty will be waived, that will allow the United Kingdom and United States to pool their evidence so that true justice might be served.\"\n\n\"I feel that the death penalty is too easy. It allows them to be martyrs... I really feel if they truly have done these horrible crimes, they really need to face life imprisonment, so they have a chance for redemption themselves and a chance to really recognise the horror of what they've done to others,\" she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nIn the past Britain has sought assurances from foreign governments that the death penalty would not be used in cases where the UK provided information or extradited suspects.\n\nThe Supreme Court has ruled that the US government's demand to use crucial evidence from the UK in the case was unlawful.\n\nAt the time, the UK said it was \"a long-standing position\" to oppose the death penalty but added that in this case it was \"a priority to make sure that these men face criminal prosecution\".\n\nHowever, the UK has made clear that if the pair were sent to the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay - where suspects have been detained without trial - the UK would withhold intelligence.\n\nThe BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said the US was warning that if the issue was not settled by the middle of October, the two men would be handed over to the Iraqi government.\n\nIS once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq. It imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people.\n\nThe liberation of that territory control exposed the magnitude of the abuses inflicted on their inhabitants, including summary killings, torture, amputations, ethno-sectarian attacks, rape and sexual slavery imposed on women and girls. Hundreds of mass graves containing the remains of thousands of people have also been discovered.\n\nUN investigators have said IS militants committed acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.", "Poor regulation of antibodies tests - that could indicate if someone has had coronavirus - could be putting the public at risk, doctors have warned.\n\nThe Royal College of Pathologists has written to the health secretary, calling for rules to be tightened on kits sold direct to consumers.\n\nThe letter warns they can \"mislead the public and put individuals at risk\".\n\nNo antibodies test has been officially approved for at-home use in the UK - but many different types are available.\n\nIt is still not known whether having antibodies will protect people from a second infection.\n\nThe letter sent to Matt Hancock calls for urgent action.\n\nThe doctors say the tests should not be used without \"professional back-up\", must \"give the right result\" and be \"properly readable\".\n\nA Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency official said it had \"worked collaboratively with cross-government agencies at pace to prevent non-compliant antibody test kits being placed into the UK market\".\n\nBut Royal College of Pathologists president Prof Jo Martin said: \"Currently, if you buy a test on the internet or you buy it in certain boutiques or shops, we can't guarantee that the quality of that is of an appropriate standard.\n\n\"We can't guarantee that the result will be easy to interpret or that it will be not misleading.\"\n\nAn analysis of 41 antibodies tests sold to the public in the UK, seen by the BBC's Newsnight programme, found almost a third provided incomplete and inaccurate information.\n\nBut just 10% had made documents available to support their claims, academics from the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick found.\n\nWhat information has been released about how kits were assessed shows most were tested on small numbers of patients only - just a few dozen, all of whom had been admitted to hospital.\n\nAt the moment, antibodies tests are a class one medical device - meaning companies can self-certify their tests as effective and immediately start selling to consumers, without a rigorous independent testing process.\n\nIn contrast, HIV and pregnancy tests are listed on \"annex two\" of the European directive for medical devices - which means manufacturers have to provide information about the efficacy of their tests.\n\nLead researcher Jon Deeks, professor of biostatistics, at the University of Birmingham, said more studies were needed with much larger sample sizes to assess how tests were used by patients in practice.\n\n\"These regulations aren't fit for purpose and don't protect the public from bad tests,\" he said.\n\n\"If you can get a CE mark [indicating compliance with the relevant legislation] for a bad test as there is no scrutiny on whether it works, it is just a marketing claim that is registered and we are left in a Wild West of antibody testing.\n\n\"For drug licensing the onus is on the companies to go through clinical trials.\n\n\"We need that same obligation to apply for testing devices like the Covid antibody tests as well.\n\n\"In the long term, evaluations of tests should be added to the existing pre-registers for clinical trials.\n\n\"This will stop manufacturers from cherry-picking only the most favourable results to report.\"\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care official said: \"Antibody tests must meet the standards for clinical use.\n\n\"And currently no antibody test has been approved for individuals for at-home use. Across government, action is being taken to enforce these tough regulations.\n\n\"There have been a number of arrests. And over 47,000 tests have been seized.\"\n\nYou can see Newsnight's report on this story on BBC iPlayer.", "Jessica Johnson was awarded The Orwell Youth Prize in 2019 for her story A Band Apart\n\nA writer whose dystopian story about an algorithm that sorted students into bands based on class has had her first choice university offer reinstated.\n\nJessica Johnson, 18, required an A in English A-level to earn a place at the University of St Andrews with a £16,000 scholarship, but initially got a B.\n\nBut after a government U-turn students grades will now be estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm.\n\nThe Orwell Youth Prize winner said she was \"relieved\" to get into St Andrews.\n\n\"I have now got three A* and an A in English Literature and I have been offered a place at St Andrews.\n\n\"I'm so excited, happy and relieved,\" the student from Ashton Sixth Form College in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester said.\n\nIvar Møller, the University of St Andrews director of UK and EU admissions, said: \"We are delighted for Jessica and look forward to welcoming her and all our new students into the St Andrews family in a few weeks' time.\"\n\nExams were cancelled this year because of the pandemic and about 40% of A-level results were downgraded by exams regulator Ofqual.\n\nOfqual calculated results using a formula in which the biggest determining factor was the school's performances in each subject in the previous three years.\n\nOn Monday, following an outcry, the government decided to use teachers' estimates.\n\nThe University of St Andrews said it was delighted to welcome Jessica Johnson\n\nMs Johnson said the B grade awarded to her in English Literature on Thursday had resulted in her losing her place to read at the Scottish university with a scholarship.\n\nShe said it was \"ironic to become a victim like one of her characters\" in A Band Apart, a dystopian story about an algorithm that sorts students into bands based on class, for which she received the Orwell Youth Prize last year.\n\n\"I feel like I missed out on celebrating because of all this chaos. I'm glad it is all sorted out for me - I just hope it works out for everyone else, too.\n\n\"It has caused a lot of unnecessary stress and anxiety to students.\"\n\nShe added: \"If people in power had read my story maybe we wouldn't have been in this situation.\"\n\nWhy not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk", "NHS workers have been given a break from the stress of four months on the frontline fighting coronavirus.\n\nThe Path Hill activity centre, near Reading in Berkshire, has teamed up with a local charity to say thank you by running outdoor adventure days.\n\nForty families from hospitals across Berkshire and Oxfordshire have had the chance to spend time together in socially-distanced groups - learning activities like raft building and making campfires.", "Scientists carried out measurements in the lab\n\nSinging does not produce substantially more respiratory particles than speaking at a similar volume, a study suggests.\n\nBut it all depends on how loud a person is, according to the initial findings which are yet to be peer reviewed.\n\nThe project, called Perform, looked at the amount of aerosols and droplets generated by performers.\n\nThe findings could have implications for live indoor performances, which resumed in England this week.\n\nThey are currently only allowed to take place under strict social distancing guidelines.\n\nAerosols are tiny particles which are exhaled from the body and float in the air.\n\nThere is emerging evidence that coronavirus can be spread through these particles, as well in droplets which fall onto surfaces and are then touched.\n\nTwenty-five professional performers of different genders, ethnicities, ages and backgrounds - musical theatre, opera, gospel, jazz and pop - took part in the study that was led by scientists at the University of Bristol.\n\nThey individually completed a range of exercises, which included singing and speaking Happy Birthday at different pitches and volumes, in an operating theatre where there were no other aerosols present.\n\nThis allowed researchers to analyse the aerosols produced by specific sounds.\n\nThey found that the volume of the voice had the largest impact on the amount of aerosol produced.\n\nFor example, there was some difference - albeit not very substantial - between speaking and singing at a similar level. Whereas singing or shouting at the loudest level could generate 30 times more aerosol.\n\nThe impact of playing instruments was also tested\n\nVentilation could also have an effect on how aerosol builds up. The larger the venue and the more ventilation there is could affect how concentrated the volumes are.\n\nJonathan Reid, professor of physical chemistry at the University of Bristol, is one of the authors of the paper, which was supported by Public Health England.\n\nHe said: \"Our research has provided a rigorous scientific basis for Covid-19 recommendations for arts venues to operate safely, for both the performers and audience, by ensuring that spaces are appropriately ventilated to reduce the risk of airborne transmission.\"\n\nCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: \"I know singing is an important passion and pastime for many people, who I'm sure will join me in welcoming the findings of this important study.\n\n\"We have worked closely with medical experts throughout this crisis to develop our understanding of Covid-19, and we have now updated our guidance in light of these findings so people can get back to performing together safely.\"\n\nDr Rupert Beale of the Francis Crick Institute, said: \"This important research suggests there is no specific excess risk of transmission due to singing. Loud speech and singing both carry excess risk however. This research supports the possibility of safe performance as long as there's appropriate social distancing and ventilation.\"\n\nDr Julian Tang, honorary associate professor in respiratory sciences at the University of Leicester, said: \"The risk is amplified when a group of singers are singing together, eg singing to an audience, whether in churches or concert halls or theatres. It is a nice study but not exactly representative of the real whole choir dynamic, which really needs further study to truly assess the risk of such large volume synchronised singing vocalisations/exhalations.\n\n\"The risks should not be overly underestimated or played down because of this - we don't want choir members getting infected and potentially dying from Covid-19 whilst doing what they love.\"", "Protests from A-level students prompted a U-turn on how grades were decided\n\nHundreds of thousands of anxious teenagers are receiving their GCSE results, amid a fresh round of exams chaos, this time affecting BTecs.\n\nPupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get GCSE grades given by their schools, after a flawed algorithm was scrapped in a series of U-turns.\n\nOn Wednesday evening, exam board Pearson announced it would re-grade BTecs in line with GCSEs and A-levels.\n\nThis some means students will no longer receive BTec results on Thursday.\n\nPearson's 11th hour decision affects about 500,000 pupils, 250,000 of whom received their A-level equivalent qualifications last week.\n\nThe rest were due to collect their grades along with GCSE candidates this week.\n\nIn a statement, Pearson said their results \"had been generally consistent with teacher and learner expectations, but we have become concerned about unfairness in relation to what are now significantly higher outcomes for GCSE and A-levels\".\n\nLast Thursday there was anger after 40% of A-level grades were downgraded by exams regulators.\n\nSchool and college heads were left comforting tearful pupils who had lost out on university places, and young people inundated counselling help-lines with fears and anxieties about their uncertain futures.\n\nOne 17-year-old boy who had just failed his AS-levels told the NSPCC's Childline: \"I am feeling really sad.\n\n\"My friends got such good grades even though they study less than me and it feels unfair.\"\n\nAfter angry protests by pupils and an outcry from teachers, MPs, academics and parents, the education ministers of each nation switched - one-by-one - to centre-assessed grades (CAGs), following Scotland's example two weeks earlier.\n\nThese CAG results are expected to be higher for most as it is generally thought teachers and schools tend to be more optimistic about their students chances than exam boards.\n\nThere were no public exams this year - they were cancelled in March\n\nOn Thursday, schools minister Nick Gibb again apologised to GCSE and A-level students for the \"pain and the anxiety\" caused by the issues over grading.\n\n\"We are doing everything we can to put these matters right,\" he told BBC Breakfast.\n\nHe said he understood the \"frustration\" felt by BTec candidates who would no longer receive their results on Thursday but said the decision was made by Pearson to ensure they got \"a fair result\" after A-level and GCSE grades were changed.\n\nMr Gibb said the government was working \"to make sure that no young person is disadvantaged as a consequence of this delay\" and he hoped BTec results would be given out next week.\n\nEarlier this summer, England's exams regulator, Ofqual, revealed CAGs for GCSEs were nine percentage points higher than the previous year's grades.\n\nSo to maintain standards over time, the DfE had arranged for CAGs to be modified by the algorithm, later discovered to be flawed.\n\nThe U-turns on Monday afternoon left statisticians at Ofqual, and its Welsh and Northern Ireland counterparts, working round the clock to get 5.6m correct grades for each pupil to around 3,000 schools and colleges in time for young people to collect them on Thursday.\n\nExams regulators for each nation will also be publishing the national picture on GCSEs and the adjusted A-level results on Thursday morning.\n\nPublic examinations were cancelled in March shortly before schools were closed to all but key workers and vulnerable children, so most GCSE pupils have received no in-school lessons since then.\n\nAfter cancelling exams, ministers pledged to create the fairest system possible to ensure these pupils, now dubbed the \"Class of Covid\", could get the results they deserved and progress to the next stage of their education and lives.\n\nThey were to be calculated by a combination of school assessments, pupils' rankings in each subject and Ofqual's statistical modelling - the algorithm.\n\nBut on Monday, England's Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised for the distress caused, and said Ofqual's standardisation model had \"resulted in more significant inconsistencies than can be resolved through an appeals process\".\n\nEvie, 15, from Bexleyheath Academy in London says it's been a challenging year.\n\n\"Lockdown was quite tense to be honest, because you're uncertain. That was your biggest worry, uncertainty,\" she says.\n\nEvie says the uncertainty has been hard\n\nBut it was good news on results day on Thursday.\n\n\"I'm over the moon, I'm really over the moon - my hard work has paid off so there's a sense of relief.\"\n\nCory, 16, who did both GCSEs and BTecs said he was proud of his grades: \"2020 has been unfortunate, but I feel like I've made the best of the situation and I've stayed happy for the whole year.\"\n\nCory says he has managed to stay happy in spite of it all\n\nHarriet, 16, said the situation had been: \"a bit of a learning curve for the government, for everyone really, because we've never had to deal with this before\".\n\nShe said she had felt nervous when she saw the A-level results last week.\n\nBut was relieved when her GCSE grades came through: \"I honestly don't think I could have been happier with the results.\"\n\n\"The U-turn was for the best.\"\n\nGraeme Napier, principal of Bexleyheath Academy, said it was great to see happy students.\n\n\"It's reassuring that the awarding bodies have agreed to look at the results again - the important thing is that students get the results they deserve.\"\n\nGeoff Barton, head of the head teachers' union ASCL, said the decision to revert to centre-assessed grades was \"the fairest option in the circumstances\".\n\nMr Barton said it was inevitable some students would be unhappy with their centre-assessed grades, but stressed that schools had followed \"a rigorous and painstaking process in reaching these decisions\".\n\nHe said ASCL was not aware of any plans to allow students to appeal against centre-assessed grades.\n\nHe added: \"Reverting to centre-assessed grades means that, overall, more students will receive higher GCSE grades this year than in past years.\n\n\"This is because schools may, understandably, have given some students the benefit of the doubt when they are on the borderline.\n\n\"This could have implications for sixth forms and colleges... that could necessitate increasing class sizes in some courses and there may be pressure on the space that is available in some institutions.\"\n\nDavid Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, which represents further education and sixth form colleges, said the move by Pearson to re-grade BTecs in line with GCSEs and A-levels was \"probably the right decision\" but \"it's just a shame it came so late\".\n\nWith grades now expected to be raised, he said more students may now be applying to further education colleges.\n\n\"Lots of colleges will get big increases in numbers - they can deal with it but they need the funding to be able to recruit the teachers, to get the facilities, to get the materials,\" he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.\n\nThe Department for Education said it had provided extra money to boost the condition of sixth form and college buildings in England in the coming year.\n\n\"We are continuing to work with the sector to understand how we can ensure colleges in the future can meet their capacity needs.\"", "A single targeted dose of radiotherapy could be as effective at treating breast cancer as a full course, a long-term study suggests.\n\nResearchers said people who received the shorter treatment were also less likely to die of other cancers and heart disease in the following five years.\n\nBut cancer specialists have raised concerns about the study's methodology.\n\nA fifth of patients in the study received extra doses of radiotherapy.\n\nThe study's lead author, Prof Jayant Vaidya, said he had expected a proportion of the women to need extra radiotherapy, since post-op tests could reveal tumours were bigger or more aggressive than expected.\n\nThis still left 80% of women benefiting from a shorter course of treatment with fewer side-effects, he said.\n\nTargeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy (TARGIT-IORT) involves a single, targeted dose of radiation inside the breast, immediately after the tumour is removed.\n\nThis type of radiotherapy, developed by doctors at University College London (UCL), is delivered using a small device placed inside the breast, directly on the site of the cancer.\n\nIt means patients can receive radiation treatment at the same time as their operation to have their cancer removed.\n\nAnd they shouldn't have to return for any further treatments, which can involve 15 to 30 hospital visits for people having a standard course of radiotherapy.\n\nThis treatment is already available on the NHS in a small number of clinics that have the right equipment.\n\nDuring the pandemic, NHS England has reduced the number of visits people need to make for standard radiotherapy after surgery to about five.\n\nThe TARGIT-A trial involved 2,298 women with breast cancer in 10 countries being given either targeted therapy during surgery or a standard course of radiotherapy between 2000 and 2012.\n\nThe study reported at the 10-year mark that a single dose of radiation during surgery was as effective as a prolonged course.\n\nThis latest study, which followed women up for five years after their treatment, confirmed that conclusion, the researchers said.\n\nAnd it found fewer in the group receiving the single-dose treatment had died from other causes, including heart disease, lung problems and other cancers.\n\nUCL said previous studies had shown the treatment also had fewer radiation-related side-effects, including pain and changes to the breast's appearance.\n\nWriter Marcelle Bernstein received the one-off treatment eight years ago, and has had the all-clear ever since.\n\n\"Within two months of diagnosis I was cancer-free,\" she said.\n\nMarcelle Bernstein said she liked the idea of \"treating just the tiny area affected\"\n\nAnd, having seen her mother die of breast cancer 25 years earlier, she felt it was important she \"wouldn't be a cancer sufferer longer than necessary\".\n\n\"I just liked the idea of something treating just the tiny area affected and not touching the rest of the body,\" she said.\n\nHowever, 20% of the women in the study given a single dose of radiation did go on to have further radiotherapy treatments, when tests discovered \"unsuspected higher-risk factors\".\n\nJoanne Haviland at the Institute of Cancer Research raised concerns about some of the definitions the researchers used in their study.\n\n\"Conventional radiotherapy has evolved considerably since the design of the TARGIT-A trial, including shorter treatment schedules and smaller volumes of breast treated, with greatly improved patient experience and extremely high levels of clinical cure at very low cost to the NHS.\"\n\nMartin Ledwick of Cancer Research UK said: \"As the women taking part in the study received radiotherapy at the same time as having a lumpectomy, doctors weren't able to analyse their tumours in advance to see if they would need a longer course of radiotherapy until after their operation.\n\n\"While 20% of the women in this study did then need additional treatment, 80% of patients were spared this.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I'm sorry to tell you that your house is gone'\n\nUS authorities say the pilot of a helicopter fighting fires in California has died after his aircraft crashed.\n\nThe pilot was the only person on board the water-dropping helicopter, which crashed near the city of Coalinga.\n\nCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as authorities battle hundreds of blazes.\n\nThousands of people have had to flee their homes in areas near San Francisco after several quick-moving wildfires swept into the region.\n\nMost at risk is the city of Vacaville, home to about 100,000, which lies between San Francisco and Sacramento.\n\nOfficials went door-to-door overnight in a frantic effort to clear homes.\n\nAccording to fire officials, 50 structures have burned down in Vacaville, with another 50 damaged by the fire.\n\n\"We are experiencing fires the likes of which we haven't seen in many, many years,\" Governor Newsom told reporters.\n\nThe blazes are thought to have been sparked by a heatwave combined with nearly 11,000 lightning strikes which have hit the state over the last three days.\n\nEarlier this week, one of the highest ever temperatures on Earth was recorded in California's Death Valley. Across the US western states on Wednesday, nearly 45 million people were living in areas under some form of excessive heat warning or heat advisory.\n\nMr Newsom said 367 known fires have been recorded so far, but noted that \"the prospect of that going up is very real\".\n\n\"As those lightning strikes spark, as you have a lot of smoke, you have a difficult time determining total number of fires until certain things clear and we have the opportunity to go to more remote parts of the state,\" he added.\n\nThe group of fires in the San Francisco Bay Area was driven by winds throughout Tuesday night and has now grown to 46,000 uncontained acres.\n\nThe fire, which is larger than city of Washington DC, has injured four people and threatens about 2,000 buildings in Vacaville, authorities say.\n\nVideo on social media shows flames burning through people's front yards in California's famed wine-producing Napa and Sonoma counties.\n\nSmoke also blanketed the city of San Francisco, about 60 miles (95km) south of Vacaville, on Wednesday morning.\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\nFires are also burning in the southern part of the state, where officials described \"extreme fire conditions\" amid the heatwave.\n\nMeanwhile, the state's energy operator has pleaded with residents to use less electricity or otherwise face blackouts that would leave millions of people without power for hours at a time.\n\nOn Tuesday night more than 37,000 customers across California lost power, officials told CNN.\n\nSo far this year the US has experienced fewer wildfires than in 2019. According to Reuters news agency, around 1.4m fewer acres have burned this year, but the pace is expected to accelerate in the next month as Santa Ana winds reach the south and El Diablo winds strike in the north.\n\nVacaville, halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco, has been worst hit so far\n• None 'Highest temperature on Earth' recorded in US", "Durham University vowed to provide more information about its offer in the coming days\n\nA university is offering financial incentives to students in a bid to persuade them to defer their studies following the U-turn over A-level results.\n\nDurham University has promised a bursary and guarantee of accommodation for everyone who defers until 2021.\n\nIt said it had \"capacity issues\" due to the \"unprecedented situation\".\n\nExam grades for students across the UK have been revised following a backlash over grading systems.\n\nDurham University said \"it is possible some offer holders\" will have to enrol in 2021 rather than next month as it struggles to provide enough places.\n\nIn an attempt to \"minimise\" the number of people affected, it said it would \"seek volunteers\" and offer the incentives \"to help with their transition to university life\" next year.\n\nIt has not confirmed how much the bursaries would be worth.\n\nWith students not able to sit exams due to the coronavirus pandemic, ministers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales decided on Monday to revert to teacher-assessed grades rather than those decided by an algorithm.\n\nScotland had reverted to teacher-assessed grades on 4 August after a similar outcry.\n\nThat led to a rush for university places as students tried to reclaim spots after being rejected just days before.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has accused the government of failing students and universities.\n\nIt said A-level results \"should never have been released before being subject to scrutiny beyond Ofqual\" and that ministers \"should not have had to rely on shocked 18-year-olds on results day to realise there was a problem\".\n\nThe government is planning to remove caps on student numbers and said it will work closely with universities on the challenges they are facing.\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.", "Tanisha has the grades she needs to go on to sixth form\n\nIt has been a GCSE results day like no other for pupils this year. Grades have risen dramatically in England after exams were cancelled and a government U-turn meant results could be based on teachers' estimates rather than an algorithm.\n\nFollowing the uncertainty of recent weeks, many students were relieved upon receiving their results.\n\n\"I was so nervous this morning, but I just feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders,\" says Tanisha Sethi, 16, from west London.\n\nWith mostly 7s and 8s - equivalent to As to A*s under the old grading system in England - she has the results she needs to go to sixth form, and hopes to go to university in the future.\n\nBut she thinks she could have performed better in some subjects if she had sat exams, and was disappointed when they were cancelled.\n\n\"I really wanted to prove myself and I was gutted that I didn't get the chance to show all the effort I had put in\" she says.\n\n\"I'm not going to have the practice and the knowledge and the exam technique that I would have gained from sitting GCSEs, and it will be a lot harder to make a start on A-levels.\"\n\nJack feels his year has \"missed out on lots of things\"\n\nJack Connor, 16, from Kent, was also feeling apprehensive after the confusion over A-level results last week.\n\n\"There was a lot of uncertainty and people were very stressed out because we had not control over it,\" he says.\n\n\"Then with the U-turn the government made I didn't know what to expect.\"\n\nBut after receiving a mixture of 7s, 6s, and 5s - equivalent to As and Bs under the old system - he says he is \"really pleased\".\n\nResults day was a very different experience this year. Jack received his results online rather than going into school.\n\n\"I wanted the experience of waiting outside school and getting my grades with my teachers around me,\" he says.\n\n\"Obviously we missed out on that. We missed out on lots of things - exams, prom.\"\n\nLucia Davis is still waiting for her BTec result\n\nFor Lucia Davis, it was also a day of mixed emotions. She is from Dinas Powys in Wales, which kept its letter-based grading structure.\n\nShe says the last few months have been difficult as pupils were \"in the dark for a long time\" about what would happen with their grades.\n\n\"With exams being cancelled it put all of us in a really bad mindset because our results were out of our hands,\" she says.\n\nShe is also pleased with her GCSE results, receiving mostly A*s and As. But she is still waiting for her BTec result.\n\nBTec grades were pulled on the eve of results day, after exam board Pearson said they needed to be reviewed to ensure fairness following the U-turn on A-levels and GCSEs.\n\n\"It's a bit nerve-wracking,\" says Lucia. \"It added extra stress to everything that's already gone on.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The snake, bird and cat are at least 2,000 years old\n\nThree mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers using high-resolution 3D scans.\n\nThe snake, bird and cat, from the Egypt Centre's collection at Swansea University, are at least 2,000 years old.\n\nAncient texts suggest they were offerings to the souls of the departed, but little was known of their fate.\n\nResearchers said the details revealed by the scans were \"extraordinary\".\n\nUsing micro CT scanners, which generate 3D images with 100 times the resolution of medical CT scans, the animals' remains were analysed in previously unseen detail, giving an insight into how they were killed and the ritual behind it.\n\nThe coiled remains of an Egyptian cobra, undisturbed for thousands of years\n\nAnd the seven-year project, a collaboration between the Egypt Centre and Swansea's College of Engineering, came about by chance.\n\nRichard Johnston, professor of material science, said: \"The project started purely because the engineering department used to be right opposite the Egypt Centre, and over coffee I mentioned our X-ray scanner might reveal what's hidden inside their animal mummies, and so we took it from there.\n\n\"Up until then we'd been using the technology to scan jet engine parts, composites, or insects, but what we found when we started looking at the mummified animals was extraordinary.\"\n\nDr Carolyn Graves-Brown, of the Egypt Centre, said the collaboration between engineers, archaeologists, biologists, and Egyptologists showed \"the value of researchers from different subjects working together\".\n\nThe head of the mummified cat after it had been digitally unwrapped\n\nThe findings are in keeping with what the Egypt Centre already believed about the ritual mummification of animals.\n\nThe ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as humans, including cats, ibis, hawks, snakes, crocodiles and dogs.\n\nSometimes they were buried with their owner, or as a food supply for the afterlife, but the most common animal mummies were offerings, bought by visitors to temples to present to the gods.\n\nThey were bred or captured by keepers and then killed and embalmed by temple priests; it is believed that as many as 70 million animal mummies were created in this way.\n\nThe soft tissue (left) and skeletal remains (right) of the Eurasian kestrel\n\nProf Johnston said while finding an animal inside might not have been a surprise, the level of detail they were able to obtain certainly was.\n\n\"The snake mummy had been X-rayed before, but that only creates a 2D image which doesn't tell you too much about the finer structure. Conventional medical CT scanning provides a 3D image, but the resolution is too poor to make out much more,\" he said.\n\n\"However, with the micro CT software we can create a virtual reality image of the scan as large as a house, if you like; I can actually walk around inside the body of the cat and make microscopic measurements to examine in minute detail.\"\n\nThe micro CT works by taking thousands of individual X-rays from all angles while the mummy rotates 360 degrees.\n\nA computer then merges them to create a 3D image which can be rotated and viewed from any angle.\n\nThe open-mouthed skull of the Egyptian cobra, as revealed by X-ray microtomography\n\nIt differs from a medical scanner in that, rather than the X-ray source and camera revolving around the object, the object spins on a platform between the source and camera.\n\nProf Johnston said this makes it impractical for medical use on live humans, but the technology still has many other untapped applications.\n\n\"X-ray dose from micro CT is typically too high for human use, and the scan times much longer,\" he said.\n\n\"But it has limitless potential for materials in science, engineering, biology, even biomimicry.\n\n\"We scan structures from nature that have evolved over millions of years to be efficient or strong, like bamboo, and then reproduce the micro-scale shape for engineering design through 3D printing.\"\n\nThe full research is published today in the journal Scientific Reports.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "We've been sifting through some of the questions that have been sent in - and our two experts have been answering them.\n\nHere's a couple of the ones we've received, but there are more questions and answers here.\n\nWill the GCSE maths grade I was emailed by my college be my final exam result, or will it change again? I am confused by all the information going round at the moment. Rebecca Gower, Essex\n\nThe result you received this morning should have been the college centre-assessed grade (CAG), or the exam board calculated grade - whichever is higher - and should be the final grade you will receive. If you have any questions about it the best thing is to speak to your college to double check. I am sure they will be able to help.\n\nIf I get a lower grade while resitting, will I retain the previous (higher) grade? Anon\n\nThe guidance is that the higher grade of the two will be the official result.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSchools Minister Nick Gibb says he was warned about potential problems with the algorithm for moderating A level and GCSE results back in July.\n\nHis boss, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, had previously said the problems became \"clear\" last weekend.\n\nBut Mr Gibb said he was made aware of concerns by the former top official at the Department for Education.\n\nSir Jon Coles told him that poorer students could be disadvantaged by the system for moderating exam results.\n\nThe Times newspaper reported that Sir Jon, who is now the chief executive of a group of academies and fee paying schools, warned Mr Williamson about potential problems six weeks ago.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary Kate Green said the government \"was warned weeks ago that their algorithm might not treat students fairly - I'd like to know what they've been doing since then.\"\n\nAsked if Mr Williamson should step down following the problems with exam results, leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross said: \"I'm not here to say... that I think Gavin Williamson has done a great job and he should continue - I think he has to reflect on what happened to so many pupils in England.\"\n\nAnd senior Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin told BBC Radio 4's World at One: \"I'm concerned that there's a sort of a pattern setting in under this government that something goes wrong and it's the permanent secretary's fault or it is some public body's fault but its never the government's fault.\n\n\"Ministers have to make decisions - they either support their people or they get rid of them and get new people and they can't have a half-way house.\"\n\nMr Gibb, who first became a schools minister in 2010, told BBC Breakfast he had been \"concerned\" about the issues raised by Sir Jon and had called a meeting with the regulator Ofqual, and other senior officials, to \"discuss it in great detail\".\n\nBut he said he was \"reassured\" the algorithm would not have that effect.\n\nThe algorithm downgraded around 40% of last week's A-level results, leading to a public outcry and concerns about GCSEs.\n\nNick Gibb is making a distinction between the overall model designed to avoid grade inflation and its flawed implementation.\n\n\"The model was a good model, and we continued to refine it,\" Mr Gibb said earlier, defending the government's approach to grading.\n\n\"It became clear that there were some results that were being published on Thursday and Friday that were just not right and they were not what the model had intended.\"\n\nThis distinction matters because ministers are responsible for the overall model, and Ofqual devised the implementation. But that doesn't let ministers off the hook.\n\nPlenty of people were flagging up concerns weeks ago and many Tory MPs think Gavin Williamson should have seen the problems coming\n\nThe exam moderation system also came under fire after data showed poorer students' grades were marked down further than better off pupils.\n\nOn Monday, the government was forced into a U-turn and reverted to teacher-assessed grades for both A levels and GCSEs, ditching the algorithm.\n\nThe decision came after similar moves in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nMr Gibb stood by the \"model\" the government and Ofqual agreed for regulating results.\n\nBut he claimed the \"application of the model in practice... gave rise to problems\".\n\nThe schools minister apologised to students for the \"pain, anxiety and the uncertainty that they have suffered as a consequence of the grading issues that we encountered last week\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour's Kate Green on results: \"What on Earth has been going on?\"\n\nThe government and universities have now agreed that all students in England who got the A-level grades they needed will be offered a place at their first choice university.\n\nIn addition, the government has agreed to lift the cap on numbers at medical schools and to put in additional funding for high cost courses such as some sciences.\n\nIn a letter to vice-chancellors, Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said: \"Where a provider reaches capacity\" then \"providers will see if a student would like a suitable alternative course or offer a deferred place, and where possible try to prioritise those from disadvantaged backgrounds for admission this year\".", "Many students were unhappy with the results given to them by the algorithm\n\nThe national statistics regulator is stepping in to review the algorithm used by Ofqual to decide A-level grades for students who could not sit exams.\n\nOne expert said the process was fundamentally flawed and the algorithm chosen by the exam watchdog essentially \"cheated\".\n\nAmid a public outcry, the government decided not to use the data it generated to determine student grades.\n\nIt raises questions about the oversight of algorithms used in society.\n\nThe results produced by the algorithm left many students unhappy, led to widespread protests and was eventually ditched by the government in favour of teacher-led assessments.\n\nThe Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) said that it would now conduct an urgent review of the approach taken by Ofqual.\n\n\"The review will seek to highlight learning from the challenges faced through these unprecedented circumstances,\" it said.\n\nTom Haines, a lecturer in machine learning at the University of Bath, has studied the documentation released by Ofqual outlining how the algorithm was designed.\n\n\"Many mistakes were made at many different levels. This included technical mistakes where people implementing the concepts did not understand what the maths they had typed in meant,\" he said.\n\nOfqual tested 11 algorithms to see how well they could work out the 2019 A-level results\n\nAs part of the process, Ofqual tested 11 different algorithms, tasking them with predicting the grades for the 2019 exams and comparing the predictions to the actual results to see which produced the most accurate results.\n\nBut according to Mr Haines: \"They did it wrong and they actually gave the algorithms the 2019 results - so the algorithm they ultimately selected was the one that was essentially the best at cheating.\"\n\nThere was, he said, a need for far greater oversight of the process by which algorithms make decisions.\n\n\"A few hundred years ago, people put up a bridge and just hoped it worked. We don't do that any more, we check, we validate. The same has to be true for algorithms. We are still back at that few hundred years ago stage and we need to realise that these algorithms are man-made artefacts, and if we don't look for problems there will be consequences.\"\n\nIn response, Ofqual told the BBC: \"Throughout the process, we have had an expert advisory group in place, first meeting them in early April.\n\n\"The group includes independent members drawn from the statistical and assessment communities. The advisory group provided advice, guidance, insight and expertise as we developed the detail of our standardisation approach.\"\n\nThe Royal Statistical Society (RSS) had offered the assistance of two of its senior statisticians to Ofqual, chief executive Stian Westlake told the BBC.\n\n\"Ofqual said that they would only consider them if they signed an onerous non-disclosure agreement which would have effectively banned them from talking about anything they had learned from the process for up to five years,\" he said.\n\n\"Given transparency and openness are core values for the RSS, we felt we couldn't say yes.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Roger Taylor: \"It simply has not been an acceptable experience for young people\"\n\nOfqual's chairman Roger Taylor is also chairman of the UK's Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, a body set up by government to provide advice of the governance of data-driven technologies.\n\nIt confirmed to the BBC that it was not invited to review the algorithm or the processes that led to its creation, saying that it was not its job \"to audit organisations' algorithms\".\n\nMr Haines said: \"It feels like these bodies are created by companies and governments because they feel they should have them, but they aren't given actual power.\n\n\"It is a symbolic gesture and we need to realise that ethics is not something you apply at the end of any process, it is something you apply throughout.\"\n\nThe RSS welcomed the OSR review and said it hoped lessons would be learned from the fiasco.\n\n\"The process and the algorithm were a failure,\" said Mr Westlake.\n\n\"There were technical failings, but also the choices made when it was designed and the constructs it operated under.\n\n\"It had to balance grade inflation with individual unfairness, and while there was little grade inflation there was an awful lot of disappointed people and it created a manifest sense of injustice.\n\n\"That is not a statistical problem, that is a choice about how you build the algorithm.\"\n\nAlgorithms are used at all levels of society, ranging from very basic ones to complex examples that utilise artificial intelligence.\n\n\"Most algorithms are entirely reasonable, straightforward and well-defined,\" said Mr Haines - but he warned that as they got more complex in design, society needed to pause to consider what it wanted from them.\n\n\"How do we handle algorithms that are making decisions and don't make the ones we assume they will? How do we protect against that?\"\n\nAnd some things should never be left to an algorithm to determine, he said.\n\n\"No other country did what we did with exams. They either figured out how to run exams or had essays that they took averages for. Ultimately the point of exams is for students to determine their future and you can't achieve that with an algorithm.\n\n\"Some problems just need a human being.\"", "Cluck and collect: There has been huge demand for chickens during lockdown says Fresh Start for Hens\n\nA charity that rehomes chickens said it has had more than 52,000 requests for hens since lockdown began.\n\nFresh Start for Hens saves birds that have reached the end of their peak laying years and would face being slaughtered.\n\nOperations director Jaki Hann said the huge demand was sparked by a shortage of eggs in shops in March.\n\nDespite coronavirus restrictions easing, the charity said it still had a lengthy waiting list.\n\nMrs Hann has more than 80 hens living in a large run in her back garden in Kent.\n\nBut she and her fellow volunteers have dealt with far greater numbers of birds since March.\n\n\"This week I'm organising a handover for 332 hens so it's going to be a busy one,\" she said. \"I'm also trying to find homes for 800 ducks from a Somerset farm.\"\n\nFresh Start for Hens started in London in 2008 and has since grown to operate nationwide, offering an alternative to slaughter when hens get past 72 weeks, taking hens from farmers and other commercial operations and delivering them to households.\n\nFowl play: Jaki Hann has more than 80 chickens at her home in Kent\n\nWhen the UK lockdown began in March eggs, like toilet roll, were suddenly in short supply.\n\nThat was when demand \"went absolutely crazy\", said Mrs Hann.\n\n\"We had to introduce a waiting list for the first time and so far we've had 9,480 people register, requesting a total of 52,106 hens.\n\n\"At the peak we were getting 4,000 inquiries a week.\"\n\nPotential customers also tried to get round Fresh Start for Hens' rule that the charity needed to see photographs of where the chickens would live before rehoming, Mrs Hann said.\n\nThe charity said potential chicken owners would need fox-proof accommodation that could be locked at night, and two square metres of open space per bird.\n\n\"People were sending us doctored images and ones from the internet,\" she said.\n\n\"Now we insist someone includes a piece of paper in their photograph with that day's date handwritten on it.\"\n\nWith lockdown easing, Mrs Hann said she had seen examples of people regretting their decision to get chickens, with a handful taking extreme measures.\n\n\"We have heard of people saying they will leave the coop door open and let a fox take care of the hens, which is just shocking,\" she said.\n\n\"It's a terrifying way to die and needless. We always take the hens back if people ask.\"\n\nPoultry in motion: Jay Niblett's chickens came from a local farm\n\nGloucestershire curate Jay Niblett started keeping chickens in May, partly because of the lack of eggs in shops and partly to help his children learn where food came from.\n\n\"We've wanted to do it for years and we finally had the space,\" said the 34-year-old, who lives in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, with his wife Laura, 32.\n\n\"We got them from a local farmer and the kids absolutely love them.\n\n\"They get to look after them, collect the eggs and also clean out the coop.\"\n\nHen do: One of Sarah Chidwick's chickens often sleeps alongside family members\n\nSarah Chidwick has kept chickens \"on and off\" for 20 years and said she considered them pets first, egg providers second.\n\nMs Chidwick said the birds, who roam her garden in Claverham in Somerset, have unique personalities.\n\n\"A previous chicken of mine used to come into the kitchen - going through two cat flaps - and eat from the dog's bowl.\" she said.\n\n\"One of my current ones loves to sit on your lap if you're in the garden.\n\n\"She'll just come up to you and gently peck your leg and wait for you to pick her up.\"\n\nGood eggs: Sarah Chidwick's chickens are part of family life in her Somerset home\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nBayern Munich's relentless march through this season's Champions League continued as they brushed aside Lyon to book an 11th appearance in the final of the competition and a showdown with Paris St-Germain.\n\nThe German champions have barely had a glove laid on them in Europe this season, with this their 10th straight Champions League win - equalling the record for winning streaks in the competition set by Real Madrid in 2015 and Bayern themselves in 2013 - as part of a 28-game unbeaten run stretching back to December.\n\nAnd Lyon simply did not have ability or approach over the 90 minutes to buck that trend.\n\nThe French side will be left to rue two missed opportunities in the opening quarter, though, with Memphis Depay shooting wide after running clear before Karl Toko Ekambi struck the upright from close range after cutting in from the right.\n\nMoments after the latter effort, Serge Gnabry moved infield and fired a stunning opener for Bayern, who never looked back.\n\nGnabry also scored the second, with a much simpler finish, following up to tap in after Anthony Lopes had blocked Robert Lewandowski's scuffed effort from point-blank range.\n\nEkambi could have made matters interesting had he been able to find a way past Manuel Neuer after being set up by Houssem Aouar, but the chance went begging and Lyon's belief with it.\n\nPhilippe Coutinho saw a finish ruled out for offside before Lewandowski had the final word, scoring for the ninth European game on the bounce with a header - his 15th in the competition this season.\n\nBayern's win ends their run of having lost the previous four Champions League semi-finals in which they had appeared. It also keeps them on course for a treble of trophies in Hansi Flick's stellar debut campaign as coach.\n\nSunday's final promises to be a thriller, pitting arguably the best side in world football against one of the planet's finest forward lines.\n• None 'This is what you dream about,' says first Canada international to reach Champions League final\n• None Tears, fears & West Brom - the young spark who bounced back at Bayern\n\nIt is hard to come up with any fresh superlatives for this Bayern side.\n\nAfter the stunning 8-2 demolition of Barcelona in the last eight - which had pundits and fans alike purring and sent the Spanish club seemingly into meltdown - Wednesday's game was always going to feel somewhat anticlimactic, despite it being at a later stage of the competition.\n\nThe German giants rode their luck a bit early on but once they got their noses in front the tie was only going one way.\n\nAgainst Barca it was Thomas Muller and Coutinho scoring doubles, here it was Gnabry with polar opposite finishes - one a solo screamer, the other an unmissable tap-in.\n\nGnabry's goals mean he now has nine Champions League goals this season, has eight in his last eight matches in the competition and has been directly involved in six goals in his last four.\n\nHe is second in the scoring charts only to Lewandowski, who has 55 goal in 46 games this season and becomes only the second player to score 15 or more Champions League goals in a single campaign after Cristiano Ronaldo (who has managed it on three occasions).\n\nThis is just the tip of the iceberg regarding Bayern's impressive stats:\n• None They are on the longest unbeaten run across Europe's top five league's (P29 W28 D1 L0), scoring 97 goals during this run (3.4 per game) and winning each of their past 20.\n• None They are only the fourth team in Champions League history to surpass 40 goals in a single campaign. Only Barcelona in 1999-2000 have netted more in a single campaign in the competition (45) than Bayern's 42 this season.\n• None They already have two trophies this season, scoring 100 goals to claim their 30th Bundesliga title before also claiming the German Cup.\n\nTo a neutral fan these are ominous. For PSG supporters, they are frankly terrifying.\n\nThere is no shame in losing a semi-final to this Bayern side.\n\nLyon finished seventh in the curtailed Ligue 1 and were expected by many to last just one more Champions League game when the tournament resumed on 7 August.\n\nBut through a mixture of stubbornness, quick, ruthless counter-attacking and possibly some underestimation from their opponents, they were able to shock Italian champions Juventus and Premier League runners-up Manchester City.\n\nBayern, though, are not as fallible as the French side's previous victims.\n\nIf Lyon were to stand a chance then scoring first was imperative, and with a bit more composure from Depay and Ekambi - making the most of the space in behind Bayern's high defensive line - they would have done just that.\n\nIt was a particularly tough night for Ekambi, who also missed a glorious chance to redeem himself and restore his side's hope in the second half.\n\nLyon have still have not reached the final of a major European competition in their 70-year history, but they have at least reminded people that there isn't only one club in France.\n\n'A dream come true' - what they said\n\nBayern Munich boss Hansi Flick, speaking to Sky: \"We knew it would be difficult, they came in off the back of great performances against Manchester City and Juventus. They are strong tactically and they caused us problems early on.\n\n\"We know we need to defend better, we said before we couldn't afford to give away the ball easily, but we did.\"\n\nBayern Munich's Canadian full-back Alphonso Davies, speaking to BT Sport: \"It feels good. Everyone is happy and playing well. We are happy to make it to the final. PSG is a good team, right now we celebrate a bit then we focus on the next game.\n\n\"It will be a good game, there will be goals in that game. This is what you dream about as a footballer, playing with the best and against the best in Europe.\n\n\"It is a dream come true. Playing in the Champions League and getting to the final is everything you could ask for.\"\n\nLyon striker Karl Toko Ekambi, speaking to RMC Sport: \"We're thinking we could have done better and we could have scored some goals before they did. Luck wasn't on our side. We missed chances and we were up against a great team. We found out they were unbeatable.\"\n\nOnly Real Madrid have reached more finals than Bayern\n• None Bayern Munich will play in the final of the European Cup/Champions League for the 11th time in the club's history (equalling AC Milan's record), with only Real Madrid (16) having participated in more.\n• None Lyon have been eliminated in both of their Champions League semi-final ties, with both coming against Bayern - they have failed to score a single goal across the three games, while conceding seven in return (previously 4-0 on aggregate in 2009-10).\n• None Only Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2003 (9) and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018 (11) have scored in as many successive matches in the competition's history as Robert Lewandowski.\n• None Serge Gnabry has been directly involved in 11 goals in the Champions League this season (nine goals and two assists); only Robert Lewandowski has had a hand in more (20).\n• None Gnabry is only the second German player to net a brace in a Champions League semi-final, after current Bayern team-mate Thomas Muller back in 2012-13 (two goals v Barcelona).\n• None Lyon's Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to appear in the knockout stages of the Champions League, aged just 17 years and two days.\n• None Attempt missed. Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kingsley Coman with a cross.\n• None Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Goal! Lyon 0, FC Bayern München 3. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt blocked. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Thiago Mendes (Lyon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt saved. Houssem Aouar (Lyon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.\n• None Offside, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka tries a through ball, but Thomas Müller is caught offside.\n• None Attempt blocked. Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.\n• None Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None Mystery drama that will get you hooked\n• None New and powerful series from Steve McQueen", "Some of the lines appear to be abstract in nature, but some may represent faces and even animals\n\nFragments of stone engraved with abstract designs are the earliest known art in the British Isles, researchers say.\n\nThey were made by hunter-gatherers who lived between 23,000 and 14,000 years ago on what is now Jersey.\n\nThe designs were scratched into small ornamental tablets known as plaquettes; similar examples have been found in France, Spain and Portugal.\n\nThe 10 plaquettes were unearthed at Les Varines, Jersey, between 2014 and 2018.\n\nSince the discoveries in the south-east of the island, scientists from London's Natural History Museum, the University of Newcastle and University of York have been analysing the prehistoric markings.\n\nThe researchers, who have published their findings in the journal Plos One, now believe they represent the earliest evidence of artistic expression in the British Isles.\n\nThe plaquettes were made by the Magdalenians, a hunter-gatherer culture thought to have expanded out of Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) and southern France after the peak of the last Ice Age.\n\nThe designs consist of straight lines more or less in parallel and longer, curved incisions. The two types of mark were probably produced by the same tools, in short succession - perhaps by the same engraver.\n\nSome possible interpretations of engravings on one of the plaquettes\n\nCo-author Dr Silvia Bello, from the Natural History Museum, said: \"Many of the lines, including the curved, concentric designs, appear to have been made through layered or repeated incisions, suggesting that it is unlikely that they resulted from the stones being used for a functional purpose.\n\nShe told BBC News that most were \"of abstract nature (simple intersecting lines), however, some fragments seem to depict zoomorphic representations (horses, mammoths, a bovid and possibly a human face)\".\n\n\"On all the fragments, these potential representations appear imprecise and simplified in comparisons to other Magdalenian examples, supporting either the hypothesis these are chance arrangements amongst a system of representations, or that they were the product of inexperienced engravers,\" she explained.\n\nThe Magdalenian era saw a flourishing of early art, from cave paintings and drawings to the decoration of tools and weapons to engraving on stones and bones.\n\nThe team excavate Magdalenian hearths - or camp fires - at Les Varines in Jersey\n\nAlthough Magdalenian settlements are known to have existed as far north-west as Britain, no similar examples of artistic expression had previously been discovered in the British Isles from such an early time period.\n\nThe plaquettes appear to pre-date the late Magdalenian cave art at Creswell Crags in Derbyshire, the researchers said.\n\nDr Chantal Conneller, a co-author from Newcastle University, said: \"These engraved stone fragments provide exciting and rare evidence of artistic expression at what was the farthest edge of the Magdalenian world.\n\n\"The people at Les Varines are likely to have been pioneer colonisers of the region and creating engraved objects at new settlements may have been a way of creating symbolic relationships with new places.\"\n\nDr Bello said the artefacts may only have been of temporary significance, as they were made on soft stone. \"The action of engraving probably created a powder within the incisions that makes them temporarily visible. This swiftly disperses, meaning that the engravings were only clearly visible at the moment of their making.\n\nShe added: \"The act of engraving, possibly the context and the moment when the engraving occurred, were the meaningful components of the process rather than the object (the plaquette) that had been engraved.\"\n\nA more permanent form of artistic expression is found in the spectacular cave paintings created by Magdalenian people at Lascaux in southern France and Altamira in northern Spain.\n\nThe excavation site at Les Varines on Jersey is located just north of St Helier, at the head of a dry valley that drops towards the sea.\n\nDr Ed Blinkhorn, a co-author from University College London (UCL), said: \"The plaquettes were tricky to pick apart from the natural geology at the site - every stone needed turning. Their discovery amongst hearths, pits, paving, specialist tools, and thousands of flints shows that creating art was an important part of the Magdalenian pioneer toolkit, as much at camp as within caves.\"\n\nThree of the stone fragments from Jersey had been recovered from an area of granite slabs which may have served as paving, highlighting that the plaquettes might have been engraved in a domestic context.\n\nDr Bello said it is possible that the Magdalenian people at Les Varines may have used a pigment called ochre to decorate some plaquettes. \"One plaquette (LVE 4700), is not engraved, but presents a large stain (about 45x23mm) on its flat surface of a reddish colour.\n\n\"Microscopically, the stained surface area appears smooth, coated by some substance probably liquid in its original form which dried out. This area also has an elemental composition slightly richer in iron.\"\n\nThough there is no unequivocal evidence, she said: \"It is possible that drops from an ochre-rich liquid substance may have fallen on this stone during application on another plaquette.\"", "Video shows a police officer apparently giving a Nazi salute while Jozef Chovanec was held down in his cell\n\nThe wife of a Slovak man who died in Belgian police custody has called for a fresh inquiry after shocking images of his detention emerged.\n\nJozef Chovanec was arrested at Charleroi airport in 2018 after causing a disturbance on his flight.\n\nWhile in custody, he began banging his head on the wall of his cell to the point of bleeding. A group of officers are later seen pinning him down.\n\nChovanec was taken to hospital, but fell into a coma and died the next day.\n\nThe images from the cell show several officers laughing during the incident, while another appears to give a Nazi salute. Another is filmed sitting on Chovanec's rib cage for 16 minutes.\n\nHis death has drawn parallels in Belgium with the case of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in the US.\n\n\"I want to know what happened and why [the police] behaved that way,\" his wife, Henrieta, told Het Laatste Nieuws, the Belgian newspaper that obtained the footage.\n\nBefore his death in February 2018, Chovanec owned a company that recruited Slovakian construction workers for projects in Belgium, and he frequently commuted between the two countries for his business.\n\nHis family said they do not know the reason for his erratic behaviour during police custody, and an autopsy revealed he had not been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.\n\n\"Something seemed to be going on with my husband, he wasn't feeling well, but the police ignored my husband all night,\" said Mrs Chovancova. \"When they saw the blood, they should have given him first aid. Instead, they sat on him with so many people. He couldn't breathe properly.\"\n\nTwo years after his death, a police investigation is continuing, and Mrs Chovancova has called for a new judge to be appointed.\n\nA spokesperson for the Charleroi public prosecutor's office said all officers involved in the incident had been interviewed, but added that \"due to the crisis surrounding Covid-19, there has been a delay\".\n\nIn the meantime, a police spokesperson told the Sudinfo website that the officer pictured giving the salute would be dismissed from 20 August.\n\nThere has been widespread revulsion at the images among Belgian politicians.\n\nInterior Minister Pieter de Crem told Belgian media the images were \"extremely shocking\" and what had happened was \"obviously out of all proportion\". It was up to the police inspectorate to decide what action to take towards the officers involved, he said.\n\nA spokesman for the VSOA police union told Flemish broadcaster VRT \"that Hitler salute and that dancing is utterly unacceptable and inappropriate\", but the union did not know the case well enough to make accusations against the officers.", "In a normal year, more than a million UK tourists visit Portugal's Algarve coast\n\nUK tourists will no longer need to quarantine after holidaying in Portugal, but travellers returning from Croatia will have to self-isolate.\n\nTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said people will need to self-isolate for 14 days on returning from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago.\n\nThe changes apply to anyone arriving after 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nMeanwhile, the Scottish government has added Switzerland to its list of countries requiring quarantine.\n\nThe Portuguese government welcomed the changes as \"useful for all those who travel between Portugal and the United Kingdom\".\n\nIt said the move was \"proof of the good outcome of intense bilateral work\" and \"allowed for an understanding that the situation in the country has always been under control\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by António Costa This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 consumer group Which? said the change in rules for Portugal was \"likely to come too late to help many struggling holiday companies\" and called for support for the travel industry.\n\nThe latest updates to the quarantine list come after thousands of British holidaymakers made a last-minute dash to get home from France last weekend, before quarantine measures came into force.\n\nIt is thought around 20,000 British tourists are currently in Croatia.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do I quarantine after returning from abroad?\n\nResponding to the changes, Which? Travel editor Rory Boland said the government had \"now made it clear that countries can be removed or added from the travel corridor list at a moment's notice\".\n\nHe said the policy made it \"too risky\" for those who are unable to quarantine to travel.\n\nBut he added that holidaymakers who want to follow government advice and avoid non-essential travel to specified countries are finding it \"increasingly difficult to claim a refund\".\n\nMr Boland also called on the government to provide \"urgent\" support to the travel industry, adding: \"The addition of Portugal is likely to come too late to help many struggling holiday companies who are at the point of collapse, as summer trips have already been cancelled.\"\n\nThe Tucker family, from Cambridge, were at a waterfront café on the Croatian island of Solta, off the coast of Split, when they heard they would have to quarantine on their return to the UK.\n\n\"We already cancelled a holiday in Barcelona because of quarantine rules,\" said mum Luzita, 50, a childminder.\n\n\"We've always wanted to come to Croatia so we looked at the infection rates and they seemed very low.\"\n\nLuzita and David Tucker are on holiday in Croatia with sons Oliver and Kaffian after cancelling a trip to Barcelona\n\nShe said it was good the government had acted decisively, but suggested there were other options.\n\n\"Why not [carry out] virus testing at the airport when we arrive back in the UK? And surely using public transport to get home could be a risk.\"\n\nDiane Barwick was in the Croatian town of Zadar visiting her daughter - having cancelled a planned trip to France when that country was removed from the exemption list.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"My daughter should have been married here in May. I've not seen her for nearly a year and have had three flights cancelled this year.\"\n\nUnlike many other British visitors to Croatia, she had responded to rumours that the country was set to be removed from the exemption list by booking an alternative early flight home.\n\nThat means she should be able to get home before the deadline and back to her job in retail.\n\n\"If you're in France you can get the boat or Eurostar. Here it's a flight only. I've got to travel three hours tomorrow to get to the airport in Croatia,\" she said.\n\nThe Department of Transport has advised people in Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago and Austria to follow local rules and check the Foreign Office website for further information.\n\nIn a statement, it urged employers to be \"understanding of those returning from these destinations who now will need to self-isolate\".\n\nBut children currently on holiday in those three countries will now miss the start of the new school term in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - unless their parents can get them home before 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Rt Hon Grant Shapps 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\nPeople who do not self-isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the fine is £480, and up to £5,000 for persistent offenders.\n\nBBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey said only a small number of direct flights from Croatia were due to reach the UK before the deadline of 04:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe UK introduced the compulsory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from overseas in early June.\n\nBut the following month, the four UK nations unveiled lists of \"travel corridors\", detailing countries that were exempt from the rule.\n\nSince then it has periodically updated that list, adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UK's.\n\nIn July, the Portuguese government expressed \"regret\" at the UK's decision to continue to exclude it from the safe travel list.\n\nThe country's foreign minister had previously said he hoped an \"air bridge\" between the UK and Portugal could be secured by the end of June.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic (this video reflects the rules before the hotel quarantine was introduced in the UK)\n\nThe UK provides the largest number of overseas tourists to Portugal, with more than two million tourists visiting every year.\n\nThe Algarve coast is the most popular destination, with 1.2 million visitors from the UK last year.\n\nTravel expert Simon Calder tweeted that the cost of flights from Manchester to Faro on Saturday morning had risen from £50 to £98 in 30 minutes.\n\n\"A good time to book that late summer break, though fares are already soaring,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the Department for Transport, weekly coronavirus cases are on the rise in Croatia, Austria, Trinidad and Tobago as follows:\n\nHave you been affected by the new quarantine measures? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they support the recent Black Lives Matter protests\n\nTwo-thirds of black and minority ethnic people feel there is bias against them within police forces, a survey has found.\n\nFour out of five respondents of black and Bangladeshi heritage felt there was bias, and about half of those of Chinese and Indian backgrounds.\n\nBut the Hope Not Hate research suggests most do not feel the issue is systemic.\n\nThe National Police Chiefs' Council said it was working \"to address racial inequalities in policing\".\n\nThe charity Hope Not Hate surveyed about 1,000 adults in Britain between 3 and 10 July, in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in the US and amid anti-racism protests in the UK.\n\nAccording to the report, some 64% of people of ethnic minority in Britain agreed that the police as a whole were good, and that any issues were down to a few individuals within forces. Black communities were slightly lower (58%) but still a majority.\n\nThe research said this \"suggests a much more nuanced approach than either the blanket praise or condemnation that dominates the public debate\".\n\nMeanwhile, three quarters of black people, 71% of Bangladeshi people and 53% of Indian respondents feel they are dealt with more severely in the courts.\n\nThe research also revealed widespread anger about the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and feelings of political alienation.\n\nA National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) spokesman said it was \"crucial\" to retain the trust of all communities \"so that we can work with them to fight crime and keep people safe\".\n\nHe added: \"We have recently invested significant time and resources into working out how we can better engage with communities of all backgrounds.\n\n\"The NPCC and the College of Policing are developing a plan of action to address racial inequalities in policing.\"\n\nDet Insp Andy George, interim president of the National Black Police Association, welcomed the results of the survey, which he said confirmed their concerns around trust and confidence in UK policing.\n\nHe said: \"Now is the time to acknowledge the evidence produced in this report and build long-term strategies to increase trust and confidence.\"\n\nRespondents were also asked about their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic, with more than half of respondents (57%) saying the government had not done enough to protect BAME communities from Covid-19.\n\nThe report argues that action to address concerns must not wait, given the imminent threat of a second wave.\n\nLabour MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, quoted in the report, said BAME communities had been treated as \"cannon fodder\" in the war against coronavirus, adding: \"These people's lives are not, and should not, have been dispensable.\"\n\nChinese people were most likely to list Covid-19 as one of issues most important to them, which the report said might reflect the impact of anti-Chinese sentiment.", "Last updated on .From the section Premier League\n\nChampions Liverpool will face Championship winners Leeds United in the standout opening weekend game of the 2020-21 Premier League season.\n\nChampionship play-off winners Fulham will host Arsenal, while West Bromwich Albion, the third promoted side, are at home to Leicester City.\n\nThe opening round of fixtures will take place on the weekend of 12 September.\n\nHowever, Manchester City v Aston Villa and Burnley v Manchester United will be rearranged.\n\nThose two games will not be played on the opening weekend to give City and United 30 days since their defeats in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Europa League respectively.\n• None How's it turned out for your side? Club-by-club fixture list\n• None Follow reaction to the Premier League fixtures being released\n\nChelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers' opening matches are both scheduled for Monday, 14 September after their slightly earlier European exits.\n\nThe Blues are at Brighton, while Wolves go to Sheffield United.\n\nThe other opening weekend fixtures are Crystal Palace v Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur v Everton and West Ham United v Newcastle United.\n\nExact dates and kick-off times will be confirmed when the television selections are made. Matches will be played behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe English Football League fixtures will be announced at 09:00 BST on Friday.\n\nThe meeting of the champions\n\nThere can be little doubt over the glamour fixture of the opening weekend as the champions of the top two divisions go head to head.\n\nLeeds, now under iconic Argentine boss Marcelo Bielsa, are back in the Premier League after 16 years away and have the toughest possible start.\n\nLiverpool - English champions for the first time for 30 years - have not lost a home game in the Premier League since a 2-1 defeat by Crystal Palace in April 2017. Jurgen Klopp's side have won 25 of their past 26 league matches at Anfield.\n\nThe Reds travel to Chelsea for their second game, before a home match against FA Cup winners Arsenal. Leeds host fellow promoted side Fulham in their second fixture.\n\nWhen are the key fixtures?\n\nThe first big derby of the season will be on Merseyside when Everton v Liverpool takes place on 17 October.\n\nManchester United host Leeds in a renewal of their old rivalry on 19 December, with the return game at Elland Road on 24 April.\n\nManchester City, who finished second last season, face title rivals Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on 7 November, with their other game on 6 February.\n\nWith the season starting a month later than usual because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the games will come thick and fast.\n\nThe upcoming campaign will be five weeks shorter than a standard season because of the late end to 2019-20 - and the winter break has been scrapped.\n\nArsenal and Liverpool meet in the Community Shield on 29 August, with players then going on an international break for the Nations League before the Premier League starts.\n\nManchester City v Aston Villa could be played on 15 September, with Burnley v Manchester United the following day - although that is yet to be confirmed.\n\nThose are the dates Premier League clubs not in Europe enter the Carabao Cup at the second round.\n\nRounds two to four of that competition, which will involve top-flight sides, will be played midweek on 15-16, 22-23 and 29-30 September.\n\nSpurs start Europa League qualifying on 17 September and could end up with two first-team matches in the same midweek.\n\nThere are rounds of Premier League games due on 26 December, 28 December and 2 January over the festive period.\n\nThe final league fixtures will be on 23 May 2021 - eight days after the FA Cup final.\n\nThe Champions League final is on 29 May, with the delayed Euro 2020 starting on 11 June.\n• None What's new as the Premiership returns?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Wright was caught on CCTV placing contaminated baby food on to a shelf in a Tesco supermarket\n\nA farmer has been found guilty of adding metal shards to baby food in a plot to blackmail Tesco.\n\nNigel Wright, from Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, tried to extort £1.4m from the supermarket chain.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard how two mothers were moments away from feeding their infants when they spotted the shards.\n\nWright was convicted of three counts of blackmail and two charges of contaminating goods. He will be sentenced on 28 September.\n\nJurors were told he sent dozens of letters and emails to the supermarket giant between May 2018 and February 2020 and demanded the money was paid via the online currency Bitcoin.\n\nThe 45-year-old was convicted of a further charge of blackmail for demanding £150,000 worth of Bitcoin from a driver with whom he had a road rage altercation.\n\nNigel Wright will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 28 September\n\nMr Justice Warby asked for a psychiatric report to be prepared ahead of Wright's sentencing hearing saying: \"(Wright) has or appears to be mentally disordered.\"\n\nThe judge warned Wright that he faced a lengthy custodial sentence, telling him that punishments for these types of offences range from between eight and 17 years in prison.\n\nWright was captured on CCTV placing one of the contaminated jars on the shelf of a Tesco supermarket in Lockerbie.\n\nMorven Smith, who is from the Scottish town, told the court she was feeding her baby when she spotted the shard of metal in the bowl. \"I gave my son a couple of spoonfuls and noticed something shiny,\" she said. \"It was horrendous. I felt sick I was so shocked.\"\n\nA second mother, from Rochdale, also reported discovering fragments of metal when she was feeding her nine-month-old daughter.\n\nFragments of a craft knife were found in this jar of baby food\n\nWhen police raided his sheep farm they found photographs of contaminated baby food and draft blackmail notes on his laptop.\n\nOne note read: \"Imagine a baby's mouth cut open and blood pouring out, or the inside of their bellies cut and bleeding. You pay, you save them.\"\n\nWright, who signed off as the fictional character \"Guy Brush\" and \"the Dairy Pirates\", claimed to be part of a cohort of farmers angry at the low price they were paid for their milk.\n\nThe farmer admitted placing a jar of Heinz baby food on a shelf in a store in Lockerbie, but claimed he was forced into it by travellers who threatened to kill him and his family, the court heard.\n\nThe discovery of the jar in Scotland prompted Tesco to issue a product recall. In total 42,000 jars of baby food were recovered but there was no evidence that further jars had been tampered with.\n\nDeputy Senior Investigating Officer Lucy Thomson, from Hertfordshire Constabulary, described what Wright did as \"absolutely disgraceful\"\n\nShe added: \"I think his crime was absolutely horrific and of the most cynical nature, putting babies at risk, and mothers, feeding their children.\n\n\"I don't think it gets much worse.\"\n\nMs Thomson said that officers had not uncovered any evidence that supported Wright's claims that he was being threatened by travellers to carry out the plot.\n\nA Tesco spokesperson said: \"The safety of our customers has always been our priority.\n\n\"Today's conviction is the result of decisive and collaborative actions which we took alongside law enforcement agencies.\"\n\nThe two year hunt for Nigel Wright, named Operation Hancock, became the UK's largest ever blackmail investigation\n\nAt one point more than 100 officers were working on the investigation with 30 officers watching CCTV footage around the clock.\n\nWright was eventually arrested on 25 February following an investigation led by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit with the help of the National Crime Agency.\n\nAlso involved were the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland, Public Health England, Public Health Scotland and Police Scotland.\n\nDuring the raid on his farm police recovered some £100,000 in Bitcoin which had been sent by undercover officers during the investigation.\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Bill Jephson, who led the investigation on behalf of Hertfordshire Constabulary, described it as the \"most serious and most challenging\" product contamination case ever dealt with in the UK.\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. Hassan Ahmed says he was not resisting arrest\n\nA man who was filmed apparently being choked by a police officer during an arrest believed he was going to die.\n\nA video of the arrest, shared on social media, shows Hassan Ahmed being held on the ground with an arm around his neck.\n\nThe 27-year-old, from Halifax, has since been released under investigation and says he was not resisting arrest.\n\nThe officer involved has been suspended by West Yorkshire Police pending an investigation\n\nSpeaking to the BBC Mr Ahmed said: \"I was afraid for my life, I thought 'that's it, he's going to end up killing me'.\n\n\"I honestly thought it was my final moments, I was in shock, I was really scared.\"\n\nHe said the arrest came after he was called to the area by a family member and got into an argument with a man, in which he admitted punching him.\n\n\"He did push me as if he were going to arrest me, I complied, I didn't resist him, I complied all the way. I even had my hand by my sides.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The officer pictured initially restraining the man has been suspended, say West Yorkshire Police\n\nDuring the video, a voice can be heard saying \"chill out or I'll choke you out, chill out or you're going to sleep\".\n\nMr Ahmed is seen tapping on the floor and another voice can be heard saying \"I give up\" before he is told to \"turn over now\", with another officer helping to detain him.\n\n\"I was just thinking about my family, I thought 'He's not going to let go, he's going to keep going, he's going to finish me',\" Mr Ahmed said.\n\n\"I was in pain, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't feel anything, I couldn't even gasp for air.\n\n\"He carried on, then he punched me in my face.\"\n\nMr Ahmed says the incident has left him unable to sleep or work.\n\nHis sister Safyah, earlier joined a demonstration outside Halifax police station by about 100 protesters.\n\nShe said she had felt sickened when she saw the video.\n\nThe protesters carried signs which read \"Stop police brutality\" and \"You're not above the law\".\n\n\"It's obviously struck a chord with everyone from every background,\" Safyah said.\n\nWest Yorkshire Police said that after it had been made aware of the video that was circulating, the officer involved was suspended pending an investigation.\n\n\"We immediately reviewed the footage and looked into it as a matter of urgency to establish the full circumstances,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"We have reviewed the actions of the officers involved and a referral has been made to the Force's Professional Standards Directorate.\n\n\"Our investigation remains ongoing and we have made a voluntarily referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\n\"The officer involved has been removed from frontline operational duties.\"\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 move will boost training for healthcare professionals\n\nUniversities in England will offer all students with the grades places on their first choice courses, but many will have to start next year.\n\nThe government has also lifted the cap on medical, dentistry, veterinary and teaching courses, and agreed targeted extra funding.\n\nUniversities UK said the A-level U-turn still posed \"significant challenges\", and called for more funding.\n\nEngland's Department for Education said all offers to students who met their conditions would be honoured this coming year, wherever possible.\n\nRevised A-levels results in England - after the algorithm was scrapped following the downgrading of nearly 40% of grades last week - show 38.1% of results were awarded an A* or A, compared to 25.2% last year.\n\nFailures were down, with 0.3% of entries not getting a pass, compared to 2.5% last year.\n\nDelays to BTec results, which were pulled on Wednesday to allow examiners to raise grades in line with A-levels, have left a new group of students worried about losing out on their preferred courses.\n\nLabour has called for a \"cast-iron guarantee\" to all students that their offers will be upheld.\n\nWith more students making their offer requirements, universities are under considerable pressure due to \"late movement of students between institutions\", according to Alistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK.\n\n\"Government now needs to urgently confirm funding both to ensure the financial stability of institutions suffering from a loss of students and to offer further support to maintain and build capacity where needed,\" said Mr Jarvis.\n\nHe added: \"Universities and their admissions teams are doing everything they can to accommodate students on their first choice course and where this is not practically possible, to advise on and offer other opportunities, such as a deferred place for next year or a suitable alternative course.\n\n\"The priority must be to support students.\"\n\nMr Jarvis welcomed the move by government to lift long-standing student number controls on domestic students in:\n\nMs Donelan said she wanted to reassure students that \"every effort is being made to make sure all those who planned to, can move to higher education\".\n\nShe said she was delighted that government and the higher education sector had \"agreed that all students who achieved the required grades will be offered a place at their first choice university\".\n\n\"I want universities to do all they can to take them on this year or offer alternative courses or deferred places where required.\n\n\"The pandemic has highlighted more than ever the importance of our fantastic healthcare services and the need to invest in them,\" she added.\n\nShe also said there would be additional grant funding to boost capacity in high cost subjects including medicine, nursing, the sciences, engineering, technology and maths, but gave no details.\n\nBut there are concerns that while some institutions find themselves oversubscribed, others will have the reverse problem.\n\nDr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the highly selective Russell Group of universities said admissions teams were \"working round the clock\".\n\nHe welcomed the government's decision a \"a very positive step\".\n\n\"Russell Group universities are working with government and will do everything they can to accommodate as many students as possible on their preferred courses this year.\"", "The algorithm used to downgrade thousands of A-level results in England was \"unlawful\", Labour have claimed.\n\nThe computer-based model used by Ofqual to standardise results after exams were cancelled breached anti-discrimination legislation as well as laws requiring it to uphold standards, Labour says.\n\nThe party wants Gavin Williamson to publish the legal advice he was given.\n\nThe education secretary has backed the regulator but apologised for the hurt caused to pupils by the chaos.\n\nLabour are calling for A-level pupils in England to be given a \"cast-iron guarantee\" they will not lose out on their first choice university place next month or in the future.\n\nMr Williamson, who is facing calls from students and opposition MPs to resign, has urged universities to show flexibility after Monday's results U-turn threw September's admission process into further confusion.\n\nThousands of pupils remain uncertain about which university they will end up at after Ofqual said centre and school-assessed grades (CAG) would be accepted following a furore over its process for calculating them.\n\nThe regulator has been severely criticised for using an algorithm to \"moderate\" the grades submitted by schools, giving substantial weight to schools' past performance as well as other factors.\n\nThis resulted in nearly 40% of marks being downgraded, in some cases by more than one grade, with high-achieving pupils from schools in deprived areas being disproportionately affected.\n\nLabour said there had been \"no proper assessment\" of this year's cohort of pupils because the process used by Ofqual did \"not accurately reflect\" their level of knowledge, skill and understanding.\n\nAs a result, their results could not be \"properly compared\" with those of previous years or other exam boards, meaning the regulator was in breach of its legal obligation to uphold assessment and qualification standards.\n\nIn a letter to Mr Williamson and Ofqual's chief executive Sally Collier, Labour said the weight given to past results from individual schools had caused \"a mass of discriminatory impacts\".\n\nThis, it said, was \"bound to disadvantage a whole range of groups with protected characteristics, in breach of a range of anti-discrimination legislation\". It said Ofqual's policy of not allowing any right of appeal \"beyond errors of application in the system\" was also unlawful.\n\nThe opposition are pressing Mr Williamson to make clear when he was first informed about concerns about the algorithm and what legal advice he received before approving its use.\n\n\"Ofqual and the Secretary of State have been fully in the knowledge that the standardisation formula that was being used was unlawful,\" it said.\n\n\"It is regrettable that only when threatened with legal action that the government finally conceded to do what Labour have been calling for; for grades to be allocated based on CAGs.\"\n\nThe decision to allow students to use the grades estimated by their teachers - or stick to the grades provided by the algorithm if they were higher - followed similar decisions in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.\n\nLabour is seeking assurances students who received offers from universities at clearing will not now lose them.\n\nSeveral institutions have said they will honour all offers made to students before and immediately after the original results were announced but many students have said their places have since been withdrawn.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson said it was \"the right thing to act\" after results came out\n\nLabour said this was unfair and ministers needed to \"right this wrong\" immediately.\n\nIt said all pupils must have their final grades confirmed by the end of the week and no-one should lose out on their first choice place \"because of government incompetence\".\n\nIt is calling on ministers to \"bend over backwards\" to support students, including by helping universities to fund additional places needed to meet the demand.\n\n\"This fiasco is far from over,\" Shadow Communities Secretary Steve Reed told the BBC. \"There are many, many students that are still uncertain about whether they can go to university or which university they can go to.\n\n\"Every student that hasn't got their firm grades given to them needs to have them by the end of the week so they can start to make decisions about their future.\"\n\nStudents are being urged to contact their universities as soon as possible to discuss the options.\n\nThe government has lifted its cap on the numbers each institution can admit but some universities are warning of potential financial ruin if students switch to other institutions in huge numbers.\n\nMeanwhile, Durham University has promised a bursary and guarantee of accommodation for everyone who defers their place until 2021.", "Above all else, if there is a Biden Presidency, UK-US relations will snap back to something like “business as usual”.\n\nIn Downing Street and the Foreign Office, there’ll be no more of the sharply raised eyebrows, expletives even, which followed each successive Trump denunciation of America’s allies. Those condemnations of democratic leaders were often accompanied by a startling endorsement of some populist, authoritarian, foreign leader.\n\nIn stark contrast, Joe Biden has committed to an immediate return to America’s global leadership of alliances based on shared values and democratic institutions. Britain will breathe a collective sigh of relief.\n\nIn particular, candidate Biden is promising that a President Biden will “ … lead the world to take on the existential threat we face—climate change…\n\n“I will rejoin the Paris climate agreement on day one of a Biden administration and then convene a summit of the world’s major carbon emitters, rallying nations to raise their ambitions and push progress further and faster.”\n\nThat’s hugely important to Britain, which will chair the critically important UN\n\nGlobal climate change talks in Glasgow now postponed to November 2021. If Joe Biden is in the White House, not Donald Trump, that shifts the entire balance of power towards active support for more radical action. We could even imagine China and the US competing with each other in a “virtue” contest.\n\nThere is one area, however, where Britain may still find it has a mountain to climb in Washington if Joe Biden occupies the White House—trade.\n\nHe’ll be no push over agreeing the terms of a UK-US trade agreement. It was made necessary by Britain’s decision to leave the EU—something Donald Trump hailed as a triumph-- but which Joe Biden has apparently, like President Obama, always seen as a colossal mistake.", "Nearly half a million UK pupils face a fresh round of results chaos after exam board Pearson pulled its BTec results on the eve of releasing them.\n\nPearson said it would be re-grading all its BTecs to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs, which are now being graded via school-based assessments.\n\nThe move affects 450,000 pupils, 250,000 of whom received grades last week, with the rest due in a few hours.\n\nHeads said it was incomprehensible that changes were being made this late.\n\nPearson apologised and acknowledged the additional uncertainty the decision would cause. The exam board also conducts a large proportion of the GCSEs and A-levels taken by UK pupils.\n\nHowever, the late decision will cause even further disruption to students seeking places in further and higher education.\n\nUniversities are already struggling to cope with the impact of grade changes on their admissions process.\n\nGeoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said he could not understand why it had taken Pearson until this late stage to realise the implications of grade changes for its BTec qualifications.\n\n\"It really does need to give an explanation of why this has happened. We feel desperately sorry for the students affected in a year when they have already undergone far too much disruption.\"\n\nPearson said in a statement: \"BTec qualification results have been been generally consistent with teacher and learner expectations, but we have become concerned about unfairness in relation to what are now significantly higher outcomes for GCSE and A-levels.\"\n\nSome 38,000 students who took Cambridge Technicals, run by exam board OCR, are also affected by the review.\n\nBut the board let schools know about this on Tuesday. These results are due to be given out on 25 August now.\n\nEngland's exams regulator has already said that the school-assessed GCSE and A-level grades are likely to be higher than last year by nine and 12 percentage points respectively.\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said it understood students' frustration at the delay, adding that awarding organisations had taken more time to make sure no student was inadvertently worse off because of the switch to centre-assessed grades.\n\n\"Critically no students will see their result downgraded as a result of the review, so results already issued will either stay the same or improve.\"\n\nThe Association of Colleges' chief executive, David Hughes, said it had asked Pearson to look at a small number of results which had seemed unfair, adding that the \"timing is worrying, because thousands of students were due to get their results in the morning and others have already got results which we know will not go down, but might improve.\"\n\nHe added: \"So it is vital for students that this is sorted in days rather than weeks so students have the chance to celebrate and plan their next steps.\"\n\nLeora Cruddas, chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, said Pearson was right to act, but added: \"This late notification will cause very significant challenges for schools, trusts and colleges.\n\n\"It simply is unacceptable that some of the most disadvantaged students will not receive their grades tomorrow and that nothing has been done to correct this over the past few days.\"\n\nLevel 3 health and social care BTec student Jay Golby got lower results than she expected and missed out on a place at Coventry University to study adult nursing this year.\n\nThe re-grade means the situation may change, but she adds: \"It was my plan to do it this year, as I was ready to go and it just breaks my heart because I won't have the opportunity any more.\n\n\"I hope something can get sorted soon as it's had a big mental impact, not only on me but obviously the other BTec students as well, especially the ones that haven't even got their results yet.\n\n\"They're just waiting on the edge of their seat and they don't know what's going to happen.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The head of the Sixth Form Colleges Association and the headteacher of a school in Somerset on \"such a hard summer\"\n\nBTec student Jude Walker told the BBC she was still waiting for her results.\n\n\"We should have received our results along with the A-levels, however, we haven't - this isn't good at all, because most of us really want to apply for our higher education.\n\n\"Me personally, I would like to go an apprenticeship and obviously if I don't have any results, I cannot go and do that.\"\n\nLevel 3 BTec student Harry Baker says it's worrying that time is running out for students who want to progress to university.\n\n\"I think it's good that they are trying to put thing right for students, but it is worrying that university starts in 20 or 30 days,\" he says.\n\n\"All this uncertainty is daunting and is bad for young people's mental health.\"\n\nThere are now almost no 16 to 18-year-olds across the UK whose hopes and fears haven't been mangled by the chaos of this year's results.\n\nPerhaps the only exceptions are students with special needs so severe they are not entered for qualifications.\n\nAs A-levels, then GCSEs, were caught up in multiple ministerial U-turns, Pearson's, the company that awards BTecs insisted all was fine as the results were more stable.\n\nThis was based partly on the modular way BTecs are assessed as students go along, which had apparently led to stable results, and fewer than 1% of entries being downgraded from teacher estimates.\n\nThese skill based qualifications can be either equivalent to a GCSE at level 2 or A-level at level 3.\n\nThey're accepted for entry to university, so immediately a whole big slice of 18-year-olds have been put at a disadvantage in the scramble for university places.\n\nThe same is true of those wanting to start a higher level apprenticeship.\n\nFor Pearsons this last-minute change of tack is reputational damage to a brand marketed across the world.\n\nFor students it's further proof their generation is paying a heavy price for the disruption of Covid-19. That, in turn, is terrifying for ministers as they will all be old enough to vote at the next election.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Kate Green, said the situation was \"totally unacceptable\".\n\n\"For some young people to find out less than a day in advance that they will not be receiving their grades tomorrow is utterly disgraceful.\n\n\"Gavin Williamson and the Department for Education should have had a grip of this situation days ago.\"\n\nShe urged the government to set a clear deadline by which every young person must receive their grades.\n\nLiberal Democrat education spokesperson Layla Moran said it was \"yet another shambles from the government\" and called for the education secretary's resignation.\n\n\"This summer has been a disaster for the government, it has left students panicking about their future and colleges in turmoil,\" she said.\n\nPearson has now written to all schools, colleges and training providers to say the following qualifications are being re-graded:\n\nA Pearson spokesman said: \"Although we generally accepted centre assessment grades for internal (i.e. coursework) units, we subsequently calculated the grades for the examined units using historical performance data with a view of maintaining overall outcomes over time.\n\n\"Our review will remove these Pearson-calculated grades and apply consistency across teacher-assessed internal grades and examined grades that students were unable to sit.\n\n\"We will work urgently with you to reissue these grades and will update you as soon as we possibly can.\n\n\"We want to reassure students that no grades will go down as part of this review.\n\n\"Our priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTec students in relation to A-Levels and GCSEs and that no BTec student is disadvantaged.\n\n\"Therefore, we ask schools and colleges not to issue any BTec L1 and L2 results on 20 August, as these will be reviewed and where appropriate, re-graded.\"\n\nHave you been affected by the BTec results delay? 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 get in touch in the following ways:\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 comment or you can email us at HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please include your name, age and location with any submission.", "Swift, 30, has sold more than 50 million albums and 150 million singles worldwide\n\nSinger Taylor Swift has donated £23,000 to a London-based student struggling to raise the funds to take up a maths course at the University of Warwick.\n\nVitoria Mario's online fundraising page details how she has lived in the UK for four years after moving from Portugal.\n\nBut she is not eligible for maintenance loans or grants.\n\nVitoria said: \"I was worrying too much about the money, what I have to do and if I have to look for a job. She actually made my dream come true.\"\n\nThe American singer,whose 16 top 10 British chart hits include the aptly titled Wildest Dreams, wrote a message on Vitoria's fundraising page as she confirmed her donation.\n\nAt that stage, Vitoria had collected nearly half of her £40,000 fundraising target, and Swift wrote: \"Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality.\n\n\"I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor.\"\n\nVitoria Mario was unable to speak English when arriving in the UK four years ago\n\nVitoria said her family could not afford to support her and she needed funds to help pay for her accommodation, a laptop, textbooks and general living costs. She said the approach from Swift had \"come out of the blue\".\n\nThe 18-year-old had written on her page: \"Though my story is not unique, my dream of becoming a mathematician is not only a chance at social mobility for my family and I, but to inspire people who have been in similar positions to aspire to be the best version of themselves.\"\n\nShe added that she has always been \"studious\" and was unable to speak English when she moved to the UK in 2016.\n\nDespite that disadvantage, she left school with two A*s and an A in her A-levels.\n\nWhen coming to the UK, Vitoria had to make the difficult decision to leave Portugal, where her mother still lives.\n\n\"Moving away from her was a challenge but it was a sacrifice worth being made in my family's eyes,\" she added.\n\nShe estimated she would need £24,000 for accommodation, £3,000 for equipment and £13,000 for general living costs including food, transport, gas and electricity.\n\nSwift has previously made a number of impromptu donations to fans whose stories she has read about online, including a New York photographer who asked for financial support via Tumblr.", "Hashem Abedi was arrested in Libya the day after the bombing\n\nThe brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been jailed for at least 55 years for the murders of 22 people.\n\nHashem Abedi helped his older sibling Salman to plan the atrocity that killed 22 men, women and children and injured hundreds more on 22 May 2017.\n\nHe was convicted after a court heard he was \"just as guilty\" as his brother, who detonated the bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.\n\nAbedi, 23, refused to leave his cell at the Old Bailey for the sentencing.\n\nMr Justice Jeremy Baker told the court \"the stark reality is, these were atrocious crimes. Large in scale, deadly in intent, appalling in their consequences\".\n\n\"The despair and desolation of the bereaved families has been palpable,\" he added.\n\nHe told Abedi, formerly of Fallowfield, Manchester, he would spend at least 55 years in prison before he could even be considered for parole, adding he \"may never be released\".\n\nFamily members gasped as the sentence - a record for a determinate prison term - was handed down.\n\nBecause he was under the age of 21 at the time of the murders, the law forbids the imposition of a whole life order, meaning a life sentence with no minimum term.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callander, 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\nManchester-born Abedi, who had travelled to Libya before the bombing, was arrested shortly after the terror attack and extradited to Britain to face trial.\n\nThe court heard how the brothers spent months ordering, stockpiling and transporting the deadly materials required for the attack.\n\nAbedi was found guilty by a jury in March of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder - encompassing the remaining injured - and conspiring to cause explosions.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figen and Stuart Murray said their lives \"have been deeply affected by what happened\"\n\nFigen Murray, the mother of Martyn Hett who was killed in the blast, said: \"Abedi has now faced justice for his crimes.\n\n\"My life completely changed due to the horrific crimes spoken of today.\"\n\nShe added she would continue to spread \"messages of kindness and tolerance so that those who seek to divide us never win\" as well as campaigning for Martyn's Law, which would make it compulsory for every venue to assess the risk of a terror attack.\n\nThe families of Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford said \"we've had our children ripped from us in the most horrific way\", adding Abedi was \"an absolute coward\" for refusing to attend court.\n\nMr Justice Jeremy Baker paid tribute \"to the tremendous dignity and courage\" of those affected by the attack\n\nPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the jailing of Abedi was \"an opportunity to reflect on the importance of tolerance, community and kindness\".\n\n\"The Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families,\" he said.\n\n\"Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the spirit of the people of Manchester who came together to send a clear message to the entire world that terrorists will never prevail.\"\n\nMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said the attack was an act of \"pure evil\".\n\n\"This attack on our city and everything it represents caused untold misery. But ultimately it failed,\" he added.\n\n\"It was meant to divide us but it only brought us closer together.\"\n\nSalman Abedi in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just seconds before he blew himself up\n\nOver the two-day sentencing hearing, the court heard emotional testimonies from bereaved relatives.\n\nParents broke down in tears as they recalled the moment they discovered their loved ones had died.\n\nSome held up photos of their children as they paid tribute to them and described the \"devastating\" effect of their grief.\n\nSalman Abedi and his brother lived in Fallowfield, four miles south of Manchester city centre\n\nVictoria Higgins, a lawyer for Slater and Gordon acting on behalf of 12 of those who were killed, said: \"This is the end of one chapter for those affected by this terrible atrocity.\n\n\"The families have waited a long time to see this man brought to justice and facing a life sentence for his crimes.\"\n\nBut she added \"the next phase is about to begin\" with a public inquiry into the attack due to start later this year.\n\nGreater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins described the bombing as \"one of the worst terrorist attacks this country has seen, and one of the darkest days in our city's history\".\n\n\"The division and hatred he sought to foster was, amidst the pain, met by strength and unity - by the courage of the victims' families, the bravery of the survivors and the kindness and generosity of Greater Manchester as a whole,\" he said.\n\nAn image of a young Hashem Abedi from his father's Facebook page\n\nBBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said Abedi's 55-year minimum term is the longest ever handed down by a court in British legal history.\n\nThe trial in its entirety was the \"largest murder case in English legal history\", Jenny Hopkins from the Crown Prosecution Service said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gavin Williamson says his focus is on \"making sure that every student gets the grades that they deserve\"\n\nGavin Williamson says he is \"incredibly sorry for the distress\" caused to pupils after having to make a U-turn in how A-levels and GCSEs are graded.\n\nThe education secretary refused to say if he will resign amid a fresh scramble to secure university places.\n\n\"My focus is making sure youngsters get the grades that they deserve,\" he said.\n\nTens of thousands of students may now have the grades to trade up to their first-choice offers, prompting concerns about the number of available places.\n\nAnd uncertainty is continuing as admissions service Ucas and universities themselves have yet to be granted access to upgraded results.\n\nThe University of Oxford said it now had \"many more offer-holders meeting their grades than in a normal year\" and as a result faced \"significant capacity constraints both within our colleges and on our academic courses\".\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK which represents vice-chancellors, said that many more students now had the grades to get into their first-choice university.\n\nHe said this will \"cause challenges at this late stage in the admissions process - capacity, staffing, placements and facilities - particularly with the social distance measures in place\".\n\nThe Association of School and College Leaders said it would write to Mr Williamson to request an immediate independent review into what it called the grading \"fiasco\".\n\n\"This degree of transparency is necessary at a time when public confidence has been badly shaken,\" general secretary Geoff Barton said.\n\nHe called on No 10 and Ofqual to put in place a \"robust contingency plan\" for students sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer in the event of further Covid-related disruption.\n\nMr Williamson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday: \"I would like to start off by apologising - saying sorry to all those young people who've been affected by this. This is something none of us expected to see and none of us wanted to see.\"\n\nBoth Frances Ramos (left) and Zainab Ali were left unsure if they would get their first-choice university places, despite their grades being bumped up\n\nFrances Ramos, 18, from Towcester, Northamptonshire, said she was pleased to be given her predicted grades of ABB - up from the BCD she received last Thursday.\n\nBut she said the U-turn \"does feel like it's a bit too late\" and added: \"I kind of wish the government had done this on Thursday.\" She is now waiting to hear if her first choice, the University of Liverpool, will accept her to study this year.\n\nZainab Ali, 18, from London, also thought the government should have acted sooner. \"I think it's a shame. After the damage is done, that's when they will take action and I find it quite frustrating,\" she said.\n\nThe U-turn should now mean Zainab is able to attend Queen Mary University, London.\n\nMr Williamson said it had been the common view of the government, Ofqual, and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland of different political parties that the system in place was more robust and \"significantly better\" than that in Scotland, after an earlier U-turn there.\n\nBut after the release of A-level results on Thursday he said it \"became increasingly apparent that there were too many young people that quite simply hadn't got the grade they truly deserved\".\n\nThe \"exact same challenge\" would have remained had there been a U-turn earlier, he said, and \"we would still be faced with the challenge of the fact of how do we expand the capacity within the university sector\".\n\nHe refused to address questions about his future as education secretary during interviews on Tuesday morning and he declined to offer explicit support for Ofqual's chief regulator, Sally Collier, to stay in her job.\n\nMr Williamson later told LBC: \"We ended up in a situation where Ofqual didn't deliver the system that we had been reassured and believed that would be in place.\"\n\nMr Williamson would not say whether he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson during interviews on Tuesday\n\nLabour's shadow higher education minister Emma Hardy told Breakfast it appeared Ofqual had been \"thrown under the bus\" by the government despite it working to ministers' instructions during the pandemic.\n\nOfqual's algorithm downgraded around 40% of entries and came under fire after data showed poorer students' grades were marked down further than better off pupils.\n\nMinisters in England, Northern Ireland and Wales all decided on Monday - four days after A-level results were issued - to revert to teacher assessed grades rather than the algorithm.\n\nThe government's U-turn means teachers' assessments will also be used for all GCSE results - except for any cases where the algorithm adjustment actually suggests a better grade.\n\nIt is still unclear what the climbdown will mean for students taking vocational qualifications, including BTecs, with students telling BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat: \"We've been forgotten about.\"\n\nMr Williamson said he hoped they would also be subject to teacher-assessed grades, adding that the government was working with awarding authorities to ensure this happened.\n\nPearson, which awards BTecs, said it was aware that some BTec students had experienced a delay in receiving grades but did not say how many were impacted.\n\nAs part of the changes to grading, Mr Williamson has suspended a cap on student numbers for universities - effectively allowing institutions to accept unlimited numbers this year.\n\nDr Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group which represents 24 leading universities, said there were \"limits to what can be done by the university sector alone to address that uncertainty without stretching resources to the point that it undermines the experience for all\".\n\nUniversities including Bristol, Durham, Sheffield and Liverpool stopped offering places through the clearing system that matches students to unfilled courses on Monday.\n\nBristol later said it would accept all applicants who now met the terms of an offer and Sheffield said it would do so \"wherever possible\".\n\nBut some universities say that numbers will have to remain limited on medicine and dentistry courses.\n\nUcas was unable to say how many students had not been able to take up places due to their results being downgraded.\n\nIt said its latest figures early on Tuesday showed:\n\nA Ucas spokesman said students who have not got into their first-choice institution should seek advice from their parents or teachers before contacting the university.\n\nSam Freedman, who was a senior policy adviser to the Department for Education between 2010 and 2013, said it \"beggared belief\" that the secretary of state had said he was only aware of problems over the weekend.\n\n\"I can't think of many other education secretaries who wouldn't have already resigned,\" he said.\n\nMeanwhile Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wrote in the Daily Mirror: \"The Tories' handling of these results sums up their handling of this pandemic: incompetent.\"", "Nearly 600 people in Scotland are thought to have caught coronavirus at their place of work, new figures show.\n\nThe data includes eight people who died from the virus since April.\n\nCare home workers account for nearly two thirds of the suspected occupational exposures, according to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) data.\n\nBut hairdressers, funeral directors, beauty therapists and NHS workers are among those who are also thought to have been exposed to the virus at work.\n\nGary Smith, secretary of the GMB Scotland union, said there is likely to be significant under-reporting of the suspected workplace coronavirus cases.\n\nHe said: \"The events of the last six months simply do not give any confidence in these figure.\n\n\"In sectors which predominately employ women, such as social care and food manufacturing, we are talking about industries notorious for the under-reporting of workplace incident and injury pre-Covid.\n\n\"We now know that many of the workers in these industries have been failed on basic health and safety issues, from the delay in the delivery of proper PPE provision to the ability to access testing for suspected Covid infection.\"\n\nMr Smith said such under-reporting should be a \"cause for alarm\" for efforts to try and understand the impact of coronavirus in the workplace.\n\nEmployers have a legal duty to report cases where there is reasonable evidence to suggest an employee diagnosed with coronavirus caught it while at work.\n\nLatest figures show that between 10 April and 8 August there were a total of 594 such reports by employers in Scotland to the HSE and local councils.\n\nA total of 373 of them were workers in residential care, 32 were healthcare staff and a further 146 were classed as working in \"personal services\" such as hairdressers or funeral directors.\n\nA further 43 people worked in other industries, according to the HSE figures.\n\nOf the eight suspected Covid-19-related workplace deaths reported, four were in residential care.\n\nThere have been a total of 32 coronavirus reports submitted by employers in Scotland's healthcare sector, including one where the worker died from Covid-19\n\nThe HSE has so far made inquiries into five reported deaths in Scotland and concluded that in four of these cases there was insufficient evidence to confirm they were the result of work-related exposure to coronavirus.\n\nA fifth case is still under investigation.\n\nA spokeswoman for the health and safety watchdog said: \"We continue to carry out a detailed assessment of deaths that have been reported to us.\n\n\"Where those reported meet HSE's incident investigation criteria, they are being processed and an investigation initiated.\n\n\"We are in regular dialogue with the Crown Office, Scottish government, regulators and others on reporting and investigation of Covid-19 work related deaths.\"", "Airbnb has banned house parties as part of its efforts to comply with limits on gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOccupancy will be limited to 16 people, with a few exceptions for some venues.\n\nLockdown parties hosted in Airbnb properties led the UK's Bed and Breakfast Association to warn it was putting communities at risk.\n\nThe firm says it will pursue legal action if guests or hosts break the rules.\n\n\"Instituting a global ban on parties and events is in the best interest of public health,\" Airbnb said in a statement.\n\nIt added that 73% of its listings explicitly banned parties but some hosts allowed small parties such as baby showers or birthday celebrations.\n\nDespite this, Airbnb acknowledged that some of its guests had chosen to \"take bar and club behaviour to homes sometimes rented through our platforms\".\n\n\"We think such conduct is incredibly irresponsible - we do not want that type of business, and anyone engaged in or allowing that behaviour does not belong on our platform,\" it said.\n\nAirbnb had already begun to impose stricter limits, with a ban on party houses that created persistent neighbourhood nuisance.\n\nTo comply with social distancing rules, it had also removed the \"event friendly\" and \"parties and events allowed\" search filters.\n\nAnd earlier this month, it prevented some under-25s in the UK from booking entire homes, following successful pilots in Canada and the US.\n\nLike other travel firms, Airbnb has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic - although in July it said that customers had booked more than one million nights in a single day for the first time since March.\n\nThe San Francisco-based firm also announced this week that it planned to list on the stock market. In April it raised $2bn (£1.5bn) from investors, who valued it at $18bn.", "Dounreay was the UK site for fast reactor research from the 1950s to 1990s\n\nThe site of a Scottish nuclear power facility should be available for other uses in 313 years' time, according to a new report.\n\nDounreay, near Thurso, was the UK site for the development of fast reactor research from 1955 to 1994.\n\nThe facility on the north Caithness coast is in the process of being closed down, demolished and cleaned up.\n\nHowever, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said it would be 2333 before the 148-acre site is safe for reuse.\n\nThe date forms part of the authority's newly-published draft strategy.\n\nThey said \"credible options\" for the site in future will be developed over the next two years.\n\nBuildings to be demolished include the distinctive dome-shaped Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR).\n\nImportant stages in the removal of radioactive material from the Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) are expected to be competed over the next three years.\n\nA target date has also been set for the clean-up of a highly contaminated area called the Shaft.\n\nBuilt in the 1950s, it plunges 65.4m (214.5ft) below ground.\n\nRadioactive waste was disposed there from 1959 to 1977, when an explosion ended the practice.\n\nWaste is to be removed from the Shaft by 2029, according to the NDA report.\n\nThe document also sets out investment made so far aimed at helping Caithness and Sutherland adjust to the closure of Dounreay, a major employer for the two areas.\n\nThe NDA has spent £8m over the past year supporting socio-economic projects, including upgrades to Scrabster and Wick harbours.\n\nIt is also supporting plans for the Sutherland Space Hub, which could facilitate up to 12 launches a year of small satellites into space from a site near Tongue.", "This is it. We are now, give or take, at the absolute limit of how much we can reopen society without a resurgence of coronavirus.\n\nThis realisation at the heart of government is about more than delaying the opening of bowling alleys, it will define our lives for months to come - and probably until we have a vaccine.\n\nAnd I'm sorry to break it to parents, but the biggest question mark now is around the reopening of schools.\n\nTwo weeks ago, Boris Johnson was setting out plans for normality by Christmas.\n\nBut since then the number of confirmed infections has started to creep up again.\n\nAnd the Office for National Statistics, which is regularly testing households in England, estimates there are around 4,200 new infections a day, compared with 2,800 a week ago.\n\nFor the first time since May, we're having to deal with rising numbers of cases.\n\nThis is not a return to the height of the epidemic in March, when there were an estimated 100,000 infections every day, but it is telling.\n\nEvery restriction we ease increases the ability of the coronavirus to spread, and the government's scientific advisers have always warned there was not much wiggle room to lift restrictions and still suppress it.\n\nThe uptick in infections is a warning that we are passing the limits of lifting lockdown.\n\nIt is clear we are not a New Zealand, where life is almost back to normal after their \"zero-Covid\" strategy.\n\nProf Chris Whitty, the UK's chief medical adviser, said: \"I think what we're seeing from the data from ONS, and other data, is that we have probably reached near the limit or the limits of what we can do in terms of opening up society.\n\n\"So what that means potentially is that if we wish to do more things in the future, we may have to do less of some other things.\"\n\nSchool children are on their summer holidays at the moment, but we are just weeks away from the start of term. Schools are expected to reopen fully in England in September and in Scotland from 11 August.\n\nIf the current rules are leading to an increase in cases, can we open schools as well? This has been the concern of scientists since lockdown started to lift.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOr if we want to open schools will we now have to close something else like pubs?\n\nProf Whitty said these would be \"difficult trade-offs\" but it was important to be \"realistic\".\n\n\"The idea that we can open up everything and keep the virus under control is clearly wrong,\" Prof Whitty said.\n\nThe Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, also known as Sage, has already said government may need to \"change measures at the end of the summer in order to be able to keep R below 1 whilst proceeding with the planned reopening of schools\".\n\nR is the number of people each infected person passes the virus on to on average, anything above 1 is growing epidemic.\n\nThe fact that cases are rising in the height of summer is also a concern. Exactly what will happen come winter is uncertain, but experience with other viruses suggests coronavirus will also find it easier to spread.\n\nOne government adviser told me \"we can get away with a lot in summer\" and that restrictions may needed to be tightened as the seasons turn anyway.", "K is a musician and was due to play at St Paul's Carnival in Bristol this summer before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic\n\nTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a racially-aggravated attack on an NHS worker.\n\nThe victim, a 21-year-old musician known as K or K-Dogg, was hit by a car while walking to the bus stop from his job at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, on 22 July.\n\nHe suffered serious injuries including a broken leg, nose and cheekbone.\n\nTwo 18-year-olds were arrested on Saturday morning and are in custody.\n\nPolice said the incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to the racist language used by the occupants of the car.\n\nA fundraising page to help K-Dogg has raised more than £28,000.\n\nThe NHS worker's family released photos of K's injuries after the attack\n\nThe car involved in the incident has been seized and a full forensic examination is being carried out on it, Avon and Somerset Police said.\n\nSupt Andy Bennett said he wanted to thank all members of the public who had shown support for K-Dogg by either providing police with information or making gestures of solidarity with him.\n\n\"Bristol is a wonderful city full of diverse communities and I continue to be heartened by its reactions to incidents such as this,\" he said.\n\nThe GoFundMe page was set up by Simeon Mccarthy, from Fishponds, Bristol, \"to help his close friend\".\n\nHe said the money would be paid directly to K-Dogg to help his recovery.\n\nBristol band Massive Attack posted on Facebook saying they had donated money.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape will not be suspended from the party while investigations are ongoing, the party's whips' office has said.\n\nA spokesman said the allegations were \"serious\" and \"it is right that they are investigated fully\".\n\nThe Sunday Times reported the allegations against the former minister had been made by an ex-parliamentary employee.\n\nThe MP, in his 50s, was arrested on Saturday and has since been bailed.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the allegations related to four separate incidents claimed to have taken place between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\nA spokesman for the Conservative Party whips' office said: \"The whip has not been suspended. This decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has been concluded.\"\n\nThis means he can continue to sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative.\n\nLabour said this decision was \"shocking\" and sent a \"terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nThe Sunday Times, which first reported the story, said the complainant alleges that the MP assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had launched an investigation into the allegations.\n\n\"On Friday, 31 July, the Metropolitan Police Service received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"These offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in Westminster, Lambeth and Hackney between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\n\"A man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday 1 August on suspicion of rape. He has been released on bail to return on a date in mid-August.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding Jess Phillips told Times Radio the MP accused of rape should have the party whip withdrawn while investigations continued.\n\nShe said that not doing so was \"sending a terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nMs Phillips also said: \"I find it shocking… that the Conservative Party has decided not to withdraw the whip in this case.\"\n\nThere are also reports that the Conservative Party's chief whip, Mark Spencer, had been aware of allegations - and previously spoke with the alleged victim.\n\nAccording to sources, Mr Spencer had not known the \"magnitude\" of the allegations.\n\nA spokesman for the chief whip said that he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and had strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact the appropriate authorities.\n\nIt is also understood the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, was told by an MP in recent weeks about the claims - with sources saying he had said the woman should contact the police.", "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Mr Trump would take action \"in the coming days\"\n\nUS President Donald Trump will take action \"in the coming days\" against Chinese-owned software that he believes pose a national security risk, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.\n\nMr Pompeo said popular video app TikTok was among those \"feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nHis comments came days after Mr Trump said he was banning TikTok in the US.\n\nThe company has denied accusations that it is controlled by or shares data with the Chinese government.\n\nSpeaking to Fox News Channel, Mr Pompeo said the action would be taken \"with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nHe said there were \"countless\" companies doing business in the US that might be passing information on to the Chinese government. Data could include facial recognition patterns, addresses, phone numbers and contacts, he said.\n\n\"President Trump has said 'enough' and we're going to fix it,\" he told Fox News.\n\nMr Trump told reporters on Friday he planned to sign an executive order to ban TikTok in the US, where it has up to 80 million active monthly users.\n\nThe app - mostly used by people under 20 - is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSeveral Republican senators have backed a plan by ByteDance to divest the US operations.\n\n\"What's the right answer? Have an American company like Microsoft take over TikTok. Win-win. Keeps competition alive and data out of the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,\" Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on Twitter.\n\nUS tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of TikTok.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella had a conversation with President Trump about the acquisition on Sunday, the tech firm said.\n\nThe threats of action against TikTok and other Chinese-owned software come amid heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Chinese government over numerous issues, including trade disputes and Beijing's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Schools across India are struggling to teach online as the pandemic forces them to stay shut. But this town in Indian-administered Kashmir has found a novel solution, reports Abid Bhat.\n\nEvery morning, students in Doodpathri, a town in Budgam district, walk past streams and bridges, and up the hill to their new classroom: a picturesque spot with the snow-capped Himalayas as a backdrop.\n\nThe outdoor school is a breather for both parents and children after months of a grinding lockdown to slow down Covid-19 infections. The state has reported more than 19,000 cases and some 365 deaths.\n\n\"It's far better that our kids attend such schools than grow weary in homes where they often end up frustrating themselves,\" says Mushtaq Ahmad, whose son is attending the open air school.\n\nOfficials should collaborate with locals to set up more such schools, he adds.\n\nDespite Kashmir's troubled relationship with India - and the spectre of violence that haunts the valley - it has long been a popular tourist destination for its idyllic beauty.\n\nAnd Doodpathri itself is a well-known hill station. But with no tourists arriving this summer, locals asked officials to put the area's stunning locales to different use.\n\n\"The classes are being conducted keeping the safety measures in mind,\" said Mohammad Ramzan Wani, zonal education officer, who helped set up the community school.\n\n\"Due to unpredictable weather in upper reaches, we also tried to pitch tents for seamless execution of these classes.\"\n\nIndian students, especially those in rural areas and poorly funded government schools, have struggled to attend classes online due to spotty connectivity and shortage of phones in a single household.\n\nEven in private schools, the move to online classes has exposed a digital divide between students who have multiple devices - from laptops to iPads to smartphones - at home and those that don't.\n\nSo in rural Kashmir, the option of open air classrooms was a welcome respite.\n\n\"Most of these children belong to Gujjar-Bakarwal community of Kashmir,\" says a teacher who had volunteered for this community school. The Gujjar-Bakarwals are a nomadic tribe.\n\n\"Their eager participation has made the entire concept click and created the similar demand elsewhere,\" the teacher adds.\n\nThe move has been particularly helpful since children here had been out of school even before the pandemic began.\n\nIn August 2019, India's federal government revoked the region's special status, which gave it more autonomy than most other states, creating a further rift between Delhi and Srinagar. The move came with an unprecedented lockdown and suspension of phone and internet services. While the latter have been restored to some extent, high-speed or 4G internet is still banned.\n\nLife in the Muslim-majority valley hasn't been normal for the past year.\n\nOfficials say the open-air schools are following all protocols related to Covid-19, such as wearing of masks and social distancing.\n\nTeachers say authorities regularly show up for inspections, and ensure that whatever is needed for the classes is available.\n\nThe only disadvantage is that they have no way of sheltering from the rain.\n\nWhen the clouds overhead burst, the children run for shelter, the sounds of the summer shower interrupted only by their giggles and screams.", "Thousands of people descended on Bournemouth beach, among others, on Friday\n\nThe UK's coastguard is urging people to be careful in the sea, after recording its highest number of daily call-outs in more than four years.\n\nThere were 329 incidents dealt with on Friday, including people cut off by the tide and reports of missing children.\n\nFriday was the hottest day of the year and the third hottest ever recorded in the UK, BBC Weather said.\n\nBut \"some people will remember 31 July for all the wrong reasons,\" said HM Coastguard's duty operations director.\n\n\"We completely understand that people want to enjoy the coast,\" said Julie-Anne Wood.\n\n\"We also know that even the most experienced swimmer, paddleboarder and walker can be caught out by currents and tides respectively.\"\n\nWith more good weather forecast, she urged people to \"check and double check the tide times\".\n\n\"Put a timer warning on a smartphone to remind you - be aware of things like rip currents, and make sure you have a means of contacting us if things do go wrong.\"\n\nShe said the coastguard will \"always respond when someone calls 999 and asks for the coastguard\" but \"all we ask in return is that you take extra care at the coast\".\n\nHM Coastguard said of the 329 incidents, lifeboats - including RNLI and independent - were called out 129 times, aircraft were sent out 22 times and hovercraft were used three times.\n\nIt added there was a high number of incidents involving people cut off by the tide and reports of missing children, as well as swimmers and paddleboarders getting into difficulty.\n\nDrones are being deployed in UK coastguard search-and-rescue operations for the first time this weekend\n\nThe east and south coast and the north west coast saw the \"heaviest\" number of call-outs, while the area around Liverpool and the Wirral saw the most reported incidents at 26, the coastguard said.\n\nThe coast along Essex and Kent saw a total of 45 incidents and the coastline between Flamborough and Cromer saw 22.\n\nThousands of people descended onto beaches around the UK on Friday, with some councils turning people away.\n\nTemperatures recorded at Heathrow reached 37.8C (100.04F), making it the third warmest day ever recorded in the UK.\n\nThe leader of Thanet District Council in Kent - which asked people to avoid four of the area's beaches - said the RNLI \"only have a certain capacity\".\n\n\"They're on seven Thanet beaches this summer, which is slightly fewer than usual, and they're doing a great job where they are but they don't have unlimited resources to deal with people in the water,\" said Cllr Rick Everitt. \"If you have too many people on the beach, it just becomes unmanageable from that point of view.\"\n\nIt comes as a report showed climate change is having an increasing impact on the UK's weather. The Met Office report confirmed 2019 as the 12th warmest year in the UK and there was also a severe swing in weather from soaking winters to sunny springs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's the difference between weather and climate?", "A Conservative MP has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.\n\nThe Sunday Times reported the allegations against the former minister had been made by an ex-parliamentary employee.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said the allegations related to four separate incidents claimed to have taken place between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\nThe Conservative Party called the allegations \"serious\".\n\nBut it said the MP would not have the party whip withdrawn while the police investigation continued, meaning he can continue to sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative.\n\nLabour said this decision was \"shocking\" and sent a \"terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nThe Sunday Times, which first reported the story, said the complainant alleges that the MP had assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it had launched an investigation into the allegations.\n\n\"On Friday, 31 July, the Metropolitan Police Service received allegations relating to four separate incidents involving allegations of sexual offences and assault,\" the force said in a statement.\n\n\"These offences are alleged to have occurred at addresses in Westminster, Lambeth and Hackney between July 2019 and January 2020.\n\n\"A man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday 1 August on suspicion of rape. He has been released on bail to return on a date in mid-August.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Conservative Party whips' office said: \"These are serious allegations and it is right that they are investigated fully.\n\n\"The whip has not been suspended. This decision will be reviewed once the police investigation has been concluded.\"\n\nFor Labour, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding Jess Phillips told Times Radio the MP accused of rape should have the party whip withdrawn while investigations continued.\n\nShe said that not doing so was \"sending a terrible message from Westminster\".\n\nMs Phillips also said: \"I find it shocking… that the Conservative Party has decided not to withdraw the whip in this case.\"\n\nThere are also reports that the Conservative Party's chief whip, Mark Spencer, had been aware of allegations - and previously spoke with the alleged victim.\n\nAccording to sources, Mr Spencer had not known the \"magnitude\" of the allegations.\n\nA spokesman for the chief whip said that he took all allegations of harassment and abuse extremely seriously and had strongly encouraged anybody who has approached him to contact the appropriate authorities.", "The march took in a circular route around north Bristol\n\nA Black Lives Matter protest has been held outside a Bristol hospital where a worker was attacked.\n\nThe victim, a 21-year-old musician known as K or K-Dogg, was hit by a car while walking to the bus stop from his job at Southmead Hospital on 22 July.\n\nPolice said it was being treated as racially-aggravated due to the language used by the car occupants. Two men were arrested on Saturday.\n\nK-Dogg has been told he will recover but the scars on his head from his facial injuries are likely to remain\n\nThe protest, which took place at lunchtime, started on Monks Park Avenue, pausing outside Southmead Hospital for about 10 minutes and stopping traffic again at the double mini-roundabout by the Lidl store.\n\nEscorted by police, it then looped through Southmead before returning to Monks Park Avenue where the gathering heard speeches from organisers.\n\nA fundraising page to help K-Dogg has raised more than £42,000 from some 2,500 donors.\n\nTwo 18-year-olds arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remain in custody.", "New homes and hospitals will be granted \"automatic\" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in England, the housing secretary says.\n\nRobert Jenrick announced a \"permission in principle\" will be given to developments on land designated \"for renewal\" to speed-up building.\n\nIt comes after the PM pledged £5bn to \"build, build, build\" to help soften the economic impact of coronavirus.\n\nShelter has warned against any reforms that lead to \"bad-quality\" housing.\n\nThe homeless charity has said 280,000 homes received permission in England between 2011 and 2016 but were never built.\n\nWriting in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Jenrick said that, under the new rules, land will be designated in one of three categories: for growth, for renewal and for protection.\n\nAnd he insisted: \"We are cutting red tape, but not standards.\"\n\nHowever, James Jamieson, the chair of the Local Government Association, said the idea that planning was a barrier to house building was \"a myth\".\n\n\"Nine in 10 planning applications are approved by councils, while more than a million homes given planning permission in the last decade have not yet been built,\" he said.\n\n\"Only last week the government's own independent report warned of the worse quality of homes not delivered through the planning system. We urge the government to heed these warnings and not further sideline the planning process.\"\n\nThe changes being brought forward this week are expected to only impact England, as national planning policy is devolved to administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nMr Jenrick said that the country's \"outdated and cumbersome\" planning system had contributed to a generational divide between those who are homeowners and those who are not.\n\nAnd he claimed that, under the existing guidelines, it takes an average of five years for a \"standard housing development\" to go through the planning system.\n\nBBC Reality Check said there had been criticism in recent years of the amount of time it takes to get planning permission.\n\nBut it also noted that many developers secure planning permission and then do not immediately build.\n\nIn 2017-18, 382,997 applications were granted, which would be more than enough to meet the government target of 300,000 new homes a year.\n\nTree-lined streets will be \"provided for in law\", Mr Jenrick pledged\n\n\"Land designated for growth will empower development - new homes, hospitals, schools, shops and offices will be allowed automatically,\" Mr Jenrick said.\n\nHowever, he did not specify the criteria for designating land under these proposals.\n\nAreas of outstanding natural beauty and the green belt will be protected.\n\n\"I am completely overhauling the system so we can build more good quality, attractive and affordable homes faster - and more young families can finally have the key to their own home,\" Mr Jenrick added.\n\nHe said the new plans will also focus on quality and design, drawing on inspiration from the idea of design codes and pattern books that built the picturesque city of Bath, model village of Bournville and wealthy district of Belgravia in London.\n\nEco-friendly homes with new spaces and parks nearby would be built, he added, saying local authorities will move away from placing notices on lampposts towards an interactive online system.\n\nHousing campaigners have called for reforms to protect the quality of new homes\n\nThe Federation of Master Builders, which represents small traders, has previously said construction output fell to historic lows due to the coronavirus pandemic and that streamlining planning applications would bring forward new developments.\n\nMr Jenrick said the reforms would \"create thousands of new jobs, from bricklayers to architects\".\n\nIn June, Boris Johnson vowed to \"build, build, build\" to help Britain bounce back from the pandemic, promising a £5bn package to build homes and infrastructure.\n\nThe PM promised the \"most radical reforms\" of the planning system since World War Two.\n\nThe Conservative Party has repeatedly pledged to \"build and fund\" 40 new or rebuilt NHS hospitals before 2029.\n\nThe UK's planning system was effectively established in 1947, two years after the end of the war, with the Town and Country Planning Act.\n\nMr Jenrick's announcement comes a few weeks after he came under fire for his decision to grant planning permission for a £1bn property scheme in east London just before changes to local planning rules and two weeks prior to the developer donating £12,000 to the Conservatives.\n\nThe secretary of state denied any link between the events, but accepted that his decision to approve the development was unlawful.", "Much of Europe has been basking in a mini-heat wave since Friday, and countries like the UK, France and Spain have experienced near-record temperatures.\n\nBut with lockdowns and social distancing measures in place across the continent, this is a summer like no other.\n\nIn Spain's capital, Madrid, face masks are compulsory due to an outbreak of cases - and coverings must be worn even during the heat\n\nA woman refreshes herself in the Spanish city of Córdoba where temperatures reached 40C\n\nPeople sunbathing while social distancing in London, UK, where temperatures hit 34C on Friday\n\nLocals have also been enjoying the beaches in Nijmegen in the Netherlands\n\nResidents have been finding creative ways to stay cool in Paris. France put 13 eastern areas of the country on alert due to the heat\n\nThe authorities in Rome warned the elderly and children not to go out at the hottest times of the day because of dangerous temperatures\n\nPeople have been taking advantage of fountains to stay cool in Rome\n\nPeople have been diving into the sea in Barcelona, Spain, where authorities issued an orange alert for temperatures of up to 40C\n\nA heat wave alert was also issued for areas of southern Switzerland, including Geneva", "Six year-old Ayaan and Mikaeel, along with their community, have raised more than £37,000 for the Yemen crisis.\n\nWith the ongoing conflict in Yemen tens of thousands of lives have been lost.\n\nAn estimated 24m people, equivalent to 80% of the country's population, are now in need of humanitarian aid to survive. The scale of this crisis is the largest in the world, according to Unicef.\n\nWhen best friends Ayaan and Mikaeel from Redbridge, east London, learnt about this they set up a lemonade stand to raise funds because they wanted to help.", "Lewis Hamilton took an extraordinary victory in a dramatic finish to the British Grand Prix despite suffering a puncture on the last lap.\n\nThe Mercedes driver's left-front tyre failed halfway around the last lap but he held on in front of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.\n\nVerstappen would have won had he not stopped late for fresh tyres in a successful quest for the point for fastest lap.\n\nHamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas also punctured, two laps earlier, which dropped him out of the points.\n\nThe Finn finished 11th and dropped to 30 points behind Hamilton in the title race, a potentially devastating blow to his hopes so early in a season truncated by the coronavirus.\n\nMcLaren's Carlos Sainz was a third driver to suffer a left-front puncture, his like Hamilton's on the last lap, and he dropped from fourth place to 13th.\n\nFerrari's Charles Leclerc was promoted from fourth to the final podium spot by the late drama.\n• None Reaction to a dramatic end to the British Grand Prix\n\nIt was a remarkable finish to a race that had been soporific until that point, and Hamilton recognised that afterwards, saying over the radio, his voice drenched in relief: \"That was close.\"\n\nThe Mercedes drivers had been nursing their tyres after making an earlier than expected pit stop because of the second of two safety cars.\n\nThey stopped to change from medium to hard tyres on lap 13, very early to make it to the end of the race on one set of hard tyres.\n\nThey were clearly managing their pace from then on, but despite that dark rings appeared on their tyres as the race moved into the closing stages.\n\nBut there was no real sign of the drama to come until Bottas' left front tyre deflated shortly after starting lap 50, with two to go.\n\nThe Finn limped around almost an entire lap and was too far back to get into the points.\n\nHamilton looked then to be cruising to the flag, until he too suffered a puncture, this time heading down the back straight towards Brooklands. Then it was a question of whether he could get around the remainder of the lap - more than half of it - before Verstappen caught him.\n\nHamilton said: \"Until the last lap, everything was relatively smooth sailing.\n\n\"The tyres felt great. Valtteri was really pushing incredibly hard and I was doing some management of that tyre and he looked like he wasn't doing any.\n\n\"When (his) tyre went, everything seemed fine, so I was thinking maybe it was OK. And then just down the straight it deflated.\n\n\"I noticed the shape of the tyre shifting, and that was heart in the mouth and I didn't know if it had gone down until I braked.\n\n\"Then just driving it - sometimes it will come off and break the wing. I nearly didn't get round the last two corners. Maybe we should have stopped towards the end when we saw the delaminations (on the other cars).\"\n\nHamilton said his engineer Peter Bonnington was counting down the gap to Verstappen over the radio as he neared the flag.\n\n\"The car seemed to turn OK through Maggotts and Becketts,\" Hamilton said, \"and then it was a real struggle in the last two corners. I could hear the gap coming down from 19 to 10. I could hear out of the last corner him going, 'Nine, eight, seven,' and I was just like: 'Get back on the gas.'\"\n\nIt was a dramatic finish to a race that could well have an equally substantial impact on the championship fight.\n\nFollowing Sainz's late puncture, Renault's Daniel Ricciardo came out on top in a close midfield battle, passing the other McLaren of Lando Norris late in the race, while the Australian's team-mate Esteban Ocon took sixth.\n\nAlpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly drove a strong race to seventh, including a brave pass on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel around the outside of Stowe and then taking the inside for the tight left-hander at Vale that follows.\n\nAnd Red Bull's Alexander Albon recovered to eighth after being penalised - harshly in some eyes - for a collision with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen at Club on the first lap, an incident that brought out the first of two safety cars.\n\nAlbon seemed to legitimately go for an opportunity created by the Dane's error in clipping the kerb on the exit of Vale and was almost completely alongside the Haas, before backing out to try to avoid a collision when he realised Magnussen was coming across, the cars hitting front wheel to rear.\n\nAlbon was at the back when Red Bull pitted him for fresh tyres after the safety car period had ended. But he stuck with it, and a second stop for tyres later in the race dropped him to last but enabled him to attack in the closing laps.\n\nThe second safety car was triggered on lap 12 by a heavy crash for Gasly's team-mate Daniil Kvyat at the flat-out Maggotts corner.\n\nThe team initially blamed the incident on a driver error, saying he clipped a kerb while making a switch change on his steering wheel. But Kvyat later said on social media that the team had reviewed the video and they \"saw that something happened out of my control, so we will need to check all the data to understand what exactly caused the failure\".\n\nWilliams' George Russell took 12th, ahead of Sainz, the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi and Russell's team-mate Nicholas Latifi.\n\nHaas driver Romain Grosjean, who was given a black-and-white warning flag during the race as well as an official warning after the race for dangerous defensive driving, finished 16th while the second Alfa of a struggling Kimi Raikkonen, who also suffered a front-left puncture, finished 17th.\n\nAfter the race it was confirmed that four people had been arrested after protestors broke into Silverstone and displayed a banner for climate action group Extinction Rebellion.\n\nA joint statement issued by Silverstone and Northamptonshire Police following Sunday's grand prix read: \"During the race, Northamptonshire Police were made aware of four people who had been detained by Silverstone security inside the venue perimeter.\n\n\"Officers are working closely with Silverstone Circuit and conducting a full investigation. Four people have been arrested and are in police custody.\"\n\nWhat happens next?\n\nAnother race in Britain, this time F1's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix next weekend. Can Hamilton make it two wins in a row at home - and four on the trot in the season?\n\nWhat they said\n\nLewis Hamilton: \"Up until that last lap everything was relatively smooth sailing. Valtteri was really pushing incredibly hard, I was doing some management of the tyre. When I heard his went I looked at mine and it seemed fine. I have definitely never experienced anything like that on the last lap and my heart definitely nearly stopped.\"\n\nMax Verstappen: \"It was lucky and unlucky. The Mercedes were too quick. The tyres didn't look great with 10 laps to go, they didn't look pretty. I told my engineer to drink and to stay hydrated! It was pretty lonely; I was just managing my pace and looking after the tyres.\"\n\nCharles Leclerc: \"It was a very tricky race. As soon as I heard Valtteri had a tyre problem I slowed down quite a lot. Looking at us we have done the best we could have done today. I am very happy with how I managed the tyres from beginning to the end and I am happy with the balance of the car.\"\n• None Listen to sets from the biggest names in dance", "More than 100 possible coronavirus vaccines are being developed around the world\n\nRussian health authorities are preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus in October, the health minister has said.\n\nRussian media quoted Mikhail Murashko as saying that doctors and teachers would be the first to receive the vaccine.\n\nReuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia's first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month.\n\nHowever, some experts are concerned at Russia's fast-track approach.\n\nOn Friday, the leading infectious disease expert in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci, said he hoped that Russia - and China - were \"actually testing the vaccine\" before administering them to anyone.\n\nDr Fauci has said that the US should have a \"safe and effective\" vaccine by the end of this year.\n\n\"I do not believe that there will be vaccines so far ahead of us that we will have to depend on other countries to get us vaccines,\" he told US lawmakers.\n\nScores of possible coronavirus vaccines are being developed around the world and more than 20 are currently in clinical trials.\n\nMr Murashko, quoted by Interfax news agency, said that the Gamaleya Institute, a research facility in Moscow, had finished clinical trials of a vaccine and that paperwork was being prepared to register it.\n\n\"We plan wider vaccinations for October,\" he said, adding that teachers and doctors would be the first to receive it.\n\nLast month, Russian scientists said that early-stage trials of an adenovirus-based vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute had been completed and that the results were a success.\n\nOn 15 July Russian scientists announced that early-stage trials of a vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute had been completed\n\nLast month the UK, US and Canada security services said a Russian hacking group had targeted various organisations involved in Covid-19 vaccine development, with the likely intention of stealing information.\n\nThe UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was more than 95% certain that the group called APT29 - also known as The Dukes or Cozy Bear - was part of Russian intelligence services.\n\nRussia's ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, rejected the accusation, telling the BBC that there was \"no sense in it\".\n\nIn the UK, trials of a vaccine developed by Oxford University have shown that it can trigger an immune response and a deal has been signed with AstraZeneca to supply 100 million doses in Britain alone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Coronavirus vaccine: How close are you to getting one?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Thank you for flying SpaceX\" - Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken return to Earth\n\nTwo American astronauts have splashed down, as the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth.\n\nThe SpaceX Dragon Capsule carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken came down in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Pensacola on Florida's Gulf coast.\n\nA recovery vessel moved in to pick up the vehicle and extricate the men.\n\nThe touchdown marks the first crewed US water landing since the final outing of an Apollo command module 45 years ago.\n\nHurley's and Behnken's capsule hit the water at about 14:48 EDT (19:48 BST; 18:48 GMT).\n\nPrivate boats which came close to the Dragon were asked to leave amid concern over hazardous chemicals venting from the capsule's propulsion system.\n\nNasa administrator Jim Bridenstine said the presence of the boats \"was not what we were anticipating\".\n\n\"What is not common is having passersby approach the vehicle close range with nitrogen tetroxide in the atmosphere; that's not something that is good,\" he said. \"And we need to make sure that we're warning people not to get close to the spacecraft in the future.\"\n\nPhotos of the boats were shared 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 Eric Berger This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's truly our honour and privilege,\" said Hurley as the astronauts arrived home.\n\n\"On behalf of the SpaceX and Nasa teams, welcome back to Planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX,\" SpaceX mission control responded.\n\nPresident Donald Trump - who attended the capsule's launch on 30 May - hailed its safe return.\n\n\"Thank you to all!\" he tweeted. \"Great to have NASA Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month mission.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript 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 NASA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy 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 successful end to the crew's mission initiates a new era for the American space agency.\n\nAll its human transport needs just above the Earth will in future be purchased from private companies, such as SpaceX.\n\nThe government agency says contracting out to service providers in this way will save it billions of dollars that can be diverted to getting astronauts to the Moon, as part of its Artemis programme, and afterwards to Mars.\n\nThe Dragon capsule launched to the space station at the end of May on a Falcon 9 rocket, also supplied by SpaceX.\n\nHurley's and Behnken's mission served as an end-to-end demonstration of the astronaut \"taxi service\" the company, owned by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, will be selling to Nasa from now on.\n\nThe Boeing corporation is also developing a crew capsule solution but has had to delay its introduction after encountering software problems on its Starliner vehicle.\n\nThe sight of the vehicle's four main parachutes floating down over the Gulf of Mexico was confirmation the spacecraft had survived its high-speed, fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.\n\nThe parachutes were required to further slow the capsule from about 350mph (560km/h) to just roughly 15mph (7m/s) at splashdown.\n\nRigging was used to hoist the capsule out of the water and on to the recovery vessel. Technicians monitored \"remnant vapours\" around the spacecraft before the hatch was opened.\n\nThe men were checked over by medical staff before being flown to shore by helicopter.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What is SpaceX and why is it working with Nasa?\n\nThe astronauts' Dragon capsule launched to the space station at the end of May on a Falcon 9 rocket, also supplied by SpaceX.\n\nIt will now be refurbished to fly again next year.\n\nMr Bridenstine lauded the efforts of everyone involved in Hurley's and Behnken's mission, and then spoke of his agency's shift in philosophy.\n\n\"We don't want to purchase, own and operate the hardware the way we used to,\" he said.\n\n\"We want to be one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace in low-Earth orbit. But we also want to have numerous providers that are competing against each other on cost and innovation and safety, and really create this virtuous cycle of economic development and capability.\"\n\nGwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, added: \"Today is a great day. We should celebrate what we all accomplished here, bringing Bob and Doug back, but we should also think about this as a springboard to doing even harder things with the Artemis programme. And then, of course, moving on to Mars.\"\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nNick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the US Open because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it \"hurts me at my core\" to miss the tournament.\n\nFellow Australian and women's world number one Ashleigh Barty withdrew earlier this week.\n\nIn a video on social media, Kyrgios, 25, also criticised the behaviour of some players during the pandemic.\n\n\"Let's take a breath here and remember what's important, which is health and safety as a community,\" said Kyrgios.\n\n\"We can rebuild our sport and the economy, but we can never recover lives lost.\"\n• None Why a lack of fans could mean better behaviour on court - and why tennis loves a bit of player rage\n\nThe world number 40 added: \"It hurts me at my core not to be out there competing in one of the sport's greatest arenas, Arthur Ashe Stadium.\n\n\"But I'm sitting out for the people, for my Aussies, for the hundreds and thousands of Americans that have lost their lives, for all of you. It's my decision.\"\n\nLast month, the Australian said the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was \"selfish\" for staging the New York tournament, which starts on 31 August.\n\nThe event is set to be held without fans at Flushing Meadows with players having to follow strict measures.\n\nMurray 'willing to risk' playing in US after injury problems\n\nBritain's former world number one Andy Murray is planning to play, saying he is \"willing to take a risk\" after being hampered by injury in recent years.\n\nThe 33-year-old Scot has played singles in only two of the past 10 Grand Slams, stretching back to Wimbledon in 2017, after two major hip operations.\n\n\"The situation I've been in the last few years I've not had the opportunity to play in many Slams,\" said Murray, who won the first of his three Grand Slam titles at the 2012 US Open.\n\n\"I don't know how many opportunities I'll have left to play in Slams, so while I'm feeling relatively decent, I want to try and play in them and enjoy the biggest events again. I've missed that a lot.\"\n\nKyrgios says he does not have a problem with the USTA or for players wanting to compete \"so long as everyone acts appropriately and acts safely\".\n\nKyrgios has been a critic of men's world number one Novak Djokovic's decision to stage exhibition events during the pandemic, with a number of players who took part then testing positive for the virus, including the Serb.\n\n\"Tennis players, you have to act in the interest of each other and work together,\" added Kyrgios.\n\n\"You can't be dancing on tables, money grabbing your way around Europe or trying to make a quick buck hosting an exhibition. That's just so selfish. Think of the other people for once, that is what this virus is about, it doesn't care about your world ranking or how much money you have.\"\n\nKyrgios' decision is no surprise, but the timing very pertinent on the day the Australian city of Melbourne announced a nightly curfew.\n\nAnother Australian, the world number one Ashleigh Barty, withdrew from the US Open last week, and there are likely to be more omissions when the entry list is published in the next few days.\n\nKyrgios does not take issue with the US Open itself going ahead: his argument is with those playing fast and loose with the rules.\n\nAnd once again, in this social media post, he highlights what he considers irresponsible and selfish behaviour by some of those involved in recent exhibition matches in Europe and the United States.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n• None Listen to sets from the biggest names in dance", "More than 700 people from the UK music industry - including artists, managers, producers and companies - have written an open letter urging people to \"stand together\" and \"wipe out racism now\".\n\nLittle Mix, Nile Rodgers, Lewis Capaldi and Rita Ora are among the stars calling for an end to racism.\n\n\"We are at our worst when we attack one another,\" the letter said.\n\nIt cited recent \"anti-Jewish racism\", after grime artist Wiley shared anti-Semitic posts. Wiley later apologised.\n\nHundreds of representatives from the music industry co-signed the letter, which says they want to show \"that love, unity and friendship, not division and hatred, must and will always be our common cause\".\n\nThe stars who have signed it include The 1975, MNEK, Clean Bandit, Yungblud, Labrinth, Biffy Clyro, Mabel, Years & Years, Jess Glynne, Jonas Blue, Niall Horan, James Blunt, Naughty Boy, Grace Carter, and Joy Crookes.\n\nEd Sheeran's manager, Stuart Camp, as well as Stevie Wonder's manager, Keith Harris, have also signed it, along with the president of EMI and labels such as Universal Music UK, Warner Music UK and Sony Music UK.\n\n\"Whether it be systemic racism and racial inequality highlighted by continued police brutality in America or anti-Jewish racism promulgated through online attacks, the result is the same: suspicion, hatred and division,\" it says. \"We are at our worst when we attack one another.\n\n\"Minorities from all backgrounds and faiths have struggled and suffered. From slavery to the Holocaust we have painful collective memories.\n\n\"All forms of racism have the same roots - ignorance, lack of education and scapegoating.\n\n\"We, the British music industry are proudly uniting to amplify our voices, to take responsibility, to speak out and stand together in solidarity. Silence is not an option.\"\n\nThe letter adds that music \"brings joy and hope and connects us all\", adding: \"Through music, education and empathy we can find unity. We stand together, to educate and wipe out racism now and for our future generations.\"\n\nWiley - known as the \"godfather of grime\" - recently made headlines after sharing a series of anti-Semitic tweets.\n\nHe was dropped by his management and later banned by Twitter, following a public boycott of the social media network.\n\nIn an interview with Sky News last week, Wiley apologised for \"generalising\" about Jewish people and said: \"I'm not racist,\" although the broadcaster said he repeated comments similar to those posted on his Twitter which were too inflammatory to broadcast.\n\nOrganisers of the letter said that anyone that wants to add their name to the letter can do so over the coming week.", "Gita Lavingia says she now cannot see 80% of her clients\n\nA decision on Friday to put lockdown easing on hold in England has caused confusion and dismay for businesses.\n\nThe delay means that places such as casinos and bowling alleys, which had been due to open on 1 August, will have to wait at least two weeks more.\n\nFirms in the beauty sector, already angered about delays in being able to fully open, are stunned by the news.\n\n\"We're in absolute shock,\" Gita Lavingia, owner of Lavingia Beauty, Clapham, south London told the BBC.\n\n\"We literally found out this afternoon, with less than 24 hours' notice, and we have clients booked in for tomorrow.\"\n\nMs Lavingia says that 80% of her business is focused on facials. Because the treatments involve close contact with a customer's face, the continuation of restrictions means that her firm will have to cancel most of the bookings it has lined up.\n\n\"We lose £800 in revenue for each day we cannot fully-operate. And many of our therapists are self-employed, so they are earning nothing at all,\" she added.\n\nMs Lavingia doesn't understand why beauty salons cannot be fully-operational: \"We've always been very careful with health and safety standards, which are crucial protocols in the beauty industry, and since the pandemic, now we have extra precautions in place.\"\n\nShe stressed that clients had provided feedback that they \"felt safe\" to return to the clinic, and therefore they should be allowed to do so.\n\nThe beauty salon owner said she feels like there is a \"never-ending\" cloud hanging over her - Lavingia Beauty owes approximately £8,000 in rent since March, and there is an outstanding VAT bill on the horizon that will need to be dealt with at some point too.\n\nThe anxiety that she and her staff feel affects the atmosphere at the salon, because clients come to relax and get away from their own troubles, and they can sense that not all is well under the surface.\n\n\"It's make or break for our business now - there's a big question mark about how long we can stay open for.\"\n\nThe move has come when many firms were \"starting to get back on their feet\", said the British Chambers of Commerce.\n\nUnder current restrictions, beauty salons can do nails but not eyebrows\n\nBCC co-executive director Claire Walker said: \"While tackling the public health emergency must be the priority, these announcements - made at short notice - will be a hammer blow to business and consumer confidence at a time when many firms were just starting to get back on their feet.\n\n\"Business communities need as much clarity as possible from government if they are to plan ahead and rebuild their operations in the coming months.\"\n\nThe National Hair and Beauty Federation also reacted with dismay.\n\nTreatments on the face, which were excluded when beauty salons were allowed to reopen in England on 13 July, were due to be given the go-ahead from Saturday, but this has now been postponed.\n\n\"We are extremely disappointed that this last-minute decision has been made,\" the federation said. \"We will continue to push for financial support following this further setback.\"\n\nThe CBI said the news would be \"a real disappointment for some businesses\". \"But firms know that public safety comes first.\" added the CBI's chief UK policy director, Matthew Fell.\n\nBoth the BCC and the CBI called for extended support and targeted measures to help businesses affected.\n\n\"Businesses will continue to do what is necessary to avoid an infection spike,\" said the CBI's Mr Fell.\n\n\"Delayed reopening will unfortunately lead to even more financial pressure for some companies. So there may yet be a need for more direct support to shore up cash flow, including extended business rates relief.\"\n\nUK Hospitality said the delay was \"devastating news\" for hospitality businesses and leisure venues that had hoped to be back in business this weekend.\n\n\"They have spent a lot of time and money, which they can ill afford to lose at the minute, getting ready to reopen. For those people who work in those sectors, the security of their jobs remains uncertain,\" said its chief executive, Kate Nicholls.\n\n\"We now need clear communication to ensure that consumer confidence is not damaged further. We are also going to need further support for those businesses that cannot reopen.\"\n\nFederation of Small Businesses national chairman Mike Cherry said the announcement would come as \"a massive blow to thousands of small firms, soon-to-be newlyweds, artists and sportspeople\".\n\n\"However, we were warned that restrictions will need to be responsive to any resurgence in transmissions,\" he added.\n\n\"What we absolutely have to avoid is a scenario where whole swathes of the small business community - not least those in the creative industries, tourism and leisure sectors - are wiped out entirely.\"\n\nThe news came in a briefing from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said planned reopening for 1 August would be delayed for at least a fortnight.\n\nThat means venues such as casinos, bowling alleys and skating rinks must remain closed until 15 August.\n\nIndoor performances will also not resume and pilots of larger gatherings in sports venues and conference centres will not take place, while wedding receptions of up to 30 people will not be permitted.\n\nSeparately, face coverings will be compulsory in more indoor settings where people are likely to come into contact with people they do not know, such as museums and places of worship, from next weekend. They are already required in shops and indoor transport hubs.\n\nThe prime minister said the rules for face coverings would become enforceable in law from 8 August.", "Barakah: The start-up was originally scheduled to happen in 2017\n\nThe United Arab Emirates has launched operations at the Arab world's first nuclear power plant, on the Gulf coast just east of Qatar.\n\nNuclear fission has begun in one of four reactors at the Barakah plant, which uses South Korean technology.\n\nThe plant was due to open in 2017 but start-up was delayed for what officials said were safety requirements.\n\nThe oil-rich UAE wants Barakah to meet a quarter of its energy needs, as it adopts more sustainable energy sources.\n\nJust two weeks ago the UAE sent a probe on a mission to Mars - another high-profile scientific first for the Gulf nation.\n\nThe UAE is also investing heavily in solar power - a plentiful energy source in the Gulf. Some energy experts question the logic of Barakah, arguing that solar power is cleaner, cheaper and makes more sense in a region plagued by political tensions and terrorism.\n\nLast year Qatar called the Barakah plant a \"flagrant threat to regional peace and environment\". Qatar is a bitter regional rival of the UAE and Saudi Arabia.\n\nAcross the Gulf lies Iran, hostile to the UAE, and subject to US sanctions because of its controversial nuclear programme.\n\nDr Paul Dorfman, head of the international Nuclear Consulting Group, wrote last year that \"the tense geopolitical environment in the Gulf makes nuclear a more controversial issue in this region than elsewhere, as new nuclear power provides the capability to develop and make nuclear weapons\".\n\nThe London-based scientist also highlighted the risk of radioactive pollution in the Gulf.\n\nIn a statement the plant's developer the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said it was committed to the \"highest standards of safety and security\" and that the plant would play an important role diversifying and decarbonising the economy.\n\n\"The Barakah plant will supply clean baseload electricity to the grid - complementing intermittent renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind, which are not able to generate electricity on a continuous basis,\" it said.\n\n\"It will provide up to 25% of the UAE's electricity needs once fully operational and will help prevent the release of 21 million tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to removing 3.2 millions cars off the road annually.\"\n\nThis photo, tweeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, shows staff shortly after start up\n\nUAE leaders hailed the start-up on Saturday as a symbol of the country's scientific progress.\n\nThe Barakah plant was developed by ENEC and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). Energy will be generated by 1,400-megawatt pressurised water reactors, designed in South Korea, called APR-1400.\n\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - the nuclear industry's main oversight body - praised Barakah in a tweet, saying the plant's Unit 1 had \"achieved its first criticality\" - that is, generation of a controlled fission chain reaction.\n\n\"This is an important milestone towards commercial operations and generating clean energy. IAEA has been supporting [United Arab Emirates] from the beginning of its nuclear power programme.\"\n\nThe leader of Abu Dhabi, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, tweeted his congratulations \"marking this milestone in the roadmap for sustainable development\".\n\nCORRECTION, 2 August 2020: This version has been updated to add a statement from the ENEC", "Schools in England began reopening to some year groups in June\n\nReopening schools in September is an \"absolute priority\" for the government and it will be safe, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.\n\nIt comes after teaching unions called for clarity amid a rise in the number of coronavirus cases and the decision to pause lockdown easing in England.\n\n\"We have to get children back to school in September,\" said Mr Jenrick.\n\nSchools are due to open in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to all pupils at the start of next term.\n\nThey closed in March, except to the children of key workers, but some reopened to certain year groups before the summer holiday.\n\nHowever, unions have raised questions over the plans to reopen schools, after England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty warned the country is \"near the limit\" for opening up society.\n\nAnd earlier this weekend, two scientists advising the government said there may need to be trade-offs around lockdown easing - for example some restrictions may need to come back into force to allow pupils back into the classroom.\n\nAsked about the issue by the BBC, Mr Jenrick said it was \"so important\" that children have face-to-face contact with their teachers.\n\n\"We're working very closely with headteachers and the teaching unions to make sure that all the steps necessary are put in place over the summer so that the children can go back in September and it is an absolute priority for the government,\" he said.\n\nMr Jenrick spoke to the BBC after teaching unions called for more clarity from the government\n\nMr Jenrick said he believes that schools \"will be safe in September\".\n\n\"We published very detailed guidelines and of course we're going to keep working with headteachers over the course of August as they finalise their own plans as to how their schools can operate safely in accordance with the guidelines.\"\n\nMr Jenrick added that parents know that remote learning \"isn't a substitute for getting children back into the classroom\".\n\nOn Sunday, Patrick Roach, the general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, told the Observer ministers will have to convince staff and parents that it is still safe to reopen schools next month.\n\n\"The warning from the chief medical officer that a fine balance has to be struck in ensuring public health at this stage of the pandemic, and that the country may have reached the limits to the easing of lockdown, will no doubt prompt questions for many parents as well as for those working in schools,\" he said.\n\nMr Roach warned that, if schools are to reopen safely, the government needed to give teachers clarification around the latest scientific advice \"as well as sufficient time to review and, if necessary, adjust their reopening plans\".\n\nThe National Education Union also issued a statement, saying the government needs \"to monitor the situation nationally and in each region\" and \"be transparent about what the picture means for schools\".\n\n\"It is clear, however, that [the] government needs a plan B in the event that restrictions have to be increased in or before September,\" said the union's deputy general secretary Avis Gilmore.\n\nBoris Johnson has previously pledged that both primary and secondary schools in England will return in September \"with full attendance\".\n\nThe school term in Northern Ireland and Wales also begins in September, but in Scotland the autumn term begins in August.\n\nProf Graham Medley, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) sub-group on pandemic modelling, said that pubs or \"other activities\" in England may need to close to allow schools to reopen next month.\n\n\"It might come down to a question of which do you trade-off against each other, and then that's a matter of prioritising. Do we think pubs are more important than schools?\"\n\nProf Calum Semple, who also advises the government, said there would need to be \"some hard decisions\" about which restrictions may need to be reintroduced, adding: \"Whether that's potentially the pubs and the hospitality sector taking a hit in preference to education will be a political decision.\"\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"We have set out the controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children from September.\"\n\nMr Jenrick also dismissed newspaper reports that there were plans to introduce shielding for people above a certain age as \"speculation\".\n\n\"You would expect the government to be considering all of the range of options that might be available,\" he told Times Radio. \"That's not something that is being actively considered.\"\n\nOn Friday, the PM announced further easing of the lockdown would be delayed.\n\nMeasures due to come in this weekend, including the reopening of casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and some close-contact services, as well as the return of indoor performances and pilots of large gatherings in sports venues and conference centres, have been postponed for at least a fortnight.\n\nMr Johnson said on Friday he needed to \"squeeze the brake pedal\" on easing restrictions following a rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nA further eight deaths were reported in the UK on Sunday, taking the total number of people who have died after testing positive for the virus to 46,201. However figures tend to be lower at the weekend due to reporting delays.\n\nThe latest government statistics also showed 744 new cases had been confirmed.", "The tombs of the pharaohs were constructed thousands of years ago\n\nEgypt has invited billionaire Elon Musk to visit the country and see for himself that its famous pyramids were not built by aliens.\n\nThe SpaceX boss had tweeted what appeared to be support for conspiracy theorists who say aliens were involved in the colossal construction effort.\n\nBut Egypt's international co-operation minister does not want them taking any of the credit.\n\nShe says seeing the tombs of the pyramid builders would be the proof.\n\nThe tombs discovered in the 1990s are definitive evidence, experts say, that the magnificent structures were indeed built by ancient Egyptians.\n\nOn Friday, the tech tycoon tweeted: \"Aliens built the pyramids obv\", which was retweeted more than 84,000 times.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Elon Musk This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEgypt's Minister of International Co-operation Rania al-Mashat responded on Twitter, saying she followed and admired Mr Musk's work.\n\nBut she urged him to further explore evidence about the building of the structures built for pharaohs of Egypt.\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\nEgyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass also responded in a short video in Arabic, posted on social media, saying Mr Musk's argument was a \"complete hallucination\".\n\n\"I found the tombs of the pyramids builders that tell everyone that the builders of the pyramids are Egyptians and they were not slaves,\" EgyptToday quotes him as saying.\n\nMr Musk did later tweet a link to a BBC History site about the lives of the pyramid builders, saying: \"This BBC article provides a sensible summary for how it was done.\"\n\nThere are more than 100 surviving pyramids but the most famous is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt - standing at more than 450ft (137m).\n\nMost of them were built as tombs - a final resting places for Egypt's royalty.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who is Elon Musk? Meet the meme-loving magnate behind SpaceX and Tesla...published in 2021\n\nMr Musk is known for his prolific and at times erratic tweeting. He once told CNBC: \"Twitter's a war zone. If somebody's gonna jump in the war zone, it's, like, 'Okay, you're in the arena. Let's go!'\"\n• None How were the pyramids made?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section FA Cup\n\nArsenal's talisman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang worked his Wembley magic once again as they came from behind to beat Chelsea and win the FA Cup for a record 14th time.\n\nChelsea took the lead in the Heads Up FA Cup final inside five minutes through Christian Pulisic's smart finish but then fell victim to the brilliance of Aubameyang, who was also Arsenal's hero when he scored twice in the semi-final win over Manchester City.\n\nThe Gabon forward drew Arsenal level from the penalty spot before the break after he was fouled by Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta, then produced a moment of world-class finishing to make the defining contribution to the first behind-closed-doors FA Cup final.\n\nChelsea were hampered by a first-half injury to Azpilicueta and were struggling even further when they lost the outstanding Pulisic to a hamstring problem after the break.\n\nAs the Blues battled to overcome those setbacks, the brilliant Aubameyang was able to give Mikel Arteta silverware in his first season as the Gunners' manager.\n\nAubameyang, who Arsenal are understandably desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, turned Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma inside out in the 67th minute before delivering the most audacious finish, chipping over keeper Willy Caballero from an angle.\n\nChelsea's agony increased further when Mateo Kovacic was very harshly sent off for a second yellow card, awarded by referee Anthony Taylor for the most innocuous of challenges on Granit Xhaka.\n\nArsenal closed out the win to secure a place in the Europa League next season but it was bitter disappointment for Chelsea manager Frank Lampard at the conclusion of his first campaign in charge.\n• None Reaction from Wembley as Arsenal beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final\n• None Arsenal v Chelsea: How you rated the players\n• None We can win titles together' - Arteta\n\nArteta's delight at the final whistle was obvious as he secured his first major trophy as a manager, having only succeeded Unai Emery in December.\n\nThere have been some mixed moments - but in recent weeks, Arsenal have shown their development by defeating new Premier League champions Liverpool and ending Manchester City's hopes of retaining the FA Cup by beating them to reach the final. Now the Gunners have the trophy in their hands after seeing off Chelsea.\n\nIn each game they have shown character, courage and resilience - all qualities they have regularly been accused of lacking - and have a world-class spearhead in Aubameyang.\n\nA player of that calibre makes the difference in the big games. Aubameyang has shown that, making Wembley his personal playground in both the semi-final and the final.\n\nIt may have been a surreal occasion, this FA Cup final played in a virtually deserted Wembley and missing so much of the traditional ceremony and atmosphere, but the joy of victory was still relished by Arteta and his players and rightly so.\n\nAnd when the celebrations end, Arsenal will know with even more certainty what their summer priority must be, even above any acquisitions.\n\nArsenal must find a way to keep Aubameyang. Their cause is helped by being able to offer him European football, albeit the Europa League rather than the Champions League.\n\nHe is quite simply a talent that gives Arsenal another dimension of danger. He is a match-winner - and in this instance, an FA Cup final winner.\n\nIt all started so well for Chelsea and Lampard as they dominated the opening phases at Wembley and led through Pulisic's goal.\n\nThe momentum changed after the first-half drinks break as Chelsea were undone by their own injuries, Arsenal's vast improvement and the dismissal of Kovacic.\n\nChelsea lost the experience of Azpilicueta and the thrilling talent of Pulisic, who actually injured his hamstring as he raced in on goal with a very good chance, and were then fighting an uphill battle.\n\nThey tried to regain that earlier supremacy but were hit by that brilliant goal from Aubameyang and the sending off of Kovacic.\n\nThe Croatia international was shown a second yellow card for a challenge with Xhaka that raised questions as to whether it was actually a foul before referee Anthony Taylor eventually produced the red card.\n\nIt more or less signalled the end of Chelsea's hopes. Lampard's first season, which has contained so much promise, concludes with a place in next season's Champions League but not a trophy.\n\nThere has been much to admire from Chelsea as Lampard has mixed youth and experience but there is a defensive frailty he must address, having added to his attacking resources with the exciting addition of Timo Werner.\n\nThose defensive weaknesses were clear as Aubameyang preyed on them in deadly fashion.\n\nAs they trooped to collect their losers' medals, Chelsea and Lampard will reflect on a day when little went right after that opening five minutes.\n\nArteta writes name into Gunners history books - the stats\n• None Mikel Arteta has become the first person to both captain and manage Arsenal to victory in an FA Cup final.\n• None Chelsea have lost three of their past 10 FA Cup final matches, with all three defeats coming against Arsenal.\n• None The Gunners have won each of their past seven FA Cup final appearances since 2002 - no team has had a longer run of successive final triumphs in the competition.\n• None Arteta is the first Arsenal manager to win a major trophy in their first season in charge of the club since George Graham in 1986-87.\n• None There was just one shot on target in the whole of the second half, which was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's winning goal.\n• None Since his debut for Arsenal in February 2018, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 70 goals in all competitions, more than any other Premier League player in that time.\n• None Christian Pulisic's opener was the first FA Cup final goal scored by an American player.\n• None Mateo Kovacic became the sixth player to be sent off in an FA Cup final, with the last two of them being Chelsea players (Victor Moses was dismissed, also against Arsenal, in 2017).\n• None Willy Caballero (38 years 308 days) became the oldest player to play for Chelsea in an FA Cup final, while substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi (19 years 268 days) became the youngest to play in the showpiece for the Blues.\n• None Pedro went off injured after Chelsea had used all subs.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.\n• None Attempt blocked. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.\n• None Ross Barkley (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Substitution, Arsenal. Sokratis replaces David Luiz because of an injury.\n• None Attempt blocked. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eddie Nketiah.\n• None Offside, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín tries a through ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page\n• None A whole day of classics, build up and live action on BBC iPlayer\n• None What next for plant based alternatives?", "Schools in England began reopening to some year groups in June\n\nTeachers and parents need \"greater clarity\" on the reopening of schools amid a rise in coronavirus cases, the head of a leading teachers' union says.\n\nPatrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT, said teachers need extra details to prepare for pupils' return.\n\nSchools in England are due to reopen in September. There are separate plans for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government said it has set out the measures that schools in England should follow to reduce the transmission risk.\n\nIt comes as two scientists advising the government said some restrictions may need to come back into force to allow pupils back into the classroom.\n\nAnd England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty warned the country is \"near the limit\" for opening up society.\n\nMr Roach told the Observer ministers will have to convince staff and parents that it is still safe to reopen schools next month.\n\n\"The warning from the chief medical officer that a fine balance has to be struck in ensuring public health at this stage of the pandemic, and that the country may have reached the limits to the easing of lockdown, will no doubt prompt questions for many parents as well as for those working in schools,\" he said.\n\nBoris Johnson has previously pledged that both primary and secondary schools in England will return in September \"with full attendance\".\n\nMr Roach warned that, if schools are to reopen safely, the government needed to give teachers clarification around the latest scientific advice \"as well as sufficient time to review and, if necessary, adjust their reopening plans\".\n\nThe National Education Union also issued a statement, saying the government needs \"to monitor the situation nationally and in each region\" and \"be transparent about what the picture means for schools\".\n\n\"It is clear, however, that [the] government needs a plan B in the event that restrictions have to be increased in or before September,\" said the union's deputy general secretary Avis Gilmore.\n\nOn Sunday, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Times Radio that schools would definitely return to full capacity in September.\n\n\"I think you're right to say that reopening schools and getting our children back into the classroom with that direct face-to-face contact with their teachers will be a priority for the government when we have to make those tough choices,\" he said.\n\nProf Graham Medley, a scientist advising the government, told the BBC on Saturday that pubs or \"other activities\" in England may need to close to allow schools to reopen next month.\n\nProf Medley, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) sub-group on pandemic modelling, said he believed most people \"think that opening schools is a priority for the health and wellbeing of children and that when we do that we are going to reconnect lots of households\".\n\n\"And so actually, closing some of the other networks, some of the other activities may well be required to enable us to open schools,\" he added.\n\n\"It might come down to a question of which do you trade off against each other, and then that's a matter of prioritising. Do we think pubs are more important than schools?\"\n\nAnother Sage member, Prof Calum Semple, from the University of Liverpool, said there would probably be a second wave of the virus in October and \"some hard decisions will need to be made about what restrictions need to be reintroduced\".\n\nA Department for Education spokesman said: \"We have set out the controls schools should use, including cleaning and hygiene measures, to substantially reduce the risk of transmission of the virus when they open to all children from September.\"\n\nOn Friday, the PM said further easing of the lockdown would be delayed.\n\nMeasures due to come in this weekend, including the reopening of casinos, bowling alleys, skating rinks and some close-contact services, as well as the return of indoor performances and pilots of large gatherings in sports venues and conference centres, have been postponed for at least a fortnight.\n\nThe expansion of wedding receptions to allow up to 30 people is also on hold.\n\nMr Johnson said on Friday he needed to \"squeeze the brake pedal\" on easing restrictions following a rise in coronavirus cases.\n\nLatest figures showed a further 74 deaths were reported in the UK on Saturday, taking the total number of people who have died after testing positive for the virus to 46,193. The latest government statistics also showed 771 new cases had been confirmed.", "South Africa has the fifth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world Image caption: South Africa has the fifth-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world\n\nSouth Africa has now recorded more than half a million cases of coronavirus, but President Cyril Ramaphosa says there are \"promising signs\" regarding rates of transmission.\n\nIn a statement, Mr Ramaphosa said 503,290 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in South Africa and at least 8,153 deaths.\n\nBut he said there were reasons to be hopeful.\n\n\"After a rapid rise in infections over the last two months, the daily increase in infections appears to be stabilising, particularly in the Western Cape, Gauteng and Eastern Cape,\" he said.\n\n\"While it may be too soon to draw firm conclusions, this suggests that the prevention measures that South Africans have implemented are having an effect.\"\n\nThe president called on South Africans to \"maintain... vigilance\" until there were no more cases.\n\nHe warned that failing to do so could risk a \"resurgence\" of the virus in areas where rates are starting to stabilise.\n\nSouth Africa is the hardest-hit country on the continent and accounts for half of all reported infections in Africa. It also has the fifth highest number of cases in the world after the US, Brazil, Russia and India.", "Several of Mr Bolsonaro's supporters are accused of spreading fake news via social media\n\nFacebook has complied with an order by Brazil's Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.\n\nThe group are accused of spreading fake news against judges.\n\nHowever, the social media giant said the measure was a threat to freedom of speech, and said it would appeal against the order.\n\nIts platform has been used to call for a military coup to shut down Congress and the Supreme Court.\n\nIn May a judge ordered Facebook to block 12 accounts and Twitter another 16.\n\nOn Friday Brazil's Supreme Court fined Facebook 1.92m reais ($368,000; £280,000) for refusing to block worldwide access to the accounts - it had only agreed to block access to accounts that could accessed from Brazil - and a further 100,000 reais for each day it failed to comply.\n\nIt was not clear whether Twitter had also been fined.\n\nFacebook said in a statement that the order was extreme, \"conflicting with laws and jurisdictions worldwide\".\n\n\"Given the threat of criminal liability to a local employee, at this point we see no other alternative than complying with the decision by blocking the accounts globally, while we appeal to the Supreme Court,\" it said.\n\nAmong the accounts blocked are those of Roberto Jefferson, leader of a party loyal to the president, and Luciano Hang, one of Brazil's best known businessmen.\n\nFacebook and Twitter are under growing pressure to tackle hate speech and false information.\n\nIn July Facebook blocked dozens of accounts on Facebook and Instagram which it said were involved in creating \"fictitious personas posing as reporters\" and \"masquerading as news outlets\".\n\nIt said it had linked the accounts to employees in the offices of Mr Bolsonaro, his sons Eduardo and Flávio, and others.", "The Spitfire is normally based in Duxford\n\nA Spitfire bearing the names of thousands of heroes of the coronavirus pandemic has performed flypasts of hospitals across the south of England.\n\nThe NHS Spitfire, which also has \"Thank U NHS\" emblazoned on the underside of its wings, visited 20 hospitals from Essex to Dorset.\n\nIts owners are handwriting 80,000 names on the aircraft to help raise money for NHS Charities Together.\n\nThe appeal has so far raised more than £20,000.\n\nJohn Romain, pilot and founder of the Aircraft Restoration Company, said: \"It's been fantastic. To see the people on the ground waving at you is humbling. The reaction from the people on the ground and the support has been amazing.\"\n\nThe Spitfire paused at Goodwood in Sussex halfway through the day\n\nThe aircraft flew over hospitals in Southend, Medway, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, Folkestone, Ashford, Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Portsmouth, Newport, Poole, Bournemouth, Southampton and Salisbury.\n\nOrganisers are planning further tours in other parts of the country throughout the summer.\n\nThe former World War Two reconnaissance Spitfire PL983 'L', based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, had been conducting flypasts over neighbouring villages during the Thursday Clap For Carers events during the peak of the coronavirus crisis.\n\nPeople have been invited to nominate the names of \"local heroes\" who have helped or inspired them during the Covid-19 pandemic to add to the aircraft in return for a minimum £10 donation to NHS charities.\n\nOwners of PL983 'L' have been handwriting names on the aircraft\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amphibious assault vehicles like this one are used to practise beach assaults off the California coast\n\nSeven US marines and a sailor, missing since a training accident off the coast of California on Thursday, are presumed dead, the military says.\n\nThe announcement came as a 40-hour search and rescue effort was called off.\n\nThe service members were on an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) that sank during the exercise.\n\nEight other marines were rescued after the accident but one later died. Two others are in a critical condition.\n\n\"It is with a heavy heart that I decided to conclude the search and rescue effort,\" said Col Christopher Bronzi, commander of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).\n\nA search operation involved helicopters and ships over an area of more than 1,000 square nautical miles (3,439 sq km), the marines said in a statement.\n\nThe AAV had been returning to the amphibious warship USS Somerset after operating on San Clemente Island when it began to take on water and sank, military officials said on Friday.\n\nMarines often practise beach assaults in the area.\n\nCol Bronzi said the effort would now shift to one aimed at finding the bodies of the missing.\n\nThe 15th MEU, based at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, has about 2,200 personnel and conducts rapid-response, conventional amphibious and other maritime operations.\n• None Four US Marines die in base accident", "Elon Musk's SpaceX is flying people to and from the International Space Station (ISS), using the Crew Dragon vehicle. But why is Nasa paying a private company to launch its astronauts?\n\nTo understand the background to the Crew Dragon missions, we need to go back almost 20 years to a tragic accident.\n\nOn 1 February 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts aboard perished in the disaster.\n\nThe loss of Columbia and its crew was the trigger for a dramatic shift in direction for America's human spaceflight programme.\n\nOn 14 January 2004, President George W Bush announced that the space shuttle would be retired after completion of the International Space Station (ISS). In its place, America would build a new vehicle capable of returning astronauts to the Moon.\n\nArtwork: Nasa conceived of the Orion spacecraft as a replacement to the shuttle\n\nThe following year, then-Nasa chief Mike Griffin announced that the completion of the ISS would, for the first time, open up commercial opportunities for the routine transportation of cargo and astronauts to low-Earth orbit.\n\nThis, Griffin reasoned, was required to free up enough funds to achieve a Moon return. Nasa established a Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO) to oversee the effort.\n\nAt the time, SpaceX, the company started by South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk was just a few years old. Musk had lofty ambitions about bringing down the cost of spaceflight by re-using space hardware and settling humans on Mars.\n\n\"SpaceX was founded to make life multi-planetary,\" says Jessica Jensen, director of Starship mission hardware and operation at SpaceX.\n\nBut, she adds: \"We were a very small company for several years. So we had to look for opportunities - how do you go from being a small company to actually putting people into orbit. When Nasa came out with the need to fly cargo to and from the International Space Station, we jumped on that.\"\n\nThe Dragon 1 spacecraft was designed to carry cargo to and from the space station\n\nSpaceX was shortlisted for evaluation under the Nasa cargo programme in 2006. But by 2008, SpaceX and Tesla, the electric car manufacturer in which Musk had invested, were running low on cash. Musk was faced with an impossible choice: \"I could either split the funds that I had between the two companies, or focus it on one company - with certain death for the other,\" he told Business Insider in 2013.\n\n\"I decided in the end to split what I had and try to keep both companies alive. But that could have been a terrible decision that could have resulted in both companies dying.\"\n\nFortunately, on 23 December 2008, Nasa awarded SpaceX with a $1.6bn contract to ferry cargo and supplies to the ISS. Describing his reaction, Musk said: \"I couldn't even maintain my composure, I was like: 'I love you guys'.\"\n\nThe company's Dragon 1 capsule could carry cargo and supplies, but not humans. Nevertheless, it represented a milestone for the company.\n\nIn November 2008, Barack Obama had been elected president. His administration kicked off a review of the human spaceflight programme, which led to the cancellation of his predecessor's plan to return to the Moon (known as Constellation).\n\nSpaceX performed a successful flight to the space station without crew in 2019\n\nHowever, the Obama administration favoured the continued commercialisation of space, backing the development of private crew vehicles. But it would take time and, after the space shuttle was retired, Nasa had to fill the gap by paying Russia tens of millions of dollars per seat to fly its astronauts to the ISS on the Soyuz vehicle, which launches from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.\n\nCongress was initially sceptical about the Commercial Crew Program and did not provide sufficient funds at first. But Charles Bolden, the former astronaut who took over from Griffin as Nasa chief under Obama, persisted and eventually secured the support he needed.\n\nFrom their initial $50m investment in the programme in 2010, the space agency whittled several competing companies down to two - SpaceX and Boeing - in 2014.\n\nSince then, they have been refining and testing their spacecraft designs.\n\nIn March 2019, SpaceX performed a triumphant launch of the Crew Dragon without astronauts. Using automated procedures, the capsule successfully approached and docked with the space station.\n\nIt was carrying a mannequin called Ripley - after Ellen Ripley, the protagonist in the Alien movies - decked out with sensors to measure the G forces experienced during flight, particularly the launch and return phases.\n\nElon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the aim of taking humans to other planets\n\nDespite this success, and others along the way, it hasn't always been plain sailing for SpaceX. In 2016, a Falcon 9 rocket blew up on the launch pad. And in April 2019, a Crew Dragon capsule exploded during a so-called static fire test on the ground. No one was hurt in either event.\n\nThe spacecraft was also having problems with the parachute system designed to bring it back safely to Earth.\n\nThese mishaps, along with earlier funding shortfalls for the Commercial Crew Program, had introduced delays to an original timeline that would have seen SpaceX launch crew to the ISS in October 2016.\n\nFrustrated by the hold ups and the time SpaceX was spending on its Starship project to build a super heavy-lift launch vehicle, Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine 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 Jim Bridenstine This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBridenstine sent the tweet the night before a major Starship media event where Musk was due to speak.\n\nThe next day, Musk shot back with a dig at the agency's own timelines. Asked about the tweet by CNN, Musk answered: \"Did he (Bridenstine) say Commercial Crew or SLS?\"\n\nThe SpaceX founder was referring to Nasa's Space Launch System rocket - designed to launch humans to the Moon - which has also been hit by delays and cost overruns.\n\nMusk's company wasn't alone in experiencing challenges, however. A timing anomaly prevented Boeing's spacecraft - the CST-100 Starliner - from docking with the space station during an uncrewed test flight last year.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Go Nasa, go SpaceX. God speed Bob and Doug\"\n\nHowever, a successful in-flight test of the Crew Dragon's launch abort system in January 2020 helped clear the way for the historic first lift-off with astronauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on 30 May.\n\nNasa's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent two months aboard the ISS before returning to Earth safely in the capsule.\n\nIn the post-launch press conference, both Bridenstine and Musk struck more conciliatory tones, in contrast to the tensions over the Starship project.\n\n\"If you would have told me then (eight months prior, when he sent the tweet) that we would be right here today, I don't know that I would have believed it,\" said Bridenstine.\n\n\"Since that day, Elon Musk and SpaceX have delivered on everything Nasa has asked them to deliver on - and at a speed that we never would have guessed.\"\n\nThe Nasa chief also congratulated SpaceX on its safety culture. Musk replied: \"Nasa made us way better than we would otherwise have been - and of course, we couldn't even have got started without Nasa.\"", "Mexico has become the country with the third highest death toll with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording greater numbers.\n\nIt has now suffered at least 46,688 deaths during the pandemic, with a total of 424,637 infections.\n\nPreviously the United Kingdom had the third highest toll, and registered 46,204 deaths as of Friday.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the effects of the pandemic will be felt \"for decades to come\".\n\nIn Mexico, local authorities have previously said they believe the real number of infections is likely to be significantly higher than those reported.\n\nPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador is eager to restart the country's flagging economy. His government announced a phased plan to lift restrictions in May.\n\nIn Mexico City, the capital, hundreds of thousands of factory workers returned to their jobs in mid-June. Some non-essential businesses were then allowed to reopen at the start of July in the city, the epicentre of the country's epidemic.\n\nBut critics say Mr Obrador was slow to impose lockdown measures and has lifted them too quickly. Most of the Mexican economy stopped on 23 March but some industries that were declared key to the functioning of the nation and were exempt from the restrictions.\n\nOn Friday ten state governors chastised the government's handling of the outbreak and called for the resignation of Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell - an epidemiologist and Mexico's coronavirus tsar.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of Covid-19\n\nMore than 17.5 million coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide, along with nearly 679,000 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.\n\nThe US has recorded at least 153,415 deaths and Brazil 92,475.\n\nSome countries have tried to emerge from lockdown but in many, cases are rising again, reports the BBC's Geneva correspondent, Imogen Foulkes.\n\nSome, like Spain and the UK, are partially reintroducing restrictions or delaying plans for their easing.\n\nMore measures were expected to be relaxed in England this weekend but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that this would be delayed for at least two weeks.\n\nWith cases continuing to rise around the world, WHO head Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus called the pandemic a \"once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come\".\n\n\"Although vaccine development is happening at record speed, we must learn to live with this virus, and we must fight it with the tools we have,\" he said on Friday.", "US tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.\n\nMicrosoft boss Satya Nadella had a conversation with President Donald Trump about the acquisition on Sunday, the tech firm said.\n\nMicrosoft stressed that it \"fully appreciates the importance\" of addressing President Trump's concerns.\n\nA full security review of the app will be conducted, the company added.\n\nMicrosoft will also have to provide the US government with a list of the \"proper economic benefits\" to the country, it said in a blog post.\n\nThe tech giant hopes to conclude discussions with TikTok's parent firm ByteDance by 15 September.\n\nMicrosoft said it was looking to purchase the TikTok service in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and would operate the app in these markets.\n\nThe tech firm added that it \"may\" invite other American investors to participate in the purchase \"on a minority basis\".\n\nMicrosoft emphasised that it would ensure that \"all private data of TikTok's American users\" was transferred to and remained in the US.\n\nFurther, it would ensure that any data currently stored or backed up outside the country would be deleted from servers after it was transferred to US data centres.\n\nIt also said that Microsoft \"appreciates the US Government's and President Trump's personal involvement as it continues to develop strong security protections for the country.\"\n\nBut the tech giant added that current discussions were still in the \"preliminary\" stage, and as such there was \"no assurance\" that the purchase would proceed.\n\nA possible sale of TikTok's US operations to Microsoft was thought to be on hold after Donald Trump vowed to ban the video-sharing app, according to a Wall Street Journal report.\n\nThe potential sale had been seen close to agreement but was put in doubt after the US president's warning on Friday.\n\nAnd on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that President Trump would take action \"in the coming days\" against Chinese-owned software that he believed to pose a national security risk.\n\nSpeaking to Fox News, Mr Pompeo said the action would be taken \"with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party\".\n\nShort-form video app TikTok is thought to have about half a billion active users worldwide - and about 80 million in the US - with a huge proportion of these in their teens or early 20s.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSome US politicians are worried the app's Chinese owner ByteDance poses a risk to national security because it could be used to collect Americans' personal data. Regulators have also raised their own safety concerns.\n\nLate on Friday, Mr Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One: \"As far as TikTok is concerned we're banning them from the United States.\"\n\nAnd in a statement on Saturday, a White House spokesman said: \"The administration has very serious national security concerns over TikTok. We continue to evaluate future policy.\"\n\nThe Wall Street Journal said ByteDance tried to make significant concessions to the White House, including creating thousands of jobs over three years.\n\nA sale of the US operation to Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, would give the US tech giant a far greater presence in social media, an area dominated by rivals. The value of TikTok's US arm has been put at between $15bn and $30bn (£11bn-£23bn).\n\nAccording to the Financial Times, some executives at ByteDance believe Mr Trump's intervention may just be a negotiating ploy to help Microsoft secure a better deal.\n\nTikTok declined to discuss the possible Microsoft deal, but a spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday: \"While we do not comment on rumours or speculation, we are confident in the long-term success of TikTok.\"\n\nThe statement re-iterated that the company was committed to protecting the privacy and safety of users.\n\nThe move to ban TikTok comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Chinese government over a number of issues, including trade disputes and Beijing's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.\n\nThe president's announcement on Friday was criticised by some in the tech sector, including former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos, who questioned whether the move was spurred by national security concerns.\n\nHe tweeted: \"This is getting bizarre. A 100% sale to an American company would have been considered a radical solution two week ago and, eventually, mitigates any reasonable data protection concerns. If the White House kills this we know this isn't about national security.\"\n\nMr Trump was also criticised by the American Civil Liberties Union. \"Banning an app that millions of Americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and is technologically impractical,\" said the ACLU's surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, Jennifer Granick.\n\n\"Shutting one platform down, even if it were legally possible to do so, harms freedom of speech online and does nothing to resolve the broader problem of unjustified government surveillance,\" she said.\n\nOn Saturday, in a bid to reassure TikTok's millions of US users, Vanessa Pappas, the country's general manager said in a video message: \"We're not going anywhere . . . We're here for the long run.\n\n\"When it comes to safety and security, we're building the safest app because we know it's the right thing to do. So we appreciate the support.\"", "Bob Behnken (L) and Doug Hurley arrived in Florida on 20 May to prepare for launch\n\nTwo US astronauts have achieved a world first by travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) and back aboard a spacecraft built by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Here, BBC News profiles the crew members.\n\nOn 30 May 2020, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken broke a nine-year hiatus for Nasa, becoming the first astronauts to launch from US soil since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.\n\nIn the intervening years, Nasa bought seats for its astronauts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars per flight - on the Russian Soyuz.\n\nBut officials have also worked with Elon Musk's company SpaceX and aerospace giant Boeing to develop new, American spacecraft capable of ferrying humans to and from the ISS - under the space agency's Commercial Crew Program.\n\nMusk's vehicle was first to fly; Hurley and Behnken travelled to the ISS in the sleek Crew Dragon spacecraft.\n\nThe Crew Dragon undergoes final processing prior to the Demo-2 launch\n\n\"It's well past time to be launching an American rocket from the Florida coast to the International Space Station and I am certainly honoured to be a part of it,\" Hurley, 53, said at the beginning of May, before the flight.\n\nBehnken, 49, added: \"On my first flight... I didn't have a son, so I'm really excited to share the mission with him.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nasa's Dr Michael Barratt explains what qualities are required of today's astronauts.\n\nNasa chose two of its most experienced astronauts to help California-based SpaceX ready the Crew Dragon for launch. The two are also longstanding friends.\n\n\"Being lucky enough to fly with your best friend... I think there's a lot of people who wish they could do that,\" says Hurley.\n\nWhen they launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket, their spouses knew exactly what they were going through. That's because they're astronauts too.\n\nMarine Colonel Hurley's wife Karen Nyberg flew into space twice - aboard the shuttle and the Soyuz - retiring from Nasa this year. They have a 10-year-old son, Jack, whose formative years were shaped by space travel.\n\nHurley and Nyberg take their son for a stroll in Red Square, just prior to Nyberg's 2013 flight\n\nNyberg began training for a six-month space station mission just a few months after Jack's birth. In the meantime, Hurley was preparing for his own flight - piloting the last ever shuttle mission. Sometimes, Nyberg took Jack to Russia, at other times he stayed at home in Texas.\n\n\"Literally from the time Jack was old enough to comprehend things, he was either going to Russia or Skyping with mommy. That's just the way it was,\" Hurley told the Houston Chronicle in 2013.\n\nAir Force Colonel Behnken is married to Megan McArthur, who flew on the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.\n\nAs an active member of the astronaut corps, she is a potential candidate to be the first woman on the Moon when Nasa returns in 2024. Their son, Theo, is six.\n\nHurley, Behnken, Nyberg and McArthur all graduated from the same astronaut class (2000) and attended each other's weddings. The men are so used to each other's company, they now have a spooky rapport.\n\nBehnken in 2009, training for the STS-130 shuttle mission\n\nThey \"can predict - almost by body language - what the person's opinion is or what their next action is going to be,\" Behnken told CNN before the launch. \"We've just been doing this so long that it's kind of like having a second set of hands.\"\n\nHurley says of Behnken: \"I know instantaneously when I've not done something correctly - just put it that way. He doesn't have a good poker face.\"\n\nBut Behnken admits Hurley is the more organised of the two.\n\nThe older of the two men was raised in the hamlet of Apalachin, in upstate New York. \"It was just a great small town existence... we didn't get a stoplight until I was, I think, in college,\" Hurley said in 2009.\n\nBehnken hails from St Ann, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri. In 2010, he described it as \"a blue collar kind of a neighbourhood\", adding: \"I guess, in my bag of tricks... I'm more of a working class sort of a person.\"\n\nHurley piloted the final flight of the shuttle era, in 2011\n\nHe took jobs in construction before deciding that working outdoors in the summer heat wasn't for him.\n\nBoth men went to college on military scholarships and gained undergraduate degrees in engineering. While Behnken went on to complete a PhD at Caltech - the elite institute featured in the Big Bang Theory television show - Hurley became an officer in the Marines.\n\nThey both subsequently trained as military test pilots - at different training schools. It's been the archetypal background for Nasa's astronauts since the days of its first intake - the Mercury Seven.\n\n\"When I showed up [at Nasa] it was like: 'Well, I have a PhD and an MD,' and I'm sitting there going, 'Mmm, wow! Maybe I was a bit of a slacker',\" said Hurley.\n\n\"But you know, your professional development as a pilot and the thousands of hours you get as a pilot... brings something to the table.\"\n\nHurley and Behnken were selected as astronaut candidates three years before the shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry, killing seven crew members. After the disaster, Nasa decided it would retire the shuttle, handing over space station transport to private firms.\n\nBehnken (L) and Hurley pose for pictures in front of the Crew Dragon\n\nThus, when the two men were finally assigned their flights, the shuttle programme was in its final phase. Their missions focused on fulfilling Nasa's prior commitments to complete construction of the ISS, including the delivery of crew compartments designed to fit in the shuttle's payload bay.\n\nWhen the spaceplane was retired, the pair were assigned to the Commercial Crew Program. In August 2018, Hurley and Behnken were announced as the prime crew for Demo-2, the first flight of SpaceX's vehicle with humans onboard.\n\n\"Bob and I, the last two years, have essentially been living in California, working hand-in-hand with the folks at SpaceX to get us to this point,\" Hurley said this month.\n\nThey've had to get used to the Crew Dragon's touchscreen controls after previously working with the chunky buttons on shuttle instrument panels.\n\nHurley says a background in evaluating military aircraft as test pilots proved crucial in their work with SpaceX.\n\n\"That, in and of itself, helped both of us tremendously, because all along the process that you see in the military, there are delays, there are technical challenges, there are things that you don't expect and you have to work through them,\" he explained.\n\nSetbacks - including two spectacular explosions that destroyed a rocket and one of the Crew Dragon capsules - have seen the mission slip by nearly four years from its original date of October 2016.\n\n\"We were well-prepared for that part of it, when I think it caused some frustration within Nasa as launch dates weren't made,\" explained Hurley.\n\nDespite bumps in the road, Behnken's enthusiasm remained undimmed: \"It's probably the dream of every test pilot school student to have the opportunity to fly on a brand new spaceship.\"\n\nHurley told CNN: \"From a first flight standpoint, certainly, there might be some greater quantifiable risk to some degree.\n\n\"But probably no different to any other spaceflight we've flown humans on before.\"", "Len McCluskey said the payout was an \"abuse\" of Unite members' money\n\nLabour's largest trade union backer has promised to review its financial support after the party decided to pay off former staff who sued it in an anti-Semitism row.\n\nUnite leader Len McCluskey told the Observer that Labour should not be \"taking Unite's money for granted\".\n\nThe party agreed last month to a \"substantial\" payout to seven whistleblowers who spoke to the BBC.\n\nClaims of anti-Semitism within Labour dogged Jeremy Corbyn's time as leader.\n\nIn a July 2019 BBC Panorama programme, entitled Is Labour Anti-Semitic?, a number of former party officials alleged that senior figures close to the leadership at the time had interfered in the process of dealing with anti-Semitism complaints.\n\nThey also claimed they had faced a huge increase in complaints since Mr Corbyn's election as leader in 2015.\n\nA party statement at the time denounced them as \"disaffected former staff\" who had \"personal and political axes\" to grind and accused them of trying to undermine Mr Corbyn - who was replaced as leader by Sir Keir Starmer in April this year.\n\nSeven of the whistleblowers took legal action and, in a statement read out in the High Court last month, Labour unreservedly apologised, saying it was determined to root out anti-Semitism in the party and the wider movement.\n\nIt admitted its earlier press statement had \"contained defamatory and false allegations about these whistleblowers\".\n\nAngela Rayner said it was time to heal Labour's divisions\n\nMr McCluskey, a supporter of Mr Corbyn, has criticised the accompanying payout, telling the Observer: \"It's an abuse of members' money. A lot of it is Unite's money and I'm already being asked all kinds of questions by my executive.\n\n\"It's as though a huge sign has been put up outside the Labour Party with 'Queue here with your writ and get your payment over there'.\"\n\nHe said there was \"no doubt\" the union's executive would demand a review of its funding of Labour.\n\nUnite gave £401,875 to the party in the first three months of this year and has donated several million pounds over recent years.\n\nAfter the whistleblowers' settlement, Mr Corbyn described the party's response as \"disappointing\", adding that the legal advice had been that Labour \"had a strong defence\".\n\nBut Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner said it was a \"prudent move\" which was \"part of that healing process\" that the party needed.\n\nThe Labour Party has been contacted for a response to Mr McCluskey's comments.", "Police were called about the missing 15-year-old boy at about 20:50 BST\n\nA body has been found by police searching a lake at a shopping centre for a missing 15-year-old.\n\nEssex Police were called after it was reported the teenager had disappeared from Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock at about 20:50 BST on Friday.\n\nThe body was found shortly after 12:40 BST and the search suspended. The family have been informed and a formal identification carried out later.\n\nSpecialist teams and the fire service helped police with their search\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 bar said customers who had visited on 26 July had tested positive for coronavirus\n\nA cluster of 13 cases of Covid-19 linked to a pub in Aberdeen is being investigated by public health officials.\n\nNHS Grampian said the cases were associated with The Hawthorn Bar in Holburn Street in the city centre.\n\nThe pub said the outbreak was linked to customers who visited on 26 July.\n\nThe cluster comes as the latest figures showed 31 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Scotland in the past 24 hours.\n\nThat is higher than the 30 Covid-19 cases reported on Friday - which was the biggest daily increase for eight weeks.\n\nDespite the rise in cases, there were no deaths reported in Scotland due to coronavirus for the 17th day in a row.\n\nAll those who have tested positive in Aberdeen are showing only mild symptoms, though the health board said there may be further cases linked to the cluster.\n\nOne man, who is now being treated in hospital for coronavirus and who visited the bar last week, said he first began feeling ill on Wednesday.\n\nThe patient, who has asked not to be identified, told the BBC: \"By Saturday morning I felt terrible. I had a severe fever and my eyes were really sore. I also had a pain in my side and doctors considered removing my appendix which they thought may have become infected from the virus.\"\n\nHe added: \"It was very surreal being rushed to hospital and my mind did start to wonder in case things took a nasty turn.\n\n\"However, I do feel lucky that I only have mild symptoms and that I haven't had any breathing difficulties.\"\n\nHealth officials in Grampian said physical distancing measures were in place at the bar and contact tracing was being carried out to trace those linked with the cluster.\n\nScotland's national clinical director, Prof Jason Leitch said: \"We've sent people to have a look, and everything was in place that we have written down that should be in place.\n\n\"Same with the pharmacy earlier on in the week in Port Glasgow - very well managed, no blame.\n\n\"But this virus just needs a moment to jump across a household. So it's an individual responsibility as well as a business responsibility to take that enormously seriously.\"\n\nIn a statement published on their Facebook page, management at The Adams & The Hawthorn said they had been given permission to continue trading and that appropriate safety measures were in place.\n\nThe statement said the venue had undergone deep cleaning as well as \"decontamination by fogging\".\n\nPhil Adams, who owns the bar, said he was \"absolutely devastated\" by news of the cluster.\n\nHe added: \"We've put a lot of measures in place and we've worked very hard to ensure all our staff and customers are safe.\n\n\"This is a very trying time, not just for me but for everyone involved with the business.\"\n\nThe tally of 31 new cases across Scotland on Sunday accounts for 1.1% of newly tested individuals, according to the Scottish government.\n\nThe figures also showed there were 265 people in hospital with Covid-19 as of Saturday evening, and three in intensive care.\n\nIn response to the latest figures, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: \"Another day y'day with no deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid.\n\n\"However, 31 new cases reported. All of these being carefully investigated and appropriate action taken. But we should take this as a further warning that Covid is still out there.\"\n\nThe daily figures showed that no new deaths were recorded among people who tested positive for the virus, meaning the tally under this specific measurement remains at 2,491.\n\nHowever, the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths as calculated by the National Records of Scotland currently stands at 4,201.", "Satellite images show there were 6,803 fires in the Amazon during July\n\nOfficial figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year.\n\nSatellite images compiled by Brazil's National Space Agency revealed there were 6,803 - a rise of 28%.\n\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged agricultural and mining activities in the Amazon.\n\nBut under pressure from international investors in early July his government banned starting fires in the region.\n\nThe latest figures raise concerns about a repeat of the huge wildfires that shocked the world in August and September last year.\n\n\"It's a terrible sign,\" Ane Alencar, science director at Brazil's Amazon Environmental Research Institute, was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.\n\n\"We can expect that August will already be a difficult month and September will be worse yet.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"It's extremely upsetting... to see this kind of devastation\" - the BBC's Will Grant flew over northern Rondonia state\n\nMr Bolsonaro has criticised Brazil's environmental enforcement agency, Ibama, for what he describes as excessive fines, and his first year in office saw a sharp drop in financial penalties being imposed for environmental violations. The agency remains underfunded and understaffed.", "One of India's best known film stars, Amitabh Bachchan, has been discharged from hospital after being treated for Covid-19.\n\nLast month the 77-year-old actor told his millions of Twitter followers that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.\n\nOn Sunday, he said he had left hospital after testing negative.\n\nHe thanked his fans for their prayers, as well as staff at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for their \"excellent care\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Amitabh Bachchan This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBachchan was admitted to hospital last month along with his son, Abhishek, who also tested positive. The actor's daughter-in-law and granddaughter also had positive tests.\n\nIndia is currently seeing a surge in coronavirus infections.\n\nOn Sunday the country recorded more than 50,000 new cases for the fourth day in a row. Maharashtra, home to the financial capital, Mumbai, has been the worst affected state but there are rapid rises in other areas including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Assam.\n\nIn another development on Sunday, Indian home minister Amit Shah said he had tested positive for Covid-19.\n\nPosting on Twitter, Mr Shah said he felt well but had been admitted to hospital on the advice of doctors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAmitabh Bachchan is one of the world's most prolific film stars having been involved in 200 films in five decades as a star.\n\nWith roles in hit movies such as Zanjeer and Sholay he has a huge fan following in India, South Asia and among the Indian diaspora in countries including the UK.\n\nSince rising to fame in the 1970s, he has won numerous accolades including four National Film Awards and 15 Filmfare Awards. France has also bestowed its highest civilian award on him - the Legion of Honour - for his contribution to cinema.\n\nOutside acting, Bachchan had a brief stint in politics and was elected as a member of India's parliament in 1984 at the behest of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But he resigned three years later, disillusioned by a corruption scandal under Mr Gandhi's government.\n• None Why Amitabh Bachchan is more than a superstar", "The Republican National Convention said coronavirus guidelines meant attendance would be limited\n\nThe US Republican Party has distanced itself from reports that this month's party convention - which will formally re-nominate President Donald Trump - will be closed to the press.\n\nOn Saturday the AP news agency and other news outlets reported that, because of the coronavirus, media would not be allowed to attend the event.\n\nBut on Sunday, a convention official said no final decisions had been made.\n\nThe delegates will meet in late August in North Carolina.\n\nLast month President Trump scrapped a Florida convention, blaming the coronavirus \"flare-up\", and announced a scaled-down event in the city of Charlotte.\n\nThe Republican National Convention (RNC) will be attended by 336 delegates, who will cast proxy votes for some 2,500 official delegates.\n\nMr Trump is the party's sole remaining nominee, and his re-nomination will officially launch his re-election bid.\n\nOn Saturday, the Associated Press (AP) quoted a convention spokeswoman as saying: \"Given the health restrictions and limitations in place within the state of North Carolina, we are planning for the Charlotte activities to be closed press Friday, August 21 - Monday, August 24.\"\n\nCNN quoted a Republican official as saying: \"Reporters will not be allowed on site as RNC delegates vote to formally nominate President Donald Trump as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee.\"\n\nBut on Sunday an RNC official told CBS News: \"No final decisions have been made and we are still working through logistics and press coverage options.\"\n\nIn a tweet, the New York Times White House correspondent said journalists would be banned from the early part of the convention, but may still be able to cover the main event, between 24 and 27 August.\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.", "A minke whale was spotted off Fish Sands on the Hartlepool headland\n\nA minke whale in danger of being stranded on a beach has been rescued.\n\nIt was spotted off Fish Sands on the Hartlepool headland at about 11:00 BST on Saturday.\n\nBritish Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said mammal medics and the local coastguard team had supported the whale in the water until specialist equipment arrived.\n\nRescuers had hoped to secure it again so it could be checked by a vet but said it had swum into deeper water.\n\n\"We needed to keep the animal close to shore without causing it to strand, so that we could continue to assess its breathing and manoeuvre it on to rescue pontoons,\" BDMLR said.\n\n\"But, before we were able to fully inflate them, the whale made a sudden movement and swam away.\"\n\nBDMLR said minke whales were often found in the North Sea during the summer.\n\nFollow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 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