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Eliza Wasni, 16, appeared in court on Wednesday, the day after Grant Nelson was found in a pool of his own blood outside an apartment building. The Uber driver was attacked minutes after he had picked Ms Wasni up from a Walmart store, prosecutors said. He managed to escape, but died later in hospital after undergoing surgery. Ms Wasni, who has been charged as an adult, tried to flee in his blood-covered car but crashed, and continued on foot, wearing just her bra and leggings. She was found hiding near an air-conditioning unit, still clinging to the machete and knife - which she only dropped after being Tasered. Ms Wasni had called for an Uber to pick her up from the store in Skokie, north of Chicago, at about 03:00 local time (08:00 GMT), despite not being old enough to use the service. She was also accused of stealing the weapons from the store. Assistant state attorney Michelle Cunningham told reporters Mr Nelson, 34, had been able to give a description of his attackers to police after they found him "laying in the grass, bleeding from multiple deep stab and hacking wounds to his arms, side, head and chest". Judge Michael Hood called the crime "extremely violent", according to the Chicago Tribune, and ordered Ms Wasni to be held without bail. The man spotted a bomb under his car when he checked under it at his home in Kingsway Park, near Tullycarnet estate, in the east of the city. He was about to take his 12-year-old daughter to school. Ulster Unionist Ross Hussey said it was clear the Provisional IRA "haven't gone away and they are still here". Those responsible, he added, should "wise up and go away". Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said there was "no rhyme, reason or logic" to the attack. SDLP leader Alaisdair McDonnell said it was "insanity" to think that killing another fellow human being could benefit anyone. After the attempted attack, which happened last Friday, police said the device bore striking similarities to previous bombs used by dissident republicans and that was now a major line of inquiry. A senior PSNI officer said the man targeted had left the police force some years ago. The police said the level of threat posed by dissidents remained severe.

A teenage girl has been charged with murder after allegedly hacking an Uber driver to death with a stolen machete and knife in suburban Chicago. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An assembly member has claimed the people who tried to murder a former policeman in Belfast last week have a "direct link" to the Provisional IRA.

South Wales Fire and Rescue reported 31 incidents between April 2016 and March 2017, up from 12 in the previous year. It said crews had been subjected to verbal and physical abuse, including having bricks thrown at them. North Wales and Mid and West Wales fire services did not have figures when asked, but said they had a zero tolerance approach to attacks. The areas in south Wales which had the highest number of attacks on firefighters include Blaenau Gwent (13%), Caerphilly county (16%), Cardiff (19%) and Newport (23%). South Wales Fire and Rescue is now working with Crimestoppers and the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner to reduce the number of attacks and bring offenders to justice. Matthew Jones, head of the fire crime unit in south Wales, said their job was to "save lives and protect property". "Firefighters put their lives on the line to keep communities safe and to be treated with such a lack of respect sometimes is, quite frankly, appalling," he said. A North Wales Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said attacks on their firefighters were "rare when considering the number of calls they attend each year". She said: "We will not tolerate abuse or attacks directed towards our staff". "Members of staff responding to emergencies or delivering a community safety service are doing so to help and improve the communities we serve and should not be subjected to abuse of any nature." A Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue spokesman said the service has a "zero-tolerance approach to any attacks on our firefighters" and those responsible will be "reported, caught and dealt with accordingly by the police". The inquiry into the Dogan group, which owns Hurriyet newspaper and part owns CNN Turk TV, also involves an interview with an alleged Kurdish PKK militant. A ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK unravelled in July and the conflict has escalated in recent weeks. As tensions increased, protesters attacked Hurriyet's offices last week. Pro-government demonstrators accused the paper of misquoting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. There were also attacks on another newspaper, Daily Sabah, as well as a number of offices belonging to the pro-Kurdish HDP party. Anadolu news agency said prosecutors moved against Dogan after a pro-government newspaper said Hurriyet had used uncensored pictures of fallen Turkish soldiers. On Monday, police raided a weekly news magazine, Nokta, seizing copies of its latest issue, whose cover had a mock-up picture, showing President Erdogan taking a selfie at a soldier's funeral. Insulting the president is considered a crime in Turkey and carries a prison term of more than four years. Dozens of people have been killed in the conflict in the east of the country, which is taking place as Turks prepare for another general election. In June, the ruling AK Party lost its majority in parliament and has since failed to persuade other parties to join a coalition. Some of the worst fighting has been in the mainly Kurdish city of Cizre in south-eastern Turkey, where the government says 31 militants have been killed. The HDP says 23 civilians died there. Critics of Mr Erdogan have accused him of using the collapse of the ceasefire to curb support for the HDP, whose share of the vote in June cost his party its majority. They also say he has tried to silence both mainstream and social media ahead of 1 November elections. Mr Erdogan became president in August 2014, after several years as prime minister, and has vowed to bolster the powers of the presidency. The TV entertainer is currently on trial on four counts of alleged indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983 - but has been appearing via video link. Mr Harris, who denies all charges, will attend the trial at Southwark Crown Court in person from Monday. Jurors have already been told that Mr Harris, 87, was convicted and sentenced following a trial in 2014. The current trial, which began on 15 May, is not sitting on Friday.

Attacks on firefighters across south Wales have almost trebled in the past year, new figures have shown. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Turkish prosecutors have begun an inquiry into a big media group, after photos were published of dead soldiers, state-run Anadolu news agency says. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Rolf Harris has been released from Stafford Prison.

He said it was likely "some monetary policy easing" would be required in response to the Brexit vote. A deteriorating economic outlook means action from the Bank is likely during the summer, Mr Carney said. The Bank's key interest rate - currently at a record low of 0.5% - is its chief tool of monetary policy. A cut in interest rates would have a knock-on effect on savings rates, and makes the pound a less attractive currency to hold and do business in. Mr Carney was speaking to business leaders in his second speech since the UK's vote to leave the EU. "In my view, and I am not pre-judging the views of the other independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members, the economic outlook has deteriorated and some monetary policy easing will likely be required over the summer," he said. This points to the likelihood of a cut to interest rates from their already record low. It also creates the distinct possibility of further quantitative easing over the summer. This is when the Bank buys assets, often government bonds, thereby increasing the supply of money in the economy. The MPC next meets in the middle of July and then again in August. How will Brexit affect your finances? Markets shift after Carney speech What has Brexit done to the economy? In answer to questions from journalists, Mr Carney said the MPC would make an assessment between the meetings as to whether a policy response was required and if so, what it would be. The Bank's predictions are that growth will be slower than previously expected next year. Until now, the Bank had been predicting a fall from 2.3% to 1.6%, and that was based on a vote to remain in the EU. "It now seems plausible that uncertainty could remain elevated for some time, with a more persistent drag on activity than we had previously projected," he said. Any cut in interest rates would mean cheaper borrowing for UK householders, but a further period of low returns for savers. But Mr Carney accepted there were risks to taking such action, and the effects on businesses and individuals. "As we have seen elsewhere, if interest rates are too low - or negative - the hit to bank profitability could perversely reduce credit availability or even increase its overall price," he said. He gave an assurance that the Bank would take "whatever action is needed" to support growth, but also said that it was an "uncomfortable truth" that the Bank could not in itself affect the direction of the economy. "Monetary policy cannot immediately of fully offset the economic implications of a large, negative shock," he said. "The future potential of this economy and its implications for jobs, real wages and wealth are not the gifts of monetary policy makers. "This will be driven by much bigger decisions; by bigger plans that are being formulated by others." He assured the UK that it had one of the most flexible economies in the world. "The question is not whether the UK will adjust but rather how quickly and how well," he said. On Friday, just hours after the result of the vote became clear, Mr Carney said that the Bank stood ready to provide more than £250bn of additional funds if required. This was "as a backstop, and to support the functioning of markets", he said on Friday. Before the vote, Mr Carney had said the risks of leaving "could possibly include a technical recession". The world's financial markets have witnessed considerable volatility in the days since the referendum. Initially traders and investors saw heavy falls, but then there was a recovery with the FTSE 100 moving back above where it had closed last Thursday. The FTSE 250 index - which contains more UK-focused companies - still remains clearly lower than its pre-referendum level. Allegations are that he possessed material which may be useful to someone who commits or is preparing to commit an act of terrorism. He was arrested by counter terrorism officers on 8 February and will appear at Westminster Magistrates on Thursday. This followed a joint investigation by North East Counter Terrorism Unit and Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit.

The pound has fallen by more than 1% after Bank of England governor Mark Carney hinted at fresh economic stimulus measures. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man from Tredegar has been charged with five terrorism offences.

The incident happened in Dobsons Way in Bessbrook on Friday morning. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment but later died from his injuries. Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact officers in Newry by calling 101, quoting reference number 399 of 11/08/17. Campaign group UK Uncut said hundreds had protested in town and cities such as London, Manchester and Northampton. It said plans aimed at saving £220m from the criminal legal aid bill in England and Wales would "block access to justice for millions of people". The Ministry of Justice says legal aid costs too much and can not be "immune" to efficiency commitments. Proposals for possible savings include stopping defendants with a disposable income of more than £37,500 from automatically receiving legal aid, and curbing prisoners' right to legal aid. Legal aid costs taxpayers about £2bn every year, with criminal defence making up more than half of the expenditure. The government says the situation is unsustainable and wants to see fewer, bigger organisations providing legal aid as part of a streamlined system. However, the Bar Council has argued this would result in the end of the long-standing right of a defendant to choose a legal aid solicitor, saying people would effectively be allocated a representative on the basis of cost. Some groups have also expressed fears that the changes could deny justice to the poorest in society. UK Uncut said protests had taken place in London, Manchester, Hull, Liverpool, Northampton, Cambridge and Norwich on Saturday. In London, demonstrators gathered on the Strand at about 12:00 BST to set up a roadblock. Many protesters sat on the road and others put their bicycles in the way of traffic. The area was reopened around two hours later when the demonstration was contained in a smaller area. Protesters also held a mock trial for Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, and attached a banner to the fence of the court building which warned: "No justice, no peace." The Metropolitan Police did not comment when asked about the number of protesters. But the City of London Police said it had warned the group they were stopping the emergency services from travelling around the capital. UK Uncut said roadblocks had also been set up in Manchester, Northampton and Cambridge. Spokesman David Conway said: "The government's plans will block access to justice for millions of people. "We're blocking roads to make a stand against that and to make it clear how strongly people around the country oppose these outrageous plans. "People will have to represent themselves in court and get compensation much later than they should." An MoJ spokesman said: "We have one of the best legal professions in the world, but cannot close our eyes to the fact that - at around £2bn - legal aid is costing too much." He said the government's planned reforms would create a sustainable legal aid system that would "still be one of the most generous in the world". The spokesman added: "At a time when major financial challenges are being felt by businesses and households across the country, the legal sector cannot be immune from the government's commitment to getting better value for every penny of taxpayers' money we spend." Plans to remove the right for defendants in criminal cases in England and Wales to choose their solicitor under the legal aid system were scrapped in July. The government had planned to put the onus on lawyers competing for contracts, but has said it now recognises that choice is seen as "fundamental".

A young boy has died after being knocked down by a car in County Armagh, police have said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Demonstrators have staged events across England in opposition to planned changes to legal aid.

The two-time world champion had hoped to be challenging at the front this term, but he qualified 13th for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. That followed a pre-season in which the team's Honda engine was both unreliable and uncompetitive. "I expect a big change in the team, a big reaction," the Spaniard, 35, said. "We will not be 13th all season, or I will not be." He said the weekend was progress after a tough winter, but added: "It's not enough. "We are McLaren-Honda. If we are not in the top five, on the podium, the rest is losing time." McLaren have had two difficult seasons since the start of their relationship with Honda in 2015, but the partnership expected a big step forward this year after finishing sixth in the constructors' championship last season. However the engine had to be changed several times in pre-season testing. It has run more reliably in Australia this weekend but it still has a vibration problem that needs managing and is affecting performance, and a significant overall shortfall to the other engines. Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa said: "After the winter test we are having strong pressure from the team and the driver, but we try to keep improving. "We didn't do a great job. So we need to do that. "I cannot guarantee when we will get more power but as soon as possible we try to introduce a new specification for that." McLaren have approached Mercedes about using their engines in the future despite having a multi-year contract with Honda, as previously revealed by BBC Sport. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier said: "I am not going to comment on these kind of discussions. It is a private discussion we have with Honda to recover, considering all options. "We are responsible for McLaren and Hasegawa is responsible for Honda. As partners we try to help each other and support each other because the key secret is to be as integrated as possible." The rules will also establish minimum standards of cybersecurity for banks, energy and water firms. It is the first time Europe has created EU-wide rules on cybersecurity. It comes in the wake of concerns that key infrastructure, such as airports or power stations, could be targeted by hackers. The proposed laws - agreed by MEPs and ministers from the 28 EU countries - will also apply to some tech firms. The details of this have yet to be worked out but the rules are likely to include online marketplaces, such as eBay and Amazon, and search engines such as Google. The Network and Information Security directive is an attempt to deal with the emerging threat of cyber-attacks. Currently there is no common approach in Europe to digital network breaches, whether they are the result of human error, technical failures or malicious attacks. The European Agency for Network and Information Security (Enisa) estimates that such breaches result in annual losses in the range of 260 billion to 340 billion euros. Under the new rules, member states would have to co-operate more on cybersecurity, exchanging information about breaches, offering best practice and assisting member states in securing their infrastructures. "Today, a milestone has been achieved: we have agreed on the first ever EU-wide cybersecurity rules, which the Parliament has advocated for years," said German MEP Andreas Schwab, after the deal was agreed. Digital affairs commissioner Guenther Oettinger added that it was a "major step in raising the level of cybersecurity in Europe". MEP Vicky Ford, who chaired the final round of talks, said that it was "a hugely complex piece of legislation". "We have set up a network which will enable experts from each of the 28 countries in the EU to share and develop best practice in network security, whilst not compromising any individual member state's own national security measures." The deal still needs approval from the European Parliament and national governments. The vote is expected to take place in the spring, after which member states would have around two years to put the measures in place.

Fernando Alonso has made it clear he expects a quick response from his McLaren-Honda team after their poor start to the season. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Technology firms and those running critical services will have to report cyber-breaches, under new rules proposed by MEPs.

Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said nationals from those countries would now be unlikely to be granted asylum. The move is part of new measures aimed at tightening rules in a country which last year received more than 1.1 million asylum seekers. Earlier, 26 migrants drowned off a Greek island after their boat capsized. The migrants died near the island of Samos, near Turkey. Ten of the victims were children. In other developments: Migrant crisis: Who does the EU send back? Mr Gabriel's comments came after his Social Democrats held talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and their Bavaria-based sister party, the Christian Social Union. "The mood is good," Mr Gabriel was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. Morocco has already responded to the proposal, saying it would repatriate any of its nationals who had arrived illegally in Germany. The German coalition partners also agreed that migrants with restricted asylum status would be unable to bring relatives into the country for two years. The deportation of failed asylum seekers would also be speeded up. The migrant issue has been straining the coalition, with the CSU threatening to take Mrs Merkel's government to court if the party's demand to stem the flow of asylum seekers is not dealt with decisively. The coalition proposals still need to be approved by the government and parliament. A draft Wales Bill offering more powers to Wales is to be published on Tuesday. Mr Crabb claimed some politicians were looking for "a great big scrap" ahead of the 2016 assembly election. Labour AM Mick Antoniw said his party may oppose a bill which did not give "constitutional clarity" on power-sharing between Wales and Westminster. The UK government is proposing a "reserved powers" model where powers are assumed to be devolved unless they are listed as Westminster responsibilities. The Welsh government is in favour of the principle but First Minister Carwyn Jones has claimed the current proposals could "restrict the powers of the people of Wales". Mr Crabb denied this, promising the assembly's additional powers over energy, transport, and "to call itself a Parliament and to be a Parliament if it wants". "In what sense can anyone possible argue that this is actually reducing the powers of the Welsh government and the Welsh Assembly? That charge simply carries no weight whatsoever," he told Sunday Politics Wales. The Welsh secretary also rejected a call by the first minister to delay the bill in order to "get this right rather than rush it". "What we're not going to do is suddenly pause the whole thing because it suits the political interests of some of those in Cardiff Bay, who basically want to have a great big scrap over this in the run up to the Welsh elections in May," he said. Mr Antoniw told the programme he had fundamental concerns whether the bill would provide "constitutional clarity" and may not be "fit for purpose". "We might end up having to oppose an inadequate bill if that situation was to arise," he said. The draft Wales Bill will be open to consultation before a final version is due to be presented in February. Sunday Politics Wales is on BBC One Wales on Sunday, 18 October, at 11:00 BST.

Germany has unveiled plans to add Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to its list of safe countries, as it tries to curb growing numbers of migrants. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has denied new plans for devolution will weaken the assembly's powers and has refused to delay the process.

He was born Tarkhan Batirashvili and grew up in Georgia's picturesque Pankisi Gorge. He lived in the village of Birkiani, where his father, a Christian, still lives in a small, simply-furnished house. The jihad in Syria and Iraq was not Shishani's first experience with combat. He previously served with the Georgian army during the war with Russia in 2008. But when he became ill and was dismissed from the army, things started to go wrong, Teimuraz Batirashvili says. He found it hard to get work and was arrested after a raid on his house. "One night a terrible noise woke me up - someone was banging at the door. It was the police. There was a bench next to the door near the stairs. I used to go past it every day," Mr Batirashvili recalls. "A policeman called me over and took a box full of ammunition out from under it. He asked me: 'What's this?' and I told him: 'I don't know. It wasn't here before.'" Shishani was reportedly accused of storing the ammunition. But it was when he was sent to prison that Shishani really changed, his father says, adding that he left for Syria after being released early under an amnesty. "He said to me: 'Father, no-one needs me here,'" Mr Batirashvili recalls. Before Shishani left he removed all family photos in the house, in accordance with his strict new beliefs. "I didn't notice it, but one day when I wanted to look at an album I realised there was nothing left," Mr Batirashvili says. He says his middle son was also radicalised and has also left the country. "I have three sons and they all became Muslim. I'm a Christian, I go to church. "Neither my father nor my grandfather were Muslim. We've all prayed in these sacred places. And these three are Muslim radical preachers," Mr Batirashvili says. The Pankisi Gorge had been an area of suspected militant activity. Mr Batirashvili says poverty was a factor in Shishani's radicalisation. "When you're desperate you'll do anything. Now he says he left because of his faith, but I knew he did it because we were poor," he says. However, he admitted that Shishani's motivations would have changed over time. "Now, yes, money isn't the reason he's leading this war." Now, Mr Batirashvili gets by on his pension with the help of the odd contribution from his eldest son Tengiz, who is still in the village. He has had only one phone call from Shishani since he left. Shishani told him he had a Chechen wife. "He said: 'I have a daughter and she looks like you, her name is Sophia.'" Shishani asked his father if he was still praying. Mr Batirashvili says that when he replied that he was still a practising Christian, his son hung up the phone and never called again. Among the more religious people of the gorge, Shishani has attracted respect for his actions in Syria, and some locals say that more men from the area have gone to follow his example. Mr Batirashvili laments his family's new-found notoriety. "What need do I have for this sort of fame? I wish [Shishani] had never left. But maybe that was his fate, to go to war in Syria," he says. Brooks played scientist Dr Rudy Wells in the 1970s TV series, as well as roles in The Bionic Woman and Dallas. Jon Landau, a film producer and friend of Brooks, said he died of natural causes in Los Angeles. "Marty was the eternal optimist. He only looked at the good things in life," said Landau, the producer of Titanic and Avatar. Brooks' other credits included The Philco Television Playhouse in the 1950s, Combat! in the 1960s and Knots Landing in the 1990s. He also played Dr Arthur Bradshaw on the ABC daytime serial General Hospital. Landau said Brooks was proud of his stage work that included An Enemy of the People and I Am a Camera.

Omar al-Shishani may now be one of the most feared jihadists in the Middle East, as a commander in the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis), but his early life was very different. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Actor Martin E Brooks, who starred in The Six Million Dollar Man, has died at the age of 90.

The three broke out of a maximum-security prison almost two weeks ago. President Mauricio Macri's office initially said they had been captured north-west of Buenos Aires, but police later said two remained at large. The latest twist is a major embarrassment to the new president, correspondents say. The police manhunt - shown on live television - has gripped the country. Police say the man they captured, Martin Lanatta, was caught after the car the men were travelling in rolled over in the chase in Santa Fe province, about 500km (300 miles) from the capital. The other two escaped on foot. Victor Schillaci and brothers Cristian and Martin Lanatta were serving life in prison for kidnapping and murdering three men allegedly connected to a drug trafficking ring. President Macri - a conservative who replaced Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner after elections in December - had accused the previous administration of not doing enough to crack down on drug crime. Last month the men escaped from one of the country's most secure prisons using a fake gun to threaten one of the guards. Martin Lanatta, had leapt into the political limelight last year when he accused the presidential chief of staff, Anibal Fernandez, of complicity in the killings. Mr Fernandez denied the accusation but it damaged his campaign last October to become the new governor of Buenos Aires province. The candidate who won, Maria Eugenia Vidal, dismissed the intrigue and said the jail-break had been an inside job. She sacked the head of the prison service. Sammy, 32, who is currently playing in the World T20 in India, has previously played for Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan in the competition. The St Lucian will be available for the south coast county from 2 June until his Caribbean Premier League commitments at the start of July. "I'm really excited to have signed with Hampshire," Sammy said. "Hampshire have had strong T20 results in the past which I'm hoping will continue this coming summer. "They also have a rich West Indian history which I'm looking forward to adding to the best I can." The illness has forced the 56-year-old Japanese actor to delay his return to the Broadway musical The King and I in order to have treatment. The Oscar-nominated actor has had endoscopic surgery and is recuperating in a hospital in Japan, his agent said. Watanabe made his US stage debut last year in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic and was to return in March. He won critical acclaim for his 2015 performance, with the New York Times for example, saying Watanabe played his role "with the convincing exasperation of a majesty under siege". His run in the show, opposite actress Kelli O'Hara, ended in July and Watanabe became the first Japanese actor to be nominated for a Tony Award. In a statement, he said: "I would like to ask for your understanding that the start of my performance in New York will be a little delayed." Watanabe, who has previously battled leukaemia, was diagnosed "almost miraculously early" with stomach cancer last month and underwent surgery, he said. "I was really shocked, my wife and daughter pushed me to have a health check and the cancer was found. It was a very early stage and they operated immediately," he added. Watanabe was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for 2003's The Last Samurai, in which he co-starred with Tom Cruise. He has also featured in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and Inception, the 2014 reboot of Godzilla and was a voice actor for the fourth instalment of the Transformers franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction. Watanabe hails from the Niigata region of north-west Japan. He went straight into acting after leaving school and became known in his home country for his samurai roles. The actor was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 1989 but resumed acting while still undergoing chemotherapy. He became ill again in the early 1990s and, following further treatment, has been in remission since.

A huge manhunt in Argentina netted only one of three fugitives convicted of a triple murder, officials said hours after claiming all had been caught. [NEXT_CONCEPT] West Indies limited-overs captain Darren Sammy will join Hampshire for a large proportion of the T20 Blast. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Last Samurai star Ken Watanabe has revealed he is suffering from stomach cancer.

He already faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which he denies. The ICC first indicted him in March 2009, but he has not been arrested. A member of Mr Bashir's political party labelled the new warrant "ridiculous", but rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region hailed it as "a victory". President Bashir is accused over the conflict in Darfur, where some 300,000 people are said to have died in seven years of fighting. The ICC had initially declined to add genocide to the indictment but this has been overturned on appeal, with the judges finding "there are reasonable grounds to believe him responsible for three counts of genocide". Pro-government Arab militias are accused of ethnic cleansing against civilians from the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa communities after rebels took up arms in Darfur in 2003. Mr Bashir has denied that his government armed the militias, known as the Janjaweed. Some 2.5 million people have been driven from their homes. Sudan's leader has been unable to visit several countries for fear of being arrested since the first warrant was issued. Many African and Arab countries have lobbied for the UN Security Council to postpone the prosecution, but this request has been rejected by countries such as the US and the UK. Mr Bashir is accused of "genocide by killing, genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm and genocide by deliberately inflicting on each target group conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction", said a statement from the ICC. "This second arrest warrant does not replace or revoke in any respect the first warrant of arrest," The Hague-based court said. A senior member of the ruling National Congress Party, Rabie Abdelatie, called the move "ridiculous" and said the ICC was targeting not just Mr Bashir but the Sudanese people. Sudanese Information Minister Kamal Obeid said in a statement: "The adding of the genocide accusation confirms that the ICC is a political court. The ICC decision is of no concern to us." But Ahmad Hussein, a spokesman for Darfuri rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement, told AFP news agency the development was "a victory for the people of Darfur and the entire humanity". Despite the charges against him, Mr Bashir was overwhelmingly re-elected as president in landmark elections in April. The opposition, however, accused him and his supporters of rigging the poll and some major groups boycotted the elections. Mr Bashir has always said the problems in Darfur were being exaggerated for political reasons. According to the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Unamid, 221 people were killed in Darfur in June. This is a sharp fall since May, when some 600 people were killed - the deadliest month since January 2008, when the UN took joint control of the peace force. Fighting intensified in May after the Justice and Equality Movement pulled out of peace talks. Extern says it has been told the Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS) must close with the loss of 47 jobs. It says the service supports 235 families affected by issues including poverty, mental health, and addiction. The Health and Social Care Board said the scheme was operated "on a pilot basis" for three years from 2014. Charlie Mack of Extern said he had support from parties across the political spectrum before the election. "I have in writing from (DUP leader) Arlene Foster two days before the election saying she was personally supportive of the project". Mr Mack described the decision as "devastating" and "a complete false economy". He said: "IFSS is a life-altering, and often life-saving service, which is seeing 50% more children in Belfast being removed from the child protection register, is keeping children in school, and is significantly reducing anti-social and violent behaviours". The Health and Social Care Board said it was "working with the Belfast Trust to ensure minimum disruption and impact to these families as the pilot comes to an end". In a statement, the Department of Health said the pilot had come to an end and there were similar levels of need across Northern Ireland: "Our focus now will be on taking the learning from the pilot in Belfast and applying it not only to statutory family and children's services but also to other family support services." The department said families, "will continue to be supported by statutory services, where appropriate, or connected with other non-statutory family support services in the area". .

The International Criminal Court has issued a second arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir - this time for charges of genocide. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A Northern Ireland charity says children will be the first victims of the Stormont collapse as one of its projects is to close.

It comes as Radio 1 has announced that the teenage cancer patient, who raised almost ??5m for charity before his death in May, will have an award presented in his name at this year's Teen Awards. Jane Sutton added: "My son was courageous and inspirational. "I'm immensely proud of everything he achieved." The 19-year-old, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, died after launching an appeal in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. He made a bucket list of 46 things he wanted to achieve and raised money during the process. The charity recently announced ??2.9m of the ??4.96m raised through donations and gift aid would be invested in specialist cancer units for young people. Jane Sutton said: "When he first started fundraising for Teenage Cancer Trust, never in his wildest dreams did he think he would reach ??5 million. "As well as all the other ambitious goals on his bucket list, he really wanted to help other young people with cancer. He has certainly done that. "He wasn't going to let his cancer stop him making the most of every minute and he often used to say, 'I may have cancer, but cancer doesn't have me'." This year's Radio 1 Teen Awards will take place at Wembley Arena to honour some of the UK's unsung teenage heroes as well as music, online, sport and entertainment stars. Radio 1 listeners have nominated friends and family aged 12 to 17 for the awards in recognition of their bravery, strength and selflessness. Previous listener nominations have included relatives, work colleagues, friends and carers. As well as the Teen Heroes, other prizes include best British group, British vlogger, British actor and British sports star, which will be voted for by Radio 1 listeners. Stephen Sutton's mother added: "We will never forget Stephen, his spirit will live on in all that he achieved and shared with so many. "His selfless fundraising and positive attitude to life touched countless hearts across the world and the huge outpouring of love and support he received in return helped him throughout his journey. "Stephen found the kind words and messages of support from so many people he didn't know deeply humbling and I know that it made him really happy. "He loved life and wanted to live every day to the full, preferring to measure life in terms of achievement and not time." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube In an interview, Palmer Luckey said currently no single Apple computer met the minimum specifications for the Rift. The problem lay in the fact that Apple did not prioritise powerful graphics hardware, he added. By contrast, HTC said its headset would work with Apple machines at launch. Questioned at a Microsoft Xbox press event, Mr Luckey said support for the Oculus Rift headset on Macs depended on the way Apple built its machines. "If they ever release a good computer, we will do it," he said. "It just boils down to the fact that Apple doesn't prioritise high-end GPUs," he told the Shack News site. The Rift, and other headsets, typically require the computer to which they are connected to possess a powerful graphics card or GPU. Buying or building a machine to support the Rift has been estimated to cost about £1,000 ($1,500). Some research suggests that fewer than 1% of the world's PCs are running hardware that can support VR headsets. "You can buy a $6,000 Mac Pro with the top-of-the-line AMD FirePro D700, and it still doesn't match our recommended specs," he said, adding that the company would "love" to support Mac machines. Apple has not responded to Mr Luckey's criticism. In May last year, Oculus "paused" development of support for Mac and Linux computers in favour of getting everything ready for machines running Windows. Oculus's stance is at odds with HTC which has said that its Vive headset would work with Linux and Mac machines from "day one". However, a VR testing tool released by HTC partner Valve last week currently only works on Windows. The Oculus Rift headset is scheduled for release on 28 March and the HTC Vive headset will start shipping soon after on 5 April.

Stephen Sutton's mum has said her son "would have been really honoured to have a Radio 1 Teen Hero award named after him". [NEXT_CONCEPT] The Rift headset will be available on Mac machines when Apple releases a "good computer," said the founder of the Oculus virtual reality firm.

The 11GB of data included social security numbers, names, addresses and salaries of some Socom staff. All the workers, including some with top secret clearances, were employed by subcontractor Potomac Healthcare. The company has now removed the data and said it was investigating the breach. The cache of data was found unprotected on the net by researcher Chris Vickery, from security company MacKeeper. It included details of nurses, doctors and mental health support staff as well as unit assignments and postings dating back to 1998. The data appears to have been exposed when Potomac IT staff misconfigured a data back-up. In a blog about the find, Mr Vickery said he had attempted to get the "publicly exposed" data taken off the net by contacting Potomac's chief executives. Initially, Potomac had not seemed to take seriously his warnings that making the data public was a risk to national safety, wrote Mr Vickery. After an hour, he had alerted other government agencies. And 30 minutes later, the data had disappeared. The sensitive nature of the information, including security clearances and the deployment locations of staff, would make it very attractive to "hostile entities", said Mr Vickery. "Let's hope that I was the only outsider to come across this gem," he wrote. Potomac acknowledged Mr Vickery's help and said it was "addressing" the incident, in correspondence with tech news site ZDNet. Booz Allen Hamilton, the contractor for whom Potomac is a sub-contractor, said it was also investigating. Alloa - now third - lost 2-1 at home to Airdrieonians, while Livingston moved up to second with a 2-1 win at Peterhead. Peterhead slip to bottom with Stenhousemuir's 1-0 win away to East Fife taking them up to ninth. And Albion Rovers were 2-0 winners over Queen's Park, who are a point ahead of Stenny. At Stair Park, it was goalless until Jackson struck in the 75th minute. Livi went behind to Peterhead early on, Fiacre Kelleher heading the hosts ahead. However, strikes by Danny Mullen - one either side of half-time - turned the match in Livi's favour. Andy Ryan's shot and one from Ryan Conroy put Airdrie in control away to Alloa, who replied through Greig Spence's strike. The only goal at Bayview was a Colin McMenamin penalty, awarded for a hand-ball by the Fifers' player-manager, Gary Naysmith. And, in Coatbridge, Ryan Wallace's late strike added to Steven Boyd's long-range first-half effort as Rovers ran out comfortable winners. About 50 firefighters remain at the six-storey Wharfside block, on Heritage Way, after the blaze broke out on the top floor at about 04:00 BST on Sunday. People living in 120 flats were evacuated, with many spending the night in a rescue centre or a local hotel. All the residents were evacuated, with no injuries reported. Flames and plumes of smoke could be seen from several miles away. An investigation has begun into how the fire started. Steve Sheridan, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: "It's a total write-off for 50 or 60 flats, which is a sad state of affairs. "This remains a difficult and complex fire and we do not yet have it surrounded or under control. We have worked immensely hard through the night in difficult conditions but we aren't on top of it yet." He added: "It is desperately sad for the residents and our thoughts are with them as they watch their homes and all their belongings burn for such a prolonged period of time. We are really trying our best to bring this to a conclusion as soon as possible." A rescue centre was opened at nearby arts centre The Mill at the Pier by Wigan Council. Peter Layland, assistant director of housing at Wigan Council, said the affected properties were rented by private landlords. He said: "We re-housed 50 people last night in a local hotel. We will be talking to them today about arrangements for tonight as well."

Sensitive details of health workers employed by the US military's Special Operations Command (Socom) have been exposed in a data breach. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Brechin City replaced Alloa Athletic at the top of Scottish League One after beating Stranraer by a single goal, Andy Jackson getting the winner. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Dozens of families have been told they "may never be able to enter their homes again" after a major fire destroyed 60 flats in Wigan.

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust announced it was to stop licensed fertility treatment, including IVF, at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. Hartlepool Borough Council "summoned" the trust to the scrutiny meeting, but only a legal representative attended. Hartlepool MP Iain Wright said the trust's decision was "contemptuous". "I think there are serious questions to be answered and I think as a public body and with something as important as local hospital services, it's right that the trust is accountable to this council. "I think it contemptuous and arrogant that the trust haven't taken the opportunity to be able to answer those very very serious questions at the meeting today," Mr Wright said. The legal representative asked for an adjournment of the meeting, which was hoped to be a chance to put questions to the trust. A trust spokesperson said: "The trust advised the council that they were not following a proper and due process by calling a clinician who is not an appropriate member of the clinical senate, qualified to give independent clinical advice to the council." The trust said it made the decision to scrap services "reluctantly" after being unable to recruit enough embryologists. Jake Turnbull from the Royal College of Nursing said: "The trust has claimed that the closure of this excellent unit is due to the fact that they can't recruit sufficient staff to the unit. "But they were able to recruit to the unit as recently as May 2015, and in the three months to December 2015, they made no effort at all to recruit to the unit. "If the real reason that they are closing the unit is because they want to remove a range of services from the hospital, then they should say so. "They should also have a full public consultation, not do this on the sly." Bev Andrews who had her daughter Rachel through IVF 21 years ago, said: "It's vital. We need this unit to stay open in Hartlepool... it will be a sad loss if it does all come to an end." Roddie Mackay has been elected leader after beating Donald Manford by 18 votes to 13. Norman A Macdonald has been re-elected to serve as convener. He secured 20 votes to Alasdair MacLeod's 11 in the vote on the post. Usually, the comhairle does not formally set up an administration. However, councillors are asked to elect a leader, convener and committee chairs. The results of this month's council elections on the isles saw the election of 23 independent candidates, seven SNP and one Conservative. Energise Galashiels commissioned artist Chris Rutterford to complete a design for wall space at Douglas Bridge. It was unveiled by Lord Steel of Aikwood amid celebrations during the Creative Coathanger arts festival. Nobody had applied for planning permission for the mural but a retrospective application has now been successful. Planning officer Carlos Clarke said: "The colouring is relatively dark, so the image is not conspicuous. "It is not for me to comment on the quality of the artwork but the image appears to be very high quality and worthy of both distant and close public exposure." A third section of the colourful mural, featuring even more recognisable faces from the Galashiels area, is due to be unveiled next spring. The former Glasgow and Sale second-rower, 26, concluded the deal with Toulouse president Jean-Rene Bouscatel, after it was revealed in November. Gray, who has 46 Scotland caps, still has three matches of the regular season left with near-neighbours Castres. They are three points off the top six play-off positions in the Top 14. The last round is on Saturday, 5 June, with the play-offs starting on 11/12 June, and the final at Barcelona's Nou Camp on 24 June. Gray, along with younger brother Jonny, has been named in the Scotland squad for two Tests in Japan on 18 and 25 June, with the party due to fly out on 11 June.

A Hartlepool MP has branded a health trust "arrogant" for failing to attend a public meeting over proposals to scrap fertility services. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The leader and convener of Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - have been elected after both positions went to a vote. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A mural to celebrate the return of trains to Galashiels has been granted permission to remain in place. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Scotland lock Richie Gray has finalised his move from Castres to four-time European champions Toulouse on a four-year contract from next season.

The Shin Bet security service said about 60% of all funds sent to Gaza by the World Vision charity was being diverted to the Islamist movement. It said Hamas recruited the charity's head of Gaza operations, Mohammed Halabi, more than a decade ago. World Vision said it had no reason to believe the allegations were true. It said it carried out regular audits of its Gaza programmes and was "shocked" by the charges. "We will carefully review any evidence presented to us and will take appropriate actions based on that evidence," a statement said. Hamas (either the organisation as a whole or in some cases its military wing) is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the US, EU, and UK among other countries. A Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the group had "no connection to [Mr Halabi] and therefore, all Israeli accusations are void and aim to suppress our people," Reuters news agency reported. In the wake of the accusations against Mr Halabi, Australia said it was suspending funding to World Vision until investigations into the matter were complete. Shin Bet said Mr Halabi was arrested at the Erez border crossing in June and has now been charged with funding terrorism. It said the aid money he funnelled to Hamas, and to its military wing the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, amounted to about $7.2m (£5.4m) a year. Mr Halabi set up fictitious projects, including ostensibly to help farmers and disabled people, falsely registered Hamas members as employees, and invented and inflated invoices, siphoning off money to the group, Shin Bet said. The security service said these funds were used, amongst other things, for the digging of tunnels intended to be used for attacks on Israeli civilian communities, the building of military bases and for the purchase of weapons. It said one base costing $80,000 was paid for in cash from UK donations. However, it said there was no evidence that the Christian charity's main office had been aware of Mr Halabi's alleged actions. Sadiq Khan has a back-story that may appeal to people who've never cast a vote in their lives. He grew up on a south London housing estate, one of eight children, his father a bus driver. His children went to the same primary school as him. The Tooting constituency he represented since 2005 is where he's lived all his life. In the second decade of the 21st Century some might argue the fact he is Muslim should pass unremarked. But his accession to City Hall would, for many, be a powerful statement of the city's diversity. Some worry it may have the potential for division, but Khan has so far proved himself an inclusive campaigning force. He's managed to be difficult to pigeonhole, occasional glimpses of radicalism disturbing the general picture of conformity which saw the human rights lawyer fit quite smoothly into the late New Labour model. Is it sometimes a bit too smooth; is the calculation too obvious, ask some observers? His victory in the Labour selection race trumps - for him - the campaign which won Ed Miliband the Labour leadership, in which Khan played a big part. The reward was senior roles as shadow lord chancellor and shadow justice secretary. Some felt his association with the Miliband years would hamper his mayoral bid, but there was compensation in a reasonable result in London in May when the party gained seven seats. Dame Tessa Jowell may have started as favourite, and was consistently ahead in the limited polling which was done. But Khan - as shadow London minister - has spent the last few years closely involved in local election campaigns and getting his face seen around the capital's constituency groups. He had the support of around half of London's Labour MPs and many senior figures in local government. But victory appears to have been clinched because of the influence of the unions. Several endorsed him directly and he appears to have benefited from the Corbyn effect. He came in for some flak from his rivals when he reversed his previous position and came out against expanding Heathrow Airport. That is not his party's current position, but it seems to have been another careful calculation designed to neutralise the ace held by Zac Goldsmith, who it is assumed will line up against him in the race for City Hall.

Israel has charged the Gaza head of an international charity with diverting millions of dollars of foreign funds to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. [NEXT_CONCEPT] As he now seeks a mandate from five million Londoners, his personal and political journey will be scrutinised like never before.

Carwyn Jones believes the "status quo" has worked well. West Wales and the valleys - which had some of the highest number of leave voters in the EU referendum - qualified for more than £2bn in aid between 2014 and 2020. The payments are due to end after Brexit. Publishing its general election manifesto on Monday, the Conservative party announced plans to replace the method with a "shared prosperity fund" if it wins the June 8 vote. The manifesto suggests the current EU scheme is "expensive to administer and poorly targeted" and wants it replaced with something "cheap to administer, low in bureaucracy and targeted where it is needed most". While the Tories pledged to consult Welsh ministers on the changes, Mr Jones believes funding should continue to go where it is now. He said: "To my mind what we need to do is the UK government needs to guarantee the level of funding that we have had so far from the EU, and that funding should be distributed according to the rules we have now, keep the status quo, it has worked very well for Wales. "It is the same for agriculture and fisheries for example." Mr Jones said it should not be "one government telling everyone else what is going to happen". Instead, he wants the party that wins the UK general election to sit down with representatives of the devolved administrations to work out a way forward. Plaid Cymru has promised to demand Wales continues to receive "every single penny" of the money it currently receives from the EU, once the UK leaves. Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams said EU aid had been essential "in creating and safeguarding jobs, bringing our infrastructure into the 21st century". He said if his party won the election, it would invest £100bn in creating jobs, building homes and the green economy. New club captain Carl McHugh has also been offered new terms by the Scottish Premiership side, with both players having 12 months to run on their deals. Moult scored 18 goals last season and the 25-year-old is working his way back from groin surgery. "There have been no offers for Louis at this stage," said Robinson. "We have offered Louis a new contract. We are negotiating with him and we're hopeful that he will stay." Moult has flourished at Fir Park since joining from Wrexham in 2015 and he also netted 18 goals in his debut campaign. "We can't pay what other teams can pay, we know that - but Louis is loved here," added Robinson. "The fans adore him and he has been brilliant for the football club, and the football club have been brilliant for Louis as well. They have given him a platform to play. "It's something we were keen to do. I made it clear to the board and the board backed it fully that we put an offer to Louis. It's up to Louis whether he takes that or not. "If he doesn't, fine, he will still be a massive part of what we do - but if he does it would be a big, big boost. "Boys that have done well we try and reward with another year. We can't reward with an extra £500-600 a week, we just don't have that kind of money. "We have offered Carl a new contract as well. We would like to sit down with another couple of players in the near future. Finances dictate we can only do a couple at a time." Midfielder McHugh, 24, joined from Plymouth last summer and has taken over the captaincy from Keith Lasley, who has retired from playing to join Robinson's coaching staff.

The way EU funding is given to Wales' most deprived communities should not be changed immediately after Brexit, the first minister has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson is "hopeful" top scorer Louis Moult will stay at the club next season after the striker was offered a new contract.

Peter Harte and Niall Sludden both scored two points to help the visitors into a 0-5 to 0-3 half-time lead. Tyrone keeper Niall Morgan saved Dean Rock's penalty before Aidan McCrory netted the only goal. Reds Hands forward Mark Bradley was sent-off on 50 minutes while the Dubs fired over the last five points with Dean Rock levelling in added time. The All-Ireland champions also finished with 14 men with James McCarthy forced off with an injury in the dying minutes after the hosts used all their substitutes. Tyrone enjoyed a first-half wind advantage and should have led by a greater margin at the break, but they kicked eight wides to leave the Dubs just two points back. Conor Meyler slotted over Tyrone's other point in the opening 35 minutes while Philly McMahon, Rock and Jonny Cooper were on target for Dublin. Declan McClure increased the gap to four points on the restart before Morgan's superb save from a penalty awarded for Sean Cavanagh's foul on Rock. Tyrone were quick to capitalise with McCrory hitting the bottom corner on 46 minutes after he was played in by McClure. Mickey Harte's team were now five in front but Bradley was shown a straight red-card four later after clashing with Cooper. Tyrone led by the same margin after Rock and Sludden exchanged scores. The rest of the game belonged to the Dubs with Rock starting the comeback before Ciaran Kilkenny and Brian Fenton rattled over. Rock made it a one-point game before the forward's composed equalising strike from 53 metres. Mayo defeated Kerry 0-15 to 1-10 in Tralee in Saturday night's other Division One game. Elected mayor of Copeland Mike Starkie said United Utilities' (UU) "lack of communication" had "caused great concern" in West Cumbria. Some residents complained of rashes, mouth ulcers and upset stomachs after drinking the water. UU has apologised for its lack of communication but said "numerous" safety tests had been carried out. Water and scientific services director Martin Padley said change in supply "can cause understandable concern". "I can reassure everyone that our regular analysis and monitoring of the water supply shows that even though it's different it still meets the same high quality standards," he said. Mr Starkie said he was "disappointed that United Utilities did not consult or inform residents about the change", which would have avoided "some distress". The company said it has been running drop-in sessions for residents to explain the plans for the water supply and its effects. The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has tested samples provided by UU and says the water is safe to drink. The introduction of harder water containing more minerals explained some changes noticed by customers, such as it making a "popping" noise when boiled, it said. UU is in the process of stopping supplies from Ennerdale Water in the Lake District to protect rare freshwater mussels and is currently supplementing supplies with harder water from boreholes near Egremont. Eventually a new 62-mile (100km) pipeline being built from Thirlmere Reservoir will provide water to about 150,000 people. Abstracting water from Ennerdale will cease once the new £300m pipeline is complete in 2022.

Tyrone let slip a five-point lead as Dublin fought back for a draw in the Division One encounter at Croke Park. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A water company under fire after a change in supplies has been told to improve customer communications.

They were found near the banks of Isleworth in west London as pupils took part in a wildlife project close by. "I couldn't believe it," said Jason Davey from Berkshire, who alerted the teacher when he discovered the blades. The Port of London Authority said most of the blades had been collected but it advised people to take extra caution when in the foreshore area as some may have been missed in the mud. "Because this is a fast flowing tidal river some are no doubt already elsewhere in the river," Jon Beckett from the Port of London Authority said. Mr Davey said: "I couldn't believe it to be honest. I looked down and saw all these razor blades. I've no idea what was going through the mind of whoever did this." Anyone who spots a razor blade or other harmful material on the river is asked to contact the Port of London Authority. The 30-year-old Brazilian left for Paris St-Germain in a £50m deal in 2014, having won the Champions League, FA Cup and Europa League with Chelsea. He won three domestic trebles before rejoining in August for around £34m. "I don't always like the easy life," he said. "That's why I took a risk and I'm very happy. It was the right decision." The defender continued: "I love the risk. In your life if you don't take a risk you're not going to taste something new. Not just in your professional life, I think it's every day. "I cut my salary to come back here. But it's OK. God has given me a lot so I'm very happy with this." Luiz has an FA Cup winners' medal, but missed the 2012 final against Liverpool with a hamstring injury before returning as Chelsea won the Champions League on penalties. "I don't want to miss this one. I want to play, I want to try to give my best for the team," he added. Chelsea are seeking the league and FA Cup Double for only the second time in their history and Luiz credits Italian manager Antonio Conte for masterminding the title-winning campaign in his first season in England. "Conte is a great person, a great character and he's passionate - he loves football," the Brazilian enthused. "The day I arrived here we talked together and he tried to explain his philosophy to play football. "He said to me: 'You are the player I want in my team and to improve my team.' And then I said to him: 'I'm going to work hard for you and for the team.' And that's it."

More than 500 razor blades have been dumped in the River Thames. [NEXT_CONCEPT] David Luiz says his decision to take a pay cut and return to Chelsea has been vindicated by the chance of completing the Double in Saturday's FA Cup final.

The university's congregation - which is made up of academics and administrative staff - voted down a call to axe the retirement age. Paul Ewart, a 69-year-old professor of physics at Oxford, said it was "disappointing... but not the end". Oxford University said its rule created "career progression" and "inter-generational" fairness. Prof Ewart has described the rule as "age discrimination" and said it affected many colleagues still teaching at "the peak of their form". He said he and his colleagues respected the vote but individuals could still take their cases to employment tribunals. Gill Evans, emeritus professor at Cambridge University, who has been involved in the Oxford campaign, said: "Nobody is surprised, everybody involved sees this as a stage in the process." The Equality Act prevents employers from forcing workers to retire at 65, although employers can still implement a compulsory retirement age where they can justify it. A motion to scrap the university's rule was debated by Oxford's congregation on 16 May, but was lost by 143 votes to 64. Campaigners then triggered the postal vote of all members the congregation - around 5,000 in total - over the future of the EJRA. The ballot closed on Friday but was defeated by 1,142 votes to 538. Oxford University said the postal vote was the sixth time in three months that the congregation had considered the "employer-justified retirement age" and that it had supported the policy every time. "By any standard, the frequency of discussion and voting has been exhaustive and the considerable majority against abolition speaks for itself," it added. Multiple lawsuits filed against the National Football League (NFL) allege that it hid knowledge of concussion risks. The average individual payout would be $190,000, with younger men receiving awards between $1m and $5m. Players' lawyers say the money will be used to compensate families and for medical testing. The NFL expects 6,000 of its approximately 20,000 retired players to develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia in their lives. The deal could cost the league more than $1bn over 65 years. Conor Morgan, from Kilcoo, County Down, was working on the site near Shott Farm on Hamilton Road in High Blantyre at about 09:45 BST on Wednesday. Paramedics treated Mr Morgan, but he died at the scene. He worked for Newry firm Re-Gen Waste but was working at the Avant Homes construction site. Canon Sean Rogan of St Malachy's Parish said the local community is heartbroken. "Conor was a very hard working member of the parish. He leaves a wife and three teenage boys," he said. "We had a five thirty mass here on Sunday morning, on Easter Sunday, a dawn mass, and Conor was there at that mass and then after that he got his lorry and went off to work in Scotland. It's so sad, so tragic." In a statement, Re-Gen Waste described Mr Morgan as a popular employee who would be missed by the "entire Re-Gen family". Avant Homes said an investigation has been launched and all work at the site had been suspended. A spokeswoman for the company said their thoughts and condolences were with Mr Morgan's family. The base, in Sheffield, is one of ten across England and Wales set to shut by 2017 as the service works to meet a 14% budget reduction. South Yorkshire has been served by the NPAS since April 2013 with a helicopter based in Sheffield for ten hours a day. The NPAS said despite the closures it is "normally" able to reach 98% of the population within 20 minutes. Simon Wilkinson, of the NPAS, said: "The closure of NPAS Sheffield is part of a national programme of planned activity to ensure that essential air support remains in place to support the police forces of England and Wales at a significantly reduced cost to the public. "The decision to close NPAS Sheffield was based on an impact assessment of the ability of the National Police Air Service to provide air support to police forces in line with areas of the greatest threat, harm and risk to the public." The nearest base is Carr Gate in Wakefield, which operates 24-hours a day.

Academics at Oxford University have failed in a new bid to challenge rules forcing them to retire at 67. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A judge has approved a plan worth $1bn (£665m) to compensate former American football players with head injuries. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A 45-year-old man who died whilst working on a building site in South Lanarkshire in Scotland was from Northern Ireland. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter base in South Yorkshire has closed.

Michael Pendry, 55, had 658 "filthy images" of children in his cottage in the grounds of Radnor Primary School, Cardiff. He was caught after sharing the images online with other paedophiles for "sexual gratification". Judge Huw Rees at Cardiff Crown Court said: "I am taking a risk in you." Pendry admitted three counts of possessing indecent photographs of children and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images involving animals. He was given a three year community order to complete a sex offenders treatment programme. After the blaze at Daw Mill Colliery on 22 February, UK Coal warned that mining might not be able to resume. The company now says a small team will remain on site to secure the mine over the coming months, but the majority of its 650 staff will be made redundant. Kevin McCullough, chief executive of UK Coal, said it was a "terrible week". Daw Mill is the last remaining deep mine on the Warwickshire coalfields, and one of the last in the UK. Reaction to job cuts UK Coal said last month's fire had been the largest at a UK coal mine in more than 30 years and was continuing to burn "ferociously". Over the past year, the company has announced restructuring programmes at the mine and in August it said it was "unlikely" the mine would remain open after 2014. At the time, UK Coal said it had made overall losses of £20.6m in the six months to 30 June, with Daw Mill contributing to a 20% fall in production. About 56 million tonnes of coal is estimated to remain at the site. Mr McCullough said: "This has been a terrible week, not just for the company and its employees but also for the energy security of the country, as it brings an end to 47 years of coal production at Daw Mill. "Having successfully completed the restructuring, and being only weeks away from returning to healthy production, this ferocious fire has dealt a blow to everything we tried to achieve over the last 12 months - in just 10 days." He said deep mines at Kellingley, in North Yorkshire, and Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, along with surface mines, would continue to produce coal for use in power stations across the UK. Mr McCullough said they were looking at whether they could transfer some miners from Daw Mill to those other collieries. He said the company was also working with the government to help manage the closure of the mine. Ray Sweet, deputy leader of North Warwickshire Borough Council, said the loss of the mine would be "almost a disaster" for the area. He added that councillors would be holding an emergency meeting later to discuss how to help the affected workers and their families. He said: "I can understand UK Coal's situation. The fire in the mine is at dangerous levels and it could blow at any time and that's what they are worried about. "The one plus from this is that there were no men trapped in the mine by the fire, and you don't want to put anyone else at risk." Nuneaton MP Marcus Jones called for the colliery to be mothballed rather than completely closed. The Conservative MP said: "There is still a vast amount of coal down there and there is always the possibility that it could be mined again in the future." Chris Kitchen, of the National Union of Mineworkers, said the news was "devastating" for the men who relied on the colliery and their families. He said: "We tend to find many of our members who work in the mining industry have known nothing else." He said union officials were now determined to get the workers the redundancy settlements "they deserve". Andrew Mackintosh from UK Coal said that it is the company's "aim" to give the workers their full redundancy pay and that discussions are under way. He said: "We've got redeployment under way we've moved probably about 50-100 people, but unfortunately for the vast majority, we just won't be able to deploy everybody."

A primary school caretaker who admitted collecting more than 600 indecent images of children has walked free from court. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Hundreds of jobs will go at a Warwickshire coal mine hit by an underground fire last month, owner UK Coal has announced.

The six-storey, cube-like structure beat buildings in Ireland and Alaska to win the Royal Institute of British Architects' Lubetkin Prize. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the so-called "Seed Cathedral" is pierced by 60,000 transparent acrylic rods that each contain a seed. RIBA president Ruth Reed called it "an outstanding emblem for Britain". In Pictures: RIBA awards 2010 The prize is named after world-renowned architect Berthold Lubetkin, designer of the Penguin Pool at London Zoo. The winner was presented with a concrete plaque based on that design at a ceremony at RIBA's London offices. Almost 250 countries and international organisations are showcasing their culture at the World Expo. Some 70 million visitors are expected to visit the event, built this year around the theme of sustainable development. Matt Warren, of Swansea's TechHub and the Veeqo online retail firm, called on the Welsh Government to offer more loans as well as grants and for Finance Wales to become less "risk averse". He said high risk business was needed for growth and employment. But Finance Wales said it was committed to fostering a vibrant and positive technology sector in Wales. Mr Warren made the calls as his firm Veeqo, which helps online retailers increase profit by managing orders across different websites like Amazon and Ebay, launched an online campaign to raise £2m from venture capitalists. Established in 2013 in Mr Warren's kitchen, the company now employs 30 people, and has a £1m revenue. In 2014, it received a £50,000 Welsh Government Digital Development Fund grant, which Mr Warren said helped him attract private investment. But he has now called on the Welsh Government to introduce more repayable loans, as well as grants. "The sort of companies who are interested in grants don't tend to be the ones who want to grow really big," he said. "With a loan, the company is going to have spend the money well and think really hard about what they want to do with it." Finance Wales need to become more innovative, he said, and added that the institution is "government-led and risk averse." "The tech industry is high risk, but it brings big rewards," he added. "Finance Wales tend to invest in more low-risk, traditional industries. But these aren't the companies who are going to employ thousands of people in the future." But Steve Smith, technology venture investments director at Finance Wales, said a number of funds support new digital firms, including the £10m Wales technology venture investment fund and the £7.5m technology seed fund, both backed by the Welsh Government. Finance Wales also have a team who specialise in helping early stage technology companies. He said: "Since April this year, this team has invested over £5.5m in nearly 30 Welsh companies. An active co-investor, our investments are usually matched by the private sector. "We're committed to fostering a vibrant and positive technology sector in Wales." And a Welsh Government spokesperson said Veeqo had "thrived with their support". It said it was aiming to launch a Development Bank of Wales next year, and that latest figures showed "above average survival rates" for companies backed by the Welsh Government. The spokesperson added: "We are always seeking to improve, and are currently working on refreshing our economic priorities so we can continue to build a fairer, more prosperous, and more secure Wales. "Business finance is one of many issues being considered as part of this work." Veeqo's growth reflects a rise in Swansea's digital sector. The city's TechHub, which Mr Warren co-founded, houses 20 digital start-ups, employing up to 300 people. Swansea is set to be the first area of Wales to receive an ultra fast broadband connection, the city council plan to set up a 'city digital district', and Swansea could be home to the world's largest interactive digital screens for learning about science and technology. Prof Paul Hannon, director of Swansea University's institute for entrepreneurial leadership, said: "Matt's success with Veeqo is an inspiring story that will provide further encouragement to Welsh small to medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to take their businesses to the next level, which will undoubtedly add significant value to our local economy."

A UK pavilion built for the World Expo in Shanghai has won a prestigious international architecture award. [NEXT_CONCEPT] More needs to be done to encourage "big risk and rewards" businesses in Wales, a technology entrepreneur has said.

Large amounts of young roach and other species of fish were found floating on the surface of Pittville Park's lake in Cheltenham. Park owner Cheltenham Borough Council said low oxygen levels were to blame, with one possible cause being recent storms stirring up the sediment. Fishing on the lake has been banned until further notice. The Environment Agency is re-circulating water into the lake in an effort to stabilize oxygen levels. An agency spokesperson said at least 25,000 fish had been killed. Janice Peacey, a community ranger, said: "Low oxygen levels could be due to a number of factors linked to environmental conditions such as decomposing algae or sediment stirred up by recent storms. "The surviving fish now have areas which are oxygenated and we will continue to work with the Environment Agency to make sure that oxygen levels stay at the required level. "We would also like to remind people that, as always, we would advise against people and pets swimming and paddling in unsupervised, open water." The authority added that the Environment Agency had ruled out blue-green algae, which can be hazardous. Pittville Park opened in 1825 and is the largest ornamental park in the town. The 42-year-old Munster head coach died suddenly in Paris on Saturday ahead of a European Champions Cup game. It is a reciprocal gesture following the death of Ulster player Nevin Spence in 2012. Munster erected a plaque commemorating Spence at Thomond Park, their home ground in Limerick. It has not been confirmed what form of memorial will be made by Ulster. "Anthony Foley was a magnificent rugby player and a magnificent human being," said Ulster CEO Shane Logan. "We extend our condolences to his family and all in Munster rugby. "Munster were superb when Nevin Spence died - they did us the great tribute of placing a permanent memorial to Nevin in their away changing room. "We would like to reciprocate for Munster." Munster's European Champions Cup game against Racing 92 was postponed following the former Ireland international's death. Media playback is not supported on this device Foley captained Munster to Heineken Cup success in 2006 and won 62 caps for Ireland. He was forwards coach with Munster, and for a short period in 2012 with Ireland, before becoming head coach of the Irish province in 2014. Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss worked with Foley during their respective backroom stints with the Ireland squad. "It's a hard thing to sink in. Axel Foley, a legend of Munster and Irish rugby," said Kiss. "A good friend and great coach. I loved working with him. To think I'm not going to see you again is surreal. I can't believe it." Ulster centre Spence was just 22 when he died in a farming accident along with his father and brother.

Recent storms could be to blame for the death of thousands of fish in an ornamental lake in Gloucestershire. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Ulster Rugby have announced that they will erect a memorial to Anthony Foley in the away changing room at Kingspan Stadium.

But its board has called for an independent review "into Scottish football's actions and processes". It had taken legal advice after the Supreme Court ruled this month against the club over its use of employee benefit trusts from 2001 to 2010. "No further disciplinary proceedings will be taken," it said in a statement. "The SPFL board further announced that it supports the calls that have been made for an independent review concerning the way in which Scottish football's authorities have dealt with non-payment of tax by clubs, have applied their rules and regulations, and the sufficiency of changes made to their rules and regulations in this area over the last few years." A 2013 Scottish Premier League commission had found that Rangers were in breach of player registration rules during the EBT period. Headed by Lord Nimmo-Smith, the commission fined the Ibrox club £250,000 but resisted calls for them to be stripped of titles won during that period. However, following the Supreme Court ruling in favour of HM Revenue and Customs, Celtic said they expected the SPFL to review the 2013 decision that their city rivals "did not gain any unfair competitive advantage". However, the governing body revealed that its senior counsel, Gerry Moynihan QC, had concluded that the case against Rangers in relation to EBTs was "now closed and cannot be re-opened by the SPFL. Nor can the commission or a new commission now impose further or different sanctions". "The SPFL has no power in law to re-open these issues and the commission has no power in law, assuming it wished to do so, to modify or supplement the sanction previously imposed," it stated. Moynihan also concluded that there was nothing in the rules of regulations of the SPL, or its SPFL predecessor, that would have allowed the governing body to pursue the matter further. The SPFL pointed out that, since 2010, it "has brought in a number of rule changes dealing with non-payment of tax. These were further bolstered at Monday's SPFL annual general meeting". Moynihan's advice to the governing body, the detailed questions it had asked and his answers have been published on its official website. SPFL chairman Ralph Topping recognised the clamour for further action. "The board of the SPFL has noted the calls that have been made for an independent review and report concerning the way in which Scottish football's authorities have dealt with non-payment of tax by clubs, application of their rules and regulations and the sufficiency of changes made to their rules and regulations in this area over the last few years," he said. "The board of the SPFL supports those calls for such an independent review and will seek to facilitate such review and the publication of its report with and to the Scottish FA. "The SPFL will seek to agree terms of reference with the Scottish FA and the identification of appropriate independent reviewers." Favourites Australia outscored the Black Ferns four tries to three, with two of those coming while New Zealand's Portia Woodman was in the sin bin. Meanwhile, Britain's women missed out on Olympic medal as they lost 33-10. "If we've inspired any girls to take up rugby, we've done our job," said GB captain Emily Scarratt. Britain, beaten 25-7 by New Zealand in the last four earlier on Monday, trailed 26-5 at half-time. Canada, who had lost to Britain in earlier pool game, took full advantage of Scarratt's yellow card for a deliberate knock on. Tries by Jasmine Joyce and Danielle Waterman were little consolation, as third seeds Canada put in a physical performance, dominating at the breakdown. The men's competition begins on Tuesday, with Australia facing France at 15:00 BST. GB's men begin their bid for a medal against Kenya an hour later. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. As well as having a bet on your favourite horse, give yourself another chance by pooling together work colleagues, or a combination of family and friends, and having a lucky dip. The field was reduced from 40 to 39 on Saturday morning after O'Faolains Boy, trained by Rebecca Curtis, was found to be lame and withdrawn from the race. It is always an open race so best of luck... Click here for your sweepstake kit Most devices will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader. Users of the BBC Sport app should access this via their web browser.

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Opposition protesters were dispersed from outside the commission's offices in Accra by police firing tear gas. The NPP said in a statement that the National Democratic Congress had stolen votes across the country. NDC candidate President John Mahama had a narrow lead over NPP rival Nana Akufo-Addo, according to local media. Joy FM said based on partial results Mr Mahama looked likely to gain more than 50% of the vote, which would give him overall victory without needing a run-off vote. Ghana, one of the world's fastest growing economies, is regarded as one of Africa's most stable democracies. Mr Akufo-Addo lost the 2008 presidential poll by one percentage point, but accepted the result. However, his party said they had "enough concrete evidence" to prove that he actually won this year's election. "The ruling NDC conspired with certain EC staff in constituencies across the country to falsify the election results and thereby abuse the mandate of the people of Ghana," the party said. "It was this planned, systematic stealing of votes at the collation level that was, thankfully, discovered in time." The party cited discrepancies between initial tally sheets and the results reported in the media. It said thousands of votes had been stolen from Mr Akufo-Addo and added to Mr Mahama's tally. The opposition demanded an inquiry before official results are released. Election commissioner Kwadwo Afari-Gyan told Reuters news agency he was not yet aware of the NPP complaint. The NDC has not yet responded to the allegations. Observers said Friday's vote, for a new president and parliament, passed off in a largely peaceful manner. Some glitches with a new finger-printing system meant that voting continued into Saturday in some parts of the country. The turnout was reported to be high, at roughly 80%. As a top exporter of cocoa and gold, Ghana is one of the world's fastest-growing economies. In 2011 it saw economic growth of 14% and experts predict growth of 8% for 2012 and in 2013. There should be a guarantee that students from NI will not have to pay non-EU fees when the UK leaves the EU, said Fianna Fáil's Thomas Byrne. The Republic's student contribution fee is currently capped at 3,000 euros (£2,500) a year for EU students. But non-EU students currently pay much higher tuition fees in the country. For instance, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin charge yearly fees of around 18,000 euros for many undergraduate courses. Some medical degrees can attract much higher fees, of around 40,000 euros per year. Brexit was causing a great deal of worry for students and their families, said Mr Byrne, Fianna Fáil's education spokesman. "The minister for education and the government need to act on this and provide certainty on the issue of fees for Northern students coming south," he said. "They should be treated the same as they are today. "Non-EU fees are charged at a significantly higher rate than EU fees and will undoubtedly place a significant financial barrier in the path of students from Northern Ireland wishing to study south of the border." "This would fly in the face of the letter and spirit of our various peace deals and the last two decades of cross-border work." Students from the UK - including those from Northern Ireland - who begin university courses in the Republic of Ireland in September 2017 will not have to pay non-EU fees for the duration of their course. The same guarantee is likely to apply to students beginning their courses in September 2018. However, it is currently unclear which level of fees UK students who begin to study in the Republic in 2019 will have to pay. According to figures supplied by the Republic's Higher Education Authority, only 0.4% of full-time students were from NI in 2015/16, a total of 791 students. This is despite the fact that university undergraduate tuition fees in the Republic are currently lower at 3,000 euros a year compared to £3,805 in NI. However, there has been a recent rise in the number of Northern Irish students applying to some universities in the Republic.

Ghana's opposition New Patriotic Party has accused the governing party of conspiring with Electoral Commission staff to fix Friday's election. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Northern Irish students should not have to pay more to attend universities in the Republic after Brexit, an Irish opposition politician has argued.

Becky Hill featured on Gecko, with club DJ Oliver Heldens, which charted in June. The 20-year-old never won The Voice but says being on the show has been "no hindrance" to her career. Two years after getting to the semi-finals she is now releasing her first solo single, Losing. "It doesn't matter how well that song does, whether it's number one or number 100. I'm so proud of that track," she tells Newsbeat. "It explains more than what it's about. It's about my meeting with [DJ/singer] MNEK, my friendship circle in London, me being signed, my adventures. "They all spurred off from losing and if it does really well in the charts then bonus." Since appearing on The Voice in 2012, Becky has been on tour with Rudimental and had another top 10 hit with Wilkinson on his track Afterglow. For those songs by Rudimental, Wilkinson and Oliver Heldens, she's been the "featured" artist. On her future gigs, she doesn't know whether those tracks will be put in her set. "By the time I'm doing an hour-long set I'll have had an album out. "People remember you for the good music you make, not for the other good music you had. So as long as I make good music then people will remember me for that, not for the features I've been on." She denies that being a featured artist will have any negative effect on her solo career as it goes forward. "You could have said the same about The Voice," she says. "The Voice hasn't been a hindrance to me at all." First gig I went to: It was James Morrison when I was 14 in Birmingham. He was amazing and I was at the back singing all the words annoying everyone around me. First song that had an impact: JoJo's Leave (Get Out) was the first song I sang publicly when I was 11. It is such a tune. Guilty pleasure: Anything that's really cheesy pop music. First gig I ever did: I did our local festival in Worcestershire called ArleyFest. About 500 people went and there were artists on the bill I'd never heard of before. Biggest gig to date: I played MTV Malta with Rudimental and there were about 50-thousand people. Artist I'd love to support: My music is nothing like theirs so I wouldn't be picked as a support. It's Bon Iver. His voice, his writing, his production, his leftfield approach to things , I just love him. First album I bought: Elephunk by the Black Eyed Peas Song that annoys me: Oh what's that song about wanting to marry the girl but the dad that won't let him? (When told it's 'Rude' by Magic!) That stupid tune. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube Toffees boss Roberto Martinez said the 25-year-old would be a success in England after he scored in Kiev's Europa League win over Everton. Club officials travelled to Monaco to discuss the transfer with their Kiev counterparts this week. Martinez is also pursuing a £5m deal for River Plate's Argentine central defender Ramiro Funes Mori, 24. The signing of Mori would be as an addition to their resources rather than a potential replacement for England's John Stones, who they insist will not be sold after rejecting a £30m offer from Chelsea. Everton are unbeaten after two Premier League matches this season and entertain Manchester City on Sunday.

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Daniel, four, was starved and beaten for months before he died in March 2012 at his Coventry home. His mother and her partner were jailed for his murder. Dr Mohammad Pathan did not provide a "safety net" when teachers raised concerns over Daniel's appearance and weight. He was found guilty of misconduct last month but remains fit to practise. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said the warning, imposed on Wednesday, would last for five years. The panel ruled: "On 25 January 2012 the deputy head teacher of Patient A [Daniel] telephoned you to raise concerns regarding Patient A's loss of weight, appearance and behaviour concerning food. "Following receipt of the telephone call you failed to act adequately and attach sufficient weight to the information provided during the telephone call and you also failed to take adequate account of other information available to you, including Patient A not attending for some or all of follow-up treatment for a fractured humerus. "By doing so you failed to put in place a 'safety net' to safeguard the interests of a child at risk." Dr Pathan had denied he was aware of some concerns. Daniel's mother Magdelena Luczak and her partner Mariusz Krezolek were jailed for a minimum of 30 years each in 2013. Isa Huso was a member of the Supreme Kurdish Council, aimed at bringing together Syrian Kurdish groups, and an opponent of President Bashar al-Assad. Syria's main Kurdish militia later issued a call to arms to all Kurds to fight jihadists operating in the north. It follows weeks of intense fighting between Kurds and jihadist groups. Mr Huso was leaving his home in the border town when a bomb planted inside his car detonated, Kurdish political sources told Reuters news agency. He was a member of the foreign relations committee in the Kurdish council, an umbrella group for regional Kurdish factions. Isa Huso, 60, was described by Kurdish activists as a moderate. He had reportedly been imprisoned several times under Mr Assad's rule for campaigning against human rights abuses. "Huso sought to promote Kurdish rights within a united Syria free from the grip of the Assad regime," his former neighbour, Massoud Akko, told Reuters news agency. "No-one knows who killed him but the fingers point to the militant Islamists. They are the only ones who are targeting Kurds as Kurds," he added. Responding to Huso's killing, Kurdish fighters known as the Popular Protection Units (YPG) issued a call to arms. "(The YPG) called on all those fit to carry weapons to join their ranks, to protect areas under their control from attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters, Al-Nusra Front and other battalions," a London-based Syria watchdog, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said. The YPG, which claims to have no political affiliations, was set up to counter offensives in majority Kurdish areas. In recent months it has been battling to drive out rebels from the north, including the al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. Areas near the Turkish border have seen some of the most intense fighting, with clashes reported between the Kurdish Democratic Union Party and the Al-Nusra Front in the town of Ras al-Ain. Syria's ethnic Kurdish minority has faced decades of discrimination and marginalisation under Assad rule, with Syrian Kurds staging their own anti-government protests after the Syria conflict began in March 2011. Responding to a wave of protests in 2011, the Assad administration decreed a number of concessions, granting Kurds in the eastern Hasaka region Syrian nationality. In mid-2012, Assad's forces withdrew from majority Kurdish areas, leaving Kurdish militia in charge of security there. The Kurds make up a little over 10% of the population and are largely concentrated in north-eastern Syria, towards the Turkish border.

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Protesters are calling for a referendum to repeal the laws in the mainly Catholic country. Across Twitter #repealthe8th hashtag was popular among supporters, referring to the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution that forbids abortion. Abortion is only legal in Ireland if the mother's life it at risk. Marching in the rain, protesters in Dublin chanted, "My body, my choice". Sal Roche, a 42-year-old dance teacher participating in the march, told Reuters news agency: "It's a woman's right to choose and it is ridiculous to say that anybody else, the state or the Church, has the right to tell that woman what happens to her body." The Irish diaspora organised support for the movement across world cities including Berlin, Melbourne, and London. Irish comedian Graham Linehan tweeted in support of the demonstrations. Abortion has been a contentious issue in Ireland with people protesting on both sides of the debate. A total ban on the practice was removed in 2013. Opponents say the 8th constitutional amendment protects a mother's and an unborn child's equal right to life. Next month Prime Minister Enda Kenny will hold a citizens' assembly to discuss whether a vote should take place to change the abortion laws. It expects to make an operating profit of 7.2 trillion won ($7.1bn; £4.2bn) in the April-to-June period, down from 9.5 trillion won a year ago. Its operating profit has now fallen for three straight quarters. Samsung is the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and the handset division accounts for the bulk of its profits. The South Korean firm said it "witnessed a slowdown in the overall smartphone market growth and saw increased competition in the Chinese and some European markets" during the period. Meanwhile, a stronger Korean currency also hurt Samsung's earnings during the period. The Korean won rose more than 11% against the US dollar and nearly 7% against the euro between July 2013 and end of June this year. A strengthening currency hurts profits of firms such as Samsung - which rely heavily on exports - when they repatriate their foreign earnings. Samsung's growth in recent years has been powered mainly by its mobile phone division. The success of its Galaxy range of smartphones, coupled with a growing global demand for such gadgets, saw it displace Nokia as the world's biggest mobile phone maker in 2012. However, the pace of growth of the smartphone market has been slowing down and the competition in the sector has also increased, forcing manufacturers to cut costs of their devices in an attempt to attract consumers. Analysts said that profit margins in the sector are likely to fall even further. "The golden era of high-end smartphones is clearly over. Those were the handsets that helped firms such as Samsung make healthy profit margins," Ajay Sunder, a vice president specialising in the telecoms sector with consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, told the BBC. "Now it is all about high-volume and low-margin handsets. And on that front the competition is getting fiercer with each passing day." Various other smartphone makers including China's Xiaomi, Huawei and ZTE have been increasing their market share steadily. Mr Sunder said that given the slowing growth and increased competition in the smartphone market, Samsung needed to look at boosting its presence in other sectors if it wanted to sustain high growth rates. "Its over-dependence on the mobile phone division needs to go," he said. For its part, Samsung has said it "cautiously expects a more positive outlook in the third quarter".

Thousands of people have marched across Dublin and 20 other world cities to protest against Ireland's strict abortion laws. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Samsung Electronics has forecast a 25% drop in profit for the second quarter due to a slowdown in the smartphone market and a strong Korean currency.

The Victorian Society has published its annual list of the most at-risk Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales. The old Bute Road Station, in Cardiff Bay, is the only Welsh building on it. Actor and Victorian Society vice-president Griff Rhys Jones called for locals to campaign to save them. The building is thought to have been designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was built as the headquarters of the Taff Vale Railway in 1842-43. It became home to the first steam-powered railway in Wales and played a vital role in linking the coalfields of the south Wales valleys with Cardiff Docks. But the building has been derelict since a museum it housed closed, with train passengers now using a temporary shelter at the adjacent Cardiff Bay station. Christopher Costelloe, director of the Victorian Society, said he hoped there was a way to bring the building "back into use and provide a fitting gateway to the area". "Retaining historic buildings like those in the top ten is vital to maintaining local identity and creating places in which people want to invest, live and work," he added. Another building in the city, The Coal Exchange - where the first million pound cheque was signed - was included on the list two years ago. Following a campaign to save it, developer Signature Living was granted permission to start restoring the site as a hotel. Other buildings to make this year's list include Victoria Mill in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, St Paul's Church in Boughton, Cheshire, and the Old Library in Stafford, Staffordshire. For the first time, there are no buildings in London and England's south east region on the list. George Elwood Tschaggeny, 51, was found wearing the wedding ring of one of the victims, Ricky Best, police say. Mr Best, 53, was killed when he intervened to protect two young women from anti-Muslim abuse last week. His ring and backpack were stolen after the stabbing on Tuesday. Mr Tschaggeny has been charged with theft, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse. He is due in court on Monday. Mr Best, an army veteran, and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, have been hailed as heroes for their actions. The pair intervened to protect two young women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, from a man shouting abuse at them. Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, is accused of stabbing both men, as well as another victim who survived. The news that someone had stolen belongings from Mr Best prompted an outcry and an appeal from police to help recovering the items. Police department spokesman Pete Simpson had tweeted: "Find this man Portland. This family has already suffered too much pain." Police said they received "numerous tips" about a man matching the suspect's description, including one from a pizza restaurant employee who directed them to where he was staying. Police also recovered Mr Best's missing backpack, but his wallet and phone were missing. Earlier in the week, the accused in the stabbing incident, Jeremy Joseph Christian, appeared in court charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of a weapon and intimidation. During a brief court appearance on Tuesday, he made no plea, but shouted slogans such as: "You call it terrorism. I call it patriotism" and "death to the enemies of America". He is due to appear in court again on 7 June. Two fire engines responded to the blaze that happened at about 06:00 GMT on Wednesday. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said a female was treated for burns to her arm. It said the fire was being "treated as accidental". Miedema, 20, has won 48 caps for the Netherlands and was part of their squad for the 2015 Women's World Cup. She scored 14 goals in 22 league games for Bayern this season as they finished second in the Frauen Bundesliga. "She is seen as one of the best young strikers in the world," manager Pedro Martinez Losa said.

A Grade II*-listed railway station building in Cardiff is among this year's top 10 most endangered buildings. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Police in Portland, Oregon, have arrested a man suspected of stealing belongings from one of two people stabbed to death on a local train earlier this week. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two adults and six children have escaped serious injury after a fire at a house on the Falls Road in west Belfast. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Arsenal have signed Bayern Munich and Netherlands international striker Vivianne Miedema from the start of the 2017-18 Women's Super League season.

The mother's parents argued it would be better for the six-year-old to come to them. They said that as the victim's family, they shared his loss and were best placed to console him. But experts told the court it would be better for him to stay in England. A social worker, a court-appointed guardian and an independent psychiatrist all said it would be better for the boy to stay with his father's sister and her family as he barely knew his grandparents, and did not speak Cantonese. The case was heard in April, but the judgement was only published this week. The boy's father had beaten his mother to death a year earlier, in what the judge called a premeditated and carefully planned attack. He maintains his innocence but was convicted in January, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum 28-year term. The boy was placed with foster parents. The grandparents said the mother had been their only child together. The grandmother told the court the boy was the "most precious and most close relative" she now had. They are wealthy people; the grandfather owns and runs two factories and they have two spacious homes, including a villa by the sea. They had found a private English school for the boy and an English-speaking nanny. The grandmother described how the murder had disturbed the boy. She had been told he had started throwing stones at classmates and argued he would have a "quieter" environment in China where he would be "at peace". Their lawyer argued the grandparents and the boy were the "true and only victims" in the case, and they were the best people to console him. However, the boy had only met his maternal grandparents once before the murder, on a visit to China when he was a toddler. They have no language in common. A social worker said the boy was worried about going to China because his grandparents were strangers to him and he could not speak Cantonese. By contrast, he was very excited to spend time with his paternal aunt and her family. A psychiatrist and guardian warned a move to China would be a huge upheaval and adjustment for a child still suffering from a huge emotional and psychological shock. The judge, Mr Justice Holman, acknowledged that research suggested children in this situation would do better living with the victim's family, rather than that of the perpetrator. But he said it should not be ruled out "if the prospective parenting family fully and sincerely acknowledge and accept the guilt [of the person who committed the crime] and ascribe no responsibility to the victim". In this case, the sister accepted her brother was guilty and said she considered him a liar. The judge said it was of "the utmost importance" the boy maintain contact with his grandparents in China, whether through face-to-face meetings or through Skype. It has been reported that Xia has failed to demonstrate he possesses the necessary funds to complete the deal. But BBC Sport has learned £52m has been paid into an escrow account, ready to be transferred to current Villa owner Randy Lerner. Xia has also provided proof of funds that will guarantee he takes on an existing debt of £25m. The same amount will be payable to American Lerner if Villa, relegated from the Premier League, return to the top flight within three years. Xia has also provided guarantees to the Premier League and Football League that he can cover the club's operating costs for the next two seasons. A joint enquiry by the two leagues continues and will not be rushed as all aspects of the proposed takeover are scrutinised, including the likely make-up of the new board of directors. Villa remain without a permanent manager to replace Frenchman Remi Garde, who was sacked in March. Former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes, who was on a three-man shortlist for the job, pulled out of the running last week. Ex-West Brom and Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo remains in the frame.

A boy whose father is in jail for his mother's murder should live with the killer's sister and family in England, not his maternal grandparents in China - a family court judge has ruled. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Aston Villa's takeover by Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia is not on the verge of collapse.

The seven-year-old took part in a scheduled swim at a camp run by St Edmunds School in Canterbury in August 2014. He struggled for more than three minutes before becoming motionless, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. The school was fined £18,000 at Canterbury Crown Court and ordered to pay costs of almost £10,000. Lifeguards noticed the youngster was in trouble and got him out of the water to administer CPR. He regained consciousness but went on to develop pneumonitis (inflammation of the lung tissue), an HSE spokesman said. The spokesman added: "The lifeguards were not effectively managed and monitored to ensure they were constantly vigilant. "Two out of the three lifeguards did not hold a current, in-date lifeguard qualification." St Edmunds School, which admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act on 11 April, was fined on Wednesday. Kvitova, playing the day after her mammoth three-hour victory over Angelique Kerber, put in a dominant performance against a tired Konta. The defeat keeps Konta 10th in the Race to Singapore, 273 points behind the final qualifying place. Kvitova faces Romania's fourth seed Simona Halep in the semi-finals.

A school has been fined after a boy lost consciousness while swimming during a summer camp. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Britain's Johanna Konta was knocked out of the Wuhan Open in the quarter-finals, losing 6-3 6-4 to Czech 14th seed Petra Kvitova in China.

11% of inmates are from BAME backgrounds, compared with 4.4% of the country's population. David Lammy, tasked with the review by the prime minister, was speaking during a visit to Cardiff prison. He said BAME inmates said prison staff were fair but the court system was not. "This is a review of England and Wales and it's very important I see the context here in Wales," the Tottenham MP said. "There's a two-fold increase [of prisoners] on the general population, so you do see disproportionality. "It's interesting speaking to the prisoners. The way they feel they're treated in [Cardiff] prison is higher than it is in England. "Generally, they feel they're treated by staff in a fair way and a friendly manner. "However they did have quite a strong feeling the court system was unfair. "It's been good to be in a different prison environment. There's a different feeling here in Cardiff." Mr Lammy has already visited HMP Grendon, Feltham, Brixton and Pentonville as part of the review. He has also visited the USA and is due to visit Australia. He does not have plans to visit any other prisons in Wales. Source: Ministry of Justice While in Cardiff, Mr Lammy met with governor Darren Hughes and spoke with offenders. One inmate, 24-year-old Barfah Joof, said he was serving a four-and-a-half year sentence after pleading guilty to possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply. Asked if he thought there was racism in the system, he replied: "100% - I don't think it's that hidden, to be honest." Of the review, he said: "I know it's not going to help me, but I hope it changes it for people in the future." Prison governor Mr Hughes said: "Our recent assessment of the quality of life of prisoners at HMP Cardiff highlighted the many improvements we have made in the last few years, with BAME men reporting a positive experience at our prison." He said the jail had "a real focus on rehabilitation". While in Cardiff, Mr Lammy also visited the crown court and probation service. He discussed the review with senior members of the Prison Service in Wales as well as HMP Cardiff's Independent Monitoring Board. His review will make recommendations to tackle potential bias or prejudice in the criminal justice system when it reports in spring 2017. The War Horse author has donated his manuscripts, notebooks and letters to Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books, in Newcastle. They include handwritten draft versions of his most popular books including The Butterfly Lion and Private Peaceful. The archive also has three unpublished novels, a picture book and a script. Morpurgo's first novel was published in 1974, but it was some time before he became established as one of the UK's best-loved children's authors. The unpublished manuscripts show an interest in dystopian stories at the start of his career. According to Seven Stories, they are: Seven Stories archivist Kristopher McKie said: 'It's remarkable that there are unpublished works from an author like Michael Morpurgo, who has more than 130 published texts. "Exploring them is starting to build a picture of his writing process and the many influences and deciding factors that go into his publications." An exhibition of the Morpurgo collection will open at Seven Stories next year before going on a UK tour. The author said he admired the way Seven Stories had "worked quietly and diligently to fill an obvious gap in our culture by founding a national children's literature archive and by using it to make amazing exhibitions". The museum, which opened in 2005, is "a most extraordinary achievement for the country and for Newcastle", he continued. "It made sense to us that it should be the home for my stuff." The "stuff" will include material from his most recent and future books as well as drafts of the theatre and film adaptations of War Horse and typewritten poems by Ted Hughes from the pair's 1979 collaboration All Around The Year. There will also be photos and notes relating to his time at Sandhurst army training academy in the early 1960s and a trip to India accompanying the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as a young cadet. Seven Stories chief executive Kate Edwards said: "This archive will be treasured, studied, showcased and enjoyed for many generations to come, giving a real and fascinating insight into the creative life of this important and well-loved author."

Welsh prisons have a disproportionate number of black and minority ethnic prisoners, the MP conducting a review into apparent race bias in the criminal justice system has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Several unpublished books written by Michael Morpurgo before his career took off are part of an archive the author has given to a children's book museum.

But First Minister Carwyn Jones has not yet confirmed whether he will support the bill - which overhauls devolution. The Wales Bill promises a simpler constitutional set up, but its detractors say it may reduce the assembly's powers. The UK government is to hold back the bill's process through Parliament until the vote is considered. Ministers in London have already made some concessions over the Wales Bill during its passage in the House of Lords. As well as agreeing to devolving teacher's pay, the government has also agreed to consider giving Wales the power to ban fixed-odds betting terminals. Mr Jones told AMs, in a document laid in the assembly, that he could not yet confirm whether the Welsh Government will support giving consent to the bill through the vote - known as a legislative consent motion (LCM). He said he wanted to see the UK government's proposals for report stage - the next stage of the bill's journey through the House of Lords - and the terms of a financial deal between the UK and Welsh governments before he confirmed the Welsh Government's intent. The Welsh and UK governments are currently negotiating on how Wales' funding would change once AMs begin to use tax raising powers. It is convention that AMs approve of legislation that affects devolved functions in the assembly through LCMs. The Wales Office declined to comment, though it said Lord Bourne had told peers that the UK government will not proceed to the third reading stage of the lawmaking process in the Lords - which follows report stage - until the LCM had been considered by the assembly. He told the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show that launching the Invictus Games was a full-time job but a "great" experience. Wheelchair basketball and indoor rowing will be among the sports servicemen and women from across the globe compete in at the Games in September. Prince Harry said he "stole" the idea from a similar event in the US. The Games will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London between 10 and 14 September. The point of them is to use the "power of sport" to help injured military members through rehabilitation, Prince Harry said. He said they would also be a "pathway back into employment" for many in helping them rebuild their lives. "These guys are a credit to the country," he said. The prince has been working to bring the event to the UK after seeing something similar in the US - the Warrior Games. "We decided it was such a wonderful concept, we should steal it, make it bigger, make it better and bring it back home," he said. Sir Keith Mills, former deputy chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has helped the prince to organise the Invictus Games. "This is basically my full-time job at the moment, making sure that we pull this off," Prince Harry said. "It's been a real struggle actually. Anyone listening out there, I would say if you're going to try and plan something this big in under a year, make sure you've either got Sir Keith Mills with you or don't bother doing it at all. It's been great." Sports to be featured in the Games include wheelchair basketball, archery, indoor rowing, powerlifting, wheelchair rugby, swimming and sitting volleyball. There will also be a competitive driving challenge organised by presenting partner Jaguar Land Rover. Teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and the US have been invited to take part. Prince Harry pledged to make the Games a regular event. "We're still trying to work out whether we do it next year or the year after and whether it's going to be within the UK or whether it's going to be abroad," he added. "But the legacy has already started and if we can use it as a stepping stone for some of these individuals to move on to the Paralympics, great. "If some of them want to use it as a one-off to get themselves back on the road and then as a stepping stone to employment, then just as good. We will use the Invictus Games for as long as it's needed." Some 55,000 general tickets have gone on sale for the Games. There will be further tickets for the closing concert on 14 September with headline act Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding, The Vamps and Rizzle Kicks.

AMs will vote on whether to approve the Wales Bill sometime in January, according to the Welsh Government. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Organising a Paralympic-style sporting competition for injured members of the armed forces has been a "real struggle", Prince Harry has said.

It calls for "honesty and openness" in the debate and asks for "discernment" for voters. The prayer was released on Twitter "for use by churches and individuals" ahead of the 23 June vote. The Church of England is not taking a formal position in the debate - the Church of Scotland and the Church of Wales have both backed Remain. Follow the latest EU referendum debate Last month Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called for a "visionary debate" on the EU referendum and said there was no "correct Christian view" on it. Archbishop Welby called on those who want to leave the EU to set out what Britain would be like after leaving in a variety of respects, including its international "attitude" and its values. "And from those who want to stay, how would we change the European Union? How would we make it more effective if we remained in it? What's our vision?" he said. Cardinal Vincent Nichols - the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales - recently said he believed if the UK left the EU it would face "more complex problems than we would if we were playing an active part with Europe". Media playback is not supported on this device Once again, Joey Carbery excelled for Leinster with his try early in the second half clinching the bonus point. That followed first-half tries from Peter Dooley, Ross Molony and Jack Conan as the home side dominated. Pat Howard and Sarel Pretorius notched second-half Dragons tries as a series of changes took the edge off Leinster. The Dragons were the last team to inflict a home defeat on Leinster in the Pro12 in February 2015 but the home side's fast start meant there was never going to be another surprise in Saturday's game. Young fly-half Carbery's by now trademark lightning break helped set up Dooley's opening try in the 12th minute with the prop breaking through some weak Dragons tackling to score. Within three minutes, Leinster were 14-0 up after Luke McGrath's initial dart was successfully recycled by Rhys Ruddock before Noel Reid's pass set up lock Molony for a close-range finish. Following Angus O'Brien's penalty reply for the Dragons, Leinster resumed their domination and after young wing Adam Byrne had been denied, Conan ran in the home team's third try on 31 minutes as he took a flat pass from McGrath on the burst. A forward pass by Byrne saw centre Rory O'Loughlin having a touchdown ruled out before the break but the inevitable bonus point did come within five minutes of the restart as O'Loughlin's run and perfectly delivered pass set by Carbery to score under the posts. Carbery was immediately taken off with Leinster coach Leo Cullen clearly looking towards next Friday's European Champions Cup game against Northampton, given the ongoing fitness concerns over Johnny Sexton. With Leinster making several other changes, their performance began somewhat ragged and Howard's 54th-minute score was followed by a 70th-minute try from replacement Pretorius as the Dragons produced a series of attacks. The result means the Dragons have lost all their five Pro12 matches on the road this season. Leinster: Zane Kirchner, Adam Byrne, Rory O'Loughlin, Noel Reid, Isa Nacewa (capt), Joey Carbery, Luke McGrath, Peter Dooley, James Tracy, Michael Bent, Ross Molony, Hayden Triggs, Rhys Ruddock, Dan Leavy, Jack Conan. Replacements: Richardt Strauss, Andrew Porter, Jeremy Loughman, Mike McCarthy, Max Deegan, Charlie Rock, Ross Byrne, Tom Daly Newport Gwent Dragons: Carl Meyer, Pat Howard, Tyler Morgan, Jack Dixon, Adam Warren, Angus O'Brien, Tavis Knoyle; Phil Price, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Nick Crosswell, Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans (capt), Nic Cudd, Harrison Keddie. Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Thomas Davies, Lloyd Fairbrother, Cory Hill, James Thomas, Sarel Pretorius, Geraint Rhys Jones, Tom Prydie.

A prayer for the EU referendum campaign has been published by the Church of England. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Leinster moved level on points with Pro12 leaders Munster as their pace, power and off-loading game proved too much for the Dragons at the RDS.

The special court acquitted 36 others in the so-called Gulbarg Society killings in Ahmedabad city. Activists and riot survivors have expressed "disappointment" and said they would challenge the verdict. A mob attacked the Gulbarg Society complex, hacking and burning 69 people to death. The riots were among the worst since Indian independence. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died after a train fire killed 60 Hindu pilgrims. Muslims were blamed for starting the train fire, and Hindu mobs eager for revenge went on the rampage through Muslim neighbourhoods in towns and villages across Gujarat during three days of violence that followed. Critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the state chief minister at the time, say he did little to stop the riots. In pictures: Inside Gulbarg Society The Gulbarg residential complex in Ahmedabad was one of the targets where many Muslims were burnt to death and their properties set on fire. On Thursday, 11 people were convicted of murder in connection with the attack, while the others were found guilty of lesser charges. Among those convicted is a local leader of the hardline Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Sentencing is scheduled for Monday. Judge PB Desai said there was no evidence that the attack was planned and dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against the accused. Ehsan Jafri, a prominent Muslim politician and a former Congress party MP, was among those killed. Survivors of the Gulbarg massacre say he fired his gun in self-defence as the mob attacked the complex. Zakia Jafri, the MP's widow, says her husband called Mr Modi for help but it never came. After the verdict, Mrs Jafri said she was "disappointed" with the outcome, calling it an instance of "half justice". Activist Teesta Setalvad, who was one of those who filed the case, said they would appeal the verdict in the high court and Supreme Court if necessary and would not give up their "struggle". Mr Modi has always denied any wrongdoing and has not apologised for the riots. A Supreme Court panel also refused to prosecute him in 2013, citing insufficient evidence. The violence was initially investigated by the Gujarat police and subsequently by an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court in 2008. The Gulbarg massacre was among 10 key incidents in the riots being investigated by the SIT. Some of these cases have brought convictions. The notorious crime boss penned the four letters to Maureen Baker, a personal friend, at HMP Parkhurst while serving a life sentence for murder. Wiltshire auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said one letter revealed "a real 'what if' moment" in the gangster's life. The letters from Kray, who died of cancer in 2000 aged 66, were sold for £250 over their reserve price. Kray ran a huge crime empire across the east end of London in the 1950s and 60s, alongside his brother, Ronnie. The handwritten letters, mostly illegible, were written to Mrs Baker who he knew from the Tottenham Royal dance hall in the early 1950s. "The letters offer a fascinating snap shot into the mind of one of Britain's most notorious gangsters," said Mr Aldridge. "One sentence in particular makes fascinating reading: 'I never did receive the letters in the guard house, if I had it may have changed the direction of both our lives, but it is no good to look back.' "This letter represents a real sliding doors or 'what if' moment of history on how his life could have been so different if he had have received the letters he mentioned." Sold by a relative of Mrs Baker, who is now deceased, Mr Aldridge said the lot had attracted interest from London, Rome and Sydney but was eventually bought by a collector from Wiltshire. The Kray brothers, were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for their involvement in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults, and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell. Ronnie died in Broadmoor Hospital in 1995 while Reggie died from cancer in October 2000, eight weeks after he was released from his term on compassionate grounds.

A court in India has found 24 people guilty of involvement in one of the most notorious massacres during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Letters written by gangster Reggie Kray at a "sliding doors" moment in his life, have sold at auction for £750.

The BBC takes a look at the key points in the 207-page senate committee report, the outcome of an inquiry which began in March. The committee said that the conditions were "not adequate, appropriate or safe" for the 637 asylum seekers housed on Nauru. It noted that they had to live in cramped, hot and unhygienic dormitories with unclean toilets, limited access to water, and low-quality clothing and footwear. It called on the government to improve infrastructure and accommodation, and speed up on processing refugee claims. The committee said there was no legal framework to protect the 86 children living in the centre, and urged the government to speed up its extraction of children and their families from the centre and re-home them in the Nauruan community. It noted that the living conditions were an "unnatural environment" that was harming children's mental health, and that there were at least 30 allegations of child abuse, including sexual assault. There were also allegations of sexual assault or rape of asylum seekers, and accusations that staff and guards attempted to bribe detainees with contraband substances such as drugs in return for sexual favours. The committee said there was also an alleged "culture of fear" in the detention centre where asylum seekers felt their safety was not guaranteed. The company in charge of enforcing security at the centre, Wilson Security, also said it fired 11 staff for misconduct including inappropriate relationships, excessive use of force and sexual assault. Former employees also told the committee that some reports of abuse had been destroyed by management The committee recommended a "full audit" of all abuse allegations and said the reporting of abuse or sexual harassment should be made mandatory. It also recommended that staff from Wilson Security and the centre's operator, Transfield Services, be subjected to random daily testing for alcohol and drugs. It called for an immigration ombudsman to do independent reviews of complaints. The committee's report also included a dissenting section from the ruling Liberal-National coalition, which rejected the findings of the committee and questioned the veracity of their evidence. The coalition accused the committee, which was dominated by opposition lawmakers, of attempting to score political points and said that the inquiry was done to "advance the political perspective" of those senators. But Immigration Minister Peter Dutton told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he was open to considering the committee's suggestions. Read more: Nauru migrant centre 'unsafe for children' - senate report Roger and Christine Solik, of Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, were found dead in Nzinga, Impendle, in February. Police said their bodies were tied up and dumped in a river. Xolani Brian Ndlovu, 32, is wanted on suspicion of two counts of murder, house robbery, kidnapping and theft of motor vehicle. Police said a neighbour of the Soliks raised the alarm after noticing their house was "in a state of disarray". Officers were called and said they found bloodstains, prompting the launch of a kidnapping investigation. Mrs Solik, 57, originally from Mountain Ash, was spotted bound in the Inzinga river 45 miles (70km) from her Kwazulu-Natal province home on 17 February. The body of her husband, 66, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, was found more than a mile downstream three days later. The couple married in 1980 and emigrated to South Africa the following year. One man, Thulani Moses Mthembu, 43, has already been arrested on suspicion of murder and appeared in court on 13 March. He is next due in court on 22 March.

Lawmakers in Australia have released a damning report detailing sub-standard living conditions and allegations of abuse in an asylum seeker detention centre in Nauru. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Police in South Africa are searching for a second man in connection with the murder of a Welsh couple.

Rovers hit the ground running early on and were rewarded with two tries from Thomas Minns and one from Ben Cockayne. Kieran Dixon extended Hull KR's lead but Alex Walker and James Cunningham pulled the Broncos back into the game. However, tries from James Greenwood, Matty Marsh, James Donaldson, debutant Will Jubb and a hat-trick from Minns gave Rovers a comfortable win. Former England captain Peacock, 38, came out of retirement after agreeing a deal with Hull KR until the end of the season, and came on just before the break to make his debut. The result moved Rovers up to third place in the Qualifiers table and they are now level on six points with Huddersfield Giants with two games left to play. London Broncos slipped to their fourth defeat since the split, but can still qualify for the Million Pound Game depending on results elsewhere. London Broncos: Walker, Williams, Hellewell, Kear, Macani, Barthau, Soward, Slyney, Cunningham, Ioane, Harrison, Garside, Bussey. Replacements: Ackers, Thackray, Magrin, Offerdahl. Hull KR: Cockayne, Dixon, Minns, Thornley, Mantellato, Campese, Marsh, Tilse, Lunt, Allgood, Clarkson, Greenwood, Donaldson. Replacements: Walker, Peacock, Larroyer, Jubb. Referee: Phil Bentham. A judge told lawyers for the families their submissions would be decided at a hearing in October or November. The Crown did not prosecute Mr Clarke over the crash on 22 December 2014, which killed six people. Some families said this was wrong as it emerged that Mr Clarke had lied to his employers about his medical history. Mr Clarke, 58, was unconscious when the Glasgow City Council bin lorry veered out of control, killing six people and injuring 17 others. Those who died in the crash were Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, from Dumbarton, Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh. The Sweeney/McQuade family have been granted legal aid in their bid to bring a private prosecution. They want Mr Clarke to face trial as an inquiry found the crash could have been avoided if he had not lied about his medical history. It emerged during a fatal accident inquiry into the crash that Mr Clarke had lied about his history of blackouts on job applications and medical declarations. The Crown decided not to prosecute Mr Clarke after saying there was no evidence that he knew or ought to have known that he was unfit to drive. Also seeking a private prosecution are families of students Mhairi Convy and Laura Stewart, who were knocked down and killed in a separate crash in Glasgow in 2010. The two women, who were aged 18 and 20, were walking in the city's North Hanover Street when a Range Rover being driven by William Payne mounted the kerb and hit them after he blacked out at the wheel. Again, the Crown Office chose not to prosecute Mr Payne on the basis that there was no evidence that he knew or ought to have known that he was unfit to drive. On Thursday, lawyers acting for the relatives of the families addressed Lord Carloway, Lady Smith and Lord Brodie at the High Court in Edinburgh. They have brought a Bill Of Criminal Letters - the legal expression given for private prosecutions in Scotland. The media are unable to report what was said at Thursday's hearing for legal reasons. However, Lord Carloway ruled that a two-day hearing should take place in either October or November to examine the requests to bring the private prosecutions. The Lord Justice General added: "This is a matter of considerable importance and the court is anxious to progress it to a hearing soon as practically possible."

Jamie Peacock made his Hull KR debut as they scored 10 tries past London Broncos to seal victory in the capital. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Bereaved families seeking a private prosecution against Glasgow bin lorry driver Harry Clarke will hear in the autumn if they can bring proceedings.

Andy Marsh was appointed Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset last week but he is married to an assistant chief constable, Nikki Watson. PCC Sue Mountstevens said a policy would be in place so Mr Marsh will "not be directly line-managing his wife". The former Hampshire Police chief replaces Nick Gargan, who quit after being found guilty of misconduct. Mr Marsh, who has taken a pay cut to return to the force, is due to take up office alongside his wife next February. But Ms Mountstevens said the situation was "not unique in the workplace" and neither Mr Marsh or his wife "should be discriminated against". "They have both been appointed through separate, independent and open processes," she said. "The appointments panel and I were unanimously satisfied that a policy could be put in place around reporting lines and discipline matters. "Mr Marsh will not be directly line managing his wife and if any discipline matters were to arise surrounding his wife these will be dealt with by a Chief Constable of another force." Avon and Somerset has had four chiefs in the last three years. Mr Gargan was appointed by Ms Mountstevens in January 2013, after his predecessor Colin Port quit when she asked him to reapply for his job. Acting chief constable John Long filled in following Mr Gargan's suspension in May 2014. The estimated number of tax-free £100,000 prizes each month will fall from three to two, and there will also be two fewer £25,000 prizes. The reduction is part of a wider cut in interest rates across a range of NS&I's savings products. Cuts of up to 0.25 percentage points "reflect market conditions", it said. They follow interest rate cuts on the same variable rate products - the Direct Isa, the Direct Saver and Income Bonds - in June last year. There are about 21 million Premium Bond holders in the UK. The bonds are issued by NS&I which is guaranteed by the Treasury. The total number of tax-free prizes will fall in May to an estimated 2,219,493 from about 2,224,513 now. There will be more £25 prizes but fewer of most of the higher value awards. The total prize fund will drop from £69.5m to £63.8m over the same period, although the two jackpot prizes of £1m each month will remain. Danny Cox, chartered financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Ironically with so little interest on cash for savers, Premium Bonds look more attractive - if your savings are returning basically nothing, you might as well opt for the chance of the jackpot prize. "NS&I will remain popular for their cast iron security but lower interest rates and rising inflation will test savers' patience." NS&I announced that the interest rate for the Direct Isa and for Income Bonds will fall from the current rate of 1% to 0.75% in May. The Direct Saver account will see its interest rate drop from 0.8% to 0.7% at the same time. NS&I blamed the cut in the Bank of England's base rate from 0.5% to 0.25% in August and the reaction to the move across the savings market. "We have taken the time to absorb the impact of the Bank of England base rate reduction and subsequent changes across the savings market," said Steve Owen, acting chief executive of NS&I. "The new rates reflect current market conditions and allow us to continue to strike a balance between the needs of our savers, taxpayers and the stability of the broader financial services sector. "We appreciate that savers will be disappointed, but we believe that the new rates present a fair offer to customers." In all, the changes will affect 21 million savers. In November, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that a new savings bond offering a "market-leading" rate of about 2.2% would go on sale through NS&I in the spring. Anyone over 16 will be able to invest up to £3,000 in the three-year bond. The precise interest rate will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

A police and crime commissioner has defended recruiting a married couple as a new police chief and assistant chief. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Savers will have a slimmer chance of winning some of the biggest Premium Bond prizes from May, says National Savings and Investments (NS&I).

The 8-1 chance, ridden by Richard Johnson, beat stable-mate Champagne West (8-1) by four-and-a-half lengths for his third win of the season. It was Hobbs's first win in the race since Monkerhostin in 2004, which had also been ridden by Johnson. "I thought Richard was going too quick but it was just right and he kept going very well," said Hobbs. "I could hardly have predicted they would be first and second. "Village Vic looked to be very good and then had an injury but he has come back well." The winner was carrying only 10st meaning Johnson, 38, had to watch his weight over the last few days. "I wouldn't do 10st too often these days," he said. "But I always thought he had a great chance and it's been well worth the while." Earlier, the Jonjo O'Neill-trained More Of That maintained his unbeaten record over fences by beating his two rivals in the Novice Chase and could be aimed at the Gold Cup in March. The 2014 World Hurdle winner had almost a year off track before returning at the Gloucestershire track earlier this month. And the fast-improving Old Guard put himself in contention for the Champion Hurdle at the Festival with a thrilling win in the International Hurdle for jockey Sam Twiston-Davies and trainer Paul Nicholls. Old Guard fought it out with Sempre Medici and Hargam but favourite Peace and Co, who moved to the front early on, was unable to pick up when the pace quickened. "The clue was perhaps in the weight achieved by Richard Johnson on Village Vic. Just like AP McCoy when he dominated the scene, Johnson, McCoy's runaway heir apparent, rarely diets down as low as 10 stone, the required weight here. "And his hunger regime - he said afterwards he'd promised himself a big takeaway tonight - was spectacularly worthwhile as they led all the way for a storming success, Johnson's 156th of the first post-McCoy season when surely he will finally be champion." The Rotary Club of Oxford Spires said it had abandoned plans for Sunday's charity event at Day's Lock, Little Wittenham with "great regret". An Environment Agency flood alert is in place for the stretch of the river. The club said the river is "still too high and fast to have our safety boats on the river", but would try to hold the event later in the year. The annual event, based on the game played by AA Milne's characters, began in 1984 as a fundraiser for the RNLI. It regularly attracts more than 1,000 people and was voted "Britain's Favourite Quirky Event" by the readers of Countryfile magazine in 2012. The 24-year-old was knifed in the stomach in Brierley Hill town centre at 16:45 BST on Saturday. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, West Midlands Police said. A murder investigation has been launched. Det Insp Jim Munro said it was thought to have been a "targeted" attack and that the two people involved knew each other. A worker at Dixi Chicken, on High Street, told the Express & Star an injured man came into the shop. Ahmad Sherzad, 20, told the newspaper: "He had a hand to his waist and blood was coming out. "He came up to counter and said 'help me' before fainting. "I went outside and called the ambulance." The road has been sealed off while investigations take place and a nearby wood is also being searched. Det Insp Munro added: "We have spoken to some witnesses already but I'm sure there are many more people who saw what happened, or saw the offender running away, and have not yet spoken to police."

Village Vic jumped superbly to lead home a Philip Hobbs-trained 1-2 in the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The World Pooh Sticks Championships have been cancelled because of high river levels on the Thames. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man has been stabbed to death outside a takeaway in a busy high street.

A report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee says the property tax is no longer fit for purpose, and calls for a "wholesale review". The committee's views echo those of several leading business figures. Last week, former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy described it as an "ancient tax" that "has not worked for years". Business rates are charged to retailers based on the value of their shop or other commercial property. In its report, the Business Committee said there should be an examination of whether retail taxes should instead be based on the value of sales. This could mean lower rates for smaller High Street shops. It also suggests a separate system of business taxation for the retail sector. "Among the many challenges they face, business rates are the single biggest threat to the survival of retail businesses on the High Street," said committee chairman Adrian Bailey. "Since the system was created the retail environment has changed beyond all recognition. A system of business taxation based on physical property is simply no longer appropriate in an increasingly online retail world." The British Retail Consortium, which represents UK retailers, welcomed the report. "This report must be the final nail in the coffin of the question: do business rates need to be reformed?" said director general Helen Dickinson. "They do. Business thinks so. A committee of Parliament thinks so. We very much hope the government will think so too." But Adam Marshall, director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, pointed out that business rates affect all types of businesses, not just retail, and reform across all sectors was needed. "We need thriving High Streets, but business rates are also the reasons many manufacturers and services companies put off investment and hiring decision because their rates bills are just too high," he said. And Mark Rigby, chief executive of CVS and chairman of London Wasps told the BBC's Wake up to Money programme, that the current system isn't all bad, and that any alternative would need to be fair to all businesses, not just the retail sector. "The reason it's based on property is because it works. You have to accept that business rates is a zero sum game. The government is looking to collect £25bn. If retail reduces the amount it pays, someone else will be paying more." A government spokesperson said it was currently reviewing business rates administration "which will look at longer-term reforms to make the system more transparent, efficient and responsive to economic circumstances". The technology allows a convoy of lorries to travel just a few feet from each other, with just the driver at the front in control. The initiative would cut fuel consumption, backers said. However, the plan has been criticised by motoring groups which said such a fleet would be "intimidating" to other road users. The Sunday Times reported that UK ministers had visited Sweden to see the technology in action, and that tests would be carried out next year. However in a statement, the Department for Transport said: "No decision has been reached on a trial using this new technology. "However, road safety remains of paramount importance and will not be compromised." The technology still requires a driver to be in each vehicle in the event of an emergency, but for the most part drivers will be able to relax - the proposal suggested reading a book or having lunch. The convoy will be controlled by the driver in the front, with each lorry communicating via wi-fi. Infrared cameras and laser sensors are also used to monitor vehicle movements. Paul Watters, head of road policy for breakdown rescue service the AA, said the idea may concern normal road users. "For the car user in particular it does pose worries about platooning lorries taking up a lot of space and blocking others out," he told the BBC, but added that perhaps a dedicated lane may solve that issue. He questioned whether the notion that drivers could take up another activity while in the autonomous convoy was misjudged. "They're suggesting that an autonomous lorry driver can do other logistics work while they're driving," he said. "The thought of a lorry driver doing administration is, dare I say it, pie in the sky." The plans follow the announcement that driverless cars will be tested in the UK next year. The news was met with some trepidation - 65% of people polled by the AA said they would prefer to continue driving as normal rather than allow a computer to take the wheel. But the organisation noted that younger drivers appeared to be more open to the technology. Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC

The current system of business rates is in need of "fundamental reforms" in order to help retailers and boost local economies, a group of MPs has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Fleets of self-driving lorries could be tested on UK roads as soon as next year, according to reports.

After an outcry, the city's archdiocese admitted it had been "ill-conceived" for St Mary's Cathedral to treat homeless people in this way. The water system was put in place two years ago for safety reasons, it said, to stop needles and excrement being left in alcoves near the back door. The sprinklers may also have been illegal, a church statement said. "We have also now learned that the system in the first place required a permit and may violate San Francisco water-use laws, and the work to remove this system has already started, and will be completed by the end of the day," it said on Tuesday. The archdiocese said it prided itself on its work with the homeless and the people affected had been informed before the sprinklers were installed. "The idea was not to remove those persons, but to encourage them to relocate to other areas of the cathedral, which are protected and safer. "We are sorry that our intentions have been misunderstood and recognise that the method used was ill-conceived." A local CBS news outlet, KCBS, first reported on the issue, and it said the shower ran for about 75 seconds, every 30 to 60 minutes, in four doorways. KCBS said it saw several homeless people, and their property, being soaked. As news circulated on social media, the church's tactic was variously described as "inhumane", "un-Christian" and - with some irony - "It's what Jesus would do, right?" Some pointed out the contrast with the Vatican approach, which recently started offering haircuts, sleeping bags and showers to rough sleepers in Rome. The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 56.2 last month, from 55.2 in November - the highest level since July 2015. But inflationary pressure in the sector continued, with prices charged rising at the strongest rate since April 2011. Services, which include areas such as retailing and banking, make up more than three-quarters of the UK economy. Markit's Chris Williamson said it defied fears of a Brexit slowdown. "At face value, this improvement suggests that the next move by the Bank of England is more likely to be a rate hike than a cut," he added. However, Mr Williamson, Markit's chief economist, said policymakers were "clearly concerned about the extent to which Brexit-related uncertainty could slow growth this year". As a result, he said, the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee would have to consider "the current resilience of the economy" alongside "elevated levels of uncertainty", meaning that interest rates could go either way. Earlier in the week, surveys in the construction and manufacturing sectors indicated a similar pattern of growth. Mr Williamson said that collectively, the surveys pointed to GDP growth of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of the year. The "all-sector" PMI rose to 56.4 in December from 55.1 the previous month - itself the highest reading since July 2015. A figure above 50 indicates expansion. Paul Sirani, chief market analyst at Xtrade, said the latest survey showed the service sector was going "from strength to strength". "Strong services data provides a good indication that the UK economy remains resilient amid ongoing Brexit uncertainty. However, greater tests lie ahead," he added. "Further changes in the wider political landscape in early 2017 are likely to ask more questions of the robust UK economy, with its response anyone's guess." At the same time, a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce indicated that there had been "continued expansion" for both manufacturing and services in the final three months of the year, but "at a lower level for the services sector than before the EU referendum". The BCC said: "Firms in both sectors, particularly in manufacturing, are facing pressure to raise prices, principally as a result of the cost of raw materials and other overheads." Dr Adam Marshall, the BCC's director general, added: "Overall, our findings suggest growth will continue in 2017, albeit at a more modest pace. "The government must act strongly this year to support investment and improve the business environment - both of which are crucial to boosting business confidence, and therefore further growth."

A church in San Francisco has promised to remove controversial sprinklers it installed to deter rough sleepers. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The UK service sector grew at its fastest pace for 17 months in December, a closely watched survey has indicated.

Fiona Winter, of Dundee, is accused of wilfully exposing a toddler to risk of injury by losing control of the pram and pushing it into the path of traffic at Perth railway station on 23 April. She is alleged to have been under the influence of drink or drugs while she was responsible for the child. The 35-year-old denied the charge at a hearing at Perth Sheriff Court, and will stand trial in October. "People who are travelling to Turkey for private or business reasons are urged to exercise increased caution," the German foreign ministry said. Firms face investment risks in Turkey because of Turkish legal deficiencies, the ministry said. Turkey reacted angrily, saying Germany had a "one-sided, distorted approach" that was "unacceptable". German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel's criticism related to the Turkish authorities' crackdown on political opponents since the abortive coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a year ago. Germany protested to Turkey's Berlin ambassador on Wednesday over the arrest of six human rights activists. The six include a German citizen, Peter Steudtner, and Amnesty International's Turkey director, Idil Eser. The Turkish foreign ministry hit back, accusing Germany of "blackmail and threats" and "direct interference in the Turkish judiciary". It demanded that Germany respect Turkey's need to combat "terror" organisations and that both countries "focus on long-term mutual goals". The escalation could threaten Turkish holiday bookings - tourists from Germany were the most numerous last year, at nearly four million. President Erdogan launched a huge purge of state institutions after rogue military officers tried to topple him a year ago. More than 50,000 people have been arrested since the failed coup, including more than 170 journalists and many opposition politicians, academics and activists. Mr Erdogan accused US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the abortive coup. The purge of the armed forces, judiciary, police and education sector has seen more than 140,000 people dismissed from their jobs. Turkey's detention of Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist with the Berlin daily Die Welt, is another sore point in the two Nato allies' relations. He was arrested in February on terror charges, which he has denied. Foreign Minister Gabriel said his new warning on Turkey had been agreed with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU). There is intense rivalry between Mr Gabriel's Social Democrats (SPD) and the CDU as Germany gears up for a September general election. Mr Gabriel condemned restrictions on consular access for the Germans detained in Turkey. "Germans are not secure from arbitrary arrests," he warned. "We want Turkey to become part of the West, but it takes two to tango," he said. "We cannot go on as before. We have to spell it out clearer than before, so that Ankara politicians understand that such a policy has consequences." He said Germany would ask its EU partners to review the bloc's negotiations with Turkey on customs union arrangements and on Turkey's EU accession bid. Germany will also review its Hermes export credits from which Turkey benefits. The Hermes scheme provides extra insurance for German firms investing in Turkey. Turkey has handed Mrs Merkel's government a list of 68 German companies and individuals accused of supporting the "terrorist" Gulen movement, Germany's Die Zeit website reports. Industrial giants BASF and Daimler are reportedly on the list, as well as various small firms. Die Zeit says German officials have dismissed the list as "absurd". Mr Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party has a parliamentary majority, and in April he narrowly won a referendum paving the way for a much more powerful presidency.

A woman is to stand trial accused of being drunk in charge of a pram. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The German government has warned its citizens and firms they face the risk of "arbitrary" arrest in Turkey.

They went ahead against the run of play when David Navarro turned Jordi Alba's cross into his own net. Bottom-of-the-table Levante hit the woodwork through Jose Luis Morales while Giuseppe Rossi forced a fine save from Claudio Bravo. Luis Suarez's 20th league goal of the season sealed the points. Barcelona have one game in hand over second-placed Atletico Madrid, who had drawn level on points after beating Eibar 3-1 on Saturday. This was a far from vintage Barca performance, but they have now won their past 10 league and cup games. They have also equalled the Spanish record of 28 matches unbeaten. Levante meanwhile are five points from safety. Relive the action from the Ciutat de Valencia A disciplinary hearing will take place on Wednesday and Ashton, 28, faces a minimum 12-week ban if found guilty. The incident happened in the first half of Saracens' European Champions Cup victory at Allianz Park on Saturday. Ashton was recalled to the England squad by new head coach Eddie Jones last week. The most recent of Ashton's 39 international caps came against New Zealand in June 2014. England's Six Nations campaign starts on 6 February against Scotland and ends in France on 19 March. The body of Josh Clayton, 23, from Taunton, was found near Tresco on 23 September 2015, 10 days after he went missing from a party on the privately-owned island. An inquest into his death was halted after new evidence came to light last week. His mother Tracey wants police to open a fresh investigation into his death. She says she has had a private meeting with a senior police officer from Devon and Cornwall Police. "He assured me he will be reviewing and hopefully will look for any gaps that happen throughout the investigation," she said. "It definitely wasn't an accident. "I've thought that from day one and I still believe it now." Devon and Cornwall Police said they were only made aware of the new evidence at the inquest and were carrying out further inquiries. The coroner told the force to investigate after new claims emerged of a row at the party Mr Clayton was at before he went missing. He had been at a staff event at The Shed venue organised by Tristan Dorrien-Smith, son of island landlord Robert. Partygoer Leroy Thomas said Mr Clayton had been arguing with a group of foreign workers at the party. Following the inquest Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement it was the "first time" the force had been made aware of the claims and "further investigations will be carried out as a result".

Barcelona celebrated boss Luis Enrique's 100th match in charge with a laboured win over Levante to go three points clear at the top of La Liga. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Saracens and England wing Chris Ashton could miss the Six Nations after being cited for allegedly making contact with the eyes of Ulster's Luke Marshall. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The mother of a holiday island bar manager found on rocks in the Scilly Isles says his death was "no accident".

Two fossils found in China show what the animal looked like. Scientists say its hammer-shaped skull helped it to feed on underwater plants. Only a handful of marine reptiles, living or extinct, are known to be vegetarian. Scientists used modelling clay, like Play-Doh, to re-make the jaw to work out how the animal fed. They used toothpicks to represent the teeth. Olivier Rieppel of the Field Museum in Chicago said: "We looked at how the upper and lower jaw locked together, and that's how we proceeded and described it." "It's definitely a reptile that no one would have thought to exist - look at it, it's crazy!" The first fossils of the creature were discovered a few years ago. It was named Atopodentatus unicus, which is Latin for "unique strangely toothed". Father-of-two Aly Donzo, 23, was convicted of raping a 20-year-old at a party in Glasgow on 30 May last year. The High Court in Glasgow heard that the rape was committed in a flat in Plantation Park Gardens provided to Donzo by the Home Office. During his trial Donzo denied rape and claimed the sex was consensual. The victim told advocate depute Sheena Fraser, prosecuting, that she was at a party where Donzo, who comes from Guinea, was also present. During the evening, as she came out the toilet, he grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her towards a bedroom. She said he had pushed her onto a bed and pulled down her trousers and underwear. "I tried to push at his chest to get him off. But he was much bigger and stronger than me. I didn't want it to happen. I didn't want him to touch me. I said no," she said. The woman told the court she just kept saying she wanted to go. She told the court she pleaded with Donzo, telling him she had a boyfriend. After raping her Donzo got up and walked out the room. Other partygoers said the woman was distressed when she came out of the bedroom. Minutes later, as she left the house to get a taxi, Donzo called after her: "See you later gorgeous." A taxi driver who picked her and a friend up from the flat where the rape took place described her as "staring ahead expressionless" and then "crying like a wounded animal." The cabbie said the woman then started moaning and whimpering and added that her friend said she had just been raped. The court heard that Donzo had entered the UK on 3 March 2010 and applied for asylum. He was served with papers on 20 March that year, stating he was in the country illegally. On 15 April 2010 his application for asylum was refused and on 29 September that year further submissions to the Home Office were rejected. On 7 October 2010 Donzo was told he had no further right of appeal and was told to leave the UK. His defence team claimed he was "hiding in plain sight" all the time and the authorities could have easily found and deported him. Defence advocate John McLaughlin told the court that Donzo still claimed that the sex was consensual and denied raping the woman. Mr McLaughlin said: "Mr Donzo operated in full view of the authorities. There has been nothing secretive or fly about his life." The advocate added: "The flat which is the locus of the offence appears to have been provided by the Home Office." Donzo was also accused of raping another woman at another Glasgow flat on 2 January 2012, but this charge was withdrawn from the indictment after the alleged victim failed to turn up to give evidence. Judge Lord Bonomy told Donzo: "There is increasing public concern in Scotland about sexual offending. This was a serious assault on the personal integrity of your victim." He ordered Donzo to start his sentence at the end of a 32-month sentence he is currently serving for drugs offences. Lord Bonomy also placed Donzo on the sex offenders' register.

A crocodile-sized creature that lived 242 million years ago was the first known vegetarian reptile to live in the sea, according to new evidence. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A failed asylum seeker who raped a woman almost four years after he was ordered out of the UK has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Wales are down to seventh from fifth place after defeats by England and Scotland and could drop to ninth if they lose to Ireland and France. That would mean a tough draw for the 2019 World Cup with the seedings based on rankings at the end of this season. "It's not so much the World Cup. The disappointment would be if we finish ninth," said former captain Davies. "I think Wales should be far higher up the world rankings than that and I think we've been aiming this year to establish ourselves as fourth in the world. "So if we end up as seventh, eighth or ninth it falls short of where we wanted to be so that's the biggest disappointment, not so much the World Cup." Wales were ranked outside the top eight for the 2015 tournament draw, when they ended up in the infamous "group of death" with England, Australia and Fiji. The draw for the 2019 tournament in Japan is being made in May, with Rob Howley's team again facing the risk of a tough pool. But Davies - a former British and Irish Lions Test fly-half - believes the team can bounce back to win their remaining Six Nations matches in Cardiff and Paris. "They've got two games Ireland and France left to bring some redemption I suppose," he said. Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones also said that players were not concerned about the world rankings as they prepare for the final two rounds of the tournament. "With regard to world rankings we've got to have an eye on the games week-to-week rather than anything beyond that," he said. The decision comes little over a month before Germans head to the polls. The AfD hopes to enter the parliament in Berlin for the first time. Prosecutors asked the Saxony state parliament to lift Ms Petry's immunity after a campaign financing inquiry. She is suspected of making false statements under oath before a parliamentary committee in November 2015. Ms Petry is a co-leader of the the nationalist AfD and its lead candidate in Saxony for the 24 September federal election. Prosecutors will be able to press ahead with the case if, as expected, no objections are raised by other members of the state parliament. She has said in the past that she is relaxed about the case. AfD is currently polling at around 8% in German opinion polls and already has delegates in 13 of Germany's 16 state parliaments. Among its policies are a call to declare Islam incompatible with German culture and a plan to strip immigrants convicted of serious crimes of their German passports. The party's fortunes have declined in the past year, partly because of internal wrangling but also because immigration has become less of an issue in German politics. Parties need to reach a 5% threshold of the vote to enter the Bundestag. What does the AfD want? Ms Petry was instrumental in moving the AfD to the right after it was founded as an anti-euro movement. In 2016, amid the influx of migrants and refugees into Germany, she suggested that police should, "if necessary", shoot at migrants seeking to enter the country illegally. In April she stepped back from the party leadership to have her fifth baby after losing an internal fight to steer the AfD towards a more moderate course. Controversially, she was then pictured with her baby in July in an AfD campaign poster.

Wales' slide in World Rugby's rankings is a disappointment, says Welsh Rugby Union chairman Gareth Davies. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A parliamentary committee in eastern Germany has called for Frauke Petry, one of the leaders of Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), to lose her immunity from prosecution over allegations of perjury.

She "can't bear" to celebrate their son's first Christmas apart, she said. Billy Irving, from Connel, Argyll, is one of six British men held for more than 760 days on the charges. Yvonne MacHugh has relaunched a petition to UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. Ms MacHugh, 27, from Glasgow, said it breaks her heart that Mr Irving and the five other men - all ex-soldiers in the British Army - are still stuck out in India, in what she called a "nightmare" scenario. Along with Mr Irving, the men arrested on 12 October 2013 are: "I can't bear to celebrate our baby boy's first Christmas without his dad," Ms MacHugh said. "I'm left without the man that I love, the man that I want to spend the rest of my life with. "We're supposed to be planning a wedding and bringing up our wee boy together and all that's been taken off us." In 2013, Ms MacHugh started a petition - which attracted the support of more than 150,000 people - saying the men had been "wrongly arrested and imprisoned by Indian authorities while working to protect ships from pirate attacks". She has re-launched it this week with the call for them to be brought home by Christmas. She wrote on the petition: "The British government is their only hope. These boys are ex-soldiers who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. They devoted their lives to their country and now they need our country's help." She said: "I just felt I had to do something. I just don't see an end to it at all. None of it seems to make sense. "Despite them being innocent, it just scares me that that might not come through in court and they could be prosecuted for something that they have no control over or they've not done." The men were working for US maritime company AdvanFort providing anti-piracy protection when their ship - MV Seaman Guard Ohio, which had a crew of 35 - was detained. After being told the case against them was quashed, Indian prosecutors applied for a retrial, which is now ongoing. Relatives had hoped the guards would have been allowed home by October this year, because of what they said was the weakness of the case, but the six still remain in India. Ms MacHugh has daily contact with Mr Irving over Skype, and she and their son visited India earlier this year. But, she said, her life is on hold as she waits for her partner to return. "It's horrible, I can't even describe how it feels," she said. The Manchester United star posted on his official Facebook page he and his Rosso Restaurant hoped to "put a smile on local kids' faces this Christmas". He announced the donation live on air to Cash for Kids, the official charity of Manchester radio station Key 103. The charity said it was "totally overwhelmed" with the donation. Ferdinand told the station: "Christmas is a time when families want to get each other presents and there are obviously people that are less fortunate than we are so we want to try and help them and donate £500,000 worth of toys." He said: "As a father myself I couldn't see children going without opening a present this Christmas day. "We're not looking for a thank you, we're just trying to help people out." The charity's manager Russell Feingold said on the station's website: "We are totally overwhelmed by Rio's amazing contribution. "This is going to help so many young children." The charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged children in Greater Manchester said its Mission Christmas campaign aims to help at least 60,000 children in Manchester who are at risk of not getting a present this Christmas. Ferdinand won 81 England caps, plus six Premier League titles with Manchester United. He is now a TV pundit and restaurant owner.

The fiancée of a Scot detained in India due to a dispute over anti-piracy operations has called for him and five other Britons to be brought home in time for Christmas. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Former England football captain Rio Ferdinand and his restaurant have pledged £500,000 of toys and gifts to a children's charity.

Wightlink Ferries wants to build a three-storey terminal in Gunwharf Road for its Portsmouth to Fishbourne service as part of a £45m project. The upgrade will see new ramps put in so vehicles can be simultaneously loaded and unloaded on two levels. Portsmouth City Council's planning committee approved the plans at a meeting on Wednesday. The firm still has to secure planning permission from Isle of Wight Council next month for a new loading ramp at the Fishbourne terminal. The new ferry will carry 178 vehicles and more than 1,000 people on each crossing. It is expected to come into service in 2017. McDonald worked under Allardyce at Bolton, Blackburn and West Ham and took over at Bloomfield Road in June after the pair left Upton Park. Alladryce joined Sunderland on 9 October but yet to name a number two. "There has been no contact and I'm happy with what I'm doing," McDonald told BBC Radio Lancashire. "I've got a brilliant relationship with Sam, so you put two and two together and get five. "It's taken me a long time to become a number one after Carlisle and then helping Sam and myself to enhance our reputations, which we have done. "This is my turn and I'm proud to be Blackpool manager."

Plans to redesign a ferry terminal in Portsmouth to accommodate a larger boat have been approved by councillors. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Blackpool manager Neil McDonald has not had any contact from Sunderland about reuniting with their new boss Sam Allardyce as his assistant.

Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Fed, said banks should be separated into "smaller, less connected, less important entities". The former Goldman Sachs executive urged Congress to go further than the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Mr Kashkari also questioned the tools for winding down troubled banks. He said in a speech: "I am far more sceptical that these tools will be useful," and cautioned that "we won't see the next crisis coming". Mr Kashkari, a key figure at the US Treasury under Secretary Henry Paulson during the financial crisis, said: "Now is the right time for Congress to consider going further than Dodd-Frank with bold, transformational solutions to solve this problem once and for all." In his first speech as president of the Minneapolis Fed, since being appointed in January, Mr Kashkari, said: "The financial sector has lobbied hard to preserve its current structure and thrown up endless objections to fundamental change. "And in the immediate aftermath of the crisis, when the Dodd-Frank Act was passed, the economic outlook was perhaps too uncertain to take truly bold action. "But the economy is stronger now, and the time has come to move past parochial interests and solve this problem. The risks of not doing so are just too great." The 19-year-old has made 13 league appearances for Phil Parkinson's side so far, scoring once. He briefly went back to the Premier League club for treatment on a knee problem, but now returns to Yorkshire. "We are very pleased Reece is remaining with us. We are going to need everyone over this busy Christmas period," City boss Parkinson told the club website. The former star is suing the force for damages after he was detained in 2007 over the death of Stuart Lubbock. Mr Lubbock was found dead in a swimming pool at Mr Barrymore's home in 2001. In High Court documents, the force admits the detective who was supposed to arrest the star was delayed. The force said it wanted to question Mr Barrymore, whose real name is Michael Parker, and two other men over the rape and murder of Mr Lubbock after new evidence emerged. Post-mortem tests found the 31-year-old butcher had suffered severe internal injuries indicating sexual assault and his bloodstream contained ecstasy, cocaine and alcohol. Mr Barrymore and the other men were arrested and later released without charge. In its defence document, Essex Police said: "The arrest of the claimant was unlawful only by reason of the fact the arresting officer, PC Cootes, was not fully aware of the grounds for arrest... and not by reason of a lack of reasonable grounds to suspect the claimant." PC Cootes, who was carrying out covert surveillance at the property where Mr Barrymore was staying in 2007, was ordered to make the arrest when the designated officer, Det Con Sue Jenkins, was delayed. "Since the claimant would have been lawfully arrested but for the said delay, he is entitled only to nominal damages for false imprisonment," the defence document added. Mr Barrymore's lawyers said police did not have reasonable grounds for suspecting him of the rape or murder of Mr Lubbock, and the arrest was unlawful and "wholly disproportionate and unreasonable". Their court documents also said Mr Barrymore "suffered loss and damage namely distress, shock, anxiety and damage to his reputation". He has also claimed his career suffered because of the police handling of the case. Essex Police said if earnings had been lost, it would be because of "matters outside the defendant's control", including that a young man had been found dead in his swimming pool which had "inevitably" led to a police investigation and inquest. A decision will be made in the New Year by a High Court judge about compensation Mr Barrymore may receive.

The newest US Federal Reserve member has called for banks to be broken up, and says post-financial crisis safety measures do not go far enough. [NEXT_CONCEPT] League One Bradford City have extended defender Reece Burke's youth loan deal from West Ham United until 2 January. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Entertainer Michael Barrymore's arrest over the death of a man at his home was unlawful because the officer involved had not been fully briefed, court papers filed by Essex Police admit.

It will be the first game in the series to be played outside of the competing nations, of Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. The game will count as a 'home' fixture for Argentina and will conclude this year's competition. The two countries met at Twickenham last year when Australia won a World Cup semi-final by 29-15. A 4-2 win against plucky junior side Linlithgow Rose moved County into the quarter final of the Scottish Cup. The Staggies also face Hibs at Hampden Park in next month's League Cup Final. "There are a lot of hard league games to play before those matches, starting with Hearts on Wednesday night. That is the priority for us," McIntyre said. The aim will be to emulate near neighbours Inverness Caledonian Thistle, who won the Scottish Cup last season. However, McIntyre is determined his team don't get distracted from the task of a top six finish in the league. They face third placed Hearts at the Global Energy Stadium in midweek and McIntyre has made it clear where his priority lies. He said: "We are not thinking about another cup final at this stage as we are only in the quarter final at the moment. "We will see what the draw brings and we will take it from there. "Of course we are delighted to be in the last eight and we have the League Cup Final to look forward to." McIntyre made six changes from the team that beat Celtic in the League Cup semi final last weekend. He admits that move backfired in terms of the performance and that the East Superleague leaders deserve all the plaudits. "We got off to a great start with the early goal but I felt we were really sloppy in our possession of the ball and didn't move it quickly enough. "Great credit goes to Linlithgow. Sometimes when you make six changes as we did things go ok but not today. "It disrupted us but I don't want to take anything away from them because they played well and were well set up. "They scored a good second goal as well so they deserve real credit. "When they got it back to 3-2 you think "here we go" but luckily for us Brian Graham got a quick quality goal so we could see it out." Linlithgow Rose manager David McGlynn was delighted with the character and determination his players showed despite their Scottish Cup exit at Dingwall. "I was very proud of the players and we scored a great second goal so credit to the players and the fans for the way they backed us," McGlynn said. "We did well against a very good Premiership side who showed their quality at set plays especially. "This was a fairytale end to the Scottish Cup to get the chance to play top flight opposition that are already in one cup final themselves. "But we are all about winning trophies and in the junior game we are ranked up there with the best of them so we need to make sure we show that in those competitions."

Argentina and Australia will play each other in a Rugby Championship Test at Twickenham on Saturday, 8 October. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Ross County manager Jim McIntyre insists making it to a second cup final this season is the last thing on his mind.

Smith, who coaches the ladies' development squad, says "tension is running high" at the club's training ground because of the uncertainty. Wenger's side have lost four of their past five Premier League games. "My mind on Wenger has been turned a bit," Smith told BBC Radio 5 live. "I was always on the side of supporting him, but seeing the performances the last two or three weeks, with the lack of effort, the disorganisation, it seems to be the players have really lost the passion to play and get up for games. "It doesn't seem as if they've got that hunger there any more." Arsenal, who are sixth in the Premier League, host third-placed Manchester City on Sunday. Media playback is not supported on this device Wenger is into his 21st year as Arsenal manager but is out of contract at the end of the season. The 67-year-old Frenchman said two weeks ago that a decision on his future would be revealed "soon", but no announcement has been made. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Sports Panel, Smith added: "I think by him keeping quiet, it's obviously not helping the whole situation. "It's quite hard being around the training ground because the tension is running very, very high just with the pure fact no-one knows whether Wenger is going or staying." Speaking at his weekly news conference, Wenger confirmed that he is preparing for next season. "If I stay two months or 10 years, I plan. I do my job exactly the same," he said. Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick said recently the club's season had been "rather disappointing" but did not offer any clarification about Wenger's future. Earlier this month, the Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the seventh consecutive season. They are also in danger of failing to finish in the top four for the first time under Wenger, as they sit six points adrift of fourth-place Liverpool, though have two games in hand. "I think he needs to make a decision just for the pure love of the club," Smith added. "No manager is bigger than the club and I think Arsene Wenger is running the club at the minute. There's nobody above him making the decisions." Media playback is not supported on this device Starting on 153-6, the visitors added just 23 more runs to trail by 42 as Ben Sanderson finished with 5-52. Max Holden and Newton (108) made 92 for the first wicket, and Newton added 133 alongside Alex Wakely (79). Tony Palladino removed Holden and Newton for the visitors, before another McKerr wicket left it 247-4 at stumps. Derbyshire were a man light with Luis Reece spending Friday night in hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties on day one, but the club say he is "feeling much better in himself". Newton, who has also scored four half-centuries this season, recorded the 12th first-class ton of his career to help his side to a healthy 289-run advantage. Janet Clarke, 80, said she saw four dogs tossing five-year-old Fluffy in the air in a tug of war behind her Herefordshire cottage. The cat died in her porch. Ross Harriers Hunt apologised, adding the hounds got through a hole in the hedge and it was "very unusual" for them to leave their trail. More on this story and updates from Hereford & Worcester The incident happened on Saturday in Marlas, near Kilpeck, after the hunt laid a scent trail through nearby woods. Ms Clarke said: "I was at my back door and saw the cat being tossed in the air with about four hounds around it, pulling on it in sort of a tug of war. "I was shouting and raving in a panic to try to save the cat but, after I looked at it, it was obvious there was no hope." Anna Ernsting, joint master at Ross Harriers Hunt, said: "Unfortunately a small number of the hounds strayed into the Clarke's garden through a hole in the hedge and their cat died. "It is very unusual for our hounds to leave the trail laid for them. We are very sorry that it happened and for the distress this caused the family. "I apologised to Mr and Mrs Clarke at the time of the incident and visited again on Sunday to pass on our sincere apologies."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is "not helping" the club by delaying an announcement on his future, and his players have lost their hunger, says Arsenal Ladies legend Kelly Smith. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Opener Rob Newton scored his first ton of the County Championship campaign as Northants built a big buffer over Derbyshire on day two at Wantage Road. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A pack of hunt hounds killed a cat in front of its owner after straying into her garden.

The child's body was found in Broadway, Sheerness, on 4 March. The girl, arrested five days later, has been released after a post-mortem examination found the child was stillborn. Kent Police confirmed there would not be an inquest into the death. The remains had been found just before 12:50 GMT and the remnants of a small fire were also found at the scene, police said. Media playback is not supported on this device Alexander Kokorin missed the best chance of a lifeless opening half, heading wide from six yards. Substitute Kevin Mirallas hit a post with Belgium's first shot on target with six minutes remaining. "On the balance of play, Belgium do not deserve it, but Marc Wilmots will say, 'We have six points from two games, we are growing into this tournament'. But they have been poor. They will not go far." But Origi turned in from Eden Hazard's cross to take Marc Wilmots' team into the knock-out phase. Russia's hopes of following them into the last 16 now hinge on their final group match against Algeria. Fabio Capello's side were better than in their 1-1 draw with South Korea but still lacked a cutting edge and Belgium found a way to win despite an unconvincing display. Origi, 19, impressed when he came off the bench in the opening 2-1 victory over Algeria and, once again, the Lille forward did well when he replaced Romelu Lukaku - who appeared far from happy with the decision - early in the second half. They may have six points from two matches, but Belgium - who lost Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen to injury - will have to play far better to continue their progress. All three of Belgium's goals have been scored by substitutes. Another player do well coming on against Algeria, Dries Mertens was given a starting place and carried all of Belgium's threat down the right flank in the first half. The Napoli winger had an effort blocked after a fine run and, following Kevin de Bruyne's surge forward, he attempted to feed Romelu Lukaku rather than shooting from a good position. Mertens drove wide of goal after another impressive break but other than that Russia were barely troubled in a slow opening half. They went close themselves when Viktor Fayzluin's low effort was pushed away by Thibaut Courtois, who also made a scrambling stop from Maksim Kanunikov. Kokorin should have opened the scoring just before the interval but he glanced a header wide at the far post from Denis Glushakov's fine cross. Glushakov thumped a wild effort off target from a narrow angle as the second half started at an even lower tempo with both sides appearing content with a draw. Andrey Eschenko dragged an effort wide after a decent Russian move, then Everton winger Mirallas was denied by the foot of a post. Hazard drove wide after breaking into the area but the Chelsea forward made a more decisive contribution in the 88th minute, breaking down the left flank and pulling back for Origi to score. Belgium manager Marc Wilmots: "[Origi] is in a good space right now. He's 19 years old. It was a bit of a surprise since he was an unknown before I selected him. Now everyone knows who he is. "It was a hard game because the Russians were expecting us - the players were tired, it was hot, the Russians were already cramping up after 60 minutes. "It was not an easy match but I think we deserved to win it." Russia manager Fabio Capello: "I am very happy with the performance the team and I thought the result was unfair. "The truth of the matter is we had chances to win it but we lost. Both teams gave it their all and unfortunately it was Belgium that was able to make it. "We have to look forward and I said when we came to play in this World Cup after being absent for 12 years that this will be a great help for us to understand the level we need to be at in future competitions."

A teenage girl has been released without charge after the remains of a newborn baby were found in a Kent street. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Belgium substitute Divock Origi grabbed a winner two minutes from time against Russia to take his side into the last 16.

Turlough had lived at the park since 2011, and was described by staff as a "much loved" member of the family. Bosses at the Warminster site had become "increasingly concerned" about his health over recent months. The "fantastic" tiger had to be put to sleep following a degenerative spinal illness that had led to a progressive loss of his hind limb function. Ryan Hockley, head of safari, said: "At 19 years and 4 months, Turlough was the oldest Amur tiger in the UK having lived at Longleat since 2011. "Turlough was a much loved member of the Longleat family." Jon Cracknell, director of operations, said the death was a "great loss" to Longleat. "Turlough had settled in well here and we are sad to see him go," he added. "We initially supported this condition with pain relief and palliative care, however as it became progressively worse and following extensive consultation with the veterinary team and internal ethical review, we made the decision to put Turlough to sleep on welfare grounds." Mr Cracknell said the 19-year-old tiger, who arrived at Longleat from Dublin Zoo in 2011, "touched the hearts" of both visitors and staff. The park's three other female tigers, who shared an enclosure with Tulough, are in good health but will be monitored to see how they react to his loss, Mr Cracknell added. According to WWF, Amur tigers, also known as the Siberian tiger, were once found throughout the Russian Far East, northern China, and the Korean peninsula. By the 1940s, hunting had driven the Amur tiger to the brink of extinction. The population is now endangered, with around 400 tigers believed to be remaining. 27 May 2016 Last updated at 19:28 BST It goes out next week and BBC News NI Arts Correspondent Robbie Meredith has had a special preview. The entertainer, who has a home in Norfolk and is a lifelong fan of the club, will continue to support the club as a Norwich City ambassador. He became a director of the club, whose joint majority shareholder is TV cook and writer Delia Smith, in 2010. He will be replaced as a director by her nephew, ex-civil servant Thomas Smith. More on this story and others from Norfolk here Fry said: "My five years in the role have been an honour and a privilege beyond almost anything I can remember. "I wish I could take credit for ushering the club up from League One to the Premiership during that time on the board. Actually, I'm going to. It was all me. It can't have been a coincidence. "But now I'm so happy to relinquish my seat on the board to Thomas Smith and to engage as fully as I can in the role of ambassador for Norwich City. We have so much to be proud of, both on and off the pitch, and I hope to welcome many new fans to the greatest club of all. On the ball, City." Club chairman Ed Balls said: "Stephen has made a really important contribution since he joined the board in 2010. "His support for our commercial, retail and catering departments has helped to raise significant revenue for the football club - and the huge affection in which he is held by the public at home and abroad has definitely enabled him to help raise the profile of Norwich City." Thomas Smith spent over a decade in the Civil Service in the UK and abroad, working in a variety of roles at the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. After returning to the UK in late 2014, he left the public sector to start his own photographic business. The 28-year-old left Ewood Park in May after three years at Rovers. Spurr started his career at Sheffield Wednesday and has also had a two-year stint at Doncaster Rovers. "I'm delighted to finally sort things out and I can't wait to get started. They made me feel wanted as soon as the season was finished," he told BBC Radio Lancashire. "I like to think I'm a hard working footballer and I'll leave everything out there." He is the third new signing so far this summer after striker Simon Makienok and goalkeeper Chris Maxwell arrived at the Championship club. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

An Amur tiger, believed to be the oldest living in the UK, has died at Longleat Safari and Adventure Park. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The Undertones are celebrating 40 years together and have recorded an anniversary show for BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Actor, writer and television presenter Stephen Fry has stepped down from the board of Norwich City Football Club. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Preston North End have signed defender Tommy Spurr on a three-year deal after his release by Blackburn Rovers.

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured in the attack in Denver, Colorado on Thursday night. Witnesses said a man wearing a gas mask opened fire as movie-goers watched the film. In a statement film studio Warner Bros. said they were "deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident". "We extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time," the statement said. As well as the cancellation of the red carpet premiere on the Champs-Elysees, the Hollywood Reporter reported that media interviews with the director, Christoper Nolan, and the film's cast have also been cancelled. The Paris premiere was due to take place on Friday. Meanwhile, according to reports, Warner Bros. has also pulled a trailer for its upcoming film Gangster Squad, a 1940s-set thriller starring Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling. Movie website Deadline said the trailer, which was being shown during the previews of The Dark Knight Rises, featured a scene of gunmen going into a cinema and shooting patrons as they watch a film. Members of parliament engaged in heated debate on Thursday, with the opposition saying the law would infringe basic human rights. They and human rights groups have said they will stage protests if the bill is not amended to be less draconian. Somali militant group al-Shabab has attacked Kenya several times recently. The proposed law gives the president and spy agencies a range of new powers, which opposition MPs have criticised. One MP, Fred Outa, had to be wrestled to the ground in the National Assembly when he tried to stop the vote by seizing the mace - a symbol of parliamentary authority. President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended the bill, saying it is important for the country's security needs. "No freedoms are being curtailed unless you are a terrorist yourself," he said in a speech on Friday. "No part of our constitution has been violated." The BBC's Wanyama wa Chebusiri in Nairobi says there were calls on both sides of parliament for some of the bill's most controversial elements to be amended. These included The bill will now be passed to a parliamentary committee for amendment, before being sent to President Kenyatta to be signed into law. Our correspondent says the committee is likely to make some amendments, given the cross-party support for this. President Kenyatta has said he wants the bill to become law as soon as possible. The other main elements of the proposed law include giving the president the right to hire and fire security chiefs, giving the intelligence agencies the right to arrest terror suspects and a stipulation that people found with weapons in places of worship face punishment of 20 years in jail. It is also proposed that journalists should face jail if their reporting is judged to jeopardise prosecution of terror suspects. Members of the parliamentary majority said the law would help police and politicians tackle security problems in Kenya. But opposition MP Ababu Namwamba was quoted by the Daily Nation newspaper as saying: "This law is draconian, it is retrogressive, it is unconstitutional, it entrenches impunity. "We are today mourning the death of the constitution." Another MP, Eseli Simiyu, said: "The problem is not about lack of laws in this country. The problem is the lack of implementation of the existing laws." Earlier this month, President Kenyatta promised to take urgent action on security, replacing his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab. The militants had killed 36 quarry workers in Mandera, in north-east Kenya, near the Somali border. Non-Muslim workers were shot dead after being separated from Muslims. President Kenyatta had said: "The time has come for each and every one of us to decide and choose - are you on the side of an open, free, democratic Kenya... or do you stand with repressive, intolerant extremists?"

The Paris premiere of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, has been cancelled following a shooting at a midnight screening in the US. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The Kenyan parliament has backed a controversial bill aimed at "enhancing the authorities' capacity" to deal with terrorism and security issues.

Media playback is not supported on this device On a night when holders Ballymena United were beaten 2-1 at home by Ards, Matthew Clarke, Ross Gaynor and Andrew Waterworth notched Linfield's goals. Joe McKinney hit both Ards goals while PSNI beat Albert Foundry 3-0. Extra-time goals from David Cushley and Brandon Doyle helped Crusaders see off Glentoran 2-1 at the Oval. At Windsor Park, Cliftonville defender Caoimhin Bonner blocked early efforts by Mark Haughey and Waterworth but it was a contest of few openings before hesitation by Tomas Cosgrove allowed Clarke to strike the Blues ahead on 41 minutes. A misdirected ball across his own penalty area by Aaron Donnelly gifted Gaynor Linfield's second goal on 61 and Waterworth headed the third with 10 minutes left as Cliftonville posed little threat. A bad night for the Reds was topped off by Bonner's sending off as he picked up a second yellow card for a late challenge on Waterworth. After their 5-0 Premiership hammering by Glenavon on Saturday, holders Ballymena suffered another disappointment as McKinney's two goals sealed a deserved success for Ards at the Showgrounds. McKinney had already tested home keeper Ross Glendinning early on before firing the north Down club ahead in the 28th minute. As Ballymena rarely threatened, a mix-up between keeper Glendinning and Caolan Loughran allowed McKinney to double the lead after the break and Ards held on despite Allan Jenkins' 89th-minute reply. Glentoran had the bulk of the chances in normal time against a largely second-string Crues with Alex Leu missing their best opportunity in the first half as he failed to beat Michael Dougherty from close range after being set up by Nacho Novo. Ex-Ballymena man Cushley half-volleyed Crusaders ahead in the fourth minute of extra-time and after Glentoran's Ciaran Caldwell hit the underside of the crossbar, Brandon Doyle struck the visitors' second goal after being set up by Cushley. Glentoran's near misses continued as Jonathan Smith struck the woodwork before Steven Gordon did reply in the final minute of extra-time. In the game at Seaview, Darius Roohi put the PSNI 1-0 against the Amateur League side and after a Joe West own goal doubled their lead, Lukasz Adamczyk completed the scoring. At the end of July the Team Sky rider, 30, became the first Briton to win the Tour twice. In Spain he will attempt to become only the 10th cyclist to win two Grand Tours in one season. He joins Nairo Quintana of Colombia and Italian Vincenzo Nibali in a strong Vuelta field. Quintana finished second behind Froome in Paris this year and Nibali was the Tour champion in 2014. American racer Tejay van Garderen will also compete. The race starts in Puerto Banus on Saturday, 22 August and finishes three weeks later in Madrid on 13 September. A Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races - the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana. The last man to win two in a season was Spaniard Alberto Contador, who won the Giro and Vuelta in 2008. Only French pair Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault have ever won both the Tour and the Vuelta. The latter consists of 21 day-long stages, over a 23-day period that includes two rest days and covers more than 3,000 kilometres.

Linfield avenged their Premiership defeat by Cliftonville a week ago as they defeated the Reds 3-0 in the County Antrim Shield quarter-finals. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will take part in the Vuelta a Espana, the third and final Grand Tour of 2015 which starts later this month.

The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) aims to stimulate commerce by reducing barriers such as tariffs and differences in regulation. Critics say the agenda is driven by international business and will be bad for European and American citizens. It is a little over a year since the talks were launched at a G8 summit. It was the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Obama and top EU officials, who set the ball rolling at the summit at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. At the time, Mr Cameron said there was no more powerful way to drive economic growth and prosperity than by boosting trade. The agenda for doing that includes the standard stuff of trade liberalisation - reducing or even eliminating tariffs, taxes that are applied only to imported goods. The negotiators are also trying to reduce the barriers to trade that arise from different sets of regulations. They can impede trade because it's more expensive for business to export if it has to go through all the hoops involved in complying with two lots of rules and standards. Campaigners fear that could lead to lower levels of consumer and environmental protection. The talks are also covering how governments treat foreign investment. One of the most controversial elements is the idea of allowing investors to take governments to international tribunals to seek compensation if they think those rules have been broken. Campaigners say this could make governments reluctant to regulate in the public interest if they think a foreign investor could be affected. The concerns about these provisions led the European Commission to conduct a public consultation which has just closed. British critics of TTIP are particularly concerned that the National Health Service (NHS) could be affected if a future government wanted to reverse any decisions to contract out services to private sector businesses. That was one of the issues for protesters opposing TTIP who took to the streets across the UK on Saturday ahead of the Brussels talks. Organisers say that more than a thousand protesters involved in an event in London occupied the square where the European Union has its UK office. According to the World Development Movement there were other demos in Cambridge, Manchester, York, Newcastle, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Brighton, Bradford, Bexhill, Derby, Cardiff, Sheffield, Swindon, Norwich, Reading, Birmingham and Dublin. The union Unite wants the NHS specifically exempted from any TTIP agreement. The European Commission says the specific fears about possible constraints on future NHS policies are misplaced. This week of talks in Brussels will be the sixth occasion when the two sides have sat down for detailed official negotiations. There is no formal timetable for concluding the exercise, but the two sides would probably like to get it all done while the Obama administration is in power in Washington. In practice that means getting the substance of an agreement done by early 2016. For such complex and contentious stuff that's a substantial challenge. Alan Trouten's shot found the net off the inside of a post to give Ayr the lead. And, in the second half, Stranraer goalkeeper Cameron Belford failed to clear a passback and Michael Wardrobe was left with a simple tap-in. The visitors pulled one back through Ryan Thomson's header but Ayr held on. The body of Norma Bell, 79, was found in her burned-out home in Westbourne Road, Hartlepool in April. Teesside Crown Court heard Gareth Dack, 33, set several fires and turned on a gas hob in the hope a resulting explosion would cover his tracks. Mr Dack, of Windermere Road in the town, has denied murder and arson. The court was told Mr Dack used electrical cable to strangle Mrs Bell, a widow, and then used her phone to call sex chat lines. Christopher Tehrani QC, prosecuting, said the accused then started a number of fires and left the gas hob on in the kitchen, but the fumes did not ignite. He added: "When he decided to leave the premise one final time, we suggest he decided to cover his tracks by setting fire to the house. "For good measure he turned the gas on at the hob, no doubt hoping the gas would ignite and cause an explosion destroying any scientific evidence that he believed he may have left behind. "Fortunately, the gas did not collect to the point it became combustible." The jury heard Mr Dack told police that his DNA was in the property because he had "done some work for Norma". The court was told Mrs Bell and her husband fostered more than 50 babies and toddlers during a 35-year period and had three children of their own. The trial continues.

Officials from the European Union and the US will spend this week in Brussels trying to make progress negotiating a controversial trade deal. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Ayr United booked their place in the promotion play-offs after holding on for a win at home to Stranraer in Scottish League One. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man accused of murdering a woman who fostered more than 50 children hoped to destroy evidence in a gas explosion, a court has heard.

The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago. Jordan, who preferred not to reveal his surname, said he was bitten on "pretty much the same spot" by the spider. "I'm the most unlucky guy in the country at the moment," he told the BBC. "I was sitting on the toilet doing my business and just felt the sting that I felt the first time. "I was like 'I can't believe it's happened again.' I looked down and I've seen a few little legs come from around the rim." Who, What, Why: What's the worst place to be bitten by a spider? He said that being bitten the first time had made him wary of using portable toilets. "After the first time it happened I didn't really want to use one again," he said. "Toilets got cleaned that day and I thought it was my opportunity to go use one. Had a look under both seats and then I sat down did my business. Next thing you know, I'm bent over in pain." The tradesman said he was not sure what type of spider bit him this time. One of his colleagues took him from the worksite in north-west Sydney to Blacktown Hospital - although many of his workmates were quick to see the lighter side of the situation. "They got worried the first time," he said. "This time they were making jokes before I was getting in the car." The hospital declined to discuss the matter, citing patient privacy. Jordan was released from hospital and said he expected to return to work soon but was unlikely to be using the on-site toilet. "I think I'll be holding on for dear life to be honest," he said. The redback spider, closely related to the black widow spider, is distinguished by a long red stripe on its abdomen. Its bite causes severe pain, sweating and nausea. Although there are recorded cases of deaths from redback bites, none have occurred since the development of antivenom in 1956. Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake kicked off the show with a medley of music, catchphrases and characters. Steve Martin, Taylor Swift, Tom Hanks, Sir Paul McCartney, Melissa McCarthy and Keith Richards also joined the party. Sir Paul performed an impromptu duet of I've Just Seen A Face with Paul Simon. Other musical guests included Kanye West and Miley Cyrus. "Tonight is like an enormous high school reunion," 15-time host Martin said as the show began. Saturday Night Live has become a US TV institution and numerous cast members - including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Amy Poehler, Adam Sandler and Kristen Wiig - have gone on to carve out Hollywood careers. Creator Lorne Michaels is widely regarded as one of the most revered producers in the business. "If Lorne didn't have good taste, this would have gone away a long time ago," said Mike Myers, whose Wayne's World skit with Dana Carvey - which he reprised on Sunday - inspired the 1990s comedy film of the same name. De Niro proclaimed that SNL is "still at it", adding: "Forty years! That's like back when TV was still watched on TV." A montage of audition tapes, including disappointing ones from Jim Carrey and Stephen Colbert, were also shown. A spoof news team made up of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Jane Curtin appeared together for the Weekend Update, with the top story being none other than the SNL anniversary. "Viewers of Saturday Night Live span several generations," Fey reported. "From the Baby Boomers to Generation X all the way to whatever you call the little dummies who are live-tweeting this right now instead of watching it."

A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time. [NEXT_CONCEPT] US TV show Saturday Night Live has celebrated its 40th birthday with a three-hour special featuring guests like Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.

Finn, 26, felt some tightness in his left side during England's series-clinching victory at the Wanderers. The Middlesex paceman was sent for scans on Sunday morning, with the results due on Monday. Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan or Mark Footitt could replace him for the final Test, which starts at Centurion on Friday, as England target a 3-0 win. "I doubt very much whether he'll be available for the next Test," said England head coach Trevor Bayliss. "We'll have to wait and see how bad it is and make a decision on the one-day and Twenty20 series. "But at this stage it looks like we have to make a replacement heading into the last Test. That's unfortunate because I thought he was probably our most dangerous bowler in the first two Tests." Finn was not in the initial squad for the South African tour after missing last year's series against Pakistan with a bone stress injury in his left foot. But he was called up in mid-December after proving his fitness and took 11 wickets at an average of 26.09 in the first three Tests. The fourth Test will present another opportunity for Alex Hales and Nick Compton, who were brought into the England top three for the South Africa series, to cement their places in the side. Compton, batting at three after a two-and-a-half-year absence, made 85, 49 and 45 in his three first Test innings of the tour, but has since passed 26. The 32-year-old, who has the second-lowest strike-rate of any batsman to have played 20 innings in England's top three since 1980, fell for a duck trying to complete the run chase in Johannesburg with a loft down the ground. "I was quite happy with what he tried to do," said Bayliss. "It sent a message that he was playing for team. "The boys were having a joke about the chances of him hitting a six to win the game, then we thought he might have done it. It was a good catch to get him out. "He's done pretty well. He's a solid cricketer and with him and Alastair Cook in the order, the rest of the attacking players can bat around them." Hales, who made his debut in the first Test and became Cook's eighth opening partner in three years, has made 120 runs in six innings, including a maiden half-century in the second Test. "He's done reasonably well in this series," said Bayliss. "In the first Test in Durban, he looked like he belonged. "He was struggling with illness before the third Test, so hopefully he can get over that and show us what he can do in Centurion." Patrick Joseph O'Neill is due to stand trial later this year over the shooting in Ardoyne, north Belfast, in November 2010. He denies the charges. On Tuesday, he applied for a relaxation in his bail conditions so he could attend a Madness concert on 20 August. A Belfast Crown Court judge agreed to extend his curfew for one night only. The ruling means Mr O'Neill, of no fixed address, will be able to stay out until midnight on 20 August to attend the gig, which is part of the Belsonic music festival in Belfast. Making the application, Mr O'Neill's defence barrister said his client had obeyed all of the conditions imposed on him since he was released on bail, including observing a curfew from 20:00 BST to 06:00 BST. Mr O'Neill, 41, denies charges including wounding with intent, and possession of a Glock pistol with intent.

England bowler Steven Finn looks set to miss the fourth Test against South Africa because of a side strain. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man facing charges over a gun attack, in which the victim was shot several times, has had his bail conditions changed so he can go to a pop concert.

The group, Economists for Brexit, argue that leaving the EU would boost the UK economy by 4% in 10 years. Brexit would put the UK outside the EU's customs union, which puts tariffs on imported goods. The report claims that by being free of those constraints, prices in the UK would fall by 8%. The EU referendum: All you need to know The group proposes a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement with the EU, similar to that enjoyed by the US and China. The report's authors include Professor Patrick Minford, a former adviser to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, and Gerard Lyons, a former chief economist at Standard Chartered Bank and now an adviser to the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, who is campaigning for Britain to leave the EU. The economic arguments have so far been tilted towards the Remain camp with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warning against leaving. The OECD said leaving the EU would be the equivalent of imposing an additional "tax" of one month's income on UK workers. A spokesperson for Britain Stronger In Europe said: "[UK] Treasury analysis shows that trading under WTO rules would be the worst possible alternative to EU membership, seeing households £5,200 worse off and a public spending black hole of £45bn." The female foal was spotted in the water on Thursday by a dog walker who contacted the animal welfare charity. The animal, who has been nicknamed Mischief, was later reunited with her mother. The Scottish SPCA was assisted by Scottish Fire and Rescue's water rescue team to bring the animal safely to shore. SSPCA inspector Heather Lawson said, "Once she was out of the water it was important to keep her warm. "My colleagues Dawn-Vale Lowdon and Emma Sergeant and I draped her in blankets and towels until the vet arrived to give her a check over. "Apart from being cold, exhausted and hungry she didn't appear to have any other injuries. "She's now been reunited with her mum and has been given the name Mischief. "We'll be checking up on her today as she was very exhausted and she'll be monitored to ensure she makes a full recovery."

A group of eight influential economists have thrown their support behind the Leave campaign in the UK's referendum on EU membership. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A three-day-old foal has been rescued by the Scottish SPCA after falling into the River Clyde in Wishaw.

Mr Thomas was diagnosed with the disease in 2003 and now raises money for Cure Leukaemia. The former Wolves and England player said news of Mr Ikeme's diagnosis has "refocused everything" for him after a challenging fundraising cycle ride. Mr Ikeme is to begin treatment after his acute leukaemia diagnosis. See more stories from Birmingham and the Black Country here Mr Thomas, currently completing a grand tour, said: "I was having a bad day on the bike yesterday. I was doing 130 miles in searing heat and I was thinking why am I doing this? I was really contemplating getting off. "But then I get the news and it just refocused everything. "This word leukaemia and cancer gets mentioned and it just stops you in your tracks. You think you're fit and healthy and then you get that news. It's devastating for everybody. "I took so much positivity and support from the world of football and I'm sure that's going to happen." Wolves' managing director Laurie Dalrymple said: "It goes without saying that Carl and his family will receive the full love and support that we at Wolves can provide - we are all with him every single step of the way towards a full recovery." The three children released an image of their terminally ill parents' last moments together as they held hands in a Merseyside hospital. The image of Mike Bennet, 57, and wife Julie, 50, from Wirral, was shared by Oliver, 13, Hannah, 18, and Luke, 21. By 16:30 GMT on Monday, more than £150,000 had been raised for the three siblings. Family friend Heather Heaton Gallagher said the amount of money raised had "blown everyone's socks away". She said: "The kids are astounded, they couldn't believe it. "They are seeing all this support coming from across the world and it's inspirational to them." Ms Gallagher said the children were being supported by their aunts and uncles and the money would be used to help them through college and university. She said their parents had been "besotted" with each other. She added they "were just so in love" and "always made time for everyone". "About three weeks ago I met Julie and she said 'that's it, the chemo isn't working' and that was very hard to hear." The pair were admitted to Arrowe Park Hospital two weeks ago, where Mr Bennet died on 6 February. Mrs Bennet, a primary school teacher at Sommerville School, was then moved to St John's Hospice and died on Saturday. She was diagnosed in May last year with cancer which began in the liver and kidneys and then spread to other organs. Her husband, a self-employed cabinet maker, had been fighting a brain tumour since 2013 and had been nursed at home by Mrs Bennet and the children until his wife became too ill to care for him.

Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has received support from former footballer Geoff Thomas following his leukaemia diagnosis. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A six-figure sum has been raised for the children of a couple who died of cancer within days of each other.

It emerged on Sunday that the Team Sky rider has been notified of a potential discrepancy in his biological passport. He raced for Endura prior to joining Sky in October 2012. Endura defended their anti-doping policy, one they stressed Tiernan-Locke has been fully compliant with. They said in a statement: "Endura Racing's culture has always been entirely at odds with cheating in any form including the use of PEDs [Performance Enhancing Drugs] and nothing in Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's conduct during his 2012 season with the team gave rise to concerns that his approach was at odds with this in any way." Tiernan-Locke enjoyed the best year of his career in 2012, winning the Tour Mediterraneen and Tour du Haut Var early in the season, before becoming the first British winner of the Tour of Britain in 19 years last September. But a report in France raised doubts over his performances early in the season, prompting Endura and Tiernan-Locke to make a request to the International Cycling Union for the Devon rider to be put on a biological passport. As a UCI Continental-level team, Endura were not part of the UCI's biological passport scheme. "Endura, with the full support of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, made a request to the UCI to be allowed to pay to have him put on a biological passport in order to counter the rumours of performance enhancing drugs that circulated after his wins in Tour Mediterraneen and Tour du Haut Var in 2012," the team added. "However this request was refused by the UCI." An individual, electronic record for each rider, in which results of all doping tests are collated. Passport for each rider contains: Source: UCI Endura also said that Tiernan-Locke was made available to both Team Garmin-Sharp and Team Sky in April and May last year - two teams who had shown interest in him - for physiological testing and no adverse results were reported. They also added that irregularities in biological passport data can be caused by tiredness and ill health. "At this early stage, without detailed information, it would be inappropriate to speculate on the reasons for inconsistencies in Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's biological passport data," Endura said. "It is known that there are many possible legitimate causes including fatigue and ill-health, both of which we understand he has suffered from in the last year." Portsmouth City Council previously refused to allow Elegance, in Granada Road, to move to Albert Road and open between 21:00 and 04:00. But an appeal has now been granted by planning inspector Jo Dowling. The council's licensing committee now needs to also give its approval. Mr Dowling said after visiting the area her view was that the proposed venue "would not be out of character". She said: "I acknowledge that the presence of a lap dancing venue may deter some people from visiting this part of Albert Road. "However, as already highlighted due to its first floor location the proposed lap dancing venue would have a very limited physical presence on the street. "Being a late-night venue the proposed use would not operate at the same time as the majority of the daytime businesses." Before the original application was rejected more than 1,300 people signed petitions against the move and the city council received 63 objections. But 468 supportive representations were also received, one of which said lap-dancing clubs "tend to have the least amount of crime associated with them". Conservative city MP Flick Drummond and the Unison union's South East Regional Women's Committee both also opposed the plan. Applicant Paul Ojla also runs the lap-dancing club Wiggle in Surrey Street.

British cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke wanted to undergo extra testing to counter rumours of performance-enhancing drug use after wins in 2012, his former team has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Permission to turn a former Conservative club in Southsea into a lap-dancing venue has been granted after a council's decision was overturned.

An official report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) found the jail in Walton to be "dirty, overcrowded and poorly equipped". HMIP said the prison, where there have been 11 deaths, has "deteriorated dramatically" with drug use, staff assaults and self-harm. The Howard League for Penal Reform said the report makes for "grim reading." The HMIP report followed an unannounced 11-day visit in May and found a "worrying" three-fold increase in staff assaults, Mark Fairhurst, a prison officer, told the BBC he believed at least one recent death was due to the legal high "Spice". The Howard League, a charity that campaigns for prison reform, said 10 men had died in the preceding 14 months and another died shortly after the inspection. The HMIP report said three deaths were self-inflicted. Frances Crook, chief executive of the charity, said a "lack of managerial oversight" meant prisoners spent hours "locked inside their cells" and "these are the symptoms of a prison system that has been in meltdown". She said staff were "working under intolerable pressure as prison conditions have deteriorated". The HMIP report found health provision has "deteriorated dramatically" during 2014 and was the subject of a number of interventions. Sex offenders located in the first-night centre felt "unsafe" because of their proximity to mainstream prisoners. Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: "Throughout this report we have noted a series of backward steps. "The prison has many longstanding problems to deal with and we acknowledge that urgent issues concerning health and to an extent the number of deaths in custody were being addressed." He said there were pockets of good work but managers and staff need to "get a better grip on issues". The Ministry of Justice said: "Prisons should offer offenders the chance to get the skills and qualifications they need to turn away from a life of crime." Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said the governor and staff at Liverpool are determined to improve and action is being taken. "The Victorian environment is challenging," he said. "But as the chief inspector makes clear - Liverpool is 'not a fundamentally poor prison' and I'm confident the action being taken will deliver real progress over the coming months." Chris Coleman's side are 12th after they reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016, but England are 13th after exiting in the last 16 to Iceland. The Republic of Ireland are 23rd in the standings, Northern Ireland are 32nd and Scotland are 67th, meaning Gordon Strachan's side rank below the likes of Benin and Panama. Argentina are ranked number one with Brazil second and Germany third. Top 20: 1 Argentina, 2 Brazil, 3 Germany, 4 Chile, 5 Belgium, 6 Colombia, 7 France, 8 Portugal, 9 Uruguay, 10 Spain, 11 Switzerland, 12 Wales, 13 England, 14 Croatia, 15 Poland, 16 Italy, 17 Costa Rica, 18 Mexico, 19 Peru, 20 Ecuador

Deaths and violence at HMP Liverpool have been highlighted by campaigners in light of a damning inspection. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Wales will end 2016 ahead of England in the Fifa world rankings.

Yet this Renaissance scholar of politics, philosophy, mathematics and economics is better remembered on the other side of the Atlantic. Now the Richard Price Society are hoping to reawaken a pride in the achievements of one of the Garw Valley's most influential - if not famous - sons. They have launched an exhibition of some of his most seminary works and pictures and according to Swansea University's Professor of History Chris Williams it is a tribute which is well deserved. "If Richard Price had been born a hundred years later then quite possibly we'd be hailing him as the father of the modern world." "Though unfortunately he was ahead of his time. His ideas - such as one-person-one-vote and that the government only exists to serve the people - may seem obvious today, but in the 1750s and 1760s, he was the first person to seriously suggest them." His upbringing was already radical, as he was born the son of a Unitarian preacher who flew in the face of established theological doctrine by believing that God was one entity, rather than the Holy Trinity. Though for the first half of his life Price was comparatively low-profile and anonymous; working as a minister in the still-technically illegal Unitarian church of Newington Green. However by the late 1760s his dissertations on economics had won him friends in high society, including Lord Shelburne and William Pitt The Younger. According to Martyn Hooper, chairman of the Richard Price Society, his theories still provide the backbone to a great deal of today's financial orthodoxy. "Does the need to reduce the national debt sound familiar? Well it was Richard Price who first warned of the dangers of over-indebting the economy in his 1772 pamphlet, 'Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the National Debt'," he said. "He also developed a theory of statistical calculation which revealed a serious flaw in the way in which pensions and insurance of the time was calculated and prevented a major financial disaster." Yet Prof Williams says that no sooner had Price's economic genius taken him to the very heart of London society than his hard line liberal views set him at odds with the establishment once again. "Price was faithful to his beliefs in egalitarianism, regardless of if that put him at odds with his country," he said. "His belief in the right of people to govern themselves influenced America's founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. "His work directly contributed to George Washington's assertion that George III's reign over the 13 colonies of America was 'tyrannical, and thus illegitimate'. "In fact upon the Declaration of Independence Price was made an honorary US citizen and invited to take charge of the new nation's economic policy." Price died in 1791 in the midst of a controversy surrounding his support for another popular revolution - this time in France. While he was honoured by both the American Founding Fathers and Napoleon, in Britain he was largely written off as a dissident trouble-maker. His exhibition in Llangeinor Community Centre officially opened on Saturday - on the 222nd anniversary of his death - by Mayor of Bridgend, Councillor Marlene Thomas. Naoto Kan resigned after Fukushima was hit by a tsunami in 2011, causing radiation leaks. He has since become an anti-nuclear campaigner and came to Wales on Thursday to oppose the new plant. He told BBC Wales he had believed nuclear power to be safe but Fukushima had "changed all that." Mr Kan met with campaigners from the People Against Wylfa B group. Dr John Idris Jones, energy island programme director for Anglesey council, told BBC's Good Morning Wales programme the UK had an independent regulator with the power to shut plants down if they did not comply with safety regulations. He said there was a push to bring new jobs to the island, but "not jobs at any cost". It is hoped the nuclear project will boost the island's economy.

Dr Richard Price was born 290 years ago in the farmhouse of Tyn Ton in the village of Llangeinor, just to the north of Bridgend. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Anti-nuclear campaigners have met the former Prime Minister of Japan to fight plans for the £8bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey.

Latham's 104 from 111 balls provided the foundation for the Black Caps as they powered to 344-6 off 50 overs. Despite William Porterfield's 48, Ireland could only manage 154 in reply off 39.3 overs as they ended their three-match campaign without a win. New Zealand have beaten Ireland twice and Bangladesh once to win the series. The Kiwis will meet Bangladesh again in the final game of the tournament at Clontarf on Wednesday. Latham's innings eventually came to an end when he was stumped by Niall O'Brien off the bowling of George Dockrell. However, it was a belligerent 44 from just 15 balls, including four sixes and three fours, from Colin Munro which helped push the total out of Ireland's reach as New Zealand blasted 72 runs from the last four overs. Ireland's reply got off to a shaky start when they lost opener Paul Stirling in the third over with just a single run on the board, and although captain Porterfield steadied the ship, only he and Gary Wilson made it past 20. Pace bowler Matt Henry, who was ably assisted by Corey Anderson and Scott Kuggeleijn with two wickets apiece, took 3-36. This was another untimely Irish display with the game's bosses set to decide on their possible Test status next month. Ireland had been competitive for much of last weekend's encounter with the New Zealanders, but this reverse will pile further pressure on coach John Bracewell and his struggling side, who subsequently went down by eight wickets to Bangladesh with 22.5 overs to spare. Ireland are next in action in an Intercontinental Cup tie against the Netherlands at Malahide in August. Posters showing images of both activities, crossed through in red, were put up by Northamptonshire Police. "It came to our attention that bushes by a picnic area and a lorry park at the service station were regularly being used by people as a toilet," a spokesman said. The signs were designed to be clear to "people from across the world". About 20 posters have been put up at the northbound service area "to encourage people to use the facilities inside the service station building". Ch Insp Tom Thompson, who is leading the crackdown, said it was "perverse" that people would use the hedgerows when the services were free to use. He said there had been a growing problem with the smell around the hedgerows, saying there had been "more and more complaints from people trying to picnic over the summer months". If the signs are successful they may be used in other locations. "Clearly by printing these posters we'll get a good debate going and hopefully people will start using the toilets," he said. A spokesman for Roadchef, the company which runs the Watford Gap services, said: "Following a very small number of incidents, the police have introduced a sign in the car park... requesting that motorists use our newly-upgraded toilets inside the building, rather than foliage in the car park. "We do not condone people using our site inappropriately in any way, and monitor car parks at all of our sites to ensure every customer receives a good experience when using our facilities."

Skipper Tom Latham plundered a century as New Zealand crushed Ireland by 190 runs in Dublin to secure victory in the one-day international tri-series. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Visitors to Watford Gap services on the M1 are being warned not to urinate against walls and defecate in bushes.

They are responding to a call from the government's Business Champion for Older Workers, Andy Briggs. In February, he asked firms to increase older worker numbers by 12% by 2022. Mr Briggs warned that by then, there will be 14.5 million more jobs, but only seven million younger workers entering the workplace. He said older workers were vital in filling the UK's "colossal skills gap". Mr Briggs, who is also chief executive of Aviva UK Life, wants more companies to commit to his pledge and publish data about the age of their workforce to help ensure his target of one million more older workers by 2022. "Businesses can show leadership here, through committing to real change and actively seeking to recruit more over-50s into their organisations," he said. "By being open about the progress they are making, they can also lead the way in demonstrating the benefits of having a diverse team of employees that represents all sections of society." The eight companies that have signed up are: Aviva, Atos, Barclays, the Co-operative Group, Home Instead Senior Care, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), Mercer and Walgreens Boots Alliance. In the newly published data, the figures for Atos show 33% of its workforce are between 50 and 64. Aviva employ 18.3% in this age group, Barclays 17% and the Co-op Group 26%. While it is still uncertain what sort of agreement the next government will strike with the EU over freedom of movement, many employers are concerned about filling skilled and non-skilled jobs after Brexit. Mr Briggs said the average age in the UK is now 40, 10 years older than it was in 1974. By 2030, it is estimated half of all adults in the UK will be over 50. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) called the attack at the cemetery in Rochdale Road, Blackley, "sickening and cruel". GMP said the boys were arrested on Friday on suspicion of committing a racially-aggravated public order offence. The boys were released on police bail until 25 July. In addition to the slogans and graffiti, about 40 headstones were toppled.

Aviva, Barclays, Atos and five other firms have agreed to promote over-50s employment by publishing data about the age of their workforce. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Two 13-year-old boys have been arrested after anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas were daubed over gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Manchester.

Colin Smith was shot on Alderwood Road in Speke at about 20:00 GMT on 13 November 2007. The father-of-five had been at Nels Gym and was on his way back to his black Ford Galaxy car when when he was targeted near The Millhouse pub. Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time who may have seen anything to come forward. Det Ch Supt Steve Naylor said: "There is no doubt in my mind there are people out there who know who shot Colin Smith and over time allegiances may have changed and I would appeal to anyone who has information which could help us find those responsible to come forward. "This was a particularly callous and cold-blooded crime, which deprived five children - aged between six and 16-years at the time of the murder - of their father. "We believe that Colin Smith had visited Nels Gym and was on his way back to his car when he was shot. "He was well known locally and Speke is a very close-knit community - there may be someone in the area who could have information which could help us with our inquiries." Mr Smith's widow, Caroline, said: "It's been four years since Colin was murdered and I can't rest until the people who carried out this cowardly attack on my husband are caught and put before the courts. "I am convinced there are people out there who know who killed Colin and I can't understand how they can stand by and say nothing, they are as cowardly as the person who pulled the trigger." Anyone with information is urged to contact police. Dyfed-Powys Police was called to 3K Engineering in Llanelli at about 09:15 BST and a nearby supermarket and GP surgery were evacuated. The man has been taken to Swansea's Morriston Hospital for treatment but his injuries are not thought to be serious. The building has been declared safe and people have been allowed to return.

Police are making a fresh appeal for information four years after a 40-year-old Merseyside man was shot dead. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man received facial injuries after a gas bottle exploded at an engineering firm in Carmarthenshire.

Rangers finished third, 39 points behind as Celtic retained the title. And they have already exited the Europa League, beaten in the opening round by Progres Niederkorn of Luxembourg. "Our mindset won't change as Rangers players and that's to win every single game - and win every competition that we enter," said captain Wallace. "Obviously we take last season into consideration. We are well aware of the task and we are well aware of how far off it we were." Rangers begin their second season back in the top flight under Pedro Caixinha, the Portuguese manager who succeeded Mark Warburton in March and has made major changes to his squad. And Scotland left-back Wallace believes that a better title challenge is a must for the Ibrox side. "Irrespective of signings, irrespective of the cost, that has to be the aim for us," he said. "We have to obviously recognise what happened last year and be realistic about things, but it's not going to change our focus as Rangers players. "We can't settle for any less than that, it has to be the target. "If we approach every game with that mentality, we will definitely finish off stronger than we did last season." Wallace agrees that their early European exit has placed added pressure on Caixinha and his side as they prepare to start the league season away to Motherwell on Sunday. "Absolutely, there is always going to be pressure watching Rangers, even if it's a friendly," he said. "It just becomes the norm and it's about how to handle that and how to respond to situations like the European exit. "We have managed to do that. We are feeling good. "We recognise it's going to be a difficult game, they have some momentum from their League Cup campaign, but we are going to go there and try to win the game." Wallace believes that friendly wins over Watford and Sheffield Wednesday, plus a draw against Marseille, have boosted confidence. "We suffered a humiliation in the European campaign, but it was about how we responded to that and, more so in the last 10 days, there's definitely been a bit more positivity generated amongst the players and a bit more belief," he said. "We are still learning about each other and gelling as a team, but there has certainly been a better end to the pre-season than we started and we are all raring to go next Sunday." Police Scotland said a 28-year-old man was arrested in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. He has been reported to the procurator fiscal in relation to an alleged contravention of Schedule 7 of the Scottish Independence Referendum Act. The Electoral Commission said the selling and buying of votes is illegal. A spokeswoman said it could lead to a year in prison or a "substantial" fine. She said the commission had made an agreement with eBay that any such "votes for sale" listings would be taken down and referred to police. Police launched an investigation after a number of people apparently tried to sell their votes online. Votes for the 18 September ballot were listed on the site, which has since removed the items. One online listing offered buyers a "unique piece of British history". Six young stoats have been taken into care by an animal welfare charity after being found next to their dead mother. The animals, which are thought to be five to six weeks old, were discovered on a road in North Kessock, near Inverness, late last month. They are being cared for at the Scottish SPCA's National Wildlife Rescue Centre at Fishcross in Clackmannanshire. The stoats have been nicknamed after characters in the hit US sitcom Friends - Ross, Joey, Chandler, Rachel, Monica and Phoebe. Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "They are all feeding themselves and we're going to move them to a large outdoor enclosure soon. "We'll release them back into the wild as a group when they are fully independent. "They look very cute and cuddly now, but when they're fully grown they will be a predator to other wildlife such as rabbits, mice and voles."

Lee Wallace says Rangers will again target winning the Scottish title while respecting the gulf between themselves and Celtic last season. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man has been arrested in connection with an attempt to sell a referendum ballot paper on the online auction site eBay. [NEXT_CONCEPT] All images are copyrighted.

Yn 2013, cafodd y milwr Americanaidd, fu'n gwasanaethu yn Irac, ei dedfrydu i 35 mlynedd yn y carchar am ryddhau gwybodaeth gyfrinachol i wefan Wikileaks. Mae gan Chelsea Manning gysylltiadau â Chymru. Aeth i Ysgol Tasker Millward yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro, am dair blynedd tan yr oedd yn 16 oed. Dywedodd y Tŷ Gwyn y bydd yn cael ei rhyddhau fis Mai. Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said if tensions were allowed to escalate, the entire region could be affected. Iraq, which has a Shia majority, shares borders with the Shia and Sunni powers. Meanwhile, Iran's diplomats have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia in response to Riyadh's decision to sever ties over an attack on its embassy in Tehran. Djibouti also became the latest Saudi ally to cut relations in Iran, while Jordan summoned the Iranian ambassador to complain about "interference" in Arab affairs. The Saudi-US-Iran triangle: How crisis reflects deeply fractured Middle East Great rivalry explained: Why don't Iran and Saudi Arabia get along? Spiralling tensions: Why crisis is 'most dangerous for decades' Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Who was leading Saudi Shia cleric? Iraq's foreign minister flew to Tehran on Wednesday for talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. At a joint news conference, Mr Jaafari described the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a "crime", but said Iraq was nevertheless ready to help "alleviate tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia". "We have been active from the early moments to lessen tensions, to prevent a disaster from happening that could affect the entire region," he added. Iraq's Shia-led government has relied on Iran's help to counter the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), which controls large parts of the country's north and west. But it has also sought to repair relations with Saudi Arabia, which last week sent an ambassador to Baghdad for the first time in 25 years. Nimr's execution has also raised the prospect of a fresh sectarian violence in Iraq, with powerful Iranian-backed Shia militias demanding that Baghdad cut ties with Riyadh, protests by thousands of Shia, and attacks on two Sunni mosques. Bahrain meanwhile announced that it had broken up a Shia "terrorist" cell backed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement. Iran has denied accusations by Bahrain's Sunni ruling family of fomenting unrest among the island's Shia majority, whose protests demanding greater political rights in 2011 sparked similar demonstrations in Saudi Arabia's Shia minority. Nimr was executed along with three other Shia convicted of terrorism offences in connection with the protests in Eastern Province, and 43 Sunni al-Qaeda militants. The cleric's brother told the Associated Press that he planned to hold a funeral for him on Thursday, even though the Saudi authorities have buried his body at an undisclosed cemetery. In recent days, hundreds of people have reportedly been marching nightly in protest at Nimr's execution in his predominantly Shia home district of Qatif. "People are angry. And they are surprised, because there were positive signals in the past months that the executions would not take place. People listen to his speeches and there's no direct proof he was being violent," a local community leader told the Reuters news agency. Sunnis and Shia: Islam's ancient schism

Yn ei ddyddiau olaf yn Arlywydd yr Unol Daleithiau, mae Barack Obama wedi cyhoeddi y bydd Chelsea Manning (Bradley Manning gynt) yn cael ei rhyddhau o'r carchar yn gynnar. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Iraq has offered to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the dispute sparked by the Gulf kingdom's execution of a dissident Shia Muslim cleric.

Brian Conaghan's third novel, The Bombs That Brought Us Together, has been announced as the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award. The former apprentice painter and decorator from Coatbridge is now in the running for the Costa Book of the Year. But it took him 10 years of trying before his work was published. Speaking to the BBC's Good Morning Scotland, 45-year-old Conaghan, who now lives in Dublin, said it was "fantastic" to scoop the children's book prize. He added: "It's quite staggering to be even on the shortlist but to win it is amazing. "It's beyond anything that you probably ever think about when you publish your books - me, certainly, because my goal was just to get something published." He worked as an apprentice painter and decorator before he decided to take his Highers and go to university, where he started writing. Asked what kept him going through the next decade, when he was rejected more than 200 times, he joked: "Stupidity, maybe?" The novelist said: "When I started writing the first couple of novels, which remain unpublished, you learn that you're making a lot of mistakes. "And I felt that I was probably getting better with each novel that I was writing." He added: "I think I'm quite a tenacious person, quite a stubborn person so rejection is also part of what you do in life." The Bombs That Brought Us Together centres around the friendship of two 14-year-old boys who come from different sides of a war. His competition for the main Costa Book of the Year award includes Irish writer Sebastian Barry who won the novel prize for a second time. Barry the prize with Days Without End, a historical novel set in 1850s America, after winning the same award in 2008 with The Secret Scripture. Other winners announced in Tuesday's ceremony included Keggie Carew, who received the Costa biography award for Dadland, an exploration of her late father's past. Alice Oswald won the poetry award for her collection Falling Awake and non-fiction writer Francis Spufford won the first novel award for his debut work of fiction Golden Hill. The 49-year-old was airlifted to hospital from Surbiton Road, Newton Heath with 70% burns after the attack on Monday. Officers are trying to trace Stephen Archer, 50, of Openshaw, who they say could still be a danger to the public. Police say they are treating the incident as attempted murder and have warned people not to approach him. Supt Arif Nawaz, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "This is a horrific incident and I cannot imagine what the victim is going through. He added: "We have reason to believe Stephen could be carrying several bottles of petrol in his backpack and a man was seen fitting his description cycling away from the scene. "Please do not approach Stephen, but contact police as a matter of urgency by calling 999." The victim is in a critical condition in hospital. A 19-year-old woman escaped uninjured from an upstairs window of the house, with help from neighbours during the attack at 09:45 GMT on Monday. Supt Nawaz said that they were doing everything possible to find Stephen Archer who they believe may have links to Openshaw, where he lives, and the Marple and Romiley areas. Three fire engines dealt with the blaze and several routes around Surbiton Road were closed off.

An award-winning author has described how he was rejected more than 200 times by publishers and agents before his first book was published. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A manhunt has been launched in Manchester after a woman was doused with petrol and set on fire.

The flight data recorder, retrieved along with the cockpit voice recorder earlier this month, showed Frenchman Remi Plesel was at the controls. Officials said it was common practice for the co-pilot to take charge. The plane was carrying 162 people from Surabaya to Singapore when it crashed. So far, 73 bodies have been recovered. Mardjono Siswosuwarno, head investigator of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSB), said the flight data recorder had provided a "pretty clear picture" of what happened in the flight's last moments. Capt Plesel was in charge from take-off until the cockpit voice recording ends, he said, adding that this was common practice. Investigators said the plane ascended sharply before dropping, rising from 32,000ft (9,750m) to 37,400ft within 30 seconds, then dipping back to 32,000ft. The process took about three minutes. Mr Mardjono said the plane was "flying before the incident within the limits of its weight and balance envelope" and that the flight crew all had correct licences and medical certificates. A preliminary report has been submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization, but has not been made public. The full report is likely to take about seven months, said the committee's chief Tatang Kurniadi. Earlier this week, the military announced it was stopping attempts to retrieve the fuselage from the seabed. Authorities had believed earlier that most of the missing bodies were still in the wreckage but now believe it is empty and too fragile to move. The civilian National Search and Rescue Agency said on Wednesday that it would continue search operations but their efforts could also end by next week if no more bodies are found. AirAsia announced on Thursday that a total of 73 bodies have been recovered from the sea. In the past two days, local fishermen found the remains of three bodies believed to be from the crashed airliner. BBC Indonesian reported that the remains were found some 1,000km from where the plane was last in contact. Durham County Council proposes to buy and then demolish part of Festival Walk in Spennymoor town centre to replace it with a car park and new retail unit. Remaining shops would be refurbished. Council cabinet member for economic regeneration, Neil Foster, said the revitalisation would be "another big step forward in the regeneration of Spennymoor". "By taking direct action, not only do we unlock a development that will be of huge benefit to Festival Walk but in a way that increases the parking to support the businesses and residents of the whole town, as well as making it more attractive to visitors," he said. The centre's pervious owners, Castlemore, went into administration in 2009 and nearly two thirds of its capacity is now vacant, the council said. Councillors are recommended to approve the plans and £600,000 council investment on Wednesday.

The AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December was under the control of its co-pilot when it went down, Indonesian investigators say. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Plans to spend thousands of pounds regenerating a run-down shopping area are to go before councillors.

The ex-London mayor faces a fresh inquiry for denouncing a party decision to extend his suspension for a year. Mr Jones said he called for expulsion last year when Mr Livingstone first made "these deeply offensive remarks". "There is no place for these views in the Labour Party and no place for anyone who espouses them," he said. "We have a zero tolerance position on racism so there can be no debate as to what action the party must take. "These repeated comments are totally and utterly unacceptable and Ken Livingstone must be expelled from the Labour Party." Mr Livingstone has been suspended since April 2016 when he claimed Hitler had supported Zionism in the 1930s. On Tuesday a Labour party disciplinary panel upheld three charges of breaching party rules and extended the suspension for another year. Some Labour MPs and Jewish groups have criticised the decision not to expel Mr Livingstone, but he said he had been "suspended for stating the truth". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Livingstone would face a fresh investigation, saying it was "deeply disappointing that, despite his long record of standing up to racism, Ken has failed to acknowledge or apologise for the hurt he has caused". Archaeologists say the skeletons are in good condition and they expect to find as many as 40 in the coming weeks. The land was home to a friary between 1290 and 1538, making many of the remains 450 years old. The discovery was made in the university's New Museums site, which is about to undergo a major redevelopment. It is currently home to the many of the university's science departments and examination halls as well as the David Attenborough building and the Museum of Zoology. The team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) will spend the next four weeks on the site before renovations get underway. Site director Craig Cessford said building work through the centuries has left a number of skeletons "chopped through". He said: "The bones are really perfectly preserved apart from where early 20th Century foundations have chopped through them so in places you'll only get half a body. "Even when the friary was in use they sometimes chopped through the burials - so it's not just in the modern period that the skeletons have been disturbed." The Augustinian friary was founded in 1290 but fell victim to the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 under Henry VIII. "They come in, they set up their friary and mark off an area as a cemetery and they start burying people in nice neat rows," Mr Cessford said. "Eventually, after 100 or 150 years they fill up their area and they just start back at the beginning again and we know they did that at least three times. "It still has the potential for surprises." The skeletons will now be processed, washed and studied by specialist osteo-archaeologists. The CAU is working closely with the university's Department of Archaeology on a project called After the Plague, based around the discovery of around 400 skeletons in a burial site at Cambridge's Hospital of St John in 2010. It's hoped the friary remains will become a "comparative collection", Mr Cessford added.

First Minister Carwyn Jones has said Ken Livingstone should be expelled from the Labour party for repeating comments about Adolf Hitler and Zionism. [NEXT_CONCEPT] More than 25 skeletons have been unearthed by archaeologists investigating the site of a medieval friary in the centre of Cambridge.

Any tie-up would create the UK's leading insurance, savings and asset management firm by customer numbers. Friends Life said it had "indicated to Aviva that it is willing to recommend the key financial terms of the possible offer to Friends Life shareholders". Aviva would offer Friends Life shareholders 0.74 shares for each Friends Life share. Friends Life was formed in 2011 after the amalgamation of Friends Provident, the majority of Axa UK Life and Bupa Health Assurance. They were rebranded to form Friends Life Group. Created during World War II, 617 Squadron carried out the "bouncing bomb" raid to destroy dams in Germany. Now based at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and flying Tornados, the reformed squadron will be stationed at RAF Marham in Norfolk. The F-35B is also to be operated from aircraft carriers. When it reforms in 2016, 617 Squadron will have both RAF and Royal Navy personnel. There will also be another squadron flying Lightning II jets. It will carry a Royal Navy squadron number but have personnel from both services. There are about 175 personnel in 617, who will transfer to other Tornado squadrons, retrain on the Typhoon aircraft, or move to another part of the organisation. The disbandment forms part of the RAF's Tornado force drawdown and opens the way for the move of Typhoon squadrons from Leuchars in Fife to Lossiemouth. Those squadrons will transfer from next year, with about 350 service personnel relocating to the Moray station. Lightning IIs will be operated from the Royal Navy's two new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers, the first of which is nearing completion at Rosyth, in Fife. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, made the announcement on the disbandment at a Royal United Services Institute conference on air power. In a speech to senior representatives of air forces from around the world, Sir Stephen said 617 Squadron would disband on 1 April. He said the move formed part of a planned drawdown of the RAF's Tornado GR4 force. Sir Stephen said: "I am delighted to announce that 617 Squadron's outstanding contribution to the United Kingdom's air power - past and present - will unequivocally continue when it reforms as the UK's first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron." He added: "Lightning shall be operated jointly by the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm pilots, from land or from the Queen Elizabeth Class carrier. "Overall, a hugely flexible and futuristic joint capability." Previously, 617 Squadron was disbanded when crews switched from Lancaster bombers to Vulcan jets - Britain's nuclear bomber - and then Tornado aircraft. The 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid was marked in May this year. It was carried out by 133 airmen, flying 19 Lancaster bombers armed with the "bouncing bombs" designed by Sir Barnes Wallis. Codenamed Operation Chastise, 56 of the men who took off on the mission did not return. Out of 19 bombers, eight were shot down. Three men were captured and 53 were killed.

Aviva and Friends Life are in talks about a possible £5.6bn merger deal, the two insurance companies have said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The RAF's famous "Dambusters" squadron is to be disbanded next year and reformed in 2016 to fly the new F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter.

The Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat-al-Jadida also denied that the drawing - of a robed figure standing over the Earth - represented the Prophet. Most Muslims view any depictions of the Prophet as forbidden - and offensive. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an inquiry into the publication of the cartoon. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said Mr Abbas had called for "deterrent action against those responsible for this terrible mistake". Mr Abbas was among the world leaders who attended a rally in Paris last month to condemn a deadly gun attack on the offices of a satirical magazine that had caricatured Muhammad. The gunmen - both of whom had links to jihadist militants - killed prominent journalists at the Charlie Hebdo magazine, in apparent retaliation for the caricatures. The attack sparked a global debate over freedom of expression and its limits. Al-Hayat-al-Jadida published a drawing in its 1 February edition that featured a robed figure standing over the Earth, scattering seeds from a heart-shaped bag. The caption to the drawing said, "Our Prophet Muhammad". The cartoonist, Mohammed Sabanneh, later wrote on his Facebook page that he had not meant any harm by the drawing, Reuters news agency reported. Mr Sabanneh said the robed figure did not represent the Prophet but was "a symbol of humanity enlightened by what the Prophet Muhammad brought". Along with its apology, the West Bank-based newspaper announced that it had launched an inquiry into "the published drawing that led to the misunderstanding". The paper emphasised that the "the intention behind the publication of the image was to defend religions and to spread love and peace". England international Gibbs, 27, has agreed a four-year deal. Poland international Krychowiak‏ has started just 10 games for the French club since joining from Sevilla for £28m last year. They are the Baggies' fifth and sixth major signings of the summer. Krychowiak won two Europa League titles with Sevilla and won the Trophee des Champions, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France last season at PSG. The midfielder, who has 45 caps for Poland, said: "I had a lot of offers from Spain and Italy. But this is a very ambitious club. There's a good atmosphere here." Gibbs had also been in talks with Watford and Turkish side Galatasaray this summer, while Krychowiak had reportedly been interesting clubs including Chelsea and Juventus. "They've made some good signings and I feel this is a good move for me," said Gibbs, who has been at Arsenal since the age of 14. Gibbs has 10 England caps, the last coming in a 2-0 win over France in a friendly at Wembley in November 2015. "We have recruited another quality addition; an England player with bags of experience at Premier League and Champions League level," said Albion chairman John Williams. Since the end of last season West Brom have signed Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez, 28, for about £12m, Egypt defender Ahmed Hegazi, 27, on a season-long loan deal, and former England midfielder Gareth Barry, 36, for an undisclosed fee. Scotland winger Oliver Burke joined last week from German club RB Leipzig on a five-year contract for a reported fee of £15m. The Baggies have also signed China striker Yuning Zhang, 20, who has started a two-year loan in Germany with Werder Bremen. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

An official Palestinian newspaper has apologised to its readers for publishing a drawing that is alleged to have depicted the Prophet Muhammad. [NEXT_CONCEPT] West Brom have completed a double swoop to sign Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs for about £7m and Paris St-Germain midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak‏ on loan.

The pro-Remain organisation is also warning manufacturing jobs would go and employments right be put at risk. TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said trade and investment would be affected by an EU exit. But another union chief, the RMT's Mick Cash, said the EU had pursued a "race to the bottom" on workers' rights and could never be reformed. Publication of the TUC's research comes amid a drive to recruit traditional Labour voters by the rival sides ahead of the 23 June referendum. It said the manufacturing sector would be hit seven times harder than those in the services sector because it exports so much to the EU. How working conditions and pay rates are affected by EU membership. Ms O'Grady said: "Thirty eight pounds a week may not be much for politicians like Boris Johnson, but for millions of workers, it's the difference between heating or eating, between struggling or saving, and between getting by or getting on." But Mr Cash - whose union represents people in the transport industry - said the EU was no "workers' paradise", pointing to industrial unrest in France and high unemployment rates in other countries. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We as a union have opposed being members of the EU since 1979, because we do not think workers have benefited from it." His wife greeted him at their home in Toronto, Canada, and he was seen on the estate grounds by 14:00 (16:00 GMT). Black, 67, who controlled an empire including the Daily Telegraph in the UK, and US papers including the Chicago Sun-Times, left prison early on Friday. Earlier, Canada said he would be allowed to live there upon his release. Black was born in Canada but renounced his citizenship in 2001 to accept a peerage in Britain's House of Lords. He is a British citizen. The move to grant Black a one-year temporary residence permit stirred debate in Canada's House of Commons. Tom Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party, said Black had received special treatment. "No-one else has ever been in that situation, of being still in jail, having his dossier marched around all the offices of the minister and getting his approval before even getting out of the slammer," Mr Mulcair said, according to CBC News. But Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney countered that approval of Black's application had been processed by "highly trained, independent members of our public service" and had not been subject to political interference. In 2007 Black was convicted of defrauding Hollinger International shareholders of $6.1m (£3.8m), by paying himself a tax-free bonus from the sale of newspaper assets without the approval of the company's board. He had been forced out of the company by shareholders in 2003. After his conviction, Black was sentenced to 78 months in prison. He was released two years later while he pursued a partially successful appeal, in which a judge cut his sentence down to 42 months, including the 29 months he had already served. Black reported to prison in September to complete the remainder of his sentence but was released after eight months on good behaviour. Upon his release, Black was transferred to the custody of US immigration authorities before he travelled to Canada. As a British citizen, he could have returned to Britain. Black, who became Lord Black of Crossharbour, was known for his extravagant lifestyle. It was reported that he had two apartments on Park Avenue in New York - one for himself and his wife, writer Barbara Amiel, and one for his domestic staff.

Average UK wages would be £38 a week lower by 2030 if the UK votes to leave the EU, the Trades Union Congress says. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Former media mogul Conrad Black has been released from prison in Miami after serving just over three years for defrauding investors.

Second seed Murray came from a break down in the final set to win 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-3 in two hours and 38 minutes. "It was a tough match," said the Scot, 28, who plays David Ferrer in his semi-final after the Spaniard beat American John Isner 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-2. World number one Novak Djokovic saw off Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-8). Murray faces a challenging end to the season, with the ATP Finals in London only nine days away, followed by Britain's first Davis Cup final since 1978, which gets under way in Belgium in three weeks' time. Murray had lost just four games in winning his opening two matches in Paris, but was given a far sterner test by Gasquet - and it took its toll. "I got a little stiff in my lower back," the Briton said afterwards. Murray had toyed with the idea of skipping the ATP Finals - and risking the wrath of the governing body - in order to arrive in Belgium fresh for the Davis Cup final, his primary focus for the rest of the season. However, that scenario appears less likely now and, asked if his back was a concern, Murray told Sky Sports: "I don't think so. I was moving well, it was just on the serve it gave me a little bit of trouble. That can happen, it's a long season. "After a couple of weeks it's maybe normal to feel a little bit stiff and sore and maybe it's a good thing, to get that out of my system. "The crowd was behind him and it was perfect preparation for the Davis Cup, in an atmosphere like that." Murray's immediate focus remains the Paris Masters, and a real chance to make an impact at a tournament which has yet to see the best of him. Gasquet had inflicted one of five previous quarter-final defeats on Murray, back in 2007, and the 29-year-old played well enough to threaten a repeat on Friday. In a high-quality match, Murray edged the first set in a tie-break but made little impact on the Gasquet serve in the second, the Frenchman taking it thanks to one break. When he moved a break up early in the third it appeared that Gasquet was on course to claim his first win over Murray since 2012, but the Scot hit back immediately and made the decisive breakthrough with a drop shot at 4-3. Defending champion Djokovic saved set points in both sets to claim his 20th consecutive win and remained on course for an unprecedented third Paris Masters title in a row. The 28-year-old top-ranked Serb secured a hard-fought victory in two hours seven minutes and in the semi-finals will play Stanislas Wawrinka who defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5). It was a third win in four matches for the Swiss after he lost the first 12 matches between the pair. Find out the latest team news here. Saturday Arsenal v Hull City (12:30 GMT) Manchester United v Watford (15:00 GMT) Middlesbrough v Everton (15:00 GMT) Stoke v Crystal Palace (15:00 GMT) Sunderland v Southampton (15:00 GMT) West Ham v West Brom (15:00 GMT) Liverpool v Tottenham (17:30 GMT) Sunday Burnley v Chelsea (13:30 GMT) Swansea v Leicester (13:30 GMT) Monday Bournemouth v Manchester City (20:00 GMT) Preview to come Saturday Aston Villa v Ipswich (15:00 GMT) Brighton v Burton Albion (15:00 GMT) Derby v Bristol City (15:00 GMT) Fulham v Wigan (15:00 GMT) Leeds v Cardiff (15:00 GMT) Norwich v Nottingham Forest (15:00 GMT) Preston v Brentford (15:00 GMT) QPR v Huddersfield (15:00 GMT) Reading v Barnsley (15:00 GMT) Rotherham v Blackburn (15:00 GMT) Wolves v Newcastle (17:30 GMT) Find out how to get into football with our special guide.

Britain's Andy Murray reached the Paris Masters semi-finals for the first time with a three-set victory over French 10th seed Richard Gasquet. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Manchester United are in rare Saturday 15:00 GMT action while the bottom three are all on show in the Premier League.

The move follows a proposal to slash 10% from MPs' salaries and ministry spending, and to use billions of dollars from an emergency fund. Russia's economy has been badly hit by low oil prices and Western sanctions over Moscow's role in Ukraine's crisis. It was not clear when the cuts would come into effect, and whether they would cover Mr Putin's own pay. The move is presumably meant to set an example, as Russia enters difficult economic times, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow reports. It is all part of a broader austerity drive, she says, as Russia's income has shrunk along with the falling oil price. Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict are also biting. In a brief statement on Friday, the Kremlin said permanent members of Russia's security council discussed "a number of social and economic issues". It added that Mr Putin informed the council about his decision to lower salaries in the presidential administration "outside the context of the meeting's agenda". Earlier this week Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma (lower chamber of parliament), said lawmakers should take a 10% pay cut to help the country through a financial crisis. Mr Naryshkin appealed to their patriotism to back his proposal. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has also pledged to reduce the spending by the federal ministries and government agencies by 10% in 2015. In a separate development, Mr Siluanov's first deputy said on Friday the government would ask parliament to allow the spending of up to 3.2tn roubles ($52bn; £34bn) from the Reserve Fund, according to Reuters news agency. This would include 500bn roubles already envisaged in the budget for 2015. The Russian government is already revising the budget, which was based on oil prices at $100 a barrel. Prices are now hovering at about $60. The drop in oil income - along with the impact of sanctions following the crisis in Ukraine - has left the country heading for recession, analysts say. Forecasts suggest Russia's economy will contract this year by up to 4%. This week supermarkets announced a price freeze on essential items to help struggling customers. Pharmacies are set to follow. It is all a long way from the boom times that have characterised much of Mr Putin's presidency, our correspondent says, but so far it seems his personal rating is unshaken. A key opinion poll just released showed his popularity actually increased in February to 86%. Keith Buckler, 82, from Ulverston, has been appointed MBE for services to the New English Orchestra and to charity through Rotary in Grange-over-Sands. He has supported overseas Christian charities for more than 50 years. A British Empire Medal was conferred upon Patricia Burns, 75, of Appleby, for services to education. Mr Buckler has been a member of the British Council for European Christian Mission since 1973 and its chairman since 1986. He has fundraised for the New English Orchestra - an ensemble of Christian musicians - as well as being part of the Cumbria and Lancashire Rotary District International Committee. In recent years he has also been a voluntary medical worker in Nicaragua with the Peace and Hope Trust. Mrs Burns has worked in a number of roles at Appleby Grammar School for 35 years and has been a governor for the last 14. She was described as "a lynchpin to the local community". Currently a senior midday supervisor, she leads a team which looks after more than 600 pupils. Also on the honours list are forensic pathologist Dr William Lawler, of Penrith, who is appointed OBE for services to the police and criminal justice system, and John Graham, of Ambleside, who is appointed MBE for services to the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the salaries of his staff are to be cut by 10%. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A school governor and a charity volunteer are among people in Cumbria recognised in the New Year Honours list.

The patrolling officers were targeted in Brixton at about 19:30 GMT on Saturday by a man driving a Citroen C4. The Met said the officers had been approaching the car on Plato Road having identified the occupants as "behaving suspiciously". As police approached, the car was driven at them. No-one was injured. The car also collided with several parked cars before the 22-year-old driver got out and tried to run off. He was arrested by the officers, as were the two other occupants of the car. The Met said knives, a small quantity of cannabis and £1,000 in cash was confiscated from the group. Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, allegedly stabbed the 21-year-old in Home Hill, Queensland, on Tuesday. He has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, one count of serious animal cruelty and twelve counts of serious assault. Mr Ayad was remanded in custody and the case has been adjourned until October. He was due to appear before Townsville Magistrates' Court on Friday by video link. Miss Ayliffe-Chung, from Wirksworth, Derbyshire, died from multiple stab wounds after the attack at Shelley's Backpackers accommodation. Queensland Police Service previously said that it was investigating whether Mr Ayad had an "obsession" with her. Supt Ray Rohweder, regional crime co-ordinator in the Northern Region, said there was an indication that Mr Ayad had taken cannabis on Tuesday evening local time. Police have confirmed that Mr Ayad shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, but said there is no indication that radicalisation or political motives were involved. Miss Ayliffe-Chung's mother Rosie paid tribute to her daughter in a statement, saying she was an "amazing young woman with an adventurous spirit". Tom Jackson, 30, from Cheshire, who was injured while trying to save Miss Ayliffe-Chung, remains in hospital with critical head injuries, the police tweeted. Police had described his actions as "selfless" and "absolutely fantastic". British High Commissioner to Australia Menna Rawlings was in Home Hill, near Townsville, to provide support to Britons involved in the attack. In a video she posted on Twitter she praised the police for their response to the incident and the follow-up support they were providing everyone involved. "The family and friends of all the victims of the attack, and all those affected - I wanted to offer my deepest condolences as well," she said. Mia Ayliffe-Chung went to Anthony Gell School in Wirksworth before going to Chesterfield College to study psychology and communication and culture. She later went to Buxton and Leek College to study childcare. It is understood she travelled to Bali before arriving in Australia. Paul Lovatt, head of pastoral care at Anthony Gell, remembered her as "enriching the school environment". "We knew Mia as a student with so much joy and energy who was well-liked by her friends and teachers," he said. "She joined our school in Year 9 and flourished here, both in making strong friendships and in achieving high-level GCSEs." Rachel McVeigh, curriculum leader for education and childcare at Buxton and Leek College, said: "Mia had a zest for life and was free-spirited, with a keen desire to travel. "We are devastated and extremely sorry to hear such tragic news. Our thoughts are with her family and friends."

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven "recklessly" at police officers in south London. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man accused of murdering British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung at a hostel in Australia did not appear in court as "he had caused a disturbance".

This "huge unmet need" is partly due to a focus on physical symptoms at the expense of good mental healthcare, researchers say. They argue depression is often overlooked but could be treated at a fraction of the cost of cancer drugs. Charities say the current situation is "heartbreaking". People often wrongly assume that major depression is part of a natural reaction to cancer - but this is much more than transient sadness, the Edinburgh and Oxford university researchers say. Their report suggests a new nurse-led treatment could help thousands of people. In a series of studies they analysed data on 21,000 cancer patients living in Scotland. They found 6% to 13% of people had clinical depression, compared with just 2% of the general population at any time. Sufferers of major depression feel persistently low, may find it difficult to sleep and have poor appetites. But researchers found 75% of people reporting these symptoms were not receiving treatment, partly because they did not consider seeking help and professionals did not pick up on their illness. The reports also show that, even when given a diagnosis and standard NHS treatment, the majority did not feel better. Scientists say a new nurse-led approach designed specifically for patients with cancer can substantially reduce depressive symptoms. In their study of about 500 patients, the therapy halved the depression scores of more than 60%. Patients reported they were less anxious, less fatigued and experienced less pain. Only 17% of those who had standard NHS care had similar results. In contrast the new intensive, tailored approach is delivered by a trained cancer nurse and involves the wider medical team. It includes: Researchers argue that if their programme were rolled out widely it could improve the quality of life for thousands of people. Their final paper suggests the therapy improves quality of life, regardless of how good a patient's prognosis is. Dr Stefan Symeonides, of the University of Edinburgh, said: "Day-to-day oncologists like myself see the profound impact depression can have on a patient with cancer." He added: " [This is] a huge area of unmet need missed by current practice." Researchers say the therapy costs around £600 per patient. Jacqui Graves, of the Macmillan Cancer Support charity, said: "It is heart-breaking to think cancer patients who are already dealing with the toughest fight of their lives are also struggling with depression, without adequate support. "Anyone experiencing depression should get in touch with their GP." A spokesman for the airline said a concrete figure would only become clear in the coming weeks, but that the losses were "clearly in the double-digit millions of euros". More than 11,000 passengers have been hit by the cabin crew action. They are in dispute with management over early retirement benefits and pensions. "The concrete damage will only be clear in the coming weeks when we know how many passengers claimed refunds, how many were rebooked, and how many passengers we accommodated at hotels," a spokesman told reporters at Frankfurt airport, before adding that the losses would "clearly be in the double-digit millions of euros". Lufthansa's management has described the action has "unprecedented" and is meeting to discuss the consequences. A statement is expected later. It is the third day of industrial action and stoppages could continue until Friday. The company wants to bring down pension costs as part of a savings drive to allow it to compete more effectively with low-cost rivals and Gulf carriers. But it has so far failed to reach an agreement with the union. Lufthansa's reluctance to meet its demands is "not comprehensible", given that the company just raised its full year profit forecast to €1.95bn, the union has said. The alarm was raised after the 23-year-old, from Cornwall, went missing for about 15 minutes while swimming at about 02:30 BST, the RNLI said. He was discovered in a serious condition near Great Western beach and airlifted to a hospital in Truro by search helicopter where he later died, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The death was not being treated as suspicious, police said. The man's next of kin have been informed.

Three-quarters of cancer patients who are clinically depressed do not get the psychological therapy they need, according to research in the Lancet. [NEXT_CONCEPT] German airline Lufthansa says the current strike is costing the company at least €10m (£7m) a day. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A man has died after being found in the sea off Newquay.

Nicole Arbour uploaded a video called Dear Fat People in which she derided people for being overweight. She claimed she had been censored after her channel was suspended, while others accused her of deleting her own channel to gain sympathy. But the BBC understands the channel was automatically suspended because a lot of people reported it to YouTube. Ms Arbour's YouTube channel has since been restored. Nicole Arbour is a Canadian comedian who uploads video rants to Facebook and YouTube. She has a combined following of more than 500,000 people. In a controversial video, which has been viewed more than 21 million times, Ms Arbour described times she encountered overweight people. "Fat-shaming is not a thing. Fat people made that up. If we offend you so much that you lose weight, I'm OK with that. You are killing yourself," she said. Ms Arbour has faced criticism from prominent social media stars. Whitney Way Thore, star of US reality show My Big Fat Fabulous Life, said fat-shaming was the "spawn of a larger problem called body shaming" that she was sure "everyone on the planet" had experienced. "You cannot tell a person's health, physical or otherwise, from looking at them," she said. Singer Meghan Tonjes said the video was "harmful", adding: "I know what it's like to sit there as a teenage girl and see something like that." Vlogger skagg3 defended Ms Arbour: "I don't go on some censorship parade trying to put tape over people's mouths, because I value the free exchange of ideas more than I value my own personal feelings." When Ms Arbour's YouTube channel was suspended on Sunday, she tweeted that she had been "censored". YouTube said it did not comment on specific channels but told the BBC: "In cases where a channel or video is incorrectly flagged by the community and subsequently removed, we work quickly to reinstate it." Ms Arbour has since uploaded a new video, where she says she "does not care" if people are offended by her content. Grace Helbig, one of YouTube's best-known stars, said the comedian's comments had been "mean". "Comedy can be a really powerful tool," she said. "I wish that we could use it more respectfully. I wish we could just respect each other as human beings. "The more you just say whatever you want with disregard to people's feelings, the less I as a viewer consider you as a comedian, I just consider you as kinda mean." 23 March 2015 Last updated at 06:50 GMT The government recommends that everyone should have at least five portions of fruit and veg a day. But the survey shows 52 in every 100 kids don't have any veg, and 44 in 100 have no fruit on a daily basis. What we're eating is a big issue at the moment because one in three kids in the UK is obese or overweight. Newsround asked food expert Dr Radha to explain why it's important to eat your greens.

A comedian who criticised overweight people has sparked a row over censorship on YouTube. [NEXT_CONCEPT] More than half of kids don't eat a single portion of vegetables a day, according to Newsround's food survey.

The sackings were expected as the president has repeatedly criticised the military's inability to defeat Islamist group Boko Haram. The Islamists have recently launched a series of deadly guerrilla attacks, killing more than 250 people. Boko Haram is thought to be responsible for more than 10,000 deaths since 2009. Both the new head of the army, Maj Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, and the National Security Adviser, Maj Gen Babagana Monguno, are from Borno State which is at the heart of the conflict. BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says the hope is they have a good grasp of what is needed to end the violence. The new military chiefs will be expected to work closely with neighbours Chad, Cameroon and Niger as they join forces to tackle Boko Haram. The group has also stepped up attacks on these countries. At least 12 civilians were killed in Cameroon in a suspected Boko Haram suicide attack on Sunday evening, a military source told the BBC. Two soldiers also died, along with two bombers who blew themselves up in Fotokol, near the border with Nigeria. Chad will be the headquarters of an expanded Nigeria-led regional force of around 7,500 troops. Its formation has gained momentum since President Buhari took office in May. Analysis: Will Ross; BBC News; Lagos Some are asking why it took so long to make the changes. So it was certainly not a surprise that President Muhammadu Buhari replaced all the military top brass. Making progress in the fight against Boko Haram is his priority and he clearly wasn't happy with the status quo within the military. Over the past three weeks Boko Haram has launched almost daily bomb attacks in cities in the north as well as blasts in Chad and Niger. On Saturday morning, 15 people died in the main market in Chad's capital, N'Djamena, when a man dressed in a burka blew himself up. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack. Our correspondent, Will Ross, says just hours before his sacking, army chief Lt Gen Kenneth Minima said the upsurge in violence was the result of military success against the jihadists. Lt Gen Minima suggested Boko Haram no longer had the capacity to fight the army and so had resorted to attacking soft targets with bomb blasts. Why Boko Haram remains a threat Who are Boko Haram? Comments can be heard in footage of the event, organised by human rights group JUST Yorkshire on Wednesday. It is understood the word "Jew" was shouted at Labour candidate Naz Shah after she spoke of her support for "Israel's right to exist". All confirmed candidates in the constituency took part in the event. JUST Yorkshire reported the incident, which took place at the Carlisle Business Centre, to police who are investigating. Full list of election candidates for Bradford West constituency Ms Shah said: "I didn't hear it at the time because the heckling was so bad. "But I have seen the video now, I've heard it with my own ears and I'm glad it has been reported as a hate incident." All confirmed candidates in Bradford West took part in the event. Nadeem Murtuja, chair of JUST Yorkshire, which organised the hustings, said in a statement: "JUST Yorkshire condemns every form of hate, racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. "If I had heard the comment on the night of the hustings, we would have immediately brought an end to the proceedings." A spokesman from West Yorkshire Police said: "On 2 June, police in Bradford received a report of a hate incident. "Inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances."

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new defence chiefs after sacking the heads of the army, navy and air force. [NEXT_CONCEPT] An alleged anti-Semitic incident at an election hustings in the Bradford West constituency is being investigated by police as a hate crime.

The accident happened on the A71 at Stonehouse at 20:25 on Thursday. It involved a black Audi A3 travelling west near Canderside Toll which appeared to lose control and cross to the eastbound lane of the carriageway and collide with a black Audi A4 car. The 36-year-old driver of the Audi A3 was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, where he is being treated for multiple injuries. Hospital staff described his condition as serious. His 31-year-old passenger was taken to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride, where he is being treated for his injuries. The 42-year-old driver of the Audi A4 and two boys aged five and eight, who were also in the car, were taken to Wishaw General Hospital. Inspector Graham Conner appealed for witnesses to the crash to contact officers via 101. Prince Rogers Nelson left no known will and his assets are estimated to be worth about $100m (£68m). The singer died at his Paisley Park compound outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 21 April. His sister, Tyka Nelson, and half-siblings are the apparent heirs to his estate, authorities have said. Ms Nelson and and Prince's half-sibling Alfred Jackson attended a hearing on Monday at the Carver County courthouse in Minnesota, where lawyers began surveying the singer's estate. If no will is found, the state will determine how the money is divided up. During the short hearing, Judge Kevin Eide formally appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administration to oversee Prince's probate case. One attorney said there was an "ongoing search" for a will. Investigators are still determining how the singer, songwriter and producer died. Prescription painkillers were in the singer's possession when he died. But it is unclear what role, if any, those drugs may have played. A law enforcement official confirmed to the Associated Press that investigators were looking into whether Prince died from a drug overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death. They are also looking at whether a doctor was on a plane that made an emergency landing in Illinois less than a week before the singer died. He was taken to a hospital in Illinois, but was treated and released a few hours later. A vault containing unreleased Prince songs was found at his estate and will be drilled open by the company with temporary authority over his estate, according to ABC News. He told US TV programme The View about his unreleased music in 2012. "One day, someone will release them. I don't know that I'll get to release them," he said. "There's just so many." Enough music was apparently left behind to release an album a year for the next century. His former recording engineer, Susan Rodgers, said: "We could put out more work in a month than most people could do in a year or more."

Five people have been injured in a head-on collision in South Lanarkshire. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The family members of pop singer Prince have begun the process of dividing up the American singer's sizeable assets.

Former Spain youth international Femenia, 26, started his career as a winger and has had spells at Barcelona B and Real Madrid B. Austria Under-21 goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann has also joined the Hornets from Stoke City. The 22-year-old, who spent six seasons with the Potters, has signed a three-year deal at Vicarage Road. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. The market covers a 21-acre site with 235 stalls selling fish and meat as well as warehousing. It is thought about 20% of the building is affected. At its peak, some 40 firefighters tackled the "severe" blaze on Pershore Street in Digbeth. The fire is now out and investigators are looking at the cause. Crews will remain at the scene for some time, the fire service said. Several nearby roads have now reopened. Crowds of people gathered near the scene at the fire's peak, and witness Toby Ashcroft said they were told by police to move back because of concerns about gas canisters in the building. One person was treated for the effects of "minor smoke inhalation" and discharged at the scene. The fire service, which was called out soon after 14:00 BST, described the blaze as "severe". The market is set to be relocated to a purpose-built facility in Witton after the authority said it could not afford the investment needed to maintain the site.

Watford have signed right-back Kiko Femenia from Alaves on a four-year deal. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A fire that sent plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen across the city centre has badly damaged Birmingham Wholesale Market.

Home to the Marsh Arabs, three archaeological sites and an array of species of birds and fish, the marshes are "unique", Unesco says. The area was ordered drained in the 1990s by Saddam to stop it being used for cover by rebels. The marshlands have partially revived since his overthrow in 2003. A major restoration programme has seen people and wildlife return to the area, regarded by some as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Unesco said the area was "unique, as one of the world's largest inland delta systems, in an extremely hot and arid environment". It also contains the ancient sites of Uruk, Tell Eridu and Ur - the birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham. In the 1970s, the marshes, formally known as the Ahwar of Southern Iraq, covered some 3,500 sq miles (9,000 sq km), but were reduced by Saddam to barely 290 sq miles. The former ruler sought to punish the Marsh Arab tribes who had risen up against him after the first Gulf War and also deprive opposition forces of a base for operations. Huge tracts were drained and dams were built, causing hundreds of thousands of Marsh Arabs to flee. Over the past decade, local efforts to re-flood the area and help from environmental agencies have replenished about half the wetlands. Wildlife and Marsh Arabs, native to the wetlands for about six millennia, have also since made a return. The marshlands, however, remain at risk to drought, dams and irrigation schemes. The Board of Community Health Councils in Wales said it was not consulted over changes to the Paediatric Intensive Care retrieval service. Some NHS staff have told BBC Wales that longer journey times could be harmful. The Welsh NHS said it was offering "an even better and more robust service" for children in need of intensive care. Under the new system taking effect on Tuesday, a unified team based in Bristol now looks after all transfers of children in mid and south Wales from a district hospital to a paediatric intensive care unit, as well as serving hospitals in south west England. The NHS said all journey times will be within the three-hour standard, including trips between Bristol and hospitals in Aberystwyth and Haverfordwest. It said the Bristol site was chosen because of "practical considerations of cost, clinical support and pragmatism". Daniel Phillips, from the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, said: "We are coming together as one team to offer an even better and more robust service for children who are in need of intensive care. "All major hospitals in Wales have staff trained to stabilise critically ill children and care for the sick child until the team arrive." Tony Rucinski, chief executive of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales, said: "We are disappointed we weren't consulted. "We feel this is potentially a change to patient service and we will monitor its impact. "We will be watching very carefully to ensure there is no reduction in service to this vulnerable group of patients." The Paediatric Intensive Care Society welcomed the new system as an improvement, saying the team would only deal with transfers rather than other hospital commitments.

The United Nations cultural agency Unesco has named Iraq's southern marshes - once decimated by Saddam Hussein - a World Heritage Site. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The relocation of the emergency ambulance team for seriously ill children from Cardiff to Bristol has left health watchdogs disappointed.

The company made a profit of A$2.1bn in the previous year. The results were hit by a A$1.8bn write off from quitting its Masters hardware joint-venture with US firm Lowe's. The retailer issued a series of profit warnings last year amid intense competition in the grocery market. The financial year had been one of "unprecedented change for Woolworths", said chief executive Brad Banducci. The company's decisions had had a "material impact" on the results but were "necessary to begin the rebuilding of Woolworths", he added. "We are seeing early signs of progress as we work to restore our competiveness and improve our culture in Australian food. We have also addressed significant issues facing the Group with the decision to exit Home Improvement and decisive action taken on BIG W [discount department store chain] to reposition the business," he said. Mr Banducci took over earlier this year when his predecessor stepped down over the decision to abandon the controversial hardware venture. On Wednesday, Woolworths announced it was quitting three of its home improvement businesses. That decision is part of Mr Banducci's reform plans following on from February's announcement of the company's first half-year loss in 23 years. Home Timber & Hardware is to be sold to smaller competitor Metcash. All the Masters hardware stores will close by December and the properties sold to investor group Home Consortium. Woolworths plans to concentrate on its supermarket business so it can compete more effectively against rival Coles, as well as discounters such as Aldi and Lidl - both relatively recent entrants to the Australian market. "We expect trading conditions to remain highly competitive in (the coming financial year) but are confident that we have a clear plan and set of priorities," said Mr Banducci. Shares in Woolworths jumped by more than 7% following the announcement. Woolworths said it would pay a final dividend of 33 cents, down from 72 cents the previous year. Australia's Woolworths has no links with chains of the same name in the US or South Africa, or the defunct UK retailer. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag had been due to address expatriates in Gaggenau in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's controversial reforms. But local authorities withdrew permission for the rally, saying the planned venue was not big enough. Turkey arrested a German-Turkish reporter last week, straining ties. Deniz Yucel, who works for Die Welt, is accused of producing terrorist propaganda and undermining the Turkish government. Many Turkish writers and journalists have been arrested in a widespread crackdown that followed a failed coup against Mr Erdogan in July 2016. The decision to summon the German envoy was made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosoglu, Reuters said, quoting ministry sources. Mr Bozdag has already cancelled his planned visit to Germany, where he had been also due to meet his German counterpart. "It is unacceptable that German authorities, who constantly lecture us about human rights, democracy, rule of law, free speech... do not tolerate a meeting organised by the Turkish community," the Turkish minister said. However, Gaggenau officials said they had cancelled permission for the rally due to space considerations. "Because the event is now known across the region, the city expects a large number of visitors," local authorities said in a statement. "The Bad Rotenfels hall [in Gaggenau] parking lots and access road are insufficient to meet that demand." Mr Bozdag had been expected to encourage the Turkish community in the western German town to support Mr Erdogan's controversial proposals to give greater powers to the presidency. The Turkish authorities say the changes are needed to bring stability, while opponents say the reforms would cement one-man rule in the country. Turkish citizens living abroad are eligible to vote in a referendum on the issue in April. Several million people of Turkish origin currently live in Germany.

Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, has reported a record annual loss of A$1.2bn (£690m), following its decision to quit the DIY market. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Turkey has summoned the German ambassador in Ankara to protest against the cancellation of a public speech by a Turkish minister in a German town.

Hollywood producer Mike Young said he was having to make his next movie outside Wales due to a lack of support. Ministers said they "maximise" best use of public funding and disappointment for some producers was inevitable. Young's upcoming film is about the former Cardiff City player Robin Friday. But he said he was "taken aback" by the way the Welsh film industry was organised when he applied for support from the Welsh government's media investment fund. He told BBC Wales: "We have put together a lot of financing for this movie, we've got some big stars in it. "I went through a process with the Welsh government and they basically passed on it, and it looks like we are going to have to be shooting it in England or Ireland later this summer." The Welsh government said it was supporting the creative industries in Wales, which have a "global reputation" and a "very strong pipeline of projects seeking to film here". It said independent industry experts provided advice on commercial investments and the Welsh government's media investment budget, backed by advice from Pinewood Pictures, was "delivering tangible results". "We would be rightly criticised for not taking strong measures to protect and bring value from our investments," a spokesman said. "It is therefore inevitable that this will bring disappointment to some producers, but we will continue to work with them to find ways in which to assist their productions to be filmed in Wales." Young has had a successful career in animation and film since TV series SuperTed launched on S4C in 1982 and his latest film Norm of the North had its Welsh premiere in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, on Tuesday. Young said public funds that support the creative industries should be directed at commercial projects, and criticised the involvement of "bureaucrats" in making decisions about funding new films. He said the Welsh government had "got to gather around them people who really know how to package films and how to market and sell them, rather than bureaucrats". Asked about the Welsh government's film investment budget, he said: "The sense I had is that there's a very uneasy relationship between the politicians and the people who are appointed from the industry to monitor the thing." He conceded he "may have a twisted view" because his application for funding for his Robin Friday film was turned down, but said the government's creative industries policy "needs to be commercial". "I'm a very commercial director, and I think that if the industry is going to work in Wales then they've got to become very commercial," he said. "You can make all of the esoteric films that you want... but at the same time, if the industry is going to stand on its own it needs to be commercial." The Scot, who had not dropped a game on her way through to Sunday's final, lost out 19-21, 21-19, 21-18. Gilmour, runner up at the European Championships in Denmark in April, had beaten Kawakami in their one previous meeting last year. However, the 23-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist was edged out in a tight contest.

The creator of the cartoon SuperTed has criticised the involvement of Welsh government "bureaucrats" in film production. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Kirsty Gilmour lost to Japan's Saena Kawakami in the final of the Canada Open in Calgary.

Panels put into Lakanal House in south-east London, which caught fire in 2009, had four-and-a-half minutes of fire resistance. The inquest jury at Lambeth Town Hall was told firefighters had expected them to have lasted one hour. The panels were being put in to replace asbestos. The inquest was also told a surveyor was not familiar with building regulations which relate to fire spreading. James Cousins, a surveyor who was hired by contractor Apollo, said: "We put in materials that were less fire resistant than what was there before." The surveyor said Southwark Council - the landlord - did not instruct him to make sure the refit met building regulations and that he would normally have acted on their behalf. However, the council told the inquest it was Apollo's duty. John Hendy QC, the lawyer for the families of those that died, described it as "a fundamental breach of building regulations… a lamentable failure of the contractor Apollo". Catherine Hickman, 31, Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais, and Felipe, three, were killed in the fire. Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle also died. The inquest continues. Following prolonged overnight and morning rain at Edgbaston, an early lunch was taken at noon. But the decision was then taken at 12:45 BST to call off play for the day. It is the fourth complete day's play lost by luckless Warwickshire in the Championship this summer. The Bears took 11 points from a game they had dominated to stay within reach of top spot, having gained two more bonus points from the match than Division One leaders Lancashire. Nottinghamshire, in seventh, stretch further clear of bottom club Hampshire, but they have not won in eight games since the opening round of the season. With both Jake Ball and Luke Fletcher having picked up injuries in this game, they now hope to have England fast bowler Stuart Broad available for their next game against Lancashire. Captain Chris Read could also be back, following over a month out injury, for the four-day game, which starts at Trent Bridge on Sunday. Veteran spinner Imran Tahir could further reinforce them as he due to arrive on Friday in time to play and, in fact, may make his Notts debut in Friday's T20 Blast tussle with Durham. Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC WM: "A lot of teams have suffered from the weather this season but of course it is pretty frustrating. That's 740 overs we have lost in Championship cricket so far this summer - nigh on eight days of play. "When you are looking to play a style of cricket that evolves over the entirety of a four-day game it's annoying when you keep having to try to cram in a result in three days because of the weather. "It has cost us a few match-winning positions but we still take plenty of positives. The guys bowled beautifully and the way they challenged the batsmen all the way through was high quality." Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell told BBC Radio Nottingham: "We have to be realistic and say we were on the wrong end of the game for what was played. "So, from our perspective, eight points from a draw is welcome at the moment. "We weren't in a position where we were winning the match at any stage but we would like to think we would have turned it round." Police took the wounded to hospital. The blast took place close to Parachinar near the Afghan border. Kurram is a tribal area with a history of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but it is so far unclear who is behind this latest attack. Several Taliban-affiliated groups are known to be active in the region.

Materials used in the refurbishment of a tower block caught fire "too quickly" in a blaze which claimed the lives of six people, an inquest heard. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Warwickshire reached the midpoint of their County Championship season with a sixth draw in eight matches as rain prevented any play on the final day of the game against Nottinghamshire. [NEXT_CONCEPT] At least seven people died and three were wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kurram in north-west Pakistan on Tuesday, officials say.

Media playback is not supported on this device Buatsi is guaranteed at least bronze after winning by unanimous decision. The 23-year-old will fight Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov on Tuesday for a place in Thursday's final. Savannah Marshall remains in contention for a medal after winning her women's middleweight first-round bout. Media playback is not supported on this device The 25-year-old, who won Britain's first-ever women's boxing world title in 2012, defeated Sweden's Anna Laurell on points. However, Pat McCormack lost his light-heavyweight fight by split decision to Cuba's number two seed Yasnier Toledo. In Rio to watch the next generation of boxers is retired former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has spoken to Buatsi, who says the 39-year-old told him he has what it takes to go to the top. "He said to me he had heard about me before I got here and that I was a great fighter, a future world champion," said Buatsi. "It was good to hear that from someone like Mayweather, who I think is the greatest boxer of our generation. "I want to dominate in every way I can, and I want more than bronze. I will give it everything that I've got to make sure I get a gold." A report by the Big Innovation Centre rejects holding annual binding votes on pay and the publishing of pay ratios between chief executives and workers. The two ideas were among the prime minister's suggestions to address public unease about executive pay. This week, Mrs May was forced to reject claims she had watered down plans to put worker representatives on boards. The prime minister set out her intention to strengthen corporate governance when she came to power in the summer. But some proposals have drawn criticism. Friday's BIC report - whose contributors include Kingfisher non-executive director Clare Chapman - argues that action on pay is certainly needed to change executive behaviour and "to rebuild trust". But the report says that binding votes and pay ratios are the wrong way to do it, and would damage efforts to motivate and retain chief executives. "Pay ratios do not lend themselves to valid comparisons between companies, even within the same industry," the report says. "Pay ratios may lead to pay being decoupled from performance." And on the issue of binding votes, the report says: "Theresa May, in a speech prior to becoming Prime Minister, indicated that there should be binding votes on executive pay. This has been interpreted by some as annual binding votes on pay outcomes, and policy proposals have been prepared by at least one Member of Parliament on this basis." The report argues that annual binding votes would be a "disproportionate response... and would be likely to have many negative unintended consequences". However, it says that if a company's pay policy receives less than 75% support from shareholders in two consecutive years, that vote should be binding. Currently, votes on executive pay are held every three years. "It is less than 5% of companies that lose advisory votes," Ms Chapman told the BBC. "In the past year it was about 3% and so it is not a widespread market failure that we're trying to address here, it is ensuring that shareholders have got power to take actions where there are companies that are doing things that are not in the long term interests of shareholders. "And so that's where I do think that the use of binding votes should be where advisory votes are lost," she added. The BIC is backed by leading companies, academics and consultancy firms. Contributors to its research include Sir Andrew Witty, chief executive of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, Prof Alex Edmans, a corporate governance expert at London Business School, and Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy. Given the leading names behind the report, its recommendations will be seen as a powerful contribution to the growing debate on corporate governance reforms. The recommendations include measures for "simpler pay structures". Instead of traditional performance-related pay and cash bonuses, the report calls for more use of share awards stretching over 5-7 years. There should also be more transparency in how pay is set and more consultation with employees to explain how and why the remuneration is set, the report says.

Joshua Buatsi will become the first British boxer to win an Olympic medal in Rio after beating Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla to reach the light-heavyweight semi-finals. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Theresa May's attempt to reform corporate pay and governance faces more challenges from business leaders.

Alex Hopkins, currently director of Northamptonshire, will take control of the Sunderland service in July. Two separate case reviews in November 2015 found the council's failings may have contributed to the death of one baby and the injury of another. A council spokeswoman said more frontline staff had also been taken on. Last year Ofsted found the council did not respond quickly enough to concerns over a child, Baby Penny, who fell and drowned in the bath in 2014. It also found information about risks to a child - Baby N - whose father was later convicted of neglect and ill treatment, was not properly shared. The service is to be run by a new company and is expected to run in shadow form from September and be fully operational by April 2017. Commissioner for children's services, Nick Whitfield, said: "Alex's success in leading the transformation in Northamptonshire has resulted in Ofsted recently finding improvement across all areas and I believe he has the ability to truly transform children's services in Sunderland." Tory MP Tim Yeo has said it should go ahead, two days after Housing Minister Grant Shapps hinted a future Tory government could consider the option. The coalition agreement rules out any expansion before the next election and Labour also currently opposes it. Mr Shapps told the Daily Telegraph that "all options should be considered". He told the newspaper on Saturday: "I back the Chancellor's position to the hilt when he said in the Budget we clearly need to review the airport capacity in the South East. All the options need to be considered while being mindful of our election manifesto." Asked by the BBC whether he believed the Heathrow expansion could take place after the next general election, in 2015, Mr Shapps said: "These things need to be considered in due course." Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday, Mr Yeo said the issue "was a race in which Britain is now falling behind and we need to get back into it". "Airlines are among the people who're pushing for this now very badly-needed expansion, so that we don't continue to lose out against airports like Frankfurt and Charles de Gaulle, both of whom have twice as many destinations in China, twice as many flights going to China," he said. The former Labour chancellor, Alastair Darling, also told the programme the expansion at Heathrow needed to go ahead. "The whole point about Heathrow is that it has more destinations than most other airports in the world. And the reason that it works is that if you fly into Heathrow you can go to most parts of the world. "You can't have two hubs with one half of the world in one place, and one half in the other place. It simply doesn't work like that. Now, the advantage of Heathrow is it is there now, we can't go on putting this decision off," he said. Transport Secretary Justine Greening - whose Putney constituency is on the Heathrow flightpath - has been a vehement campaigner against a third runway at the airport. Some residents, who live under the flight path and are opposing the new runway plan, say better use could be made of existing airport capacity. John Stewart, chairman of the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise, told BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan: "At the moment, the Department for Transport's own figures show that we have sufficient capacity, even in London and the South East, until almost 2030. "So we have got time to look and see what we need. Justine Greening is quite right to say 'let's not rush into this'." Jane Thomas, a campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said the business case for expansion had also not been made. She said the government needed to take a "strong and clear leadership over aviation", which meant including aviation and shipping in the UK carbon budget. "The Tories were emphatic that there would be no Heathrow expansion in 2010, and we still expect that commitment," she said. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who also opposes expansion at Heathrow, has campaigned for a new airport in the Thames Estuary. A £50bn project to build an airport east of London has been put forward by architect Lord Foster. A consultation on the future of air capacity in south-east England has twice been delayed by the government.

A children's services department rated inadequate for "serious and widespread failings" has appointed a new boss and been given an extra £16m funding. [NEXT_CONCEPT] More calls have been made within the Conservative party for its leadership to rethink the policy opposing a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

The 19-year-old woman was assaulted on a track in Stoney Lane, Watlington, at 11:30 BST on Tuesday. Christian Perera, from Samphire Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and one of sexual assault. At a plea and case management hearing at Oxford Crown Court he pleaded not guilty to one kidnap charge, which will lie on file. Perera will be sentenced on 12 September. Media playback is not supported on this device The pre-tournament favourite was beaten 10-8 in the first round, with his agent saying Trump was unable to talk to the media because he was feeling unwell. His failure to appear is a breach of his contract with World Snooker. The world number two, 27, faces a fine from the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). World number 54 McLeod, who plays Scotland's Stephen Maguire in the second round, described his win as the "best of his career". The 1000-1 outsider, 46, said: "To beat Judd Trump on centre stage is brilliant. I have always known I am capable of it; it is actually producing when you need to and I have done it." McLeod said he was not interested in whether Trump was unwell or injured, with the world number two seemingly grimacing in pain with a shoulder or arm problem during the course of the match. "He was 4-0 up and he didn't look that injured, so what can I do?" said McLeod. "I had to deal with holding myself together. I am the oldest player left in the tournament. At 46 you have your aches and pains. "Age is just a number; it's how you look after yourself and I think I am doing OK." Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app.

A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting a teenager in rural Oxfordshire. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Judd Trump faces a fine from snooker bosses for refusing to fulfil his post-match media duties following his shock World Championship loss to Rory McLeod.

They received misconduct notices during an IPCC probe after John Lowe killed Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy. The three were criticised over the arrest of Ms Lee's other daughter Stacy Banner after the deaths in 2014. Surrey Police said a hearing found the sergeant should be given management advice, but he could still appeal. IPCC associate commissioner Tom Milsom said: "The allegations against Stacy came at an extremely difficult time in her life, following the tragic deaths of her mother and sister. "A panel found a charge of misconduct proven against a detective sergeant who authorised her initial arrest without ensuring relevant lines of enquiry were not completed before doing so. "The allegations regarding the other officers were not proven." Ch Supt Helen Collins, from Surrey Police, said the complaints had been thoroughly investigated and the evidence carefully considered, but she added: "We are still in a period where the detective sergeant can choose whether or not to appeal [against] the findings and therefore will not be commenting further." The IPCC said a constable had faced claims he did not take actions that could have prevented the need to arrest Mrs Banner, but was cleared. In the sergeant's case, it was claimed the officer did not have sufficient evidence to suspect Mrs Banner of the offence, and failed to ensure relevant witness statements were taken - the watchdog said the first claim was not proven, but two claims relating to witness statements were. A gross misconduct claim against Det Insp Paul Burrill heard his authorisation of Mrs Banner's continued detention and a further arrest were not necessary - but those claims were not proven. In a separate development, the IPCC said Mrs Banner also complained about a delay in informing her that her loved ones had been formally identified, and she also said her visit to see their bodies had been "inadequate and unprofessional". The IPCC said its investigator had interviewed the senior officer and specialists and examined log books, but no-one was given misconduct notices. Mr Milsom said: "Communications between Stacy and the family liaison specialists indicate that their relationship functioned relatively smoothly and that Stacy's concerns were not raised at the time and nor had Surrey Police picked up any intimations she was unhappy." Rover was eight weeks old when he was washed into a garden in Portreath, Cornwall, in February, The garden is several hundred feet from the nearest beach and the pup was found disorientated on the lawn. Rover, who had cuts and bruises to his lips, chin and flippers, will be released at the beginning of June. The pup was taken to The Cornish Seal Sanctuary, which is based in Gweek. It said it did not know how Rover ended up in the garden but presumed he was trying to get away from the high tides and big waves. "He was a good healthy weight, but had taken a bit of battering from being tossed around by the heavy seas," said Tamara Cooper, from the sanctuary. "Staff learned to be extra careful when cleaning up near Rover, as he was completely fearless and apt to try and take a bite out of anyone getting too close." Rover spent 10 days in the sanctuary's indoor hospital. He now weighs 66lb (30kg) and is healthy enough to return to the wild. The two alleged attacks in Melbourne were inspired by so-called Islamic State and targeted a Shia Islamic centre, according to police. No-one was hurt in the fires in November and December last year. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) alleges the attacks were designed to intimidate those who attend the mosque and the wider Islamic community. "We are not saying these are just arson attacks," said Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney on Sunday. "What we are going to allege is that these were Islamic State-inspired attacks. They were inspired and designed to influence, [to] put fear into a particular group in the community." Two men, aged 25 and 27, were charged over both fires at the Imam Ali Islamic Centre, while a third man, 29, was charged over the December incident. They cannot be named for legal reasons. Police allege the suspects "adhere to an extremist Sunni ideology". The three men faced the Melbourne Magistrates' Court late on Monday. The hearing was told a large amount of material would need to be translated from a foreign language, before the matter was adjourned until 27 November. If convicted, the men face a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Misconduct claims against a Surrey Police sergeant involved in the Farnham puppy farm murders have been proven but two other detectives have been cleared. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A bruised and cut seal pup which ended up in a garden after being battered by winter storms is ready to be released back into the wild. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Three men have faced a court charged with terrorism offences over alleged arson attacks on an Australian mosque.

The US singer-songwriter will headline the Thursday night of the festival at Glanusk Park, Powys, on 15 August. Kings Of Convenience, Band of Horses and Ben Howard have already been named as the four-day event's other headliners. Smith is also among the acts chosen by Yoko Ono to play this month's Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank. Other acts booked for this year's Green Man festival include The Horrors, Midlake, Local Natives, Edwyn Collins and John Cale. Among the other prominent acts appearing are Roy Harper, The Pastels, Stornoway, and Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit. Founded in 2003, Green Man has become one of the most popular alternative festivals. In 2012 it won best "grass roots" event at the UK Festival Awards. The festival, held annually near Crickhowell, was a sell-out last year with about 15,000 people attending. Previous headliners have included legendary Belfast-born blues and rock singer Van Morrison, ex-Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, Fleet Foxes, Super Furry Animals, Jarvis Cocker and Doves. Consensus Action on Salt and Health found salt targets were exceeded in all but one category of packaged food. Galaxy Ultimate Marshmallow Hot Chocolate powder had just over 0.6g of salt per 25g serving - or 2.5g per 100g - more than the 0.15g per 100g target. Mars Chocolate said the drink was an "indulgent treat" but Public Health England said more work was needed. The confectionery company said some of the salt came from the intrinsic sodium in milk and other ingredients and some was added "to enhance the chocolaty flavour". She said the company continually worked to improve products' nutritional profile. The Cash researchers looked at various food products and found only bread rolls had met PHE's voluntary targets. The group's survey compared two shopping baskets, each containing similar food items but with different amounts of salt, using the FoodSwitch UK app. The free smartphone app allows users to scan the barcode of packaged food and drinks to receive "traffic light" colour-coded nutritional information along with suggested similar, healthier products. The researchers found the difference in salt content between the "unhealthy" and "healthy" baskets of products was 57g of salt. It is recommended that adults eat no more than 6g of salt a day - about one teaspoon - and children should eat less. Cash, based at Queen Mary University of London, also found that: A standard 32.5g packet of Walkers Ready Salted Crisps contains 0.46g of salt. The Department of Health first set the voluntary salt reduction targets, which vary according to the category, in 2006. These were last revised in 2014, with the aim that they would be met by the end of 2017. The government's Public Health Responsibility Deal sets out the 28 main categories of food, including beverages, canned fish, canned vegetables and processed puddings, that were tested by Cash. Katharine Jenner, nutritionist and campaign director for Cash, said: "Salt is the forgotten killer. "The findings from our FoodSwitch shopping basket survey are alarming and we are shocked to see that many food manufacturers and retailers are still failing to meet the salt reduction targets, despite having had years to work towards them." Professor Graham MacGregor, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London and chairman of Cash, said the results were a "national scandal". Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at PHE, said: "The food industry has reduced the amount of salt found in our foods by 11% in recent years, which is encouraging progress. "We know there is more to do. This is why we're talking to retailers, manufacturers, and the eating-out-of-home sector on how they go further and faster to reaching the 2017 salt reduction targets." Baxters said many of its products were within the guideline levels for salt content and that it monitored its recipes for nutritional content. An Aldi spokeswoman said it was "fully committed" to the 2017 salt targets and was working to reduce the salt used in its Fishmonger Piri Piri Smoked Mackerel Fillets. Source: NHS Choices

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Olsen, 66, announced in March he would leave when his contract expired at the end of the campaign. Following the 4-3 aggregate loss, he confirmed he would leave immediately. "I have told the players that the Danish FA and I have agreed I stop," said Olsen. "In recent months, we have been too unstable in our performances." Olsen, who won 102 caps for Denmark as a player between 1970 and 1989, took charge after Euro 2000. He has taken the Danes to four major finals, qualifying for the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, and the European Championships in 2004 and 2012. But they failed to reach next summer's finals in France, losing in the play-off after finishing third in their qualifying group behind Portugal and Albania. "It hurts to end this way after more than 35 years as a player and coach but I feel most sorry for the Danes, for the fans, " Olsen added. "I feel empty with regards to the match." The Danish Football Association (DBU) said it hoped to appoint a new coach before the end of the year. "I have great respect for Morten and his results. It is important for both Morten and I that the end of his phenomenal career in Danish football is done in a dignified and orderly manner," added DBU president Jesper Moller. Both men suffered calf strains during the 54-9 win over Uruguay and attack coach Rob Howley said the pair "are being assessed hour by hour". But full-back Liam Williams - also injured against Uruguay - trained on Wednesday, as did lock Alun Wyn Jones. Wales name their team to play England at 11:00 BST on Thursday. If either Lee or James are not fit, Wales will have to call up a replacement prop in time to play on Saturday to provide specialist front-row cover. Whoever is replaced in the squad will not be able to play again in this tournament, but Howley said the tournament organisers had confirmed Wales could delay the decision until 24 hours before kick-off. "Aaron [Jarvis] is fine, it's just Samson and Paul James we're waiting on. Time is running out and we have to make that decision over the next 24 hours," said Howley. "Samson is a little in front of Paul in terms of recovery, but we'll just have to wait and see. "It's up to our medical team to make that call and it's just hour by hour and we'll have to wait and see the timing on that." Howley admitted that "there are props on standby" but declined to say which players were awaiting a call. British and Irish Lions second row Jones is also taking a full part in training having not played since injuring his knee in August's World Cup warm-up win against Ireland. "Liam and Alun Wyn trained fully this morning and are ready to go, our two props are still being assesses and hopefully we'll have some good news over the next 24 to 48 hours," said Howley. Howley reacted to leaks suggesting Sam Burgess and Owen Farrell would start against them at Twickenham by claiming it would have no bearing on Wales' selection. "As far as I know that's just speculation at the moment," he said. The former Wales scrum-half added that Burgess' physical presence would not be a new experience for Wales centre Jamie Roberts. "If you look around world rugby at players like [New Zealand centre] Ma'a Nonu - it's just a case of welcome to international rugby," he added. "We don't want other teams to dictate our selection. "Our preparation in the 10/12/13 axis - whether it's [George] Ford, [Brad] Barritt and Burgess or Ford, Burgess and [Henry] Slade - we just have to make sure you've been working on those attacking principles. "It's no different for us, we just have to prepare to play against those players and make sure we do our jobs."

Denmark coach Morten Olsen has stepped down after 15 years in charge following his side's Euro 2016 play-off exit against Sweden. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Injured Wales props Samson Lee and Paul James are facing a race against time to be fit for the World Cup match against England on Saturday.

The youngster made the statement during a recorded police interview after the two-year-old was found dead at a house near Glenrothes on 22 March 2014. Rachel Fee, 31, and Nyomi Fee, 28, deny murdering Liam and harming two other boys. The boy also said he felt "unsafe" with the two accused. In the interview footage shown to the jury on day 11 of the trial at the High Court in Livingston, the boy claimed he suffered a catalogue of abuse at the hands of the two accused. He said Nyomi Fee told him she had killed his father with a drill-like saw because she did not like liars. He added: "I didn't like it. I was thinking I would be dead." The interviewers, a police officer and social worker, told him his father was still alive. The boy said he felt unsafe at the Fees' house and was made to take cold showers "for 15 or 20 minutes" if he wet the bed. He said the showers made him shake and Nyomi Fee told him to "stand still". He also said he was made to hit the boy the women are accused of falsely blaming for Liam's death 20 times with an action figure, and was told by Nyomi Fee to "whack him really hard". In previous evidence, he said the other boy was responsible for Liam's death because Nyomi Fee had told him so. The jury has already been shown a video interview with that boy, who told police he had "strangled" Liam but that the toddler had been sitting up and watching television afterwards Rachel Fee and Nyomi Fee, who are originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny a series of mistreatment and neglect charges against two other children, as well as the murder charge. The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues. The demonstrators want Mr Najib to face charges over allegations that billions were looted from his brainchild investment fund, 1MDB. They were undeterred by a police ban and the arrest of a number of activists ahead of the planned action. Mr Najib has denied any wrongdoing and says he will not be cowed by protests. In a statement on his blog, Mr Najib called Bersih - the electoral reformist group which organised the protest - "deceitful". He said the group had become a tool for opposition parties to unseat a democratically elected government. But his accusations were dismissed by Bersih deputy chair Shahrul Aman Shaari, who told the crowds gathered at the National Mosque: "We are not here to bring down the country. We love this country. We are not here to tear down the government, we're here to strengthen it." This is the second rally organised by Bersih, which means "clean" in the Malay language, to demand Mr Najib's resignation in 15 months, and comes after weeks of rising tension between the "yellow shirts" and pro-government "red shirts". The leaders of both sides, as well as a number of other Bersih activists, were arrested in the hours leading up to the rally - a move which was immediately condemned by human rights group Amnesty. It demanded their immediate release, describing the activists as prisoners of conscience. The arrests did not deter the protesters, however, some of whom chanted "save democracy" and "Bersih, Bersih". "We want a clean government. We want fair elections," Derek Wong, 38, a real estate agent, told AFP. A small group of red shirts gathered for an opposition protest. The benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 8.14 points to 6,887.19. Among the mining companies, Anglo American fell 2.4% and Randgold dropped 2.2%. Airline shares rose as oil prices fell. Oil had jumped on Thursday following news of Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen. Shares in Easyjet rose 2.7% while British Airways owner IAG climbed 2%. Brent crude futures fell more than a dollar to $57.91 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude was also more than a dollar lower at $50.30. Prices fell as fears eased that the airstrikes in Yemen could disrupt oil supplies. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.16% against the dollar to $1.4828. Against the euro, sterling climbed 0.28% to €1.3696.

A young boy has said one of the accused in the Liam Fee murder trial told him she had "killed his dad" with a type of saw. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Thousands of yellow-shirted protesters have gathered in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak. [NEXT_CONCEPT] (Open): The London stock market opened lower, with mining shares among the biggest fallers, but shares in airlines staged a recovery.

Rob Curtis, 50, was originally accused of sexually assaulting his victim on Skomer Island last June but the charge was dropped. Curtis, who sits on Barry town council, received a two-year conditional discharge by Haverfordwest magistrates in May. He was a Vale of Glamorgan council cabinet member until earlier this year. Mr Goodway was in charge of finance and economic development which has been taken on by the new council leader Phil Bale. Mr Bale was voted in by the ruling Labour group last week following the resignation of Heather Joyce. Mr Goodway is the councillor for Ely and was leader from 1996 to 2004. Mr Bale said: "I have had to make some difficult decisions but I believe I have put forward a team that can continue to drive forward economic development, improve standards of education and skills as well as focussing on citizen engagement, improving performance and delivering on the co-operative council agenda." Paying tribute to the outgoing leader Heather Joyce and her team, he added: "I would like to thank them all for their dedication and hard work. "They have all contributed a great deal to Cardiff in very challenging times and my new team will now pick up that baton and take it forward to continue delivering a world class capital for Wales." One councillor said he refused an offer to remain cabinet member for the environment because of "a number of things" he felt uncomfortable with, including the departure of Mr Goodway. Grangetown councillor Ashley Govier said: "When considering a cabinet position, I need to know the team around me and I wasn't satisfied that certain conditions (for me considering the post) had been met. "I didn't agree with the decision to remove councillor Russell Goodway. "I think he would be an asset to any cabinet." It has emerged Mr Govier and Mr Goodway were amongst five cabinet members who sent a letter to the new Labour group leader before the reshuffle, warning it could remove "people with experience who've worked well together". Another signatory, Lynda Thorne lost her position as cabinet member for community regeneration and social justice. She told BBC Wales the letter was "intended to encourage the council leader to consider making sure there was plenty of experience in the cabinet". Ms Thorne said: "It was a letter from the five of us explaining the challenges the council faces and to raise concerns about changing the cabinet dynamics and getting rid of people with experience who've worked well together. "There are massive changes facing the council and we believed it would be better if we kept the five of us in. "We had major concerns about big changes in the pipeline, such as budget cuts that are still to be made this year and next. It was the reason we felt he needed to keep that experience in the team." Cardiff council's budget will be cut by £50m in 2014/15, with a further £92m needs to be cut over the next three years. But Ms Thorne, another Grangetown councillor, said the reshuffle would not affect the Labour group. "We're all loyal party members. When the decision is made, it's made, and we'll all fall in line," she said.

A county councillor has admitted the common assault of a woman at a Pembrokeshire nature reserve. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The former leader of Cardiff council Russell Goodway has lost his seat in the ruling cabinet after the number of members was cut from 10 to nine.

The BBC has learned the former Liverpool manager, 43, met club representatives for several hours in Scotland on Wednesday. Earlier, Celtic's biggest individual shareholder Dermot Desmond said the club had interviewed "in excess of six" candidates. And the Irish businessman described the Northern Irishman as "a great manager". "We're excited about the managers we've interviewed and we've discussed," Desmond said. "Hopefully in the next few days we will decide, and enter negotiations." Media playback is not supported on this device Asked whether Rodgers was one of those interviewed, Desmond replied: "I can't tell a lie. "He's a great manager. He's proved it at Liverpool and I think he's a worthy candidate for Celtic - as all the other candidates are." Ronny Deila's two-year tenure at Celtic ended with Sunday's 7-0 win over Motherwell. Under the Norwegian, the club won consecutive Premiership titles, taking their current run of Scottish top-flight crowns to five, with the previous three won under Neil Lennon. However, they have not reached the group stages of the Champions League since Lennon's time in charge. Rodgers and Scottish former Celtic defender Malky Mackay, 44, have spoken to the club about the vacancy. Both started their managerial careers at Watford - Mackay had a spell in charge of Cardiff City, while Rodgers was at Reading and Swansea City before joining Liverpool. Mackay was sacked by Wigan Athletic six months before Rodgers was let go by Liverpool in October. Four other former Celtic players - David Moyes, Roy Keane, Paul Lambert and Lennon - as well as former West Brom boss Steve Clarke have also all been strongly linked with the job. Celtic had released a statement saying there was no preferred candidate and that they would take their time over the appointment. For years Mr Juncker's devotion to the cause of EU integration has irritated Eurosceptics and national leaders who want to curb the EU's powers. Mr Juncker told the Belgian daily, Le Soir, that he called his book "Little Maurice". "It's where for 30 years I've made a note when someone betrays me." He did not reveal who was named in it. He insisted that he did not bear grudges, and the book "doesn't have many entries, because people rarely betray me". "The book's name comes from a common German expression: The bitterness of little Maurice. In Luxembourg, when someone was irritating me, I would say, 'Careful, Little Maurice is waiting for you'," he said. Mr Juncker clashed repeatedly with former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage in the European Parliament. A Commission spokeswoman would not reveal any of the book's contents. "If you want to know if you or the BBC are in that booklet then you will have to ask him yourself," she said. Recently the former prime minister of Luxembourg, a veteran of EU politics, has attracted media speculation about his health and future as Commission chief, after the UK's vote to leave the EU and other setbacks for EU ambitions. The BBC's Adam Fleming in Brussels says Mr Juncker's critics include:

Brendan Rodgers is emerging as the frontrunner to take over as manager of Celtic. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, says he keeps a little black book containing the names of people who have betrayed him.

Higher income from taxes and relatively low growth will combine to create this effect, according to the the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Austerity will continue into the 2020s, after Chancellor Philip Hammond's decision to scrap a target of balancing the nation's books, it said. The Treasury said it was committed to repairing Britain's finances. Forecasts by Oxford Economics, which contributed to the report, estimate the UK economy will grow by 1.6% in 2017. In 2018, growth in gross domestic product will slow to 1.3%, Oxford Economics said. Growth is expected to be dulled as a result of inflation prompted by the decline of the value of the pound after the EU referendum. While a weaker pound is likely to improve the performance of manufacturers and exporters, higher costs for consumers will more than erase this gain, said the report. Ahmed: Public finances and the shadow of Osborne "Though the UK economy has continued to achieve solid growth, it has been almost entirely reliant on the consumer," said Andrew Goodwin, lead UK Economist at Oxford Economics and co-author of part of the report. "With spending power set to come under significant pressure from higher inflation and the welfare squeeze, the consumer will not be able to keep contributing more than its fair share. Exports should be a bright spot, but overall a slowdown in GDP growth appears likely." The UK's economy could be 3% smaller by 2030 than if Britain had voted Remain, according to forecasts in the IFS's annual Green Budget. This annual analysis, ahead of next month's Budget, says spending on health, social care and benefits for sick or disabled people represents a particular risk to the public finances because it accounts for almost one third of government expenditure. The report confirms that the period between 2009 and 2014 saw the slowest rate of growth in health spending in England since the mid-1950s. And it argues that health budgets by the end of this decade will be over a billion pounds less than what is needed to cope with England's growing and ageing population, regardless of what are likely to be significant rises in demand for NHS care. In a statement, the Treasury said: "The government is committed to repairing the public finances and living within our means so that we can build an economy that works for all. "That has required some difficult decisions on spending, but we are determined to deliver efficient public services which provide maximum value for every pound of taxpayers' money." Spending on public services dropped by 10% since 2010, the report said, after adjusting the figures for inflation. To meet his target of eliminating the deficit during the next parliament, which is from 2020 to 2025, Mr Hammond will probably have to find a further £34bn in tax rises and spending cuts, extending austerity. The report said £17bn of tax rises could be needed to contribute to closing the gap for government between outgoings and income. Louis Almond gave the hosts an early lead from the penalty spot after keeper Dean Snedker brought down Mike Phenix before James McQuilkin's equaliser. Elton Ngwatala put Harriers ahead at the break, going back in front through Tyrone Williams after Phenix levelled. Evan Garnett made it 4-2 to Harriers but Jack Ryan pulled a late goal back. Much-improved Harriers completed their campaign in 23rd place, having reached the 40-point mark, nine adrift of safety, after losing just once in their last nine matches. Harriers boss Colin Gordon told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "It was great to sign off with a win. It keeps that momentum going. We thoroughly entertained. I was very, very pleased. "It was a ridiculous start to the game, but it wouldn't be Kidderminster Harriers if we didn't make it difficult for ourselves. "It was a very difficult surface. Probably the worst we've played on. But we managed to still pass the ball, move the ball and create chances."

Tax is set to rise as a share of the UK's income to its highest level since 1986, according to a think tank. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Relegated Kidderminster Harriers ended the National League season unbeaten in six games as they won a seven-goal thriller at Southport.

Davies (82) and Curran (52) added 112 to rescue their side from 172-6 after winning the toss and electing to bat. But both were out in successive balls to Jake Ball and Brett Hutton late on. England Test hopeful Ball earlier had Rory Burns and Ben Foakes caught behind to finish day one with 3-69, while Surrey's Arun Harinath also made 73. Bottom-of-the-table Surrey started play still searching for a first Championship win of the season, 19 points behind seventh-placed Nottinghamshire. Surrey opener Harinath rebuilt after the early loss of Burns, but lost the support of Kumar Sangakkara when Steven Mullaney found a way through the Sri Lankan's defences. Harry Gurney was one of six Nottinghamshire bowlers to claim a wicket when he trapped Zafar Ansari without scoring to leave Surrey in strife on 138-5. Foakes (22) also failed to settle at the crease before Davies and Curran's efforts guided them to two batting bonus points. Surrey batsman Steven Davies told BBC Radio London: "The last few months we've found this division very tough. I think we need to play some smarter cricket at times and today, we maybe missed out on some opportunities. "Arun Harinath played well and it was obviously a nice partnership between myself and Tom Curran, but there's still a long way to go for us. "Unfortunately, we lost both of us in the space of two balls, which is not ideal, but that's the game. "I felt a lot better today. It was nice to get away from the frantic nature of T20 cricket and just knuckle down and bat time. "I was pleased with the way I played. But, in that situation, I need to go on and make a big score." The filly led the one-mile-and-four-furlongs race at the Ebor Festival from the start and jockey Frankie Dettori guided her to a five-lengths win. The 1-4 favourite finished in front of Coronet (16-1), with Queen's Trust (12-1) in third. "If you try and keep up with her she'll break your lungs," Dettori told BBC Sport. Trainer John Gosden says she will now to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on 1 October. Dettori, who will be seeking his fifth Arc win, said: "She's easy for me to ride; great temperament, unbelievable stamina, uncomplicated, takes everything in her stride and I'm as impressed as you guys. "She's top drawer, keeps on delivering and she's capturing people's imaginations." And speaking to ITV, Gosden added: "There are some good fillies but she is special." BBC Radio 5 live's racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght The way in which Frankie Dettori rode Enable - not arguing with her and letting her stride on - was a new tactic that was in theory potentially risky. She was up in front, providing a target at which the others could aim, but as Dettori put it so well "she'll break [opponents'] lungs", in your language and mine "they didn't have a prayer". What this victory - her fourth in an Oaks after Cheshire, Epsom and Ireland - demonstrates is that she does not appear to have any chinks in her armour. Wow.

Surrey were indebted to Steven Davies and Tom Curran's seventh-wicket century partnership as Nottinghamshire's bowlers kept them in check. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Odds-on favourite Enable recorded her fourth successive Group One victory by winning the Yorkshire Oaks.

A major incident has been declared as staff cannot access patient data, which has been scrambled by ransomware. There is no evidence patient data has been compromised, NHS Digital has said. A Welsh Government spokesperson said: "We have had no reported cyber incidents affecting NHS Wales but are monitoring the situation closely." It comes amid reports of cyber-attacks affecting organisations worldwide. Ministers began consulting on the plans last week after officials realised most of the powers to apply sanctions will disappear when the UK leaves the EU. The government hopes the move will allow it to continue to adopt sanctions alongside other members of the bloc. EU law is mostly used now for a travel ban, asset freeze or trade embargo. This UK's move matters because some countries - including Germany - fear that Brexit will change the balance of debate within the EU and encourage nations such as Italy and Spain to argue that sanctions on Russia should be relaxed. The EU has imposed trade restrictions on Russia's financial, energy and defence sectors in response to its annexation of Crimea and military intervention in Ukraine. The official consultation over the new laws began last Friday only hours before the pre-election ban on announcing new legislation - known as purdah - came into force. It will be rushed through in just nine weeks so a new bill can be put to Parliament as soon as possible after the general election in June. As a member of both the United Nations and the EU, the UK is obliged to implement any sanctions that either body decides to impose. These tend to involve travel bans, asset freezes and restrictions on finance and trade. But crucially, the UK uses European law to implement most of these sanctions, regardless of whether they originated at the UN or the EU. This is because decisions to restrict trade or money or the movement of people tend to be dealt with exclusively at EU level. The EU currently imposes some 30 sanction regimes, of which about half flow from the UN. These involve restrictions against people and institutions and trade in Russia, North Korea, Syria, Iraq, Iran and many other countries. The new laws will allow the UK for the first time to impose substantial sanctions on another country's trade by itself. Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning At the moment, the UK has only limited powers to impose some financial sanctions unilaterally, such as through the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc Act 2010 or the the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. New legislation is needed to amend existing sanctions or introduce new ones after Brexit because the planned Great Repeal Bill would only be able to maintain current sanctions. The White Paper says that "when the UK withdraws from the EU we will need new legal powers that are compliant with our domestic legal system. These will enable us to preserve and update UN sanctions, and to impose autonomous UK sanctions in coordination with our allies and partners." It also hints that the government may take new powers to use sanctions in counter-terrorism operations. "We need to ensure that UK counter-terrorist sanctions powers remain a useful tool for UK law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including ensuring that we can cooperate with international partners and allies," the document says. Peers on the House of Lords' EU justice sub-committee alerted the government to the problem in February, saying: "The UK has contributed greatly to the substance and quality of improvements in the sanctions process over the last few years. "It is, therefore, particularly important that the UK should remain able to align itself with EU sanctions post-Brexit. National legislation to achieve this must be put in place." The Foreign Office minister who will take the bill through parliament, Sir Alan Duncan, said: "The government's over-arching goal is to ensure we have in place the legal powers needed to continue to implement sanctions regimes effectively, in support of our wider national security and foreign policy agenda. "The UK plays a leading global role in using sanctions to reduce threats to international peace and security and we will continue to do so when we leave the European Union." The scale of the UK's declining influence over EU sanctions was revealed this month when Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson failed to persuade other EU countries to agree new measures against Russia after its Syrian allies used chemical weapons.

The NHS in Wales has not been affected by the cyber attack which has hit large parts of the service in England and Scotland. [NEXT_CONCEPT] The UK is urgently drawing up new laws that will enable it to continue imposing sanctions on foreign countries after Brexit, the BBC has learned.

The Wire have lost all five of their matches this campaign and are bottom. They reached a third Grand Final in five years last season, and Robinson believes they will improve. "They are under the pump, but they have got a great system and some great players and it's only a matter of time before they turn it around," he said. Warrington were beaten 22-8 by newly-promoted Leigh on Thursday to make it five successive defeats - just three fewer than they suffered in their 30 Super League matches in 2016. But ex-Wigan and Great Britain winger Robinson, who played in Super League's first Grand Final in 1998, thinks Warrington can use their current situation to their advantage. The 42-year-old told BBC Radio Manchester: "Sometimes you need that as a team - you need to go through a few harder times to bring everybody together, to make them realise 'we're good players, but we've got to be performing.' "Yes, they will be disappointed that they are bottom of the league, but it's only a matter of time. It just shows the competitiveness of Super League this year." More than 10,000 people flocked to Coogee beach on Christmas day, leaving bottles, cigarette boxes and general waste behind. The ban has been enforced by Randwick City Council, which called the event "disgraceful". The summer season in Australia usually takes place from December to February. "The poor and inappropriate behaviour of a few on Christmas Day have forced [the] Council to introduce a total alcohol ban for the area," said Mayor of Randwick Noel D'Souza in a statement on Facebook. "It is disappointing we have to take such a strong stance but we need to reassure the community that they can feel safe when visiting." While some argued against the ban, the majority of those on social media seemed to agree with the council's actions. "Normally I would not want this ban but there is no choice," said George Jessup on Facebook. " I am willing to forgo a glass of wine for the sake of reclaiming our parks and the beach." "I agree with this. I don't want to take my kids down there as we don't feel safe. About time," another man, Tony Goh, commented. The ban will become effective from 29 December until the end of summer in Australia.

Warrington Wolves will bounce back from their poor start to the Super League season, says former dual code international Jason Robinson. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Alcohol will be banned at a popular Sydney beach all summer after a Christmas party resulted in a build-up of 15 tonnes (15,000kg) of rubbish.

The singer and guitarist, who began performing as a teenager in the 1950s, had suffered a major heart attack at the weekend. After an early foray into pop, Hamilton became a country stalwart, scoring 40 hits in the 1960s and 70s. He was inducted into Nashville's Grand Old Opry in 1960 and continued to work until shortly before he was taken ill. In the later phase of his career, Hamilton, who was born in North Carolina, concentrated on gospel music and making recordings of inspiration recitations, a type of spiritual song. He also became a regular guest singer with evangelist Billy Graham on his many rallies around the world. His most recent album, made in 2010, was a gospel-influenced collection featuring a host of guest artists. International ambassador At the start of his career in 1956, Hamilton had a top five hit in the US with A Rose and A Baby Ruth, which led to tours with pop idols Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. But he was steered into the world of country music, after being mentored by Chet Atkins. In the 1970s, he exported the music of Nashville around the world, becoming an international ambassador for the genre. Hamilton became the first country musician to perform in the the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia; he made his first visit to the UK in 1967. He was a regular visitor to Scotland, and in 2004 produced an album of songs called Hamilton's Other Country. In the 1990s, he made a foray into stage work, playing the narrator in a production of Pasty Cline The Musical for five years, including a run in London's West End. Hamilton is survived by his wife Tinky , two sons George V and Peyton and daughter Mary. The staff at the Bryn Hesketh unit, Colwyn Bay, were suspended last Thursday, Betsi Cadwaladr health board confirmed. It follows concerns raised by another member of staff over some aspects of patient care. The health board, which runs the unit, said an independent investigation has begun. But it stressed that the suspensions were "a neutral act". A spokesman said: "We have robust systems and processes in place to monitor the quality and safety of the care being provided at all of our mental health services. "If a concern is raised by a member of staff there will be an immediate response and it will be escalated as appropriate. "Last week, a concern relating to one of our older people's mental health units, Bryn Hesketh in Colwyn Bay, was raised. It was escalated to the mental health and learning disabilities management team on the day it was reported. "We have followed the safeguarding process in line with All Wales Guidance and made a referral to Conwy local authority. To strengthen our processes further, we have secured the services of an independent external investigations officer. "The investigation involves six members of staff, who, in line with procedure, have been suspended. It is important to stress that this is a neutral act." The spokesman added that it could not share any further details while the investigation was under way. Darren Millar, Clwyd West AM, said the allegations were raised on Tuesday last week, and the members of staff were suspended the following Thursday. He said he had spoken to the health board's chief executive and the unit was still operating as normal with temporary staff to cover any vacancies. Bryn Hesketh is an EMI (elderly mentally infirm) unit at Colwyn Bay Community Hospital. It was opened in 1995, and the health board's website describes it as providing "long stay and respite care beds as well as day hospital facilities for the Colwyn Bay locality". It was one of the mental health units where patients and staff were transferred in December 2013, following the closure of the Tawel Fan psychiatric ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital due to concerns about the quality and safety of patient care. The health board has not said whether any of the staff suspended last week had previously worked at the Tawel Fan ward. A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We have been made aware of the situation by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. "Welsh Government officials have been briefed on the actions taken by the board to ensure patient safety and respond appropriately to allegations of sub-standard care."

US country music star George Hamilton IV has died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 77. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Six members of staff have been suspended at a mental health unit in Conwy county borough.

James Comey told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that he was "confused and concerned" by the remark. He said it was one of the reasons he felt compelled to announce his findings into the case. The email controversy dogged Mrs Clinton's presidential campaign. Some say it was responsible for her election defeat. Mr Comey announced last July that an investigation into Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state would be closed without prosecution. "At one point the attorney general directed me not to call it an investigation but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me," Mr Comey told senators. Donald Trump has alleged that Mrs Lynch agreed to let Mrs Clinton off the hook in return for the promise that she would keep her job if the Democrat won the election and became president. The Aberdonian finished joint third in the qualifying event at Walton Heath in England, where the top 15 were able to seal a spot at the major. "I played in the US Open in 2007 with Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy," Ramsay told BBC Scotland. "And I'm very eager to get back and show that I've moved on from where I was." Compatriot Russell Knox had already qualified for this season's event because he won a PGA Tour event last year. "Anytime we get to represent Scotland, especially in the bigger tournaments at the majors, is a proud moment," said Ramsay. "I'm proud to be in the US Open representing Scotland. "The US Open is the perfect platform to showcase that I'm capable of mixing it with the best guys out there. "I feel like I've got a lot more game, a lot more shots and a lot more mental toughness now." England's Aaron Rai topped the field at Walton Heath with a 14-under-par total for his two rounds, one shot ahead of China's Haotong Li. Ramsay, who shot two rounds of 66, was tied with Alexander Levy of France one shot further back. Welshman Bradley Dredge, Ireland's Paul Dunne and English trio Andrew Johnston, Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace also qualified.

Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch ordered the then head of the FBI to refer to the inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails as a "matter" rather than an investigation, he has said. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Scotland's Richie Ramsay has fired his way into the field for next month's US Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.

The scheme, involving funds called AFPs, was launched in 1981 during the military government of Gen Augusto Pinochet. Protesters say some 10 million people who joined have now been left with very low retirement incomes - less than the minimum wage in many cases. They are calling for President Michelle Bachelet to scrap the scheme. Millions of people struggled to get to work during rush hour in the capital, Santiago, and other cities after leaders of the No More AFP movement called a nationwide strike. Luis Mesina, a spokesman for No More AFP, which has led protests in recent months, distanced the group from the violence. "To the people who are not going to take part [in the protests] of course we apologise because our intention is not to cause them grief," Mr Mesina told CNN Chile. Most of the barricades had been dismantled by mid-morning, said deputy interior minister Mahmud Aleuy. He said: "All Chileans have the right to protest what they feel are their legitimate demands, but it is not right that this causes problems for other citizens." The Chilean pension fund system has been praised by pro-market politicians and economists across the world. It was originally intended to pay 70% of people's final salaries. Oxford University fellow Dr Paula Byrne said the 1870 image was a "makeover" of an earlier portrait composed by the novelist's sister Cassandra. But the Jane Austen Society, which was consulted by the Bank of England, felt it was a good choice. The Hampshire-born writer was chosen to replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note. It is expected to come into circulation from 2017. Dr Byrne, author of The Real Jane Austen, said the chosen image made Austen look like "a pretty doll with big doe eyes". "It's a 19th Century airbrushed makeover," said the fellow. "It makes me quite angry as it's been prettied up for the Victorian era when Jane Austen was very much a woman of Georgian character. "The costume is wrong and the image creates a myth Austen was a demure spinster and not a deep-thinking author. "She was edgy for her time and the portrait by her sister Cassandra depicts an intelligent, determined woman." Elizabeth Proudman, chairman of the Jane Austen Society, said the Bank of England had done the best it could. "There is only one authentic image available of Jane Austen and that is the pencil sketching by her sister that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. "It's an amateur portrait and, at the time, nobody particularly liked it. "But, Jane Austen's fame and popularity grew after her death and an engraving of Cassandra's portrait was produced by [William Home] Lizars to go inside her memoirs. "The family chose it, feeling it was a strong resemblance and that is more or less the image which has been chosen." In a statement, the Bank of England said the banknote portrait was an 1870 engraving commissioned by Austen's nephew, James Edward Austen Leigh, adapted from the original Cassandra sketch. Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775 in the village of Steventon in Hampshire. She died in Winchester on the 18 July, 1817. The selection of the author for the £10 note removed the prospect of having no women, besides the Queen, on the UK's currency.

Demonstrators in Chile have blocked streets and set fire to buses in a protest against a controversial privatised pension plan. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A Jane Austen biographer has criticised the Bank of England for selecting an "airbrushed" portrait of the author for its new £10 note.

The authority has made £114m of savings since 2010 but a new spending plan has now been drawn up for the next period. It said support for vulnerable people accounted for almost two-thirds of its annual budget and it was now having to help people more than ever. An eight-week public consultation will seek feedback on the proposals. The council said it was considering a four-stage approach to: Council leader Mark Hawthorne added: "What we're looking at is a fundamental change in our approach to supporting people so we can help them be more independent, and to lead fulfilled lives within their own homes and communities. "We're seeing an unprecedented increase in the elderly population - of 3.4% a year. "If you stretch that over 10 years that's a 40% increase in those potentially seeking council services. "We need to change or we won't be there for those who need us most in 10 years' time," he added. Over the past four years the council has reduced its staff by 2,500, reduced its debt by £30m and has 82 fewer buildings. The number of over-65s in the county is increasing by 3.5% a year on average, according to the council. The piece - depicting a young girl clutching a bomb - is said to be one of dozens made for a protest against the Iraq War in 2003. It had been kept in a flat by a protester until 2016, when it was sold to its current owner. The placard had been estimated to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at the auction in Newmarket. Banksy created a number of different signs for the 2003 London protest but few originals have survived because they were either discarded in the street or confiscated by the Metropolitan Police. Will Axon, senior auctioneer at Rowley's said: "It is one of those rare occasions when you can genuinely call a picture iconic." Pest Control, which is responsible for authenticating works by Banksy, is quoted on the auction listing as saying it could not issue a certificate of authentication for work deemed as "street-art". Banksy, who keeps his true identity secret, began his career as a graffiti artist in Bristol but has since gained global notoriety for his unique, stencilled artwork on public walls and facades. He has for some time ruled out a formal coalition. So has she. So speculation has moved on to whether they could reach an informal arrangement - "confidence and supply" - where the SNP would guarantee a Labour budget in return for concessions. For a time, relatively measured language was used towards the SNP as Labour tried to woo their former supporters who had voted "yes" in the referendum. The rhetoric is now more robust as the polls refuse to budge. But the underlying thinking is much the same. Because the SNP has promised the Scottish people they won't help David Cameron into Downing Street, if Labour have the most seats but fall short of a majority they say they would simply challenge the nationalists to back a legislative programme - their Queen's Speech. While they would talk to SNP and indeed DUP MPs, as Angela Eagle, shadow leader of the house told the BBC, no deal - formal or informal - would be forthcoming. Instead that Queen's Speech would be sure to include policies which those other parties would vote for - such as the abolition of the under-occupancy penalty or bedroom tax - to ensure it passed and to minimise the opportunity for mischief. If the SNP took down a Labour government promising coincidentally to implement some of their policies, their chances of doing well at the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections would be diminished. Further down the line, the SNP could vote against Trident - but enough Conservatives would back renewal for a Labour minority government to avoid defeat. The trickier question is what happens if the Conservatives have more seats than Labour. Could Ed Miliband still become prime minister with tacit SNP support? Would he accept a "runner-up" could be PM? That's a question he hasn't yet answered. Constitutionally it would be possible, but politically it could damage Labour's future prospects in England.

Social care in Gloucestershire is being targeted by the county council which said it wanted to cut £75m from its budget over the next three years. [NEXT_CONCEPT] A cardboard placard claimed to be by the street artist Banksy has sold for £10,000 at auction. [NEXT_CONCEPT] With polls suggesting a hung parliament - and potentially heavy Labour losses to the SNP - it's inevitable that when Ed Miliband visits Scotland, he will face questions about any deal he might strike with Nicola Sturgeon's party to keep the Conservatives out of power at Westminster.

Bosses at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley want to increase its size by a third. Proposals include creating a new 1940s'-style town complete with a pub and library. They also include moving the Tipton Road entrance to Castle Hill and linking the site with attractions such as Dudley Zoological Gardens. Museum chief executive Andrew Lovett said: "There's great opportunity to fulfil potential here. "There's great opportunity to increase attendance and tell the story... the Black Country had a global impact, so why shouldn't the museum have a global impact?" Bosses said 60 jobs would be created as a result of the expansion, while hundreds more short-term jobs would be created during construction. Mr Lovett said the project would allow the museum to contribute an extra £3m to the local economy - taking the total up to £7m. "There is no doubt we can help change perceptions of the town and the region and I think it needs that," he said. "By creating a bigger and better museum there's a great opportunity." The plans are subject to raising £18.9m required to do the work. Investment is being sought from the West Midlands Combined Authority. The remainder will be achieved through fundraising activities. Its mapping cars are being sent out on to the capital's roads from today. The firm said while existing maps were "a good starting point" it hoped to be able to identify the best pick-up and drop-off points from its own images. It said it may "incidentally" collect personal information, such as photos of people and licence plates, but would not be sharing any of the data online. However, its terms go on to state that it may share its mapping data with numerous third parties including vendors, consultants, marketing partners and law enforcement agencies. The lift-sharing firm plans to extend its mapping activities to other British cities including Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. It has been carrying out mapping in the US since 2015. "Existing maps are a good starting point, but some information isn't that relevant to Uber, like ocean topography. There are other things we need to know a lot more about, like traffic patterns and precise pick-up and drop-off locations," it said in a blog post. "Our efforts are similar to what other companies including Apple and TomTom are already doing around the world." Uber added that it was "doubling down" its investment in maps. Former head of Google Maps Brian McClendon is now a vice president at Uber, and the firm recently hired former Apple Maps and Tesla maps engineer Bill Chen, reports The Information (subscription). There are currently 23 mapping-related jobs advertised on the firm's website. "Uber is in the race to get driverless cars on the road first," said technology writer and broadcaster Kate Bevan. "Thus far, they've relied on Google's maps, but they're now in competition with Google to own driverless cars, so it makes sense for them to disentangle from Google. "Also, with their own maps, they'll own all of the data on them: Uber, like Google, is as much a data company as a service provider."

A £20m plan to expand a major West Midlands tourist attraction has been revealed. [NEXT_CONCEPT] Uber is collecting street images for its own maps of the UK cities in which it operates, starting with London.